Insane // Colby Brock

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It's been about four hours since my dad was arrested and everyone has been amazing. They've been doing everything they can to keep my mind off of everything and it's working.

We are currently watching the Cat In The Hat movie because I saw on TikTok that it was also kind of for adults so we wanted to check it out, and boy were they right. I swear there was a dirty joke every five seconds.

We were all laughing at the movie when Colby's phone started to ring. I quickly paused the movie as he stood up. "It's Sam, I'll be right back." He said and left.

We all went on our phones until he came back. "Sorry, it was Sam wondering where we were." He said.

"Okay. If you need to leave you can. We should be fine now." I said with a smile. "No, I actually want to stay. I'm having fun with you all." He said and smiled as he sat back down.

I played movie again and noticed everyone staring at and typing on their phones instead of watching. Weird. I tried to focus on the movie but I couldn't help but wonder what was going on. I had this weird but good feeling that I couldn't shake.

I continued to watch a movie the best that I could before Colby spoke up. "I'm getting hungry, anyone want to come with me to get food?" He asked as everyone besides me shook their heads.

"I will, I am starving. Just let me change." I said as he nodded. I quickly got ready and headed downstairs. "Ready?" I asked as he nodded. "Alright, we're leaving. Bye." Everyone said their goodbyes and we left.

I drove us to McDonald's as we jammed out to One Direction. Once we pulled into the parking lot, we got a lot of stares from people and couldn't help but laugh.

We walked up to the register and ordered, then sat down and talked. "Can I tell you something?" I asked then sipped on my root beer as we waited for our food.

"Of course. Anything." He said as I sighed. "Please don't judge me for this, it's gonna sound crazy. Like actually crazy." I said as he shook his head and grabbed my hand.

Butterflies irrupted in my stomach as he looked at me in the eyes. "I would never. You can tell me anything. I'll always be here for you." He said and smiled.

Way to melt my heart Brock.

"Okay." I said with a smile. "I kinda- well, my dream, or nightmare... Kind of predicted everything that happened today...." I said as he looked at me confused.

"What do you mean?" He asked as I sighed. "Well, my dream was about a break in at the house and the person was yelling mine, Kat, and Tom's names. Then it went to me getting a phone call about someone being arrested. Then it was the Shadow man saying mean things to me but still... How did my dream know that would happen?" I asked and sunk into my seat.

"I don't know. Maybe you're a psychic." He joked with a wink as we laughed. "Maybe." I joked as someone brought us our food.

We got to know each other more as we ate. I had a really good time.

After we ate, Colby insisted he drove so I let him. We were laughing about the movie when I had noticed we weren't going the right way back to the house.

"Oh, you're going the wrong way." I said as he smirked. "I know." He said. "Are you going to kill me?" I asked as I noticed we were in a forest of some sort. He laughed. "No. I want to show you something." He said. I nodded.

We drove for a few more minutes before he parked the car. "Ready?" He asked as I nodded.

"As ready as I'll ever be." I said as he led me into the woods.

We walked for five minutes before we were at a little one story building with a flat roof. "Come on. " He said and lead me to it.

Once he got there he looked at me. "We're going on the roof, I'll help you up." I held my hand up. "No need." I said and grabbed a little bucket I saw next to the building and positioned it on the ground then took a few steps back and ran, launching off the bucket and grab the top and pulled myself up.

I looked at Colby and smiled as he looked at me with amazement. "Join me, Brock." I said and patted the spot next to me. He got himself up and sat down next to me.

"Can I ask you a possible personal and deep question?" he asked after a few minutes of silence and I nodded. "Anything." I said and he took a deep breath.

"You don't have to answer this but why don't you like being called crazy? Like why is it a trigger?" He asked as I sucked in a breath.

"You don't have to.." he said as I shook my head. "No, I want to." I said.

And that's exactly what I did. I told him my whole life story practically. It felt good to tell him.

Once I finished, he wiped my tears and gave me a hug. He gave me a long talk about how I wasn't crazy and that I didn't deserve what happened to me. He also got really mad at my parents, like... Really mad. And that warms my heart. He cared. Like he actually cared. Not just about that but about me, too.

And it made me realize,

I'm falling for Colby Brock.