xxPUDDxx - i know! it was like HOLY CRAP HVOEW;,/ILKDSA! AND THE MUSICAL WAS SO DAMN AWESOME! AND DOUGIE'S HAIR BEING LONG IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS! I LOVE THE HEADBAND SO DAMN MUCH! and they are, i always say that they saved my life, and i honestly feel like they at least changed it for the better, if not saved it. they are everything! and i had to put in some Floynter, its my favourite brotp, i love it so much, i couldn't help but have at least a little bit in! xD and thanks! i hope you do enjoy it!

536 Dougies POV

Once Tom fell asleep, we all went back to the car, deciding it was about time to go home, before it got dark. The car ride reminded me of a few trips we had had in the past, the four of us just driving around, laughing and joking. Only now, we were talking quietly so we didn't wake our sleeping friend from his well deserved sleep. Tom didn't even stir when Danny took him out of the car, carefully carrying him into the house, taking the little guy to bed.

"so I'm guessing today went well then?" Carrie asked, standing by the bedroom door. "yeah, really well. Tom had a good time, had a run around, built a massive sand castle, and he just had a really good time. He's really worn himself out today, fell asleep before we even made it to the car." Danny smiled, tucking Tom in and showing Carrie the picture he had taken and now set as his background. "aw, thats good." Carrie smiled, letting us all tell her about our day. "well, I'm glad you had a good day. So are you going to have a few more days out then?" Carrie asked, we all looked at Danny. "yeah, I think so. I mean, we'll still have to plan it out again. But, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to." Danny nodded, running his hand over Toms hair gently, the boy still sleeping soundly.

"yay! So, do you think that maybe me and Tom could go out one day? I feel like going out to Covent Garden for some clothes shopping. Tom needs more clothes anyway, do you think I'll be able to take him out there?" Carrie looked so hopeful, she really wanted to spend some time with her brother, it was obvious. "erm, we'll have to see about that. Its packed usually around there, Tom could get lost or something." Danny bit his lip, sometimes, he really did worry too much. "he wont get lost, I'll keep a good hold of him. Or we can go somewhere quieter, so its less likely he'll get lost." Carrie promised, holding her brothers hand, like it would help her case.

"alright, Covent Gardens isn't a good place, a quieter place would be better. We'll have a look into it tomorrow I think." Danny gave his arm a scratch, before he stopped himself and laid down instead, laying on his sleeping boyfriends chest. "thanks, I'll leave you guys to it, night boys." Carrie exited the room, seemingly sensing that this was the time for a talk with Danny again. "it was the last place I saw him before he ran, before you ask. We went out there for the day, to have some fun, cause Tom was acting weird, as you know. But, he left at lunch, telling me he was going to have a sleep and then finish off a song, but instead he ran away from me." Danny whimpered, explaining his actions before either of us had the chance to open our mouths.

"thats over and done with Danny, completely over, you know that. Going back there wont make Tom do it again. He'll be fine if he goes back there." Harry sighed with such understanding eyes. "yeah, I know. It doesn't stop me thinking that he'll remember all of it and try to run away again. Or he'll freak out because its so busy around there, and end up running away to some place he finds safe, we'll never find him." Danny worried, squeezing Tom in his arms, the boy just turned a little and pushed into Dannys arms. "we would, he would stay in the same place until we found him. Anyway, Carrie would keep a good hold on him like we did today, I'm sure it would be fine." I encouraged, Tom had had so much fun today, I didn't want him to end up in the house again until new year. He needed a day out with Carrie, and maybe a few other days out, to make the most of the time he had left with us.

537 Toms POV

I got loads of days out over the next few weeks! We went to the beach again, and to the park, and to a few other places too! We never spent the whole week inside anymore, Danny made sure we went out at least once every week. It was so much fun, even when we went shopping for food, because we got new DVDs and clothes and things. "Tommy, you know its coming up for Christmas, right?" Danny asked. I nodded, how could I forget?! Christmas was even better than birthdays! It had already been my friends birthday, we hadn't gotten him anything, but he didn't seem to care, he just wanted to hug me all day. "well, we need to go out shopping again, for presents and things. Would you like to come with us?" Danny made me nod again, I loved shopping for new things!

