Mullette|| Not Alone (Hamilton Junior High AU)[COMPLETED]

Ch. 19

Laf's POV:

I sit on my bed with Herc for a couple more seconds then he looks at me, "so what is really going on?" he says looking at me with concern in his eyes.

I look up at him rising my head from his chest "I got a notification... on my phone reminding me about... my apointment with my therapist... I just... I started thinking and... there was just so much it was overwelming" I say quietly looking down trying to avoid his eyes.

I sit there for a moment then he says in a calm voice, "can I come with you?" I look up at him and he has a slight smile on his face.

I look at him confused "you want to go to therapy with me?" I ask him not understanding why he was doing this. He rolls his eyes at me playfully and giggles at me. I look at him still a little confused "so you really want to go with me?" I ask him.

He rolls his eyes and slightly shakes his head "Laf, would I ask if I didn't want to go?" he says with a smirk. I smile slightly at him then he adds "so what time are we going?" he asks with a smile.

I smile at him and kiss him lightly on the lips "it's at 2" I say with a smile. He smiles and nods his head, I look at him for a moment in a loss of words "how did I ever meet someone as amazing as you?"

He smirks at me "oh, I don't know, lucky I guess" he says with a giggle. I giggle at him and look into his eyes "I love you" I say with a smile. He smiles "I love you too" he says and I slightly blush.

A little bit later he goes home and I tell him goodbye then go back to unpacking. I put everything away and by that time it was already 10 PM. I decide I should try to get some sleep, so I put on my pajamas and get into bed.

I lie there for a while longer scrolling through my phone. After another couple of hours I decide to go to sleep.

I wake up the next day and look at my phone, it's 12 o'clock in the afternoon. I get up take a shower and put some clothes on. I leave my room at about 1 and I grab some food. I sit on the couch watching TV for another half an hour then I see Herc walking up to the door. I wave goodbye to my parents and my sister and run out to Herc.

"Hi" I say with a smile, he smiles at me in return with a "hi" then I grab his hand and we start to walk to the building.

We start walking and we come up to a big crowd of people and I slightly squeeze his hand. He looks down at me "Laf, are you ok?" he asks me as we walk. I keep my eyes on the ground and answer quietly "I'm not good in big crowds" I say wraping my arms around his.

He looks down at me and says in a calm and soothing voice "it's ok, I'm here" I nod my head but still hold onto his arm calming down a little bit.

We walk up to the building and I just stand there for a moment looking at the door not able to breathe. Herc rubs my back trying to calm me down and as he rubs my back I close my eyes and just take a deep breath.

     I bring up my courage and decide to walk in.  I clutch onto Herc's hand not wanting to let go.  We walk through the door and I see a front desk and we walk up, and Herc talks to the woman at the desk "hi, we are here for Marie Lafayette's appointment with Dr. Soo" he says and the woman looks at her computer and nods "you can sit right over there," she says gesturing to the row of chairs "and Dr. Soo will be right with you" she says with a smile.

     We nod and go over to the chairs and sit down.  I sit there still holding Herc's hand for support, then I look up at him "I shouldn't do this I shouldn't be here this was a bad idea I don't know why I'm doing this I'm fine I shouldn't do this" I ramble on quickly regretting everything.

     Herc looks back at me "Laf, it will be fine, I will be here the whole time for support, and I did some research and I found that Dr. Soo is one of the top therapist in New York" he says calmly.

     As he finishes his sentence I see a woman with long black hair walk out of a room and say goodbye to a person walking out behind her.   She looks around and looks at her clipboard "um, Marie, Marie Lafayette?" she says and my heart skips a beat and Herc stands up and I struggle to get up because of my fears fighting me to stay sitting there and to not go.

     We walk up to Dr. Soo and she smiles "hi, I am Dr. Phillipa Soo but you can just call me Phillipa" she says with a sweat smile.

     I slightly smile back at her "I...I'm Marie... b-but you can call me.... Laf" I say struggling to get the words out.

     Phillipa opens the door and directs me and Herc to go inside.  She closes the door behind us and puts her hands together with a sweet smile "so, let's get started!"