Catch Me

Ch. 22

Coraly's pov

"We need to do something fun so I can get you out of the house. You've been in it too long and even I'm going crazy now. What do you like to do for fun?" Demi asks.

I shrug, "I don't really have fun. I kinda sit in my misery."

"What do you do when you're bored?" She asks.

"Watch YouTube, scroll through Twitter, instagram, tumblr, Pinterest, and Tik tok. I then may see watch a movie on Netflix if I have time." I say.

She doesn't look satisfied with my answer by any means, "We're doing something fun. Want to go to Disney?" She ask.

I shake my head, "That's too much for me. I don't even know a single for Disney movie and I don't really want to walk around all day and ride a bunch of roller coasters when I have a fear of heights and deaths from roller coasters." I say.

"You don't know a single Disney movie?" She asks with her eyes wide.

"I mean I know about them and what they are about, but I haven't ever actually seen them." I say.

"Ok, well that's on the to do list now." She says.

I don't understand the hype about Disney movies. How can a movie about a princess really be that entertaining. I've made it this far without ever seeing one so I think I'm fine.

"Ok, let's go to the park and have a lunch date." She says.

"I don't like parks. The last time I went to one my foster dad forgot me. Well, he says forgot, I say purposely left behind. Either way, I have a fear of that happening again." I say.

"How about we at least adventure outside the house and into the backyard?" She compromises.

"Ok." I say.

"Let's go swimming." She says.

"No, no, no, no, no, please no." I beg as I feel my heart begin to race.

She sits beside me and frowns, "Why not? Swimming is fun." She says.

Flashback

"So do you know how to swim?" Jake asks with a smirk.

I don't like Jake. He's like all the other mean foster parents. He always hurts me and scared me.

I shake my head and he smiles wide, "Lets play a game called sink or float. If you swim, you float. If you don't, you sink. It'll be fun for me to watch."

I don't like this game.

He takes my wrist and drags me to the pool outside and I stare at the water that's really deep. I can't swim. I'm going to die.

"The game starts now." He says before kicking me into the pool.

The water burns my eyes and I hit the bottom of the pool and look at him from the bottom. I try my hardest to breath but all I do is swallow and choke on water. It hurts to do that and my heart begins to race faster.

I wail around as I try to get back out of the pool in panic. My chest starts to hurt and I become very aware that Jake has won yet another one of his games.

Demi's pov

I regret the question the second I see Coraly panic. But I know I fucked up by trying to push her to swim the second her face goes pale and she begins to shake.

I know she's in a flashback and there's no snapping her out of it. They've been happening a lot recently and I hate seeing her like this. Coralys becoming so much more open with me and flashbacks only happen because she's allowing herself to think of the memory and tell it to me. It's not an easy process, but in the end we talk about it and I manage to help her heal a little.