Thank you guys for the reviews on the last chapter. It's taken a little longer than usual to update this chapter due to midterms at school (which I passed with As and 1 B) and I was officially promoted to Manager at my job, so I had to complete trainings. Also, I had to rewrite this chapter (I'm sorry it's filler-like) but the previous version of this chapter had too much drama so I had to break it down. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter. It's mainly Eric and Calleigh being parents. (:

-Chapter 35-

"Every time"

Images of the last few months flashed through Jayden's mind like a movie on fast forward. Goosebumps flared on her body as she assessed her current situation; the talk at home didn't go so well with her dad, so she asked to see her therapist. Yes, Jayden wanted to go to therapy but if she was honest with herself, she didn't want to see her therapist either.

Jayden was angry with her; it was the therapist's idea for her to join clubs, to become more sociable and do things that would cause her to have false independence. All of that blew up in her face. The only reason why she opted to come to therapy now was because she was afraid that she was going to have a panic attack like she did earlier. She bit her lip as the rush of tears poured from her eyes. "I told you I'm incapable of making the right decisions on my own. Because of my decisions, my parents don't trust me anymore."

The therapist, Dr. Neely, jotted down a few notes on her pad and wheeled her chair closer to Jayden. She inhaled and held her breath for a second. "Jayden, what happened that brought you here today?"

Jayden sniffed and began to explain what happened over the course of the vacation and what led up to the point of her suspension.

"I'm sorry that everything turned out the way it did," Dr. Neely said. "Making your own decisions is part of life. You're fifteen, don't beat yourself up. You're not going to get it right every time…"

Jayden shook her head in disagreement. "I want to go back to the regular way where I follow my parents' decisions because it keeps getting worse. I had an anxiety attack this morning."

Dr. Neely nodded her head. Eric had explained that to her when he called her this morning and requested the emergency appointment. She looked at Jayden. "I understand, Jayden, but the anxiety attack was a result of your body dealing with stress…" she drifted off and ran a hand through her short hair when Jayden sighed her irritation. "Can you tell me what you're thinking about?"

Jayden didn't know if she wanted to tell her therapist what she was thinking. She sighed again. Might as well…her therapist was the only person that would listen to her. "I want my parents to trust me again but I don't know how and that's stressing me out," Jayden confessed. "What if they never trust me again and I will always have anxiety attacks because of it."

Dr. Neely documented Jayden's concerns before thinking over her words. "I don't think it's a matter of your parents not trusting you," she began. "Just like making your own decisions is new to you, it's new to them and it takes time to adjust."

Jayden shook her head again. "No, I disappointed them. They said so."

"Well," Dr. Neely started. "Okay, think of it like this. If the roles were reversed, your parents were the children and you're the parent and based off everything you told me that happened to you, how would you feel?"

Jayden shrugged her shoulders.

"Jayden," Dr. Neely said. "Think deeper. Would you be disappointed that they were suspended?"

"Yeah, but they're not listening to me!" Jayden yelled. "If it was them, I would have at least listened. They always tell me to never assume anything and everything that has happened has been based off an assumption!"

Dr. Neely nodded her head in understanding. "Regardless, it's a situation that happened," she said. "Tell your parent's how you feel."

"I did and they don't believe me," Jayden said, crossing her arms and pouting. She cried. "I…I just want it…it to stop…" she stopped talking when she started to stutter. Her body got hot as her breathing became shallow. "It's happening again," Jayden said, rocking back and forth.

Dr. Neely sat next to Jayden, patted her back as she coached her out of her attack. Once Jayden's breathing returned back to normal, she stood and walked to her desk. It was clear that the entire situation was taking its toll on Jayden. She had already diagnosed Jayden with post-traumatic stress as well as anxiety. She wrote a prescription for a short-term medication that would help Jayden with her panic attacks. She needed to talk to Eric and Calleigh first.

Jayden sniffed as her shoulders dropped in defeat. "I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to apologize for," Dr. Neely said, walking back to Jayden. She noticed the tears in her eyes. "Everything is going to be okay with your parents. It's a rough situation right now, but things will be better. I'm going to talk to your Dad for a few. Is that okay?"

