Flashback "Be careful." Brady whispered into my ear before trudging away with Marie. That's Brady James Wilkinson. Always looking out for Marie and I. I'll certainly be careful. I still don't know who Tom Watson really is. He could be a psychopathic murderer that's out to murder me. Yup,my mind is eating away my positive thoughts again.
I closed the door,biting my lip. This is crazy. I shouldn't even be here. I could've walked home even if It's a long way back. But I somehow found myself spending the night at a guy's house that I just met today. I forgot that Marie was still on the phone,so I placed it to my ear.
"Hey,sorry. I kinda lost my concentration."
"It's fine. Do you need me to pick you up tomorrow morning? Or do you want to walk home?"
"Please,come pick me up. I don't wanna be here when he wakes up. I have a feeling that it would be very awkward."
"Alright. I'll send you a text bright and early in the morning. We are so going to talk about this tomorrow. " She squealed into the phone before hanging up.
I took off my clothes and slipped on the awfully large t-shirt that Tom had lend for me to wear. I had placed my clothes over his desk chair for me in the morning.
I made my way to his king sized bed. This doesn't feel right. I'm basically invading his privacy. I don't have the right to take his bed. He's so insisting. Oh well,I'll just have to return the favour one day.
I tossed and turned,but no matter where I lay,I just couldn't fall asleep. Soon enough,I shut my eyes. Enjoying the softness of his bed, the smoothness of his blanket. At last, I was eventually so tired, that sleep overcame me.
Tom's POV I woke up with a slight pounding in my head. I could barely open my eyes without feeling dizzy. There was an unrelenting misery of a headache that was causing the awful pounding.
It took me nearly half an hour to remember that Julia stayed the night. I got up so fast,it made my headache worse. But I didn't care, all I cared about was Julia. I needed to tend to her needs. She's probably hungry. I should go prepare breakfast. I should go make a nice English breakfast. That should make her feel at home.
I walked over to my bedroom, remembering to knock before I enter.
"Julia?" I opened the door quietly to find her missing. I panicked. I quickly rushed into the room, she obviously ran away. Too afraid of me. I sat on the bed in frustration until I felt uncomfortable. I shifted to the right a bit to find a crumpled up paper caused by me sitting on it. It read:
Tom, Marie picked me up earlier just now.Don'tpanic.I wasn't kidnapped or anything.I'm grateful for everything that you did last night even when you were the one suffering.Thank you,Tom.I wanna return the favour.I guess you can say that I owe you one.If you need anything,you can call me. Julia
I turned the paper hoping that she actually left her number for me. And praise the Lord, she did. I jumped up into the air. I immediately raced through the bathroom,searching through my pants for my phone. I quickly dialed her number. I placed it over my ear,ignoring my pounding head.
"Hello?" Her sweet and silvery voice answered. I was too mesmerized to answer back.
"Oh,uh,hello,Julia." Smooth.
"Oh,Tom. How are you feeling?"
"Alright. I'm hanging in there. I was wondering if you'd like to grab a coffee or something." I finally decided to man up. It doesn't stop me from feeling nervous though.
"Oh,um..." She's hesitating. Oh no.
"You owe me,remember?"
"I suppose." I could hear her smile through the phone. "When would you like to meet up?"
"Today." I said too fast. "I mean,meet me later at the same coffee shop we met yesterday?"
She laughed quietly before saying,"Okay."
"Okay.I'll be waiting.Oh yeah,you don't like coffee right? We can get tea as well. Anything you want. It's my treat."
"Why do you want to meet up anyways?" She said curiously.
"I want to get to know you better." I was smiling like a mad man.
"Okay,Tom.Just don't kill me all of a sudden."
She didn't say anything for a while.I was starting to worry something might have happened to her until I heard her laughing uncontrollably.
"You are so silly,Tom Watson." She said in between laughs before hanging up.
I smiled to myself while getting out of my clothes and hopping into the shower. After that,I went on to brush my teeth and the rest is basic and obvious. I got dressed in a simple outfit,slipping on a pair of brown pointy shoes. It's too simple. No matter,I don't want to overwhelm her.
His outfit.
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Should I go now? Or wait an hour? What if I'm too early and she thinks I'm trying too hard? What am I saying? I should just go now. I'll get her a cup of green tea before she comes just so she doesn't have to wait so long for her tea. It's pouring outside. She'll have a cup of tea,waiting to warm her up the moment she gets there.
I should just go. I'm thinking too much. So far,it's a mix of positive and negative ones. I guess it's...good in a way. Yeah,I should just go.
