Wyatt(5)

“Of course! I need to talk to you about something anyways!” Lakes' words rang through my head. We need to talk. They repeated over and over and over. Until finally she said, “Jay are you there?” Wyatt you gotta answer bubbas. Evans' voice finally broke through to me. 

“Yeah, sorry, erm I was just thinking about what place we should go to. I don’t really like mainstream places or anything you know because-” Lake cut me off, rudely I may say. “Jay take a breath, how about ‘main-steam’. It’s quiet there and not a lot of people know about it.” That sounded like the most wonderful idea I have ever heard. “Perfect…erm. thanks bye.” I quickly hung up the phone and started to plan out tomorrow’s day.

Right as I laid out my outfit I heard mom yell from downstairs, “Who’s in charge?!” I smiled, she loves me. “Wyatt!!!” I yelled back, I think too loud but it should be fine. “Mac and cheese for dinner then?” she yelled back. I smiled. Mom knows about all of us and managed to figure out our favorite meals. “Yes please! thank you!” I heard her start to shuffle around. I love mac and cheese. 

Wyatt, we need you to be in charge tomorrow. I heard Evans voice say. I stopped laying out my shoes and panicked. “What do you mean? Why can’t Lincoln do it?” I mumbled. We don’t want him flirting, and bubbas she likes you just remember what to do when things get…too much. I knew what to do. I just shook my head and the smile faded from my face. 

“Wyatt! foods done!” My mom yelled up. I Hopped up out of my bed and ran down as fast as lightning. 

“Woah, excited?” Mom said with a very soft smile. As I walked over to get some she said, “Nuh-uh that’s too hot for you, you’re going to burn yourself.” She grabbed the hot pot and poured some on the plate. 

“thank you mama.” I said with a mouthful. She just smiled and stared at me. 

“You can touch my hair.” I smiled at her. She walked over to me quickly and ruffled my hair. She knows touch is a hard thing for me so I always have to give her permission.

“You haven’t been in charge for a while, is everything okay?” I normally became in charge when things were going wrong. But this time it was because the others needed me to be. 

“No, everything is quite swell. I think the others just needed a break.” I smiled. Mom then began to study hard and it reminded me of Lake. I felt my cheeks get hot at just the thought of her.

“You’re blushing!” Mom said, smiling widely. This,of course, made me blush 10x worse. 

“N-no im not!” I pulled my knees into my chest and buried my face. “Well okay then, i guess i’ll just question Karter or Evan about it.” She laughed. 

“No! there’s a girl!” I yelled quickly. Nice now she’s going to know Jaymeson spat. I just shook my head. 

“Uh-oh, let me guess? Jaymeson.” She said softly, her smile turning worried. 

“Don’t worry, still me mama. I’m gonna head to bed.” I told her. She nodded and held up her hand. Thumb, pointer and ring finger extended. Sign Language for “I love you.” I held my hand up as well. 

I got up and just headed straight to my room. I looked at my outfit and smiled. I get to see Lake tomorrow! I jumped into bed and turned on “Midnight thunderstorm sounds.” I'm afraid of thunder but for some reason this helps me sleep. 

Morning came a little too quickly. I woke up very groggy. Go get an energy drink before school. Jaymeson’s voice said. I just nodded and got out of bed to get ready. 

Before I knew it was sitting in the parking lot of the coffee shop. I looked up and saw her. She was so immaculate. Her blue eyes were staring at my car and she started to run over. That’s when panic set in.

I clutched my sensory toy and held my breath. Count wyatt count. Evan said. I exhaled “1..2..3..4..5..1..2-” Lake ripped open the door and saw me. Her face was smiling then it turned into a weird confused look when she saw the toy. 

“Oh erm..it it it it’s nothing.” I threw the toy into the back seat. “Wasn’t gonna ask.” She smiled again. Wowie, her smile was amazing. 

“Come on dork.” She said, I froze. Why do I keep freezing. Move fuck-head. Jay said angrily. Her face turned hard and she looked angry.

“Take your time Jay. Here.” She walked to my side of the car and opened the door. She stood back and extended her hand. I put mine into hers and relaxed. I'm not good with touch...But her touch is something else. 

I have never relaxed at someone’s touch so of course everyone in my head was arguing. I shook my head violently. 

“Woah are you okay?” She stared at me. “It's, erm…very loud.” I closed my eyes but I could hear the boys yelling and arguing. I hated when they did that. I felt my eyes start welling up so i stopped walking to clutch my chest. 

Lake turned and saw me. I bet I looked so pathetic. Her eyes met mine but I quickly looked to the ground. We don’t know if he can handle it, look at him he’s freaking out! Jay said, He can’t do this! I started to shake my head harder and faster and just as it started to hurt I felt Lakes hands around my face. It didn't freak me out in fact, it calmed me down more than counting.

She managed to get into my line of view. “Breathe, you can do this, I’m not going to hurt you. What do you need to do?” I started to cry at her words. No one had ever been this kind to me, well besides mom. I let my face relax into her hands.

“Car car car car car.” She put her finger lightly over my lip, “Okay let’s go sit in your car.” She grabbed my hand and we walked back over to my car. I got in the passenger side and curled into a ball and covered my ears. 

I saw Lake look at me angry but not at me. I knew it wasn’t at me. Great you fucked up like always, Jay spat.

“You didn’t fuck up ya know? I don’t even really like coffee.” Lake smiled at me. I just nodded. and attempted a smile. It kind of hurt. 

The boys began to yell again and my face fell. It felt harder to breathe. My chest tightened and I curled into my ball. Lake climbed into the back seat and practically lifted me back after her. She pulled me into her arms and held me. Well as much as you can hold a 6' teenage boy in the back of a toyota camry. I felt my body relax. I was safe. Her touch was safe.