FOR LONDON [1: TOM HOLLAND]

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

tom
you know
I've been thinking

maria
uh oh
that can't be good

tom
and then I saw your insta when I woke up
and I thought some more

maria
yoikes

tom
and
you know
you should really hire a publicist
I actually have a guy in mind for you
his name is frank
he works with a couple guys from the cast and if he can put up with them, you'll be no trouble at all

maria
this —
was not the good morning I was expecting

tom
deal with it

maria
c'mon though
who starts the first conversation after the big kiss with "I've been thinking", thomas ??
for a second back there I thought this was gonna be the fastest break up in history

tom
break up ??
we —
you mean,,,
we have something that could be broken up ??

maria
uh
unless I jumped the gun
yes?
idk
sorry
I tend to leap ahead
oops

tom
no no no
no!
I wasn't —
I WANT us to have something that can be broken up

maria
well I'm kinda lost

tom
nO!
wait I'm so bad at explaining myself
NOT that I want us to break up
just like I'm just happy to be an anything with you, really

maria
put down the shovel, buddy
stop digging that hole for yourself

tom
oh my god
I need to go lie down for a bit

maria
I mean or
you could like come over here instead
maybe
if you wanted

tom
yeah?

maria
yeah!
kinda have a couple things I wanna say to you
after last night

tom
like —
good things?
right?

maria
all good things!
I promise
cross my heart

tom
well in that case
be there in ten!

maria
ten ??
isn't your hotel like thirty minutes away

tom
uh
I was sorta maybe already on my way anyway

maria
oh you were, huh ??

tom
only sorta maybe 👀

maria
I'll see you soon then
let yourself up
code is 2917

tom
whoa giving me your building code already ??
OOF idk mar
don't you think that's moving kinda fast ://

maria
oh please
as if this whole thing hasn't been a damn long time coming by now

tom
I mean — yeah
let's just be glad we finally got here

maria
god bless jake foster and his meddling ways

tom
don't tell him he helped
the last thing that boy needs is an inflated ego

maria
yeah gross
I regretted saying it practically before I'd sent it

tom
that's my girl!

maria
dAMN RIGHT I AM