Problems

Before starting Many, many thanks for all the lovely comments, I was very happy. Thank you, thank you ...

What was going on, why shouldn't I go with you. Maybe that way I would find out where he had been. I took a deep breath and then quickly grabbed his arm. He turned to me and looked at me.

"Wait, I'll take my portfolio away for a moment." He nodded and I wanted to turn around, but then decided to simply put the portfolio on the chest of drawers in the hallway.

"We can." I said then and we went to the door. He read me aloud and closed the door behind us and I looked up because it was just starting to rain lightly. We looked at each other and I had to smile and then ran quickly to his car, which was right in the front of the driveway. He ran after me and overtook me just before the car and snapped it open with his remote control so that I could get in straight away. He sits down next to me in the car seconds later and I looked over at him with quick breath.

"You're really fast." He said then.

"I didn't mean to get wet." He laughed and I buckled my seatbelt as he started the engine. We remained silent until we came to a red light and we had to wait. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Nick looking at me, so I looked at him so that he smiled.

"What?" I asked confused. He pointed to me, first to my hair and then to my legs.

"That suits you, you look very pretty." I smiled at him, blushing slightly. I was sure that he had never said something like that to me unless you look "cool" or "hammer".

"Thanks." I managed to stutter out. I had my hair put in a loose bun so that I could see wavy strands everywhere. Of course I was made up as always, only that I was still wearing lip-glove. Since I wasn't into boring normal clothes that everyone wore, I had on a one-piece, in dark yellow. The pants were tight-fitting and from the waist where the top began it became loose and had spaghetti straps. I also wore black Plato shoes. Somewhat extraordinary, but I liked it. When the lights turned green again and we drove on, we were silent again.

Arrived at Nick's It wasn't raining too much, but we still ran quickly across the street to the house. I followed him as we went into the apartment and discovered in the hallway that there were three large moving boxes. I looked around the living room. It was almost empty. Amazed, I just took a seat on the sofa. The bed was no longer in it, as was the television, the system and his laptop. All the girl decorations were gone too. I heard that he was rummaging loudly in a cupboard in the kitchen. Until he pulled out a large blue glass bowl with a loud clang. He put it down on the kitchen counter and looked at me.

"Do you want a drink?" I nodded.

"What if you have something there?" He nodded too and then opened his refrigerator. I looked at him in amazement. It was full the first time. With food and drink, but I saw no alcohol.

"Water, cola, iced tea?" He interrupted my thoughts.

"Um ... water." He noticed my reaction and laughed as he took out the water bottle.

"Don't be so shocked about a full refrigerator." I had to smile.

“Why is the apartment so empty? Where are your things? ”I got a strange feeling. Did he want to move away? Nick came to me with two glasses and he bottle of water.

"Hasn't Sven told you yet?"

"What?" I asked Nick more sharply than I wanted, so that he looked at me briefly before opening the bottle.

"I'm moving out and already have a new tenant for the apartment ... I'm moving in with Jonas and Noah." He told me with a smile.

" How? You are moving in with Jonas and Noah. How come? ”I knew that Jonas was still living at home and that Noah was living in a flat with four other buddies, whom I didn't really know.

“Jonas inherited a four room apartment from his godfather uncle.” I looked at Nick in shock.

"His uncle died?" Nick nodded.

“But that was quite a while ago. But Jonas still lived at home, but now he's moved in there because his father said he should move out or look for someone to move in there. Noah apparently said right away that he wanted to move in there because he didn't feel like the people he lived with anymore. But because the apartment has too many rooms, he asked Jonas if he would like to live there with him. Well and then they kind of came up to me and Jonas called me a few days ago and asked me because he knew I wanted to get out of here. It was actually only a temporary solution when I moved in here. ”I nodded.

"I first thought about whether that was a good idea at all, me with the two of them? But Sven and David think it's a great idea. I think you want to keep an eye on me. ”I nodded again.

"I also think it's a good idea not to keep an eye on you, but to-"

"But?" He interrupted me. I looked at him.

