It's been a week, Chase trying to keep talking, me trying to keep him talking. Sometimes it's harder and he seems to like to think that means that he's getting worse. The progress he's making is good though. He shuts down for shorter periods of time and he sometimes moves around the room without me. Much better than just a couple days ago.

He still feels bad for telling Greyson and Trey to leave, even though we know they both understand. Jamie sends updates very frequently. We watch movies, and yesterday evening Chase was able to call home and he talked to Greyson for a couple minutes. 

Greyson was very excited, and told Chase about his new nerf gun, the cool trick Jackie showed him. Jamie was there reminding him to be quiet as he talked about his new friend Luke.

Luke seems cool, and as Egos it's hard to find friends outside the house or the houses of the host's friends. Even friends' houses are hard to make friends at. The Gameplay's Manor in particular is fairly closed off. Chase seemed very happy that Greyson is making friends. Trey has a harder time with that, but he has more established friendships already. Chase is frequently worried about the two of them, but all that matters is he keeps going, keeps moving.

"Henrik?"

"Yeah, Chase?"

"Do you ever miss home?"

I pause for a moment, formulating the answer that is the truth, but won't hurt him. "Yeah, but not as much as I missed you."

"I'm sorry..."

"For what?"

"Everything. You staying here much longer than you probably want, all of this care for no reason, and-"

"Chase there's a reason. You're my reason. I love you and I'm not just leaving you out to dry. I will take care of you and stay as long as you need me, and as long as you want."

"Okay, I just..."

I pull him closer, I can tell he isn't going to finish his sentence. His jaw locked, and he seems a little stiffer than normal. Gently rubbing his scalp, I watch him relax slightly. His jaw stops holding so tight, and his shoulders slump a little.

"I got you Chase, you're okay," I start whispering reassuring words into his ear, holding him close.

"Please, don't leave."

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here."

"I missed you so much..."

It may have been a while, but I knew exactly what he was talking about. "I missed you too, so much, but I promise that won't happen again. I love you so much, I'm so sorry they took me from you."

"They can't do that again, right?"

"They shouldn't be able to. If they are, I'm going to talk to work, they'll have it figured out."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

"Thank you Henrik."

"Of course Chase, I love you."

FINALLY A DAMN UPLOAD! I think this fits with the rest of it, but I can't tell because it's been so freaking long. Today is Christmas Eve, so merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and happy holidays to those that don't!