Fritz’s Point of View
“No! I can’t! I can’t, Ryan! I, I ---” I don’t know what to say, why I’m feeling this way. I can’t love her. I am messed up, and I can’t pull her down with me. I decided to be friends with her, just to be friends and treat her how I treated the people I treasure. Can’t we just be friends? I’m sure we can, right?
“Calm down, Fritz. Let’s talk about it. I know this can be confusing for you. But. Let’s take it one step at a time. Okay, breathe deeply. Inhale. Exhale. Are you okay now?”
I did what Dr. Ryan Harris told me. I’ve been his patient for a long time that we’ve grown closer, and he knows everything that I’ve been through ever since that accident. He knows how to calm me down.
“Yeah,” I answered him briefly as I stru