"I don't know ..." I didn't know what to say. Nick turned to the table without saying anything and took the bottle and wanted to hold it over the glass when I noticed that the whole bottle started to shake and he held it over the glass with both hands. I looked at him and then back at the bottle just as he poured the water into the first glass and half missed it, he was trembling so much. The bottle neck clinked on the edge of the

glass the whole time . I hesitated for a moment before taking the bottle from him and filling the two glasses. He ran his hands through his hair as I handed him one of the two glasses.

"Are you okay?" I asked him. It wasn’t normal that he could only hold the bottle with both hands and was shaking like that. But he nodded.

"Well, since I haven't had anything to drink, my hands are shaking all the time. Toni said that I have withdrawal symptoms and that's how they make themselves felt. ”

“ Who is Toni? ”I asked confused.

" That's the …. Acquaintance or friend. The one I've been to for the past few weeks. ”I nodded.

“ What did you do with him? ”I heard him breathe loudly before he took a long drink.

"He ... once had a drug and alcohol problem years ago ... just like me ..." It was difficult for him to talk about it.

“I knew he got away from it. He once said to me that if I want to get away from that stuff, that I should call him. But then I didn't take it seriously. I thought he was exaggerating, that I have no problem with it. ”

“ And why did you suddenly notice that you have a problem? ”I asked. So that he looked at me for a moment.

“You ... said you were with a ... junkie. That drugs are more important to me. I wanted to prove that it wasn't like that and didn't want to take anything anymore, but then I realized that I… can't. Then when the guys told me such blatant things ... “He stopped speaking.

"So you called this ... Toni?" He nodded.

“I told him everything and he said I should come straight away, don't pack my things, don't talk to one of my friends. Just get in the car and come. I did that. ”I nodded again.

"We were all worried when you were gone." Nick sighed.

"I didn't want you to know that I'm gone." I shook my head.

"Sven was worried and didn't understand that the others said to him that you would call me if something was wrong, so he called me, although David didn't want to." I told him. Then we were both silent for a while.

"And ... Now you don't take anything anymore? just like that after the short time? .... and you don't drink anymore? ”I didn't find that credible, but immediately he shook his head.

"It doesn't go that fast ... I am clean since Toni was with me, but he showed me how I can deal with it ... if I notice that everything is getting too much for me or I'm getting stressed, then I just will still smoke weed. Just to relax but from other stuff I keep my fingers off. With alcohol it's the same no more hard stuff and beer and only a few bottles until I realize that I'm drunk. ”I still looked at him incredulously.

"And you think you can do it, then just stop and stop drinking." He lifted his shoulder.

"I have no idea, I have to try that, if I manage to control myself it's good, but if not ... then I'll do therapy." I smiled at him.

"That sounds good." With therapy, he would definitely be able to do it and that he even thought about doing one I thought it was great.

“I don't know yet whether I'll stay here now or stay with Toni for a few more weeks. I only came back last night and first met up with David to talk to him about everything. ”I nodded.

"Yes, he just told me." Nick nodded too.

"Tonight I'll meet Sven and maybe go to the club too, but I don't know yet." Whether that was such a good idea.

"I ... think ... you shouldn't go to the club yet, you will be confronted with all that stuff immediately. Or you go somewhere else. ”Nick shrugged his shoulders again, so I didn't say anything until I thought of something.

" What's with your work? What does Billy say when you go to Toni's again? ”Now Nick began to smile.

“Billy knows Toni. He once let him work with him. He also knows he has drug problems ... like me. But when Toni got clean he moved in with his father, with whom he had an argument. That's why he doesn't live here anymore. ”Billy knew that both of them had problems with it and still hired her?

"Why does someone hire such people, why is he so with you ... Understanding, any other boss would have thrown you out long ago." Nick smiled again and nodded.

“Billy used to have problems with alcohol himself. But at that time he met his wife Rosi and quit, but he didn't get a job after that nobody wanted to hire him. He lived in a small village where everyone knew everyone. His wife has given up her job and moved here with him to start all over again and supported him so that he could open his own workshop. In the beginning things didn't go well for years and the two also had problems privately. Rosi can ... so she couldn't have children.

"Oh ... the arms." I cut him off.