𝒩ℯ𝓌 𝒴ℴ𝓇𝓀 𝒟ℯ𝒸ℯ𝓂𝒷ℯ𝓇 10, 2018

Maximus looked at his phone carefully, he was worried about his twin because it was one of the first times he was not with her for tennis practice.

M̳a̳x̳i̳e̳ 💩

A̳l̳l̳y̳ 🤢

R u there?

Yes, u can stop worrying idiot

I can't help if I worry about my darling twin sister

Oh plzzz ur just worried that something
interesting will finally happen the day u take a break

Ur not wrong 🥱

Ofc I'm not 😤

Did u take the pills this morning?

MAXXX u promised to stop worrying about this

Ik I did. But still

Shhh. Imma go now BYYYEEEEE

Bye buttface

🖕

Alice put her phone in her tennis bag as she set it down after taking out her tennis racquet. She smiled at Okan as he patted her shoulder,

"How is everything?"

Alice shrugged,

"Alright, Max is being a pain in my ass,"

Okan chuckled and patted her head,

"He only does it because he cares Al,"

Alice sighed,

"I know, I wish he would just chill a bit,"

Adam walked up to the two after hearing some of the conversation,

"Alice, he let you come alone didn't he? I think that is very chill,"

Alice sighed,

"It took a while to convince him to let me come,"

Adam smiled,

"Glad you could make it,"

Alice smiled softly at them,

"Thanks, guys,"

Okan smiled at her and nodded,

"Any time Al, now let us start!"

Alice got in line and smiled softly as she saw Jackson rushing to his cart of tennis balls to feed. She got into the rhythm of hitting forehand after forehand, tennis is her relief from stress and all the worries from her real life. They switched to backhands and Jackson went to the line to supervise and give pointers to some of the struggling players. Alice smiled at him and nodded her head in greeting, Jackson smiled back and nodded back. Halfway through the background drill, Alice felt something in her chest...an all too familiar feeling. She shook her head to try to concentrate, "No. Not now." She breathed out trying to calm herself down. It didn't help. She quickly stopped right by Jackson,

"Jackson, can I like take a sec and go outside?"

Jackson frowned slightly as he noticed how her hands were shaking slightly while holding her racquet. He nodded,

"Yeah, sure. Don't be too long,"

Alice smiled slightly and nodded,

"Yep, be back,"

Alice put her racquet on the floor and ran outside and as soon as she stepped outside into the cold air she slid down against the fence and put her face into her hands.

Alice slowly tried to start breathing, trying to use her excersizes that all of the doctors told her to do if something like this ever happened.

"No-no. Work god damnit!"

She started tearing up even more as she struggled to breathe. She felt a presence kneel down right next to her. She looked to the side slightly as couldn't make out the figure,

"Hey hey, Alice. Calm down, what happened?"

Alice shook her head,

"O-Okan. A-Adam,"

The figure nodded and squeezed her shoulder,

"I'll get one of them,"

Alice just nodded. Jackson immediately stood up and ran into the dome where the tennis courts are. He ran in and tried signalling over Okan or Adam. Okan was the one who spotted his look of distress and immediately noticed that Alice was no longer in the group. He nodded Jackson over and Jackson ran to him,

"Oka-"

Okan nodded,

"Where is Alice?"

Jackson tilted his head in slight confusion as to how he knew already,

"Right outside,"

Okan nodded and gave Jackson his racquet,

"Take over, I'll get her,"

Jackson nodded in worry and Okan ran outside to see the teenager against the fence trying to breathe. Okan immediately pulled the crying girl into a hug,

Okan patted her head gently,

"Shhhh. It is alright Alice, just breathe,"

Alice slowly started breathing after Okan continued muttering into her ear. Okan looked at her and smiled sadly,

"I'm sorry,"

Alice sighed and slowly sat up straighter,

"No, you have nothing-nothing to apologizing for,"

Okan wrapped an arm around her shoulder again and she sighed. Okan patted her shoulder,

"I'm sorry about Jackson,"

Alice's eye's widened,

"That was Jackson?"

Okan chuckled softly,

"Yes, it was. But do not worry, Adam and I will handle it. Do you want me to get your stuff?"

Alice sighed,

"I just wanted to play tennis Okan,"

Okan sighed sadly and nodded,

"I know darling...I know. You haven't gotten an attack in a while right?"

Alice nodded,

"It has been like three weeks,"

Okan smiled sadly at her and nodded,

"Maybe next time it will be longer time?"

Alice smiled sadly and shrugged,

"I hope."

Okan stood up and offered her a hand,

"Are you in pain?"

Alice shrugged,

"Just the same chest pain after an attack. But it's not as bad as it has been,"

Okan nodded,

"Good, do you want to stay out here?"

Alice nodded shyly,

"Yeah,"

Okan chuckled softly and nodded,

"Be right back,"

Alice nodded. Okan left her and went back onto the courts. They were just starting to pick up the balls. Adam immediately walked over to Okan in worry,

"Okan,"

Okan sighed,

"She's gonna go home. It was a medium one so it was not as bad as it could have been. She will be as good as always,"

Adam sighed and nodded,

"Alright, are you going to text Max?"

Okan nodded,

"After I give Al her things I'll text him,"

Adam nodded,

"Good,"

Okan nodded and grabbed her things before leaving. Jackson walked up to Adam with a confused look on his face,

"Did Okan just leave with Alice's things?"

Adam nodded,

"Yeah, she is going home,"

Jackson frowned,

"Is it because of what just happened?"

Adam sighed and nodded,

"Yeah, Okan and I will explain after we finish,"

Justin nodded,

"Alright,"

Okan pulled out his phone when he saw Alice leaving.

O̳k̳a̳n̳👁👄👁

M̳a̳x̳i̳m̳u̳s̳ 🤜🤛

Max

What happened? Is Ally alright?

She is heading home

Oh no...did she have an attack?

Yes, a medium attack

Do u think she has to go to the hospital?

No. I think u can stick to the regular doctor visits still

Alright, I'll text Amaury later about this

Ok, bye!

Bye Okan! Thank u!!

Yw

Okan walked back to the courts and nodded at Adam to signify that Maximus knows. Adam nodded back and nodded towards where Jackson was, Okan sighed and nodded. They finished the tennis lessons in another hour and started cleaning up, just the three of them. Jackson looked at Okan and Adam when they finished,

"So, what happened with Alice?"

Okan sighed and gestured to the bench,

"Have a seat Jack,"

Jackson sat down and Adam leant against the netpost. Adam glanced at Okan and Okan nodded at Adam to start,

"We won't tell you everything because it is Alice's decision whether she tells you the full story or not,"

Jackson frowned slightly but nodded in understatement. Okan smiled sadly,

"Alice gets these attacks every now and then. No doctor knows why, but they are similar to panic attacks,"

Adam nodded,

"Yeah, which is why the doctors at first just thought of them as panic attacks, but sometimes it's worse than panic attacks, what you witnessed earlier was a medium attack,"

Okan nodded,

"So basically what you gotta do when she has one of these attacks is let her know you are there, talk to her, hold her close to you, anything that gets her grounded,"

Jackson nodded,

"When did these start?"

Okan and Adam shared a look. Okan shook his head at Jackson,

"That is a question for Alice,"

Jackson sighed and nodded,

"Understood, thank you,"

Adam and Okan smiled at him and nodded. Okan grabbed his forearm,

"And Jack?"

Jackson nodded at him. Okan stared at him,

"Do not treat her differently. Al is the same person, you only found out one new thing about her."

Jackson smiled and nodded,

"I won't,"

The two older adults smiled and nodded at him as they all left.