The Man of my Dreams

Part 7 From a distance

It was an hour later that Bella had changed into something comfy for the evening and started to head on out to have a lovely evening walk. She wanted to find somewhere to eat first. She found the little Wetherspoons in Leicester Square next to the Odeon cinema. She walked in to see that was a little busy. She found a little nook and sat down and then ordered her meal with her drink.

The TV screens were showing BBC news. It had the entertainment section on. Low and behold, Bella was on the news again. It was pulled from Tom's Instagram where Sam was asking if she wanted to name herself.

Bella was hoping that no one recognised her whilst she was eating in the pub. Her meal was delivered, and she thanked the server and started to tuck into her meal of Steak and Ale pie with mash and peas with gravy.

Bella's phone started to light up with numerous Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter notifications.

Someone had let the cat out of the bag. They had mentioned her name and tagged her into the BBC news link with her Twitter and Instagram handles.

@BellaMarie83 you were marvellous. Can't wait to see you on stage soon.

She deleted the post from her Twitter, hoping that no one saw it as it was only posted a couple of minutes.

But no. Her Twitter feed was filling up with people adding her. Bella went into her setting and turned off the notifications so that she couldn't see them.

Bella had finished her meal and headed out of the pub to go and have a walk. She walked up Shaftesbury Avenue towards the Palace Theatre where Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was on. She took photos of herself outside the theatre.

Once she had done, Bella headed down towards Trafalgar Square to get the sights in.

Not one person recognised her at all. That was until she started to walk back up towards Piccadilly Circus. Bella didn't realise that she was heading to the back end of the Criterion theatre. She saw everyone was waiting outside for Tom to come out.

Bella stayed at a distance to see that a car had pulled up. It was Tom's driver so he must be going straight home tonight. She looked to see that Sam had come out and headed away from the buzz and was heading in the direction of the pub. That was when he spotted Bella stood away from everyone.

"Hey Bella." Sam walked up and hugged her.

"Hi Sam, Good show?" Bella asked.

"Yeah, no mic popping tonight. Are you waiting for Tom?" Sam asked of the girl.

"I just want to see him for one last time before I go home tomorrow. But I want to do this from a distance where no one can see me." Bella crossed her arms to see that Mandip had come out.

"He is going to miss you, Bella. I've never seen the man like this. Hung up over a girl. It's going to be a tough end to this week for him. He will want to talk to you every minute of the day. It's going to hurt him." Sam said watching Mandip pose for some photos and sign some programmes.

"Well, my life is calling me back home. I have my first technical rehearsal on Thursday followed by a dress rehearsal the day after. I'm working Xmas eve then I'm off for the rest of the time." Bella told him.

Tom had walked out as Bella could hear people cheering him as he put his bag down next to the security guard on the door. Mandip gave him a hug and then moved away. She too spotter Sam talking with Bella.

"You not going to see him?" Mandip asked of Bella.

"No, it's my last night here. I'm just going to walk away." Bella told the Doctor Who actress.

"He couldn't stop talking about you Bella. He's falling for you. Please go and see him for one last time." Sam mentioned.

"No Sam, please don't make this harder than it already is." Bella had tears in her eyes. She got her phone out and took a photo of Tom from a distance.

They had spotted that Tom had finished signing and taking photos that he went over and picked up his bag. He then looked at his phone to see a notification on Instagram.

@BellaMarie83: I will miss this man. Love you lots.

Tom looked up from his phone to see if he could spot where the photo was taken from. He then spotted Sam and Mandip hugging a girl and then walked away towards the pub that they go in.

Bella turned around to see that Tom was just standing there. She looked and then waved at him. Bella turned and walked away back to her hotel for one last sleep in London.