"Her kindness and empathy helped me see that I wasn't alone in my pain"

"Oh hey Nicky, how are you?" spoke Richard, stepping down the stairs. Nicky was their new neighbor and Jess's old friend. She never really visited their house but they know her.

"I'm fine...um...and don't worry about him; I'll figure something out", she replied, feeling overwhelmed by all this.

Richard nods sadly. Knowing his son, he knows that it will be very tough to take him our of his zone but he chooses to Give Nicky a try.

His wife followed behind as they both walk to the kitchen. It was time for their morning coffee.

Walking over behind the marble island, Emily exclaimed, "Thank you for being so good to him."

Nodding with a light smile, she makes her way to the bathroom to go check on him. Gently knocking, she noticed the door was locked.

"Issac, can you let me in?" Nicky spoke, her voice soft.

Looking up, he replied quickly, "L-leave me alone...."

Standing against the door, she pleaded, "Please, I don't want you to be alone. You know how this hurts me but you have to listen to me"

Crawling over the cold floor, he flipped the lock and returned to the bathtub's edge. Walking inside, Nicky sat down beside him, thinking of what to say.

She hesitantly placed her hand on his quietly, speaking "Everything will be okay, I promise."

Moving it away, the sentence upset him angrily, replying, "Do you not remember what happened?" "How is anything supposed to be okay without her?"

Releasing her choice of words wasn't the best. She rephrased, "I'm just as hurt as you are, but you need to focus on the good memories."

Sniffling, he struggled to speak without the thoughts flooding back into his mind.

"S-she was a part of me," Issac said, sprawled across the floor.He wasn't able to control his emotions, no matter how hard he tried.

Wanting him to cheer up a little, she cheerfully announced, "I'm going to take you somewhere; let's get ready."

Standing up, she offered her hand as he didn't know what she meant.

Reluctantly they stood up, back over the couch. Telling him to wait, she made her way to his parent's offices, who both work from home. 

Richard is a video game lover. Memorabilia lined the many shelves of his room. Led lights wrapped around the top edges, making his office colorful.

On the other hand, Emily chose a much lighter and minimalist theme for her office. Pot plants ranging in size, her most enormous a massive fiddle leaf fig in the corner. Adding different shades of green nicely fits with the white walls. An architect, her desk was filled with tools, pens, and papers.

Hearing footsteps behind, she swiveled around on the leather seat. Nicky knocks and Emily asks her to enter.

"Is he feeling okay?" Emily asks. Richard comes from the behind joined office, waiting for Nicky to answer.

Looking back with an expression of sadness Nicky replied "he just needs time...I am taking him somewhere. I hope it's alright. we'll be back soon."

"We appreciate everything you are doing" spoke Richard with a look of appreciation.

Nicky nods slowly and looks around the room. Sketches and plans of different house designs were spread out across, many stuck to the wall.

Without saying anything else, she leaves.

Closing the front door behind she unlocked her car while Issace followed her. 

 Knowing that she was being kind, he wanted to focus on the event ahead. Plugging in his phone, he scrolled to Spotify. Finding his playlist, his favorite song began as a slight smile briefly appeared. 

Author's Note

Sorry for the late update! I forgot to update! Did I tell you all that all these quotes above are made by me? uff! Ofc they are, all the quotes are related to the chapters so ofc! Shocked? Comment here and vote!