Chapter 11

Tom's POV:

This was the happiest I had ever been with a woman. I had never been with someone so fun, interesting and understanding. I just wanted to give her everything she ever wanted. I wanted her to be mine forever. I smiled as I thought about making love to her the night before. I never connected with someone so intensely and so quickly.

"Just tell her you dope. The kiss she gave you last night said it all. Tell her." I thought to myself as I gazed down at her. My heart was full of love that I couldn't help but sing to her softly.

E's POV:

"Something in the way she moves, attracts me like no other lover. Something in the way she woos me. I don't wanna leave her now, I know I believe and how..."

It was Tom singing gently as he stroked my hair. I looked up at him rubbing my eyes and smiled.

"Somewhere in her smile she knows, that I don't need so other lover. Something in her style that shows me. I don't want to leave her now, I know I believe and how."

I giggled and wrapped my arms around his neck bringing him in for a kiss. Tom chuckled and started singing at the top of his lungs.

"You're asking me will my love grow?! I don't know!"

I joined him.

"I DON'T KNOW!"

I tickled him we continued to sing and laugh. He got on top of me pinning my hands down to stop me from tickling him. His lips crashed down onto mine. He made love to me again, slow and gentle. He sang to me softly the whole time. He only stopped when we orgasmed in unison. He hovered over me, still connected, our legs intertwined, as he held me close and kissed me tenderly. I felt happy tears swelling up in my eyes, but I held them back. Still catching our breath Tom placed his hands on the side of my face, his thumb lightly trailing along my lips before he kissed me more. He stopped suddenly, biting his lip.

"Is something wrong?" I whispered.

"No. Everything is perfect. I've never been as happy as I am now. I love having you hear with me. I love waking up to you, making love to you..." He paused as he kissed me softly. He gazed into my eyes. "E, I am just so happy that you're here."

I gave him a few sweet kisses. "Me too. I love being here with you." We must have spent the next hour giggling and smothering each other with playful, affectionate kisses.

"We have to get ready." Tom groaned in between kisses.

"Aww, why?" I whined.

"I want to take you sight seeing. And we can't do that from my bed."

"Are you sure? Because the sights I'm seeing are pretty awesome." I said making it obvious that I was checking him out.

Tom blushed. "Well I was going to take you to see The Eye and Big Ben-"

"Okay you win!" I cut him off excitedly and hopped out of bed.

"Excited darling?" Tom teased. I stuck my tongue out at him before taking a shower. Tom took his while I was drying my hair. I was in a confident mood, and it showed in my clothes. I wore snug black pants tucked into my comfy black and red clay colored cowboy boots. I paired them with a cream colored dress shirt and a maroon blazer. I was throwing my hair up in a messy updo and putting on some red lipstick when I heard Tom coming out of the bathroom. I turned around to see him holding a towel around him. He still hadn't dried off completely, his wet curls dripped water on his shoulders and trickled down his chest. I let out a whimper as I bit my lower lip.

Tom looked up at me and smiled. "Something wrong darling?"

"Why do you do this to me Tom?" I asked shaking my head.

Tom chuckled and dropped his towel, exposing himself fully.

I groaned "Ugh it should be illegal for someone to look as sexy as you."

He blushed and slipped into some boxers.

"Aww..." I whined.

"What? If you're not naked, then I shouldn't be either." He said putting on a pair of dark jeans and a white teeshirt.

"Fair enough." I laughed. As Tom finished getting dressed I grabbed my camera and put it in my messenger bag along with a few other things. I slung it over my shoulder and turned to face a now dressed Tom. He still looked amazing. I couldn't believe how he could make jeans and a teeshirt look so good. He saw me staring and walked over to me.

"That red makes your lips look even more delicious than usual." He said before kissing me. "Let's get going. I have a big day planned for us."

"Yay! I'm so psyched dude." I said in a sing-song voice while doing a awkward victory dance.

"Oh my god, you are adorable." Tom said laughing at me and taking my hand and leading me towards the door. We grabbed a cab outside and made our way through London. I looked out the window the whole time taking in all the sights. I must've had a big dumb grin on my face because Tom chuckled and squeezed my hand.

