New Friends

Chapter three

Your POV

I open my eyes to the bright sun peaking through my curtains. I look over to my clock and turn my alarm off. 7:00am, ugh I don't like waking up early! I slowly crawl out of bed as I realize my back was still really sore. My head didn't ache any more but I didn't want to take another step cause it felt like someone slammed my back with a heavy chair. I make my way to the bathroom where I get dressed and put some make up on. I put on a light colored tank top with ruffled off the shoulder sleeves and a dark pair of blue jeans. I didn't have work today cause my boss told me to take the day off cause of my recent injuries but I still had to wake up early cause I was gonna meet Tom for coffee and to get my note. It took me about an hour to get ready and clean up my apartment from the movie last night with Ella and Zara then I started to paint while I waited for it to be time to leave.

I love to paint but I haven't done it in a while cause I haven't had the right motivation especially a..after what happened between me and Drew. I never really talk about it with anyone and meeting Tom the other day made something shift inside of me that I can't explain. It felt like something shifted in my mind along with a change in my heart and I have know idea what is it and why I felt it! I mean Tom is just a random guy I met at the street coffee shop the other day. 8:50am, it is time to leave. The coffee shop is only ten minutes down the road. I could walk there but I normally drive and my back hurts so it's just better to anyway.

Tom's POV

I tossed and turned all night only to now be woken up by the sound of Harrison walking in my room yelling. "Hey mate wake up you have to meet that girl at 9am and it's already 8am!" Did I tell Haz I'd be meeting her? I don't remember doing that! "Why you reading my texts mate? I didn't tell you I'd be meeting her!" I say while sitting up in my bed looking at him with a confused expression. "You left your phone on the kitchen table last night and it was still open. You must have forgot to close it." Haz ripped the covers from my body and walked out of my room. "Haaazz!" I say getting up and running into the kitchen with just my boxers on. "Woah bro, go put some pants on." He said putting out his hands in front of me. He was cooking some toast and making tea. "Okay fine just save me some tea and toast man!" I said walking into my bedroom to get dressed. I then went into my bathroom and got ready for my meet with y/n. I let my curls loose and wore a navy t-shirt with light washed jeans. I walked into the kitchen and had some breakfast with Harrison.

Oh crap it's already 8:40am and I have to leave in order to get there in time. I quickly shove down a few more bites of toast and grab my phone and wallet and start to run towards the door when Haz interrupts me leaving. "Hello, aren't you forgetting something?" He has the note that belongs to y/n in his hand while he waves it in the air at me. "Oh my gosh thank you so much mate!" I took the note out of his hand and walked out the door.

Your POV

I arrive at the coffee shop as I slowly get out of my car with the support of the car door helping me to get out with the least amount of pain in my back as possible. "Oww!" I say out loud as I shut the car door and start walking into the coffee shop. The young boy worker behind the counter greets me. The same guy from yesterday. "Hello Miss, how are you doing today after what happened yesterday?" He smiled at me with a slight tilt of his head. "I'm doing pretty okay thanks for asking, umm can I please get a red raspberry tea? I said leaning against the counter. "Yeah sure just have a seat over there." He pointed to a bar like table against the window. I checked my phone for the time which was 9:05am. He is late, I mean it's just five minutes so far but still. A few more minutes go by while I'm sipping my tea I got, then I hear a man order a tea in a British accent.

I turned to see Tom walking toward me. "Hello y/n, how are you today?" He sat down next to me while staring into my eyes for a response. "I'm good, just a little achy, how are you?" I glanced a little down at his hand which had my note in it. "I'm great, oh umm.. here.. here is your note back. I'm sorry I read it!" He looked away slightly as if he was a little ashamed. "Oh that's okay, if you hadn't then you might not have thought to return it!" I shifted my weight on the chair from side to side and sighed a little.

The pain in my back was starting to get worse and I was very uncomfortable. "Oh good no problem then?.......uh y/n.. are you sure you are okay?" He put his hand on my shoulder getting closer to me as we locked eyes for a solid moment. I really didn't want to bother him and I wanted to enjoy my time with him as a new friend but my eyes unfortunately told him the truth...being that I was in a lot of pain. Frankly more then I really knew cause of how much I tried to ignore it. We sat there for a good 10 seconds just looking into each other's eyes. I don't know if it was because of my back but I think I felt something flutter inside of me and it was something I hadn't felt in a long time. I mean Tom was one of the most attractive guys I've ever met and he for some reason looked familiar but that wasn't it. I started to answer him. "Uh yeah, I am starting to not feel that great. My back is killing me. I'm so sorry we just got here!" I started to feel a sharp pain like someone was trying to stab me with a knife.

Okay this is not normal, this should not be happening, did I really fall that hard yesterday or was it cause of something else? "No no it's fine, we can always try this another time. Do you need any help?" He looked a little worried now and now had both his hands around each of my arms just like the other day. I felt like I couldn't move or it would be worse.

Tom's POV

I looked into her big beautiful y/e/c eyes and saw that they were filled with pain. Did I do this to her? Did me pushing the door into her yesterday really damage her that bad? I held her in my hands just like yesterday except this time she wasn't shaking, she was very still that it didn't even feel like I was holding a living and breathing human. "Y/n don't be afraid to let me help you, you are clearly not okay and you should probably go see a doctor."
I said this while still deep within her eyes but she was still not responding. "Alright lets go, I'm taking you to the doctors." I let go of her and grab her jacket and purse, then I stood up before she finally said. "I'm sorry.. no I don't need to go to the doctor just please let me go home so I can rest." She pleads with big puppy eyes. "Okay but if I see that you seem to be in more pain than you are admitting then I'm taking you to the doctors." I looked at her with the most serious face I could manage. I gave her, her jacket as she put it on. I held her purse in one hand as I gently slide my other hand down her spine supporting her every move to get up and out of the chair. "May I?" I said while I slowly put my hand on her waist to support her. "Ye..Yeah....um okay." She looked a little surprised that I asked. We slowly walked out of the coffee shop and into her car as I carefully helped her into it. I walked to the coffee shop so it was fine that I drive away in her car.

Your POV

Tom asked to touch my waist? Wow, I don't recall a time any man has ever been that gentle with me before. I mean I know it might have been because of the amount of pain he knows I'm in but still! It felt good when he touched me. I haven't been touched in a long while and when I was it wasn't gentle. The way he cared after only knowing me for two days was just unbelievably kind. I never knew someone could care for me like that before. I was looking out the window trying not to show any signs of pain so that he would not take me to the doctors. I was thinking mostly about the pain I was experiencing but also about how different Tom is.

I mean I just can't explain how I feel about him, for only knowing this man for two days I can't believe I'm already feeling this much. I can't let myself, this can't happen to quickly, I can't let......"Hey are you still doing okay over there?" He interrupted my thoughts. I glanced over at him while moving the curtain of my hair away from in between us. "Yeah, I'll be fine I just need to Lie down and maybe...aah!"
I moved my body slightly upwards trying to get up out of the pain. Oh no I hope he didn't hear that!! "Ok Y/n, I know you don't wanna go to the doctors but I think you should, especially considering how we both don't really know how bad your fall was yesterday!" He looked back and forth between the road and my eyes. "Please no, it wasn't that bad of a fall!" To late he already turned onto the street the doctors was on.