got two minutes to quickly update! everything should be back to normal by Tuesday at the latest!
466 Dougies POV
The next morning, I woke up later than usual, finding that Tom and Danny had already arrived. Harry was still in bed with me, he was awake, talking to Tom and Danny as they sat on the end of the bed, hugging closely. "yeah, we slept like the dead last night, we wore ourselves out running about yesterday didn't we?" Danny tickled Toms side, making him giggle loudly. Danny grinned at him, his eyes shining with love, pulling the small blonde upwards to hug him tight like the Mickey Mouse Tom had in his hands.
"ugh...morning." I made them all look at me, crawling further into Harrys thigh from where he had sat up. "morning sleepy." Harry teased, ruffling my already wild hair. "shove off." I shoved his hand away, sitting up, deciding that it wasn't worth it, and falling over into his lap instead. "aw, is little butty sleepy?" Danny giggled from behind Toms shoulder, still hugging him like he was a massive teddy. "yes, very." I mumbled, grabbing Harrys hand again, wanting something to hold.
"aw, Doug you've overslept already, its time to get up!" Harry gently pushed me upwards, making me get out of bed. We dressed quickly, going downstairs to find Tom and Danny outside, probably avoiding all the reptiles. "whats the plan then? Anyone mind me getting some skating in? I feel like skating again." I asked first, jumping down from Harrys back from where he had been carrying me. "go for it Dougs." Danny smiled, Tom mumbling something about not minding, and Harry pushed me gently in encouragement, so I ran to get my skateboard.
I listened into the conversation going on between Danny and Harry, skating up and down the path, doing a few tricks, over balancing a few times. At the same time, I watched Tom as well, he was playing with his Mickey Mouse toy, seemingly having a full blown conversation with it. Well, at least he was making conversation, which was a good thing. "ah sh*t!" I hit a bump on the path and toppled over, landing on my side, scraping my arm and knee. "you alright Doug?!" Harry called, running over to me. "yeah all good. Just a bit of a scrape." I wiped the grit off my arm and knee, letting Harry check it almost obsessively for anything more serious.
"you're right, just a scrape. But, its going to need plasters, I'll be a minute." Harry got up and went back inside the house. Tom and Danny ran over instead, looking quite worried over me. "I'm fine guys. Seriously, I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me." I smiled, half used to everyone worrying about every little scrape I had, because I was the baby they had raised since I was 15. But, they shouldn't have worried about me, Tom needed looking after, not me. I just had scraped knees and arms, he was reduced to a childish, dependant little boy, he needed more help. "alright Doug?" Danny asked, holding my arm. "yeah, I'm fine, just a bit of blood, its fine." I smiled, Danny quickly picked Tom up and took him away, why the hell did he do that?
467 Dannys POV
I took Tom away from Dougies scraped arm as quickly as possible, before Tom noticed the blood. I didn't want him to see it, so he didn't freak out. There was no way of knowing how Tom was going to react to seeing blood, after what we did only a little while ago, that landed us both in hospital and causing the way Tom acted now. It terrified me thinking of how he acted last time, let alone now, when he had even less control than he had then.
"Tommy, I think its time you had a little sleep, alright? You look tired." I suggested, before Tom asked questions. "but I'm not sleepy." Tom whined, pouting. "you need to go to sleep Tommy, alright? Just for a little while. You look really tired." I lied, I just wanted Tom to fall asleep for a little while, so he didn't realise what was going on. He couldn't realise what was happening, and freak out, it was easier to make him go to sleep for a while, until Dougies scrape was covered. By some miracle, Tom managed to drop off and start snoozing, so I took him home, setting us up on the sofa, trying to make it all seem normal, just in case.
Tom woke up a few hours later, yawning so cutely my heart melted. "afternoon Tommy." I smiled, kissing his blonde hair. "huh?" Tom looked confused, rubbing his eyes. "its afternoon, you've slept away the past few hours." I laughed, stroking Toms hair, smoothing it down against his head. "we were outside, what happened?" Tom asked, looking around, worrying me. Didn't he remember me bringing him inside?
"we came inside earlier on and you fell asleep in here, and have only just woken up." I explained, leaving out mostly everything. "oh...okay." Tom shrugged, pressing into my chest again, going back to fiddling with his key. I had noticed that he still liked to play with it, along with his other necklaces. He was currently wearing his key, lucky sixpence and one of my necklaces, which he seemed to have lifted off me at some point. "oi, when did you nick this huh?" I asked, desperate for a subject change. "this morning." Tom answered simply, looking away in what looked like worry, "sorry." He went to take it off. "don't take it off, you can wear it if you want." I made him drop it, letting it fall and tangle with his other chains.