You hadn’t told Calum about your anxiety disorder. You didn’t want him to think you were weird, it was something you weren’t very open about telling people. Calum invited you on a date to the movies. You hadn’t been to the movies in really long time, every time you went you would have a panic attack and spend most of the time wanting to go home and not even watching the movie. You agreed to go because you really liked Calum, you wanted to spend as much time as you could with him. Calum started to walk towards the front of the movie theater. The front always made it worse for you, so you said “Calum, why don’t we sit more towards the middle?” he agreed and walked over to you. The lights went down in the theater and the movie began. For some reason you always had to look for all the exits in the theater, if something went wrong you needed to know how to get out. You tried to pay attention to what was going on in the movie but you couldn’t focus on watching it. You checked your phone to see what time it was, it wasn’t even an hour into the move yet. You excused yourself and told Calum that you were going to the bathroom. You walked out of the theater and into the main area. You sat on a bench and stared at the wall. Why did this have to happen to you? You looked at a movie poster of a girl standing happily with a boy. You thought to yourself: I bet she doesn’t have anxiety. I bet she can go to the movies and have a good time with that boy. Apparently a lot of time had gone by because you saw Calum leave the theater. “(Y/N), what are you doing out here?” he asked when he saw you. “Uhh, well” you were thinking of an excuse. “If you didn’t want to go on a date with me, you should have told me.” Calum said. “No!” you exclaimed “It’s not you Calum, I really like you. It’s just that…I get panic attacks when I go to the movies.” You looked down, ashamed of how pathetic you were. “(Y/N), why didn’t you tell me? I would have understood. We didn’t have to come here” He sat down on the bench next to you. “I was embarrassed, I thought you would think I was weird.” He hugged you and said “No, I really like you. Wanna go out for ice cream instead?”