"I think we'll walk from here." Tom said to the cabbie and paid him. He helped me out of the cab and told the cabbie thank you.

"Why are we walking? Are we close?" I asked having no idea where I was.

"Kind of. It's a bit of a walk, but I figured it would give you a better view of everything." He said before planting a kiss on my cheek. "Is that okay?"

"Yeah, totally." I said fishing out my camera from my bag. Tom chuckled. "What? Don't judge me, I'm strictly tourist today." I said in a defiant tone, but with a soft look.

"Oh no, I was wondering how you're going to get any good pictures from way down there." He teased.

I held my hand to my chest acting hurt. "Ouch. Now that's just rude."

Tom gave me a quick hug. We walked for about half an hour before we got to The Eye. It would've taken a lot less time if I hadn't stopped to take some many pictures. I looked up at it in awe.

"Wow, now that's just so cool." I said as I snapped another picture.

"Come on." Tom said grabbing my hand.

"Whoa, wait what?" I resisted his tug and anchored myself in place.

"Don't you want to go on it?"

"Ugh, um, yes and no." I said nervously.

Tom gave me a look.

"I want to go on, but I'm kinda a little totally freaked out by heights." I admitted.

"Oh is that all?" He laughed and moved closer taking me in his arms. "It's perfectly safe I assure you. You'l be able to get some great pictures from up there." He knew how to tempt me. He moved even closer and put his mouth to my ear. "I promise I'll hold you the whole time."

I bit my lip and took a deep breath. "Okay, let's go."

"Great." He said before giving me a long kiss and wrapping his arms around my waist. I threw my arms around his neck and he lifted me off the ground causing me to do the 'princess diaries' foot pop with both feet. He continued to kiss me as he twirled me around making me giggle. He placed me back down gently and put his forehead on mine. "Ready love?"

"You betcha." I said.

Once we boarded it wasn't that bad. Tom made sure that we had a compartment to ourselves. I was nervous at first, but with Tom holding me excitement took over. I took pictures half the time with Tom hugging me from behind pointing out good photo opportunities. The other half was spent making out with him.

"You were right Tom. This is fun." I said in between kisses.

"Mmm..." Tom was busy pecking at my neck.

"The view is excellent..." He was now sucking at my collarbone. "...but the company is even better."

Tom chuckled as he slipped my blazer off my shoulders.

"Tom not here." I said breathlessly.

"Why not?" Tom whined.

"Umm, we are on display in front of London."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." He said fixing my blazer.

"Besides..." I kissed his exposed skin on his neck and chest. "...we'll have plenty of time for that tonight."

"Oh really?" Tom chortled.

"Yeah..." I kissed his neck. "And the next night." I kissed his adams apple. "And the next night." I kissed his chest. "And the next night."

Tom started to pant. "Well we can go home after this if you like. It's already been a long day."

"Nonsense, I'm having such a good time." I looked up at him with a smirk and winked at him.

Tom groaned and threw his head back. "God you're so evil."

"What? A girls gotta have her fun." I said innocently.

"Again evil." He said and tickled my sides.

I yelped and hopped away. "No fair!"

"How is that not fair?" Tom said inching closer to me.

"I don't know. Give a minute, I'm sure I'll come up with some bullshit reason." I said.

He laughed and kicked his head back. I managed to dart towards him and give him a quick tickle.

"Okay okay, truce?" He said putting up his hands in surrender.

"Okay, truce." I said shaking his hand. He pulled me to him and dipped me down as if we were dancing. I yelped then giggled.

"I'm so happy you're here." He said before kissing me tenderly.

"Me too." I said afterwards.

Our time on The Eye came to an end.

"Where to now Hiddles?" I asked as we made our way back to the street.

Tom laughed "How about The Natural History Museum? It's relatively close by."

My eyes grew wide as I slowly looked at him. "Are you serious?"

Tom looked unsure of what I meant.

"I fucking LOVE dinosaurs. That's been on my list of places to go before I die since I was 4 years old."

