Desabella Pov
Its was 2nd period, math class. Ugh I hate math but its not super hard. I was doing my work when my teacher Mrs. Anderson came up to me and told me I was being picked up early. I nod and walk to my locker, which wasnt far from my math class. As I was zipping up my backpack, Kate and Ryder came up to me. "Desi? Where are you going?" asked Kate. "Im going home early." I reply. "What? Why?" asked Ryder. I shrug. "I honestly don't know why." I say. After a few minutes we say goodbye and I walk to the office. I was expecting mom or dad to be waiting there but to my suprise I saw my uncle, Lukas. "Hi Lukas." I say, giving him a warm smile. He turns around and smiles, but not like he normally does. His smile looks fake, his face was red and looked a little wet, his eyes were watering and his voice was shaky and he was stuttering. He has really bad anxiety and when he gets nervous or anxious, he stutters a lot. He signs me out of school and we get into his car. "So why am I being picked up early?" I say, trying to start a conversation with him. "So-something came u-up. S-so you a-and I are g-gonna be to-together for a-awhile." He says stuttering. He statred to sweat a little. Ok now I'm starting to get scared. (I also have anxiety). I look over at him. "Is there something wrong? Your acting really weird." I say. Lukas sighed. "I-I'll explain wh-when we get home. Im r-really anxious right n-now and I f-feel like I-I'm gonna h-have an a-anxiety attack." He said stuttering. I give him a warm smile and put my hand on top of his. "It'll be okay uncle Lukas. Just take a deep breath." I said, trying to calm him down a little bit. He did what I said and starts to relax. "Okay....okay....." We get to his house and Lukas became very serious. "Desi there's something I need to tell you. Something very important. Please sit down. " He said seriously. I nod and do as he said, sitting down across from him on the couch. He sat down across from me and put his hands on his fists sighing. "Desi I don't know how to tell you this but..." He said trailing off. "But what uncle Lukas?" I ask. He took a deep breath and looked up at me. "Your mother, my sister, Petra? She has withersickness again." He said. "No.....no! She can't! Dad said she got better!" I cry, tears running down my face. Lukas get up and hugs me, rubbing my back in an attempt to comfort me. I bury my face into his shoulder and sob. "Shhh shhhh. Its okay Desi it's okay. Petra will be fine you'll see." Lukas said comfortingly. After about an hour I calm down and lift my head up from his shoulder. "You okay now Desi?" He asked gently. "Yeah im okay now" I lie. "Good to hear Dez." Lukas said smiling a little.
"But Lukas?"
"Yeah"
"If mom has......withersickness, wher did she go? And why did you pick me up from school and not dad?" I ask.
Lukas paused for a minute before he spoke. "Your mom was trying to hide it from you and your dad. But but when your dad came back home eary to grab something, he saw yor mom passed out on the kitchen floor and thats when he found out she had withersickness. After that he rushed her to the hospital and called me. He told me what happened and asked me to pick you up from school early while he stayed at the hospital with your mom." Lukas explained. I nod and stand up. "Im gonna head upstairs to my room."
"Okay. I'll be down here if you need me" he says.
I nod before going upstairs to my room.
I stayed there the rest of the night.
