𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝, colby brock

chapter one

I was messing around on my keyboard in my room when Harper walked in.

"Hey." Harper says closing the door behind her.

"Hi?" I said confused to why she was in my room.

"Do you know Sam?" Harper asked me.

"Golbach?" I asked.

"Yeah, uh, he's having a party and he asked if we wanted to go and I said 'Yes I'll bring my friend! She would love to go!'. So, now you kinda have to go..." Harper explained.

"What! No! You know I don't do parties." I said standing up.

"I'm sorry! Can you please go?" Harper says.

I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes.

"Please? For me?" Harper asks.

I groaned. "Fine! Just this night!" I said.

"Yes! Thank you!" She said kissing my cheek and running out the room going to hers.

I groaned and went to my closet to get ready.

~~at party~~

We walked in and I saw a lot of people and it was making me anxious.

I got a hold of Harper's hand walked with her.

Harper went to go find Sam and she said hi to people on the way.

I just kept looking down trying not to be seen.

"Harper!" I heard someone yell, but then realizing it's Sam.

Harper looked over and went over to him.

"Hey!" Harper said when she got there.

I finally looked up and saw Sam standing in front of us.

"Hey." I said.

"Hi." Sam said then looked over and saw one of his friends. "Give me a second." He said to the both of us then walking away.

"So, how is the party so far?" Harper asked me.

"Terrible. I want to go home." I said really wanting to be in my room right now.

"Well, too bad." She said.

Sam then came back with a brunette guy.

"This is my friend Colby. Colby this is Harper and her friend Vee." Sam introduces.

"Hey." Harper says holding out her hand for him to shake.

"Nice to meet you." Colby says then turns to me holding out his hand.

I just look down.

"She doesn't like parties." Harper says then gives me a comforting look.

I then felt a lot more calm and took his hand and shook it.

"Nice to meet you too." I said taking my hand away from his.

I then remembered how much people were in the room and started shaking.

"Where, uh, where is your bathroom?" I stuttered.

Sam told me where the bathroom was and quickly went to it.

I went in and locked the door.

I went to the sink and looked in the bathroom mirror and started crying.

I then realised I was having a panic attack.

I tried to keep calm and put my hand on my chest trying to catch my breath.

I started sobbing against the wall and slid down it.

I then heard a knock on the door.

"You okay?" I heard Colby ask from behind the door.

I unlock the door and opened it.

I tried to stop my panic attack, but I couldn't and when I opened the door.

Colby came in and sat me on the floor trying to help me.

"Shhh. Calm down. What's three things you can see in this room?" He asked me.

"Uh, the sink. My phone. You." I between breaths.

"What's three things you can hear?" He asked.

"My breathing. The music. You talking." I said.

"What's three things you can touch?" He asked.

"The floor. My purse. You." I said taking his hand after I said the last thing.

I calmed down. 'i didn't know he could do that!' I thought.

"You okay?" He asked me once I calmed down.

"I think so." I said looking into his eyes.

"Do you wanna go home?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"Come on." He says helping me up.

I kept a hold of his hand when we walked to Harper and Sam.

"Hey is it okay if I take her home?" Colby asks Harper.

"Yeah." She said to him. Then she turned to me. "I'll be there later, okay?"

I nodded.

Colby then took me to his car and I got in the passenger seat.

"Where do you live?" He asked me.

I told him where I lived and he started the car and took me home.