"no, no, no, no. please, don't right now."
"hey are you okay?"
"panic. I-"
"hey, hey, breathe breathe. I'm right here. Focus on my voice, listen to me count. 1-2."
"chest - hurts."
"hey, I know. But you're gonna be okay, I promise. Everything is Okay. Focus."
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"Hey Harps, I made another new friend today."
"lemme guess, she's new & you invited her to our table for lunch huh?"
"why, yes yes I did. how'd ya know?"
"Cause you're always somewhere adopting stray humans."
"Hey,hey she is actually a good person & her name is Ace. she helped me this morning during a panic attack."
"Ava. why were you panicking? where is your inhaler ? you do realize I am on speedial? I know your phone isnt dead !"
"Hey hey , calm down mom. I am okay Now, and I accidently left it at the house . And I couldn't, didn't have enough time to call. It snuck up on me."
"Here. Now what were you panicking about?"
"I love how you always got me a spare."
"Ofcourse I do , now give it back so you don't lose it. Now answer the question."
"Fine. It was just, I had got a text from my mom about my granddad & it just..blurred, I couldn't breathe much. Until Ace came out of no where."
"Give me your phone."
"yes, the code is still the same."
"So, Granddad he's in the hospital."
"yeah. It just yeah. "
"Okay, Ava. Now give me a hug, Next time you call me. And I wanna meet Ace and thank her myself."
"Don't worry, lunch is like an hour away."
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Grow Up(ONHOLD)
Historia Corta"what's the point of falling for someone, only to get hurt?" "I believe that's the whole point of growing up." "fuck growing up , once you grow up you're bound to get hurt." "I guess it all depends on who you decide to grow up with."