Aftermath

Chp. 5 Silent crys for help

2 Weeks after Marcos house burnt down.
Marco's P.o.v.
         It had been a while since I had last spoken with Tom. I was really busy after our house was gone, I had to help pay rent but getting a part-time job and helping star on her "adventures". My new job consisted of tossing newspapers onto people's yards, on a bike. And with all this new found alone time, I had lots of time to think, that's when something happened. A new...feeling, like sadness but worse, like I was constantly being followed by a rain cloud. That's when I knew I needed Tom. The thought of him was almost the only thing that kept me going. That night I set star up on a mission and sent my parents on a wild goose chase, literally, to buy myself some alone time in our hotel room. I got ready, and I called Tom.

Tom's p.o.v.
     It had been at least a week since I had heard from Marco. I had started to think that maybe I had scared him away, "Was it a bad move to call him? Is he mad? Did I do something?" I thought to myself. I knew I needed to talk to him. I needed to know what was going on if I wanted us to be serious. Just as I decided to talk to him about what was going on between the 2 of us, my mirror started ringing and I saw it was, Marco! I rushed over to the mirror and answered. "H-hi! Hey!" I awkwardly said to him. "Hey Tom sorry I haven't talked to you for a while, I've been busy with a new part-time job so I can help my family afford a new place to stay and to help us pay rent on the hotel we are staying at." A wave of major relief washed over me as he said that, it felt like I could finally breathe again. "Oh well that's great!" I told him. "Not really, being alone for so long ... alone with my thoughts," tears started to form in his eyes,"... it's been really hard without you and-and-and I-I don't think I can do this." He broke down on his knees crying in his hands. "I'm sorry Marco, i didn't realize how hard life has been for you," Marco stood back up, wiping the tear from his face." No, it's fine you don't need to apologize. I just need you to come here and be with me." He confessed " Yes, of course I will come to you, I'll come as soon as possible ok?" " When will that be?" Marco asked," I-I don't know."  "Oh um... I think I need to go." Marco said as he began to softly cry. "Oh ok yeah that's fine, whatever you want, that's fine." I said as he hung up. It really hurt my heart to see him like that, just broken down.