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“Gerard!” Sadhbh gasped, and then burst into another fit of crying. “I need you with me right now.”
“Let him go with his friends, sweetheart,” Keith tried to persuade. “He’ll feel better around people his own age.”
“Yeah, let him go,” Mark grunted. “I’m sick of the crying.”
“Mark, you’re not helping!”
“I can’t breathe,” Gerard strangled out, turning to look at me, gray eyes wild with panic as he began to suck in deep, sharp gulps of air. “I can’t breathe, Claire.”
My eyes widened in horror. “You can’t?”
He shook his head, looking terrified. “I’m drowning.”
“You’re drowning?” Yelping out a startled cry, I sprang to my feet and pulled him with me. “It’s okay, Gerard. You just have to open your mouth and let the air go in.”
“I c-can’t!”
“You can’t?”
“N-no…”
All hell broke loose after that.
“What’s happening to him?”
“He’s having a panic attack.”
“Gibs?”
“Gerard, sweetheart, it’s me, Sinead. Can you hear me?”
“I can’t breathe!”
“Help him!”
“No, don’t l-let g-go of my h-hand!”
“I won’t, Gerard.”
