𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐄 • 𝐭.𝐛𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐡

✮ love and all that shit ✮

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chris

"She's in Carolina." Tom announces as soon as he walks in. "Fucking Carolina!"

He's been out all night and the better part of today. He looks disheveled, panic visible in his person.

"She- she texted me and said that she panicked and needed time to think. I-"

His voice catches and he looks like he's about to cry. I can feel Mal, Theo, Louis, Paul and Louise all watching.

I shrug and sigh. "Look, it'll be fine-"

"How? How the fuck is it going to be fine?" Tom snaps. "She's this... naive, sweet, amazing, sensitive woman and I know that and I got kissed by some random lady!"

"It wasn't your fault!"

"I shouldn't have even met her! I should have shut it down before anything!"

"Tom, it's fine." Theo tries to reason. "We know where she is, we'll talk to her soon, a new photographer-"

"It's not fucking fine!"

I suddenly remember that none of them have any clue about him and Priscilla actually being in a relationship.

I give him a look and step towards Tom.

"It'll be okay."

He looks at me, the sadness in his eyes is something I've never seen.

"No, I- I hurt her. I sent her to stupid Carolina!" He shouts, a bit of quieter than before. "What's wrong with me?"

My face drops. "... Nothing's wrong with you-"

"Well, no, obviously something is. I finally have this incredible wo-"

I cut him off when I see the tears actually glazing his eyes and hug him, turning us around so he doesn't have to face the others.

The mix of confusion, fear, guilt in the room is palpable.

"It's all good. She loves you." I mutter to my friend, making sure the others don't hear.

Tom sniffles. "I fucked it all up, Chris."

"No, you didn't." I pay his back. "You didn't."

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I finally got Tom to go to bed and calm his shit and went back to Louise's room. Malia spoke up first.

"Alright, what was that about?"

I shrug. "What? He's just worried about her."

"No... We're worried." Theo scoffs. "That was something else entirely."

I groan, sitting down beside Paul. "I can't say."

Within 5 minutes, I've broken.

"That's why he's so worried. They've been... intimate together like since she got hired but recently they... you know. Love and all that shit."

Five dumbstruck faces stare at me.

"You're kidding."

"Oh my God!"

"Is it that shocking?"

"He loves her?"

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two weeks later - priscilla

You don't realise how much you missed home until you're back. I've missed my siblings' conversations and my dad's cooking and my childhood single bed.

You don't realise how loud home is until you've been away. I don't like my mom yelling twenty times for everyone to come for dinner and I don't like the girls my brother brings home and I don't like the petty arguments that occur.

I miss the band and travelling. I miss Malia and talking to her. I miss the boys.

I miss Tom.

I've only texted him once, letting him know where I was and that I was okay. He's texted a few times but not much. Part of me wishes he would.

I haven't eaten much. Now, my family are all downstairs eating dinner while I lie in my small bed. Tom would be disappointed.

That's the only reason I eat anything at all - because I can't bring myself to disappoint Tom.

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tom <3
19:07

tom <3
paris is doing fine, i'm taking care of her

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I consider not replying, but I'm not a mean person. And the man I love is messaging me about my pet - about how he's looking after her despite not really liking her.

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me
thank you

tom <3
always

me
have you got a photographer sorted? i feel bad about ditching you all like that

tom <3
yeah it's fine
don't feel bad. you had every right

me
thanks

tom <3
you still have the right but i need you to know that i didn't kiss that woman by choice. she kissed me

me
i know

tom <3
good

me
go to bed it's like midnight there

tom <3
okay
i love you

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