Blade

Meeting Heather

Nico P.O.V

I was nervous for my first meeting with Heather. When Will first told me I was a little shocked but I got over it. I was now sitting on my bed trying not to have a panic attack. Will was out working at the infirmary. I was getting more and more anxious by the second. My breath became quick and sharp. I started to cry. I didn't want this to happen again. I held my face in my hands. I slipped off the bed onto the floor. I scrunched myself up into a ball and just laid there. I knew I was going to be late for Heather and that thought just freaked me out more. I felt like I was going to die. I vaguely heard my cabin door open and shut. Then I felt a pair of strong warm arms wrapping around me. I whimpered. I saw Will's face in front of mine. "Hey. Hey. It's ok. Just breathe. In. out." I tried to follow Will's breathing but I couldn't. "I-I can't." Will took my hands in his and looked me in the eye. "Yes, you can. Just follow me. Slow and steady. In. out. In. out." Slowly my breathing became normal again. I sat up and pulled me into a hug. "C'mon. Time to go to the heather." I allowed him to help me up and we walked to the big house. Heather wanted to meet there so we had privacy. As we climbed the steps, I held onto Will's hand tightly. "You will be ok. I promise. Heather is really nice." I didn't reply. We went to our allocated room and found her sitting there waiting. She looked up at us when we walked in. "Hi Will! And you must be Nico. I'm Heather. How are you today?"

"I'm ok." I lied. I didn't really know Heather yet and I wanted to before I trusted her. I didn't really trust people easily. "Nico." Will chided. "You can trust Heather. I promise." I looked over to him. "Fine. I feel... not really ok. I had a panic attack earlier." Heather looked at me. "Why do you think you had this panic attack?" I shrugged my shoulders. "C'mon. I promise you can talk to me." my hands shook a little. I never really talked to people about my panic attacks. When they happened, Will would ask me but didn't push. "I was alone in my cabin. Will was up at the infirmary. I felt nervous about meeting you. Then I started thinking of things that could go wrong. It just got worse from there." I hung my head. Will reached over and grabbed my hand causing me to look up at him and Heather. "Now Nico. I have an idea to help you cope with these situations when nobody is there to help you. How do you feel about getting a service animal?" I thought that would be amazing. I told Heather this and she smiled. I looked to will. "Can we?" He was smiling as well. "As long as you want to." Heather handed us the number of a service animal place not too far away. After many calls and trips down there, I decided on a black kitten. I was still unsure of what to name her but I was going to love her with all my heart. And I still had a week before she came home and lived with us forever.

Author time!!

Let me know what you want the kitten to be called!!! First person to answer will get the next chapter dedicated to them!!! Please either comment or message me your answers!! Sorry for the short chapter. The next one should be longer!! Also if you want me to start putting the word count in here let me know!!!

-mini Hermes