Stampy and Hit The Target

Chapter 39

Warning: The following chapter contains loads of emotion.

The next morning at Squid's house, Tom got Squid out of bed at 6am. "Tom, why are you getting me up so early?" Squid asked "because Netty called me last night and said that Stampy is feeling guilty as well as depressed so you need to talk to him because you guys barely said a word to each other when you got home" Tom explained "so that's why he looked sadly at me yesterday when you said what happened to me at the fight, how come I didn't ask what was wrong?" Squid questioned himself as he looked at the ground. "Look bro, get changed and I'll make breakfast for us" as Tom left the room.

Instead of getting ready, Squid broke down crying because he was thinking then same thing as Stampy, that it was his fault for getting everyone injured by dragging them along to find Stampy and not realising himself that Stampy was missing. "Why is Stampy blaming himself, it's my fault not his. I dragged everyone down there instead of going by myself. That's why they got hurt, Stampy was targeted by Hit The Target, that's why he was injured" Squid cried to himself then lifted himself off of the bed and walked over to his closet to get changed.

Downstairs, Tom didn't realise what Squid was going through, in fact no one knew. Squid was so good sat hiding his feelings that it was hard to judge whether or not he was upset like he was now. It was the same with Stampy, Netty didn't really have a clue about what her brother was going through but only knew she had to be there to support him. It was like Squid and Stampy were connected.

Once Squid had gotten dressed, he looked in the mirror and saw how bloodshot and puffy his eyes looked from crying and how distraught he looked. Was this really the Squid he knew looking back at himself? He hated to say but, it was. Squid wiped his face trying to hide the tear stains on his face but gave up. He knew he had to tell Tom sooner or later and that time had to be now.

When he got downstairs, Tom's back was turned to him so he sat down at the table. Tom heard Squid's chair scrape across the floor and turned around and when he saw what Squid looked like, he didn't know how to react since Squid had never looked so depressed since, well, never.

"Squid, what's wrong?" Tom asked walking over to his brother, that's when Squid broke down again. Tom then ran to his brother's side and embraced him in a hug. "It's my entire fault Tom, why you guys got hurt and everything from that one horrible night" Squid cried into Tom's shoulder. "Shhh, it's alright Squid, it wasn't your fault and why didn't you tell me you were feeling exactly like Stampy?" Tom asked "because it sounds stupid, you guys say that I'm like the strong one out of the group but I don't always feel like I am but I want to not disappoint any of you by not acting stronger than I truly am" Squid cried "Squid look at me, it's not stupid and if you feel that way, just show your true self, not your false self to us, we need to know the person behind the mask that you are hiding behind, the real you and when we say you are like the strongest, we mean you never give up, your determined Squid, we sometimes just give up but your always there to give us that extra push of courage to keep going. When we have that talk with Stampy, do you want the others to be there for support?" Tom asked and Squid nodded.

"Ok, now let's get rid of these tears shall we" Tom said as he wiped away the tear stains on Squid's face. "Thanks Tom" Squid thanked as he hugged his brother "for what?" Tom asked "for being my brother, I haven't really been that much of a good brother to you lately, and I wouldn't want another brother, they wouldn't be the same as you" Squid explained. Tom held Squid closer for saying this. He had one of the biggest grins on his face.

I will not be posting another chapter tonight since this chapter is so long so peace out!