The Nice People| Tom holland

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I was walking down the halls of our dull school. I was soon stopped by Mindy."where were you yesterday? We were supposed to hangout you know." She managed to say trying to capture the floating air between us. "I'm sorry Mindy I forgot, I went to see Alex." I replied. Her worrisome and anger was soon replaced with a smirk and a cheeky look."what?" I asked. "Alex is single, he treats like you're the most fragile thing on earth. He loves being around you. He's hot. It clearly shows that he likes y-" I shut her mouth with my palm.

It's Tom. He probably heard everything, but why do I feel like I have the urge to explain to him that it'd not the way he sees it.

We had an eye contact for a second but then I saw him turning his face and going to the other direction. I then looked back at Mindy, "it's not like that, Alex is legit like my older brother. He takes care of me, just because he knows I'm always on a budget" we both laughed. "Besides you should check your luck" I winked at her as we headed to our class.

Tom. Was all I could think of.
All I wanted to have around, now.

-End of school day-

I was saying my farewells to Mindy as she left on the bus.

I have to find Tom.

I then turned around and waited for him at the gates. "Babe~you should come to the party tonight!" I heard Lisa's voice. I immediately hid behind a bush of trees, waiting for her to slip her glue off Tom. "I don't feel like it." His reply was straight forward and cold. Lisa soon gave up and left him, going back with her disgusting groups of trash bags.

Follow him, catch up to him. Don't let him go

As I made sure Lisa and her friends were gone, I ran and tried to grab Tom's attention by walking past him looking at the ground. So natural. "Nell?" I heard the warmth in his voice. I stood and turned to him, looking at his gorgeous eyes. "Hey..Tom" I said.
He came up to me and asked to walk me home. I agreed, wanting to spend more time with him.

"Soo.." He started, "a boyfriend huh?" He asked. I looked at him and caught him just at the right time where he lifted his head and looked at me. "Alex?" I asked. "So that's his name. Yeah. The one you were with yesterday at the amusement park" he sounded judgmental. "No." Was my only reply. "No? But you guys were holding hands-" I cut him off saying "That's what's wrong with people. We think what we see is always right, creating assumptions based on them".

If for once humanity thought of listening we wouldn't be here.

I felt a smile creep on his lips. "Why are you smiling?" I bluntly said, not realizing it. "Nothing." He replied. "I just feel good" he played with his hair. "But you were just cold a while ago with Lisa?" I said but as soon as I did, I covered my mouth.

Busted.

I heard him laugh. "Stalking much?" He made fun. "Hey! You should be happy I didn't want to leave you with a misunderstanding, mister" i rolled my eyes. He chuckled, so softly. It sent warm shivers down my body, I loved hearing him laugh. It felt right.

"But really though?" I asked trying to get the topic back. "I just don't feel myself around her, she would want to boss me around and shit, like man I have a life too you know " he complained. He sounded cute doing so. "I know that feeling. Truth is she threatened me to stay away from you" I said gulping each and every word I say. "Really?!" He sounded irritated.

Why does he care?

"Hey it's alright, I mean I have my ways at the end you know" I chuckled. He stopped us in our track, turned me to face him and hugged me ever so lightly and softly. I melted in his embrace, I smelled his sweet cologne, I felt like I belong here, in his embrace.

Forever.

I didn't move, I couldn't, I wouldn't. I just wanted to be in his arms. "you're truly different from the rest." he said in his husky voice. God is this your gift to me? If yes.Please don't take it away. Not now, not ever. He slowly pulled apart, still holding my hands. I just looked him in the eyes for eternity. I couldn't get enough.

His smile could melt the whole Antarctic.

"But I'm no better than the others" I said pulling his hands away from me and continuing to walk. I tried to break the bricks before they build up. "Don't think of yourself in this way" he said. "You are special" he completed. I kept silent the whole way back home and so did he.

Silence could be the cure to everything

Yet

It could be the silence before the war.

"Well this is me.." I said stopping in front of my house. I turned to face him and saw him smile. "Actually Nell, wanna hangout later tonight?" He asked. "Tonight? Where?" I just added more questions to the conversation. "To the party. I want you to come with me." He stated. Me? Party? "I really don't do parties and besides Lisa wanted you to go with her, she would get mad and maybe even something bad will happen" I replied quickly. "It's alright, you'll be with me. I know you don't drink either so don't do that. Just come, it will be worth it" he tried to convince me.

"This is your time to take revenge from Lisa, go with him" my brain spoke.

I had no intentions for revenge but I neither had intention to let Tom down. "Fine, sure" I replied. He smirked, "9 pm then, your majesty". I felt butterflies rush through my best friends and soon headed inside my house.

This is gonna be a 'day', I need to find the perfect clothes for it.