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"Sit here, I'll pack up your stuff," I say, helping her back into her seat.
"I'm fine, I can do that myself," she promises, doing what she says she's going to as she speaks.
I can't help hovering as she does, worrying about every movement she's making and trying to work out if she's going to fall again.
It isn't that I don't trust her when she says she's okay, I just know that the need to feed her magic has been growing worse over the past couple of weeks, and I don't know what I can do to help with that.
Or maybe I do.I just don't know how she'd feel about the idea.
I ignore the notion.If it's something she suggests, then we can go there, but I don't want her to think that's what I'm interested in hanging out with her for, when that couldn't be further from the truth.
Thirteen
Darius
Mandy fumbles with her keys,almost dropping them in the process of trying to unlock her front door.
"Here, let me."I reach out and take them from her, slipping them into the door and pushing it open.
She sighs."Well now I'm feeling useless."
"You're not," I assure her, handing her keys back.
She leads me down the corridor and to the room that I assume is hers.
"Do you have easy food I can make you?"I ask as we step inside.
"There are fish fingers in the freezer, and bread in the cupboard with my name on it."She bites her bottom lip.
"What's wrong?"
She flops down onto the bed."The fact I can't look after myself."
I sit down next to her and take her hand in mine."Youcanlook after yourself, you're just having a rough time."
"Maybe.But all of this is happening because I'm not able to go out and hook up with someone random.Or have a boyfriend, I guess that would also fix the issue.I don't know."She sighs and rubs a hand over her face."I'm sorry, somehow I'm putting a lot of this on you."
"It's okay," I assure her."I don't mind."
She leans in and puts her head on my shoulder.It's only when she sniffs that I realise she's crying.
I put an arm around her and pull her closer.Even though she's sad, and I don't like that at all, I'm grateful to know that she trusts me enough to show me this side of her.And I want to make it all better.I've never really felt like this about anyone before, not even my ex.But when it comes to Mandy, I want to protect her and make everything better if I can.
She sniffs and pulls back a little, wiping her eyes."I'm sorry, it's just getting to me."
"Understandably.If there's anything I can do, you should tell me."
"There is one thing."She shifts back on the bed so she's looking at me with a weird expression on her face.
"Other than a fish finger sandwich you mean?"I half-joke, though really I'm intrigued about what she's thinking.
"Yeah, other than that."She takes a shaky breath."Maybe we could try to have sex."
I blink a few times as I try to make sense of the words.
"No, sorry, forget that."She looks away."I shouldn't have said that.It's weird, and you don't like sex."
"I don't want sex," I counter."I actually like it just fine."
