A/N- You get to meet Nicole, pre depression. She had a pretty different personality and was very fun. Also Henry Narrarates

Flashback

Henry's POV

I walked two blocks to the building. What I was doing there, I don't know. I felt like I wanted to talk to people like me. So I pushed the door open and got into the elevator pressing the top floor. As the door closed I saw a girl with long chocolate brown hair pulled in a ponytail with a pink cropped top and overall short things. I was about to hold the elevator door open, but she paid no attention to me and ran for the stairs without hesitation.

Odd, I thought.

When the elevator got up I walked into the room that had chairs in a circle. Like a support group. Oh, wait it is. A sign hung from the ceiling

"Welcome children of single parents!"

Like that would be something to celebrate.

I didn't realize that I was standing there for a while until someone tapped on my shoulder. It was the girl from the stairs. She was about an inch shorter than me and had subtle tan.

"Hello?" She said confused.

"What?" I replied with a accidental twinge of annoyance.

"Can I get through?" She said enunciating her words slowly. That is when I realized I was blocking the door.

"Oh, uh sorry," I said moving out of the way. "My, uh, my names Henry,"

"Huh" she said looking for a seat "Not a lot of Henrys around,"

"Yeah I guess your right," I replied "And you are?"

"Nicole"she said casually. It was a nice name.

She smiled as she found an open seat. The only other seat was next to her so a sat down next to her.

"So, why are you here?" I ask trying to make conversation.

"Well, why are you here because I'm guessing it is for the same reason," Nicole replied raising an eyebrow.

"What?" I said confused. She pointed to the sign and looked at me like I was an idiot.

"Ok kids if you could take your seats so we can start our session" the instructor said. We started with the basics of saying our names.

When it got to me, I said "Henry Swan" after Nicole Smith said her name, she leaned in and whispered

"Your last name is Swan?"

"Yeah why?" I asked

"Weird last name," she said smiling at me.

After that we were supposed to say why we are here and who our parent was and why they are not here. I explained my father who let me mom go to prison and all of that, then it was Nicole's turn.

"My mom left when I was five. I was to young to understand that she left or what happened but recently I found out that my mom had an affair and when my dad found out, he wasn't the one who was mad. My mom was. She said stuff about the dreams she never lived and my dad didn't treat her like she deserves to be and stuff like that. But recently I got a postcard from her in Peru or something saying "see you soon" and after 8 years of being gone, its weird that she contacted me now. Like she just went on a trip and she's coming home." She said "That scares me."

Everyone just nodded and then, Nicole and I spent the entire time in silence as we just listened to the rest of the group.

Afterwards I asked Nicole if she wanted to hang out sometime.

"Is Henry Swan asking me out on a date?" She said sarcastically.

"No! No no no! I was just wondering, you know as uh friends" I said quickly.

"Ok" she said "here is my number" she scribbled it down on a piece of paper and handed it to me. She turned around and headed for the stairs on the 10 floor descent.

I smiled as I turned to the elevator.