breathless // a newtmas one shot

breathless//

eight.

thomas sighed as he walked into his brand new room. the small eight year old was the least bit excited (especially compared to his parents) about moving to a new house. he was a bit sad about leaving his old friends behind in his old school, but he didn't have a choice. maybe he would make better friends at his new school. though, that didn't mean he wasn't nervous about it.

he walked over to the window opposite of the door and opened it. his room was a bit small but he didn't mind. as he looked out the window he noticed something off about the roof. it was oddly overlapping the roof of the house next door. what kind of a silly goose made that mistake when building the house?

"hey!" a small boy from the window adjacent to his called out with a smile.

if thomas was being entirely honest the blond boy looked like he was a tall five-year old. he was a boy with big brown eyes and a nice smile. thomas thought maybe they could be friends.

"i'm newt!" the boy with the nice smile said, waving excitedly at thomas. thomas had never heart that name before but he thought it was kinda cool.

"i'm thomas! i just moved here!" thomas yelled back.

newt surprised him by climbing out of his window to sit on the roof. thomas was worried for the boy.

"what are you doing?" he asked.

"i dunno. are you going to join me?" newt said with a smile on his face.

thomas was still a little unconvinced. what if they fell off or something? surely, he'd get grounded if his parents ever found out.

"isn't that dangerous?" thomas asked.

"no, we'll be okay! I do this all the time. come on it'll be fun!" newt replied, encouraging thomas to join him.

"okay. but if i get in trouble it's your fault." thomas said and he carefully climbed out of his window to sit on his side of the roof across from the boy.

"so, how old are you, tommy?" newt asked.

"i'm eight, but i'll be nine in a few months."

"i'm eight too!" newt said excitedly.

by nightfall thomas learned a lot about newt. his favorite color was yellow, his favorite animal was a giraffe, his favorite food was mac n' cheese, and that he absolutely hated reading. thomas decided he liked the boy and they'd definitely be great friends.

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ten.

it was almost 7pm and the two boys were sitting on the roof having another one of their chats. as it turned out thomas was great at making friends and he got along with most of the people he met. his best friends were newt and a girl named teresa. more often than not, he enjoyed school (except math of course) and he was glad his parents decided they'd move.

"are you nervous about going to middle school?" thomas asked. the boys were in fifth grade and they would soon be graduating to go onto middle school.

"yeah a little. i mean the school will be bigger and we'll have a lot of classes and teachers." newt replied.

"that means a lot more homework." thomas pouted.

"yeah, that really sucks." newt said. "tommy, can you promise me something?"

"sure. what is it?"