The Boy Trapped

Chapter 7

Nyxon's POV
"You'll be fine."

"I-I will be?"

"Yes. Don't stress yourself out. You'll only make yourself sick."

Colette came back holding a duffel bag. She drove me back to my house. My brother was sitting in the living room waiting.

"There you are."

"Don't tell me, you've been in here all night waiting."

"Okay I won't tell you that."

I rolled my eyes.

"Jesus Christ why are like this?"

"Hey I wanted to make sure, you came home."

"Oh. I can't argue with you then."

"I bet you feel dumb now."

"Dude, I always feel dumb."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I was locked in a house with nothing to learn for 7 years. I know literally nothing."

Lucas yawned.

"I'm going to bed now that you're home."

He walked to his room. Me and Colette walked to my room. We got ready for bed then laid down. She put her head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her. I woke up in the middle of the night for the same reason, I normally do. I had a bad dream . I jumped up.

"Is everything okay?"

I looked next to me. Colette was looking at me.

"Y-yeah. I-I just had another bad dream."

I laid back down.

"Do you have them a lot?"

"Basically every night."

"Is it always the same one?"

"Basically."

"Does it get worse?"

"Eh."

I rolled onto my side to face her.

"I get flashbacks sometimes."

She let me talk until, I fell back asleep. On Monday, she picked me up and drove us to school.

"Have you thought about doing a sport?"

"L-like football?"

"Yeah. A kid just quit so they need a replacement."

"O-oh..I-I don't know about that."

"It'd give you something to do."

"Yeah. Y-you have a point."

"Oh! There's the coach!"

She parked and we got out of her car. She grabbed my hand.

"W-what are you doing?"

She brought me over to a man.

"Okay. Hi this is Nyxon. Nyx this is Coach Ryan. Nyxon is interested in joining the football team."

"Uh I-I didn't necessarily say that."

That conversation got me signed up for football. That Saturday was my first game.

Colette's POV
"Have fun!"

Nyxon just started staring at me. I ran to my cheer squad.

"Seriously? The new kid is a football player now?"

"Yeah. What's wrong with that?"

"He's new still."

"Oh shut up Hailey. Let him be."

We ended up losing the game. I ran up to Nyxon after the game.

"Hi! How was it?"

"I actually didn't hate it."

"Yay!"

"I also got invited to a party."

"Really?! When is it?!"

"Well...it's after the game so right now but...I-I don't know if I should go."

"Why?"

He shrugged.

"I-I've never thought of myself as a party goer."

"Oh! That's okay."

"I-it is?"

"Mhm! You don't have to go to parties to have fun."

"I-I don't?"

"Nope!"

"O-okay. W-what do you want to do then?"

"Do you wanna go get ice cream? It's only like 6 minutes away."

"Wait really?"

"Yeah! Oooo we can make it a late night date!"

He smiled.

"Alright."

My friend Tara ran up to us.

"Hey!"

"Hi! I didn't know you were here."

"There's a party at Mitchell Marsh's house. You're going."

"Uhhh no."