WORK || TOM KAULITZ

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Ela's pov

We were all walking in the night streets of Los Angeles. It felt good to be with him. I forgot about everything bad when I was with him.

We reached their apartment building. "I'm walking you home" Tom says. "You don't have to" I say back. "I'm still going to do it" he says. I'm honestly glad. The streets at night aren't the most safe. Bill walks away to the building. I knew he wanted to come with but I also knew Tom wanted to be alone with me.

Tom's pov

Before Bill left. "Bill I'm going to-" I began. "Yeah I won't be expecting you tonight don't worry" he says smiling. I smile back. Then he leaves. I walk to Ela.
"I'm walking you home" I tell her.
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Ela's pov

We were walking in silence. A comfortable silence. But I knew both of us were full of questions. We reached my apartment. "Be with me" Tom quickly says before I even opened the door. I look at him. I can't speak. I want to but I just can't. "Ela please say something" he tells me. "I'm with you" I tell him. "Not like that" "you know what I mean" he says. "I don-" I begin but he cutts me off. "You left because I was unable of commitment" "now you can't be with me?" He says starting to sound angry. Here we go again. "Tom I was sixteen" I tell him. "Seventeen" he corrects me. "Freshly" I fight back. "I wanted to know what was happening between us because I was about to turn off a life changing offer" I start. "Right, life changing" he laughs at me. "How much money do you have in your account now?" He says trying to prove his point. "Tom stop" I tell him opening the door, walking in. "I don't want to fight" I tell him not facing him.

"Ela you just keep running away" he says. I turn to face him. "I do" "so sue me Tom" I tell him. I can feel tears staring to build up. "I ran away from home when I was fourteen, I ran away from you in New York and now I'm running away again" I say with glossy eyes. I'm not going to cry in front of him. "That's completely different Ela" he tells me. "You ran away from home because your parents hurt you" he says. "You keep running away from me because you are the one that's scared to commit" he continues. That made me angry. I waited for him for months and he is blaming it on me. "That's not true" I say back. "Really? Ela? Is it not?" He asks. "Then be with me" he says. "I can't" I yell loudly. Truth is I'm scared. I'm seventeen and he is some famous rock star or something I don't even know.
Back in New York when we had that fight I was heartbroken, but I was also kind of relieved. How could I be with him?

Tom's pov

"I can't" she yells at me. She's pushing me away. Again. But I won't let her this time. I know it will take some time for her to finally trust me. But I will do anything for it. "Ela I'm not going to hurt you" I say softly. She looks at me. Oh. "You are not going to hurt me" I tell her reaching her. "How can you know that?" She asks crying. Fuck. "Because you could kill my entire family and I would still be in love with you" I tell her hugging her and creasing her back. "No you wouldn't" she says into my chest. "I would, but don't do it please" I tell her. I feel her chuckle. "I'm sorry" she tells me. "Even if my "sorries" mean nothing to you" "I'm very sorry" she tells me. I remember what I told her that day. I didn't mean it I was just mad. "Ela your "sorrys" mean the world to me" I tell her.

We stayed like that for what felt like an hour.

"I'm tired" Ela says. I let her out of my hands. She goes straight to her bedroom. I follow behind. She sits on the bed.

"Can you stay?" She asks me. "Yes" I say. I sit next to her. Her head falls on my shoulder.