"Then we will make a day of it." Tom leaned in closer. "I fucking love dinosaurs too."

I laughed and gave him a quick kiss.

"Shall we milady?" Tom offered me his arm. I smiled and linked my arm through his. We skipped to the street and haled a taxi. It was a Thursday afternoon so lucky for us it wasn't that crowded. We roamed around the museum for hours, not skipping over anything. We even had a light lunch at the restaurant. We saved the best for last.

"Ready for dinosaurs darling?" Tom asked me.

"I was born ready." I said rushing off to the Dino section. Tom and I were like children in there. We were uncontrollably excited about every display. When we got to the Velociraptors, Tom and I instantly started making Raptor noises and movements. We laughed so hard we were red in the face and could barely stand. I was positive that we frightened some of the children and some of their parents. We finished the rest of the exhibit smothering our giggling like children told to be quiet in a classroom. Once we were done we decided to leave. On the way out I noticed a little boy leaning against a wall crying quietly.

Tom's POV:

I couldn't believe what we had just done. Making raptor noises and movements together. It was too good. She was too much fun. I loved that she could be grown up and serious when needed, but that she always maintained that child like excitement when it came to things she loved. She was exactly like me in that respect. Some people didn't understand how I could get excited like that, but she did. We were walking back to the entrance when I felt her let go of my hand. I stopped dead in my tracks and looked back at her. She was walking over to a little boy who was crying. He couldn't have been any older than 6 or 7 years old. I could barely see him in the crowd, it was amazing that she spotted him. I slowly followed her. I would usually jump up to help, but I was wondering what she would do. I kept my distance and listened.

"Hi there." She said sweetly as she kneeled down in front of him so she could be at eye level with him.

"Hi." The boy sniffled.

"What's your name?" She asked. She had such a soft, almost motherly expression on her face.

"Gregory." He said wiping tears from his eyes.

"Well it's wonderful to meet you Gregory. I'm Eleanor." She held out her hand and shook his gently.

"You're accent is funny." Gregory said cracking a small smile. He had stopped crying for the most part. I chuckled at him.

"Yes, it is very funny. I've been trying to get it fixed, but alas, to no avail." She said as she threw her arms up in a shrug. I was finding her incredibly charming. I had never seen her with children before.

"What does 'avail' mean?" He asked.

"It means to help or to benefit." She responded.

"Oh, okay." He said.

"Now Gregory, I simply must ask, why are you over here crying?" Her voice was soft and comforting.

"I lost my mum." He sniffled.

"Oh no! Well we can't have that now can we?"

He shook his head.

"Well maybe I can help you find her. What's her name?"

"Patricia." He answered now looking more hopeful.

"Patricia, okie dokie good, now we're getting somewhere. Now, what does she look like? Is she short like me?" She gestured to herself. "Or tall like him?" She gestured to me. I didn't know she knew I was there. I smiled and waved at the boy.

"Short like you." He responded.

"Alrighty, now what color is her hair?" She ruffled her hair and shook her head. "Is it crazy like mine?"

"No!" He smiled. "It's Brown."

"And is it long or short?" She asked illustrating her question with her hands.

"Short and curly." He had stopped crying completely and was now giggling at her wild and over the top gestures. I couldn't help but to laugh with him. She was being silly to make him feel better. It was so endearing.

"Well you can't see that well from down here can you?" She asked.

"No." He said shaking his head.

"Well how about I help you out?"

Gregory nodded in approval. She lifted him up and let him sit on her shoulder so he could look over the crowd. He giggled as she held on tight.

"See your mum?" She asked. She had a hint of a British accent which made me laugh.

"There she is!" He called out and pointed.

I scanned the crowd for a women matching his description since I had the height advantage. I saw a women that seemed to match. It helped that she was looking around franticly. I weaved through the crowd and tapped her shoulder.

"Excuse me, Patricia?" I asked.

"Yes?" She looked at me with worry.

"My girlfriend has found a young man named Gregory who is looking for you." I said as I motioned in their direction. We looked over to see Gregory waving wildly as E held on to him for dear life.

