A Coincidence||Fionn Whitehead

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Tom arrived at Dotty's home the next morning and after a short greeting with Chris and Emma, he and Dotty left and went to the local park. They managed to score themselves two
Swings and like stereotypical teenagers they sat opposite ways so they could see each other when rocking a lightly.

Tom decided to get his phone at and film the girl zooming in and out multiple times, annoying her. His laughter was blocking he sound of Dotty begging him to stop as she covered her face. "Stop!" She cried, a hint of laughter pulling through at the end.

Tom continued to film her until she stood up and began to walk away. She didn't get far before she tripped over her own feet and Tom got it all on camera. He tried to stop laughing at the girl, who now laid sprawled about on the tarmac playground, but it only made him laugh harder and eventually fall off the swing himself and he got that on camera as well.

Looking up after she her a crash, Dotty found Tom on the ground with his legs tangled with the swing. She began to giggle as an old lady walked past with her dog.

She shook her head at the two muttering about "youth and getting drunk too early in the day". The woman only made the pair laugh harder and Dotty crawled towards Tom, helping him unhook his feet.

Tom stopped recording and the continued to lay down on the ground. They watched the video back, still laughing, and they were pretty sure they would wet themselves if they didn't calm down.

"You have to put that in the group chat! I don't even care that you caught me falling over, that was hilarious, with the old lady adding to it too!" Dotty exclaimed, standing up and pulling Tom up too.

The pair returned to sitting on the swings, now swinging and seeing who could get higher. Tom won.

They got an ice cream from the local newsagents and made their way back to the house. Emma was cooking with Christopher working at the kitchen table. Tom and Dotty went upstairs to Dotty's room and collapsed on the bed, erupting in a fit of giggles again.

"So? You realised you like Fionn!" Tom said once they were calm once more. She nodded. "Have you told him?"

"Have you met me?"

He shrugged, "true. Are you going to tell him?"

"No!" She cried. "Humiliation and losing a friend, no thank you!"

"How do you know he'd say no?"

"Because he is Fionn and I am Dotty." She mused. "Simple as that."

Tom shook his head, "you need to stop putting yourself down, Dotty. You are amazing, funny, not to mention beautiful, so start embracing it." He pulled her into his side. "And if it happens that Fionn doesn't date you, that's his loss."

Tom knew for a fact that Fionn liked Dotty after he flopped onto the floor of the hotel room and repeatedly hit his fists onto the floor.

The lads looked at Fionn in confusion as he continued to hit the floor and scream, which was muffled by the carpet. "Everything alright, mate?" Asked Tom (H).

The boys don't reply he just stopped hitting the floor and screaming. Harry crouched down beside him and patted his back. "What's wrong?" He asked Fionn. 

Fionn sat up and sighed, Harry still had his hand resting on his back in comfort. "Say, I like this girl and I have no idea whether she likes me back or not. And it's s bit of a situation because it could mess everything up including my career if she says no but also if she says yes. What do I do?"

"How would Dotty's answer mess up your career?" Asked Barry smirking.

"Because currently her father is somewhat my boss and if he doesn't want me dating her I could get fired and if she says no that will be very bloody awkward." He explained placing his head in his hands, his palmed over his eyes. "Wait...How did you know it was Dotty?"