The boy in the hallway

Chapter 8

Ow

Every part of my body hurts. I groan and open my eyes wondering what the fuck just happened. Maybe opening my eyes was a bad idea as the light practically blinds me. I snap them shut again feeling confused. 

"Hello?" I wave my arm around in the air hoping I wasn't dead.  

Wait. what if I'm in heaven?

"you're not in heaven dumbass" a deep voice says. 

Huh. I guess I thought out loud 

I open my eyes and peer around to try figure out where I am. All I see currently is white walls, health posters and- and Aiden? 

Aiden sees me staring at him in confusion and waves at me goofily. I frown and wave back feeling more confused than ever. 

"Sorry but where the fuck am I if it's not heaven?"

Aiden laughs for a while and I begin to feel uncomfortable. "You're in the nurses, you passed out in the hallway so I brought you here." 

well shit. 

I sit up and look around. He's not kidding, we definitely are in the nurses office. I'm sitting on a bed and Aiden is sitting across from me laughing at my confusion. 

"Ah good you're awake!" a nurse comes in and checks my temperature and my pulse. I feel myself tense while she does these things. For starters I'm very aware that Aiden is STILL in the room. For seconds I hate people touching me or doing checkups, it makes me worried. 

"You're all good! You just had a panic attack which ended badly. Go home and take the rest of the day off dear." the nurse hands me a permission slip to go home, and then leaves the room. Leaving me alone with Aiden. We make eye contact and I was expecting him to laugh or just leave the room but he actually looks concerned. 

"Are you ok?" He comes up to me and looks deep into my eyes. 

"I'm fine, I guess I was just stressed." I get off the bed and grab my bag and begin putting on my trainers. 

"Are you sure? I was so worried when I carried you in." He persists. 

He- he carried me in?

I try to hide my embarrassment by staring at my shoelaces, focusing on tying them. "Honestly Aiden I'm ok now, I'm just gonna go home and have a bath." 

"Ok I'll walk you home" he smiles.

"no, no no you don't have to do that."

"Yeah course, I can't have my egg mother feeling under the weather." He grins and leads me out of the school entrance. 

I smile and try to calm my nerves.

Breathe Isabel. I tell myself 1000 times.

It's just a walk home with a friend. It's fine. It doesn't mean anything 

fuck I need to stop overthinking every single thing .

"Hey where do you live?" Aiden asks pulling me out of my thoughts. 

"42 Selwyn Avenue" I mumble quietly instantly feeling nervous by telling him my address.

"Oh cool! I live just round the corner" Aiden smiles at me. 

damn it, his smile is so cute.

"Hey can we go to the shops on the way? , I need some ice cream." Aides asks.

"Yeah sure." I reply biting down my lip to calm my growing anxiety. 

It's just ice cream. Breathe.

End of chapter 8 

Will update soon <3