"Oh my goodness!" Patricia said and rushed over. I quickly followed her. "Oh thank you so much!" She said as E gently put Gregory down so he could go back to him mum. She picked him up and hugged him tightly. Gregory looked at E.

"Thank you for availing me." He said in a small voice. His mother looked surprised.

E smiled. "You are most welcome Gregory."

"It's so crowded in here. He was there one second and gone the next." Patricia said still a little flustered.

"I have the same problem with her." I said pointing at E.

E laughed and jabbed my arm playfully.

Patricia laughed. "Well thank you again."

"It's no problem." E said. "You guys have a good evening."

We said a quick goodbye and waved and we were on our way. I couldn't stop grinning at her as we walked down the street. She caught me looking.

"What?" She asked.

"I'm just impressed." I replied.

"With what? My Velociraptor impression?" She asked and made claw gestures.

"Well I am, because let's be honest, you got that hissing sound down flat, but I was referring to how you handled that Gregory situation." I said wrapping my arm around her.

"What about it?"

"Just the way you effortlessly calmed him down and interacted with him. It was extremely charming."

Her cheeks blushed a beautiful light petal color. She looked so lovely. The warm lights of the street lamps lit up her face perfectly.

"Well thank you. I just hate seeing kids upset. That happened to me in Atlanta when I was about his age and I was horrified."

"What happened?" I asked. I loved hearing about her childhood for some reason.

"I was at a show at the Fox Theater with my mom and we got separated in the crowd. I looked all over the theater and couldn't find her." She explained.

"Oh dear."

"Yeah, but it wasn't too bad. A nice doorman found me and helped."

"Well that was nice of him." My phone rang. I got my phone out of my pocket to silence it, but I saw it was Benedict. "Do you mind if I take this darling?"

"Not at all hun." I loved it when she called me that. Every time she said it a bit of her southern accent bled out.

"Hello Ben." I said.

"Hello Tom!" Benedict said cheerfully.

"How can I help you sir?"

"Well you told me E was in town and I was wondering if you guys wanted to go get a drink or two. If you don't already have plans that is."

"I would love that. Let me just ask E. Hold on a moment." I took the phone away from my ear and looked at E. "E, would you like to go to an authentic English pub and have a drink with my dear friend Benedict?"

"That sounds absolutely marvelous." She said with a smile.

I brought the phone back to my ear. "Where should we meet you Ben?"

"I'll text you the address. I'll try to grab a quiet table." He said.

"Great man, see you soon." I hung up and looked back at E. "Shall we darling?"

E's POV:

We arrived at the pub hand in hand. It was rather crowded, but we were able to find that Ben snagged a booth off to the side. He waved us over and got up to greet us.

"Tom!" He said giving Tom a big brotherly hug.

"Benny! How are you man?" Tom asked patting him on the back.

"I'm great thanks. I'm so glad you guys were able to come out."

"Yeah man, thanks for inviting us." Tom replied.

I had taking off my blazer and folded it over my arm while watching their conversation. I was trying not to be starstruck, but seeing him act like a regular guy with Tom helped.

"Well Ben..." Tom turned to me and put his hand on my shoulder. "...this is E."

"Hello, nice to meet you." I said holding out my hand.

"E! Wonderful to meet you. Tom has told be all about you." He said as he shook my hand gently.

"I assure you none of it's true!" I joked.

Ben and Tom laughed.

"Shall we sit?" Ben gestured to the booth.

"Yes..." We had been walking all day. Even though it was fun, I was a little worn out.

"So 'E' what is that short for?" Ben asked as Tom and I scooted into the booth.

"Eleanor." I replied.

"Oh that's lovely." Ben said smiling.

"Why thank you sir." I said jokingly nodding my head.

"So what have you guys been getting up to today?" Ben asked.

"Oh I've been showing her all the sights. We went to The Eye, Natural history museum, all that." Tom said rubbing my shoulder.

We told Ben all about our day and Ben told us about his. He was very easy to talk to. Eventually a waiter came over to take our drink orders. Tom ordered us some fries (or chips as you say in England) and both him and Ben ordered a pint of Guinness each.

