Hermes Cabin

Hannah shakes her head then lets go of his hand, "You have nothing to be sorry for John."

"I hurt my boyfriend. I hurt Allie. I can't trust myself with people. I freak out if there are too many people in a room. I can go on, Hannah," John sighed.

Hannah looks at him, "John when I was little was home schooled, not because I couldn't keep up with the work, but because I got such huge anxiety talking to people. I remember the last time I was in a public school. It was 3rd grade. A teacher called on me to answer a question, I threw up, I was so anxious. My mom pulled me out right after. So I took baby steps. First, I interacted with the animals around the farm. Pigs, goats, rabbits you name it we had it. Each one interacted with me differently. Like some people. Soon I worked up to helping out at the retirement home. The point I'm trying to make is that it took me a while to work through it, but I did it at my pace. Do you see what I'm saying?"

John lifted his right shoulder minutely in a small shrug.

"Try walking around your cabin and interacting with at least one different member of your cabin every day. Baby steps. If you wont try it for yourself, can you at least try it for myself and Allie?" She asks then gets a page from Allie, "Listen I have to get back to the infirmary, but please, consider it. " She says with a small smile before heading to the infirmary.

John sighed as she left, and looked over at Talia's bed.

Hannah come back the next day and knocks on the door.

John hesitantly called out, "Yeah?"

((I'm reading Trials of Apollo right now and it's so good))

Tessa lied on her bed

{No spoilers. I have yet to get it.}

Hannah opens the door  and pops her head through the opening with a smile.with a smile, "Hey. Just coming to see how you're doing."

((Of course not, I try not to spoil things. But it's so epic; I'm nearly done.))

John shrugged a little, tugging at a loose thread in his sweatpants.

Hannah smiles and walks over to him, "Come on. we're going to go for a walk."

John shook his head, flesh fingers twisting anxiously in the thread.

Hannah smiles, "Don't worry. It's just around the inside of your cabin. "

John looked at his cabinmates, fear of judgement swelling in his chest.

Hannah holds out her hand, "I'll stay with you. Baby steps." She says with an encouraging smile.

John tentatively took her hand in his flesh one.

Hannah smiles and helps him to his feet.

John took a minute to adjust, eyes darting warily around the cabin.

Hannah looks at him with a small smile, "We're going to take this slow ok?"

John fought the barely irrepressible urge to curl up and hide, and hesitantly nodded.

First they walked to the bathroom and back to the bed. Then from the bed to the study area, then back to the bed.

John slowly got used to walking at a normal rate, with another person, and uncovered by his hoodie.

Hannah smiles and this time they walk the full length of the cabin then back to his bed.

John began to shiver by the end of it, but still gripped Hannah's hand weakly, not strongly, for fear of hurting her.