By the time we make it to his building we are all back together. Tommy is messaging someone next to me with one hand, not letting go of mine with the other.
It’s strange. I’ve only met him tonight, but being close to him like this puts me at ease. Maybe it’s time I start to find out more about my past, more about him.
“Fuck. Jenson has found the footage. Whoeverit was knew what they were doing, they have angled their face away from every camera,” Tommy tells us, rage simmering from him.
“The police are on their way over for a statement, I called them on the way here,” Max announces. “You’ll be fine with us Maymay.”
They speak to me in a way that’s so familiar. I must have been a lot closer to them all than I realised. The bond that everyone has in this room is so tight knit, what I would give to feel that way with them.
Me and Tommy are the first to walk into his apartment, I freeze into place after the first step. The size of the place is staggering, I have never seen such a luxurious home. The clean white walls gives the place an airy and modern feel and it is filled with expensive looking furnishings.
I don’t know what I expected, as I haven’t exactly known him all that long. I guess something smaller? Or maybe more homely. This place seems out of odds for the man I’ve just met.
“Hey, you okay?” Gracie asks as she walks next to me.
“Yeah. This place is amazing, isn’t it?”
“Hell yeah, I could live here,” Blair says as she breezes past us, heading straight for the couch and making herself at home.
Tommy, Fallon and Max are nowhere to be seen, obviously somewhere in this mansion of an apartment. Me and Gracie head overto Blair on the couch, taking off the killer shoes we’ve had on and getting comfortable.
“What a fucking night this turned out to be,” I say.
“Tell me about it. Some birthday this was,” Blair replies.
“Who’s birthday is it?” Max asks as he wanders into the room, taking a seat with us.
“No ones,” I say at the same time that the sisters throw me under the bus. “Maya’s.”
“Maymay! It’s your birthday and you didn’t tell us?” Max seems affronted I would dare to do such a thing.
“It’s your birthday? Today?” Tommy asks from behind us, an unreadable expression on his face. “I’m so sorry I didn’t realise,” Which he ends by side eyeing a guilty looking Fallon next to him.
“I didn’t want anyone to know,” I state, trying to avoid this whole conversation. Why is everyone but me bothered by my birthday today. I’d had it off the girls all week.
“Why? Birthdays are the best,” Max says.
“Because, I don’t have much to celebrate right now and don’t really want to go into it. I have enough shit going on,” I huff out. Why can’t they all just leave it alone. What is the point of celebrating another year of life when you don’t remember the rest.
“Fair enough. At least we had a good night until shit head had to cause a scene.”
I shouldn’t laugh, and I try to hold it in, but Ican’t help it. Laughter bursts out of me, resulting in the others staring at me in shock. They must think I’ve finally lost the plot, maybe I have.
Their faces, looking at me so bewildered, make me laugh even more. It must be contagious as one by one they all start laughing too.
“You should see your faces,” I say, trying to catch my breathe. “What the hell is even happening. If I don’t laugh at this mess, I’ll cry. And no one wants me to cry on my birthday,” I pout, making us all laugh harder.
“Well at least Blair definitely had a good night,” Fallon winks at her, making her face turn beetroot red.
“Shut up right now,” She snarls, crossing her arms and turning away from her.
“It’s only because we’re jealous Blair,” I smile. “At least you got something out of tonight.”
Tommy sits down next to me on the couch, closer than a friend would usually sit. His thigh brushing against mine. Is it possible to feel this attracted to someone so quickly?
Out for coffee with Jack earlier, I did think he was good looking. He was ticking all of the boxes you would want when dating someone, but something was missing.
This feeling I have for Tommy, after barely even speaking to him, is like a fire has ignited inside of me, I can’t put my finger on what it is. He’s gorgeous, like ridiculously gorgeous, but it’s more than that, I’m drawn to him like a moth toa flame.
