Hey, guys. Here's chapter three. I'm sorry I took so long, but I was
bombarded with birthday parties. AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! That's how bad it
was.
Saturday came. Too soon in Travis's opinion. Even though he knew Lily was going to be with him, he was still scared. He didn't know why, either, and that really annoyed him. But soon that was covered with fear when he met up with Lily at the station, which was only a few blocks away from the clinic.
"Hey Travis." Lily said quietly when they arrived.
He gulped and said "Hey." more quietly than Lily.
"Hey, you okay?" She said with concern in her voice.
"No." He said. "No, I'm not. I'm-I'm really scared, Lily."
"Oh, I know you are, Travis. But I'll be right there with you." She said.
"Thanks." He said, then paused before saying, "I have no idea why I'm so scared. And that makes me so angry. I'm terrified for no reason!"
"Well, I don't know how to help you there. Come on, we're gonna be late." She said, and led him through the oak doors to Travis's room in the clinic.
"Well, welcome back, Travis." Said Dr. Julian cheerfully. "Let's get started, shall we?"
He was breathing heavily again, and holding Lily's hand very tightly.
"Now, first off, Why were you cutting in the first place?" She asked. He didn't say anything. Lily gave him a worried look. She couldn't stick up for him this time; she knew he had to say it himself.
"Come on, honey. We won't get anywhere if you don't tell me why. I mean, I don't want to rush you, but we need to get to the source." She said.
Silence.
"Are there problems at home? At school?" She said. "Have you been stressed out lately?"
He slowly shook his head. Lily squeezed his hand tighter than usual, coaxing him on. He really needed to do this, or he'd get hurt. That scared the hell out of Lily.
He looked at her, with tremendous fear in his eyes, then slowly looked back to Dr. Julian, took a deep breath, and spoke.
"I-I did it because- well, you see, this girl, Lily, is the love and light of my life. And you'd think that was enough to make any guy so happy he could jump the moon, right? Well, people are wrong. See, another guy was in Love with her, also." His voice was becoming stronger and stronger with each word.
"It was torture, because I'm friends with this other guy, and I couldn't say anything. Couldn't say one damn thing! That's why I did it. Because. I. Couldn't. Have. Her." He finished with an enraged note in his voice.
Lily smiled. Maybe this was going somewhere after all.
Saturday came. Too soon in Travis's opinion. Even though he knew Lily was going to be with him, he was still scared. He didn't know why, either, and that really annoyed him. But soon that was covered with fear when he met up with Lily at the station, which was only a few blocks away from the clinic.
"Hey Travis." Lily said quietly when they arrived.
He gulped and said "Hey." more quietly than Lily.
"Hey, you okay?" She said with concern in her voice.
"No." He said. "No, I'm not. I'm-I'm really scared, Lily."
"Oh, I know you are, Travis. But I'll be right there with you." She said.
"Thanks." He said, then paused before saying, "I have no idea why I'm so scared. And that makes me so angry. I'm terrified for no reason!"
"Well, I don't know how to help you there. Come on, we're gonna be late." She said, and led him through the oak doors to Travis's room in the clinic.
"Well, welcome back, Travis." Said Dr. Julian cheerfully. "Let's get started, shall we?"
He was breathing heavily again, and holding Lily's hand very tightly.
"Now, first off, Why were you cutting in the first place?" She asked. He didn't say anything. Lily gave him a worried look. She couldn't stick up for him this time; she knew he had to say it himself.
"Come on, honey. We won't get anywhere if you don't tell me why. I mean, I don't want to rush you, but we need to get to the source." She said.
Silence.
"Are there problems at home? At school?" She said. "Have you been stressed out lately?"
He slowly shook his head. Lily squeezed his hand tighter than usual, coaxing him on. He really needed to do this, or he'd get hurt. That scared the hell out of Lily.
He looked at her, with tremendous fear in his eyes, then slowly looked back to Dr. Julian, took a deep breath, and spoke.
"I-I did it because- well, you see, this girl, Lily, is the love and light of my life. And you'd think that was enough to make any guy so happy he could jump the moon, right? Well, people are wrong. See, another guy was in Love with her, also." His voice was becoming stronger and stronger with each word.
"It was torture, because I'm friends with this other guy, and I couldn't say anything. Couldn't say one damn thing! That's why I did it. Because. I. Couldn't. Have. Her." He finished with an enraged note in his voice.
Lily smiled. Maybe this was going somewhere after all.