𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 - 𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐊𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐙

.𝟏𝟗 ❦

"I CAN'T BRING YOU BACK,
BUT I STILL SEE YOUR FACE"

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Jennifer's POV:

"I slept with James the night of his car accident,"

He looked at the floor in silence before opening the door violently and heading for the kitchen, where James, Chloe and Georg were. I followed as best I could, my heels tearing at my feet.

As soon as Tom saw James, he rushed towards him and grabbed him by the collar before punching him in the face, knocking him down immediately.

Everyone looked at each other in silence before James stood up to confront Tom. They were only inches apart. "What the fuck is your problem man?" yelled James.

Tom clenched his fists. "You're my fucking problem," he retorted immediately. I really wanted to bury myself in the ground, it was so embarrassing.

James looked at me and gave a mocking laugh. "I see she told you." he said as he refocused on Tom.

"James shut your dumb ass up." I said, which made Chloe burst out laughing. I glared at her and she started coughing as she regained her seriousness.

Tom sighed and looked me straight in the eye. "I'm off." he said, heading for the front door. I followed him in, "No, not until we've discussed it," I said, catching him by the arm.

He turned back to me, his eyes filled with sadness and hatred. "You're not going to run away like that," I said seriously, dragging him towards the garage again.

I closed the door and let go of Tom's arm. He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms.

"You wanted to talk, go ahead." he said nonchalantly. I raised an eyebrow, "Stop acting so sassy about it." I said which caused him to look at me with confusion.

"Tom, you know how much I like you and I understand your reaction, but I slept with James before I met you and you know very well that you're the only man I actually care about enough to talk to you about it." I said with a sigh. He watched me for a few seconds, his gaze softening.

I moved a little closer to him and put my hands on his chest, causing him to uncross his arms. "Tom, I want to be with you," I whispered.

He tucked a lock of my hair behind one of my ears and caressed my cheek, "Me too, Jennifer." he said before kissing me tenderly.

I smiled through the kiss and so did he. Maybe it wasn't the best situation to make our relationship official, but at least we'd finally taken the plunge and I didn't regret a thing, except maybe sleeping with James, but that's another problem.

I broke the kiss to look into his eyes. It felt so good. His gentle gaze pierced me and I knew I only wanted him to keep touching me.

We were about to resume our kiss until Chloe interrupted us and opened the garage door wide. "OH MY GOD, I THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE." she exclaimed. wiping her forehead, obviously blind to the scene in front of her.

I detached myself from Tom and he put his arm around my waist, "Who are you talking about?" I said as if nothing had happened. She sighed, "James. His car miraculously started working again. What a mythomaniac." she muttered.

She then looked at us in turn, "OH YOU TWO ARE OKAY AGAIN?" she said, jumping up and down and clapping her hands. Georg arrived just then and put an arm around his girlfriend.

"They've made up," I heard Chloe whisper to Georg, making him laugh softly. We all looked at each other in silence before bursting out laughing. Tensions had now subsided.

We all joined the living room and while the boys settled on my sofa, Chloe and I prepared the snacks in the kitchen. "So you finally got things straight?" asked Chloe as she poured chips into a bowl.

"Yes, we're officially together." I said and she dropped the chips and immediately gave me a hug. "My God FINALLY." she said, which made us both burst out laughing.

She let go of me and we resumed our cooking activities. "You can thank James for that, actually." she laughed asI threw some chips at her face.

We finally caught up with the guys and sat down with them to watch the rest of our series. I took the opportunity to grab a bowl of chips and feed Tom.

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It must have been 4 a.m. and I was half asleep on the sofa. Tom was still by my side and Georg and Chloe were asleep on the sofa, one on top of the other.

I felt arms carrying me up the stairs until I finally reached my room. Tom deposited me in my bed, removing my heels and tucking me in. He placed a kiss on my forehead before pretending to leave.

I took him by the arm, "Stay," I said in my sleepy voice. I heard him laugh softly and he lay down beside me after taking off his shoes, holding me close.

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Tom's POV:

I watched her sleep, her chest rising and falling in a continuous rhythm. Even asleep, she was incredibly beautiful.

The events of the evening had shaken me, I knew James was a little prick but to know that on top of that my doubts about them sleeping together were true had made me hysterical.

I hated the idea of him touching her the way I wanted to. He didn't deserve her, he was a narcissistic asshole who thought he could have anything he wanted, but Jennifer wasn't aware of that, too blinded by her best friend image.

She was nothing like an angel, more like a little demon. That's what attracted me to her, in a dangerous way. She was a bit too much like me. As they say, birds of a feather come together and I really thought I'd found my soulmate.

I'd never felt that way about any girl, and yet I'd had girlfriends, or rather one-night stands. But Jennifer had character and knew how to stand up for herself.

From the first time I saw her, I could feel the fire inside her. She was a rockstar without even playing music.

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james rn be like: