Talking to Tom

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I woke up. I'm in his bed still. He's gone. The imprint of him is still in the bed letting me know he hasn't been gone long. I go to stand up but it didn't take me long to remember I had a broke ankle. I need to take my pain killers. I sit up and limp to the bathroom where they lay on the counter. I take them and brush my teeth. Once I'm done I can start to smell something cooking. I follow the smell like a dog. It leads out to the kitchen.

"oh good morning! Did you sleep well?"

I smile and sit down on one of the chairs next to the island.

"yes, how long have you been awake?"

He plates the eggs and I see pancakes.

"Since about 7 I like to workout a little, which reminds me I need to take a shower."

It's only 8 am, he looks wore out from all the sweat. He hands me one the the plates and I start to eat. I realize I haven't ate since yesterday at lunch.

"thank you for making this,"

He smiles a turns to me. Once again everything disappears, it's just him.

"don't thank me, it was willows idea to get some bacon."

I laugh and I look down at the dog I didn't see right next to me this whole time.

"Wait I don't see any bacon?"

He looks down at willow patiently. She licks her face a little bit.

"exactly!"

After breakfast

I grab my bag and get dressed while tom takes a shower, I explore his house a little and see a whole bunch of different things. There are movie posters down his hallway, and some music albums. I see lots of pictures of Tom and his siblings and a whole bunch of pictures of willow. One of the doors in the hallway is cracked a little I go to close it but it opens up. I look in and I see nothing but Harry Potter robes, wands, even big old books. I back out into the hallway. I wasn't allowed to watch tv so I read books a lot. My favorite books were series and that happened to be Harry Potter, my favorite character was Draco. He reminded me of myself just not the bullying part. My parents were wealthier and a lot of things that other kids did I couldn't, I was raised to think that if they weren't rich why are they here.
But I quickly caught on to the fact that it wasn't true. I have a very kind heart. I am just a little shy. I knew everything about the characters from reading the books over and over. He must be a big fan like me? I hear footsteps coming up behind me and before I can close the door he's within my breathing range.

"hey, looking around I see?"

I turn to him. Scared that he's mad I just try to keep it calm.

"yes, I um are you a big Harry Potter fan too? I wasn't allowed to watch tv so I read books and those were my favorites."

He rubs the back of his head. He seems embarrassed. Which he shouldn't be? I get it they are basically geek books but if we both read them then what's the problem.

"yeah I'm a fan but I also played draco malfoy in the movies,"

My face lights up. My entire life I have dreamed of meeting 'Draco' obviously not the real person but anything close will do.

"I actually think its cool you didn't watch tv."

He walks over to me and closes the door to the room. I know that I definitely over stepped his boundaries with that.

"I cherish all the things in there it was my favorite movie I acted in, I don't like going in there I'm afraid my clumsy self with break something"

We both laugh, I smile and we make eye contact. Uh-Oh not again. I can't...

"Do you watch tv now?"

I break out of his controlling eyes and speak.

"yes, well not much but I do"

He smiles and I fall right back to the blue.

"want to watch some then?"

I nod cause I can't speak anything other then gibberish. He starts to walk away and I follow him. We get to his living room. He sits back on the couch and I sit close but not to close next to him. He slides over a bit and lays back relaxing completely. I stay stiff feeling awkward. How is he already so relaxed and used to this?

We sit there for about 3 hours and just watch some halloween movies, I'm so comfy now I almost forget my ankle is twisted. Every now and then I catch Tom looking over at me. I hope he can't see my thoughts. He's the only I can think about....

So far it seems like Claire and Tom can't chose wether they like eachother or they are just really nice strangers...can they just speak up about liking eachother already?