Stitches

Part 5

Tom walked into his room slamming the door before dropping onto his bed and growling angrily  into his pillows. It hurts so much, I just want to drop everything and hug her, love her, give her everything I have. He sat up on the bed dropping his head into his hands. I want her…

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Colors flashed across the screen as you sat in your pajamas on the couch with red puffy eyes, you laid on the couch with your fuzzy blanket keeping you warm, you never wanted to move, you were hurt. You heard the front door close and someone come in, you lifted your head slightly to see Tom walking into the kitchen holding his side with a black eye and bruises. “Tom!?” you jumped up from the couch running over to him, holding him up to keep him steady. “What the hell happened to you?” “Well, you were really broken last night when you found out Eric was cheating on you, so I went and talked to him.” you sighed as you sat him down in a chair and walking over the freezer grabbing him an ice pack. “I told you not to…” “How could I not! He hurt you, and he wasn't going to just get away with it.” you walked over to the sink wetting a towel under the water. “Now look what happened, he fucked you up. Was it really worth it?” “Not as bad as what I did to him.” you rolled your eyes and walked over to him and started wiping the blood off and cleaning the wounds. He looked up at you with his big brown eyes, you froze as he looked at you. “Yes, it was worth it.” you sighed looking down at the ground “No it wasn't, because you got hurt for me…” you lifted your head up by your chin causing your eyes to meet his. “I'm Sorry.” you smiled slightly causing butterflies to erupt in his stomach, you resumed to cleaning his wounds as he kept looking at you. “Just promise me you wont ever doing anything that stupid again?” “No promises love.”

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Tom jumped as he heard the front door slam close, he smiled at the memory of them together before regret and guilt swept over him. I can't do it anymore, I can't leave her broken like he did. He stood up from the bed walking over to the door swinging it open to see you standing there with tears covering your entire face, and red puffy eyes. “Tommy?” your voice was weak and raspy. “What happened? What's wrong?” You tried to say something but only a small whimper came out as more tears starting running down your face, your legs felt weak barely holding you up until your legs buckled causing you to collapse onto the ground. He grabbed hold of you slowing your fall down, he slid down onto the ground with you, he wrapped his arms around you as you nuzzled your head into his chest smelling the familiar scent finally, you cried into his shirt for what felt like hours, until your breathing finally slowed down. You looked up into his eyes to see nothing but fear,concern,sadness, and love. “You want to tell me what happened?” you nodded, he helped you off the ground and into the room you sat down on the bed as he closed the door and sat down next to you, “What happened-” “Why did you do it?” he looked up at you, only to see a small, fragile girl with a broken heart and tears in her eyes, he felt more guilt wash over him. “Why did you leave me? Why did you hurt me? You were the person I trusted with all my heart, and you left me, broke me. Why?” he sighed looking down at his hands. “I came to your house the next day only to see it empty, everything was gone and you were gone, without a word. Everybody knew except me, you told everyone but me, and it hurt me, what hurt me even more was that I wanted to tell you that I loved you.” your head jerked up meeting his eyes, “But I saw you the night before, you- you were kissing her. I wanted to tell you everything that night but I saw you and-her. You said you were going to break up with her, so I ran off and I moved the next day…” “Shit. I swear I broke up with her, she just went onto me, but I promise I did break up with her.” you sighed running your hand through your hair “Then what is this? What happened between us?” “A misunderstanding. We both made mistakes…” you moved closer to him resting your head on his shoulder. “I thought about you everyday you know? Our memories, our lives, you. I had no one, but I always hoped I would have you.” “I thought about you too, I missed you more than anything. And I’m sorry I hurt you.” “I’m sorry too.” “So you forgive me?” he asked leaning his head against yours “Of course.” “What did I do to deserve you?” you smiled before closing your eyes. You both sat together on the bed in silence until Tom cleared his throat, “So what happened? You still haven't told me.” With those words you were back in reality, tears started forming in your eyes again. “I went outside to get some fresh air, I started making my way towards the beach until I got a call from the hospital, there was a drunk truck driver and- it killed them…” You tried to stay strong but broke down once again, he wrapped his arms around laying you down onto the bed, he held you tight in his arms as you slowly started drifting off. “It's alright love. I’ll always be here for you.”