"That sounds great, I'll have one too."

"Are you sure you can handle that love? Maybe you should get something else?" He laughed in a snarky tone.

Ben and Tom were about to say something, but I cut them off. I was used to this so I knew how to handle it.

"You know you're right, I do need something else." Tom and Ben looked at me not expecting me to push over to such dumb behavior. Little did they know.

"So I'll add a round of Jameson for me and these fine gentlemen." I gave the waiter a smartass smile. "Thanks love."

Tom and Ben were barely able to muffle their laughter until after our waiter sulked away to get fill our order. I wore a victorious grin on my lips.

"That was too good." Ben said through laughs.

"Does that happen often?" Tom asked.

"Unfortunately yes, but seeing their faces when they get bested is priceless." I answered

"That's a good way to look at it." Tom said.

"Do you have any responses for horrid pick up lines?" Ben asked.

"That I do Ben, that I do."

"I would love to hear them. You should tell us some." Ben said.

"I would love to Ben, but first I must use the bathroom."

Tom got up to let me out of the booth and I weaved my way through the crowd to the bathroom.

Tom's POV:

I couldn't help but watch her walk away. I loved the way her hips swayed when she walked. Unfortunately some other men in the bar noticed too. I hated that they were gawking at her. I'm just glad that I couldn't hear the undoubtably rude and profane comments they were making.

"Alright, I like her." Ben said as I sat back down.

"She's great right?"

"Yeah, she seems like a sweetheart, but she's got a feisty side."

"Yeah, I love that about her. She's well balanced." I smiled thinking about the incident at the museum. "There was this little boy today at the museum that was lost, and she helped him out."

"Oh yeah?" Ben asked leaning back as the waiter put down our drinks and chips.

"Yeah, I have never seen something so charming in my life."

Ben chuckled.

"She was being goofy and making a total loon out of herself, but it didn't matter to her as long as the kid was okay."

"That is charming."

"Yeah, she's just..." I sighed. "...great."

Ben smiled and laughed.

"What?" I asked.

"Well aren't you just head over heels?"

"What can you blame me? You've seen her." I said gesturing towards the direction she walked off.

"Yes..." Ben nodded grabbing a fry. "...she is stunning. Where did you meet her again?"

"Through Scarlett. They've been best friends since they were very small."

"Oh?"

"So Scarlett brought her to set one day and I ran into them."

"Was it love at first sight Tom?" Ben asked jokingly.

"Might as well have been. I had heard all about her and seen pictures of her, but they didn't do her justice. I almost was too scared to go up to her, but they were singing Bob Dylan."

"Well then, how can you not go up?" Ben said.

"Exactly!" I laughed.

E came back up to us.

"Hey, sorry about that. The line was insane." She said as she plopped down in the booth. I saw more men checking her out. It seemed like word got around about her. I tried to brush it off, but it was becoming difficult.

E picked up her pint glass filled with Guinness. "Cheers gentlemen!"

"Cheers!" We all said as we clicked our glasses together then took a big gulp.

"Ooh fries!" E said happily grabbing a chip from the basket.

"You Americans are hilarious." I said nudging her with my foot. She stuck out her tongue at me. I watched her take a bite and saw a look of approval on her face. She laughed.

"What?" I asked.

"You're doing that thing you do." She said.

"I do a thing?" I asked.

"Yes, every time we go out and get food."

"Oh I want to hear about this." Ben said leaning on the table towards us.

E leaned in as well. "Okay, I'm a chef and people worry about taking me to restaurants in fear that I may not like it."

"Right, understandable." Ben said.

"So every time I'm about to take the first bite of something we ordered he looks at me to see my reaction to the food."

"I do?" I laughed.

"Oh he did do that just now!" Ben chuckled.

"I didn't realize I did that." I said feeling a little silly.

E laughed and put her hand on my leg under the table, and leaned up to kiss my cheek.

"Oh aren't you two just adorable." Ben teased.

E and I laughed.

"Alright come you two. Let's take care of this round." We picked up our shots of Jameson and threw them back. And with that our night out got started.