The Perfect Bucket List

Chapter eleven: Dare to dream

The thing I didn't think about before we traveled was the effect the time zone change would have on me. When we arrived at the airport, I felt like a sheep being lead through a maze. We tried to quickly find our luggage, clear the passport control point, and hail a taxi. I was happy that an English-speaking country would be my first overseas experience because I couldn't imagine dealing with speaking another language. A haze in my head made everything feel like a dream.

"Do you mind if you stay in my apartment?" Tobias asked, getting me out of my thoughts. You should've asked before, don't you think? I thought.

"It's okay" I replied staring at him. "But don't bring girls alright? It would be somewhat uncomfortable"

"I don't bring girls to my apartment! How can you believe that of me?" He asked with one hand on his chest. For a moment I believed him "They take me to their apartments"

"Shut up dumbass" I hit him in the arm and faked a laugh. The worst thing was that I didn't doubt it. I just hoped he didn't forget about me, about his ordinary friend of USA that wasn't elegant or beautiful, just nice and clumsy. I hoped that our friendship would stay like it was last week.

I was looking out the window of the taxi again, everything was so beautiful. And I couldn't believe it was real. My stomach was full of butterflies that tickled me and all I wanted to do was cry. All my life I had seen pictures of London but it definitely didn't compare with seeing it live. Since our plane departed at 5:00 A.M- Time of my house- and the flight lasted 8 hours, it was 4:15 P.M- Time of London- but it didn't seem that way.

The taxi parked in front of a building and Tobias paid. The place looked like a palace or something, it was beautiful. Is that where he lived? It couldn't be, an apartment here would be very expensive and not that I thought Tobias seemed poor, but he neither seemed super millionaire.

"This is where you live?" I asked confused. He grabbed the suitcases from the trunk and walked to the entrance.

"Yes" He answered laughing "why?"

"It's just that…" We walked into the lobby and my mouth fell open. It was beautiful, everything was expensive and no, it wasn't that I was poor nor I wasn't accustomed to seeing expensive things, it was just that I wasn't used to seeing things so elegant. "It's awesome"

"Tobias, hello men how are you?" A guy greeted him.

"Peter, hello" They shook hands and hugged "I made a trip to USA"

"Yeah, something told me that" The boy stared at me and smiled self-sufficiently, like Tobias. The difference was that when Tobias used that smile he looked good and he didn't "Who is this beautiful girl?"

"She is Tris" Tobias said, drawing the words out as if he didn't want to introduce me. "A friend of USA"

"A pleasure to meet you Miss" He grabbed my hand and kissed it. I smiled hypocritically… he had something that didn't quite fell to its place.

"The pleasure is all mine" I said, trying to sound refined or something like that. If it had been for me, I would have made him a face and walked away without saying anything. But he was friends with Tobias and I didn't want to be rude.

"Well, we have to go up to my room to finish unfinished business, if you know what I mean" Tobias said, grabbing my arm. Peter forced smile and waved goodbye. I wasn't stupid; he thought we were going to do something dirty. Tobias made it sound that way.

"What unfinished business Tobias?" I asked with narrowed eyes. He snorted and raised an eyebrow.

"I hate him and you were flirting with him!" He complained while grabbing the suitcases he had left on the floor and walked to the elevator. I followed him.

"Excuse me, flirting?" He opened the elevator door and walked in. He pressed number 13 "Tobias, I'm talking to you"

"And I'm listening" He answered without looking at me. He was angry for something stupid. Just because he didn't like Peter it meant that I was "flirting" with him.

"Oh, come on" I smiled gladly. It seemed that he was jealous "Are you jealous?"

"Jealous?" He turned around "Why would I be jealous?" Hell, that hurt. I faked a laugh and the elevator door opened. That happens to me for being so dumb, it was obvious that he wasn't jealous and obvious I shouldn't have guessed that, much less say it. We walked in silence down a hallway and I didn't even paid attention to the decor.

