You and me - Chris Sturniolo

No

I walk downstairs and Chris walks in the front door at the same time

"Hey" I smile and he comes in for a hug

I hesitate but get comfortable after a few seconds

He holds me and rubs my back

I pull away and look up at him

"So about that therapist I was talking to you about" he says

I look away and sigh

I pull myself to the couch and lay down

"Chris I don't want to do that" I groan

"Anyway your first session is tomorrow morning" he follows me to the couch

"Not going" i say getting up and going up to my room

He follows me

"Chris I'm serious" I say getting agitated

"And so am i" he says

8pm

"I don't wanna do that it's not gonna help me, I'd rather talk to you" I say

"You won't tell me the whole story and telling me won't help the situation as much as it needs to"

"Can I just be alone, you can stay here or do whatever I'm just gonna go upstairs" I say and rub my face

He nods and I get up

I walk out of my room and make myway to the roof

Since it's already dark just go and sit at the edge to look at the city lights like I usually do

I grab a vape from under the couch and hit off of that

I really don't want to go to this dumb therapy shit.

I lay down for an hour and think about everything

I'd rather stay silent about my whole ife for my whole life instead of telling a random judgemental stranger

I get bored and put my vape away and walk back down inside

I walk down the hall and into the house and when I look in my room Chris is asleep but the light is on

I turn off my light and pull my hoodie off and drop it on the floor

I climb into bed and Chris is asleep on his side

I lay in front of him on my side facing him and poke his stomach

He groans and pushes my hand off

"Good night to you too" I say to myself and roll onto my other side and go to the other side of the bed

I was hot so I just slept without a blanket

I thought a bit more about if Chris is serious about making me go to this stupid therapy shit and ended up falling asleep

...

I wake up and check my phone, 10:21am

I have almost an hour until 'my' appointment

I go to turn onto my back but I'm held down

I look at my stomach and Chris is holding his arms around my waist

"Chris" I shake his hands

"Hm" he says with his cute raspy morning voice

"Let go" I say

"Mm mm" he says tightening his grip

"Really" I whine

He ignores me so I give up and go back to my original position how I was sleeping before

If he doesn't get up then I don't have to go to therapy...

Now I hope he doesn't let go

I held onto my pillow and I ended up falling back asleep

...

"Wake up" I hear in my ear

I open my eyes and Chris is shaking my shoulder

"Mm mm" I whine and roll onto my stomach and hold my pillow tighter

"We gotta go, get up" he says holding my shoulders

I jump and he lets go "Sorry" he says

"Come on yn" he says

"I'm not going" I say muffled into my pillow

"Uh yeah you are. Get up" he says and I feel the bed lift which means he isn't on the bed anymore

I lift my head and look over to where I hear movement

Chris is in my closet looking for clothes

"Are you wearing my stuff" I ask

"No? Maybe I should because you steal all of mine" he says bringing over a hoodie and sweatpants

"Here get changed" he brings me a bra and underwear putting everything in a pile

"No" I say

"Yes." He says and now I don't think he's playing around

I shake my head and he comes over to the end of the bed and grabs my ankles

"Oh my God Chris let go" I yell and he pulls my legs

"Stop" I say getting annoyed and he lets go

I climb back up to my pillows and cover up in my blanket

"You need to get up we need to leave in ten minutes" he says leaving and shutting the door

I look at all my clothes and get out of bed

I change into the clothes he set out

He ended up putting his own clothes that I stole a while ago and never gave back

I grab a pair of socks and put those on

I grab my phone from the charger and walk downstairs

I stand at the bottom step and stare at Chris at the island counter

"Ready to go?" He asks

I shake my head

"Come on it won't be as bad as you think" he says coming up to me

I feel my eyes well up and I shake my head looking down at him from the step

"Don't cry" he says reaching his arms out waiting for me to hug him and I cling on to him

"I don't wanna go" I say into his shoulder and wrap my legs around him

"Your gonna be ok b" he says and sets me on the edge of the counter

"Don't make me go to this I never agreed to this" I wipe my eyes with my sleeve

He looks down at his feet and stays silent for a few seconds

"Fine" he sighs and looks back up at me

He looks fed up but he's trying to understand

I wrap my arms back around his neck and he pats my back