Chapter 7 – Games and Fun
Tom POV:
Okay, so this whole day, I haven't seen or talked to Kari at all. I was amazed at her nerve to tell me that she was uncomfortable last night. With any other girl, they wouldn't have minded. Kari and her friends should be here in a little bit, though. It's almost 8:30. Earlier today, Bill, Gustav, and Georg asked me where I'd gone last night and I finally told them that I met four girls and took them clubbing.
"You did what?" Bill had said.
"Yes, Bill. I took four girls clubbing. Don't worry. One of them would match you pretty well."
"Are they hot?" Georg asked.
"Yes. All of them."
"So there's one for me?" Georg started to get excited.
"Yeah, Georg. There's one for you. Shut up already."
"I'm just asking, jeez." He said.
"Okay, so I invited them over to play games tonight. You guys up to it?" asked them.
"What kind of games?" Gustav asked. "Do I have to play?"
"Of course. Oh and there's one for you too."
"Whatever." Bill said. "But you better not be trying anything funny!"
I anxiously waited on the couch for someone to knock on the door.
Kari POV:
The girls and I were on the sixth floor, and I really wanted to see Tom again.
All morning, Julia and Jaymie had been calling their parents and letting them know that Taylor's mom couldn't make it. Surprisingly, Mom and Dad trusted me to be responsible over here. My sister Angela had a baby girl, and Taylor's mom was her delivering doctor. I didn't have to go back since I was already here. I was really grateful for them.
Alas, we were at room 610.
"Here I go." Julia said as she knocked on the door. It was 8:45 p.m. and they would probably be expecting us. How cool is this? Taylor, Julia, Jaymie, and I getting the chance to meet Tokio Hotel. It was a once in a lifetime moment to remember.
The door opened almost immediately.
"Hey girls." Tom greeted us. His eyes met mine, and we felt a connection. Well, at least I did. I looked around and saw Bill first. He was so handsome! I loved his hair. I could never get mine to look like his. He was smiling at me and the other girls. Next, I saw Georg. He seemed to be staring at Jaymie. They would make a good couple. Last but not least, I saw Gustav standing near the couch. He looked very shy, and non-talkative. Maybe Julia would be able to get him to talk. Tom took my hand and led me to the middle of the living room. We sat down followed by Bill, Gustav, Julia, Taylor, Jaymie, and Georg. It seemed like all eyes were on Tom and me holding hands. It felt kind of weird because I wasn't used to people staring at me.
Bill POV:
Tom must really like this girl to be bringing her here with all of us present. He usually never does that. The girl he was with was pretty. She didn't look like any of the girls that Tom had been with before though; she looked innocent.
I could tell this was going to be fun. One of the other girls here was really cute. Her face was round-ish and her eyes were mesmerizing. I remembered bumping into her in the lobby earlier.
"Let's play!" Georg said. "Ten minutes in heaven first. Then we can play spin the bottle. The closet's right over there." What a dummy. I was guessing that he wanted to get 10 minutes with the girl next to him. It was obvious. He kept looking over at her.
Kari POV:
Georg announced that we were going to play ten minutes in heaven. "For the guys," Georg said, "I'll give you your number." (**Tom is number one, Bill is number two, Gustav is number three, and Georg is number four.)
Julia wanted to help run the game too. "I'll give the girls their numbers." She came over to us and whispered. "I'm number five, Jaymie's number six, Kari is number seven, and Taylor is number eight. Got it?" We all nodded yes.
"Alright now. Tom, give us your hat. And remember your number." Georg said to everyone. He began to write down a set of numbers one to four. Then he ripped them to small pieces and shuffled them inside Tom's hat. "Ladies first." He said with a grin, referring to us.
Out of nowhere, Julia said, "Kari! You go first!"
I didn't want to go first though. "N-no. I don't want to go first. You go." I told her.
"C'mon. I'm your best friend. It's time you do something fun."
