Parents

...POV James...

Once I had stopped crying he asked again, “Are you okay?” I felt like my heart was being squeezed out of my chest, I couldn’t even respond because I couldn’t breathe. Then I collapsed, when I woke up I was in the hospital and James was next to me, crying. “What’s wrong?” I asked him, already knowing what was wrong. “Y-you’re awake?!” He asked, sounding really shocked. “Yeah, now why are you crying?” I asked, still knowing exactly why he was crying. “Y-you fainted a-and the doctor said it w-was because of stress...” he said, he was so worried about me. “Oh, I might’ve had a panic attack” I said, not really talking to him in particular. “What?! A p-panic attack?!” He was so much more worried now. “Yeah I get them sometimes, but I don’t usually collapse” I said nonchalantly. “B-but why? Was it something I said? Or did?” He asked, not really wanting to know the answer. “Well I dont really know what triggers them most of the time, but it was definitely something you said” I said, I was telling the truth though, it was something he said. “What did I say? I’ll never say it again” he said, but I didn’t want to tell him what it was, I wanted to hear those words again. “As much as it did hurt me to hear the same words from a different person, I want to hear them again, so I won’t tell you what you said” it did hurt a lot, but when Adam said those words he meant them. “...” When there was no response from Adam I knew that I had to change the topic, and I had to do it fast. “So, when can I leave?” I asked, in an attempt to make the conversation less awkward. “The doctor said you can leave tomorrow” He said, spacing out. “Cool. By the way do you want to hang out sometime, like not in school” I asked, genuinely quite curious. “R-really? You want to hang out with me?” He asked. I really didn’t think, at the time, that he would be so surprised. “Yeah, so can we hang out sometime?” I asked again. “Um, only if our schedules allow it” he said. I couldn’t help but laugh at how serious he sounded. “A-are you laughing at me?” He asked, more jokingly than upset. “I just think it’s funny how serious you are right now” I said, pretending to wipe tears. “How can I not be serious? I just caused you a panic attack” he said, clearly still just as worried. “Well don’t worry, its normal. And I was also trying to lighten the mood, given that we’re in a hospital” I said, as an attempt to reassure him. Wait, if we’re in a hospital they probably called my parents. Shit. “Adam, we need to leave, now.” I said, obviously nervous. “What? W-why?” He asked. “Did they call my parents?” I was more worried now. “I-I think so, do you not want your parents here?” He asked, extremely confused. “Th-they can’t be here” now I was panicking, again. Shit, I thought. A nurse walked in, “Sir, please calm down. You’re in a fragile state as it is, we don’t want another panic attack” she was also worried. I looked at her, “D-did you call my parents?” I was terrified. “Yes, we did. They told us to contact them anytime you had a panic attack” she said. She acted like this wasn’t a big deal. “You can’t let them in here, please..” They can’t be here. They can’t. They were. My parents were already there, in the hospital.

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Authors note: Hello, I took a break from Love Story to work on my mental heath and get my life together, so future updates will be slow, but there nonetheless. Sorry for posting.

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