Chapter 5
Best Friends
Sorry about the slow story updates, I'm in the middle of most of my stories so they will be updated soon. My maths teacher had told me that I need to do my maths N.A.B's again so I'm in the middle of revision also it's Eurovision night tonight and I'm really enjoying it.
He pulled the handbrake and pulled the keys out of the engine. He turned to face Nicki who was in her own little world staring at the raindrops that were making there way down the window. She had changed out of her pyjamas and was now in a pair of her skinny dark blue jeans, A white oversized t-shirt and a pair of brown brogues. Tom put his hand on her arm and whispered just loud enough for her to hear "Nicki, we're here." She breathed in, turned around to face him, smiled and said honestly. "Thank you for doing this. I didn't know how I was going to get through tonight." He patted just above her knee and said "It's ok but lets get in...I'm not sleeping in the car." She fake laughed. She had to admit she felt a bit uncomfortable when he touched her leg but she knew that he wasn't going to try anything so she was fine, that they were friends. They both stepped out of the car into the pouring rain and ran to get Nicki's suitcase that was in the boot. "I may be a touch emotional tonight but I have enough strength to carry a suitcase." He passed the suitcase that he got out of the boot to Nicki and they ran up the path, Tom ran ahead to open the door so that he and Nicki could get out of the rain.
She was hit with warmth as soon as she walked through the door. She was expecting it to be an unfamily-ish home with clean granite work surfaces and white rooms (A bit like a hospital) but it was clean,"Tidy" but Stylish for two grown men living together.
She walked into the living room and instantly thought "Family home" "I'm sorry if it's a bit messy." he said apologising, normally if he had visitors he would have made sure the house was extra tidy but Nicki wasn't a visitor in a way but in a way she still was, she didn't care if the house was a mess. They had only know each other for about four months but he felt like he had known he forever. She stepped onto the shaggy rug, the thin cotton strands wrapped around her feet. "No it's beautiful in here." The living room had a red, black and white theme. Red walls, a black fireplace and two white sofas. Nicki sat down on one of the couches and Tom sat beside her. "I was wondering, have you had any dinner?" he asked her. "Emmm..." she thought. "No, just that ice-cream...Shit, I fogot to put the ice-cream away." "It'll be fine, why don't you put your bags upstairs and by the time you come down I'll have something ready." he said to her. "Thank you." She picked up her bag, kissed Tom on the cheek and made her way upstairs. "First on the right." Tom shouted upstairs as he got the take-away menu out of the drawer.
She pushed down the door handle and entered the room. The room was what you would have expected for being a spare bedroom, It had no character and was very minamalistic. There was a double bed, a chest of drawers, a TV and 2 bedside cabinets. She dropped the suitcase on the bed, unzipped it and started to unpack.
About 30 minutes later she came back downstairs. She looked into the livingroom and found Tom sitting on one of the couches drinking and eating away at one of the pizzas he bought. "Don't eat it all." Nicki said as she walked into the room. "I was about to shout you down." She pulled one of her really faces and they both erupted in laughter as she sat down.
About 1 hour later, they had both finished dinner and were now sitting on the couch talking, the pizza boxes were still scattered on the coffee table along with the beer bottles. It was nearing 12 o'clock and Nicki was getting tired. She stood up and stretched. "It looks like someone's getting tired." Tom said to her, she had been lying on his lap for the last hour falling asleep. " Yeah, I better hit the hay." She knelt on the sofa, cupped her left hand round his face and kissed his temple. She stood back up and walked to the door, "Night Tom." "Yeah, night Nicki." he replied. She walked out of the door, climed the stairs and made her way into her room.