Skinny Love - Newtmas

Chapter Eight

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Minho fell asleep around midnight and now it's 1:30 and Thomas and I are still talking in low voices. "I should probably go," I whisper, yawning. I sit with my back against the wall and my legs crossed and Thomas sits next to me, our sides pressed against each other.

"Okay," he says quietly. "Do you want me to walk you home?"

"No I'm okay. Thanks though Tommy," I smile.

Thomas puts his hand on my cheek and leans into me like last time before Minho busted in. This time there's no interruptions. His lips brush mine for a moment before he fully kisses me. Closing my eyes I part my lips, the kiss deepens and Thomas moves his hand to the back of my neck and pulls me closer. Minho mumbles something beside us and we break apart to look at him, he rolls over and his arm hangs off the bed. Thomas rolls his eyes and looks back to me, "are you sure you have to go now?" He asks gently.

"Yeah, I have class in the morning," I sigh. "Okay," Thomas whispers, brining his lips to mine briefly. "I'll see you after?" He asks. Nodding I smile lightly at him, wanting to kiss him again.

"Oh! Before I forget!" Thomas leans over and grabs something off his desk. "Oh my god I totally forgot about this," I chuckle, taking Jurassic Park from his hands. "Feels like forever ago huh?" Thomas smiles at me, placing his hands over mine. The smile falls from his face as he looks into my eyes.

"What's wrong?" I ask. "Nothing...I'm so happy I finally talked to you," he moves his hand back to my cheek and I can feel my skin burning up underneath his touch. "Me too," I whisper. My heart is racing as I ask the next question, "Thomas are we...are we like, dating now?" I move away from his hand and look to the floor, afraid of him laughing in my face.

"Newt look at me," he puts his hand under my chin and lightly tilts my head up, the most sincere smile spread across his face. "I think we could be, if you want to." I smile and bite my lip, "of course I want to."

His hands move to the back of my neck and he scoots closer to me, my hands slide down his body and rest on his hips. He kisses me slowly and tangles his hands in my hair. Thomas breaks away but keeps his hands on me, "you have class tomorrow," he says quietly, suppressing a smile. I nod and move away from him. "See you tomorrow?" I ask, grabbing the book, Thomas smiles and nods.

Walking quietly towards the door I turn back and smile. "Bye Thomas," I say quietly, glancing to make sure Minho is still asleep. "Bye Newt."

*

A shiver runs down my spine as the cold air hits my face. Gripping the book in my hands I put my head down and start to walk.

As I round the corner I hear a loud cackle ahead of me, I whip my head up and inwardly groan. "Heyyyy! Look who it is!" The boy from the party shouts, two of his friends laugh behind him. "Looks like your boyfriend isn't here to protect you this time is he gayboy?" He slurs.

Anger courses through my veins, I open my mouth to say something back, refusing to let these douche bags ruin my good mood but before I can somebody grabs my wrist from behind. I jerk my arm away, whirling around to get the person off of me but I'm greeted by a worry stricken Thomas.

"Come on let's go," he starts pulling me away from the guys. Hoots and hollers come from behind us, they shout insults but don't follow us. "Don't give them the satisfaction of getting to you." Thomas says. I nod even though he isn't looking at me and trail behind him.

Once we reach his building he turns to me, "I'm sorry if that was embarrassing to you but I didn't want you ending up with a black eye or a fat lip." He lets go of my wrist and looks at me expectantly, traces of worry still showing on his face.

"No that's okay, thanks...were you following me though?" I laugh nervously, rubbing he back of my neck.

Thomas shakes his head, a small smile on his face, "No, of course not. You forgot this." He puts my phone in my hand.

"Thanks Tommy," I mumble, "but I really do have to go home."

Thomas furrows his eyebrows, "how about this, so you don't have to go back and have those jerks annoy you again, you can come back to my room and wait there for a few until they're gone?"

I laugh, "god I feel like a loser." Thomas opens his mouth but I shake my head, "let's just go up to your room." This time I'm the one who grabs his arm.

a/n: I know this is a bit short but I wanted to say a big thank you to all my readers! ALMOST 900 READS HOLY CRAP I LOVE YOU GUYS *happy cries* besides chapter 2 every chapter has over 100 reads<3 thank you guys so much! I hope you guys liked this update! Xx McKenna