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Toms POV

I had arrived at the pizza place and needed to order. I took a deep breath and approached the counter. The man at the front spoke, I signaled that I couldn't hear and motioned for a paper and pen. He handed me a napkin and pen and I wrote down a large pepperoni pizza. He nodded and wrote down the cost. £7.99. I handed him the money and sat near the front to be able to see when my pizza was ready.

I took my phone out of my pocket and started to scroll through instagram. Only a few moments had passed and I was starting to get a little impatient and wondered if the guys were home. I shook those worries out of my head and focused on my phone until I remembered something. Some deaf people can read lips, so what if I can learn? I immediately started looking online for tips on how to read lips and let myself become distracted.

Matt's POV

I was almost at the pizza place, I was running so fast that I forgot there was a thing called a door in my way. Lucky, I only hurt my nose and not to many people noticed! I walked in and walked up to the guy at the front trying to catch my breath.

"..Tom...pizza, here?"

The guy looked at me strangely.

"..blue.." I huffed out.

"Blue hoodie, right behind you."

I turned around and saw Tom sitting here on his phone. I let out a sigh of relief and thanked the guy.

I walked over to Tom and sat by him. I tapped his shoulder and he looked up at me with a shy smile.

{from here anything in this front is them using sign language}

"Tom you really scared me! You're alright, right?"

"Yes I'm fine. Getting here was pretty easy, along with ordering the pizza."

"I'm glad, but next time could you wait for me to get home? I was running all over the place to find you."

Tom stopped smiling and frowned. "But I liked coming alone. I don't just want to be at home while you guys are out."

"But Tom, I don't want you to get into any trouble."

Tom glared at me and looked away. I could tell that he was mad, but I don't blame him. He was ignoring my signing and only got up when he noticed the guy waving to him. He got the pizza and walked out the door. I sighed and went after him. We walked in silence to the apartment.

When we arrived we got out some paper plates and sat at the table. We didn't don't anything but eat.

Toms POV

Not gonna lie, I was starting to fell bad for ignoring Matt. I put my slice of pizza down and started to communicate.

"So, how was the interview?"

Matt looked at me happily and put his slice down. "It went great! I got the job! I have my new schedule and I'm starting tomorrow!"

"That's awesome! Wait until Edd hears!"

We went back to eating and watched some tv. Matt and I were sitting on different sides of the couch so that we could lie down. I guess some time passed because the light suddenly went off and I could fell my vocals move, guess I screamed. I got up and looked to the door to see Edd coming in.

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you two. Was everything alright?"

"Yeah, Matt and I were just watching some tv." I looked over to Matt and he was talking to Edd. I looked at the two and by their faces I guess Matt told him about the job. I smiled, but felt kinda left out. They didn't seem like they were going to stop talking anytime soon, so I got up and went into our bedroom.

I pulled off my hoodie and stayed in a gray tank top. I took off my jeans and put on a pair of blue flannel pajama pants. I got on my bed and sat there for a second.

I looked to the open closet and saw Susan in there. I didn't have any use for her as I couldn't hear, but I couldn't get rid of her. I felt myself sigh and got Tomee out from underneath my pillow. I hugged him tightly and laid down on my mattress. I covered myself with my blanket and tried to sleep.

Matt's POV

As I was talking to Edd, I saw Tom leave. I know it's mean but this was the only way I could get Tom out of the room. I looked back to Edd and sighed.

"Edd, I think I've been babying Tom too much."

"What? What makes you say that?" Edd was know looking for a Cola in the fridge.

"Well, Tom never leaves the house. He's starting to get a bit paler and he needs more human contact."

Edd found a Cola and took a long sip. He sighed and looked at me. "Look Matt, after what happened with Tord, I- um."

Edd sighed once more and took an even longer sip from his can. "When Tom shot Tord down, I knew in an instant that we lost Tord again, but when Tom passed out into our arms, I thought I was going to lose him too."

Edds breathing started to get shaky, tears were now in his eyes and I could see was him trying to hold them back.

"I just don't- I don't want Tom getting hurt. Him being in the hospital hurt me so much, and I don't want to see him in any sort of hospital bed again. You've seen the scars on his body, he's constantly reminded of what happened that day."

By now, we were both on the verge of shedding tears. I stepped towards Edd and hugged him tightly. Edd was right. We only have the memory of that day, but Tom, he somehow survived the explosion, managed to shoot a harpoon at Tords robot, and only have minor scratches on him, but his memory's, his trama was far worse than ours. And everyday that he looks at his scars, he's reminded of what he did.

I looked past Edds head to see the clock on the wall. 11:37. It's getting late.

"Come on Edd, we've got work in the morning."

I pulled back and looked at Edd, "Don't worry, Tom knows how to take care of himself. You have nothing to worry about."