Fame and Fortune: Chapter 6 (Alli and Bree)
Written by Alli (alli-ann-seville) and Bree (breeisjustanawkwardturtle) Chapter 6 of Fame and Fortune
Game: HSS/HWU Genre/s: humor, romance, drama Ship/s: Amreeson (Amy x Bree x Harrison); Dethan; a couple of others mentioned Warning/s: Word Count: 1,798 words
Authors’ Notes: Hi there! So here is chapter 6. This is the first piece that Bree and I are publishing to the blog together, so we really hope you guys enjoy it!
Fame and Fortune: Chapter 6
Thomas downs his second small bottle of schnapps almost as fast as he downed his first, laying down on the couch and putting the empty bottle down on the coffee table. He’s the only one left in the apartment.
“I thought you promised to slow on the drinking, Thomas...” Bree’s voice is quiet and timid as she stands in the hallway with the rest of the group.
Freezing in his tracks, Thomas stops mid-drink before putting the bottle of schnapps down and looking at Bree, something indecipherable yet noticeably negative in his eyes.
Bree bites her lip, tears in her eyes. She squeezes Amy’s hand tightly. “You promised you’d slow on the drinking and take care of yourself. It’s going to kill you one day, Thomas…”
Simon sighs. “Well, this changes my plan…” he whispers to himself. He nods to Amy, who leads Bree inside. “The rest of you stay out here.”
Ethan nods, handing Simon something before he closes the door.
Thomas sighs as tears well up in his eyes, putting his head in his hands after he tosses the schnapps bottles in the trash.
Simon doesn’t know what to do with himself in the current situation, speechless.
Bree sniffles before she looked at Simon. “Why am I here?” She runs her fingers through her hair.
Simon swallows hard before sitting down on the recliner. “I… I brought you here because he doesn’t have closure. With any of you out there. I couldn’t watch him self-destruct like he was doing last night…” He sighs softly. “I may not have known him for that long, but I knew that I had to do something to make this right… I’m not mad at any of you and neither is he, but… I can’t stand seeing him like this. I had to make this right.”
Bree sighs and walks up looking at Thomas face to face.
Thomas looks up slowly, vulnerability emanating from his blue-gray eyes. “I’m so sorry…” he whispers, swallowing hard as he lets tears fall from his eyes. “I-I just… I couldn’t take all of you being gone from my life… After last semester, I thought none of you would come back to me…”
Bree sighs. “No one is angry with you, Thomas. I-I know you hurt me really badly… but we forgive you.. A-At least I do.”
“So do I,” Caesar adds as he steps inside. “And Danny is sorry about what he did to you. He’d say that himself… but he’s sort of in tears in Ethan’s arms right now.”
Thomas stands up, looking at Bree. “What I did to you… that itself was killing me on the inside… and I’m sorry, Bree.”
Bree takes a deep breath and her voice cracks. “T-Then why did you?”
Simon bites his lip, leaving and going into the spare bedroom, crouching down in front of the door.
Thomas hangs his head, letting more tears slip out. “Because I was being an asshole that didn’t have his priorities straight… I cared about my career - or better, what I had left of it - over the people I loved… That’s the reason why I haven’t met Amy formally before yesterday. That’s the reason I haven’t seen my cousin Dave and his kids until yesterday when they flew in from New York… and that’s the reason why I stupidly let each and every one of you get pushed away from me by my own hands…” He sits down back on the couch, sobbing.
Bree sits down next to him and rubs his back. “Hey, it’s okay.”
“N-No, it’s not…” Thomas manages to say between sobs, feeling Caesar’s arms wrap around him and Amy rubbing his back. “I treated all of you like shit… and I can’t hurt anyone else anymore… I’m better off alone for the rest of my life...”
"No, you aren't Thomas. I forgive you." Bree leans her head on his shoulder gently.
Thomas takes a deep breath, wiping the tears from his eyes but barely able to do anything else. “Where is Danny?”
Ethan pokes his head inside the room. “He’s out here.”
“And what on Earth are all of you doing out here?” Dave asks, carrying Theodore and Eleanor inside the apartment as Miss Miller follows with the other chipmunks.
“I-I can explain,” Simon answers as he exits the bedroom. “...They’re all here because of me.” He sighs. “Uncle Thomas was too heartbroken to function last night and this morning… so I got a few of his… past significant others to come here for closure. After this was done, they were going to leave.”
Dave sighs. “Well, they can’t leave now. Not with the rain that’s coming down out there right now...”
Bree blinks. "R-Rain?" She bit her lip gently.
Dave nods in response. "We'll all have to stay here for the next day or two."
Simon lets out a soft breath. "I'm sorry, Dave. I-I didn't know this would happen..."
Bree looks to Amy. "What about Harri? He'll be all alone tonight and tomorrow..."
