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There's something I don't know.

Even if Frank was somewhat aware of some of Tom's problems, he had trouble digging a path through this rather uncomfortable situation. Was Tom mad? Sad, perhaps?

He flinched slightly, unable to hide his confusion any better. "You... you have a problem with Mikey...?" he asked uneasely.

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Tom fixed his eyes on Frank again and they narrowed. He didn't bother giving the statement a response, and handed Marlee unceremoniously to the smaller man. She wailed as she felt the change of height.

He walked up to Mikey and placed his hands on the other man's knees. "Hey." He said quietly. "Remember me?" In full view of Frank, he leant in and kissed the older man.

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"Tom!" Mikey gasped, leaning in and embracing his friend tightly. "You're actually alive!" He kissed the shell of Tom's ear, remembering his friend. Tom settled down between his legs, still clinging to Mikey. Mikey kissed him, laughing quietly.

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Michael looked up from the task at hand and glanced at Tom, Mikey, and Marlee. He smiled a bit despite himself. You really did come.

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Yeah. Tom nuzzled into his best friend's eyes, fighting to stay awake. And you found Pete.
"I have a baby now." He told his friend quietly. "Her name's Marlee. Her Mom told me to look after her. She's really cute." Mikey laughed again and gently stroked Tom's face.

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"You know I'm blind now, right?" Mikey asked quietly, toying with Tom's hair. "I... I can't look after you now. I'm sorry Tom."

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Tom swallowed and moved away, not wanting to intrude. He didn't know who the blonde man was, but it wa sobviously someone close to Mikey. He thought he would probably greet Bill like that now, if he walked in. He walked over to Frank and made actions to ask if he could hold the baby. The small man gave him it.

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The first thing William saw was a small boy with dreadlocks. It wasn't food, but it was just has great. "Tom!" he said enthusiastically. "There you are!"

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"William." Michael looked up in disbelief, missing another fish. He wondered who else was going to pop up out of nowhere.

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"You don't need to look after me." Tom said stubbornly, wriggling out of Mikey's arms. "I'm older now. Wiser." He paused a minute. "Well... older."

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The blind man laughed genially. "I love you." He said quietly. "More than anyone."

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"William!" Tom smiled brightly at him and boosted the baby up. "Aussehen! Baby!" He pushed back his dreads and looked the tall man up and down with another smile.

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"Baby?" William said tentatively, noticing the baby for the first time. He pointed the boy. "Yours?" Maybe he has a kid brother. He looked around and noticed Michael first. He waved his hand at him shyly. He saw Frank, too. And then...Tom and Mikey. He hoped his expression hadn't changed, because he was kind of scared.

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Michael looked over to the fish on the shore and realized he didn't really know how they would prepare them. "Uh..."

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Tom stood up. "I'll be back soon, Mikey." He said to his friend, kissing his cheek affectionately. "I can tell Michael has no idea how to cook."

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"And you do?" Mikey muttered quietly, giving Tom a large, 'innocent' smile. He could hear someone else in the clearing and... a baby crying?

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"Nein." Tom laughed, eyes sparkling. He pointed to the blonde man who had now left Mikey and was moving over to Michael, and looked back to William, to check he understood. The baby began to grizzle quietly. "Oh!" He coloured in disappointment.

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"Tom's baby?" Fuck, how much did I miss...? William could have gone back to Gabe and Sisky, but curiosity won over. "He walked over to where Michael and Tom were. "Hey..."

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"Hey," Michael smiled at William and looked back down at the fish swimming in the river. He didn't feel like he had enough for everyone yet.

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Tom gave William a patently blank look. "What are you going to do for people that don't eat meat?" He asked, cocking his head. He couldn't hate Michael. He just couldn't. The blonde paused. "One second." He dashed over to the dreadlocked boy and took Marlee off him, before running back. "Fussy little bugger, aren't you?" He muttered to her.
Shut up.

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"Tom!" Mikey called. "Kommen Sie hier!" He heard the brushing noises as the boy's jeans dragged along the floor. There was a barking noise, and the little puppy jumped into his arms again. "Hey..." He crooned.

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The man who'd taken the baby off him turned around when he was called. So it looked like they shared a name. Tom scampered over to Mikey and the puppy, full of happiness.

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He asked me to leave and now he's ignoring me? "Anything you guys forgot to mention?" William asked, a bit frustrated. "Like the fact that Tom has a baby?"

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Michael brushed his eyes casually over the shore. He wanted to make sure Pete was okay since the usually vocal bassist hadn't said a word in quite some time.

He looked back up at William. "Tom found her." He shrugged to the blonde because he didn't know what other food they could get "maybe coconuts?" and went back to fishing.

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"I guess I forgot to tell you I was pregnant." Tom gave William an unusually mischievous smile. Suddenly, something dawned on him. "I have airplane food in my bag..."

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