Heyup! I'm back (waves insanely!) This chapters a little shorter but I hope you still like it :)
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"Judd! You home!" Tom called out as he walked into the flat.
"Don't you knock!" Harry called back, as his life-long friend, Tom Fletcher stalked into his flat. Harry wiped the sleep out of his eyes as he climbed down the stairs to reach his friend in the lounge. Harry glanced over at the clock on the adjacent wall, 2:32 am. What was Tom doing here so late?
Harry got up to hug his friend but stopped as he took in the full sight of him. Huge bags lingered under his eyes and his clothes were filthy, as if he had been laying on the ground for hours. "Mate, you look terrible!"
"Thanks," Tom muttered.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Harry asked.
"Nothing much. Just lost the love of my life, spent all of my money buying the perfect ring for her and to add to that, I was mugged by some homeless guy! So yeah Harry, I'm okay." Tom spat at him, but was instantly regretting mouthing off to Harry
"Oh My God dude! I have to get you to a hospital! Did he hurt you? You didn't hurt your head, did you? I heard that was pretty dangerous-"
"Calm down, dude! I'm fine. He didn't attack me or anything, he just grabbed my stuff and ran off." Tom interrupted, trying to relax his currently panicking friend.
Harry was focusing on bringing down his breathing rate whilst he took in the words his friend was saying. Tom meanwhile fell back onto Harry's sofa and brought his legs up against his chest. His thoughts replaying over and over again the earlier events of today
The boy had just turned around the alley corner and disappeared out of sight, wallet held tightly in his grimy hands. The sense of fear seemed to pick up more for Tom with the boy gone, which was strange, why should he feel safer with a boy who stole from him then on his own?
He walked the route the boy had and came to the front of the alley. He then realised how dark it was out and it must have been later than midnight.
What was he going to do now? Tom thought.
Going back to his and Giovanna's apartment was out of the question and he wasn't sure his emotional self would be able to cope with that right now. The only other place he could think of was Harry's. Harry had been his best friend since primary school and he wouldn't mind if he stayed the night. So he took off on the ten minute walk to Harry's flat, hoping desperately that Harry was still awake.
"What did he take?" Harry questioned whilst his eyes roamed Tom's body, checking for injuries that Tom assured were non-existent.
"Just my wallet, wasn't much cash in it though."
"Okay ," Harry seemed to except that. "What about Gio? Why'd she leave? Did you guys have a fight because I'm sure she'll forgive you if you did something wrong."
"I don't know!" Tom broke down a little at that, "She just sent me a text saying she wanted nothing more to do with me!"
"oh," Harry didn't know what to say, he had always thought Tom and Gio were the sweetest couple in the world and when Tom had told his earlier in week that he was proposing, Harry had his hopes out for best man.
"Can I crash here tonight Haz?" Tom asked as he lay his head on the sofa-arm and closed his eyes.
Harry laughed softly, "Well I don't have much choice now, do I?"
Harry sighed and sat down next to Tom, wrapping his arms around him in a brotherly hug. Harry's eyes felt heavier by the second, probably from being woken up at half two in the morning, he rested his head on Tom's shoulder and instantly fell asleep.
Hmmm... not much happening in this chapter, don't worry though next chapters should pick up the pace a bit. I'll try to get another update or two up within a week :)
~Rachy Is Me.
