𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 ❤︎ 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒛

𝐈𝐕

Tom ran upstairs to my room almost dropping his guitar 3 times.

'Careful you're gonna break it!' I said laughing while trying to keep up with him.

He was already in my room by the time I even got up the stairs.

'Where's the plug, where's the plug, where's the plug?' He said pacing around my room. Then he spotted it. He quickly put it in and turned the switch on. He strummed it with his finger. It sounded horrible.

'You need to tune it dumbass.' I said, sitting down next to him on the bed and guiding my fingers towards the top of the guitar and starting to tune it. I wasn't that out of tune, so it didn't take that long.

'There. Try it no-' He cut me of with the sound of his guitar. A huge smile grew across his face.

Within a blink I felt him tackle me in a hug causing me to fall back on the bed.

'Thank you so much Maddy. Your the best, I could like, kiss you right now.' He said lifting his head up to look at me.

'Ok we'll please don't and get of me.' I replied hitting his arm.

He got of me and picked up that guitar again. He started playing the beginning of songs and then switching up to new ones.

'Imma go check in Nathan. I'll be back.'

'K!' He shouted over the loud notes of his guitar. Even without and amp, he still made it sound good.

I pushed the door of Nathan's room and stuck my head inside.

'Hi Nathan.'

'Hi.' That was probably the only word he knew in German.

'Wow look at your room. Do you love it?' I asked fully walking inside.

'Yes. Tom help me.'

'Aw did he. Do you like Tom.' He nodded his head.

'I'm hungry Mads.' That was his nickname for me. 'And mommy's asleep downstairs.'

'Oh.' I stared at the floor. 'So, what do you want to eat Nathan?'

'Pisa.' He couldn't say it properly.

'Pizza? Ok. Hang on I'll be back.' I told him turning around to go back to my room.'

'Hey do you know any pizza places around here?' I asked Tom. He looked confused.

'Yeah like 5 minutes from here. Why?'

'Well Nathan's hungry and now that I think about it I kinda am too. So someone aka you is gonna have to show me the way there.'

'Well can't you ask your mom to go? I can't be bothered.'

'No.' I said bluntly. 'She's um, she's busy.'

'Your a bad liar.'

'And your bad at knowing if someone's lying because I'm not.' I replied. I was. 'Anyway let's go.'

He groaned taking his guitar from around him and setting it down on my bed.

I then went back into Nathan's room. 'Let's go Nathan.'

'We going where.' He asked.

'Pizza.'

'Ok!' He held his arms up at me again.

'You're getting to big for this Nate' I told him while picking him up. Nate was my nickname for him.

I walked out the room with Nathan in my hands and went downstairs. I was met with the sorrowful eyes of Tom who looked towards me and then to my mom who was passed out on the sofa with an empty bottle of beer in her hands.

'Shit Maddy, why didn't you tell me-'

'Take him.' I said passing Nathan to Tom. He took him without saying anything more.

I then crept over to my mom and stuck my hand in her pocket. I felt some paper and pulled it out. 10 euros. That should be enough. I tucked it into the pockets of my sweatpants and took Nathan back to put his shoes on.

'Maddy you've gotta-'

'Not right now Tom.' I said without turning to look at him. Once I had Nathan's shoes on, I put mine on. I then picked Nathan up again and we all went outside.

We walked at least a minute without saying anything.

'So what your just not going to say anything? Your last names now different, your moms name changed from Mrs to Miss, I've just seen her passed out on the sofa with an empty bottle of beer in her hand and your just not going to speak. '

I let the words fill up in my mind before I spoke. 'I'm sorry.'

Silence

'I'm sorry that you had to witness one of the many problems I have to deal with and now your pissed at me.'

'I'm not pissed Dee, I just wanna know why.' Dee. That word shot through my mind. He used to call me that when we were kids and then he'd get annoyed at anyone who called me that, 'thats my nickname for her' he would say. I never had a proper nickname for Tom as his name was already short. I just used to call him dwarf instead because I used to be taller than him, but I can't really say the same now.

'My dad left us for some ugly rich bitch.' I blurted out. There was silence for a few seconds, 'And then my mom became an alcoholic so now I have to look after Nathan all the time and I'm tired, I'm so tired Tom. I can't, I can't deal with any of this shit anymore.' Tears filled my eyes and ran down my cheeks before I could even hold them back. 'I thought moving here would change her, help her but it's been 4 hours and she's already fucking out.'

'Dee. Why didn't you tell me any of this. Here let me take him.' He took Nathan out my arms and held him with one arm. The another arm wrapped around my shoulder as he pulled me into a side hug.

'I'm so sorry Dee. I'm always here ok, if you need anything I'm there, ok?'

'Thank you Tom.' I paused. "Thank you." 

And that's why I loved Tom. 

But of course I didn't mean it like that. Right?

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ik this is kinda another pointless chapter but i swear the next one will b more interesting and longer