Tom Holland : My big break

Chapter 11

You are welcomed by the familiar sight of your hotel room. You crash onto the bed scrolling through social media, until you decide to get a shower... trying to rewind after the day you just had.

You get up, reaching for your messy bun and trying to locate all the bobby pins before shaking the bun out of your hair, satisfied with the feeling of letting your hair fall down your back - slowly back into place relieving all the stress.

You step into the bathroom as you hear your phone buzz.

Text message Bentley: Sorry, change of plans. Rain check on our date?

Honestly, you let out a sigh of relief. It is not that you didn't want to go. But you did suddenly feel uneasy being around him. But there are two sides to every story... and you know how harsh the media and tabloids can be... making nothing into something. You decided to move on and give him the benefit of the doubt.

Your finger glides over your contacts list and hits a familiar number with a cute picture as the profile.

The phone rings. And rings again.

"Hello Y/N! Oh my. I'm so happy you called; I was starting to think you were forgetting about me!"

"Katie, it's so good to hear your voice, wait till you hear about the day and week I have had..."

-

The next week went by in a flash. With filming wrapping up in this location next week, you found yourself so busy that you hadn't even had time to ponder over the Bentley situation... or the Tom situation for that matter.

You had spoken to Tom a lot more since that day in the trailer, you were starting to feel a little closer to him. But something still stopped you from becoming closer. Haz kept offering for you to all hang out together since things were better between the two of you, but you didn't want to ruin anything... maybe you were still a bit bitter of how he was with you at the start.

Maybe you were still bitter because no one, to this day had given you an explanation as to why Tom had the worst couple of months of his life before filming! Every time it vaguely gets mentioned when you are around, Tom glares at people and instantly changes the topic. It sometimes does feel like a secret everybody knows but you.

You walk over to the set, double checking Tom had everything he needed... you stumble across Tom- in full costume and make up on set acting. Real looking blood dripping down his face and looking rather beaten up. You decide to stand and watch for a moment as all the four main characters are on set acting their roles.

You stand in awe as you watch the scene unfold. With Bentley, Jess and Will all attached to ropes and wires as they perform a fight scene. The wires, giving them extra hight on their jumps and flips in the air so that it looks more dramatic on screen, all whilst Tom is lying on the floor suffering in pain.

If I ever pay Tom a compliment... dam he is a fantastic actor. It truly is a shame we never got along at the start; I could have learnt so much from him. Not that I haven't already from working on set or being friends with Jess and the others... but Tom just has this fire in his eyes when acting, he goes the extra mile to make sure it is perfect. I have to almost stop myself from drooling.

"CUT" Max yells out from across the Hall "Right guys good work, take five. We will review the footage and we will see if we need to go again or not."

Bentley sees me and starts pacing towards me. A slight panic in my tummy knowing I haven't spoken to him in a while. You glance in the other direction hoping he would walk past you.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd think you are trying to avoid me" he said as he snatched the bottle of water out of my hand and gulped it down generously.

"Erm, that was for Tom!"

"Well, if only my assistant was anywhere near as attentive as you are..." He said with a grimacing smile. It suddenly hit me how creepy he was. Maybe it was just the information that I now was aware of but, but how did I not see this before. The way he speaks and looks at me... feeling as though he is undressing me with his eyes.

"I haven't forgotten about our date missy, I'm still wanting to take you to that restaurant... before we leave? Maybe tomorrow night?"

I opened my mouth trying to think of some kind of excuse before Tom came up from behind him shocking him slightly.

"Actually, Haz and I are taking her there tomorrow, so I guess you will have to go another time... but with me having the most uncompleted scenes before we pack up next week, I think Y/N and I will be working all hours on Set – don't you Y/N?"

"Yes." I nod "Very tight schedule indeed."

Bentley's eyes grow closer together, letting out a small sigh shifting his focus from Tom to me. "Ah, don't worry Y/N. We still have Six months left of filming. I'm sure there will be plenty of restaurants to eat at along the way." Spinning away in a huff.

"If he ever gives you any trouble, you know where to find me!"

You slightly nod your head, looking down to the floor a little embarrassed by the situation.

-

As you are walking along the cobbled road to get to the little traditional restaurant, everyone talks so highly about... you couldn't help but feel animated. You didn't really know why... but you were excited to have dinner with Haz, a good friend and get to know Tom a little better, on a more personal level. Not just for work. It will only help, your professional relationship with him going forward anyway, you kept telling yourself.

You got to the restaurant and took a seat and glared at the menu which of course was in Italian, so you struggled to pick up on what words meant.

You hear a familiar voice. It was Haz speaking to a waiter, but you didn't turn around as your back was facing away from them and didn't want it to make you look like you were staring.

Harrison wandered up to the table.

"Hi Y/N, how are you?"

You noticed that Tom wasn't with him, which you thought was strange... they shared the same hotel suite, so you were a little confused.

"I'm good thanks... where's Tom, I thought he was coming?"

"Erm yeah, he was... but something came up .... He won't be able to make it."

You look down at the menu, feeling like an idiot for getting your hopes up But regardless you were going to have a nice meal out with Haz!