Salem enters the school, the doors slowly open.
As he steps in he feels like the hallway is caving in on him, in a weird spiked spiral.
He feels like everyone is staring at him, even though they aren't and he feels hot, even though he's not supposed to.
He steps in deeper, the doors behind him close ever so slightly and the locking mechanic hold the door stuck with a click.
That startles Salem and makes him hop. He closed his eyes at the entrance. And he felt his heart tighten in his chest, he grabbed his shirt and pulled at it.
No one sees him at the front entrance of the school. The towering dark skinned man, hyperventilating as he takes steps into the school.
Salem then lands onto a locker, that's close to the entrance of the school.
The front door opens behind Salem. Amelia enters, she has a sullen look on her face as her glasses faces toward the ground, then she spots Salem and a smile magically appears.
She's wearing a the school shirt but not the skirt that comes along with it, instead she's wearing jeans that are just perfectly colored to match.
Amelia: "Salem!"
She says it with so much excitement as se stepped closer.
She puts a hand onto his shoulder as she forcefully turns him around.
He seems to be in his own world, whether it's willingly or unwillingly. As she witnesses him gripping at his chest. His breathing slowly begins to pick up now, then he feels his body slowly heat up.
Salem opens his mouth but nothing comes out.
Wonder: 'You're not speaking boy. Move your tongue.'
The ethereal voice, turns slightly concerned as Salem can barely stand straight.
Salem: "help..."
Salem voice just able to get through.
Amelia is stunned unable to move.
Salem: "help... please. Amelia..."
Amelia, blinks once... twice... then she moves her hand from Salem's shoulder to pick up his arm.
Amelia: "Salem please just breathe... IN and OUT."
She holds him up, surprisingly well as she times the breathing with her footsteps and to make it easier for Salem to follow.
People begin to stare as he is being dragged by Amelia.
Amelia: "I'll take you to the nurses office for now."
She continues with the rhythmic footsteps and the breathing pattern as she draws ever so closer to the school nurses office.
Salem slowly begins to follow the pattern, not very well though. His body heat is also increasing but Amelia doesn't seem to feel it.
She just continues onto her pursuit towards the office.
Salem looks down on her hair, golden and somewhat wavy as she drags him.
Salem: "i'm sorry..."
Salem says in a whispered tone as he is dragged.
Amelia looks up at him, with her mouth gaped and head tilted.
Amelia: "Huh...? You say something, Salem?"
Salem as much as he could shakes his head. Feeling embarrassed by what he said.
Amelia notes that and goes back to doing the same thing, as both of them turn a corner and see the nurses office in front of them down the hallway.
As she gets closer, an aid spots them. Salem still gripping his chest and Amelia under his shoulder.
The aid, the same height as Salem, his hair line receding, white skinned and pretty brawny.
He walks like a penguin to Salem and Amelia and immediately transfers Salems arm unto his shoulder. Salem just follows his control as he makes his way to the nurse.
Aid: "What happened?"
The Aid looks at Amelia, but she's very concerned about Salem she doesn't notice him asking the question, until she sees out of the corner of his eye.
Amelia: "I'm sorry. What?"
He asks her again.
Aid: "What happened?"
Amelia shakes her head, then shrugs her shoulder, as she follow slightly behind them.
Amelia: "I don't know. As soon as I got in the school he was holding onto the lockers trying not to fall down, then he asked for my help."
They are eights steps away from the office, so Amelia hop forward twice then opens the office door that decorated in a bright fashion with many colors and words on physical and mental health.
An apple a day keeps the doc away.
Three meals for the perfect health.
Better to talk then explode.
Smile, and people smile with you.
Many different things plastered on the window and door of the office as Amelia ignores them all and holds the door open as the two enter the nurses office.
The nurse, an olive- skinned asian lady that has on a feminine tux on. In the school's blue and white fashion. She has rectangular glasses that hold firm just above the bridge of her nose. With posture as straight as an arrow and wrinkles on her face that look to just be coming in.
Her name tag just above her breast, that is held at her chest. Clementine.
