Tally Marks (Thomas Sanders PolySanders/LAMP fanfiction)

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Patton woke up with a smile, sitting up in his bed quickly. It was the first day of the new school year, and he couldn't wait to go back. Of course, school was never really all that fun, but the single black tally mark on his arm reminded him of who would be waiting for him when he got there. Not only would he see Logan, his boyfriend, but his two other good friends Roman and Virgil.

He had seen the three of them over the summer, but not as much as they used to hang out when they were in school. He hadn't seen any of them in the last two weeks, Roman and Virgil were busy, and Logan had been on vacation before school started. This made him even more excited to be able to get to school and see him, so he got out of bed quickly, rushing around to get ready.

It wasn't until he had finished getting ready to leave the house that Patton realized how early he had woken up. He still had plenty of time before he had to leave for school. Frowning, Patton sat down, bouncing impatiently in his seat as he waited for it to be time to leave.

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"Patton, wait a minute!" Patton heard from behind him as he excitedly jogged up to the school building. Recognizing the voice immediately Patton gasped, whirling around to find Logan slowly making his way towards him. Grinning, Patton ran back to meet him, startling him by jumping into his arms.

"Logan! I'm so happy to see you again, I've missed you so much!" Patton rushed out, hugging Logan close. Logan gave a tiny smile of his own, carefully returning the hug.

"I have missed you as well, Patton." He placed one hand hesitantly on Patton's cheek. Patton's grin widened as he leaned in to kiss Logan, pulling him closer. Logan held onto Patton just as tight, sighing as he realized just how happy he was to finally be with him again.

"You two are definitely excited to see each other again." Another voice called, Patton and Logan instantly breaking apart to look at the source of the sound.

"Roman! Virgil!" Patton shouted, leaving Logan's arms to pull them both into a tight hug, both of them smiling and returning it. Logan walked up behind Patton, smiling at the two of them who waved back at him. Patton looked over at Logan, shaking his head at his boyfriend and pulling him into the hug as well. "I'm so happy to see you all again!"

"It's not like it's been that long since we've seen each other." Virgil said, smile on his face. "But yeah, it's good to see you guys again. Even if it means we're back in hell."

"Language, Virgil." Patton scolded, making everyone laugh. They had all definitely missed being together like this.

"We should probably head to our first class." Logan pulled away from the hug first, the other three groaning.

"I don't want to go," Virgil complained, leaning into Roman. "Save me!"

"I would suggest we skip, but I don't know if that is a good idea for the first day." Roman laughed, apologizing to Virgil and kissing the top of his head. Virgil groaned again, making it clear he was not looking forward to his classes.

"Hey, at least we can all hang out again! We'll all meet up for lunch. That will be fun, right?" Patton tried to be optimistic, smiling at them all. They all gave small smiles back, grateful that they had him to cheer them up.

"Of course! Are we all going to meet up after school like we usually do?" Roman asked.

"We have to. It's been forever, you expect us to catch up completely during lunch?" Virgil raised a brow at him. "Anyways, it's what we always do. So why wouldn't we?"

"Well, I was simply making sure none of us were too busy." Roman defended himself, shrugging. The two continued to go back and forth bickering with each other while Logan and Patton looked at each other, smiles on both of their faces.

Patton had missed this. He had missed them, and he was glad they were finally back together again.

Hey! So, for those who don't know, I'm Bob, hi. I'm really excited to write this book, and I hope you're excited to read it!

The idea for this book actually came from a oneshot I did called Tallies, which you can find in my Sanders Sides Oneshots 2 book. It's kind of the first part to all of this, and it explains how Roman and Virgil ended up together. You can read that if you'd like to, though it's not really necessary to get this book.

I'd also like to mention that throughout this book it will change from talking about Patton. I think that all of them will at least get one chapter of their own, but I also will not switch from talking about one character to another in the middle of a chapter. If I plan to focus on Logan, for example, instead of Patton, then that would be at the start of a new chapter. Mostly because it just personally bugs me when people switch in the middle of chapters, but y'know, everyone does things differently.

But anyways, thank you for reading, I hope you liked this chapter. Also, I don't have a schedule so updates will be kinda random, but I usually update very often.

Take care of yourselves. Love you guys. Bye!-Bob