When We Were Young - A Tom Holland Story

~Chapter Six~

You stared at your best friend, he had a girl on top of him. Lauren. When you walked in, you saw them in an intense make out session. What just happened? You felt like your heart was breaking. 

"Y-Y/n.. what are you doing here?" Tom asked as he looked you up and down. He then realized the tear stained face, the sweatpants you were wearing, his, and the way you looked at him. 

"I-I'm sorry... I uh, guess I should have knocked" you said with a forced laugh as you held back your tears. "I'll go" you said as you walked away. 

"Y/n wait, what happened?" Tom said as he garabbed your arm, refraining you from breaking free of his grasp. 

"Nothing, just uh.. forget it. I better go check on Tate" You said, forcing a smile and wiggling your way out of his grip. You ran down the stairs and out the door. More and more tears streaming down your face.

"What was that? Is she okay?" Lauren asked, full of concern. The girl was actually sad that you had never tried to talk to her, she wanted to get to know you. "I should probably go" she said while grabbing  her things "Go check on her" Lauren said while giving Tom a hug good bye.

"uh- yeah" Tom said, rubbing the back of his neck. He hugged the pretty girl in front of him and walked her to the door, she said she would text him when she got home so he knew she was safe. The brunette boy walked up to the Y/l/n's front door and rang the doorbell. Usually by now Cooper would be at the door barking up a storm, waiting for the door to open. 

When the door did open, Tom saw a tired Y/m/n, she smiled at him and gave him a gentle hug.

"Hello love, listen, Y/n locked her door and won't come out. She came home sobbing. You can try and get her out if you would like, You are probably the only one who can." the woman said giving him a small smile. Tom thought to himself.. I don't know if I can get her out this time.. He walked up the stairs to a face a white door. 

"Y/n?" Tom asked. You never expected him to come here. You were holding onto the teddy, the one Tom had gotten for you for your 7th birthday. 

"TOMMY!" You said. "I LOVE IT!" you hugged the small boy in front of you and brought him up to your room. you placed the bear on your little princess bed and kissed Tommy on the cheek while leading him back down to the party.

"Go away please" you desperately pleaded. You hold back a sob as you thought about your current situation. You never thought you would want to separate from the person you loved most in the world. Yeah. You loved him. But you always had. Not like that though.. right? Yeah.

"Y/n p-please" you heard Tom choke out. He was not one to cry, especially not when your whole family was home, listening. You set the teddy down on your bed and went to open the door. Tom immediately wrapped his strong arms around you. You just stood there for a second until you hugged him back, harder. You let out another sob as he placed kisses on the top of your head. 

"What happened?" He asked as he looked down at you. This was the first time you noticed how his chocolate eyes looked at you. His brown orbs were staring into your soul. You squeezed your eyes shut and hugged him again. 

"Please don't leave" 

"I am not going anywhere" he said, stroking your y/h/c hair.

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Hours past. You told him about Cooper. All your favorite things about him and how much you would miss him. Tommy cried too, he loved the pup almost as much as you did and he wished he was there for you sooner. He knew there was something else bothering you. He received a text from Lauren and you frowned. 'I forgot to text you I got home! Goodnight Tommy' it said, he turned off his phone and focused completely on you.

"Hey y/n/n (your nickname)?" 

"Yes Tommy? you said as you traced his fingers and arms, laying there in bliss.

"I'm sorry you had to walk in on.. uhh w-what you saw" the boy said very bashfully. To be honest, being with tom helped you not think about that. And when he brought it up, it felt like you had just experienced it all over again. "But, I think you should know something..uhh-"

"Just forget it Tommy!" you said smiling "You and Lauren are really cute together! She is super pretty and uhh.. I guess I don't really know what she is like, but if you like her, then i'm sure she is great." You said, you did not really mean it. But you did want him to be happy.

"uh yeah, speaking of Lauren. She wants to get to know you." He said reluctantly

"Sure, just let me know when" you said staring into the chocolate eyes. Thomas smiled at you. His old cheesy smile. He picked you up and slammed you onto your bed. Tom would always sleep over at your house or you at his, so this was normal for him to come and cuddle up next to you. He grabbed you and pulled you close, your head on his chest and his arms draped around you. You texted your mom that Thomas was sleeping over and then turned your phone off. Tom pulled the blankets up and you drifted off to sleep. He laid awake. Knowing that this felt different than when he was with Lauren and he replayed your conversation in his head.

 "You and Lauren are cute together"

Are we? Tom thought. He looked down at your head on his chest and smiled. Falling asleep. Not thinking of Lauren but of Y/n.

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a/n: Ahhh! What did you guys think? This was quite the rollercoaster of emotion! I appreciate you reading! Let me know if you have any suggestions! Cheers!