"George i'm sick and tired of you talking back to me." My dad yelled. He then started coming after me and Henry, so I pulled him into my room and locked the door. 
                          
Henry was crying a lot, and I was worried he was going to have a panic attack, so I gave him my earbuds to listen to some music to calm down. I then realized Clay was still on discord, and his player in Minecraft was just sitting in front of mine. I put my headphones on and unmuted. 
                          
"George what happened?" Clay asked, sounding very worried. 
                          
"Clay can me and Henry stay the night at yours, it's not safe in my house right now. Henry is going to have a panic attack if we don't leave the house." I say, looking back at Henry, who's hugging his knees on my bed. 
                          
"Yes oh my god come over. Is everything ok?" He asked, sounding even more worried. 
                          
"I'll explain when we get there. Thank you Clay." I say as I leave the discord call and shut down my PC. 
                          
"Henry we're going to Clay's house and staying the night. Quickly run into your room and grab whatever you need for school tomorrow." I say to him, opening the door for him to run to his room. I grab my school bag and put whatever I need for tomorrow in a string bag.
                          
Henry then walks into my room, and I open my window for us to climb out of. Our house is only 1 story so I have done this many times. Henry climbs out first and I go after him, closing it behind me. We sprint until we can't see the house anymore. 
                          
"G-G-George," Henry stutters. I quickly look at him and see he looks to be struggling. "I can't breathe, George." Henry says, swaying into me. I grab him around his back and hold him for a few seconds. 
                          
"Calm down Henry, we're almost at Clay's, here get on my back." I say as I take off my backpack and put it on my front side, Henry then climbs onto my back. He's having another panic attack. "Breathe slowly, in and out." I say to him as I walk a bit faster to get to the house. I feel his chest moving slowly against my back. 
                          
"We're here Henry. We're safe, it's alright." I say as we arrive at Clay's house. We didn't even have to knock because Clay already opened the door. I let Henry get off of my back, but he was still having trouble. 
                          
"Oh my god George what happened?" Clay said, as he moves aside for us to walk in. Clay's mom hurries over to help Henry. 
                          
"He's having a panic attack." I say, panting from carrying him on my back. Clay's mom stands Henry up and brings him into the living room, to calm him down. 
                          
"Here, George, come up to my room, and you can tell me what happened." Clay says, motioning me to follow him. 
                          
I walk up the stairs and follow Clay to his room. I sit down on his bed next to him, and immediately break down. 
                          
"Hey George what's wrong?"Clay asks, bringing me into his chest, putting his hand on the back of my head. I felt comforted. 
                          
"My dad, he was calling Henry names because he was wearing a pink shirt, and he started coming after us, so I had to lock me and Henry in my room. We had to go out my window to get here." I say, crying into Clay's shoulder. He didn't seem to care that his shirt was getting wet since he kept his hand pressed on the back of my head. 
                          
"Oh George i'm so sorry, I never knew your dad was like that. I'm here for you it's ok." He said, slowly rocking back and forth. 
                          
I slowly calmed down, and stopped crying, but Clay kept holding me until my breath was steady. Clay's mom knocked on the door and came in, but Clay still didn't let go of me. I felt so safe in his arms, I didn't want to leave. Clay's mom took my hands and I looked at her. 
                          
"George i'm so sorry about everything, thank you for coming to us, we're here to make it better. Henry is doing good, he's on the couch with Matt, and he's calm." 
                          
"Thank you so much" I say, tears starting to fall again. Clay rubbed circles on my back.
                          
"If you need anything, i'm downstairs with the boys ok?" She said, rubbing her thumb up and down my hand. 
                          
"Thank you." I say back. Clay's mom walks out of the room, and Clay hugs me again.
                          
"I'm here for you George." Clay says to me. 
                          
I never want to leave his arms. I feel so safe and secure with him here. I really, really think i'm starting to fall for him. I tighten my hug around his back, and we sit there for another 20 minutes, just swaying in silence.