Apex- AU HS FANFIC

Chapter 20

It was the weekend, Saturday. We thanked god that Leo's football was cancelled yesterday due to an unforeseen double booking since there was an issue with my dad showing up. I didn't have the energy to go to the doctor today. I had a day full of appointments today, I had a dentist, doctor and therapy session today which my mom was not going to. 

I was on my way to the dentist appointment when Harry called me. "Hey babe, want to hang out?" 

"I can't today baby, I'm sorry. I have appointments all day. I'm on my way to the dentist as we speak then I have shots and somewhere to be this afternoon." I could already tell Harry was narrowing his eyes. "Where?" "Places." I didn't want to admit I had therapy because it was something I found embarrassing because of the entire aspect that my dad is the reason I'm there. 

"Okay, what time are you off?" "I should be home around 4ish if my dentist doesn't take too long. He likes to do unnecessary things to charge more." "I can go with you if you want." He was yawning but I just laughed softly. 

"No, you'd be angry." "Why?" "I have to get my teeth cleaned which says I can't eat for two hours after but two hours after my dentist appointment I have bloodwork which I can't eat anything before which is around 1:30." 

"Baby." He sighed and I was lectured over the importance of eating as I pulled into the dentist. "I gotta go Haz, I'm at the dentist." I hummed after 20 minutes of him describing that he'll be at the park playing soccer with the guys. 

I signed into my appointment slot, sitting at the waiting room. I could feel the man across from me staring at me as I read the various magazines sprawled around the room. 

"Hello?" I answered Josh's phone call. 

"It's 7 in the morning. Why are you not home?" He was worried, obviously.

"I have appointments today. Dentist, doctors and therapy." He let out a relieved sigh as he remembered. "Okay. You should've woke me up, I would've gone with you." "I admire that but I tried to wake you up and you pushed me and fell back asleep. I gotta go Josh I'm up." I hung up and walked past the creepy old man to follow the nurse to the back where I was laid in the seat. Like I had predicted, he did unnecessary things to my teeth like applying sealants that I did not need which resulted in me walking out my appointment at noon. 

I was on my way to the car when I ran into Liam here. "Hey." I grinned, hugging him. "Hey. This is my girlfriend Sophia. Soph, this is Leslie." He introduced me to the beautiful brunette beside him. 

"Oh hi." I grinned, hugging her. "You're beautiful, I think I might steal her from you." I winked at her which only made her giggle. "How do you guys know eachother?" She laughed, leaning into Liam's side after asking the questions. 

"I'm Harry's girlfriend. We go to the same school." Her eyes filled with pity and I knew why. Girls said they were Harry's girlfriend but really weren't. "Oh." She spoke with such pity it broke my heart some.

 "No, soph. She really is his girlfriend. He gave her the title and everything." 

"Oh." She looked up surprised and I smiled at her softly. "I'll catch you around Li, it was really lovely meeting you beautiful. I'll see you guys around I gotta go to another appointment." I smiled and jogged to my car so I could drive the hour out of town to my doctors. 

"Hi." I smiled to the doctor who called my name after I signed in, I arrived in time. "Almost missed us there." She laughed, taking my weight and height. 

"You weigh 115 pounds and you're 5'5." She said and I nodded, losing an entire 6 pounds since my last visit last month. "Have you been trying to lose weight?" She was concerned but I shook my head no. 

"No, I'm not going to lie to you. My diet has not been the best. Like here's the standard." I said putting my hand infront of me as I sat on the bed. "And here I am." I said with my other hand way below making my doctor laugh. 

"Period is regular?" 

"No." I began answering her questions as she checked my vitals and my breathing. 

"No trouble sleeping?"

"No." 

"Do you have a partner?" 

"Yes." 

"Are you having sex?" 

"No." 

"Are you sexually active?" 

"No." I wanted to have sex with Harry. So I sat up, looking over at her. "Is there any way I could get on birth control? I'm not having sex or anything but I plan on it." I asked and she laughed softly, typing my responses into the computer.

"I think we could arrange it. I think it'll help regulate your period." She said and I nodded. I was completely exhausted as I went to my therapy session, still not having been able to eat. I knew all these appointments were going to bite me in the ass. 

"Hey Leslie." My therapist, Mindy, said as I sat infront of her. 

"Hi." I smiled softly, Mindy has been my therapist for the last 6 years and through her I've been able to express feelings well and get my anger under control because I do have a temper. 

"So, tell me about your week. How was it?" 

"It's been stressful. My dad broke into my house. Twice this week." "Were you alone?" "No I was at school one of the times the other my boyfriend got me and my mother out the house so my brothers could attend to him." I said and she smiled softly. 

"Boyfriend?" 

"Yes, I kinda jumped into a relationship with a dude. He's really nice and super sweet I hope you could meet him one day." "I think it be wise to bring him to a session when we're ready to address your trauma. I feel it be best for him to be aware so whenever you are willing to do what I've asked for the past 6 years you can bring him along." She asked me to write all my trauma's down in a journal and read to her but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I wasn't ready for that. 

"I'm hoping, if he's as great as you describe him to be, he can help you face those traumas and let me do my job. Maybe those daily panic attacks will stop and the insomnia." I stood quiet. It's been 4 days since we started dating and I haven't had any panic attacks. I get at least one a day, two if it's really bad. 

"Come to think of it, ever since I began seeing him I haven't had panic attacks and I'm sleeping a little more." She looked surprised. 

"I think, now here's off record." She took off her glasses to look me in the eye as she looked around to see if anyone else could hear. 

"I think, your love for this boy, is slowly fixing you. He's helping you deal with your trauma subconsciously. That's off record because there has been tests done on patients but nobody understands it. When a person is madly in love with another they start to get better. They start acting 'normal'" She put normal in air quotes, her voice was barely above a whisper. 

"Patients who were once classified as insane were put into a trial in which they acted normal when around their significant others. When things went awry, it broke back twice as hard. They lost who they were as people because of the effort they put together as a couple to fix one another. Suddenly the parts didn't fit like they used to." She sighed, shaking her head as she wiped her forehead. 

"I've only seen one other person in all my 20 years who is also part of the 1%. Other than You." She pointed at me. 

"Have to bring him in. He's fixed more of you in your week of being together than I ever have in the past 6 years."