private messages

tom
hey can we talk

tom
it's important

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
are you on fire

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
did you swallow a battery

tom
well no

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
then don't text me again or i'll block you

tom
please it's an emergency

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
are you dying

tom
it feels like it

tom is typing...

tom
it's about mel

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
don't play that card you know mom owns me

tom
well mom doesn't exist and never will unless you help me

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
ugh

DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY
fine

tom changed DON'T TEXT THIS NUMBER UNLESS YOU'RE ON FIRE OR SWALLOWED A BATTERY to seb!

seb
june has made me soft

tom
june is good for you

tom
and for me

tom
the bullying against me has decreased by 67% percent since you got back together

seb
i still have 33% left bitch

tom
hey i'm sad and soft you have to be nice to me

seb
i know why do you think i've been so lenient with you

seb
i didn't even say anything when you called it harry potter and the prisoner of marzipan

tom
wait what's wrong with that

seb
you're such an easy target it's ridiculous

seb
it sucks that the power of love has made me a changed man

tom
must be nice to have someone who loves you

seb
well now i just feel bad for you

seb
what's wrong buddy

tom
it's mel

seb
this isn't going to be another conversation where you send me those novel length texts about how wonderful mel is and how much you want to be with her right?

tom
no

tom
she won't even talk to me

seb

seb
why?

tom
i'm not really sure

tom
she's pissed at me but i didn't even do anything wrong

tom
i promise i didn't do anything

seb
is that why she deactivated her instagram?

tom
i think it was because of all the hate she was getting

tom
but that's not my fault

tom
she can't be mad at me for something i can't control

seb
yeah but imagine how it feels for her

tom
i understand why it upsets her but i don't understand why she's cutting me out of her life for it

tom is typing...

tom
i don't know

tom
i guess i just thought i would be more important to her than the opinions of strangers

seb
i'm sure you are important to her tom

tom
am i?

tom
she doesn't act like it

seb
you know that's just how mel is

tom
yeah but it's so exhausting sometimes

tom
to care so much about someone who acts like you don't exist

tom
i mean i've tried so hard to do everything right and somehow i still messed up

tom
i can never win with mel

seb
you're starting to sound kind of mad tommy

tom
don't you think i deserve to be a little mad?

tom
after all these months?

seb
maybe

tom
i'll always be the one chasing her and she'll always be the one watching my heart break

tom
i'm sick of her playing games with me

seb
i think you should talk to her

seb
it sounds like you two have some stuff to work through

tom
i'm going to

tom
thanks seb

seb
you're welcome

seb
and remember don't ever text this number again unless you're on fire or swallowed a battery

─

tom
hi mel
read 5:21 pm

tom
can we talk?
read 5:21 pm

tom
seriously you're just going to ignore me?
read 5:22 pm

tom
you know what
read 5:22 pm

tom
forget it mel
read 5:22 pm

tom
thanks for clearing things up for me
read 5:23 pm

AUTHOR'S NOTE: not my finest chapter but i wanted to show tom's side of the story because no one person is ever truly right or wrong in cases of conflict