Tenacious Sky novel Chapter 6

"You're really good. I wasn't even holding back," Sawyer said as he unstrapped me from the jacket. I set it aside before unstrapped his jacket.

"Thanks," I replied. We went back to the locker room and took off the knickers, putting our gear back in our lockers. I left my gym clothes on and put my uniform in my backpack.

"You're not going to shower?" Sawyer asked. I shook my head as I put my backpack on.

"Im just going to shower back at the dorms so I can wash my gym clothes," I excused myself. He shrugged.

"Suit yourself. Hey you're at dorm one right?" He asked. I nodded. We exchanged numbers before I started walking back towards the dorms. I pushed my hair out of my face as I sighed and watched the sky.

"Leo! Would you just wait a second!" I heard someone yell. My shoulder was bumped from behind as someone walked past me. I stared at Leo's back as he stalked towards the dorms. I felt an arm go around my shoulder as someone panted as they hung onto me. I turned my head curiously.

"Easton?" I said in surprise. Easton sighed and shook his head before standing up straight.

"Leo's having another one of his episodes," he rolled his eyes.

"Episodes?" I tried to follow along. Easton nodded.

"Almost at least once a week, Leo's inner diva surfaces and he ends up throwing a major fit and running out of the pool," Easton said as we walked towards the dorms. Something told me that his accident was nothing simple.

When we got back to the dorms, I went up to my room and walked inside. The entire room was dark and all I could hear was heavy breathing. I flipped the lights on and saw Leo curled up in a fetal position on the floor near the couch.

"Leo?" I asked cautiously.

"You're sick. How long have you been doing this?" I asked angrily.

"Why do you care?" He snapped at me again.

"Because no one else does!" I yelled back. I sighed and took a second to calm down.

"I know I haven't been here even a day, but it's clear what you're doing. You're pushing everyone away when you need someone the most. I don't know what happened to you, but it's clear that it was traumatic. And instead of leaning on the people around you, you're pushing everyone away and dealing with it by yourself. And if you didn't know, panic attacks indicate that you're not dealing with it very well," I explained. He only glared at me.

"Stay out of my business," He seethed before he locked himself in the bathroom. I sighed and decided to let it go. I grabbed a mug and filled it with water before setting it on his bedside table. I grabbed my dirty clothes and took them to the laundry room to give him some space.