Intimate || Imagines & Unfinished Stories

004 Panic Room | Keith Powers

I stared up at him in shock and confusion. I wanted to ask what he was doing here but I couldn't speak plus I already had an idea.

"Your mom called and asked for a immediate session. Can I come in?"

I shook my head no then yes. This is something my mom would do, I just wish she would've gave me a heads up.

"Would you like me to call her?"

I nodded again still holding a confused expression. She answered and confirmed his presence then ended the call with saying they would be home in a few hours. Keith motioned for me to sit, which I did. I softened my facial expression and grabbed a slice of pizza from the box.

"You didn't call."
I talked slowly considering it was hard to even breath. The lump in my throat was slowly growing and gaining control of my air flow.
"I didn't want to."
"Glad to finally hear your voice. Now Sky let's work on your breathing, your voice cracked when talking. Take 5 deep breaths for me."

He counted me off for each breath. It did make it easier to breathe and calm some down a bit.

"Now let's try to deliverance. Hi Sky."
"Hi Mr. Powers."
"I told you, you can call my Keith."
"Mr. Powers is what I'm going with."

He laughed and threw his hands up in surrender before grabbing a slice of pizza.

"Glad you hear you talking. This is a great start."

I always left a few seconds of silence before I spoke back to him. Speaking to him was hard, so the seconds in between I would take a deep breath and think about what I was going to say.

"You don't have to be nervous Sky. I mentioned the FaceTime calls because maybe you would do better without the person actual presence. Maybe you could talk to someone better and feel more comfortable without them being in front of you."
"I can't bring myself to call."
"Your mom expressed that to me. So I'll be calling you. Once a day, around the same time everyday. When do you come home from school?"
"I have a counseling class for myself everyday. 2:30 to 3:20."
"Perfect I'll call during then. Our calls could be short or could be lengthy. I just need you to talk okay?"

I nodded and grabbed my second slice of pizza. We are in silence until he spoke again.

"Have any board games?"

I nodded and disappeared into the living room then returned with Monopoly, Sorry, and Uno. I chose Uno without really asking what he wanted to play. I didn't want to talk anymore.

I broke the deck in half and shuffled one half at a time considering I couldn't grip the whole deck. Gaining a laugh from Keith.

"You hand toddler hands." He said after checking his watch

We both laughed at the comment.

"I'm small. 5'4 doesn't give you much hand span."
"5'4? You're tiny. I'm like twice your height."
"Twice? Your reaching."
"Stand up."

We stood facing each other and we extended a hand from our forehead to a place on each other's body.

"I'm 6'2. That's almost twice as tall."

I laughed and walked back to the table.

"Nah, I'm joking but you are sorta short."
"The entire world has told me that."

He stopped me from dealing the cards because I could feel his eyes on me. He was smiling, admiring me in a way. My body tensed but he didn't look away.

"Look at you, all talkative."

I sat confused for a split second before realizing I've been talking, normally. Only for about 5 minutes but normally.

"I got comfortable."

He checked his watch before smiling at me. My body tenses up tightly. I started to wiggling my fingers to postpone myself from being frozen.

"Mr. Powers I have to ask you to leave."

He seemed a bit took back by my comment. I scurried over to the door and opened it. I held the knob tightly and stared down at my feet. He walked to the door, jacket in hand and waited on the doorstep.

"Bye Mr. Powers."

I never once looked at him. I just shut the door and leaned my body against it until I heard him walk away.