Let me help. (A Siva Kaneswaran story)

Chapter 5

Siva's pov:

I walked out of the room and to the living room. I saw that Jay, Max, and Tom were ordering Chinese food. I sat down and waited for them to finish.

"Well, your girl, she is.... Well, she is interesting." Tom said.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked him. I saw Jay pop a beer open.

"Mate, you have to admit, she isn't exactly normal." Max added. I glared at him.

"Look, she has had a rough time. All that she needs is some stability." I tell them. It sounded like I was convincing myself. The Chinese food came and we dug in. Nathan walked into the room and sat down. He looked around the room.

"Where is Nyx?" He asks. I try to think of a cover story, but Nyx saved me. She walked into the room with a a smile on her face.

"There she is!" I handed her the last Chinese carton.

"Thanks, so what are you boys doing?" She asks. She then motions for me to move. I move to the middle seat so that she could have the end seat.

"Well, it is Friday night, so what do you boys think about going clubbing?" Jay says. Max and Tom got excited immediately.

"I think that Nyx and I will stay here." I tell them. She looks at me with wide eyes.

"I think that I will stay here too." Nathan added.

"You three are party poopers. Well, come on boys!" Max said as he got up. With in 10 minutes, they were gone and I was with Nathan and Nyx. She looked at Nathan and, for some strange reason, wouldn't stop staring.

"Can I help you with something?" He asked. I thought that he was being pretty rude, but then again he didn't know her like I did.

"Sorry, I was just thinking. Hey, Siva, could I talk to you in private?" She then started to get up off of the couch. She accidentally bumped into Nathan's arm. She immediately went into a protection mode. She hid her face and started to shake.

"Nyx, honey, its okay." I say to her. She just stands there. Nathan then gets up and walks over to her.

"Nyx, are you okay?" He touches her shoulder. She backs away from us and tripped over the table. When she landed on the floor, she started to push away from us. But she never had her back to us.

"Please, please, please, don't do anything! I will be good again!" She pleaded with us as she backed into the wall. Nathan looked at me.

"Nyx, we aren't going to hurt you. Trust me. I told you that nothing will ever hurt you. Remember?" I sat down on the ground. I figured that my height intimidated her anyway, but her being on the ground might make it worse. Nathan then got on the floor beside me.

"What were you going to ask me in my room?" I ask her. Maybe this will get her back to normal.

"How old is Nathan?" She says. I look over at Nathan and see that he was looking at her.

"I am 19. Why does that matter?" He asks her. She looked at us and shook her head.