Panic attack
It was 11pm. Alice was lying in bed, Emma was watching tv in the living room. Paul was on a business trip with Bill, so Emma offered to hang out with Alice while they were gone.
Emma sighed and looked at her phone to check the time. "Jesus chrIst, it's almost midnight? Fuck it I'm going to bed." She turned off the tv and got up. As she was walking to her room, she heard a faint sob coming from the room Alice was staying in. She opened the door to see the girl sitting on her bed, crying.
"Alice what's going on?" she asked. Alice tried to respond but she couldn't. Emma sat down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. You're okay." she said as she softly rubbed the girl's back. She remembered Paul telling her about Alice and her anxiety issues so she realized that she was having a panic attack.
The brunette tried her hardest to calm down but she just couldn't. Her breathing just got heavier and heavier as her crying got worse.
Emma grabbed Alice's hand. "Try and match my breathing ok?" She said as she put the girl's hand on her chest. Alice nodded and made eye contact with her as she slowly calmed down.
"Better?" Emma asked. Alice smiled weakly and nodded, still kinda crying. She was about to say something, but her cat, Klaus, jumped up onto the bed and meowed.
"Hey bubs." she giggled as she picked up the little brown kitten and hugged him. Klaus licked Alice's nose. Then looked at Emma and meowed at her, so she pet him.
"Now, what was that all about?" Her aunt asked. Alice looked down.
"I just miss my dad… I'm scared that something's going to happen to him. He's so far away.. " she responded, holding back more tears.
Emma put a hand on Alice's back. "He'll be back before you know it Ally. New York isn't that far away and I'm pretty sure he'll be fine."
Alice nodded and put the cat down on the bed.
"Do you want me to stay here? Or should I leave." Emma asked.
"Can you stay here for a little bit? Please?"
Emma nodded. Alice smiled and they started talking about random things.