Madison's POV
I squeeze my eyes shut and without thinking, I decide to walk away from the situation.
"Madison!" I hear him shout. "Madison!...come back here now!".
I can't do this.
I ignore him completely.
*The Next Day
I've got English today...with Chandler...I'm dreading it.
As I walk in, I discreetly look for Chandler...and there he is sat at the back.
I decide to sit near the front of the class with Lydia and luckily Mrs Chambers didn't ask me to move.
Lydia's POV
"Psst, Maddie!" I whisper. "Maddie, why aren't you sat with Chandler?"
"Don't wanna talk about it" she's says bluntly, I can see she's trying to avoid all eye contact.
"Mads, I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything. Did something happen?
"Fine...meet me on the third floor at lunch"
I've got history next but it's not with Maddie, lunch is after.
*Lunch
I head up to the spot where I was told to meet. As I emerge from the corner, I see Maddie anxiously sat there waiting.
Madison's POV
I sit down next to her and nervously wait for her to say something.
"Well...what happened Maddie?" She finally asks.
I take a deep breath and begin.
"On Friday...after the presentation...you heard me say about taking Chandler to the nurses office. R-right?" She nods.
"Well...I was waiting outside and I hear the nurse tell him he had a panic attack - which I already knew. But...but then she asked him if he'd had one before and he said yes" I explain.
Lydia's POV
"What's wrong with that?" I ask.
I know Maddie suffers from panic attacks but why does it matter if Chandler had one before Friday?
She looks up at me. Sadness in her eyes. I notice this and decide to move closer to her and put my arm around her shoulders.
She's rests her head on my shoulder carries on.
Madison's POV
Tears begin to form in my eyes.
"I poured my heart out to him Lyds. W-when we were working on our project. I flipped out and I-I had a panic attack in right front of him a-and he calmed me down. W-we saw each other the next day in this very spot and I poured my heart out to him" tears are rolling down my face now.
"It's okay Mads" she wipes my tears away.
"W-we were here and I told him what happens"
"You mean about your panic attacks? How when you haven't had one in a while, it affects yours confidence harder this time? She asks.
"Y-yeah" I pause. "And he walked away"
"What?!" She exclaims. "It's okay, Lydia. He explained himself"
"B-but back to the nurses office on Friday..."
"Yeah" she urges me to continue.
"When he came out, he knew I had heard what he said and I asked why he didn't tell me...he said he-he didn't know what I'd think of him and that's he's already a screw up...but..." I pause. She looks at me with worry in her eyes.
"I flipped Lydia...I-I said to him that even after I poured my heart out to him...explaining my flaws an-and that I actually was beginning to trust someone else for once...obviously other than you Lyds and...and I stormed outside into the pouring rain"
Lydia's POV
"It's okay Maddie. I don't blame you for flipping out. He should have told you about the panic attacks" I look at her and her head has fallen low.
"Did something else happen Maddie?" She slowly nods, then looks up.
"He kissed me" she finally says.
"He kissed you? After all of that? After an argument, he fucking kissed you? Talk about bad timing...geez. What did you do? I blurt out.
"I ran away" she says.
My eyes widen. "You know what I'm like Lydia"
"Yeah I get it" I embrace her into a hug.
"Was that all?" I ask.
"Well...he caught me singing here yesterday and then he tried to talk to me about what happened and...and I ran away again. He said he needed answers...I-I didn't know what to do".
Tears begin to form in her eyes again and we embrace. "Don't worry, Maddie. I know it's hard for you"
Chandler's POV
'You know what I'm like'
What does she mean by that?
A/N
I am so, so sorry about the lack of updates. I know it's been a while. I won't lie to you, it's just because I forgot, in all honesty. I hope this chapter made up for it and you enjoyed it. I'll try to update more if I can. Let me know what you think of this book so far. What did you think of the POV switches. Do you prefer that or shall I stick to one persons POV.
P.s. Thank you for being patient.
