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I look up to find that I’m sitting in my folding chair in front of my polished wood locker, my name lit up from the back light. Like I’m still here, still apart of the team. Jackson’s locker is still next to mine, his name is still there and part of me is relived it is because I don’t know how I would feel if it wasn’t.
I feel her before I see her.
“I’m sorry,” she says softly, as the door closes behind her. Her footsteps near but I don’t look back, I look forward, still staring at my locker. I want to open it, see if everything is still there. Are Jackson’s things still there?
I’m about to lean forward when Bliss moves in front of me climbing onto my lap and straddles me. Her eyes find mine, and even though I’m upset with her, I feel a little at ease. I don’t have enough brain space left to process how it makes me feel.
“I’m sorry,” she says again, her smooth hand runs down my face and cups my cheek. “Please don’t be mad at me.”
My lip twitches, annoyed, but I just don’t have the energy to still be upset.
“Don’t worry about it,” I tell her. “I was already having a shitty day, and it was getting better but then you asked that. I get that you want to know, I get that you want to get to know me, but baby, let me come to you. I’m trying,” I stress. “Just let me try. I can’t promise or give you any false hope that something will come from this, but I like being around you, let’s just give it to the end of our sessions.” Give me two weeks, just let me be selfish for fourteen more days. That’s all I can give and it’s all I’m willing to take.
