• Not that bad • // TordTom book //

{ Chapter 2: Maybe getting along isnt that bad. }

Tom's POV
After a few hours of shopping, we finally got back home. I collapsed onto the living room couch with a few bottles of Smirnoff in my hand and sighed, as I started watching a random channel on tv.
It was just me on the couch for a while, until it was nightfall. I looked over at the clock from across the room.

9:48 PM

I looked back at the tv, then noticing Edd was sitting on the couch with me.
"I noticed you and Tord were getting along just swell. " he smiled

"Yeah, swell." I muttered

"Remember how I was bugging you to get a job? " Edd hummed

"Yeah, you bug me about it all the time. " Tom raised his eyebrow.

"I will forget about you getting a job, IF you start getting along with Tord more often." Edd said. "You fight constantly, if you start getting along that would be something I don't have to worry about anymore."

My eyes widened, thinking about the deal. Sure, Tord and I did have some bad history, but as I thought about it, I realized that I didn't know exactly why Tord and I started fighting to begin with. All I remember was one memory from when we were kids, and Tord took my Tommie bear. Tord tore up my Tommie bear, which I had to stitch back together later. After that we had a bunch of stupid meaningless fights, and that's apparently why we hate each other. Weird.
I guess our fights WERE pretty pointless. Almost as pointless as Edd and Tord's fights. Maybe getting along with Tord wouldn't be so bad, but it was still different.
I hesitated for a moment, before responding with. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to get along with the commie. "

Edd smiled at me, before responding with a "Thank you."
He left me alone on the couch and probably went to sleep, while I stayed on the couch drinking Smirnoff until I eventually fell asleep.

In the morning, I woke up on the couch with a huge headache. It must have been the Smirnoff. It was a Sunday morning, and Edd was cooking pancakes for all of us. I walked into the bathroom and took a painkiller, before walking into the kitchen and sitting down.
"Thanks Edd."
I heard Tord say, before he sat down at the table with Edd and Matt.
"No problem!" Edd smiled at him, before looking over at me. "Tom! Come now, have a seat with us."
I responded with a nod, before sitting down at the table with them. It was calm today, unlike other days. Tord wasn't giving me the death glare today.
"Me and Matt planned on heading to the store again today, we're leaving you two alone to be in charge of the house. We better not come home to see the house burnt to the ground. " Edd warned us, picking up a piece of pancake with his fork.
"Yeah ye- Wait, alone?" I froze.
Being home alone is fine. I could just drink Smirnoff all day and I'd be fine. But alone with Tord? My WORST enemy? I'd rather not.
"Yep. I think you two should have some quality time together to get along. Play some board games, watch tv together, what friends do!" Edd hummed happily.
Edd was blinded by the power of 'getting along' to see that me and Tord were just not the right people to be alone in a house together.

I don't want that perverted anime loving commie to be alone with me. For all I know, he can try to kill me when I least expect it!
"We will be home around 6 for dinner." Matt added.

"Why so late?" I asked.

"We're having lunch at the mall and picking up some dinner at a fast food place, we will be gone for a while so you two can hang out together. You know how obsessed Matt can be with buying mirrors." Edd rolled his eyes.