Ambivalent -~-TordEdd Fanfic [OLD]

Chapter 25

~+Tord's P.O.V+~

When we got off the plane, I was starving. I absolutely HATED any food they offered on the airplane. I swear to god I almost threw up a few times trying to eat just one pack of it. It just had this weird taste to it..

"Tord! I got your bag!" Edd shouted, calling me over to where the bags were.

"Alright!" I shouted back, rushing over to him and almost accidentally running into him. Edd handed me my bag as Matt and Tom walked over to us, grabbing their bags as well.

"So.. You and Tord are dating now?" Tom asked, putting emphasis on the word 'dating'.

"Mhm! If you actually got to know him better I'm sure you would be good friends," Edd replied, a sarcastic smile on his face.

"And then I can teach pigs to fly," Tom replied, sarcasm in his voice.

"Yeah! That's a great idea Tom!" Matt replied, not catching the fact that everyone was being sarcastic."

"Yes, it is, Matt," Edd, Tom, and I said in unison, rolling our eyes.

We went to our hotel first, despite me begging Edd to get us all some food. Edd told me that I could wait a bit, and that I'd end up complaining that we had to carry our bags to the apartment later. So, he was basically saying I was going to be whiny and annoying no matter what we did. And I'll admit, I was whiny and annoying. Even Tom and Matt told me to stop complaining. We put our bags down. Each of us had a seperate bed, which for some reason felt oddly disappointing to me. The thought of sleeping next to Edd wasn't remotely weird or uncomfortable to me...

We headed out into the city. Well, it was actually more of a town, to be honest. There weren't massive skyscrapers and buildings everywhere like I'd thought it would be. It was more of just a casual little town that had no suspicions about anyone or anything. The people were also quite friendly as well. When we had started walking to the pizza restaurant, anyone we passed by would wave at us. I almost felt bad for having to rob it. Almost. 

We entered the small pizza shop where we were greeted by a waitress. A hot waitress if you need specifics. When we were seated, Edd threw the waitress a few compliments, in which she thanked him for. I threw her a few more compliments, which she also thanked me for. Edd and I did that back and fourth, occasionally shooting vicious glares at each other.

When we finally got our food, which was simply a large cheese pizza for all of us to share. Originally, Edd and I wanted pepperoni, but Matt said that if we got a pizza that was half cheese and half pepperoni like Me, Tom, and Edd had agreed on, the cheese would become infected and start an apocalypse of walking pizza. We were unable to convince him that he wasn't right, but he just slapped us away and we got a cheese pizza.

"Well, I guess this means less calories," Edd suggested, trying to keep everything bright. We all just looked at him for a second before nodding. I greedily took four slices of pizza, putting them all on my plate before literally shoving them in my mouth and eating like some monster who was eating his first human.

"Tord, close your mouth when you chew," Edd growled, glaring at me.

"You'd be eating like this if you hadn't eaten for three hours," I grumbled, now trying to keep chewing with my mouth closed.

"I'd still try to be civilized. You know people who aren't civilized can start to get this sickness..." Edd went on, rambling about something that I wasn't even listening to. 

Yes, I love him, but love is a complicated thing. Sometimes you want to punch love in in face and say "Stop making my boyfriend ramble on about something I don't care about." It's just how the cycle ends up going.

Eventually, Edd did stop talking, and all of us managed to have a conversation without me and Tom throwing chairs at each other or just throwing snarky insults at each other. Honestly, I think Edd was impressed. He didn't call me whiny for the rest of the day.

Once night-time rolled around, I couldn't get to sleep. I was worried about tomorrow. I knew if I slipped up, my whole family would be disappointed in me. The whole school would be disappointed in me...
I'd go to jail.
Edd would go to jail.
My whole life would be ruined.

"Hey, Tord, are you awake?" A voice whispered. 

"Yeah," I squinted my eyes, trying to see who was talking to me.

"It's Tom. There's something I've been meaning to show you," Tom whispered back. I got up, a bit suspicious.

"What?" I asked, raising my voice a bit and threatening to wake up the others.

"Dude, it's nothing to get worried about. It's not even important. Just come out into the hallways," Tom replied, heading over to the door. A bit reluctantly, I followed.

When he closed the door and we were both alone, I spoke up, "So, what was so important that we had to talk about it out here without everyone else?"

"I got something that I thought you might like," Tom grinned, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a cigarette and lighter. He handed them to me.

"I don't smoke. And even if I did, how do I know you didn't put drugs on this thing or something?"

"One, that's not how it works. Two, Now you do smoke. Three, the only reason I did this is because then we're both hiding something from Edd and it might even things out a bit," Tom answered, boredly shrugging.

I really didn't want to, but for some odd reason, I found myself leaning against the wall, smoking. Tom was next to me, drinking some alcohol that I couldn't read the label for. For a second, I could've sworn I felt that we were the same.

 Both of us had something to hide. Whether it was from Edd, or just the whole world in general. I didn't know what Tom was hiding from everyone, but I could just feel that there was something everyone was missing about him. But that feeling went away pretty quick. You know what else went away? That small crush I'd had on him. I realized I couldn't be vulnerable around him. 

In fact, I couldn't be vulnerable around anyone. I still had to hide the fact that I was going to a school my whole family had been strictly banned from. Knowing how insane this school was, I'd probably be shot on sight if they found out.

I didn't know how much longer I could hide it from Edd, though.

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I'm trying to finish all of these chapters earlier in the week since I now also have another fic I'm working on, which I'm also trying to update weekly. So if these little notes seem a bit off date-wise, that's probably because I wrote it earlier and didn't publish until the beginning of the next week. I'm trying to keep a steady publishing schedule so you'll kind of know when to expect chapters(?)

But hey, don't worry, I'm not pressuring myself or anything, so no need to worry. I still enjoy writing and have fun doing it (otherwise I wouldn't be doing this right now :P)