"If I tell him the address, he'll be able to get here sooner than the dorm," Amy responds.
Thomas sits in the midst of the group, unsure what to do with himself.
Simon looks up at Dave with scared and sad eyes.
Bree sighs and looked around the room. "I know this isn't... ideal for us." She looks at Thomas specifically. "I know you think we hate you, but we don't; and this can be the start of getting over that."
Thomas gives a short nod as Dave cleans off the coffee table. "I have a few spare cots in the closet from my army days if anyone needs those."
Ethan nods, pulling Danny inside so they're not in the way of people in the hallway.
Simon sits in a corner of the room, keeping to himself.
Bree walks over and sits in front of him. "You alright?"
Taking a deep breath, Simon shakes his head. "I-I had no idea I'd bring you guys here and make you get stuck here overnight. I just... I wanted Uncle Thomas to-"
"Feel better?" Thomas finishes. "I do." He slowly walks over and sits next to Bree. "I feel more at peace than I did before, which is a start."
Bree nods and looks at Simon. "You did a good thing today."
Simon takes another breath to calm himself down, getting up after a minute and hugging Thomas tightly.
Thomas smiles softly, picking Simon up. "Thank you."
"O-of course," Simon replies. "A-Anything for family."
Bree smiles before sighing and standing up looking at Thomas. "We need to talk."
Thomas nods, placing Simon down and escorting her out into the kitchen. "What is it?" he asks softly.
"I stood by you when you told me it was only a one night stand. The time you promised it would get better but broke it off because you were afraid of what people would think the time you left for Caesar, I-I stuck by you. I just want to know why." She looks up at him teary eyed.
Swallowing hard, Thomas tries to fight back his tears. "Because I thought I wasn't good enough for you... I'm not good enough for anyone, so I figured that if I didn't break up with you before you found out I was a total piece of shit, you'd eventually break up with me once you realized that..."
Bree, without almost no hesitation, pulls Thomas by the collar down to her height and kisses him passionately.
Thomas wraps his arms around Bree, kissing her back and relaxing somewhat into her touch.
Bree pulls away after a long moment. "It's been almost a year and a half. And yet I'm still here." She kisses his head gently before heading out of the room, going over to Amy and curling up in her arms.
"Wait..." Thomas says quietly to Bree. "I have something I need to say to you in private."
Bree nods and kisses Amy's cheek before going back over to him.
Thomas takes a deep breath, wrapping a blanket that he grabbed around Bree. "I hope this doesn't make things awkward, but yesterday... I found out that Amy is my niece. Dave is her father." He wraps his arms around Bree's waist. "I know this might be hard to take... but you have my blessing if you want to stay with her. And Harrison, from what I hear. I won't be upset if you decide to stay with them long-term. I have the closure with you that I needed." He chuckles. "And either way, I get to see more of you anyway, so... This is a good thing."
Bree reaches up and strokes his cheek. "I love Amy and Harri both, but we talked; she always knew I wasn't completely over you…I won't leave her but I will be here for you."
“I know that… I’d never ask you to leave her or Harrison.” Thomas kisses her forehead gently. “I’m just… I’m happy to have you back in my life regardless, even if it’s more of a family case.”
Bree smiles slightly and reaches up on her toes, kissing him softly before pulling away and pulling the blanket around her tighter.
Thomas smiles softly in return, keeping his arms wrapped around Bree. “Are you okay?”
Bree nods. "A little cold; the rain is starting."
“Let’s get back out there, okay? We’ll be warmer out there with everyone else.”
Bree nods again, heading back in the living room and sitting next to Amy.
Amy smiles and wraps her arms around Bree.
The doorbell rings, and Dave goes over to open the door.
Harrison stands at the doorway, a bouquet in one hand and a closed umbrella in the other. “Are Amy and Bree here?”
“We’re back here, Harri!” Amy shouts from the couch.
Dave smiles at the blond man. “Come on in.”
Bree smiles once Harrison walked back and kisses his cheek. "Hi, Harri."
Harrison sits on the back of the couch, wrapping his arms around Amy and Bree. “Hey, yourselves,” he replies, adjusting the blanket wrapped around Bree. “Place is a little crowded, eh?”
Bree nods and laughs a little. "Maybe just a little."
Thomas smiles. “But if we’re all going to be here for a little while, I promise to make this place home… It’s the least that I can do.”
Bree gives a small smile. "Thank you."
Dave closes the blinds and shuts the curtains. “It’s getting close to sunset. All of you should make yourselves as comfortable as you can. We’ll be here a while…”
Thomas nods in agreement, turning to the Chipmunks and Chipettes. “You kids need anything?”
All six chipmunks shake their heads.
“Okay, then everyone should get comfortable. We’ll be here for a long while.”