[REWRITING] 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 • Tokio Hotel

- 111

When they got home, Jake and Lucas were closer than ever. Having some alone time had done well for them. Jake was also still staying with Lucas, afraid to go back to his own house after not being there for a month.

"I'm gonna have to go back at some point," Jake said to Lucas. They were in the cafeteria, so he was talking quietly, making sure no one heard him.

"Why?" Lucas asked, "My mom's fine with you staying, and- It's dangerous, Jake. I don't want you going back when you don't need to."

"I'm sixteen-"

"Almost seventeen."

"And my parents are my legal guardians. If people start asking questions, they could go to jail."

"And so they should! Jake, they-"

Jake put his hand on top of Lucases. "Lucas, calm down."

"Aw, he's holding his boyfriend's hand," they heard a voice next to them and looked up to see Carlos. Jake quickly retracted his hand.

"Since when have you been back, Carlos?" Lucas asked.

"Since the doctor told me it was okay to return. Having a glass bottle smashed over your head really takes it out of you. If only they caught the guy that did it."

"Well they didn't, and whoever mugged you did all of us a favour getting you out of our hair for a while."

"Whatever, fag."

Carlos walked away from the two boys and over to their friends' table. When Gigi saw him, she froze, and Tom instantly grabbed her hand.

"Hey, guys," he said.

"What do you want, Carlos?" Tom asked. He was still the only one who knew what he'd done to Gigi. No one knew Tom was the one who smashed the bottle over Carlos' head, and Carlos knew better than to snitch. If Tom could put him in hospital, imagine was Georg could do.

"Do I need to want something? I'm greeting my friends."

"We're not your friends," Iris said.

"Hm, feisty. I like that in a woman."

Tom and Gigi looked at each other concerned. Surely Carlos wouldn't do the same thing twice, he'd learned his lesson the first time.

"Too bad women don't like you, Carlos," Georg said, "Now get lost."

Carlos rolled his eyes and walked away, over to the table of his friends, which he surprisingly still had. It was Jake's old friend group. Noah looked over at them, his eyes lingering on Gigi's. She'd hated Noah since she started at school, he was a dick.

"Chris is having a party," Bella said, trying to distract from the situation, "He said it's to welcome me and Lucas back, but I think it may just be to get drunk."

"Where are that guys parents?"

"Right now, England, by the time he has the party of Saturday, Ireland. They move around a lot for business."

"Business people are so rich," Gigi said, "Maybe I should be one."

"Don't," Iris said, "Your kids will hate you."

Bill's hand moved from Iris' thigh to her hand, giving it a squeeze. He knew how badly her parents always being away affected her. She smiled at him.

"Who says I'm having kids?"

"You don't want them?" Maggie asked. Bill looked at Tom, trying to see the expression on his face. It looked tense.

"No, I probably will." Bill saw Tom's shoulder relax a bit. "But not right now. I'm sixteen, my future's not fully decided."

"I guess. I want kids."

"Thanks for dropping that bombshell," Georg said.

Before things could get any more awkward, Gustav decided to swoop in. "So, that party Saturday. We going?"

Tom looked at Gigi. No one else could tell, but she seemed pretty shaken up about Carlos. She nodded, and they all decided to go.

Maggie and Georg sat in bed. "This'll probably be your last party before you go off to America," Georg said, "You're even gonna have your birthday when you're gone. And Gigi's birthday."

"And Jake's."

"Yeah, well, I don't care as much about him. Hey, are you okay? You seem off."

"Do you not wanna have kids?"

"What?"

"Earlier, when I mentioned it, you got all weird about it. Do you not want them? Or do you, like, not see a future with me? Or-"

Georg held Maggie's hand, which was now shaking a bit. "Mags, the only person I see a future with is you."

Maggie smiled and kissed Georg. He happily accepted and she rolled them over in the bed so she was straddling him. "That was really sexy of you to say," she said.

"So, this my reward?"

"You know it."