Every Second of Every Minute of Everyday - Tom Holland - Book 1

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"Where's the tape?" I holler, holding down the lid with one hand and looking with the other.

"Right here, love!" Tom shouts, and suddenly a roll of tape flies at me. I squeak and catch it with my free hand.

"Thanks for the warning!" I hiss, rolling my eyes.

"Oh, heads up!" Tom snickers.

"Hardy har har, you're so funny!"

"I know!" Tom giggles. I laugh, shaking my head. I tape the lid down, smiling when I finish. I step back and look at the last piece of art I just created.

"I am officially finished! Come look! Tom, Tom, Tom! Come look!" I squeal, dancing at my finished product. Tom slides into the living room attempting to look cool, but really he loses his balance and nearly falls over.

"I don't quite understand why you're getting them a present, Liz." Tom chuckles, snaking his arm around my waist, pulling me into his side.

"Because they're letting me join you and it's just nice of them to do so, therefore this is my thank you." I explain, waving my hands around as I do so.

"But did you really have to get them all of this stuff?" Tom asks in disbelief.

"What? It's just snacks for the travelling. It's something they'll actually use." I roll my eyes. "Speaking of travelling, are you all packed up?"

"Um, yes?"

"We leave tonight, Tom." I give him a stern look. "Go pack!"

"But I don't wanna!" Tom pouts like a two year old.

"Then I guess I don't wanna kiss you anymore." I shrug nonchalantly, grabbing the present and taking it to the kitchen.

I smirk when I hear Tom's thundering feet go upstairs.

"He's so whipped." Harry laughs when I come into the kitchen.

"Hey, you're going to be whipped some day too." I point out. Harry scoffs and rolls his eyes as he continues to do whatever it was he was doing.

"Babe! Your phone dinged! You have a message from Matt!" Tom shouts from upstairs.

I furrow my eyebrows and jog upstairs. Matt doesn't often text me, he normally has Nelly do it or he just doesn't at all.

"What'd he say?" I ask Tom, stepping into our room.

"I dunno." Tom shrugs. I hum and grab my phone off the table.

From Matt:
Come over. NOW

"I'm gonna go stop by Matt's, he apparently needs me." I humph, kissing Tom on the cheek. "I'll be back in a jiffy."

"I love you!" Tom exclaims, even though I'm only five feet away.

"I love you too!" I exclaim back, grabbing his cheeks and kissing him roughly before leaving.

I manage to call a taxi to take me to Matt's since I was not in the mood to walk for an hour, especially when Matt said he needed me right away.

Once I had arrived at Matt's, Matt was already waiting for my arrival.

"Finally!" Matt gushed when the taxi drove off.

"What do you need? I'm packing up today." I inform him.

"Alright, so I've got some friends. We've gotten closer and we've been talking about starting a band. We sound good, but we didn't know what we were missing. We didn't know what we needed to be great. So, Nelly listened to us, we got several opinions, and finally we came to a solution."