Babysitting Tom (a Tom Hiddleston story)

Tom's day in court

When they arrived at the court there was already filled with paparazzi outside and it was pretty clear who they were waiting for. Tom looked desperately at Ava. "Oh shit, what do I do ?"

"Just be yourself Tom and be honest. I am with you and so are Eric and Luke". Ava answered.

Luke was standing with Toms lawyer and waited for them on the stair and Tom whispered in her ear. "I would love to kiss you right now, but that would probably be a bad idea".

But he did grab her hand and entwined his fingers with hers, and he didn't let go but just walked up the steps with Eric trailing behind.

When they had entered the building, Ava made sure his dark suit was perfect and she brushed a couple of hairs of his shoulder. "Well now you are perfect".

"Hey, Tom for God's sake, you really are a tosser ain't you ?" Ben was walking towards them and Tom smiled hugging him.

Ava saw Ben whispering something in Toms ear, while glancing at her and Tom nodded and lighted up in a big smile. Ben smiled back and padded him on the shoulder.

"Hi Ava". Ben came over and hugged her tightly, whispering in her ear. "Congratulations, I am happy to hear you two made it work".

"Thank you". She whispered back and smiled at him. She liked Ben, he was a good friend to Tom, even though he sometimes went to easy along with his bad ideas.

Tom was called in, him and his lawyer stepped up in front of the judge, the rest of them filed into the spectator seats.

Ava was nervous, what if the judge wanted to make an example of him ? What if this ended in court ? And what if he ended in jail ? She would never forgive herself.

She grabbed Eric's arm and squeezed it nervously, while whispering. "Do you think it is an advantage with a female judge ?"

"Hard to say, could go both ways, depending if she finds him charming or annoying". He removed her hand from his arm, but let her squeeze his hand instead.

Ava looked at Tom, he was following her advice, he was completely honest and himself, which to her meant that he was unbelievable charming, but would the judge feel the same.

When it was time for the judge to rule, Ava was squeezing Eric's hand so hard that he whimpered.

The judge looked at him sternly, but then she smiled. "You made a big mistake, but you admit to your wrong and I don't think there is any reason to believe you will repeat it and you are already spending a lot of time and money on charity, so I see no reason to give you community service. On those grounds the court se fit to waive all charges". The judge let her hammer fall and Tom blew her a kiss before hurrying down to them.

Ava could see from far away that he would kiss her and she tried to find a way to stop him, but luckily Ben spotted it to, and grabbed Tom before he could do it.

After he came over and gave her a friendly hug, whispering. "Whoops, I was just about to forget and make another mistake".

"I am happy they let you of this time, but I really hope you will be more sensible in the future". She said, padding his cheek.

He pulled a face and stuck out his tongue, before Luke dragged him outside for a short press conference to tell all charges had been dropped.