I took a deep breath. "Fine." I hesitantly reached into Tom's hat and felt around for one of the four pieces of paper. I took one out and slowly opened it. It read, "2".
"Number two. I got two." I announced. I was very nervous about who it was.
"That's me." Tom said. How unbelievable! Out of all four, I got Tom. How coincidental.
Tom POV:
Darn it! Kari got Bill! I wanted some alone time with her so I gave Bill a facial expression saying "let me go with her". He nodded, so I said that number two was me.
"Don't rape her." Georg joked.
"Shut up." I mouthed.
I led her into the closet and locked the door behind us.
Kari POV:
"Your ten minutes start…now!" Taylor said. She sounded like she didn't want me go in with Tom.
Tom locked the door behind us, and before I knew it, I felt pressure on my lips. We kissed for a while until he said, "You okay with this?"
I was out of breath, and I didn't want to move things any further so I panted, "Let's talk first. I want…us to know more…about each other…first." He sat back, and said, "Okay. I don't want to…push you. So what do…you want to know? Or should I be the one asking first?"
"It doesn't matter. But, there's been something on my mind." I accidentally said though this has been on my mind. I liked Tom a lot, but I didn't know for sure for sure if he felt the same way about me.
"What is it? You can tell me. I'll keep a secret." It was dark, but I felt him grinning.
I couldn't lie to him now. "Why me? Am I just another one of your girls? Someone you would have a one-night-stand with?" I said that with more anger than I was intending.
"No, no, no!" He exclaimed. "I think I really, really like you. I'm not so sure what this feeling inside of me is, but I've never felt it with the other girls. You…you make me smile when you're happy. I don't know exactly how…but―"
I cut him off by kissing him. I felt so ecstatic right now. It was the first time that I've ever tried to kiss a boy. I remembered how our lips moved together at the club, and I tried to do the same right now. He couldn't be happier. His nails dug into my arm because he was holding me so tightly.
All of a sudden, I felt a pinch on my bottom lip, and broke the kiss. I let out a yell. "Ouch!"
"I'm so sorry! Did I bite your lip too hard?" Tom asked worriedly and innocently.
He touched the part on my arm where it hurt and I yelled again, "Owe! Wait! It hurts!"
Taylor POV:
Bill and I were having a nice conversation. It was awesome to see him again after bumping into him the other day. For some reason, I couldn't stop worrying about what Tom might be doing to Kari. It better not be inappropriate!
Then, as if I didn't say that, Kari let out a yelp. "Ouch!" She yelled. The screams were followed by an "owe", and "it hurts."
What the heck was going on in there? We leave them alone for ten minutes and look what they're doing! I looked at my watch and they had 2 minutes left, but screw that. I had to get them out before Kari did something she would regret. I warned her.
"Bill, I think we should get them out. They only have about two minutes left anyways." I said to him. I knew he would understand what kind of a brother he had and what kind of girl Kari was.
"That's what I was worrying about too!" He said. I was surprised that the whole time we were talking; both of us were concerned about Tom and Kari. Bill was a really nice guy.
"You stay here. I'll get them." I said. I had to take responsibility.
Tom POV:
I feel so stupid! I can't believe that my nails dug into her skin and on top of that, I ruined the moment by biting her lip too hard. How stupid can I get?
"Kari, I'm very, very sorry!" I told her again.
"It's okay. I'm alright now." She said.
We heard a loud pounding on the door and someone yelled, "Your ten minutes are up!"
"Let's go." I said to Kari. I thought would've gotten her by now. I wanted so badly for Kari to be mine. Only mine. I didn't think that she would give in so easily though. I unlocked the door and it was opened quickly by Taylor. She grabbed Kari's arm and led her into the living room first. I followed.
Kari POV:
Wow. That was crazy! Double whammy.
Taylor quickly whispered to me, "Did you guys do it?"
What was she talking about? "No! We didn't do anything!" At least not anything bad. Kissing didn't count.
"We um…heard some strange…sounds coming from the closet. What exactly were you guys doing?"
