Amber’s P.O.V.
Oh god, if Ashton hadn’t been in group therapy too, I would never attend it. The therapist, Mrs. Fletcher is kind of rude, and she wants to know EVERYTHING. She wants us to “open up” to the other people and to “share our feelings”. Everytime I have to say something, I lie. Why the hell would I tell the people around me how I feel? Why would I open up to a group of people I barely know? I didn’t even really open up to Calum. I mean, I told him… Ashton and I were sitting next to each other in the circle and waited for therapy to start. “So, we’re going to start now. Please introduce yourself and tell us your diagnosis” Mrs. Fletcher said and looked at us expectantly. I hate that look, it’s creepy. She just stares at us wide-eyed then and smiles that creepy smile. Robin stood up and quickly introduced herself. “Hi, I’m Robin, I’m 16 and I have anorexia. I think I’m doing better today” Next was this Flinn kid. He’s really creepy and I bet when he grows up he’s going to be a total dick. He stood up “Flinn, I’m 13, I’m homicidal and I want to stab you with a knife” he said and smiled. He says something along the lines of “I want to kill all of you” every time in therapy. After a few kids, Ashton stood up. He gave me a quick smile before he started to talk “Hi, I’m Ashton and I was diagnosed with depressions. I feel a lot better today” he said, and I think he meant it. When I stood up, I hesitated a while because I thought about telling them about my breakdown, but I decided against it. “Hi, I’m Amber, I’m 16 and I was diagnosed with a skin-picking disorder, depression and a shock trauma. I’m doing okay” I said and sat down again. After half an hour of talking about our “feelings”, Mrs. Fletcher finally said goodbye and let us go. Outside of the mental care center, Ashton stood next to me. “Hey, Luke, Mike and Cal are meeting in the park, and I’m gonna go there too.” He said and scratched the back of his neck “Do you wanna come too?” “Uhm… I don’t know. Aren’t they mad at me for… what happened?” He shrugged. “I don’t think so.. They’re just pretty worried. Have you talked to Calum?” I nodded. “He knows now… I told him” Ashton smiled at me,. “Sooo?” I quickly thought about it. “Hmm… okay.” Ashton smiled and grabbed my wrist, then dragged me towards his car. “Ashton?” “Hm?” “Can you just.. ask them not to talk about it… I can’t explain it another time… I don’t want them to know… not yet” “Sure” he said.
My phone buzzed
STEPH
*How are you? You haven’t been in school, are you okay? I’m getting worried*
I quickly typed in a reply
*wasn’t feeling well, I’ll be back tomorrow”
“Soo… I picked you up?” Ashton asked and I smiled at him. “Yes you did”. He chuckled and we got out of his car. “I’ll go ahead and tell them okay?” Ashton said and walked off. I stayed behind him and saw him talking to Luke and Michael, and then he gestured towards me. I slowly went over to them with a lot of thoughts running through my head. What if they are mad at me? What if they are going to hate me? What if Calum is going to be mad at me because I am hiding it from the others? Before I could continue thinking, I was engulfed in a bear hug by Luke. “Oh my god I’m so glad you’re okay” he whispered in my ear. “I’m sorry Luke” I whispered back, and when he let go I was immediately wrapped in an even tighter hug by Michael. “Oh god you’re okay” he whispered. “Can’t breathe” I chuckled and Michael let go. “Sorry” he chuckled. And dragged me towards the others. Calum wrapped his arms around me as well, but not this bear-hug kind of hug, more this cuddle-hug.
We all talked for a while about what I missed at school (Joshua tried to pick a fight with Luke after Luke told him to shut up when he tried to spread the rumor about me leaving the school because I was too dumb) and then went to get ourselves some food.
Calum’s P.O.V.
We sat down at a table in an ice cream parlor while we were talking about school and stuff. We also told her about Joshua, god I hate him so much.
*flashback*
“Gosh, Luke, wake up” I say and slap his neck to wake him up. He shoots up and holds a hand to his neck “Calum you’re an asshole” he hisses while I chuckle. We quickly pack up our stuff and head out of class. Joshua is standing in the hallway with some girl, probably his girlfriend for this week. “So you heard about this Amber slut moving schools?” he says and chuckles. I freeze and turn towards him. “What did you just call her?” Luke says, walking up to him. Joshua smirks at him “A slut, because that’s what she is” his girlfriend quickly walks away and Joshua grins at us. “Don’t you dare to call her that ever again” I say, tensing up. Joshua just points at his cheek “Did she not tell you she slapped me, that little bitch?” “Yeah, she did. And I think she did right by doing this” Luke snaps at him. Joshua’s face expression changes to angry “So you want to slap me too?!” he yells, trying to punch Luke in the stomach. Luke grabs his fist and turns his arm around. Joshua winces. “Don’t be such a little kid Joshua” he says quietly. “If you ever call her that again or try to spread any rumors, I’ll rip your dick off Green” I say and Luke lets go. Joshua looks at us, pissed, and then runs down the hallway. I high-five Luke. “Well that was good”
*end of flashback*
Amber looked at Luke and me wide-eyed. “Oh god I want to slap him so bad right now” she said and then looked guilty. “If he slapped you it would’ve been my fault” she said and looked down on her milkshake glass. “Well I would’ve punched him back” I said and chuckled while Luke just grinned. I’m not sure if she’s going to tell them. I’m not sure if she likes me and I’m not sure if she acts to be okay right now. But I know that I like her and I know that I’m going to make it okay. Somehow.
A/N:
I'm sorry if this is boring because it probably is, it is a filler. ALSO WHAT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED THIS STORY HAD 42 READS AND NOW 101 WHAT?
Also I know about a shipping name now, it is: CALBER *0*
Thanks to SophieKendall3 for the name, because she came up with it and she was also the first comment I got on this story and it means so much to me (that's why the chapter is dedicated to her too) (: I actually was smiling like an idiot when I read the comment, because hearing that people actually like my story gives me a lot of motivation to write and that's why I took the time to update today. It's the first day of school and ugh it's awful.
I know I tell you every time in the A/N but I mean it -> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE YOU MOTIVATE ME A LOT
xx Amber
