show me yours | matty healy

chapter forty

July 24th 2017

When the plane landed and a familiar head of bright platinum hair started excitedly running towards her, Tommie forgot all her worries from the past few months.

She'd given an excuse to the guys about struggling to travel so much and deciding she would help Phoebe with her album which is due to release later in the year.

They'd given an official announcement for the fans, saying something about a personal matter she had to step away for. Tommie hasn't been on social media, she's too afraid to see the responses.

"So, you broke up with him?" Phoebe questions her, glancing over from where she's sat behind the wheel of her car, driving them to her flat where Tommie will be staying for a while.

Tommie smiles sweetly, placing her hand on top of hers, "Thank you for picking me up."

"Tommie..." Phoebe says slowly tilting her head, "You didn't break up with him?"

She pushes her hands through her freshly cut hair, it's back to being just above her shoulders, the dyed colour no longer visible.

"No, I just... we've seen each other like twice since."

"Have you slept with him?"

She's trying not to think about the drunken night just over a month ago that she and Claeb shared while she was back in LA. She wasn't in the right mind frame, and she'd hardly call it sleeping together, more like a push-pull door they went through but didn't really come back out of.

"You did?"

"I was drunk. And I haven't seen him since, he's avoiding me."

Phoebe nods, "He knows what Matty said is right, if his band makes it in the music industry it'll be because of you. Their music is shit, I've seen them perform, they can't hold a tune. He knows you're too... you, to break up with him over text."

"It's rude, I'd hate it."

Phoebe sighs, "So he's gonna keep avoiding being in the same place as you as long as he can until their names out there, which, at this point, may be until one of them tragically dies and teenagers start a trend about it on twitter."

Tommie groans, falling back in the seat with a sigh, "I don't know what to do."

"I'll help you."

"Phoebe?"

She hums looking over, "I need help with something else too."

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July 30th 2017

Caleb audibly gasps as he opens his bedroom door to find Tommie sitting there, anxiously chewing on her nails.

"Tom?"

"I need to talk to you."

"Uh, can it wait, I was on my way out."

"No!" She's standing, face to face with him, "We can't keep going on like this."

"Like what?"

"With you avoiding me until it all blows over, this is what we always do, Caleb. Something goes wrong, we fight, you say shit, I ignore it, I say shit, you ignore it, then we get distracted with work and pretend nothing has happened. We can't keep- it's not healthy."

He shakes his head, "What do you mean, Tom? You've been on tour, I've been in the studio writing music. I can, push aside tonight's writing session, they're working on bass anyway-"