"I swear you and your brother will be the death of me," she muttered. "It's fine. Leave them. I just...I really didn't want you to get the wrong idea, Tommy."
Tina sighed again, biting her lip. She wasn't sure if she was even ready to talk about what was really bothering her. She loved Tommy, but she and Mike had always been closer and Tommy wasn't the quickest to pick up on subtleties and hidden meanings.
"T, you know I much prefer the direct approach. I was always the kid who ripped off the Band-aid to get it over with." he replied, "Now tell me exactly what the 'right' idea is. Okay?"
Tina had always looked up to him as an older sibling but Mike was the one she told everything first. He had dismissed it when they were kids but it was actually starting to bug him now.
Tina's eyes narrowed into a glare. "Yeah, trust me. I know. But not everyone can be direct so easily when it comes to emotional things, Thomas. You can't approach everything like a math problem."
She knew she shouldn't be getting so angry with him, but it wasn't easy for her to talk about her feelings with him. With Mike, although he had the tendency to piss her off, he knew how to calm her down without making her feeling like she had to explain herself like a textbook theory.
"The 'right idea' is you not making assumptions about him 'not being the guy for me' when you don't even know why I'm upset."
Tina sighed again, trying to think of what to say. "I never really gave it much thought. It's always been me and Migs, but that doesn't mean I don't want to share things with you, Tommy. I mean, half the time Migs doesn't even clue me in, and I don't want to bother you with all my stupid problems. But you're right. We have a lot to work on."
Tina's frown deepened as he spoke. She remembered when Mike had explained his, and hearing Tommy's now...she couldn't help the sickening feeling that entered her system.
"Mike doesn't know your flash, does he?"
She already knew the answer to that. Tommy's seemed to be the horrible missing puzzle piece, and she knew if the brothers had talked about it Mike would be in more of panic mode than when he called her from Tommy's bathroom last week.
She swore under her breath. "God, I hope these don't come true. For all our sakes."
"I want you to be ninang to my kids because that's how much I think of you, T." he replied, "You're family and that's why I think I have to fight so hard to get this right between us. It wouldn't matter if you were just some girl who followed me home one day."
Tommy confirmed the concern she had by answering her question, "No he doesn't. I told him that I was at the police station to see him but that's it. He can't know, T. He won't propose to Quinn if he knows and I won't be held responsible for breaking up his family just because the flash might come true."
"I know. I want to fix things, too." Tina felt her throat do that stupid thing it does when she's about to cry. "Well, that'd just be creepy if I was," she offered, her voice a little shaky with both emotion and weak laughter.
She swiped at a few tears that had fallen and sucked in a ragged breath. She knew Tommy was right; that Mike would be a wreck if he knew, but she wasn't used to keeping things from him. Well, other than the time she may have let the cat kill Pancakes III. And she didn't even know where to begin voicing her concern about Mike proposing to Quinn. She couldn't explain it, but that still gave her a bad feeling.
"Honestly, I don't know what to do. I know he'll flip out if he knew, but I don't know how to help. The only thing I've been doing is hoping that these stupid things don't come true. That they're just warnings or something."
"We'll fix it bunso. I know we will," he choked out, "You've been my little sister longer than I can remember and I can't think of what my life was like before you. You know me better than Liz!"
He paced a few times in the kitchen to try to calm himself down. He was trying to think rationally about things and getting upset wouldn't help.
"I just hope these flashes are just potential futures, too. If you stay in New York then you can't get caught here, right? And if Mike and Quinn are engaged then he won't be so angry - not that I want them together if they shouldn't be..." he trailed off.
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Tommy felt awful. It didn't matter what his opinion of Eli was in the long run, just Tina's opinion mattered.
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Tina sighed again, biting her lip. She wasn't sure if she was even ready to talk about what was really bothering her. She loved Tommy, but she and Mike had always been closer and Tommy wasn't the quickest to pick up on subtleties and hidden meanings.
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Tina had always looked up to him as an older sibling but Mike was the one she told everything first. He had dismissed it when they were kids but it was actually starting to bug him now.
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She knew she shouldn't be getting so angry with him, but it wasn't easy for her to talk about her feelings with him. With Mike, although he had the tendency to piss her off, he knew how to calm her down without making her feeling like she had to explain herself like a textbook theory.
"The 'right idea' is you not making assumptions about him 'not being the guy for me' when you don't even know why I'm upset."
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Tina's frown deepened as he spoke. She remembered when Mike had explained his, and hearing Tommy's now...she couldn't help the sickening feeling that entered her system.
"Mike doesn't know your flash, does he?"
She already knew the answer to that. Tommy's seemed to be the horrible missing puzzle piece, and she knew if the brothers had talked about it Mike would be in more of panic mode than when he called her from Tommy's bathroom last week.
She swore under her breath. "God, I hope these don't come true. For all our sakes."
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Tommy confirmed the concern she had by answering her question, "No he doesn't. I told him that I was at the police station to see him but that's it. He can't know, T. He won't propose to Quinn if he knows and I won't be held responsible for breaking up his family just because the flash might come true."
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She swiped at a few tears that had fallen and sucked in a ragged breath. She knew Tommy was right; that Mike would be a wreck if he knew, but she wasn't used to keeping things from him. Well, other than the time she may have let the cat kill Pancakes III. And she didn't even know where to begin voicing her concern about Mike proposing to Quinn. She couldn't explain it, but that still gave her a bad feeling.
"Honestly, I don't know what to do. I know he'll flip out if he knew, but I don't know how to help. The only thing I've been doing is hoping that these stupid things don't come true. That they're just warnings or something."
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He paced a few times in the kitchen to try to calm himself down. He was trying to think rationally about things and getting upset wouldn't help.
"I just hope these flashes are just potential futures, too. If you stay in New York then you can't get caught here, right? And if Mike and Quinn are engaged then he won't be so angry - not that I want them together if they shouldn't be..." he trailed off.
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