Closed doors...

Unexpected

Noah's pov
I wake up in richelles room since we had a movie night last night,i look over at her and she's running the her t-shirt fabric through her fingers "what's going on?"i ask "hmm what ohhh nothing go back to sleep"richelle says "rich what's wrong"i ask

"I like jacquie but I don't know if she likes me"richelle says "who wouldn't and you can just ask her"i say sitting up "no I'm not asking her"richelle says "she's been flirting with you constantly for a while now but you didn't pick up on it because of your autism"i say "and you didn't tell me?"richelle says

"Because I wasn't sure if you liked her back"i say grabbing my cane as amanda walks in "hey old man"amanda says making richelle laugh but something seems off with Richelle she's not as hyper as normal,amanda picks up on it too "rich?"i ask but I don't get a response "Richelle?"amanda asks putting her hand on richelles leg but Richelle slaps amanda

"Dude!"amanda says "I'm sorry I'm so sorry"richelle says with tears in her eyes "I'm not mad,why did you slap me?"amanda asks "last night I kept having nightmares about Noah's dad hurting me again"richelle says, i wipe her tears "he's not coming back"amanda says and richelle nods "let's give her some space"i say and me and amanda leave

Richelle yesterday told everyone else what happened to her so everyone has been texting us to ask how she is but I didn't expect them to come over which is exactly what summer,kenzie,jacquie,Amy,and unfortunately ozzy did, I invite them in "where's Richelle?"amy asks "upstairs"i say "you know you didn't have to come over after I lost my leg and richelle will definitely say you don't need to be here now"i say "I don't care she can moan all she likes"jacquie

I hear Richelles door open and I look up to see her wearing leggings and a sports bra with her headphones on,i point to the girls and her face dropped as she takes off her headphones "why?"she asks looking at the girls "we wanted to check on you"jacquie says "I'm good you can leave now"Richelle says "rich just sit down while I make you a coffee"i say softly

I start making richelle a coffee and she sits next to jacquie "you didn't have to come over"richelle says "we wanted too"jacquie says smiling,i walk over to richelle to pass her the coffee but I notice her hands shaking, Richelle notices it too and she lays on the floor "pillow"i say to jacquie. Emily walks out of her room and rushes downstairs "what's going on?"summer asks as richelle starts seizing

"I put a timer on"Emily says "please richelle"i mutter I hate seeing her like this it's horrible, luckily she eventually stops seizing but it was a pretty severe one,richelle opens her eyes and takes a minute before sitting up "can you get me a drink?"richelle asks and i walk to the kitchen and grab her a bottle of water

But when I come back to richelle I see her leaning on jacquie "she seems really tired"summer says "don't talk about me like I'm not here summer!"richelle snaps "rich you know the rule"i say passing her the drink "yeah I know"richelle says "the rule?this has happened before?"jacquie asks "yeah I'm epileptic"richelle says looking up at jacquie "and the rule is?"jacquie asks "she can't fall asleep for an hour after a seizure just to make sure there isn't a problem"i say

"Why do you need to know?"richelle asks "just in case"jacquie says and richelle sits up "hot flush?"i ask and she nods "you got a hair tie?"richelle asks jacquie "turn your head"jacquie says and richelle turns her head and jacquie ties up her hair "there you go"jacquie says putting her hand on Richelles knee

I see richelles face change for a second not long enough for anyone else to notice but I know that face "I'm going to go grab my phone"richelle says before rushing upstairs and I follow her "hey come here"i say pulling her into a hug "everytime someone touches me I can't help but think of your dad and I don't want to be like that"richelle says "I know"I say resting my head on top of hers honestly I could kill my dad right now for hurting richelle and I know she wants to kill him for hurting me