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Packing

"That hurt! Aphmau, look at me."
"Oh my god Aaron, I'm so sorry."
She turned and looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong,"
" I ... I ... I had a nightmare."
You could see that she was genuinely scared. I pull her into a hug.
"I'm here, you are here, were here together. Just know that I'm here for you to talk to."
She just stood in that hug for a while without saying anything. It was a nice time for us both to have some time to think. After a while, I feel Aphmau grip me closer.
"Aaron I'm sorry I... thought... you... were him." She says to me with tears in her eyes and her cheeks.
"Babe it's okay," I'm comforting her and then I move closer and kiss her on the lips, "Do you wanna help me start packing since you know I can't really walk?" I ask her.
"Well of course," She says with a big smile," Where do you want to start first?" She finishes.
"Hm, first what do you already have in your house?" I questioned.
"Well, I have my bed, a stove, a fridge, and a table." She answered.
"Well, that a lot less than I thought."
"Yeah , well I'm going to start by going to get some boxes at the store."
"Okay," I say as I gesture her to come over and I kiss her one last time before she leaves," please be a careful babe."
"I will." She told me as she leaves with a smile.
So what do I do while I wait?
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I could see these men pointing at Aph while she took off her cover-up. Like she was a model from a magazine. I could see Aph felt really uncomfortable about the situation so I stepped in. I got Aph a promise ring when we started dating, I whispered to her "Show them your ring," she showed them the ring and they didn't stop but instead came over to Aph. She come closer to me and stood behind me. I grab her hand and hold it.   "Hey stay away from her," I say in my scary voice as I shield Aph behind me.
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That flashback sent chills down my back.
I start pushing my wheelchair to the kitchen and start pulling sliver-ware out of drawers. After I created a pile of silverware on the cabinet, I went to my bedroom and started going through my closet. I start moving my clothes onto my bed so I could look through them. After I finished putting the clothes on the bed I start looking at them. I created two piles one for donations and one for what I'm keeping, I started throwing clothes into the two piles. As I was looking through a pair of my old pants from high school I heard a noise in one of the pockets. I found a wrinkled piece of paper fold neatly. I grab th paper  and open it very carefully making sure I didn't rip it. As I was opening it I heard the door open and I knew it was Aph so I quickly put the paper in my pocket not knowing what was in it and wheeled back into the kitchen. She walked through the door with several folded up boxes in her arms.
"Hey, you need help?" I ask her.
"Yes please," She said as she hands me a few of the flat boxes," I got more in the car, I'm going to go get them." Then she went back outside. I start to assemble the boxes to make them there original shape. Then Aph comes and helps assemble the last few.
"What do you want to pack first?" she asked.
"Well I know I won't need the kitchen so let's do the kitchen first."
"Okay!" she said with a smile. Then she found the little ladder I have and put it in the kitchen so she can get the plates and bowls down from the cupboard.
"Be careful up there." I tell.
" I will." she tells me. I wheel behind her to help put the plated in the box but then I see her wobble and she falls backwards.

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