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Chapter Ten- Here Comes The Storm
The smell of eggs wafted through the floorboards, waking Tom from his slumber. What was Lexi doing? Was she trying to distract him from what had happened last night? Trying to make him forget? How could he? He had wanted her all night. He also knew she had been up a lot of the night, clearly unable to sleep, like him. That, or she was sleep walking.
He swung his legs out of bed as he heard the clanking of plates. He put his glasses on his face and headed down the stairs.
In the kitchen, Lexi was cooking eggs, bacon and sausages, in a bid to make up for last night. She couldn't help but feel giddy at the thought of it though. He wanted her, her of all people! But they had to wait, she didn't want to get Tom into trouble. The press would go insane. She didn't want them hounding him, he liked his privacy and so did she. She wasn't about to ruin that for him. They would have to wait until November, her birthday, that was just over three months away...
"Morning"
She dropped the spatula at the sight of Tom stood in the doorway, in the same bottoms as he had been in the previous morning, no shirt on and his thick black glass. Her heart raced "Morning"
"What's all this?" Tom said, leaning against the kitchen bar
Lexi shrugged "Couldn't sleep so I got up and made you breakfast. Plus you've got a busy day at the studio..."
"We've got a busy day at the studio"
She started putting food on his plate "You still want me to come?"
"Of course, why wouldn't I?"
"Because of last night..."
"Don't worry about that" He said "We'll just keep it between us, no one else needs to know"
She passed him his breakfast "I know, I just thought..."
"Hey" He held her hand "I said don't worry about it, ok?"
He didn't say, but he felt her pulse go up a notch when he touched her hand, he hoped that she didn't notice his do the same.
...
The rain couldn't be heard through the sound proof studio, as Danny, Dougie and Harry jammed in the studio, awaiting the arrival of Tom and Lexi. Harry spun his drumsticks in his hands as Danny said what the other two were thinking.
"Where the fuck are they?"
Dougie shrugged "Probably doing something they shouldn't be"
"I wish they would hurry up and tell each other" Harry said
"How do we know that they haven't?" Dougie said "We don't know, but Tom won't do anything until she's eighteen"
"Good point" Danny sighed "Looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer"
The other two sighed as the studio door opened, Tom carrying his guitar and Lexi carrying a notebook.
"Hey guys" Tom grinned "Sorry we're late, we were writing a song"
Dougie raised an eyebrow "You two? Writing a song?"
Tom pulled his guitar out of its case, he started strumming chords, making Lexi smile.
"Can we hear it?" Harry asked
"Not yet" Lexi said "We still have some kinks to work out"
The three of them exchanged glances, maybe hearing their lovey dovey duet wasn't such a good idea anyway...
...
Thunder crashed over head, almost making Lexi spill her hot chocolate everywhere as Tom passed it to her.
"This is ridiculous" She sighed "Hot chocolate and a blanket in late July! It was a lovely day yesterday, now look at it!"
Tom set down his drink on the table as he sat beside her "So you don't like the idea of snuggling under a blanket with me?"
She sipped her drink and placed it next to his "Of course I like the idea" She rested her head on his shoulder as he put an arm around her "I love it. I just meant the weather contrast"
He rested his head on hers "I know what you meant"
They sat in silence, the only sounds in the house being their breathing, the television and the occasional sound from the cats. Tom held back a sigh as Lexi put an arm around him, like he had done to her. This wasn't fair, especially as she looked up and gave him that beautiful smile. He just wanted to kiss her once...
Lexi turned as Tom held her tighter, she moved closer to him, her knee on his thigh. She felt his lips on her forehead, making her smile as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Lexi..."
She looked at him again. He didn't need to speak, she could see it in his eyes.
Their lips only touched gently at first, just like their kiss from the previous night, but then it changed. It became more passionate, still soft, but not like before. He pulled her on to his lap, their bodies crushed together…
…they stopped at exactly the same time. Lexi climbed off his lap and sat on the floor as Tom looked towards the window.
"We can't carry on like this" He said
She looked at the sandy carpet "I know… do you want me to go home?"
His head snapped round "What? No. Why would I want you to go home?"
"Because I've only been here three days and this has happened twice"
"No" He shook his head "No. The last thing I want is for you to go home" He slid on to the floor beside her "We'll been fine Lexi, don't worry. We can do this" He put his arms around her "We can"
"But we said we were waiting til I'm eighteen, that's not for another three months…"
"I'm sure with some willpower we'll do it"
"You might be able to…"
He laughed "You will too. We'll just try to be around the others as much as possible"
"Yeah, we can do" She took a deep breath as she took hold of his hand "We can"