BETWEEN TWO BOYS

Chapter 7

Y/N's POV:
He looked nervous while driving us to the cinema. Even tho we didn't see each other for 16 years I definitely know he's never been that nervous before. Even at the breakfast table Tom didn't said a word and stayed quiet. Was there anything he couldn't tell me about? But why would he make it so obvious then?

I just couldn't find any good reason why he kept quiet so I decided to act like everything was normal and that he didn't looked a little exhausted. I smiled. Even back than, when we were little kids, you could always see how Tom felt. His face just couldn't keep secrets, like I always said.
For the whole way to the cinema nobody said a word and I started to get nervous because I hated silence.
"And how does it go with your work?", I asked trying to find a subject to talk about. But Tom just smiled and nodded. Great I thought to myself. He doesn't want to talk. Maybe there really was something that bothered him so much that he just couldn't talk anymore.

Tom's POV:
I felt a little bad for y/n. I knew she hated silence but I still didn't talked to her, when she started a conversation. Maybe I should tell her, what makes me feel so unsure. But on the other hand I was scared that she would laugh at me and say that I was such a little worried child. So I kept quiet, what obviously didn't make it any better than before.
But there were just many things that came up to my mind. I wanted to hold y/n's hands like couples do and take her for a ride through the city. But back to reality, we weren't even a couple and I was an asshole wo fell in love with his best friend.
"My work is doing well. When I once said I wanted to take a little break, I got an offer for an easy role in a movie." Y/n turned her head over to me and made a face like she never heard me talking before. "Oh you can talk? Great, because I was almost dying because of to much silence!", the y/h/c haired girl next to me answered. It was way better to see her like that.

But seconds later I couldn't keep it anymore and started explaining: "you know I'm a little excited because of the movie... the movie we're going to watch. I've never felt like this before but I'm the main character in that movie and I'm just scared of you seeing my work". Y/N started laughing: "God damn it Tom. You're an amazing person and your work is always stunning. You really don't need to be nervous now" Yeah to be honest she was right. I'm not saying that I love my work I do and I'm not trying to praise myself, but just because she's a very famous person watching the movie doesn't mean to be nervous. I mean she's a big Marvel fan and probably sees me on her TV all the time. "Yes you're right! Just as always." I took a deep breath and quickly looked at her. For not even a second, our eyes met and I felt butterflies in my stomach. For the first time I understood what was meant by these butterflies.

30 minutes later

Y/n sat next to me and pulled out her wallet. "Do you want someone to eat or drink? I'll go to get something for me too" I nodded: "Just get me a Coca cola. I don't need anything to eat I think" Y/n repeated my order and left. I pulled my head into the seat and checked my phone. 99+ messages from Instagram and hundreds of other things popped up and I directly closed my phone. I was sick of it. Of course it was really nice to read all these cute messages but it always takes so long and sometimes I just wish I wasn't famous.
"Okay so I brought us drinks, popcorn and chips. If you're still hungry you can eat some of my snacks too." I jumped up. "First of all you scared the shit outta me, second how are we supposed to eat all this?" She shrugged her shoulder: "Everything's possible" We both started laughing and couldn't calm down until the lights were off and the movie was about to start.

"I bet you 20 dollars the main character is the best and plays his role perfectly", y/n whispered over to me. "And I bet you 30 dollars you could play it way better" I smiled at her. She smirked and said in a lazy way: "I could always play a role better than you Tom. That's not a talent" I rolled my eyes and grabbed my drink, when people behind us began to scream: "Oh my god that's Tom Holland and y/n y/l/n together in a cinema! How romantic!" Both of us turned around. Behind us cameras and phones filmed us. Here we go with the second thing I was scared of. I knew it wasn't easy to go anywhere without getting filmed but the cinema was the worst! A million times I got caught with my family or friends.
"Okay well guys you know the movie is about to start and we also wanna watch i-", I started but I got interrupted by y/n: "You know I'd like to tell you reasons to stop filming but the movie is about to start and I really don't wanna miss it. So please put down your cameras and enjoy the show, or do you want to tell Tom personally that you didn't watched his amazing movie because you were-" I pulled her down on the seat. If there was anything I was better than her it was talking to fans and paparazzi. Since we were little kids y/n couldn't handle the cameras and usually disappeared from premiers and shows. I never understood how she was able to love standing on red carpets and be scared of cameras at the same time but I was sure I'll find out one day. Maybe there is something she can't tell anyone?