That Perfect Stranger

Chapter 6

Once we got to the restaurant I stopped when I realised how many people were in there. I didn't want to be eating and trying to have a conversation while people were taking photos of us and looking over in our direction.

Straight away Tom new what was wrong. He put his arm around my waist.

"It's alright love, i'v got it all under control." I looked up at him and nervously nodded.

We walked inside and straight away a man came up to us. "Follow me Mr. Hiddleston."

We walked past all the people eating and talking away and headed up some stairs. The man led us to a door and opened it.

"Take a seat please, your waiter will be with you soon." He then walked out leaving us two alone.

Inside the room was some rose petals spread out and in the middle of the room was a table for two with a candle in the middle. On the other side of the room was a giant window giving us a clear view of the city. In the background was the faint sound of soft romantic music.

I gasped. "Wow, this is amazing!" Tom stepped further into the room. "I new you wouldn't want to be around heaps of people while they stared at us so...I got us a private room.

I giggled and looked out the window. "I didn't know you could do that." He chuckled and pulled out my chair for me. "It's verrry expensive."

As I sat down I looked up at him. "Why do you keep spending so much money on me?" He smiled. "Because your worth it." I blushed and looked down as he took his seat opposite me.

"I love it when you do that." I looked up at him. "Do what?" He chuckled. "When you blush." I blushed again and covered my face. "Ugh, I do it all the time."

He leaned across the table and pulled my hands away from my face. "I love it." I giggled.

He moved back again. "Ok so, whats there to eat." He picked up a menu and started reading it. I picked up mine and did the same.

After a few minutes in silence, I realised that Tom was looking at me over his menu. I smiled and looked up at him. "Are you ok?" He smiled as well. "Yup."

I giggled and place my menu back on the table. "So Tom, Thor The Dark World hey? Excited for it."

He chuckled and put his menu down. "Someone's been doing some research." I giggled.

"Yes I am excited for it." I nodded. "Thats good." He looked out the window and then back at me. "What do you do?" I looked around the room. "I'm a reporter. I do reports on anything." Straight away his eyes widened and his mouth dropped.

I giggled. "I'm joking! Ha ha i'm just messing with you." He let out a relieved sigh. "I'm a photographer." He smiled and nodded. "Nice!"

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Dinner was really nice!! We both got to know a lot about each other, and I mean A LOT.

After we left, Tom had wanted me to go back to his apartment with him just to have a drink and talk a bit more.

We were in the elevator going to the very top. "I wont be staying for long though. It's already getting really late and I need to get back." He nodded. "Ok. We're just having a little drink."

The doors opened and I followed Tom down to his door. He unlocked it and smiled at me. "Make yourself at home."

Once he turned the light on I smiled and looked around me. Everything was very neat and it looked expensive. Near the lounge room was a balcony that had a really good view.

"This is amazing!" I herd Tom laugh in the kitchen. "Thank you!"

I walked over to the couch and sat down. His tv was massive!

A few minutes went by and Tom sat next to me on the leather couch with two glasses of wine.

"Here you go darling." He handed one to me. "Thank you." Straight away I took a sip of it. "You have a very lovely apartment." He chuckled. "Thank you."

We both went silent and then I spoke. "Tom?" He smiled at me. "Yeah?" I sighed. "You do know I have to go back home." He pulled a worried face. "Well...can't we figure something out?" I swirled my wine around in the glass. "I don't know Tom. Just...for now, lets forget about it." He smiled. "Ok."

We kept talking about ourselves and telling stories that have happened in our lives.

Tom was a very good listener and he was always interested in what I was saying.

I was now telling him a story that has happened and this time it seemed like he was a bit distracted. He kept looking down at my lips and then he would look away nervously. He kept doing it over and over again.

"So Max and I had to run along the beach after the dog with everyone looking at us funny. And dogs weren't aloud on this be-" Suddenly Tom's lips were on mine.

It was such a beautiful feeling and I wanted to keep doing this forever. His lips were so soft and warm. I opened my mouth a little bit and got a massive taste of wine from his mouth.

He quickly bulled away, blushing a little bit. "I am so sorry, Poppy." I looked away from him. "I didn't mean to...I mean you were in the middle of a very interesting story and I randomly kissed you. I am so sorry, and it was very rude of me to do that."

I placed my glass on the coffee table and grabbed his tie, pulling him closer so I could kiss him back. Our lips moved slowly against each others.

We weren't rushing with anything and I knew we were only going to kiss. Tom would probably only want to kiss me because of the gentleman he is.

I still held onto his tie as he gently placed his hands on my hips. He pushed me onto my back and using his tie, I pulled him on top of me.

After a few minutes he sat up and moved away. "Sorry." I sat up as well. "Stop apologising for everything." "Sorry."

I giggled and kissed his nose. "I'm gonna have to leave." He grabbed my hand. "Please stay." I smiled. "Remember, it's our very first date and we only met a few days ago." He sighed. "Your right." I put my hand on his cheek. "Goodnight Thomas."

As soon as I said that he had a massive smile on his face. "Goodnight Poppy." I walked towards the door. "I had a really good night by the way."

He nodded. "I'm glad you did."