The Dark Ring

Chapter 8.

We where woken up by Julien's parents, we both would go to his house today and after a day his parents would take the plane to go on their business trip. 'Come on it's time to go.' His dad said. Julien's eyes grew wide. 'But what about Paper?' Julien asks and I hit myself on the forehead and laugh. 'Forgot to break the news, I can stay with you.' His mom laughs too and Julien rolls his eyes, but he has a happy glow in his eyes. I have not much to pack, but luckily Julien's parents bought me some clothes. We go in the car and when we are there it's a huge house. When everything is settled and I got a list of things I did make sure Julien did or take in his parents say goodbye and leave.

After they where gone Julien showed me the house. It was beautiful, old, antic, a one of kind sort of house, the warmth it seemed impossible, it was exactly like I imagined a home. I don't know why, but it felt too much, my breathing got heavier and it was like all oxygen where suddenly gone. I ran to the bathroom and locked myself up, I tried to calm down, to just breath, but I couldn't,  I was choking 'Help.' I tried to say it, but it was just a whisper, a cough. My longs hurt, and I heard Julien trying to open the door. After 2 minutes it still didn't stop and Julien burst into the bathroom, he ran towards me and held me. He took me in his lap so my ear could hear his heartbeat in his chest. 'You feel that?  You hear that? Breath with me okay? In and out, in and out. Keep going, you are doing great. Yeah, just like that, in and out, in and out.' He kept a strong hold of me after I calmed down. I almost fell asleep in his arms, it was so intense. 'Are you ready to tell me what happened?' Julien asked carefully while rubbing my back. I sight. 'It-it just, you live in the perfect home, with the perfect parents, probably perfect friends too, and I am so the opposite of perfect. I am so messed up. I never had a real family for most of my life. And your home, it's so warm, so welcoming, so cozy and beautiful, I don't deserve any of that.' I sighted and leaned into Julien's touch. It felt like I had known him for years. 'That's not true, you deserve all of it, every little thing. I am going to pick you up now, you have to sleep for a bit, panic attacks take lots of energy. I'll bring you some water and food.' Julien says while picking me up and carrying me to his room. He puts me down carefully and goes away, he comes back quick and has a glass of water and two chocolate bars in his hands. He gives the glass of water to me and also one of the chocolate bars. I throw the water down my throat and start nibbling at my chocolate bar. We sit down on his bed and I crawl under the blankets and we put our chocolate bars away, well I do, Julien already has fully eaten his. I smile at that and Julien crawls behind me. He puts an arm around my belly and warms me up like that. I can't help but fall asleep fast.

When I wake up Julien is gone, i panic at first, but when I walk to the living room he is sitting on the couch watching television. I look at him for a second before taking my paper and pen and start to write the next Chapter of my book.

Chapter 5. (The book.)

Xavier.

I was enjoying the food we had ordered, it was delicious and perhaps the first real meal I had eaten in a while. I was just throwing it into my mouth, one bite after another in quick succession. I had a large plate of spaghetti. "It's delicious!" I said, my mouth full of food. "I have to learn to make this." I mumbled, stuffing another bite of food into my mouth. Jason sat quietly next to me and was just eating, he laughed at me when I said something stupid again. Or when I cursed when I was almost choking.

Jason.

I enjoy the moment and look at Xavier and how he is gobbling his food. He looks at me with a smile and I quietly enjoy my croissant. We stare at each other and eat our food. I really needed this break. We have a balcony and on the balcony there are 2 sun loungers, I suggest you use them and enjoy the sun. I'm wearing shorts and soon my T-shirt is off, Xavier keeps it on because of his wounds. I grab the sunscreen and ask Xavier if he wants to apply it to me and he willingly takes the bottle of sunscreen from me. Xavier puts a dollop on his hand and starts to rub it gently over my back, the touch makes me feel that I really like it. He has soft hands and when he has finished my back, I ask: 'Can you do my front too? Your hands are already covered in sunscreen.' Xavier laughs and says: 'Are you just using me as a slave?' But he still starts to rub my chest and my stomach follows suit. When he's done we lie down and I quickly feel myself dozing off.