Daylight ~ Newt TMR

15

Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
You and I drink the poison from the same vine

After being tossed around in a swam of younger years I finally make it through the gate and to the brick wall that borders the school, I rest my shoulder against the brick and pull out my phone opening up Snapchat and mass snapping everyone streaks. "I hope you don't do that to me" I look behind my shoulder to see Newt standing there peering over it and at my phone. I switch it off and put it back in my blazer pocket "I couldn't even if I wanted to, we don't snap each other" I say following him as he walks past my usual bus stop and down a street. "Let's change that then" he stops walking and unlocks his phone, which is already open on Snap, "Smile," he says holding the phone up in my direction and taking a picture, he looks at it for a second before smiling and sending it. My phone lights up "All sorted, just don't mass snap me" he says as he starts walking again.

He turns onto a new road and walks up to the first house on the left, unlocking the metal gate and walking up stone steps towards a red door. Shutting the gate behind me I follow him up the steps and watch him unlock and open the painted door, "Mum I'm back" he shouts into the presumably empty house, "Newt, should I take my shoes off?" I ask already sliding off my shoes "Oh yeah if you could, thanks" he smiles kicking off his own shoes. "You never told me we'd be having guests," a woman's voice says from the stairs, looking up I see a woman in her mid-forties in a mum jeans and a blouse, her blonde hair swept up into a short ponytail on top of her head. "Sorry, um, mum this is y/n, y/n this is my mum," Newt says awkwardly as the woman walks down the steps "Ah so you're y/n, it's lovely to finally meet you" She reaches her hand out for me to shake "It's lovely to meet you too Mrs-" "Katie, you can call me Katie" she says smiling "It's lovely to meet you Katie" I say shaking her hand.

"We're gonna go head upstairs if-" Newt starts "No stay down for a bit, I want to learn more about y/n here," Katie says interrupting him as she walks into the kitchen and takes three glasses out of a cupboard, "So, y/n how do you know son then?" she says pouring water into each of the glasses on the countertop. "We're in the same form at school also my best friend is quite close with Newts friend Thomas, thank you," I say as she hands us the glasses "Ah yes I know Thomas, your friend must be Brenda," she says smiling, "Um, no mum she's friends with Teresa" Newt interjects his face flooded with nerves "Oh Teresa. Yes, I remember him talking about her" she says taking a sip of her water. "Ok, mum we're goi-" "Y/n hasn't finished her water yet Newt, give her some time."

Newt walks over to me, standing behind me and peering over my shoulder again, resting his chin on it "Nearly done?" he asks impatiently, resting his hand on the small of my back, "Nearly" I say turning my head to look at him. "Oh, Newt you did clean your room this morning, right?" Katie says as she places her glass in the sink "Shit" Newt mutters under his breath "I will be right back" he says placing a kiss on my cheek before he rushes out of the room "Language Newt" his mum shouts after him "Sorry" I hear him shout back as he goes up the stairs.

"You know y/n, he's different with you" Katie puts down the washing and walks over to me leaning against the counter next to me "What do you mean?" I ask looking at her "He's been through a lot what with the disease and his mental health. It got to the point where he'd just given up, even after he'd beaten it, I don't think he had a reason to keep going" she places a hand on my arm and faces me "But ever since last week, I think he now has that reason, he seems so much happier now because of you and your relationship" she smiles at me "Um, we're not dating" I say awkwardly. She looks surprised "Oh, well he definitely likes you a lot then, especially if he's letting you wear that" she says smiling and glancing at her son's hoodie that I'm wearing. "Yeah, I like him a lot as well," I say fiddling with the zip. Newt reemerges from the hallway "Hey, do you wanna go up to my room?" he asks, leaning against the doorframe and looking at us "Yeah sure" I reply picking up my glass and finishing my drink before following him up the stairs and into his room.

His walls are covered in different movie and musician's posters, his bed is near the door with a desk and computer next to it, there's a tv on the wall opposite next to a wardrobe and shelves. I walk up to the shelves and see a small collection of vinyl's "I didn't know you collected vinyl's" I say picking one up, its cigarettes after sex "Yeah I love them" he walks over and takes the album out of my hands "This one cool, look" he slides the vinyl out of the cardboard and paper cover, holding it up to me showing me the white coloured vinyl "It's one of my only coloured vinyl's, well not coloured but you know what I mean" he says placing it on the vinyl player, K. by cigarettes after sex starts playing. "Do you like them?" he asks walking over to his bed and sitting on it leaning against the wall "I fucking love them" I reply sitting down next to him doing the same.

The music fills the room as we sit together not saying a word, his arm reaches over my shoulder and pulls me into him, I rest my head against his shoulder as the song stops and switches to Each Time You Fall in Love. "Hey Newt" I look up at him "Yeah, whats up love?" he looks down at me "When were you gonna tell me this is your favourite hoodie?" I ask sitting up and staring at him. "Who told you that?" he cocks his head to the side "Lizzy, and your mum" a smile forms on his face as he shakes his head "Of course they fucking did" he laughs "I can give it back if it's your favourite," I say sliding my arm out of the hoodie but he stops me "No, I like it on you, makes me love it even more" he gently cups his hand on my cheek and leans in to kiss me.

"Newt do you know wher-" Lizzy bursts into his room before staring at as for what feels like minutes. "Oh shit" she giggles pointing at her brother, then at me and then back at him "Fuck off Lizzy" Newt says taking his hand off my cheek and standing up, shooing his sister out of the room and closing the door behind her as she continues to laugh through the door. "I'm so sorry about that, I need to get a lock on my door" he raises his fingers to his lips in frustration as he walks back to his bed and sits on the edge. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and hug him from behind putting my chin on his shoulders "It's fine, I don't mind" he tilts his head to look at me before smiling and placing a kiss on my lips.