chapter 2

Theo woke up the same way he did almost every morning. When he walked into the dining room, he saw Hobie, as usual. But Hobie was looking at Theo in a weird way. 

"Hobie?.. What's wrong?" He asked in confusion and anxiousness.

Hobie looked at him for a few seconds,

"There's someone here to see you." Hobie said, after he stood up and started walking towards Pippa's old room. 

Theo waited for a second, staring at Hobie, before he started slowly walking behind him. Once Hobie got to the door, he stopped and looked at Theo. Theo looked back at him, and slowly put his hand to the door knob, slowly turning it. 

The first thing he saw after opening the door, was the back of a tall, pale, messy haired boy inspecting Pippa's musical notes she had in the room. The boy quickly turned around as soon as he heard a quick, shivering breathe in. 

"Potter.." Boris said quietly.

"Boris...." 

They both stared at each other for a little while, before both quickly stepping into a long hug.

"You came." Theo whispered, tears already streaming down his face.

Hobie just looked down and went down stairs into the workshop to leave the two boys alone.

"I'm so sorry, Potter," Boris forced out, "I'm so sorry I didn't come sooner." Boris was whispering random words in Ukrainian and Polish. 

They finally pulled away and both wiped tears from their faces. They decided to go to Theo's room to talk. Theo asked Boris so many questions-"What have you been doing?"-"How have you been?"-But most importantly, about the kiss. Boris tried to ignore that question but it was hard.

"Well, after you left, I ran to Xandra's. I didn't know where to go, I knew I couldn't go home, you know with my dad and shit, but yeah." Boris explained everything to Theo-well, almost everything-"When I got there I just went up to your room and slept. In the morning, Xandra was down stairs, and she asked me where you were. I told her you went back to New York, and she just chuckled and asked why I was still there then. And I told her everything about my dad. And she let me stay for a while. And guess what Potter? She is a fucking dealer! I told you she was! Basically I started dealing with her. One day I decided I was ready to come see you."

"How did you know where I'd be?" Theo asked him.

"Well the night, that you left, you explained to me everything. About the Barbers, about Hobie. So I knew to come here, Hobart and Blackwell. I knocked on the door last night, it was like two in the fucking morning, but Hobie answered the door. I asked him if you were here and he told me to get some sleep and let me sleep in music girls room."

"The music girls room?.."

"Yes."

"Okay..." Theo said cringing.