I still can’t look at him, “I’m fine, Jacob. Thank you. But I’ll be fine.” I tell him, “Okay.” He whispers, then I hear as his body falls to the floor.I turn around and see him leaning against the wall, his butt on the floor and looking out into the hallway.I chuckle, “What are you doing?” I ask him, my voice finally not coming out cracked and laced in pain. He shrugs, “Figured I could still be here. Even if you don’t want to talk about it.”I slowly walk over to him, holding out my hand for him. He looks at my hand, then my face, then grabs my hand and I help him off the floor. I look up at him, “That’s sweet.”He smirks, “Hey, I’ve always been sweet.” He jokes, pushing his shoulder into mine. I roll my eyes, “I guess. Want to go for a walk?” I ask him, and he nods.“Sure.”We walk into the hallway, and I close the door behind us.We stay silent as we walk outside, just looking around at anything that isn’t the person next to us.He finally speaks, “Coming here is quite the wake-up
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