A Shelby's fight
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places" - Ernest Hemingway
April
•1909•
Tommy's POV"What time is it?" I asked, waking up... in uncle Charlie's house?
"Nearly noon" he grumbled
"What happened?" I asked. My body ached
My face felt red hot"Don't know, I found you on my rounds last night, you were laying face down in a puddle in the middle of the yard" he said
Shit. Those boys.Arthur...
Mariana!
"Shit" I grumbled, trying to get up
"I'd take it easy boy, you look like death" he said
"I need to go home" I said"Alright, I'll get the horses and take you" he said, I nodded
I don't think I could stand up right now with the pain I was in.Mariana's POV
Only a week, one more week and David will be home
Lucky bastard got time cut for good behaviourMariana's Outfit
"Just talk to him" Freddie argued
"I'm done talking Freddie, I waited like a lovesick idiot for a boy that I thought... that I thought felt stronger for me" I said"He does!" He said
"Does he? Because I don't see him anywhere Freddie, I see him ducking my questions all the time, avoiding actually talking to me and telling me how he feels" I said."He was supposed to tell you last night" he said
"And where was he?" I asked
"Cause I don't see him anywhere fredd-"
I lost my train of thought when the doors opened and Tommy came limping in."Tommy?" I questioned, he was bruised, cut, wincing every step he took
"Give me a second" Charlie strained, helping Tommy into the living room to sit down
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