The Disastrous Union

13

I have to walk back to the lab, well limp, because I left my phone in his car, for some stupid reason, I didn't put it in my bag.

My apple watch was charging at home so I couldn't even get his attention like that but it's not like I really wore it to work where I frequently touched bodily fluids anyways.

I see him in his car, just sitting there and open his door and then grab my phone before shutting the door, limping back into the office.

I smile at the camera person who's packing up for the day and we chat for a bit.

I go upstairs to my office and lock the door, putting my phone to charge and fall asleep on my couch.

Someone knocks on my door but I ignore it because I'm tired, I'm exhausted.

The knocking won't stop so I eventually answer it.

It's Rio.

"What do you want?" I ask him and he sits down where I was sleeping.

"Are you ready to go home?" He questions and I gather my stuff.

"Sure." I go on my phone and see that he hadn't called once but Serena had.

I go to her office and I see her slumped over some work.

"Serena?" She jolts awake and I look at her, she's upset about something. "Are you okay lovely?"

She shakes her head and she hugs me, I hug her back, she clearly needs it.

"It's so sad." She says.

"What is?" I ask.

"What's happening to you, it's not fair. I can't lose my mentor, again. How could you be framed?" She says and I just hug her tighter.

"It'll be fine. You've got nothing to worry about, my father confessed to the cover up. The only thing left is for us to figure out what happened to him. Okay?" She nods. "Get some rest."

We both get ready to go home and I get into the car where Rio had been waiting for me.

When I get out of the car, my feet hurt so much and I barely manage to get into the house before I nearly collapse on the floor.

I wave to the cameras and go upstairs and they follow me as I literally go into Rio's room and collapse on the bed.

We'd never slept in the same bed before and I was scared, I slept really badly, if I slept at all.

I go into his en-suite and shower and then put on pyjamas on a pile that says my name and I put them on. These aren't mine, these are Rio's and they look ridiculous on me.

I can't go to my room now though.

I'm too tired to do that.

I lie down on the bed but I can't sleep as my body keeps myself awake.

Rio comes into the room and I pretend to be asleep as I can hear the camera person there asking questions.

He comes round to 'my side of the bed' which I promptly realise is not mine but his.

I hear him answer a bunch of questions with some BS answers and eventually they leave and I can see them leaving through the door through the window.

I leave his room and I'm trying to go to mine to take off my pyjamas but he stops me and drags me back to his room.

"They're going to be here in the morning, they'll notice if you changed." I don't resist, my feet hurt so much.

They're so sore and I have to squeeze them but they kill.

"What's wrong?" He asks and I want to ignore him but I can't just always be rude.

"My feet hurt."

"Why?"

"Because I had to walk from the police station to the lab." I say and he's confused.

"What do you mean?" Why is he confused.

"You left me at the police station. I had to walk back." I explain and he doesn't even apologise, just mumbles to himself.

I cross my legs and stretch forward and stay like that because it helped relieve my pain throughout my body but the most pain I was feeling now was in my heart.

I get up and go to my room and grab my blanket and lock the door behind me, going into that same pose but I hug my blanket.

I trace my finger across the stitching as I feel my chest constricting.

I run to the bathroom quickly and sit on the toilet as I cry silently.

I had the most horrible day and I didn't even have someone to talk to at the end of the day.

I wash my face as I sit there and go back to the bed and I stay there, awake for the whole night.

When it hits 5am, I get up but I feel my body start to melt into the ground.

Oh God.

I don't make a sound, I close my eyes and breathe silently. I open my eyes.

It's not even 1am yet, I'd fallen asleep and nearly had a bad dream.

I still have my blanket though. I hug it tight. I feel cold shivers run through my body.

I'm so scared. I can't even close my eyes. I can't move. I'm so paralysed with fear.

I cover my ears as I don't want to hear the noises of the house but old, sour memories come flooding back.

I breathe in and out but nothing will calm me down and my own breathing is driving me up a wall.

"Why are you moving around so much?" I jump at Rio's voice. "You're being so noisy."

"Sorry. Just having a hard time sleeping." I move away from him and lie down properly, just trembling.

"Okay can you stop breathing so heavily. You sound like you're scared." Well he's not a complete dumbass but he's still a partial dumbass.

"Sorry." I say and get up and go to my own bed and lie down on it even though there's no bedsheets or duvet. I don't sleep but I manage to calm myself down and by the time it's actually time to wake up and get ready, I'm alright.