My Saviour - Tanner X Woods

Chapter 11 - Road Trip

Woods' POV

When we had finished our work, Tanner and I went to tell Matt I was going with them on the trip tomorrow. As we headed upstairs we met Paul. "Are you guys coming away tomorrow?" I nodded and smiled slightly. "Yeah we are, I can't wait" Tanner said excitably. Paul smiled and carried on downstairs. When we reached Matts office, he sighed "What do you want?" I laughed a little unsure whether he was joking or not but hoping he was. Tanner spoke up, "Woods is going to come with us tomorrow, just so you know, we decided it would be a nice change of scenery." Matt smiled and lifted slightly up his chair. "That's great news. I'm glad" he looked at me and continued to smile. "We are heading to Woods' place now to get some clothes and his stuff so we will see you tomorrow." Tanner informed him.

I was worried about it, I couldn't remember how I left the place before I left. Tanner might see it and be disgusted. I don't know.. I began to feel my breathing shift slightly and cursed myself once again for overthinking. Tanner seemed to noticed as he hurriedly left Matts office with a quick "goodbye" and took me back to our office. "What's wrong?" he asked me as I tried to collect myself. I didn't want to think about it but I felt obliged to warn him it might be messy but I didn't want him to not want to go. "When I left my place to go and see Scott, I don't know how I left it. It might be really messy and I don't want you to think I don't care because I do but I just-"

"Woods calm down, everybody's house gets messy sometimes, mine especially. It's okay, I promise." He assured me and grabbed my hand. "Having a messy house is what makes us human, I don't expect anybody's house to be spotless, that would be ridiculous." I nodded and calmed a little. In the back of my mind I still kept on thinking he would be severely disappointed in me but I tried to push that out of my mind. "Lets go then. You ready?" I grabbed my water bottle and laptop and we headed out.

When we reached the car, I put my stuff in the boot and sat in the car. Tanner got in the car and we set off. He connected his phone to the car radio and began to play his playlists. Panic! At The Disco came on and I couldn't help but sing along. Tanner smiled and joined in. The few hours we had spent in the car felt like minutes. We had so much fun, I was laughing so much and I actually felt some positivity for the first time in years. The last car journey I went on and had this much fun was with my sister. When she died my thoughts immediately went to that trip. We were heading to Texas for her friends wedding. We were singing together all the way and she kept cracking jokes that were so terrible they made me laugh so hard. As I thought about it, I felt myself tear up but It was happy tears. It felt really weird.

Tanner looked over at me. "What's wrong?" I turned to him with a smile on my face and tears rolling down my cheeks. He was so confused. "Are you okay?" He asked puzzled. I continued to smile and nodded. "Yeah. I actually am" He just smiled and continued singing and I joined in.

When we arrived my place we sat in the car for a few minutes finishing the song. We got out the car and I unlocked the door. I walked into the kitchen and everything was clean. I sighed a massive sigh of relief. When I walked into the lounge I saw my blanket strewn over the back of the sofa, but again, the room was clean. I was shocked by myself. Tanner was looking around the place slowly so I went to check the bathroom. I found a blade on the side cabinet so quickly put it into its box into the cupboard. I headed for my bedroom and my sheets were thrown over the floor and I had clothes everywhere. I quickly made the bed and then collected my clothes up and placed them onto the bed and sorted them out between what needs washing and what has already been washed.

As I sorted them into two piles I felt two arms wrap around my waist and pull me towards their body. "Need some help?" Tanner asked without letting go. I spun around in his arms and hugged him. That was all the help I really needed. I tended to tense up under contact but for some reason his contact was warming and it felt safe. i pulled away but kept my arms around his waist and he kept his around mine. "No thanks. I'm just sorting out what needs washing and what I have washed. I won't belong, then we can pack." I smiled and let go of him. I turned and continued separating the clothes into two piles.

After a little while, I had sorted it. I had let the clothes build up for weeks and I couldn't bring myself to sort them but I have finally done it. I felt kinda proud. "So, what are we going to be doing? Lounging around on a beach or climbing trees in the mountains or what? I don't even know where we are going but you were right, I do need to get away from everything. I am actually kind of excited" I laughed a little as I hadn't felt like this for so long. Tanner walked back over to me and looked through my clothes and picked out a few shirts and jeans. I grabbed my stuff I needed from the bathroom. "I'm not telling you where we are going or what we are doing, you will just have to wait and see but it is going to be so much fun." Tanner said as he packed my stuff into a suitcase.

I was just so ready to get away from everything. Being somewhere new, doing something new. I can not wait.

Once we had got all of my stuff, we drove back to Tanners house. We were singing obnoxiously on the way but it was so fun and it was the first time in what felt like years that I was actually happy. When we arrived back at Tanners it was about 9pm so we grabbed some cookies and we snuggled up on the sofa. His warm embrace helping keep me calm. How could I feel so safe with somebody I have only known for a week? He seemed to just connect with me right from the word go and it was amazing. I felt so alone for so long and now I feel like I do actually have somebody who cares and who will listen to me. I could never thank him enough. I could spend my entire life thanking him and it wouldn't feel like it was good enough.

Thankyou so much Tanner..