Tom's POV
It was finally Y/N's birthday. She had been all mopey cause she was closer to her 30s than she was to her 25s. She doesn't want to grow old. She certainly doesn't act like 28, she's still that cute, short person, who's just my best friend.
No, nope, I have been telling this to myself since the reunion we had in early November, but just sounds wrong to me now. Since, she was all sad and mopey to grow up, we decided to hit a club and dance our asses off. I wore a plain t-shirt with a bomber jacket, some denim jeans with boots.
Emma had organized the party, just like almost every of her birthdays. I was with Derek in the club, drinking, waiting for the others to arrive, the music was already playing making us move to the song. Luckily, it was Emma's friends club, so we did reserve it for the whole night, so no fans or paparazzi, just a couple of 25 to 28 year olds having fun.
Emma arrived and I happily hugged her. We started talking and one by one, everyone arrived. "Where is the birthday girl?" I asked impatiently as Emma went behind the counter to make herself a drink. I opened Instagram and saw Y/N's post.
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"They just pulled up, she might be - Here they are!" she said making me look up and turn around. I saw her and Robert walk inside the bar, she waved at me, but stopped at he whispered something in his ear, making her smile - the type I hadn't seen on her since forever.
"Robert's invited?" I asked looking at Emma with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, they have been getting close, so why not? Why? You're in love with her now or something?" she joked laughing. "No?" I said more of a question, she stopped laughing and examined my face.
I shook off my thoughts as she walked over to me and Derek. I pulled her in a tight hug and picked her up, "Happy Birthday, darling!" I said pecking her cheek. She giggled and I put her down. "Happy Birthday, Pretty Woman" Derek congratulated her and everyone did as well.
"LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED!!" we heard Emma yell on top of her breath. Y/N didn't seem so mopey right now. She took five back to back shots of vodka and went to the dance floor. The guys sat down at the bar and 'New Rules' by Dua Lipa started playing.
"Talkin' in my sleep at night, makin' myself crazy... Wrote it down and read it out, hopin' it would save me... My love, he makes me feel like nobody else, nobody else... But, my love... He doesn't love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself" she started lip syncing with the song. I swear I saw her make eye contact with me at the last part.
"One: Don't pick up the phone... You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone" she put out her point finger and sang looking at Emma, who matched her energy just as much.
"Two: Don't let him in... You have to kick him out again" she pulled out another finger and kicked her leg and kept dancing making me chuckle. "Three: Don't be his friend... You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the mornin'... And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him" Holding up three fingers, she took Emma's hand and twirled her and moved to the song.
The song came to an end and another Dua Lipa song came on - 'No lie' Y/N was adjusting her hair as they kept coming on her face while she was dancing. I saw Robert stand up from his place and smile at Y/N. He opened his arms for her to hug him, but she kept adjusting her hair in some sort of bun. He snuggled his head on her neck, wrapped his arms around her petite body and waited her for do the same. She finished her bun and hugged him back but quickly pushed him a little to dance again.
"Feel your eyes, they all over me... Don't be shy, take control of me... Get the vibe it's gonna be lit tonight" I saw her lip sync with the song as she moved her hips. She danced a little as the next line came on, "No lie-i-ie... Feel your eyes, they all over me... Don't be shy, take control of me. Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight"
"What is it? Dua Lipa day?" I asked as I saw Y/N grind on Robert as the song went on. I heard Derek laugh and shake his head. She danced around with him for another song, but he got a call and he decided to pick it up. I saw Y/N pout at him but he was already on the phone and out the bar. She shook her head and walked over to the bar. "Tommy!" she said her words slurring a bit.
"You're already drunk?" I asked as she took another three shots of vodka. "Noooo *hiccup* Come danceee with me" she said taking my hand with both of her hands and pulling me up. I didn't fight it. The song 'Tired of Being Sorry' came on, it wasn't a clubbing song, yet the tunes and beats of the song felt like that.
We went to the center of the dance floor, everyone around us was already dancing, no one was looking at her or us. "I don't know why... You want me to follow you tonight... When in the rest of the world... With whom I've crossed and quarreled... Let's me down so... For a thousand reasons that I know... To share forever the unrest... With all the demons I possessed... Beneath the silver moon" she started singing as she took my hands and kept on her waist.
"Maybe you were right... But baby I was lonely... I don't want to fight... I'm tired of being sorry" We sang together and kept dancing in close proximity for the whole song. We danced and she pulled me towards the bar. She kept drunk talking mumbling something about Jade, I don't know what, but I knew she was drunk.
"Come on, for the next song!" she said after taking another round of shots, almost everyone was on the dance floor. I shook my head politely, "You go on, darling, I might come in later" I said sweetly pecking her cheek. "Argh! You're such a bore" she said turning around, took two steps and turned back around.
"You know what I just thought?" she asked putting her pointer finger on her cheek. "Mhm" I said shaking my head. "Taaaaall people are expecccteddd to use their reach to help ssssshorter people..." I nodded, "But if a tall person were to assssskkkkk a short person to hand them something they dropped on the floooooor, it'd be insulting" she said her words slurring and turned back to the dance floor.
And we have drunk Y/N here...
I love drunk Y/N, there are two types of drunk Y/N I know. One - is where she does something she doesn't remember or regrets - and two - this is rare - is where she overthinks and brings out utter ridiculous thoughts out of her brain and this happens every half hour.
It's been 2 hours and my calculations were wrong, it's been happening for every fifteen minutes now. Here, let me show you what she has said for the past two hours.
"Christmasssss feels like mooooore of a deadline than a holidayyy" she said as she came to the bar to take a shot.
"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POISON EXPIRES? DOES IT BECOME MORE POISONOUS OR NO LONGER REMAINS SO?" she yelled this to me from the dance floor.
