Broken Home - a Thomas Sangster Fanfic

Turn For The Worst

Thomas's POV
She pulls away. I wish she didn't.
"I love you, Tommy." She grins.
"I love you too." I smile so wide, I probably look like the Cheshire Cat, but I don't care. I don't care about anything but Payton, right now.
I here the back door open right next to us.
"Kaya?" Payton sounds surprised. I whip my head around and see Kaya standing in the doorway with her arms crossed, and a huge 'I knew it' look plastered on her face.
"Hey, lovebirds." My face goes bright red as I realize Payton's arms are still draped around my neck, and my arms are around her waist. We quickly pull away. "No, no. Continue. I'll be leaving now." Kaya laughs and turns around.
"Wait, Kaya, I'm so sorry! I forgot!" Payton turns to me to explain. "I invited Kaya over a couple days ago. I totally forgot!" She looks back at Kaya. "Do you want to go get Starbucks or something?" Kaya looks at me. "Yeah, I have to go home. I've been gone all day." Payton looks bummed. "Can you come over tomorrow morning, Payton?"
"Sure!"

Time skip

Payton's POV
"So, what going on between you and Thomas?" She grins. "What happened to never having a boyfriend?"
"Thomas happened." We laugh.
"You remind me of his previous girlfriend. What was her name..." She looks deep in thought.
"Scarlet?"
"Yeah! How do you know her name?" My face turns light pink.
"Oh, Thomas and I have talked about her." This is awkward...
"Oh ok. I wonder what happened to her. After she dumped Thomas, he went into some kinda trance. It took forever to get him back to normal." She seems unaffected by the awkwardness of this conversation.
"Uh, yeah... I wonder what she could have done to make him act like that..."
"He likes you better then he liked her, you know."
"What makes you think that?"
"The way he looks at you. He never looked at Scarlet like that." This makes me happy, but it shouldn't.
"She's dead." I whisper. "She died, she didn't dump him."

•••Time skip•••

Payton's POV
I'm playing Uno with my mom. She is winning, of course. The home phone rings. My mom answers it. Her expression darkens, and she hands me the phone.
"It's for you." I grab it, hesitate, then carefully bring it to my ear.
"Hello?"
"Baby cake?"
"Daddy!! How are you? Are you ok? When can you come home? Are you completely healed? I want to come see you! Are you calling on the hospital phone? Why did you call mom and not me?" A waterfall of words spill out of my mouth before I can stop them.
"Whoa, slow down honey."
"Sorry dad." I laugh.
"I'm ok. The doctor said I could go home in a little under a month. Apparently, once influenza finds it way into your lungs, it stays for a while. Yes, I am using the hospital's phone. I didn't bring my phone, I think I dropped it after I called 911. You can absolutely come see me!" He takes a deep breath, then coughs. He still sounds horrible.
"Wow, I can't believe you understood all that!" I laugh again.
"I've been trained well." I know he is smiling.
"I love you dad! I'm so glad you are going to get better!"
"I love you too, baby cake. Goodnight."
"G'night dad."

•••Time skip•••

Thomas's POV

"Hey, Tomcat," My sister Ava yells from down the hall.
"What?" I hate when she calls me Tomcat.
"Come here. I wanna talk to you." Ugh sisters can be so annoying.
"K, fine. But make it quick."
"Why? You have a hot date?" She grins. She must know something.
"No."
"Speaking of dates, Kaya told me you are dating someone again." Ugh, she is such a blabber mouth. She has to tell the only person I would prefer not to know.
"She's right, but why do you care?" My jeans pocket vibrates. It's Payton. "I have to go." I walk back towards my room.
"Since when has your girlfriend been more important than your sister?" She sticks out her bottom lip.
"Since right now." I shut my door.
Payton - My dad called me! He's doing a lot better, but he can't leave the hospital for another month.

Thomas - That's great!

Payton - I told him I would visit him, but my mom doesn't want me to make the trip alone, and she can't come with. I know it's a lot to ask, but can you come with? It will probably take all weekend, so I understand if you don't want to.

Thomas - Yeah, I'll come! I can't wait to spend more time with you, and it's been a long time since I've gone on a road trip! 😘
Payton - Yay! Tysm! Do you want to meet me at my house tomorrow, at, lets say, 10ish?

Thomas - 10 works! See you then!

•••Time skip•••

Payton's POV

"I KEEP ON HOPING, WE'LL EAT CAKE BY THE OCEAN." Thomas and I sing along to the radio. The song ends and we both crack up.
"I didn't know you can sing!" I exclaim, as I punch him lightly on the arm.
"It's one of my many talents." I laugh. I absolutely love his accent. He winks at me. He looks back at the road, and slams on the brakes, but it's too late. The car in front of us is at a dead stop, and we are flying at eighty miles per hour. We slam into the back of the truck. I scream, and everything goes black.