All because I like a boy.

Ch.3

⚠️ Tw: Panic attack⚠️

"Where are we going?" I say noticing we were going in the opposite direction of the infirmary. Still holding my hand we rushes past his friends who are also on the basketball team. "Dude where'd you go?" They ask concerned. He ignores them, leading me down to a bench in the school garden. "Hey uhh... wanna talk about it?" He asks, scared to hurt my feelings. I hang my head low, avoiding eye contact, scooting away from him as I remembered the events of a few minutes ago. "Hey, I'm here for you," he said reassuring me. I started to cry remembering the feeling of Kodys hands on me. I felt Cyrus wrap his arms around me as I started to shake. He started to pat my head to calm me down. Badump I felt as he kept doing so.

"You're not alone." He suddenly said. "What?" I replied wondering what that meant. "Nothing" he said embarrassed about what he had just said. When I calmed down I backed away realizing how close we were. " So umm... can you not tell anyone?" I pleaded with him. "I won't but you should really tell an adult." Cyrus sighed as he grabbed my hand and began walking towards the class room.

|after school|

"Hey Cyrus we have practice" one of his teammates shouted. " ah actually I have to skip"
His team groaned as they walked out the hall.
"Hey August wanna walk home together?" Cyrus walked up to me. "Umm.. sure.." I agreed, noticing the stares.

~~~

We're walking down the street together. I guess I never noticed how close we lived to each other. "So hey about today.." I start talking, "don't feel bad for me, I deserved it" I glanced up noticing the worried look on his face. "Don't ever say that again," he snapped. Something about the way he said it told me he was worried. "O-ok" I stammered while picking at my thumb.
"August you didn't deserve what happened to you," he explained, "no one does". I felt a tear stream down my face as he hugged me telling me it wasn't my fault. "H-how do you know!" I bursted out between sobbing and confusion. "You don't know me!" I started to laugh. "Oh my gosh calm down please." He started to squeeze me tighter.I started shaking, my heart felt like it was stopping and my breath only going in.
"Huff"
"huff"
I struggled to breathe. Cyrus began rubbing my back and telling me to breathe in and out.
5 minutes passed and I had finally calmed down.
Oh my gosh. I had just had a panic attack in the arms of the basketball captain. He wasn't as much of a jerk as I thought he'd be.
"Don't be embarrassed," he reassured me with a slight chuckle.

~~~

We continued walking and started talking about random things we enjoyed. We have more in common than I thought. "Oh this is my house," he said nervously. I was a little concerned but brushed it off and wished him goodbye. The door was opened by his dad and suddenly slammed.

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