He pulled the keys out of his blue backpack to open the big mahogany door and stepped aside to let me pass. I walked in and looked carefully around. It was large and elegant but manly and messy. I expected it to be browner, with wood and things like that. But the walls were blue and black. Black velvet chairs rested in front of one of the walls, strange paintings hanged on the walls and there were also glass shelves but it didn't have much decoration. There were clothes on the floor and pizza boxes on the coffee table. A giant plasma TV was in front of the chairs with a small table to one side, leaving much room in the department.

"It's… nice" I said after inspection. He nodded and left the suitcases on the couch.

"Thanks" He muttered walking to a hallway. I took air and stood in front of him.

"Why are you still angry?" I was upset. He opened his mouth to speak, "And don't try to tell me you're not because I know you and you rarely get mad at me. I wasn't flirting with your friend and even if I was, I don't understand why that bothers you" It looked like a damn boyfriend-girlfriend fight. Except that it wasn't and Tobias had left it really clear that he would never be jealous of me.

"Sorry, I'm not mad at you" He rolled his eyes "it's just that ... I'm tired"

"You sure, sure, sure?" He smiled and hugged me.

"Sure, sure, sure" He pulled away from me and took my hand "Come, I'll show you your room"

"Room? Oh, don't worry, I can sleep on the floor" I muttered and he shook his head. I walked down the long hallway until he opened a door and entered: It was his room; I didn't have to be a genius to figure it out. The walls were red and photos of baseball players hanged on the wall. It had a very large unmade bed with black sheets, a chest full of personal belongings and clothes, a glass desk with a computer and some books and clothes all over the floor.

"I didn't remember it being so messy" He laughed nervously as he released my hand and began to pick up a little "do not go thinking I'm dirty or something"

"Tobias don't worry, I'm not one of those girls who have their room in order all the time" He stared at me with a side smile "I don't care if you're dirty"

"Well, I'm glad" He stared strangely at my suitcase as he lifted it "How many clothes you brought?"

"Like three changes and other shoes" I replied mad at myself for having packed so little.

"Why did you bring so little? How long do you plan for us to be here?" He asked bewildered. I shrugged my shoulders.

"It's just that I... I never thought we would come to London" I excused "But I don't plan on coming back in less than a week"

"Of course not! We can go to buy you clothes after a nap" He suggested.

"Oh, I didn't bring much money" I complained. Why the hell was so dumb?

"But I have" He shrugged. It was impossible to argue with Tobias, if he wanted to buy me something I would let him.

"Why did you give me your room? Where will you sleep?"

"I'm using the room for guests to save some stuff and I can say it's out of order" He frowned "I can sleep on the couch…it's actually very comfortable"

"Oh, of course not" I raised my eyebrows "this is your apartment and I'm just a guest, I should sleep on the couch. And I don't care because when I sleep I forget everything around me and I won't even remember I'm sleeping on a couch and ..."

"Nothing Tris... I will not argue with you, I'll sleep on the couch and that's my last word"

"But we can both sleep in the bed Tobias" He stared at me weirdly "It's very large and well ... I have no problem, it's not like if you're gonna rape me or something" I laughed.

"How do you know I won't" He asked with a smirk. I laughed and moved the sheets of the bed to get in and cover myself.

"Okay Mr. Rapist" I sighed "Lie with me and stop the drama"

"That sounds like an indecent proposal" He lifted an eyebrow and put his "sexy" face "just because I'm very sleepy" He turned off the light and the room became completely dark, the long black curtains covering the whole window didn't let any light come in.

Tobias muttered something under his breath as he approached the bed but I couldn't understand.

I wasn't really sleepy because I slept all the way, but my poor fellow was tired. After a few minutes, Tobias began to breath deeper and slower. I knew he was asleep and sighed.

I had never been to fall in love too fast, I've had two boyfriends but I can say that I didn't get to love any of them, which is weird because I met Tobias only a few weeks before and I knew them from long ago. But Tobias was special; he was everything I had wanted all along.

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Guys! I couldn't leave you like that!

I like to believe that the flight lasted 8 hours or so and that they took a little longer to pick up their luggage and with the two hour difference it makes them to get to the taxi at 4:00

Thanks for your reviews, and see you in a few days!

PS: I added Peter to the story because I think it will be fun