Drowning in Love ~A Tom Daley FanFiction~

"YOUR KITCHEN'S ON FIRE!"

~SOPH'S POV~

We parked outside a huge house. My jaw dropped open. "Are you alright, Soph?" "Where are we?" "My house." "It's massive!" Tom laughed lightly. "Thanks." He opened the car door for me and I climbed out. He interwined his fingers with mine and walked me to the front door. Sparks were sent down my spine as if there was a little firework display going off inside of me.

We entered Tom's house and I was absolutely starstruck. It was beautiful. With chandeliers and spiral staircases and huge sofas and flatscreens and- "You hungry?" I was interupted in y dream land by Tom. "A bit, yeah." "Can you cook?" "You're hilarious..." We both laughed and Tom suggested we attempt to cook something. Why did I agree. We settled on pizza, it looked right...ish as we left it to rise. Then we were trying to "knead" it and I couldn't do it so Tom taught me; he stood behind me, his hands on mine. I wasn't paying attention because inside I was fangirling. After we'd done that I was covered in flour so I turned and smudged some down Tom's nose. We locked eyes. He moved closer to me. He grabbed the flour from behind me and flicked some at me. He missed.

The pizza was in the oven and Tom was getting changed upstairs. I was texting Jay, my 25 year old brother when an orange light sprang and grew from the oven. I jumped out of my chair and screamed. "TOOOOM!!!" "what?" "YOUR KITCHEN'S ON FIRE!!!" I heard him shout a couple swears and he ran downstairs not wearing a shirt, I didn't have time to goggle at him, we were both panicking. Tom ran into the garage and back into the kitchen holding a fire extinguisher. He put it out fast enough and turned to me "Wanna order pizza?" I smiled.

*THAT NIGHT*

~TOM'S POV~

We were lying on the couch cuddled up close because it was so cold and we just talked, I now knew she was 16, has two brothers, Jay, 24, and Nathan, 17. She also has a little sister, Kati, she's 5. She then told me about her mum, about after her dad died so she was drinking and how it was a miracle that Kati survived. I then felt bad, I never told her about my dad, I started thinking I should have trusted her from the beginning and told her when her beautiiful voice sliced through my thoughts, "What you thinking about, Tom?" I looked up at her, "There's something I didnt tell you about my family," I paused, she was looking straight into my eyes, I could just melt in her's so easily. I snapped out of it when I realised I'd stopped mid-sentence. "My dad has cancer, I didn't want to tell you before because I don't like opening up to people if I don't know them well but then you know what it's like with family issues and now I feel really bad... I'm sorry Soph..." "Actually, he only family issues I've ever had is between me and Nathan and me and mum." "But what about your dad?" She sighed and looked down. "It was winter so it was dark outside, me and dad were out after he picked me up from this martial arts class I used to go to, we were crossing a road when a car came around the corner so fast, dad pushed me out of the way. The car hit him and just sped away, I was screaming and crying, I'll never forget what he said to me last, he said "Just remember Soph, I'll always be there for you, even when you can't see me, I'll always be there, I'll always be proud of you so matter your choices in life, look after your little brother or sister and tell everyone I love them. I love you, Soph." and then... he was gone..." She whispered the last part and closed her eyes then bit her lip. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close, she buried her face in my chest and I knew she was crying. I stroked her hair and whispered nice things in her ears. She sniffled "You're t shirt's a bit wet now...

*ABOUT AN HOUR LATER*

We were still on the couch messing around when we heard a car door outside. I grinned as I heard a little girl talking loudly "Can Tom read me a bedtime story?" Soph smiled too and we got up. The front door opened and I braced for impact, a tiny 5 year old ran and jumped on me. I picked her up and span her around. "Tom come on it's late don't get her all hyper," Then mum noticed Soph standing there fiddling with her fingers nervously, "Hello, love." She smiled. "Hi," Soph grinned back "I'm Debbie, Tom's mum." "I'm Soph, Tom's..." I hadn't thought about that yet, was she just my friend? I wanted her to be able to say girlfriend. "Mate..." I finished her sentence. Soph and mum shook hands then Dad stumbled in carrying countless teddies and toys, he did the whole "Hi I'm Rob," then shook her hand. "Tom, love, would you mind putting Brooke to bed? She only listens to you." and with that I took Brooke and Soph upstairs to read her a story and get her to bed.