❝Kid, don't do that!❞ It was as if I could almost feel him smile-Hear it in his voice, let the warmth of it deluge my heart.
❝Why not?❞
❝It tickles, Allan.❞ I looked into his eyes as he chuckled. Just then i noticed a strange spark of uncertainty a...
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Tears appeared in his eyes and so I held his hand. I wasn't sure he was crying. What Nishi just said kinda caught us all of the ground. Cole was hugging her right now but Lily had this weird expression on her face with not even a bit of sympathy.
We all walked back to the car. Nishi was still with Cole ahead of us. Maddie and Lily in front of them.
"Are you okay?" I asked Allan even though I knew he wasn't.
"Why would she lie to me? She never keeps secrets, she just isn't like that." He spoke ignoring my question. "I am worried for her Jace. I've never seen her so.." He hesitated, looking for the right word "emotional."
"Maybe lets just wait for her to explain herself?" I tried to calm him down and till a level it did work.
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We reached back to Cole's car in the open parking lot and made Nishi sit as we all stood there surrounding her, unsure of what to do.
"Alright would you speak?" Lily sounded mad all of a sudden.
"Can you let her breathe?" I raged at Lily as Allan held my hand tight.
Nishi was still like she'd just seen a ghost. A minute later she suddenly spoke. Her voice feeble unlike usually. She was struggling for words which was understandable.
"I am.." She paused, waiting for her words to come out "mentally not.. okay."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Lily spoke, filled with frustration.
"LET HER SPEAK!" Allan spoke, hand still tight around mine. He was obviously mad at Lily. In fact we all were. She was straight up rude.
Cole wasn't giving off a big reaction. He was just confused.
Nishi stood up all of a sudden as the tears trickled down her cheeks; face completely red. "I am mentally ill! I hear noises in my head. You done? Just leave." She was angry. Angry and crying.
"Fine!" Lily said and walked away from the car towards the carnival entry. Maddie, as usual confused what to do, tried staying but initially ended up running and trying catch up with Lily.
Nishi spoke again. "I have EHD and it's rare and I didn't think anyone would know. I just.. I just thought it would go away and I was in Derby for the treatment all this while." Her tears built up with every word that came out her lips.
Allan rushed towards her, his hand slipping out of mine. "Don't!" He hugged her "Don't talk about it if you can't." He was right.
She stood there and cried on his shoulder for a few minutes. I kept my hand on Cole's shoulder as he turned towards me. Strangely his eyes were slightly tearing up. Everyone except me was kinda crying.
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Ihave recently discovered a new interest for fantasy fiction. It's actually quite amusing.
I am also currently writing another story that I'll start publishing after this one.
Also thankyou so much for 750+ reads. I am very happy how people are liking this story.
