A whole new person

2 | Awkward

I put my ice coffee down beside me on the bench. I was totally shocked. I hadn't seen them for years, other than on TV of course.

Tom took a glance in my direction and before he could bring his head back in position he took another glance. He stopped and turned his body towards me. He just stood there.

He took off his sunglasses to get a better look, and I could finally see his whole face. In many ways he didn't change a bit, but when I looked closely he was way more grown up.

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Toms pov:

At first, I thought I was having visions, but then I stopped walking, and realised... it was really her. I hadn't seen her for years, other than in the magazines of course. She was a model now. I never thought I would see her again.

She was looking at me. In many ways, there was nothing changed about her, but then again, she was so much more grown up now.

I had no idea what she was doing here in LA. My brother and I moved here a while ago to get away from Germany, but why was she here? How is she doing now? Does she have an other boyfriend now?

I had so many questions, I wanted to go over to her and ask her all of them. But that would just be awkward, wouldn't it?

Bill stopped my thoughts: "Is that who I think it is?"
"Yeah. It is."
"Let's go and say hi to her!"
Usually Bill was super tired in the morning and never wanted to speak to anyone, but of course it had to this one morning that he wanted to talk to the one girl I had been fighting a war to get out of my head. I never fully managed to forget her.

She popped up in my mind from time to time. She was always so nice to talk with. She was so good at listening to me whenever I had something on my mind. Like a diary. I actually started to write in a diary after she left, because I didn't have her anymore.

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Y/n's pov:

They started to walk over to me. I didn't really know how to feel. I never disliked them, but I was afraid it was gonna be awkward.

Bill started running a little and when he reached me, he gave me a huge hug.
"Y/N!! I CANT BELIEVE IT'S YOU. What are you doing in LA?"
"I moved here yesterday. It's better for my carrier you know." I gave him a big smile.

And there stood Tom. Right before me. Was I supposed to hug him? Was supposed to ignore him? Should I just say hi or?

But then he reached in for a hug. That's not like him at all. He's usually kinda shy. He must have been really tired or something and not thinking clearly.

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Tom's pov:

I didn't want to make this awkward, but I really didn't know how I should say hi to her. I decided to just do what Bill did, so I gave her a hug. It felt weird to feel her skin again.

"Oh yeah, you're a model now. That's so cool." Bill said.
"Thanks, I heard your new album too, it's really good." Her voice was still so sweet and soft. I could listen to it all day long.

"How's it going?" The words just flew out of my mouth even though I didn't really want to say anything.
"I'm doing pretty well actually, but it's pretty hard to live on my own if I must be honest."
"Where do you live?" I asked her, but when she told us the name of the street she lived on, I felt really bad for her. She must be paying for it herself I guess, cause those apartments aren't exactly the nicest. Not to judge anyone, but I've only seen poor people coming from that street.

Now the awkward moment started. No one said anything. Come on Bill just say something.

"It was nice meeting you guys again." She said. Great Bill, now I probably won't ever hear her voice again.

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We got home again, and I went straight to my room and found an old video camera. I gave it some new batteries and scrolled through the films I had taken. And then I found it. The video I took in the skate park one of those days where she ditched school to hang out with me.

She was showing me all the tricks she could do on her skateboard. Her laugh made my heart ache. I had missed the sound of her laugh for so long.

Then Bill came into my room. "You alright?"
I noticed a little tear rolling down my cheek. I wasn't the type to cry a lot, but this made me emotional like nothing else.

"Yeah I'm just ehh..."
"Thinking about y/n?"
"Yeah."
"You should call her. You still have her number right?"