Jaymie and Julia came beside me and asked, "What happened?"
Oh. It all hit me. They heard me yell and thought that something was happening.
"Guys, you can trust Tom. He's a good guy."
"Sure." Taylor said.
"Really, he is." I smiled to myself. "Okay. It's your turn, Taylor."
"What?"
"I said, it's your turn." And with that, I gave her a sly smile.
…
After 10 minutes in heaven, Julia got all of us to play spin the bottle. We all learned each other's names quickly and got to know each other a bit after Georg and Jaymie, the last ones to get out of the closet, finished their ten minutes.
Each of us wrote down two questions each, for a girl and a boy. Then whoever the bottle landed on had to pick a question and answer it truthfully with a yes or a no. They didn't have to answer it completely if they didn't want to, but they had to say "yes" or "no". Julia made the rules very clear. We also wrote down some dares that a person had to do and they had to do it or else the alternative would be to go skinny dipping in the pool by yourself.
Julia went first, and spun an empty plastic water bottle. It landed on Jaymie.
"Okay, Jaymie. Pick a paper!" Julia said.
Jaymie sighed then said, "Okay." She grabbed the piece of paper closest to her and opened it.
Jaymie repeated what the paper said. "If one of the Tokio Hotel band members asked you out on a date, would you accept?" She paused for a second.
"That's easy. No." Jaymie replied. "Don't get me wrong, I like your music, but I don't think I would want to date anyone yet."
"Seriously?" Georg asked.
Jaymie briefly scrutinized his face and answered, "Yeah." She kept a straight face and it was hard to tell whether she was really telling the truth, or lying. I wasn't sure myself.
"Okay. I want to spin it now." Bill said. He spun it around, and the next thing I knew, it was me. "Pick a one, Kari."
I reached for one of the papers in the middle and opened it. I read it out loud. "I dare you to kiss someone of the opposite sex for at least five seconds." Holy crap! In front of all these people? "What? Who wrote this one?" I asked. No one answered, then I saw Tom's hand go up slowly, and he gave me a "sorry" look on his face.
"I don't want to do this!" I exclaimed.
"Either you do this or go skinny dipping right now!" Georg warned jokingly.
"But―" I was cut short by Tom's voice.
"She doesn't have to do it if she doesn't want to."
I was surprised that he defended me.
"C'mon, Kari. You have to make this fun. It's only five seconds! We won't tell anyone." Julia encouraged.
I deliberated in my head. Should I do this? Ugh. Fine. It's only a game. It's only five seconds. The person I wanted to kiss was sitting right next to me.
"Fine!" I finally said.
Taylor looked at me worriedly. "You know that you don't have to." She said to me.
I had to be brave. "No, no. I can do this." I closed my eyes and tried to shake off my nervousness. When I opened them, seven pair of eyeballs were looking at me. I could tell by their facial expressions that they were expecting me to kiss Tom. I guess I didn't have to tell them anything; they already figured it out. Here I go.
"Tom." I whispered. I bit my bottom lip as I gently placed both my hands on Tom's cheeks. I looked down while moving my face closer to his. Tom's eyes were closed when I looked up at him. Good. He didn't see how nervous I was. I tried to tune out all of the people in the room by imagining that there was only Tom and me and nothing or no one else. It worked a little.
I closed my eyes and my lips met his quickly. I tried to kiss him softly, but his lips were fierce. I heard someone, it sounded like Georg; yell some childish remarks and encouragements like: "Woo!" and some kissing sounds. Tom's hands instinctively ran through my hair and held me closer to him. I felt his tongue slip, but automatically, he tried to hold it back. I carefully ran my tongue across his upper lip, and this made him jump on me."Woah there!" Bill said as he separated our kiss. I felt my cheeks getting hotter by the second. Everyone saw what we were doing! I looked at Tom and he only smiled back. Seeing that, I forgot about being shy. I knew then that I was falling in love with Tom.