Just Breathe

chapter two

Virgil

Shortly after Roman had calmed down Thomas walked in 'do you want to come with me to the gym Thomas?' Roman asked he nodded yes and they left. 'I'm going to my room' I said walking towards the staircase and soon enough out of sight from the others. Once upstairs I walked into my room and got some cans of paint and a lot of brushes. I walked through our shared bathroom straight into her room where she was humming a tune I remembered but all too well it was from perfect harmony sung by Keke Palmer and Max Schneider 'ain't it a perfect harmony' we said at the same time 'Oh My God Virge' she exclaimed as she turned around 'care to fill in that empty wall?' I asked holding up the paint ' sure' she said as she grabbed some paint cans from me and making place, laying down something so nothing could get onto the floor. She took out her phone and showed me a picture 'is that' I started 'yes it is' she said, we started and after about 3 and a half hours we finished we held the phone up before the wall before revealing the wall, it looked almost the same the only difference was mostly the colors of the background and the castle, these were mostly different shades of purple and purplish blue 'morgan Virgil are you in here?' patton called out 'common in Patton' Morgan said as she hung up the last picture above her bed when he opened the door and saw us covered in paint he gasped 'what did you two do' he exclaimed 'not much dad just paint a wall' I said, and that earned me a confused look from Morgan 'he likes that we call him dad' I expanded 'I hope you didn't mess anything up kiddos' Patton said 'no, we just painted this' Morgan said moving away from the wall, the only thing he did was gasp and then he ran out of the room 'what was that all about' I asked 'like I would know' she said. We turned around and looked at the finished piece again, 'it's just like we're home again, isn't it v?' she asked 'yeah it is' I whispered, and a second later Patton burst into the room again, followed by the others 'there you are Virgil' roman said and the others gasped 'did you make this all by yourself' Thomas asked 'I had help' Morgan said mentioning towards me 'is this the same place' roman asked as he walked over to the picture we took so many years ago ' yes roman it is' Morgan said 'the same picture hangs next to it, the only difference was that there were 8 hooded figures in the picture the hoods fell right before their eyes, one of them was me and one of them was Morgan 'who are these people?' roman asked 'just me and some friends' she said looking away. Neither of us ever talked about that time, no one on that picture would ever talk about what happened just after the picture was taken. 'why did you actually come for Patton?' she asked, trying to hide the pain in her voice 'I came to tell you two that dinner was ready' he said 'we'll be there in a minute dad' I said as everyone left. 'it's scary what a smile can hide' she said 'isn't it?' she continued 'yeah it is' I said with a sad smile, 'but let's get something to eat shall we' I said and she nodded. After I had changed I went to knock on morgans door 'coming' she called out and came running out the door like nothing had happened just a moment ago. After dinner everyone got back into their rooms, soon enough school would start again and since I skipped this year, I would be a senior next year and I would be in classes together with Morgan and Thomas. In the middle of the night I woke up to muffled screams, like those of a nightmare, I got up and walked through the bathroom to morgans room, she was tossing and turning in her bed. I walked over and put on the lamp on her nightstand and then woke her up 'please don't' she said before shouting upwards her eyes meeting mine. When she realized who was sitting beside her she broke down 'sh, it will be alright I know it's hard' I whispered, we had some pas together, but one thing changed both our lives so much, alright maybe Morgan was older when it happened but the way how was 10 times as bad as that is was with me.

