Double Or Nothing // C.T.H

21 ~ Calum

Black and red blur as my eyes roll back, the cold feels like it sunk deep enough to freeze my heart.

"Thomas?" Valerie's soft voice asks, I can feel the heat from her body spread across my skin as she wraps and arm around my shoulders.

My teeth where still hitting each other roughly, causing my headache to worsen by the second.

Valerie grunts as she helps me into siting position, the weight of my cloths making it hard for my weak body to move.

My back collapses on the wall of the shower and I strain to pull my legs up to my chest.

I rest my head against the blue tiles of the wall before opening my eyes.

My eyes focus on her face, except she wasn't looking back at me. Her eyes where fixed on my collarbone.

I glance down to see the end of my tattoo popping against my now pale skin, My shirt drooping low with the weight of the freezing water.

I lift a shaky hand and lift the shirt up, intending to cover it up quickly, however my actions were slow.

Her eyes fall to the floor, where my glasses had been knocked off. She picked them up, looking through them only to see they were fake.

Valerie looks back up to me, her face unreadable.

I don't want her here. Not with me like this. I have to be strong, not frail and shaking in the corner of a shower.

"Im s-sorry. We jus-st wanted t-to-"
I cough, my lungs shuttering. I place my quivering hands on the dirt stained shower floor, using every ounce of energy left in me to push myself up.

I wobble and reach out for the walls as my vision became dark and splotchy.

A arm wrapped around my waist and Valerie helped me out of the shower.

I glance at the mirror as we pass, instantly wishing I hadn't. I looked extremely pale, my whole body shaking, and lips a blue-purple color as if all the blood in them was frozen.

"It's alright." She says softly, her features set in deep concern as I continue to shake uncontrollably, now not only from the cold but being vulnerable.

I hate breaking in front of people, especially ones I don't know well. Being helpless is not a good thing, I know that for a fact, it terrifies me to feel myself crumble in front of her.

I turn my back to her, not wanting to to see my face. Stumbling to my locker, I grab the black cover up and slid my arms into it.

I felt no warmer, the cold was now set in my skin, I was numb.

"Come on, I'll help you home." Valerie's voice cuts through the silent locker room and I nod, following her out the door.

I whimper at the harsh wind that pushed the cold deeper into my skin. My feet felt as heavy as cinder blocks, yet I couldn't feel my toes.

I glance around me as we sloshed through the field and to the parking lot. It was really a beautiful day, golden leaves covered the ground, and the sun was shining brightly, but providing no warmth.

I groan realizing that I walked to school today, meaning I had to walk back.

Valerie sends me a sympathetic glance. "Don't worry, we'll be there in no time."