Clementine: "Oh Amelia... Im guessin--"
She's cut off as Salem and the brawny aid steps right past them.
Aid: "Nurse... This guy is freaking out..."
Salems breath is haggard as he tries to keep standing.
Clementine looks over at a bed that's behind her, with white sheets and white pillow, as well as white blanket. All one on each bed, even if there is only three beds.
Salem's vision gets even more blurry and the walls feel like they are caving even deeper in.
Salem pull on his shirt tighter.
Amelia, then walks up in front of him and grabs his hand and holds it, not to tightly but still in a good grip.
Amelia: "Breathe Salem. IN and Out."
Amelia looks and sounds very concerned for Salem.
Clementine finally springs into action.
Clementine: "Bring him to the bed."
As that is said the brawny aid pull Salem to the white sheeted bed and lays him down on it, then steps back toward the door as he thinks both Amelia and the nurse have got it from here.
Amelia follows him to the bed holding his hand as he gets there. As he lays down and grips Amelia's hand back.
Amelia winces once. Salem sees her do that and adjusted his grip on her hand, as she feels the hand on hers weaken it's grip she doesn't wince again.
Salem lies his head all the way back onto the bed.
He looks at Amelia as Clementine gets her hands on some gloves then a stethoscope.
She puts on the gloves then she sits on a rolling chair as she rolls over to Salem the wheels very well managed as they just glide right to his side. Next to Amelia as well, but she's standing at a taller stature.
Clementine puts the stethoscope right to Salems chest and hears his breathing pound loudly.
Clementine: "You need to breath Salem...?"
She sounds confused as she remembered how Salem looked last time and it wasn't like this.
Amelia: "Salem... Look at me. IN..."
Amelia takes a deep breath.
Salem feeling scared follows her lead.
Taking a well needed deep breath in.
Amelia holds it in for a second, then breaths out loudly.
Amelia: "...and OUT."
Salem follows her lead. And breaths out heavily.
Clementine hears his heartbeat slowly calm down.
Salem then feels his breath come back to him as he and Amelia continue the rhythmic breathing.
Clemintine pats his legs as she pulls the stethoscope away and herself away.
RING!
The bell rings signalling the start of class and the beginnings of school. Clementine looks at the both of them as they are still holding hands.
Amelia, grips Salems and Salem loosely holding Amelia's hand.
Clementine: "Okay Lovebirds! He's okay. Go out before your teacher tells me that I need to write a tardy excuse."
Salem gets up to a sitting position then looks around the room as he feels the walls return back to their place as a wall and then he looks down to Amelia holding his hand.
Salem gets flustered and his face goes red, Amelia on the other hand just let's go of his hand, unfazed by what Clementine has said and how Salem is acting.
She helps Salem stand up to his feet, Salem still acting like a school girl that just talked to her crush.
Amelia looks at Clementine as she takes of her gloves and tosses them into the trash.
Amelia: "What was wrong with him?"
Clementine looks at Amelia helping Salem up to his feet, until he stands by himself.
Clementine: "He was having a panic attack."
Salem and Amelia: "A panic attack?"
Clementine tilts her head.
Clementine: "Yeah... I know that was it because once he was comforted by someone then once he lay down and relaxed his body and his breathing, he was getting better."
Amelia: "You okay Salem?"
Amelia looks at Salem, with a smile on his face.
Salem nods and gives her a smile, though an awkward smile, he gives her a smile back.
Salem: "Yes."
Amelia: "You can make it to your class?"
He nods again.
Clementine: "Go I really hate writing tardy excuses. GO."
Amelia and Salem both get kicked out of the office and chuckle.
Amelia: "Okay Salem..."
She waves as she walks off.
Amelia: "...see you at the pool area!"
Salem nods and waves back.
Salem: "Okay."
They both turn and disappeared from each others sight.
Five Minutes Later.
Both Salem and Amelia are back at the nurses office with a nervous look.
Clementine: "Don't ask for it."
They look at each other then her.
Salem and Amelia: "I need an excuse note."
Clementine: "Motherfu--"