Two Worlds Collide [3]

Part Ten

Tate's POV

Leaving Leah at the airport was hard. Harder than I expected. Considering that I have only met her twice and spent a few days with her; I did not expect the goodbye to be so emotional and intense.

Driving back to my hotel to meet my mum and Tucker, I only had the past 2 days on my mind. I closed my Paris leg of the tour, went on a date with an English footballer, and kissed said footballer, drunk after probably making a fool out of myself. But besides all of that, I know when I get back to the hotel, my mum is going to be digging for information. I just hope all of her opinions are positive.

Walking up the corridor, I can already hear my brother's voice and I'm still 10 rooms away.

Tu- She will be back soon Mum, we don't have to leave right this second anyway calm down.

As I opened the door, I was greeted by Tucker's smug face. He knew his timing was good but it wasn't that that gave him satisfaction. He knew he had proved my mum wrong.

T- I'm here, I'm here. What's the fuss about?

Mum- We need to leave soon and I didn't think you would be back so soon.

T- Well, fuss over. Here I am

Mum- Are you going to fill us in?

I explained to my mum and brother how the few days with Leah went. I know all she wanted me to talk about was how I feel, but that's something I would rather keep to myself for now. I know Leah and I made a promise, but I need to feel more secure in our situation before I express my feelings to the two closest people to me.

T- Enough about me anyway, what were your opinions of her? Both of you.

I found myself assessing their body language, waiting for one of them to speak.

Tu- I think she's nice, I respect her effort in coming to Paris because she wanted to take you out. That's a BIG move. If you're happy, then I'm happy for you.

That's as good as you'd ever get from Tucker, to be honest. He is the most nonchalant person I know. So the fact he is even giving Leah compliments for her efforts means a lot to me. But now the spotlight falls onto my mum.

T- Mum?

Mum- I spoke to her whilst you were performing the other night, she seems to have good intentions. I like her, from what I know. I would like to know her better. But like your brother said, if you are happy and she treats you right, we will be happy for you. I'm just cautious because of the past, I don't want my princess to get hurt again.

I could sense immediately how honest she was being. My mum was the main person there for me when my previous relationships crumbled. She pulled me back together and I love her for it all. I wouldn't have been able to do it without her.

T- Thank you both, I appreciate your opinions. Things are going well and I just want to go with the flow, no pressure. I don't even know when I'll see her again.

As the conversation finishes, we all leave the hotel and go to the airport ready to travel to Spain for the next two shows; Madrid and Barcelona. I am extra excited to continue my tour and having a bit of extra motivation will never be a bad thing. The motivation is knowing that Leah will be watching from home. Well, I haven't sent her the personal stream link yet, but I will.

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Time skip; Landing in Madrid

The heat difference was insane. How can two places that are only one hour away from each other have such different weather conditions? I regretted putting a hoodie on almost immediately.

We got out of the airport quite quickly if I'm honest and the first thing on my mind was to message Leah. That's when I realised, we have still never exchanged numbers. Looking back at it though, we have probably only sent 10 messages to each other.

Opening Instagram felt different, I had a weird feeling instantly. And that's when I realised why.

[bellathorpe wants to send you a message]

I recognised the name as Leah's ex-girlfriend straight away. But why does she want to message me? What could she possibly want to say?

Before opening the message, I text Leah and ask her for her number like I originally wanted to. Then I decided to open the message...

[bellathorpe: Enjoying my ex are you?]

I looked at my screen and laughed. Is this girl for real? I am not even entertaining this girl's conversation. But now I have another debate. To tell Leah? Not to tell her? I don't even know.