There's more to life (Adopted by Brendon Urie) | #2

#6

Song of the Chapter: The Weight by Caroline Dare

Anna's POV

I was standing up in front of the class, about to do my presentation. I open my mouth but nothing comes out.
"What? Cat got your tongue?" Michael laughs, one of Georgina's friends.

"Speak up bitch!"

"Michael! Anna take your time." The teacher says.
"I-I'm s-sorry I-I c-can't." I stutter before running out the room. I run until I reach the back of the school. I hear someone behind me but I don't know who it was. I try and catch my breath but, just like last time, my anxiety was taking over me. Someone places their arm around me, someone I recognised as James.
"Hush, it's ok, you're ok. Shh." He whispers while I cry and try to breathe. He rubs my back and tells me to breathe in and out slowly and makes me copies his actions.
"I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it." I mutter over and over again.

Abigail soon runs around the corner and crouches down next to me. She does the same and tries to calm me down.
"A? Where's your phone?"
"I-in m-my bag."
"Ok, I'll be back." She says and runs off. She comes back hands it to me and tells me to put my password in. I do so and she starts making calls.

"Little Urie?" I hear Josh through the phone.
"J-Josh?"
"Yeah it's me what's wrong? Abigail said you're panicking. What happened?"
"I-I can't d-do the p-presentation J-Josh."
"Ok, just take some deep breaths and in your head, answer these questions. List 5 things you can see."
Abigail
James
School
Grass
Table
"4 things you can touch."
James
My ring
Phone
Bracelet
"3 things you can hear."
Josh
Lawnmower
People talking
"2 things you can smell."
Fresh cut grass
James' cologne
"And 1 thing you can taste."
Mint
"Well done Little Urie. I'm at the front office now, where are you?"
"B-back of the s-school."
"Ok, can you hand the phone to Abigail or James?" I hand it to Abigail and James continues to hold me.
"Yep, if you go past the arts building we are behind the building behind that." I hear Abigail say. "She's ok she's stopped crying now, there you are." She hangs up the phone and passes it back to me.

"Little Urie? Hey I'm here." Josh says. James lets me go and I look up and see a worried Josh. He crouches down in front of me.
"Are you ok?"
I nod.
"Come on, let's get you out of here."
"But what about my stuff?"
"I'll go grab it." James says. I nod and stand up and hug Josh while James leaves to get my things.

James' POV

I run to the economics class and calmly enter the class and ignore everyone's stares as I pack up her things, the teacher wasn't in the room at that current moment. I hated seeing Anna like that and I hated the way people in our class treated her.
"How's the baby?" Michael says and half the class laughs. I scowl at him. "Does she need her boyfriend? Or maybe she needs her papa. Oh wait, she doesn't have one." He laughs.
"What did you just say?" I growl.
"Oh big boy James, I'm so scared."
"What did you say?"
"What? Anna doesn't have a family."
"She does."
"She's an adopted freak James, I don't know what you see in her."
"You take that back right now!"
"It's true James! Just wait and see." Michael laughs and I grab the rest of Anna's stuff and run back to her, ignoring the teacher's calls. Anna was still cuddled up to Josh I pass him her things.
"Thank you." She whispers and I kiss her cheek.
"No problem, feel better soon."

She and Josh walk to the front of the school and Abigail and I walk back to class.
"James and Abigail. I don't appreciate you running out of my class like that." The teacher says sternly and we stand there with our mouth wide open.
"Miss, our friend needed us." Abigail protests.
"Nonsense she was fine, she just needs to get over her fear of public speaking."
"She was not fine!" I shout.
"Mr Scott, don't yell at me."
"She was not fine," I repeat, "this so called 'fear' caused her to have a panic attack."
"Oh she's just over reacting." This infuriated me. Abigail touches my arm and gives me a look that says 'it's not worth it, don't.'
"Where is she?"
"Her uncle came and got her." Abigail says.
"She doesn't have any." Michael calls out and I glare at him while the teacher holds her hand up at him.
"Well that's just ridiculous she's fine, anyway just tell her she will do it tomorrow."
Abigail and I stare at each other again with a shocked expression.