Holiday Tomance - ON HOLD

Finding my feet

It was 5am when Tom's alarm went off. I blinked my eyes as I noticed him already sat at the end of the bed with his clothes on and now tying up his shoes. "Sorry babe, didn't mean to wake you. I was hoping to stop the alarm before it disturbed you."

"It's ok, but why so early? Didn't think you started until 8?"

"Because someone practically held me hostage last night and I need to sneak next door, get showered, have breakfast and get changed before my shift. If I go in smelling of you then Shirley will know and she doesn't like us dallying with the punters." I raised my eyebrow.

"Firstly, I have a shower here. Secondly, I'm technically not a punter as she has offered me some work while here and finally I would like to think that the dally wasn't just a one time thing." I bit my lip, nervously awaiting his answer. He partially clambered back on the bed and kissed me.

"There's your answer." I tried to pull him back onto the bed but he was having none of it. "I need to go before you suck me in again. See you later though?" He said the last bit as a question. I nodded and he left but not before checking that the coast was clear.

I fell back asleep and was woken up just after 9 by movement and noise in my caravan. I sat upright and saw a figure in my kitchen. They turned to look at me and started walking towards me. "Tom? What the fuck? I thought you were working today?"

"I am but Shirley asked me to come and check that you were settling in ok." He passed me a polystyrene cup and white paper bag. "I said that I had seen you and you seemed settled but I had to grab a few bits for you from storage last night as you hadn't been shopping yet. She then suggested that I bring you something to eat. So you have a coffee, white with 2 sugars and a bacon butty with red sauce."

I took them and as I did my stomach rumbled. "Thanks. Do you think that she suspects anything? Have you eaten? If not you can have half." He shook his head.

"No, I had mine before my shift so I am ok. You haven't eaten since dinner last night though so you should make sure you eat it. Are you still heading off out in a bit?"

"Yeah, I'm going to grab what I need from the shops and then may go to the arcade for a bit before coming back and writing. What time are you working until? Do you need me to grab you anything from the shop while I'm there?"

"No, I'm good thanks. I am going to have to get going though, those 2p machines don't clean themselves you know?" And he got up too leave but not before kissing me again. "Sorry, I shouldn't assume that because we slept together you want me to kiss you. I just can't help myself, your lips are like a magnet to me."

"That's ok, I like it and you don't exactly see me pulling away from you do you?" He chuckled to himself as he kissed me again as if to test me and left. I ate my breakfast, grabbed a shower and got ready to go out and find my feet.

It was just after 11am when I finally dragged myself out of the caravan. Just as I got to my car, Tom and another worker walked past. I didn't want to make a scene so I tried to ignore them as the last thing I wanted was to get Tom in trouble. I glanced over and caught Tom watching me. He waved and so did I but nothing too much so as not to draw attention to ourselves.

The supermarket was nice and easy to find and decently priced so that was a bonus. I made sure to pick up all the essentials I needed as well as some treats. I also made sure to grab a few packs of Bourbons for Tom, he seemed to like them and it also seemed as though he was going to be spending a little bit of time with me every now and again.

I managed to get everything I needed and even had a little fridge freezer in my caravan so I was able to buy enough that I wouldn't need to come back for a few days at least. I didn't need to explore too much or take too much time finding my feet as I had been here a few years before.

I got back and unpacked my shopping before making myself some lunch. I sat at the table and realised that I could see straight into Tom's caravan from here. Bit creepy but at least maybe I could tempt him over from time to time. I opened my laptop and tried to get some writing done but I just couldn't focus. Not too sure why though? I decided to grab myself a few quid in change and nip down to the arcade. That should kill some time and give me 5 minutes to unwind a little bit.

I walked in, grabbed a pot and put a few pound coins into the change machine for some 2ps. The arcade was practically deserted but it just meant that I got the best pick of machine. I started playing and after a few minutes the 2ps jammed in the slot. "Oh for fucks sake. This always happens to me." I tried unjamming them but it just wasn't happening.

Then I felt someone close behind me. I didn't want to turn around as I was unsure who it was and I froze until I smelt it. Joop! Tom wrapped his arms around me. "Let me just unlock this for you darling." I looked over my shoulder and smiled at him. "Don't worry there's no one else in here. Just us."

"That's alright then. I would hate to think that anyone else would see you unlocking the cabinets this way and expect to get the same treatment." He nuzzled the side of my neck and quickly pecked me on the cheek before looking around again.

"There you go babes, all sorted for you. I finish in here in about an hour. If you are still around we can walk back up to the vans together if you want." I nodded and he danced off backwards back to the change desk.