Best Friends

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"Do you seriously go to everyone before me?" I jumped out of my skin and rubbed my eyes so I could see what was happening. Tom was clearly awake but hadn't moved out of the position he'd fallen asleep in
"Dom it's not like that" I mumbled reluctantly moving away from Tom and getting up
"Oh yeah. Looks like it. I'm just down the hall and you're here with him instead of me"
"Babe where has this come from?"
"It's been building for a while Lexi and you know it has." Tom stood up at this point but didn't intervene. He just waited in case he needed to later
"No I didn't fucking know or I'd expect you to shout me awake wouldn't I?"
"You wanna take an attitude with me?"
"You're not my fucking dad Dom! You don't tell me what to do!" I could hear running up the stairs and I knew the others were listening on the landing
"Don't give me a fucking attitude!" He lightly gripped my shoulders to assert his view of dominance but Tom was having none of it
"Let go of her mate. You're mad I get it but that won't get you nowhere." Dom harshly shoved me backwards letting go in the process "Cmon let's talk"
"I don't want to fucking talk Tom. I want to know why I'm not fucking good enough."
"You are good enough baby. There's just some things I can't tell you" my voice was softer but his expression didn't change
"Well maybe it won't work" his voice was softer but for an entirely different reason
"No. You can't fucking leave me"
"Why?" He asked raising his voice again
"Cus she's fucking pregnant!" Tom shouted back squaring up to him
"And you fucking told him first! For fucks sake Lexi why don't you just trust me?"
"I do trust you" I pleaded hoping the two of them would break apart. He went to walk over to me but Tom stood in his way
"Get out of my fucking way! I need to speak to my fucking girlfriend!"
"No chance." Tom spat getting right in his face. I had never seen him this agresive. Sure they'd fought before, sometimes about me, but never like this
"Let me fucking past!" He shoved Tom out of the way but he quickly regained his balance and swung at Dom. He missed but Dom decided to swing back hitting him in the side of the face. It was stupid but I got up and between them but just as I did Tom swung hitting me right in the jaw. He didn't hit me hard. As in the moment as he was, he seemingly managed to decrease the force before he hit me. "See what you fucking did now!" He turned to me "Cmere sweetheart" I ripped his hand away from my face
"Leave."
"What? No. I'm just checking if your okay. That dick hit you i-"
"Leave."
"The house? Or the room?"
"Whatever. I don't really care where you go. I just don't want to see you"
"But you'll let him stay."
"Yeah. I want him to"
"Why? So it's true! I'm not fucking good enough!" He scowled at tom "Yknow what? Have him you ungrateful bitch" this triggered something in Tom and he ran at Dom punching him so hard he stumbled backwards and fell on the floor
"She asked you to fucking leave" he said sternly. He didn't raise his voice. He didn't need to. Dom just got up and left the room his face sure to be bruised as fuck tomorrow. I was sat on the bed shaking still holding my face even though the pain was virtually non existent by that point. Tom said something but as I felt a panic attack coming on it was all a blur. I didn't really pay attention until he tapped my shoulder "I asked if you where okay?" He was crouched down Infront of me looking very concerned. In fact he seemed more concerned with me than with his own bloody and bruised face. I didn't quite know what to do so I just threw myself at him hugging him tight. He fell backwards landing on his bum on the floor gripping me tight
"Thank you" I sobbed into his shoulder "I've never seen you like that before. Ever."
"Well it was deserved. Are you okay?"
"Stay with me"
"I will. But I asked you-"
"No. But I will be when I calm down. Just stay"

Dom still hadn't come back and it was nearing 10pm.
"Where is he?"
"I don't know lex." Tom said passing me a glass of water. He sat down besides me but kept his distance. He'd been acting weird ever since we parted from the hug earlier
"Tom are you alright? You're acting weird. Like...distant from me."
"Yeah. I'm fine" he smiled
"Don't do that. Trust me I have lied about that so many times. What's wrong?"
"I hit you. Like full on punched you in the face"
"Yeah I know. But I got in the way"
"But I shouldn't have thrown a punch. I shouldn't have thrown a punch first. I've fucked up lex. And I told him you were pregnant. Or might be. Or whatever the fuck is going on"
"I've never seen you like that before."
"I know. You said" he moved closer a little sensing that I was comfortable
"But you don't understand. No one has ever defended me like that. Not even Dom. And before him no one really cared what I did. Or who hurt me."
"You should forgive him" I looked up at him with a puzzled look "Don't look so confused. I think he's just a little-"
"Fucked up?"
"No. I mean yeah the man's off the rails and does the most mad shit. But he's not fucked up. He just needs someone to reassure him. And if someone else does his job he gets really insecure about it."
"I know. But he had no right to start getting so agresive."
"And neither did I. But you're sat here forgiving me now. I'm not saying to fucking congratulate him on punching and not missing. I'm just saying that you shouldn't be too harsh on him. He's hurting. And probably a little confused about what's going on. Especially now I've opened my big mouth."
"It's alright. I think everything will work out. It has to. Always does."
"Look at me" I looked up at him and I knew how weak I must've looked "I'm really fucking sorry for getting physical. I just can't when it comes to you."
"Can't what?"
"Can't stand seeing someone hurt you. I don't have anyone in my life that I think as much of as I do you. I think of you as family. My little sister. And I hate that for the longest time I pretended that it was just a casual friendship. We were close yeah but I never told you how important you were to me. And I never got the chance before you left." I was so focused on watching him intently that I didn't even notice I was crying. He stopped a moment to gently wipe my tears away with his thumb before continuing "I'm not Adam. And I'm not the kind of guy to be like that. But I will always defend you." He waited for my response but I was too stuck to say anything. "I think we should forget about this." I knew what he meant. I knew he wanted me to remember what he said but forget that he was ever so emotional right Infront of me
"Can I hug you?" I asked "You look like you need a hug but I don't want to make this weird." He chuckled
"Can't be any weirder than what it is right now"
I opened my arms up and he simply fell into them letting his head rest on my chest and the rest of his body lay awkwardly across me and the couch. It was strange seeing him lay the way Dom usually would but he was comfy there so I had no right to move him. He had his eyes closed and his arm wrapped tightly around my waist to hold me there or to comfort himself. I didn't quite know which one I just knew that he was happy there after the shit that had happened that day "I'm sorry" he said weakly.
"It's alright. It's dealt with now. I just want Dom back safe now." He pulled away from me which caused an involuntary whine on my part because I was quite content with him just laying there
"I know we did this last night but let's do something to take your mind off it."
"Like what? That card game was boring as fuck"
"I don't know. Paint nails or some shit" his offhand comment made me remember something. He noticed the lightbulb go off and cursed himself "Nope. No way."
"Yes way."
"You are not-"
"Too late" I said getting up and running to the stairs "You gonna catch me motherfucker?"