Therapy

Loved

-Toms POV-
*beep beep beep*

I groaned shutting my alarm off. It was 7am on a Saturday. I sighed. I got up and took a quick shower and got dressed. I grabbed my phone and my earbuds, putting on some music I ran to the cafe to grab some coffee for everyone.

I walked in the door setting the tray of cups on the table. "Where's Tord?" I asked Edd. "work." Edd said. I nodded. I ran in the kitchen grabbing a sharpie. I grabbed a steaming cup and on the white styrofoam lid I wrote in cursive. Tord. With a heart. Then on the side I wrote. Love Tommy Bear.

"Im going to my physical therapy and I'm gonna stop by Tords work." I said "alone?" Edd asked. I nodded. "I'll be ok don't worry about me." I reassured them. I grabbed the coffee Then I headed out.

I walked down the streets the fresh air was refreshing. I walked to The therapy center and walked in. "Oh hey Tom here for another appointment?" The lady at the front desk asked. "No actually Im here to drop something off for Tord If that's ok." I said. "Yea i think he's just finishing up with a patient. You can go and knock on his door." I nodded. I went and knocked on the door. "Come on." I heard his thick Norwegian accent and I opened the door.

He was kneeling down in front of a little girl probably the age of like seven. She was crying. The poor thing. "I brought you some coffee." I walked over and set it on his desk. He got up and tried to kiss me but I turned my head away. "Tom is something wrong?" Tord asked. "No im fine." I reassured him. "Hey Your that boy!" The girl squeaked.

I looked over at her. "Hmm?" I asked. "Your that boy that Dr Tord was really upset about when you fell of that bridge." I went over and kneeled down by her. "Your really brave to go up that high." She said. "How come you were crying?" I asked her. She pulled up her sleeve showing scars upon scars and fresh swollen red scars and cuts from her wrists all the way up her arm. I looked up at her my eyes watering. It hurt to know that a little girl would do that. I pulled up my sleeve and un bandaged my wrist as well our arms matching. She looked up at me.

-Tords POV-
I don't know what was going on but they were connecting they were vulnerable to each other. They needed that. Something clicked in both of their minds. "Can you make me a promise?" Tom asked her. She nodded. "If you ever see someone with bandaged arms like mine or scars on their wrists like yours, give them a big hug ok?" Tom asked her. She nodded then hugged him. He hugged her back. "I'm Lily by the way." She whispered to him. "Its Nice to meet you lily."

"Maybe sometime I can meet with your parents and I can take you somewhere.?" He asked her. "Yea!" She squeaked. Tom smiled. "I have to go or I'm gonna be late for my appointment but I'll see you around ok?" She nodded. Tom stood up and came over to me and hugged me. I hugged him back. "Are you Sure Your ok?" I asked him. He nodded. "Can I pick you up Later and we can go do something?" I asked him. "Yea." He said and pulled away. Then he smiled at me and Lily and left. He still had his limp.

-Toms POV-
I made it to my appointment on time and did my physical therapy. It was hell. It's frustrating me that I won't heal! I groaned.

I pulled the stretchy chord thing towards me as my foot pushed on it. Then, *snap* "OWWEEE!!!" Tears immediately brimmed my eyes. I tried to get up but I couldn't. "Tom!" My helper walked over to me helping me up. I pushed her away. "No im done! I'm never gonna heal!" I sobbed I ran out into the waiting room limping and sat in a chair. I held my face in my hands.

A few minutes later the door opened and someone sat down by me. "Tom?" I immediately recognized the voice as Tord. I felt so weak. I can't do this. He touched my shoulder and I tensed up. I continued sobbing and remained unresponsive.

"Tom it's gonna be ok." I immediately stood up with my limp, tearing my shoulder away from his grip. I leaned against the wall to balance myself. "Why does everyone say that?!" I yelled disrupting people. The people at the front desk looked at me sympathetically. "It's not gonna be ok! Nothings ever gonna be ok!" I screamed through my tears. "I'm never gonna heal, I'm a lost cause! Can't you see that?!" I yelled at Tord. "I'm broken, inside and out. Sometimes you can't FIX everything that's broken!" I stormed out of the place limping. I ran the best I could and I made it to the ocean.

I sat down watching the waves as the tears rolled down my cheeks. Then someone wrapped their arms around me from behind and kissed my cheek. "I know what you're doing Tom, and I won't let you tear yourself down again. You're pushing yourself away, you think you're to clingy, I don't think you're clingy enough. You think you can't get better but I think you can, you don't believe in yourself but I do. You don't think you're worth it but I do, it tears me apart to see you not think you're enough...to think you're not worth it, it hurts me to see you tear yourself apart. So I'm gonna love you to make up for you not loving yourself, sometimes someone else has to love you until you can love yourself and that's ok....but just know I'm not going anywhere I'm always gonna be right here with you." Tord said his chin resting on my shoulder. I turned around and made him sit down.

I sat in between his legs and hugged him crying into his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. He kissed my head. I felt safe. I felt..... LOVED.