"thats good then. So, would you like to go tomorrow? You, me and Carrie?" Danny smiled a little. "yeah! What about the others?" wouldn't our friends want to go too? "well, Harry and Dougie are a little busy tomorrow, they've got some things to do too. So maybe not, maybe next time." Danny sighed, holding my hands. He seemed sad again. "okay, don't be sad. Not good being sad." I hugged him tight, I didn't want my best friend to be sad. He was sad a lot now, and I didn't know why. You're making him sad. I don't think I was, I wasn't being a bad boy, I was a good boy. "I'm not sad Tommy, I promise. Just a little worried. Its very crowded in Covent Gardens, I don't want you to get lost." Danny hugged me back, that place sounded like I had heard it before.

"I'll hold your hand like always Danny, I wont go away." I promised, I wouldn't get lost because I wouldn't let go of Dannys hand, I never did when we went outside. "good. Because its really important that you don't wander off tomorrow, okay? Wandering off means that I wont be able to find you or see you, we don't want to be separated, do we?" Danny looked me in the eyes, holding my head still to look at him. "no, that would be bad." It would be bad, a very, very bad thing. No it wouldn't. You would be free! Free from what? I liked it here, I liked feeling safe with Danny, I wasn't going anywhere!

The day passed so slowly then, it took ages to get to tomorrow, so we could go shopping. But it came along at last, and I was so excited again. Going out was so much fun, and we were getting new things! New things were always so pretty and did cool things too, I wondered what new things we would get today. "ready Tommy? Have we got everything?" Danny asked, I nodded. I was dressed, with shoes and coat on, I had had breakfast, and my vitamins, Danny had his bag full of things we needed too, so I think we had everything. "good, now remember what I said, keep close to me, don't go anywhere without telling me and always hold mine or Carries hand, alright?" Danny got into the car with me, telling me the same thing he had told me about 6 times now. I didn't tell him that, just agreed and looked out the window at the things driving past us, finding that it was very busy at this place.

I remembered it a little too, me and Danny had been here before, and me and Carrie had been too. One time I had been here, I was very sad, but I couldn't remember why. "was I sad one time we came here?" I asked, I was sure it was here, me and Danny had gone into the shops, he had been talking to me about things, and I had just been nodding, hearing someone tell me that I should have been running and was wasting his time. I didn't understand why I had been wasting his time, because he liked spending time with me. "yeah, yeah you were. Don't worry about it now though Tommy, it doesn't matter. Focus on today, alright?" Danny smiled sadly again, grabbing my hand so tight it hurt a little, pulling me as close to him as possible.

"we were here too, and I was here by myself." I looked at Carrie, I had been happier with Carrie, and really scared by myself. Was that when I went away and was in my car? "we used to come here all the time yeah. It was one of our favourite places. And you've been here a few times by yourself too. Do you want to go over there into that shop?" Carrie smiled, pointing to one full of tshirts. She took us through the shop, their tshirts had funny sayings on them, and Carrie bought a few for herself. One had popcorn on it, like my pyjama bottoms, we would match if we wore them at the same time!

We went into another tshirt shop, a jewellery shop, a DVD shop, and a shop filled with toys! It was filled with so many toys! There were soft toys, toys that moved, toys that made sounds, everything! I wanted them all, they were all so nice! I really liked the soft ones, because I could cuddle them, like I did with some of my other toys. "do you want one Tom?" Danny asked, hugging my middle as I stood in front of the biggest shelf filled with toy animals I had ever seen. "yeah!" I smiled, I would have loved one! "go and pick one out then, and I'll get it for you." Danny let me wander around the shelf, but I couldn't decide on just one. I really liked the lion, but I also really liked the Iron Man toy too. Iron Man was smaller, but he made sounds and his helmet came off. But the lion was soft and squishy and cuddly. I didn't know which one I wanted more!

"you want both, don't you?" Danny laughed a little, I nodded. "sorry." I really didn't know which one I liked more. "well, since its almost Christmas, and you didn't get any birthday presents, I don't think having both with do you much harm." Danny made me jump on him. "thank you, thank you, thank you!" I hugged him so hard, so excited and happy that I could have both! "its nothing Tommy, call them early Christmas and late birthday presents." Danny hugged me back just as hard, giving me a big smile.