Perfection In The Imperfect

Chapter 16-complete

~Axl

"I have to tell you something."
I don't know how to tell her without hurting her, and I know that I'm going to regret telling her this.

We are now in my room resting, after training the entire day. She didn't complain, which I think is to do with her walking for the first time in 3 years. She obviously ran to her sister and told her what happened, and they were both exited.

She still didn't meet her father, and that's to do with him working very hard. It's actually very sad if you think about it.

"So, what is it?" she asked curiously.

I'm panicking.

How can I tell her my news? I'm scared of how she will react to it.

I take a deep breath, and I begin talking.
"Since I was a child, I had difficulty communicating with people, and I was always irritated with people, and became very angry very easily. Maybe you noticed?" I asked, and she smiled and nodded her head yes.

I smiled at her, and went on:
"So anyway, my mom took me to a psychologist, and after a month, the psychologist told me that I have a disorder, normally by young kids, so it will go away in a couple of months if I take anti-depressant pills. At that time, I was 7 or 8 years old, and months became years, and the emotions didn't go away, and it got worse every year. I couldn't take it anymore, and one day, I exploded. I screamed at my mom, and I said very...bad things to her. She knew then how bad it became, and took me to the doctor."

I looked at Kendra to see if she's still listening, and she was. It made me happy to know that someone is listening to me....

"The doctors told my mother that my disorder is so bad, that I will have it for my whole life. It doesn't happen to many people, but it happened to me. Do you know what disorder it is I'm talking about, Kendra?" I pleaded.

She looked down, and shook her head no.
"It's ODD. Oppositional defiant disorder."

I was scared of how she will react to this news, but all she did was look at me in my eyes, and hugged me. I'm shocked. Why is she hugging me? It took me a while before I hugged her back.

"I'm so sorry, Axl." is all she said.
"Aren't you mad at me or something?" I asked with the shocked expression still on my face.

"Why would I be mad? It's not your fault, and it must've been hard to tell me this. I'm here for you if you need someone to talk to."

This gave me a warm feeling in my heart.

"Thank you for understanding, Kendra."

I smiled at her and we both fell asleep on her bed.