Third Times The Charm

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GEORGE POV

tw: anxiety and sexual abuse

"GET UP." A loud voice screamed into my ear, disturbing my blissful sleep. I turned over, shoving my face into my pillow, and groaned. "Come on! We have class in 30 minutes." Karl whined into my ear. "Fine, but make me breakfast?" I smiled as I looked up from my pillow at the boy trying to drag me out of bed. "Uhh~ fine." He huffed as he stomped into the kitchen.

I slowly got up, stretching as my vision blurred, then focused again, leaving me a slight bit dizzy. I walked over to my wardrobe picking out a skirt that Dream bought me yesterday, and a random hoodie I found in Karl's wardrobe.

"Breakfast!" Karl called from the kitchen. The smell of food lingered in the air, making my stomach growl. "Eggs!" Karl smiled at me as he ate his portion. We are in a comfortable silence.

"Thank you Karl." I giggled as we abandoned our dirty plates on the side of the sink and left with our bags.

When we got to the main part of the school, near the classrooms, Karl stopped walking. I looked over at him confused. "You're wearing Sap's hoodie." He giggled. My face dropped. "I didn't tell you because I knew you'd change and I wanted to see everyone's reactions." He continued to giggle as he began walking again. "Karl~" I whined, trailing behind him.

This class is so boring, every class is so boring. I sighed, sitting back in my seat. "Karl I'm going to go early to lunch, I can't stand this." I whispered as I stood up to sneak out the back entrance.

I got to the doors of the near-empty cafeteria before getting stopped by a hand on my shoulder. "Hi pretty." He said in a low tone, leaning into my ear. "Do I know you?" I asked, backing up as much as I can. "Not yet, but you can get to know me." He chuckled. I cringed as the words left his mouth. I tried to get away but he put a rough arm around my waist, and his other moved to hold my wrist. "It's just you and me here." He kissed my cheek. I hit him in the face and he just tightened his grip on my wrist and lowered his hand to my ass.

The bell rang, initiating a loud rustle of people gathering their bags and heading for lunch. I thanked the school in my head. "Let go!" I shouted, hoping to grasp someone's attention. Just then I heard the familiar laughter of my friends. I looked over to where I heard the noise, hoping to find the source. "Dream!" I shouted as the boy on me continued to kiss me. All four boys looked my way and immediately Sap and Clay ran over. Sap pulled the guy off me as Dream punched him in the face. Dream continued to punch him as I slid down the wall, bringing my knees to my chest.

I felt tears begin to leave my eyes silently. I kept thinking about his hands on me, how helpless I was. Stop thinking about it! I looked up and saw him still being hit. I felt guilty. It's my fault he's getting hit, I shouldn't have made such a big deal out of it. Everyone's starring at me. Oh no. They'll all think I'm faking what happen. They'll think I want attention. I want to scream at them that I don't want their attention but nothing comes out. My throat feels tight. My breathing is shaky and unstable. I'm crying a lot. I didn't realise. I must look a mess, I laugh. Why me? Huh. My life is just a load of mistakes. I look up. I'm not on the ground anymore. I'm floating. Ow my head hurts. No, I'm being lifted, into the bathrooms. I don't know who's holding me but I'm too tired to check. I hold on as tight as I can as I try to focus on my breathing and calm down. I cry into their shoulder for what feels like hours, when really, it's barely been a minute. "I'm sorry." I mumbled into their shoulder, not letting go as I'm sitting on the sink in the bathroom and they're standing in front of me. "It's okay Georgie." They whispered back.

Dream. It's Dream. Thank god. He pulls back and looks at me. He turns on the tap, wiping away any make up or dry tears on my face. "Beautiful." He whispered, kissing my forehead. I smiled. "Do you want me to bring you home?" He asked, smiling. "No, I'm okay. It was just a panic attack, I get them a lot since I've had anxiety since I was a kid. I just haven't had to calm myself down by myself in awhile so I'm glad you were there." I smiled. "If you ever feel a panic attack coming on or need some comfort, don't be afraid to call me, I'll come over straight away if you're not already at my place. You'll never be a burden and you don't ever need to apologise." He smiled. "Thank you." I whispered. Wow he's perfect. How did I find these people. I'm lucky.

"I'm tired." I pouted. "You want me to carry you?" He rolled his eyes. "Yep!" I beamed. "Fine." He huffed, picking me up as I wrapped my legs around him. "To the cafeteria!" I shouted, pointing ahead of me. He chucked.

We arrived at our table and I tightened my grip around Dream. "Seriously?" He groaned. I nodded into his shoulder. He sat down with me still on his lap. "Someone's clingy." Alex laughed. "Are you okay George?" Karl asked seeming very concerned. "Yep I'm fine!" I smiled as I turned to face them on Dream's lap.

"Why is he wearing your hoodie?" Alex asked Sap sounding pretty annoyed. "Yeah, why are you wearing my hoodie?" Sap turned to look at me. "Ask your boyfriend." I groaned, rolling my eyes. Karl just burst out laughing, unable to answer any questions.

"Hey pretty, look at you, dressing all nice for us." One of the boy from earlier's friends said to me as they walked past our table. I looked up at Dream. "On second thought, I do want to go home." I said shyly.

"Movie night!" Karl shouted. "Dream and Sap you bring George to your place. Q come with me to the store for snacks. I have Sap's card." He smiled. "You have what?" Sap looked at Karl while reaching for his wallet to check. "Thank you, love you." They both shouted as they got up and ran out of the cafeteria. "Simp." I laughed, watching Sap smile fondly at his two boyfriends. "Shut up." He waved his hand at me as he continued to watch them until they were out of sight.

"Guess we're going to our place." Sap shrugged, getting up. I got up next following him to the door. I felt eyes on me and then suddenly two hands on my waist. I looked up to see Dream holding me and walking close behind me, covering up my skirt. I sighed in relief as we left the horrible room.

I had a dream that George died and Dream was in it too and he was going through grief and everything and I woke up at 5am and thought it was real for 3 hours and I sobbed for 2 hours and then I realised it was a dream but then I checked everywhere and none of them had said anything for days so I thought maybe it was real and I like sensed it and then for three days anytime I thought about dreams, george or mcyt I cried and every tiktok or picture I saw of him I cried until he was on Quackitys alt stream and then I was fine 👍

it was really weird.

ANYWAY

please be safe if you ever think like this. I wanted to write about panic attacks because I get them a lot but I still haven't got it completely right. I dropped a glass on my head yesterday and it triggered a panic attack? it was also very weird.

I LOVE YOU. YOU ARE NEVER A BURDEN. YOUR PROBLEMS ARE VALID AND YOU SHOULDN'T FEEL GUILTY.

Sleep, eat and drink water <3