*flashback*

'Ve, please help me' Morgan said crying over the phone, in the background I heard a gunshot 'morgan what's happening?' her response was shocking 'he lost it v, he's going to kill me too' she said, 'take your most important belongings now, stay on the phone with me I will talk you through alright em, talk to me alright' I said trying not to panic for her sake 'alright what do I need to pack?' she said 'take pictures, and some clothes don't forget your pc and any electronic device you have and their rechargers' I said I heard a lot of noice far minutes strait 'alricht anything else?' she asked 'oh sweetheart come out' a man's voice low and full of anger 'take your money and get out through the window, morgan the police is on their way but don't wait for them, they have your phonenumber just take a taxi and get to this adress as soon as posible' I said, 'alright' a heard a loud tud and then running footstaps, 've I'm at the main road now I will call you as soon as I'm in town' she said

*end flashback*

This was about two weeks ago, she had to stay in a motel near the side of the country until the police had confirmed what I had told them over the phone, and now she's here. After about half an hour she went quiet. 'verge are you here' roman asked walking through the bathroom 'ssh she just fell back asleep' I whispered, when he saw us, he looked mad, 'Ro, it's not what you this she was having a panic attack' I whispered laying her back down and walking behind him to my room ' and why would you go and calm her down?' he asked, I sighed 'look roman, I've known her since I was 12, and the reason she came to live with us is because of her parents, I bet you have seen the news about that married couple when the man shot the woman tried to kill their daughter and then shot himself' I said 'yes I saw that what does this have to do with her?' he asked, 'do you remember the surname of the family' I asked 'the man his surname was reed and the women was blackwood why' roman said 'do you know what morgan's full name is?' I asked him 'no what is it?' he said 'her full name is Morgan A. Reed Blackwood' with that said he gasped, 'you mean' 'yes roman, she is the daughter, her own father tried to kill her, I was on the phone with her at that moment' 'so that's why you were freaking out 2 weeks ago  ' he said 'but you've known her since your 12 how did I not know that?' he asked as we sat down on the couch 'just like you never knew I have lived for a very long time in a smaller town named Rochelle, and that I wasn't like this I had other friends, but one day everything changed, one of my friends had a brother, and he became a problem, his name was dean deceit, we all changed after that, the picture with the 8 hooded figures, I'm in that picture so is Morgan, we all swore after what happened that day, that we never would talk about it again' I told him 'oh virge why didn't you tell me' roman asked, 'because soon after we moved here I lost my parents and... and' I started to lose it at this point.

'ssh, it's alright, take a deep breath, and take your time' roman said 'soon after I had moved here I got to know you and then they died, in those 3 days she was here, she had run away from home again and broke in 3 times to make sure I ate something, and then you had the police break down the door, after that you moved in with me, and we kind of lost contact, we texted and so but we didn't see each other for so long, when I heard what happened after that it broke my heart she's like family to me roman, she's like my little sister' the last part came out as a whisper 'it's okay love, let's get some sleep shall we ' roman said and soon after we both fell asleep. The next morning I woke up to nothing, roman was gone what didn't surprise me, he had said he needed to go to a office meeting this week and after that he needed to go to the local theatre for an audition, you see roman works from home, what gives him also the time to go act as one of the lead roles in the shows they play. 'morning ve' I heard someone say, 'morning' I said back 'breakfast is ready' the voice said, and then it came to me that the only female voice in this house was morgans 'I'm coming em' I said getting up and dressing myself. 'morning' I said as I walked into the kitchen 'morning verge' Logan said 'ah, there you are my dark strange son' Patton said ' morning everyone' Thomas said as he walked in yawning 'morning ve' morgan began 'morning Thomas' she said soon after, not too get the attention as she used my nickname 'and Morgan are you ready to get back to school?' patton asked 'oh damn school starts tomorrow' Thomas said while cursing under his breath 'yeah I'm ready, the only thing that's bothering me is that I needed to transfer in the middle of the year' she said 'don't brag about it Morgan, your probably way smarter than anyone in that classroom, you have skipped one year for god sake, and that was in middle school' I said and everyone looked at me, and morgan facepalmed herself for blowing the cover 'how do you' logan asked 'I told him, I had a panic attack last night and he helped me with it alright and I couldn't sleep after that so we talked' Morgan said answering logans question 'oh' was all they could say 'wait a second you had a panic attack' Patton almost screamed out which made both morgan and me flinch. After this morgan left the kitchen.