xxPUDDxx - hmmm, Floynter might have a good day, you never know ;)

254 Dannys POV

Mine and Harrys day was pretty average, we just did a few interviews, mostly about the tour and saying that we were going to start working on a new album. Which was a pure lie, we were writing a few songs, but we weren't working on an album yet, I was refusing to start a new album until Tom was better. Fletch would probably kill him with the pressure he would put on the poor guy, I wanted to make sure that Tom was okay and able to take Fletchs anger first, before having him be put in the line of fire again.

"do you think I should phone Tom? Ask if he's okay?" I asked, I wanted to know how Tom was getting on, he hadn't been on his own with just Dougie in a while. Maybe he would feel the same feeling we all got when it was one of us with Dougie, to protect him, look after him, and to some extent, mother him. "he's fine, he's not a baby Danny." Fletch growled from behind the steering wheel. He had put such a downer on the whole day, I wanted to punch him. "shut it Fletch, text him, in case they're in the middle of something." Harry advised, sending a text to Dougie.

I did as advised and sent a text to Tom, asking if he was okay and if things were going well for him and Dougie. I never got a reply, and I would have gone out of my mind with worry if Dougie hadn't replied to his own texts from Harry. 'Toms alright, we're watching some space things atm. He was drawing, not anymore though. We're all good over here dudes xx.' Dougie had replied, with a picture of a smiley face attached. 'good good, we're alright down here. Fletch is being himself, but we're getting through. Miss you xxx' Harry had replied, letting me look over his shoulder so I knew what was going on. 'I miss you too, we'll be together again tomorrow. Love you xxxxxxx.' Dougie sent back, which started off a war over who could send the most kisses to each other, so I switched off a bit, wondering why Tom wasn't replying.

He was probably busy, or had ran out of credit, something like that probably. This was Tom I was on about, he barely did reply to texts, and didn't answer phone calls, it was nothing new. I shouldn't have been worrying like this, he was fine, Dougie would have phoned if something was going wrong, wouldn't he? "Doug would text if something was wrong, wouldn't he?" I had to ask, just to calm my thoughts. "yeah, he would. And even if he didn't, Tommy would." Harry nodded, still texting Dougie as he crawled into bed later on that night. "yeah, anything about Tom or their day?" I nodded to his phone, looking over his shoulder again.

"a little, he's just saying that they're going to bed now, they've spent the afternoon relaxing and not doing much at all, and Toms hiding under the duvet. He might already be asleep." Harry answered, putting his arm around me for a bit of comfort. I think he was missing having his arms around Dougie too, he rarely went a day without at least holding Dougies hand at some point, he always struggled being away from his little boy, I think he just wanted a hug from someone now. "thats good, at least he's sleeping." I hoped Tom could sleep through the night, and Dougie too, they really did need some sleep. The both of them were knackered after having so many nightmares each night, I hoped that maybe Dougie would sleep through the night because he had Tom near him, so he could physically see Tom was still there.

255 Harrys POV

I spent over an hour texting Dougie, I had missed him so much today, I just wanted to feel close to him. 'ring me, I feel lonely. :(' Dougie texted, I immediately rung him up, getting an answer almost straight away. "hey, whats up then?" I asked, realising Danny had fallen asleep on my shoulder. "nothing, just want to hear you. Like our normal conversations before we go to sleep." Dougie was smiling, I could tell. "ah, alright. Well, what do you want to talk about then?" I smiled too, moving to lay myself and Danny down on the bed, tucking us up in the duvet, hoping that Fletch wouldn't come in and shout at me for staying on the phone.

"I dunno, anything! You sharing a bed tonight or are you in separate?"Dougie seemed pretty happy, I was glad about that. "we're sharing, Dans gone to sleep. What about you two?" I replied, making sure Danny was comfy and that I wouldn't wake him up with my talking. "nah, we're in separates. Its alright, I'm a bit lonely though. I'm not used to laying in bed by myself." Dougie giggled a little, sighing at the end. "yeah, thats got to suck. Why don't you try and get into bed with Tom? You'll be less lonely then, and I don't think you'll have nightmares if you're with him." I suggested, hoping that it would stop Dougie having a nightmare like it did last time. And maybe Tom would feel a little better in his sleep too, or learn that it was okay to sleep in the same bed as someone.

"you think he'll mind?" Dougie asked. "nah, like you said, he's sleeping. Go on, get into bed with him, you'll both feel better!" I encouraged, hearing the sheets rustle and feet walking across the floor, then sheets rustling again. "hey, I wanna cuddle, that okay?" Dougie whispered, so maybe Tom wasn't asleep then. There was some shuffling and maybe a small whimper from Tom, other than that it sounded like there wasn't much of a bad reaction happening right now. "bl**dy hell you're cold!" Dougie gasped after a bit more shuffling, before I think he finally fell still.

"comfy yet?" I joked, when there was no more shuffling about. "yeah, we're comfy. Hey, give me your arm back, I wanna cuddle, which means you have to cuddle me too!" Dougie whined, I could tell he would use that cute face of his to his advantage here, so he looked cute and innocent so he got his cuddle. No-one ever resisted Dougies helpless little face, it was like saying no to Toms puppy eyes, impossible, unless you didn't have a heart at all. "alright, I think I'll hang up now Dougs, I'll see you tomorrow alright?" I thought it was about the right time to hang up, so Dougie could fall asleep before Tom had the chance to realise he was holding someone. It had been a struggle for Tom to let someone hold him, let alone holding his arm around someone else, I just hoped he still didn't have the heart to let go of Dougie when he saw the happiness on his face.