Now I'll Take You By The Hand (A Nathan Sykes FanFiction)

Now I'll Take You By The Hand (A Nathan Sykes FanFiction) 6

So Call Me Maybe...

Nathan:

            I woke up about nine, hopped in the shower and changed. By the time I was done, hair, clothes, shave, and all, it was about twelve thirty. Tori would be here in a few minutes and Tom was barely climbing out of bed,

“Mate, I know she’s your cousin and there’s no real need to dress up for a walk around the shopping center, but still…you’ve got to look decent for the fans” I told him, leaning against the doorframe to his bedroom

“Yeah, yeah” he yawned, groggily walking into the washroom to shower

            I sat in front of the TV, drinking tea as Tom slowly got ready. The doorbell rang and I jumped to get it before it rang twice. Standing there, looking lovely as ever, was Tori. She wore short denim shorts, darker than the one’s before, a white undershirt that hugged her waist excellently, and a black top over it that stopped just above the arches of her sides that read “Love It or Leave It” in metallic pink. She wore bracelets along her wrists and I could smell the bubble gum lip gloss that shined on her cupid’s bow. Her perfume was lovely and before I knew it, I was sitting with her on the couch,

“So, has Tom told you what he’s got planned for today?” she asked, crossing her legs and adjusting the sunglasses on the crown of her head

I shrugged

“Not really, he might be taking you to the shopping center, but I’m not really sure” I answered honestly

“Are you coming with us?” she asked

“Oh, no, this seemed like a personal thing for you and Tom…maybe next time” I shrugged, giving her my best smile

She seemed to blush a bit

“When’s next time?” she asked coyly, batting her eyelashes at me

I felt my stomach flip just at that and that bubbly feeling begin to rise

“Maybe…tonight” I shrugged, trying to act cool

“Tonight?” she asked, quiet and innocently

“Maybe I could…take you out to dinner, just you and me?” I asked, my hands beginning to sweat

Her smile seemed to falter, before she regained her composure

“Yeah…I’d like that” she smiled

I sighed in relief

“Alright, Lovely, let’s get going” Tom said, bounding out of his bedroom, looking much better than he head when I woke him up

There he goes again…

            I’ve noticed that he always calls Tori “Lovely”. At first I just thought he was calling her lovely, like a compliment, but now I began to notice she responds to it like she’s being called by her name, another nickname perhaps. Tom’s the only one that seems to call her that, Ty never did when we went out to dinner and it seems he does that only when he’s in certain moods. I guess I’d ask her about it tonight…at dinner…on our date…!

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            Tom came back hours later, it was almost five. He seemed happy, not the least bit tired actually. He was smiling and laughing like a young child who’d just gotten back from a toy store,

“Oi, Nath…Tori said she’d be ready by seven and wanted me to give you this” he said, tossing me a crumbled up piece of paper

            He walked into the kitchen while I unfolded the wad of paper. On it was an address and phone number. I quickly entered the number into my phone and saved it into my contact list. I shoved the paper in my pocket as Tom was coming back with a bag of crisps,