A Complicated Completion

e l e v e n- cant do things like this

E L I Z A

Tom had texted me to wear something, "fairly casual," and to me that was the most confusing sentence ever. So I opted for some ripped jeans and a band tee shirt, but wore more jewellery in case his casual wasn't the normal casual.

I slowly saw him pulling up in my drive and bolted to the door not even bothering to shout "bye" because other than Josh I didn't want to say bye to them and he was out.

I went around to the passenger side, and opened the door. Tom looked nice, he too had jeans on and a white v-neck, I'm glad he wasn't wearing sweats or even worse actual nice clothes.

"Hey," he smiled and began driving. As much as I like Tommen, he's possibly one of the most cryptic people I know. He either holds his words completely responding in his brain or doesn't shut up, he either wanders into his own world where it rages a fog horn to get him out or he is so concentrated on a thing or conversation he notices everything.

"So where are we off to?"

"Thought I'd show you the London sights and get you out the suburbs."

I mean I liked suburbia, it's alright looking at nice homes and gardens but I have to admit it's boring.

"I've been to London before, Tom."

"Eh, you haven't been to London with me it's completely different," he smirked, his hair slightly falling on his forehead as he focused on the road.

Soon we were walking along the Thames as Tom pushed me down different streets leading to different sights.

I mean I know you're expecting me to say, "it's magical," but I mean I don't believe it's all it's worked up to be. Sure the buildings and history is astonishing, it's pretty and lively - very lively, drunk people love it here. But it just seems fake to me and not like home.

We wandered along the river just talking, slowly I felt more comfortable with him as we sat on a bench.

"I'll ask the question you told me to save, why'd you move up here?"

"Ah," I took a deep breathe and decided to tell him, because for some reason I trusted him and I think he trusted me. "Well, I've been to more schools than any other person I know, I get kicked out or I kick off until I move, been to all girls schools- too bïtchy, I've been to private schools- too strict, boarding schools - can't keep me locked up, until they went to the last resort a state school. Shock horror, I mean I liked it there, the kept me the longest, too busted for budget to care what I was doing when they resources are spread over affording textbooks and making sure things aren't crumbling."

He just nodded at me as he watched the water reflect the street lamps.

"Found my best mate Paddy there, but as I said I'm a bit...uncontrollable?" I posed it as a question because it's hard to describe yourself with out sounding like it's your French speaking exam, "so sure this school may of been able to keep me, but the drugs and drinks at party's and bars kept me more interested, I guess I'd gotten out of control, and so my dad moved me down to be watched."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"The drugs and drink."

"I have more money than I need, I don't like the general population and so I made my life exciting for me."

I'm not sure if should of told him that, had I gone too far ?

"It makes sense, I just don't want to see you get hurt."

"It's alright Pad always looks after me, he's not a big drinker."

He looked unsure, like he didn't trust Pad even though he didn't know him.

"So then, I've confessed my problems isn't it time for you to do the same."

It was silent, a bit too silent. Because even when Tom miraculously losses his words it's almost like I see his thoughts in his eyes but I couldn't.

I opened my mouth to break the silence but he began.

"We've always been a group, Athena, Karim, Vin and I but a while ago we had another friend, Constance. You'd never met anyone like her, just hearing her speak about anything made me smile. She wasn't sweet or anything, she didn't care about other people she was just Con."

This was the girl that was in all of Athena's photos, I let him carry on.

"I fell for her, but so did Vin. But instead of being a normal person and rejecting one of us. she went out with us both. Me publicly and Vin privately. But it's not like Vin knew, she told him that we were in a fake relationship and that I was too embarrassed to tell him. It's beyond shitty what she did, but I'll never not forgive her. You'd do the same if you met her."

He seemed broken, like he wanted to just be with her and forget everything else.

"That was confession time with Eliza and Tom, tune in next week for even darker secrets." I said to a camera that wasn't there in a newsreaders voice, desperately trying to shift the mood.

Why wallow in despair when you can have a laugh? Life's shïte? Try and make your own happiness once in a while.

But Toms lips only slightly lifted at the corners, showing that he wanted to stay with his thoughts a little longer before breaking the silence.

"I don't like talking about her. Because when she ran away she took my heart with it, and it makes me feel like I can't do things like this, because I still belong to her."

"Things like wh-"

Soon his lips were on mine, I was shocked I never expected him to be so bold. I kissed him back because I did like him, my brain was just a bit scrambled.

Taking my hand we began to walk down the Thames and back to his car, a smile never left my face.

Maybe if I did have to stay here I wouldn't be so bad.