This is originally two storied melted together into one, which has caused a few troubles for me. I've done my best to fix the mess I started in the first one, and I hope its ok and understandable and everything.
Part two
Erica
I woke up pretty early the next morning and looked over at my alarm clock. 08:00 why the hell did I wake up this early I thought to myself as I defied gravity and unsuccessfully tried to sit up straight. With a groan I laid back down and buried myself under the covers once again. As I slowly drifted off I was rudely snapped back to reality by the quiet hum of my phone that quickly ascended to the ring-tone set for unknown callers.
Everybody here's feeling your vibe, eyes glued hands up, cause you're doing it right
Everybody get the chance to shi…
I stiffened my giggle and tried to regain my normal mode before pressing the answer key.
'Erica speaking'
'Tom speaking' I heard Toms cheery voice say.
'Oh, Hi Tom' I giggled. 'How did you get this number?'
'School-telephone book, I hope you don't mind' he said with a small hint of cautiousness in his voice.
'Why should I mind' I laughed. 'So, why are you calling then?' I replied while going back under the covers.
'I just wanted to see If you wanted to do something with me today, I was feeling a bit lonely and thought you might be able to show me around'
'Sure, that sounds great' I chirped.
'Are you ok? Your voice sounds muffled'
'I'm just underneath the covers, I made a cave'
He giggled a bit before answering. 'Cool, when can I come over?'
'In an hour maybe, we can have a day out'
'I'll come pick you up in an hour then, see you'
'Later dude' I said seriously.
'Later' he replied before hanging up.
After hanging up on Tom I got out of bed and walked straight into the shower, not bothering with clothes thanks to my en-suite. I decided on a bubble bath to cheer myself up a bit more and couldn't help but let out a small squeal of happiness when the bubbles rose high enough to hide me completely.
Following the bath came the always enjoyable choosing of clothes, my favourite. After rummaging through my closet for a good twenty minutes I settled for a pair of jeans and a white top. Normally I'd probably have dressed up a bit more but since I didn't know what we'd be doing, I decided to play it safe and go casual.
A noise outside caused me to snap out of my clothing-induced daydream and walk over to the window.
That was one of my favourite things about this house, the gravel path leading up to the front door, despite the slight hint of paranoia it sometimes caused, it was nice and very handy to be able to hear people coming.
I climbed up on the window-seat and instantly noticed a white kite flying around outside. When the wind grabbed it and turned it around I noticed four words written across it: Come out and play!. With a smile on my face I followed the string and found, not much to my surprise, Tom standing at the end of it. As he hadn't noticed me yet I took the opportunity and threw of my teddy bears at him, to let him know I was here. I let out a loud laugh at his confusion over the flying teddy bear before yelling 'Oi Fletcher!'
He quickly spun around and found me in my window.
'What's with the teddy bear-invasion?' he asked with an amused grin.
'I needed to alert my presence somehow and Barney there has a good aim' I chuckled.
'I see, well, what do you think of my preposition then?'
'I absolutely love it' I replied before adding 'I'll be down in two minutes'
'I'll be here, flying my kite' I heard him yell after me as I jumped down the stairs. Landing at the bottom one I quickly grabbed a hoodie and my keys before walking out the door.
'Hello stranger' I greeted Tom when I walked up to him.
'Ditto' he replied before looking back at my house. 'Are you aware that this house is friggin huge?'
'Ehm, yeah, pretty much' I answered with a chuckle. 'Its kind of hard to miss'
'Tell me about it, well, anyway, are you ready to go?'
'Yup, where are we going?' I asked excitedly.
'It's a surprise' Tom stated simply before pulling down the kite and placing it in the back of his car. 'Ladies first' he continued and opened the door for me to get it.
'Lady? Geez, now I feel really old, I'm only 17 you know'
'I know' he chuckled. 'But would you have preferred me using girls first or maybe young lady' he added with a mock serious tone to the last words.
'Maybe not' I agreed. 'I suppose lady can do, makes me sound a lot more important that I am anyway'
'I thought so' he replied while backing out of the driveway. 'You see, I'm clever'
'Oh really? We'll just have to see about that after this day is through'
'Is that a challenge "young lady"?'
'I do believe it is "kind sir"' I replied with a smirk.
'Well in that case' he began not taking his eyes of the road. 'Bring it on'
'Ok…I so will'
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'Tom, seriously, we've been driving for half an hour now, and despite your witty sense of humour, you cant hold it in any more. Please, please tell me where we're going!' I pleaded trying my best to make the puppy-dog eyes work.
'Don't try those eyes on me, I'm immune to your woman-powers' Tom declared proudly.
'Fine' I replied with a pout. 'Are we there yet?'
'Not yet, soon'
'Are we there yet?'
'Eri…'
'Are we there yet?' I continued not taking notice of Tom's desperate tries to silence me.
'Sto…'
'Are we there yet?'
'Are you going to keep doing this until I tell you where we're going?' he said loudly trying to over-voice me.
'Nope, I'll stop now' I said with a smile. 'I just wanted to show you just how annoying I can be'
'Oh, mission accomplished then' He smiled back.
'Does it scare you off?' I asked him, partly as a joke, but I could tell that he sensed the small hint of seriousness to it as well.
'Trust me, it takes a lot more than that to scare me off'
'Cool'
'Cool' he agreed while, to my surprise, parked the car. 'And, we're here'
'Yay!' I said as I excitedly got out of the car. When I closed the door I turned around and let out a squeal as I noticed where we were. 'No way!'
'I did good then?' Tom said with a shy smile, which only grew wider as I threw myself around his neck.
'Miniature golf, are you kidding? You did best!' I laughed as he spun me around.
Tom
I laughed out loud as Erica threw herself around my neck and after putting her down she took me by the hand and dragged me to the entrance.
'I feel like I need to tell you one thing though' She said as I prepared to take my first shot.
'And what might that be?'
'I am sorry, but you've made a big mistake bringing me here Thomas, I just happen to be a kick-ass miniature golf-player' Erica continued with a cocky smile.
'Oh' I replied and put up my hands in a defence motion, 'I'm so scared'
'You should be Tom, you should be' she said coldly. 'Shake in those low-rider jeans of yours'
'Hey, no need to get personal here' I said trying to fake hurt.
'Sorry, its just, well, what is the deal with the pants hanging down low like that? I just don't get it' she asked with a small frown.
'I don't really know' I said and shrugged my shoulders, 'It's just the way I wear them these days'
'Boys are weird' she replied matter-of-factly.
'Girls are weird too' I muttered as I took my first shot, which just happened to be a hole-in-one. I raised my fist in a small victory-gesture and proceeded to do a dance to fit it. Erica just watched me with an amused grin on her face.
'Oh, did I forget to tell you' I began trying to conceal my smirk, 'I'm awesome at this'
7 holes and about 49 strikes later an over-happy Erica bounced in front of me on to the next hole.
'You making fun of me like this is so not fun' I stated as she hit another hole-in-one.
'Why did you want to play this then?' She turned and looked at me, 'No offence, but you suck'
'Hey, back home I'm the reign champion' I said quietly trying not to smile.
'Really? Geez, people in Leeds must have no sense of rhythm'
'Oh nice, you just managed to offend the entire city of Leeds'
'I know, I'm so proud of myself' Erica finished with a look on her face that made me laugh out loud. I kept on laughing through the last few holes and was still clutching my stomach when we got back to the car twenty minutes later.