show me yours | matty healy

chapter thirty-two

October 18th 2016

Adam smiles to himself, watching the huge grin on Tommie's face as she and her grandfather walk ahead discussing the newest Star Wars movie that's coming out.

Their nan is beside him, they walk in silence back to the tour bus. Adam looks between his grandparents a few times trying to think of the best way to say what's come to his mind.

Maggie sighs and looks at him in the corner of her eye, "What Adam?"

"Hmm?"

She raises one of her dark eyebrows, "Tell me what you're trying to tell me."

"Why are you guys actually going home?" He asks.

Adam's not stupid, despite having a lot of the same characteristics one thing he inherited from their maternal grandparents was his observation skills. Whereas Tommie inherited her paternal grandparents' naivety.

Maggie sighs watching as Tommie skips ahead with Button, Thomas watching on with that proud fatherly look he saves for only her.

"It's come back."

Adam pauses, he stares at her, for too long and she nods slowly, "Doctors gave him a year."

"It's back?"

She nods, "He wanted to come see you one last time."

Adams shakes his head, "We- we can stop the tour, I mean, we have money now, nan, we can pay for the best treatments, get him private-"

Maggie shakes her head, "You know he won;t let you do that-"

"What about Tommie?" He asks, "This will break her."

Maggie keeps quiet, looking forward and Adam shakes his head, "Nan..."

"We're not telling her-"

"You have to."

"I want to." She says honestly, "I want to give her the chance to say goodbye, the chance to be with him, she didn't have that with her mother. I don't want to keep another thing away from her."

"But he won't?"

She nods slowly, "He refuses to."

"He was never able to hurt Tommie."

"Hurt her? This will kill her."

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Phoebe's dyed eyebrow is raised higher than usual as Tommie sighs blissfully and wraps her in a hug.

"Uh, you okay?"

"This has been the best day ever." She grins, bending down to twirl Max around and kiss his little head, "Went for ice cream with nan, Granch and Ads, had a Star Wars marathon, drank a shit ton of dr pepper, ate pizza and even watched all the prequels."

Phoebe smiles, "We still going to that party?"

She nods quickly, "Oh, fuck, I forgot."

Phoebe shakes her head in an adoring way as she laughs, "Of course you did."

"I don't have anything to wear."

"Raid my closet, I'm planning on wearing the black dress laid out on the bed so don't have that."

"Thanks," She kisses her cheeks as she passes through her kitchen, "Life saver, love you."

Phoebe hums, shoving some crackers into her mouth as she shares with the two dogs.

"Is Caleb picking you up from here?"

"Um, think I'm meeting him there, can I catch a lift with you?"

"Yeah, sure."