Piper's POV
I look at all the papers sprawled out on my bed and sigh. 2 assignments down, 9 to go. It's hard being in the advanced classes, not only do you have harder assignments, but a lot more of them. I carefully eye out every single assignment.
¨Pick your poison¨ I think to myself. I eventually go for the algebra worksheet. 20 questions. Can't be THAT hard, right? I finish the 20 algebra questions and vaguely see some faint lines along the back of the page. I flip the worksheet over to reveal another 10 questions on the back of the page. I groan. This isn't due until Thursday, it's Tuesday. I'll be fine. I look over the assignments again. 10 page essay, pages 280-290 in the math book, I could go on.
How to they expect us to do all of this in such a short amount of time?
Should I email my teachers?
What would I say?
Would that be complaining?
All of these thoughts are spiraling in my head and before I know it, I'm trembling. My breathing is picking up and tears are pouring down my cheeks and I don't know what to do with myself. It feels like the walls of my bedroom are coming in closer and closer and the ceilings spinning. I feel like I'm on some kind of horror carousel. I want to curl up into a ball and let my overpowering emotions take over and swallow me into the pit of stress that I've created. But I don't. Instead, I shakily reach for my phone, being careful not to drop it and slide up to face ID, which always recognizes me, even when I'm breaking down (smartass phone). And call Finn. At this point, It's an instinct. The line rings a couple times before he answers.
¨Hey Pipes, what-¨ He cuts himself off mid-sentence when he hears my heavy breaths.
¨Finn¨ I breathe. That's all I have to say.
¨I'm coming over, right now¨ Is all he says before he hangs up and leaves me in my thoughts. Nobody's home. My mom was at a work happy hour at a bar near her job, James was probably either with West and Eldon, or Riley, my older sister Ashley moved out 3 years ago, my other older sister, Alissa moved out one year ago and my dad was at work. It was just me, my thoughts and my carousel room.
5 minutes later, I hear the front door burst open. He didn't bother knocking, he didn't care if anyone else was home, he just walked in.
¨Pipes, where are you?!¨ Finn yells from downstairs.
¨Up here¨ I say between tears. He runs upstairs and into my room. He immediately scoops me up off my bed and into his arms. He sits down on my bed and kisses my head.
¨I'm here¨ He says softly ¨I'm here, I love you and I'm not leaving you, Piper¨. He only says 12 words, 43 letters. But those 12 words, those 43 letters and being safe in his arms, is all I need to know that I'll be okay.
A/N: Thank you so much for reading! Always feel free to request anything you would like to see.
PS: It's literally almost 3 AM where I am rn, so if this is really crappy, it's probably just because I'm really tired.
