Coping With The Pain

by WaterlooRoadFanForever

Leo is only fifteen and has not had an easy life, then he gets diagnosed with an illness that will affect his whole life. He feels like he can't talk to his parents and he can't talk to his brother about it, Mandy has a mental illness and she lost her family a long time ago, but she has her friend Leo to help her cope. How do these two friends learn to cope?

19. Chapter 19 - Flooding Back

A/N - Sorry for a short chapter today. Next one will be longer.

Chapter 19 – Flooding Back

I found it weird Mandy was so calm about everything that had happened she acted as if she didn't even care. I asked some of the carers and they said she had blocked it out as it made it easier to cope with. Mandy was acting ...well normal.

"Leo why don't we watch that DVD we have been meaning to watch for ages"

"Yeah...Mandy are you okay?"

"Of course why wouldn't I be?"

"You just revealed you were abused..."

"Yeah I am over it" she said shrugging

"You can't just get over it..."

"Well I am"

I knew she was in denial, she thought if she didn't show it affected her it didn't happen but I was sure doing that wasn't healthy and it would make it worse when she realised...I wasn't wrong.

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The next day was Tuesday, I went to school like normal and nothing seemed unusual, my family was getting on my nerves, the students were avoiding me and I was alone so nothing was strange. I went to my first lesson of the day History and then my second Science when I came out it was break time and I made my way down the corridor.

I was just getting my books ready for my next class when all of a sudden Mandy came running down the corridor in tears.

"Mands?"

"I...s...she's going to do it again" she cried holding onto me

Loads of people I realised were staring at us, first someone was crying into my arms; second it was someone who wasn't a pupil. I led Mandy away into the library and sat down as it was quiet like always.

"Mands"

"I...Lily came in my room ...she realised it was messy...she's going to hit me isn't she!

"No No, Lily is a carer and a lovely one at that she would never do that, it isn't normal for someone to hit you Mandy, what your mum did was wrong"

"I ...It keeps coming back...when she pushed me into the table ...and slapped my face and ..."

She was panicking her breathing was becoming abnormal I knew I had to calm her down before she had an attack; I touched her gently on the arm.

"I know you're life has not been easy and I know that you can never forget what you're mum did to you...but I can promise you one thing"

"What's that?" she said looking at me still in tears

"No one will hit you again I will make sure of it"

"Thanks Leo" she said as she carried on crying at everything that had happened to her

"No Problem Mandy you will do the same for me"

She nodded as all the pain from over the years came out.