Alex visibly shrank back when Andreas whipped around and pointed at him. His eyes went wide and he started to tremble.   He was nodding as tears started to well. “I’m.. I’m.. ss..sorry.” He stuttered and barely managed to say it any louder than a whisper.<br/><br/>His heart was racing and he was trying not to explode into tears.  His father was right. Richard told him this would happen.  He told him Andreas didn’t care and that the blonde was just the devil.  That Andreas was going to hurt him, do worse things.  It’s better to stay with the devil you know.<br/><br/>He opened his mouth and gulped in air almost like a fish. He just couldn’t get enough air in.   When Raff spoke he did glance over, but turned away quickly after the picture was taken.  The picture would show panic, confusion, fear, his eyes were wild with it.<br/><br/>He didn’t feel like eating and he didn’t know what to say to Raff.   He wasn’t even sure he could say something without melting down.   It’s hard to talk when your voice is trembling with fear, besides it hurt to talk anyway.   Alex crawled under the covers and curled up into a tight ball.   “O.. o..okay.”  He wished Raff would just go away, but he wasn’t sure he wanted Andreas to come back.<br/><br/>After a moment he squirmed to the side of the bed, his butt when up in the air as he reached under it, grabbed a furry thing and it disappeared with him under the covers.  He closed his eyes and wished for sleep.  The crying had taken a lot out of him.