Jayden nodded, understanding Dr. Neely wanted her to leave. She grabbed her jacket and walked into the waiting area to get her dad.

Eric was prepared to leave, but Jayden came out of the office and said that her therapist wanted to talk to him. He walked slowly into the therapist's office, mentally preparing his mind for whatever he was going to hear.

"Mr. Delko," the therapist greeted. "How are you?"

"Good. Jayden?" Eric said, immediately getting to business.

Dr. Neely walked to her desk. "Jayden had a panic attack in my office. She's definitely stressed and it's having a negative effect on her anxiety. I know how you and your wife feel about Jayden taking medication, but I strongly feel that she should take them." She read over the prescription and handed it to Eric. "It's a short term prescription for Diazepam to alleviate her anxiety."

Eric's heart dropped as he read over the prescription. "I have to talk to my wife about this."

"Of course," Dr. Neely said. "Should you have any questions, you have my number. Don't hesitate to call."

Eric nodded and headed out the office.

…

Calleigh parked her car outside of Landon's school and noted the time in the car. It was 4:45PM. She still had fifteen minutes before Landon would be finished with practice and decided to use that time to reflect on the events of the day.

Although her brothers had called their mother, Caroline never showed up, which summed what Calleigh had known all along; it was too late to change her mother's feelings and this was how it was going to be.

She tried not to be hurt from that situation, but that fact lined up with the situation going on with Jayden was too much for her. After she and her brothers parted ways, she headed back to work, only to get a phone call from Eric saying that he'd taken Jayden to therapy and she had another panic attack there. He also said that Jayden's doctor wanted to start her on medication to ease her anxiety. Calleigh shook her head. She was losing her daughter.

Calleigh exhaled. This was her bad day. Nothing seemed to go her way at all today. She looked out the window to see Landon coming out of the school. He walked towards the car and Calleigh glanced in the rearview mirror to make sure she had no traces of hurt, stress or worry written on her face.

"Mom," Landon said, leaning into the car. "My coach wants to talk to you."

"Is everything okay?" Calleigh asked. She couldn't handle any more problems at the moment.

"Yeah," Landon said hesitantly. Now he wasn't sure. He knew his coach had eyes on him all day. Anytime he missed a pass, his coach was on his case. He watched as his mom got out the car. "I didn't do anything wrong."

Calleigh raised her eyebrows, a hint of a smile tugged at her lips. She ran her hand through her hair. "You know when people say that, it implies that they did." She walked with Landon back into the school.

Now Landon was worried. Before he could get a chance to say anything else, they were already at the gymnasium where the coach was putting away practice equipment. The coach looked up and saw Landon and Calleigh and walked towards them.

"Good evening Mrs. Delko," the coach said, extending his hand. "Thank you for coming on short notice. I wanted to talk to you about Landon."

"Is everything okay?" Calleigh said, shaking the coach's hand. She looked at Landon.

Landon held his head down.

"Yes, of course," the coach said. "I wanted to have a meeting to discuss his future." He looked at Landon and nodded his head. "Landon is one of my star players, excelling at both football and baseball. His skills surpasses the elementary level by far and he's led this team to multiple victories." He manly patted Landon on his shoulder.

"His Dad and I are very proud of his sports accomplishments," Calleigh said, smiling.

"As any parent should," the coach said, walking to the shelf of papers next to the door. He walked back to Landon and Calleigh with an enveloped package and handed it to Calleigh. "I coach an all-star football team and I wanted to recruit Landon to play for our varsity team in the fall. My varsity team is usually the older boys, fifteen to eighteen, but I believe Landon has the skills needed to move our team forward."

Calleigh drew in her lip and looked at Landon. She didn't want to go back down that path where Landon was hanging out with people older than him. "I have to talk to my husband before we make any big decisions."

"Of course, that's understood," the coach said. "It's a great opportunity for Landon. The team usually have the opportunity to broaden their horizons by traveling to away games across states and a number of college scholarships are given out every year."

"I'll keep that in mind," Calleigh said.

"Okay," the coach said. "Nice seeing you again. Have a rest of the evening."

"Thanks," Calleigh said. She and Landon headed back to the car to head home.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and it wasn't boring. That's the issue with fillers to me...I don't want them to be boring. Anyway,1 new chapter soon xx