"Stop it," I said to the volunteer who was trying to help us to our feet. "Just stop, just leave him for a minute."
I knew they were only trying to help and so I kept my voice mild, knowing that if I sounded like I was angry, they would never listen to me. They wanted what was best for us and I knew it, but sometimes they worried too much and didn't understand that a little space was needed.
The caretaker glanced at us, but then went to the window instead, beginning to the task of getting it boarded up by directing the volunteers down to the basement for supplies. Wind howled through the hole, snow billowed into the room, but I just inched myself closer to Eddie and wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
"Thank you," I whispered. Tonight they would have to lock me in my room to keep me from staying with him. Tonight I wasn't sure if they would really protest.
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I knew they were only trying to help and so I kept my voice mild, knowing that if I sounded like I was angry, they would never listen to me. They wanted what was best for us and I knew it, but sometimes they worried too much and didn't understand that a little space was needed.
The caretaker glanced at us, but then went to the window instead, beginning to the task of getting it boarded up by directing the volunteers down to the basement for supplies. Wind howled through the hole, snow billowed into the room, but I just inched myself closer to Eddie and wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
"Thank you," I whispered. Tonight they would have to lock me in my room to keep me from staying with him. Tonight I wasn't sure if they would really protest.