"If aliens come to Earthhhh, we have to explain whyyyyy we made dozens of movies in which we fight and kill them. Ttthhinkk about ieeet" she said tapping my temple.
"My 15 year old self would be appalled to hear how many times I've chosen sleep over sex" I furrowed my eyebrows at her as she nodded.
She gasped dramatically as she came to the bar. I looked at her, "Your stomaaaach thinks all potatoooooes are mashed" she said with wide eyes as she ate an olive.
"When Sweden is playing against Denmark, it is SWE-DEN. The remaining letters, not used, is DEN-MARK" She's reaching heights now. *smh*
"Your dog understands several human woooooords. You don't understand annnyyyyy dog barks. She may be smarter than you" How did she get to dogs?
"In an aircraft, which armrest is yours, if you sit in the middle?" she said as she sat down next to me. "Aren't you tired?" I asked as I literally saw her dance for two hours non-stop. She shook her head, "You knnoow what I juuust thought?" she asked making me bang my head on the table lightly.
"Remember we saw Cars the other day?" she asked shaking me. I nodded, "Sooo, the carsss are aliiive, they talk and evveerythhing, so do theeey gettt life insurance or caaarrr insurance?" she asked raising her eyebrows. Before I could stop her and take her home or let Rob take her home, she was back on the dance floor.
After another fifteen minutes, she came back to me, and leaned on my lap, cause every other seat was full. I was sitting with Derek, Josh, Dan and Rupert. "I thought about another one - "What eesss theee othherrr woorddd for symamum-" I furrowed my eyebrows as I kept a hand on her waist. "Symanum" she tried again making all of us laugh. No one was as drunk as she was.
"Synomum" she said with squinted eyes, "That doesn't sound right" she added. "Synonym" I said making her nod her head. She fell on my body and rested her head on my shoulder. "Let's get you home" Robert said as he pulled her up.
Dick.
"Yes, let's go, Tom" she said grabbing his hand and following him out the bar. I smiled to myself as she said my name.
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Y/N's POV
I woke up in my bed - which I seriously have no idea how I got there - you probably do. I woke up with a bloody bad hangover. I groaned as I held my hair in my fist and tugged on them a little. I turned to my nightstand and saw a note with a pill. 'Drink me' it said and I smiled as I recognized the handwriting.
I sat up from my bed, swallowed the pill and waited for the miracle that my head would blow off. I laid back down on my bed as my phone dinged. 't22felton is live now.' I smiled and opened the Instagram for his live. He smiled as I texted on his comment section. I swear I saw him blush more than smile.
(You know the routine)
He played around for a while and started singing, "Walking down 29th and Park... I saw you in another's arms" I furrowed my eyebrows as he started singing. I saw him shoot a sad smile at the camera "Only a month we've been apart... You look happier" Did he dump Jade or something? Should I tell him what I saw the other day?
"Saw you walk inside a bar... He said somethin' to make you laugh... I saw that both your smiles were twice as wide as ours... Yeah, you look happier, you do" Wait, who is he talking about? You could literally see the hurt in his eyes and how he was trying to hide it.
"Ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you... But ain't nobody love you like I do... Promise that I will not take it personal, baby... If you're movin' on with someone new" Of course not me, cause he doesn't love me.
"'Cause baby you look happier, you do... My friends told me one day I'll feel it too... And until then I'll smile to hide the truth... But I know I was happier with you" I saw that sadness in his eyes when he sang this line, like he was just realizing something.
"Sat in the corner of the room... Everything's reminding me of you. Nursing an empty bottle... And telling myself you're happier, aren't you?" he sang directly looking at the screen, like he was asking me.
"Oh, ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you... But ain't nobody need you like I do... I know that there's others that deserve you... But my darlin', I am still in love with you" Is it me? Cause I'm moving on and he knows this. But 'Still in love with you'? Who is he referring to?
"But I guess you look happier, you do... My friends told me one day I'll feel it too... And until then I'll smile to hide the truth... But I know I was happier with you" He was smiling till now and then he looked at the camera with a sad expression.
"Happier with you... Happier... with you" I closed the app and set my phone down. I don't want to think about him. I'm done, trying with him, or explaining him, or anything with him. I'm happy with Robert, thank you very much.
I shook my thoughts and headed downstairs. Rob wasn't staying here, if that's what you're wondering, we decided to treat it as an actual relationship. I made some breakfast and as I was about to sit down to eat, the doorbell rang.
SHDJFJKDKLWD.
I groaned and opened to see Tom. He looked distraught. He also looked like he was struggling with some- And then suddenly his lips were on mine. He was kissing me so desperately like he had longed to do this, that my whole body curved into his, like he never wanted to pull away.
PULL AWAY.
This is wrong, he's in a relationship. I was too caught up in how his lips felt, that I didn't push him sooner. I pulled away and slapped him. "You can't - can't just kiss... kiss me like that" I said with tears in my eyes. "No, no, no... no... Not when we're both in happy relationships" I said as I saw a tear drop from his eyes.
"You're in a relationship?" he asked in disbelief. "Yes... No - I - do— don't know, okay? We didn't make anything exclusive but you are, you can't kiss me like that" I replied angrily. "I spent years moving on, Tom and now when I actually am, you can't go and do that" I said pointing at him.
"I'm sorry-"
"I don't want your apology. What's this between us, Tom? Plus, I think I don't have those feelings for you anymore"
"You don't?" he asked taking a step back. "Yeah, and you know why? Cause I can't fall in love with you again. I don't want all the pain that comes with it. AGAIN. I'm done, I'm done trying so hard to push you away but I always thought about our friendship and honestly, I was a fool to think about it" I said as tears started rolling down my cheek.
"I'm so tired..."