Anonymous

psychology

"rory, you're next" gestures towards the front of the class

"but ryker is still on rest"

"and he will be for the rest of the month, doesn't mean you can't present"

"but he's my partner"

"i'm sure you'll do fine for the both of you"

sighs and mentally groans while standing from her seat. stands in front of the class and stares at her classmates then down at her paper. "right," brushes a strand of hair behind her ear "well, ryker's not here..."

motions for her to continue

sighs "our topic was depression, uhm, ryker chose it not me..." stares at the writing on her paper, furrows brows when her vision becomes blurry

"rory, please continue..."

looks up at her teacher and swallows "right," shuffles in place and lets out a breath. looks at the class then drops her paper and runs out of the classroom

stands up "rory," yells

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runs into the bathroom stall and leans over the toilet

"rory are you okay?"

hovers over the toilet "go away"

"rory—"

throws up into the toilet "just go away dawson!" leans into the toilet

drops his backpack on the floor and leans over her grabbing her hair in his hands

tries pushing him off of her "go away!"

pulls her loose strands of hair back "i'm not going anywhere rory"

groans and throws up again "please go" wipes her eyes and nose before returning to the toilet

rubs her back with his freehand

tenses underneath his touch and tries to fight him

"relax rory" whispers "it's okay"

throws up and the wipes her nose

"it's okay" whispers brushing the side of her temple with his hand

wipes her nose again and cries "just go please"

sighs and wraps both of his arms around her from behind pulling her into his chest

sobs while shaking, wipes her face "please dawson"

rubs the side of her arms "relax"

"don't" sniffs "please don't" cries "don't tell ryker.. you can't tell him" cries

"he wont know a thing" whispers and rests his chin on her back while holding her as she cries