High School Years

Moving In

3rd POV
It's Easter break, the school gets a whole week off.
And like always Mal stays with Ben.
But this time, she will stay with him forever.
It's time to move a few things from Mal's old room to Ben's room.
Mal's POV
I opened my eyes from the morning brightness that fled through the window of Ben's room.
I couldn't feel Ben close to me.
So I turned around and saw that he was still sleeping.
He laid flat on his stomach with his arms under the pillow and his head facing away from me.
So I flipped over to face him.
He slept so peacefully and calm.
He was snoring, but not super loud.
The top part of his body was bare with his soft skin.
As for the lower half the blankets were on him.
I moved closer to him. Then I softly laid my hand on his back and gently rubbed him.
Suddenly he took a deep breath and moved.
"Hmmmm" he hummed while he moved.
I continued to rub his back.
He suddenly got the shivers and quickly picked up his head.
"Did I scare you?" I asked

"Yeah"

"I'm sorry"

"It's okay" as he placed his head back down facing me
"When did you want to start moving some of your stuff to my room?" he asked

"Later today, no rush"
"Plus we have all week since there is no school" I added

"That works for me. But I would rather get it done today so we could rest through out the break"

"Yeah okay. I'm not sure if Evie is awake yet. We can go when she wakes up" I said

"Sounds good sweetheart"
"Is it okay if I fall back asleep, it's only 8?" he added

"You don't need to ask silly" as I smiled

"I just wanted to ask so you wouldn't get mad"

"Baby, I won't get mad"
He smiled. Then he kissed my forehead.
"I'm going to be awake, so don't mind me" I said

"Okay"
He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
I got up and dressed into some comfy clothes.
20 minutes later...
I went to the bathroom to fix my hair, I had the door closed.
Then all of a sudden I randomly started to have a panic attack.
The last time I got one, was it was Prom day.
I was breathing hard and heavy.
So I gently sat myself on the floor.
My head was spinning and I could feel my heart pounding out of my chest.
"Please stop, please stop" I said inside my head.
I felt like I was going to die.
I tried to talk, but nothing came out.
So I took out my phone, but my blurry vision was messing with my head.
I tried to find Ben's number, luckily he was the first one that popped up.
So I called.
Ben's POV
*buzz* *buzz* *buzz*
I reached over and grabbed my phone.
Mal was calling.
"Hmm that's weird"
Then I answered.
"Hello?" I said
I didn't hear any voices. But I did hear hard breathing.
"Mal?"

"Help" as she breathed hard
I sat up.
"Mal where are you?" I asked in panic

"Bathroom"
I quickly hung up and ran to the bathroom. Luckily the door was unlocked.
Once as I opened it, I saw Mal sitting up against the wall.
"Mal" as I sat on front of her
She was breathing hard and her eyes were open wide.
I gently pulled her closer to me, setting her between my legs and hugging her.
"Breathe slowly" I whispered into her ear

"Can't" she quickly said

"Yes you can. Just breathe in and out slow"
"Like this" I added
I started to help her out. So I breathed in slow.
"Breathe in" as I did it
"And breathe out" as I did it again
She started to follow me.
"There we go. Keep going honey" I said
I kept telling her to slowly breathe in and out.
I massaged her hair and whispered comforting words to her.
Suddenly she was breathing normally.
"Are you okay?" I asked
She nodded.
"What happened?" I asked