PEYTON
i kept wanting to get harvey alone. i wanted to spend alone time with him and i wanted to paint him, i loved painting the people i was around. it was as if he was another part of this family, he was always around and even got along with my dad. it was like my dad liked harvey more than he liked tommy. i felt bad for tommy, he finds it hard to make friends and my dad didn't make it any easier on him.
me and tommy were sitting in the barn while he was practicing his guitar. "what's your song about" i asked him, hitting the drums a little. "just about changing and growing apart from people" he told me, i nodded. "sounds cool" i smiled and strummed one of the guitars sitting at the side. "do you want to play" he asked me, i shrugged. "not right now" i smiled. "maybe later"
i was enjoying spending time with tommy until my dad walked in. he looked at tommy and then at me and back at tommy, it was a weird awkward silence. "harvey's here" my dad finally said. i nodded "thanks" i smiled so he would leave. "do you guys even have band practice today" i asked him, he looked at me confused and finished sorting the band equipment . "no"
MAX
me and harvey had went round to peyton and tommy's, we needed to get away from the chaotic house we lived in and to somewhere quiet. harvey suggested to go to tommy's, so we did. it wasn't that far too walk, which i was glad about, and harvey was very accepted in this house so hopefully we would be allowed to stay.
i knocked on the door and, after a couple of moments, a man answered the door. "harvey" he asked in a questioning voice. "yeah. hey. is um... is tommy in" he asked, the man nodded and went away, i'm guessing to get tommy. me and harvey stood there not knowing weather or not to go in.
"come in, he'll be here in a minute" the man smiled and we both walked in. "i'm sorry i don't think we've met" he smiled at me. "i'm gary, tommy's dad" he smiled and extended his arm to shake my hand. "max" i smiled and shook his hand. it was weirdly formal.
HARVEY
we waited for tommy, he walked through the patio doors and looked at me. "hey" he nodded, "hey" i nodded back. "you wanna come out to the barn, peyton's there" he teased. i nodded and walked over, jokingly punching him for making fun of me. "look who's here" tommy smiled as he walked into the barn, both me and max following. "how are you both" peyton asked us. "good" we both said in unison as we sat down.
we all sat on different bits of fences or boxes and just sat chatting. "do you kids want anything" gary asked, walking into the barn. "can i get a coke please" tommy asked, "yeah me too" all three of us said in unison. he nodded and went to go get out coke. "so how come max only comes over like once a week" tommy asked me, i shrugged "just never thought he was that interested in this" i joked.
"here you go" he smiled and walked in with the cokes, he handed one to me, one to max and one to peyton. "sorry tommy there were only three" gary smirked at tommy. tommy scoffed "bullshit" he muttered. "what" gary asked, there was clearly some tension here. "bullshit, there were plenty of coke in that fridge" tommy angrily said as he stood up. "look here boy you don't ever speak to me like that again" gary shouted as he grabbed tommy's shirt to pull him closer. "get the fuck off me" tommy said as pushed his dads hands away, he budged past gary and left the barn.
TOMMY
my dad made me so mad, he made me want to scream or punch something or hit someone. i walked into my room and slammed the door, sitting on my bed trying to calm down. all the things he'd ever done just played in my head. it was obvious peyton was his favourite, he didn't even try hide that fact. all the times he'd ever treated me differently or refused to do something for me. i kept getting more and more mad.
"tommy" i heard max's voice ask as he entered my room. "are you okay" he asked me, i didn't think i could hold in everything that i was feeling. "no, i fucking hate him" i said through anger as i was still trying to calm down. "he's just trying to wind you up" max told me, "i can't take it anymore, every time he does something he makes me want to punch him in the face" i sighed and ruffled my hair still trying to calm down.
max managed to talk some sense into me and made me think about the fact that maybe he was trying to get me all riled up so i would hit him and he'd get me in trouble. we both started heading back to the barn, but first max needed to pee. i had to show him to the bathroom and i waited outside for him. i didn't want to bump into my dad so i wanted max to hurry up, luckily he did. we headed out to the barn and walked in, i looked over at harvey and peyton. i watched in shock as they were kissing each other.
