By my Side ~ Tom Felton fanfic

Chapter 35: His Birthday

'Come on, you don't have to be this nervous.' He chuckled yet not taking his eyes off the road in front of him.

I didn't say anything. I kept my lips pursed and fidgeted my hands nervously. We were in Tom's car, heading to Epsom, Surrey to his parents for me to meet them again, though for the first ever since we got together and, more importantly to celebrate Tom's 22nd birthday.

I was so terribly nervous that I completely ignored it when my jam came on and that was a big thing.

'You've met them before. They love you, don't worry.'

'But that was few years ago.' I mumbled. 'What if they don't like me anymore?'

'Sakura, really, they still do love you. Trust me, they always ask me about you. Plus, they're huge fans of yours. I mean, huge.'

'Do I -'

'You look amazing like always, I love it, okay? Don't worry.' He said again. 'Emma said that's the best and she won't lie to you.'

I was wearing my wine red high/low tunic, the back being down to my knees, blue skinny jeans, nude suede ankle boots, a leopard print scarf around my neck and a gold tree of life necklace.

Yesterday I was FaceTiming Em and she was telling me what to and not to wear today. She said not to wear too fancy clothes from fashion brands like Versace or Burberry that I usually wear when I'm going our somewhere special or a bit fancy ('You don't want to be thought that you're trying to show off your wealth. Well, I don't think you're even intending to do that the other times anyway' ~ Em) or not to be too casual ('More like your room wear')  that I can be with clothes from Target (yes, I buy stuff from there. In fact all of my room wear is from Target. I mean, they're cheap and pretty darn comfy!). But she did tell me to wear clothes between 15 pounds and 50 pounds from stores like Forever 21 or Valleygirl or Cotton On and maybe one item or two from a brand and a cheap perfume from a expensive brand ('You are one of the most richest young women in the world, even though you don't sound like one, so I reckon they will expect some brand items from you.'). So I took that advice and my ankle boots were the ones from Gucci, a hand bag from Louis Vuitton and one of the cheap yet good smelling perfumes from Chanel. All my other clothes were at reasonable prices.

'But seriously, you're the fashion queen and that's approved by the world (no it's not Emma). I shouldn't be telling you all these things for you to notice. Like, it's probably because you're nervous and all, but if you're calm you'll be like "that was the most obvious things ever".' ~ Em

Coming back to reality, I sighed and chomped on a bar of a mint Cadbury Bubbly and sighed again causing Tom to chuckle softly.

'It's not funny.' I whined.

'It's adorable.'

I huffed and continued staring out the front window and Tom stole a kiss on my cheek.

'We'll be there in five minutes.' He smirked.

'Five?' I shrieked, my eyes and mouth wide. 'Five? Couldn't you tell me when we're like half an hour away?'

'Well I can't now can I?' His smirk didn't leave his face.

Groaning, I seized whatever I could reach at the back, which happened to be Tom's jumper and hugged it tight.