A Fighting Chance (Tom Holland AU) [2]

Eleven

I woke up to a soft kiss pressed to my head. "You're off today, right darling?" Tom's voice was soft, and I nodded gently. "Would you like some breakfast?"

"Okay." As we sat up, I looked at him gently.

"I still want to talk more about yesterday, by the way." He bit his lip, and I nodded slowly. 

"Okay, baby."

Thirty minutes later, the two of us were sitting in a booth in the corner of a hidden away diner after Tom attempted to make a batch of my famous waffles and failed completely. As the waitress walked off to put our order in, he sighed gently. "I'm so sorry, darling."

"It's okay, Tom. It took me years to master the waffle recipe." I laid my hand on the table, and he sighed as he took it.

"I wasn't talking about that, but I am sorry about the waffles too." He looked down at our hands as he messed with our fingers. "I'm sorry I didn't trust you. I have no idea what came over me."

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have reacted the way that I did. Yeah, I was really hurt by what you said, but I escalated it to a point it should not have gone too." I grabbed my coffee mug and took a sip, and he sighed gently.

"It shouldn't have even happened at all." He looked up at me as he kept messing with my fingers. "There was literally no evidence of you and Ryan being more than friends. I just got really paranoid. I was afraid I was gonna lose you."

"You'd never lose me, baby." I could see a tear slipping down his cheek, and I reached across the table and wiped them away.

"Do you think we'll ever bounce back from this?" His deep brown eyes were full of both fear and sadness, and it broke my heart. 

"Yeah, I think we will." I smiled as I squeezed his hand. "I was talking to Ali yesterday, and she said that she and Daya got in a huge fight a few months ago. She didn't tell me what it was about, but apparently, Zendaya went and slept on the couch that night. And they're still so in love it makes me want to vomit sometimes." He chuckled at that, and I saw a smile appear.

"So what are you saying?" 

"I'm saying that if they can bounce back, so can we." I grinned, and he smiled as he grabbed his mug and took a sip of his coffee. "I don't know how long it'll take, but given that I trust really easily, probably not very long on my end at least."

"I love you more than anything in the world, Grace. I don't deserve to love you, but I promise I will never take the fact that I do for granted. I'm so, so sorry I fucked up." 

"I love you too, Tom." I pressed a kiss to his hand as our waitress came with two plates of waffles for us.

As we ate, our conversation varied from dumb topic to dumb topic, just like before. It was nice to be back in the swing of things, just the two of us.

Plus the sex we had when we got back to the house was incredible.

The next day, I brought Beth to our rehearsal. I knew that she had done theater in high school, and I always loved spoiling her. "Gracie, this is so cool!" She grinned as she looked around, taking it all in.

"Ooh, has Grace brought another beautiful friend of hers?" I rolled my eyes as Beth turned to see Ryan standing in front of her. "Please tell me your name is as lovely as you are, my dear."

"I-it's Beth." Her face flushed red, and I rolled my eyes.

"Ryan, please don't use your lame playboy attitude on my lovely little." I looked at him sternly, and he chuckled. 

"Okay, okay. I won't be a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist to Beth." I rolled my eyes again as Beth chuckled. He never missed a chance to remind me that I was a Marvel star.

"Hey, can I talk to you about something?" He nodded to that, and I took a deep breath. "I want you to know that we've moved on and are okay now, but in the interest of full disclosure, I feel like I need to tell you that Tom thought I was cheating on him. With you."

"Oh." His eyes were wide, and I nodded.

"But again, we've talked about it and we're good. I just want you to know that it happened, and it may still be a difficult thing for him to see us so close." He nodded at that before someone called our names. "Beth, go ahead and find my seat, okay? Enjoy!" I gave her a hug quickly before making my way to where everyone was gathered.

After rehearsal, Beth told me that she wanted to have a photo shoot at our rehearsal lot, and I happily obliged.

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As we got out of the car, I felt Beth wrap her arms around me tightly. "I love you, beeg."

"I love you too, leetle." I grinned, holding her tight. Holding her like this got me thinking. "Hey, I know I promised you a movie night, but I have a call to make first. Why don't you see if you can find some popcorn while I do that?"

"Of course. Salt and butter?"

"As always." I chuckled as we made our way inside, me heading towards a quiet area at the back of the house while she went to the kitchen. I pulled out my phone, taking a deep breath.

"You've reached Lesley Nakahara. I'm unable to come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I will get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you!" I took a deep breath, letting it out before the beep sound.

"Hi, beeg. I've been with Beth all day, and it got me thinking how I'm the worst little in the world. I'm so sorry we haven't been talking as much, and I'd love to see you again. Maybe after Mamma Mia! I'll visit you before Tom and I fly back to London." I bit my lip at that before speaking again. "I love you, Les. We'll find a time to see each other again, I promise. Call me back when you get this, okay?"

"Grace, we agreed on Tangled, right?" I smiled as Beth yelled and I made my way to the living room.

"We did indeed. Ready?"

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