Player 3.0 ♛ Colby Brock

Chapter 7 ♛ You & Me

Atmosphere's P.O.V:

I blankly stared at the colorful tv, not caring to pay any attention to what we were even watching at the moment, and it's because I felt completely numb. Nothing felt real to me. It was like I was stuck in a foreign place even though this was my boyfriend's apartment. Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me. Or maybe this is how I truly feel inside.

"Appna?" A fruity voice called out for me, causing my shiny eyes to wander over to them.

Katrina had a weak smile plastered on her face. She has since my incident, including with everyone else. I mean they can't really get that day out of their heads, especially when they are constantly reminded of it by the scars left on my body. It seems like everyone is trying to be there for me 24/7, but by doing this, makes me want to push them away even further. I just feel like a burden to them and I don't want to feel that way anymore.

"Yeah?" I whispered.

She sighed softly, before scooting closer to me and wrapping her arms around me, "Do you want to talk?" She asked, hope was dancing in her voice, "About anything?"

My muscles tensed up from how uncomfortable I felt in this position, because my mind doesn't want me to believe that it's Katrina holding me, but that awful creep.

I fell back into my old ways, not wanting to be touched by anyone, not even Colby. I can see how hurt everyone is by, because they think I don't trust them, but that's not the case... I just don't trust myself again.

I force my body to be comfortable underneath her touch, which was causing a war between my mind and heart. My heart wanted to be healed through love, but my mind wanted to push everyone to the side and just willow away in complete sadness. But I knew I couldn't let my mind control my life forever, sometimes the heart needs to take charge.

My arms trembled as I slowly wrapped them around Katrina's waist. I could feel her muscles tighten as well before they soon relaxed. She's probably shocked as I was by my actions. I haven't shown this type of affection towards anyone in over two weeks. This is a big step for me and I knew Katrina wasn't going to make a big deal out of it, in fear that I would retrieve back.

She gently rubbed my arm up and down, bringing a sort of comfort that my broken body has been craving for a while now. My glossy eyes flutter up to hers, causing her to give me another weak smile.

"Thank you for being here." I thanked her for being a good friend to me, "You didn't have to, but I'm happy you did." I added.

"Appna, I'm always gonna be there for you." She slightly pouted before replacing it with a small smile.

The four explore boys had left for another adventure, but I couldn't tag along with them this time. They didn't think it was a good idea, since I'm still in a recovering state. But hearing the stories about Griffith Park made me sort of happy that I had to sit this one out. Especially the fact that they are going on a five mile hike into the middle of the mountain. But I still wanted to be there with them in case something were to go wrong.

They didn't want to leave me alone, so Katrina volunteered to come spend the night with me until our boys returned home safe and sound. Since they left, we have been just chilling on the couch watching some tv, because there wasn't anything else we could do, because the boys didn't want me going outside without one of them being there to protect me.

"Do you know when they're supposed to be back?" I asked Katrina, my eyes becoming fixated at the dark night sky.

She softly sighed, "They said they would be back by three the latest, but its almost two in the morning already." She answered, "So, we got one more hour before we can be fully concerned about their whereabouts."