private messages

hey can we talk

it's important

are you on fire

did you swallow a battery

well no

then don't text me again or i'll block you

please it's an emergency

are you dying

it feels like it

is typing...

it's about mel

don't play that card you know mom owns me

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

ugh

fine

tom changed to !

june has made me soft

june is good for you

and for me

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

i still have 33% left bitch

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

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

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

wait what's wrong with that

you're such an easy target it's ridiculous

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

must be nice to have someone who loves you

well now i just feel bad for you

what's wrong buddy

it's mel

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?

no

she won't even talk to me

why?

i'm not really sure

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

i promise i didn't do anything

is that why she deactivated her instagram?

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

but that's not my fault

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

yeah but imagine how it feels for her

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

is typing...

i don't know

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

i'm sure you are important to her tom

am i?

she doesn't act like it

you know that's just how mel is

yeah but it's so exhausting sometimes

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

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

i can never win with mel

you're starting to sound kind of mad tommy

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

after all these months?

maybe

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

i'm sick of her playing games with me

i think you should talk to her

it sounds like you two have some stuff to work through

i'm going to

thanks seb

you're welcome

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

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hi mel

read 5:21 pm

can we talk?

read 5:21 pm

seriously you're just going to ignore me?

read 5:22 pm

you know what

read 5:22 pm

forget it mel

read 5:22 pm

thanks for clearing things up for me

read 5:23 pm

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