A Second Chance

Bad News

"What do you want to do today?" Tom whispered in my ear while he stroked my arm above the bed sheets. His eyes staring down at me, forcing me to remember how  breath. The man was perfect and he was constantly taking my breath away. I thought to myself how lucky I was that I had him, reminding me to never let him go. I ran my fingers through his dark locks of curls, twisting  the soft ends between my fingertips.

"I haven't seen much of New York and I've been here over a week now, perhaps something to do with that? Oh I know! Let's go to Central Park, I've always wanted to go there since I was a little girl!" I squealed with excitement, Tom laughed into my hair and continued caressing my shoulder.

"Then that's what we'll do, even if I'd much rather stay in bed with you all day" he growled into my ear seductively and nibbled on my earlobe. He suddenly pinched at my sides making me squirm and giggle, I tried to force him off of me, but he continued to tickle me until I was begging him to stop.

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Tom entwined his fingers with mine as we strolled through Central Park. It was a truly beautiful day and I felt like I was in a movie. We reached the edge of the lake and found a little rocky area which we climbed onto and sat looking out to the water. A warm breeze ran over my skin, blowing the wisps of my long brown hair infront of my face. Just as he did the night we met, Tom brushed the hair behind my ear and pulled me into a soft kiss. Things couldn't get any more perfect. As Tom pulled away, I felt my phone buzz in my pocket, I looked to see who was calling and saw  it was Jen. She sure picks her moments to interrupt. Never the less, I answered anyway.

"Hi Jen, what's up?" I answered with a cheery voice and smiling and shooting a wink at Tom.

"Piper, look I know this is the last thing you want to hear, but we have a major problem." Her voice sounded stern, my smile suddenly faded, she'd called me by my full name for a start so I knew something was wrong.

"Wha.. what's the matter?" I asked, Tom looked at me, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion

"It's Andy. He hasn't stopped calling me. He says he needs to talk to you about something important" My breathing became short and shallow, Tom noticed and grabbed my hand and squeezed it.

"Why would he want to talk to me? He's got that slutty secretary now, what more is there for him to talk to me about?" My anger began to rise.

"I don't know Pips, all he's told me is that it's really important and he needs to see you." She went quiet.

"Well I'm not back until the New Year so he'll have to wait, I'm trying to enjoy my month off. He wasted six years of my life, can he not give me one whole month?!" Jen's end was still quiet, I felt bad for shouting at her.

"Sorry Jen, I know this isn't your fault. If he contacts you again just tell him I'm not around and won't be until the tenth of January." I apologised and squeezed onto Tom's hand, trying to release the stress that had built up inside of me.

"Pips, it's fine. Please don't worry about it. I'll hold him off for as long as I can but he's being very persistant. I'll let you go, say hi to Tom. I love ya" With that she hung up the phone and I let out an angry sigh as I pushed the phone back into my jeans pocket. How dare he! How dare he try and come back into my life, just as it was starting to look up again!

Tom pulled my hand up to his mouth and kissed it, he didn't say anything, he just pulled me close to him and held me in his arms, kissing the top of my head lightly. We both stared out across the water while I attempted to calm myself down again. I whispered an apology into Tom's ear and he simply replied with a soft smile and a gentle kiss on the tip of my nose. He rested his forehead against mine and I looked up and met his eyes, suddenly it was as if all my worries had disappeared and I was the only person in the world. It took me a few minutes to get my breathing back in order before I explained the situation to Tom. I'd never gone into too much detail about my past when I first told Tom about Andy, but due to the current situation, I agreed that it was best he knew everything. Instead of flipping out at me for not telling him originally, he simply nodded and understood fully.