Are you following me Mr Hiddleston? (A Tom Hiddleston Fanfiction)

Chapter 6

"I know, your name came up on the screen" Benedict Cumberbatch had answered with a gravelly whisper voice and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

"Sorry for waking you Ben, but I've been a complete wanker" Tom brushed his hair with his free hand as he spoke.

"Okay one second" Tom waited anxiously as he heard Ben move around on the other end. "Fine go ahead" Ben spoke a little closer to his normal volume while stood on the landing.

"I guess I should start at the beginning..." Tom explained the whole story about how he met Margot, their afternoon together, their date and how it ended with Charlie lying for him. The enter time Tom whispered down the phone as he remained in Zawe's hotel bathroom.

"God sake Tom" Ben paused a moment leaving the air awkward between them before continuing. "Was it just going to be sex with her? Is she even of age? And how are you going to explain to Margot about you and Zawe?" Ben started asking all the big questions which Tom had already been asking himself.

Tom took a deep breath before he could answer "I don't know Ben. Maybe....yes she's 22. I haven't got her number...I just hope Charlie got her to stay with him for the night. I'd hate her to be alone while drunk, I mean she doesn't know New York very well. I've fucked up Ben. What should I do?" Tom was struggling to keep himself together with the alcohol rushing through him and he could already feel a headache coming on.

"First things first you need to talk with Zawe properly and tell her the truth. And when Zawe forgives you which I'm sure she will that's when you need to talk with Margot. Make sure she understands nothing can ever happen between you two and apologise for leading her on in the first place. Do it sooner than later if you really care for Zawe and keep a distance from Margot. Of course you follow that up with owing Charlie for having your back. Now get some sleep and let the air breath for a few hours before you talk things over and you've got your head screwed on right." Ben made it bluntly clear with his voice that this was Tom's best choice. "Also mate make sure your date with Margot stays quiet" Ben added.

"You're right as ever. Thanks mate, I'll talk to you when this is all over. Night Ben" Tom stood up from the bath's edge.

"You're welcome. I might as well stay up now I only have an hour before I need to be up anyway. Night Tom" the call ended leaving Tom not really feeling any better about the situation.

Once Tom left the bathroom taking his shirt with him he found Zawe asleep in her bed with the lights still on. He turned off all the lights and kissed her forehead after making the decision to give her some space. Tom made his way back to his own room using the connecting door by her bed. Zawe's eyes shot open as soon as she heard the door close behind Tom. She sat up on her elbows looking over to the dark outline of the connecting door. She sighed to herself as she was unsure if to believe Tom's story when he said it, and now his decision to sleep in his own room made it quiet clear. She felt as though he was ashamed of something he did and this gave her a horrible feeling in her stomach. A feeling that was brewing to the surface that needed to be discussed. Meanwhile Tom took off his jeans leaving his white boxers on and got into bed. Bobby woke up from his sleep and hopped up onto the bed. He walked around in circle a couple of times then settled down into a ball huddled up next to Tom. Tom's left arm stretching around with his head leaning on it and he petted Bobby with his right hand, as he stared up into the darkness with a tiny bit of the moon's light trying to come through the closed curtains, peeking in through the gaps. He cursed under his breath to himself for getting into this tangled mess that he had started. Tom knew Ben was right about coming clean with Zawe. They'd been together for over 6 months and up until now everything had been going well. So well in fact Zawe had mentioned about wanting kids some day. Although they'd never fully talked about it clearly Zawe wanted that. So did Tom some day. He's always wanted a family of his own but did he want that with Zawe? Did he love her? Or was meeting Margot clouding his thoughts and true feelings? How was he going to speak to either of them about all of this? All these questions circulated Tom's mind playing with him like a game of tug of war for hours. It wasn't until 5:35am when Tom finally fell asleep.