My Best Friends Step Brother//Tom Holland

Laura I'm Sorry

So... I think Laura is mad because she won't answer my texts. I guess I'll just have to wait until we go to school... I don't know if she'll drive me to school... We've never had a fight of some sort. And if we did it wasn't a real fight... It would be about a celebrity.

Monday comes around and I see her waiting in the car and I get in the car with her.

Laura - Sam was going to sit there.

Sharni - Well we need to talk.

Laura - About how you're the girl that has been doing all that stuff to Tom?

Sharni - Firstly, I haven't even hugged him, let alone give him hickeys. Secondly, he is the one who told me he liked me first.

Laura - If he actually liked you, he wouldn't have fucked around with other girls.

Sharni - Look, I can't control what he does with his life. It's his life. And don't think I don't know what you did after school on Friday after school and Saturday morning.

Laura - That is none of your business.

Sharni - ...When did we keep secrets from each other?

Laura - Since I've been a failure at everything.

Sharni - You are not a failure. But I think you should let Tom do what he wants and let me do what I want.

Laura - Then let me do what I want.

Sharni - I know that isn't what you want to do after school.

Laura - Yes it is.

Sharni - You know what. Talk to me when you've stopped thinking about yourself.

I get out of the car and start walking to school. Not long after I hear someone running behind me. I look back and see Tom.

Tom - You're not walking to school by yourself... I'm walking with you.

Sharni - Why is she thinking about herself now. She never used to do that.

Tom - Maybe she likes the attention but pity attention.

Sharni - It's stupid... She shouldn't be doing what she is doing right now.

Tom - What is she doing?

Sharni - On Friday I saw her with our English teacher, Mr Harrington.

Tom stops.

Tom - What do you mean?

Sharni - It wasn't to study. I know that, because we would study together.

Tom then runs back to the car.

What the hell...

I try to catch up with Tom.

Tom - Laura. What are you doing after school?

Laura - Nothing. I go to the library to look at books.

Yeah because you're SUCH a bookworm, that's my thing.

Tom - Liar. Tell me the truth now!

Laura - You have no business in my life.

Tom - Then you don't have business in Sharni and my life.

Laura - Fine... I'm failing English... I've been studying but I just can't do it.

Tom - Well you do know you have Sharni and I. Who is in the same class as you... We can help you... Mr Harrington can go to jail for this...

Laura - Well. Tell me how to improve.

Tom - Stop doing what you're doing and talk to us. We care about you. Please trust us... If not me. Trust Sharni.

Sharni - Please don't hate life because of things that don't go the way you like.

Laura - I love you Sharni. We've been best friends since we were little. I just hate how Tom walks in and says "Hey your cute" and takes you away from me.

Sharni - Firstly, I love you. Secondly, You're my number one, always. Thirdly, A boy won't get between us, ever. And finally, you're the best thing that has happened to me ever. Yes I like Tom too but, you're always going to be the first person in my book.

She gets out of the car and we hug. We don't care that we are late to school. Her mental health is more important. I look over to see Sam and Harry waiting like, we aren't listening... but hurry up. We all get in the car and get to school.