WHEN TOM FINALLY ARRIVED, Geovanna threw her arms around his torso and buried her head into his chest. Tom was taken aback by it, but didn't waste time to wrap his arms around her small frame and held her close. He propped his chin on her head as he sighed softly, pressing his lips to her hairline.

"It's good to see you too."

She sniffled and began to mumble incoherently into his chest, causing Tom to look down and chuckle. "What did you say?"

Geovanna licked her bottom lip, her arms still tightly around his torso as she looked up at him with red, puffy eyes and said, "I'm sorry you had to come all the way down here for me."

Tom smiled lightly and brushed some stray hairs from her face before saying softly, "Whenever you need me, I'll always be here for you, love. No matter how small or big it is, or where I am, I'll always do my best to be there for you and tell you everything is going to be okay."

Her eyes searched his, trying to figure out if his words were true. Of course whatever Tom said always came from his heart, but she's always heard that line before and then the person always leaves somehow. So Geovanna nodded softly as Tom had to resist the urge to kiss her right then and there, knowing that the timing wasn't right.

So he reached for her hand, their fingers interlacing slowly and smiled softly at one another until Tom spoke up, "What would you like to do now?"

"Um...." she thought for a moment, her eyes looking away from his before replying with, "To the beach?"

"The beach?"

"Only if you want to, I- uh, I can't really sleep."

Tom chuckled quietly before bringing Geovanna's hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles with a soft smile. "I don't mind, Geo. Do you have a specific beach in mind?"

Geovanna beamed, her smile widening and her eyes sparkling as her worries disappeared. She shook her head then began to drag him towards his car leaving the british boy to quickly close the door before being pulled to his car. "It's closed, don't worry."

"Won't your grandpa-"

"-Already wrote him a note."

He let out a hearty laugh as he held out the passenger door for her. "I see,"

She grinned, light practically radiating off of her magnificent smile and slide into her seat as she looked up at him. "Aren't you a gentleman?"

"I'd hate to be a rudeman." Tom joked, leaving Geovanna to giggle and quickly shut her door before jogging to his side, ready for the adventure ahead of them.

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"I'm wearing jeans, Geo!" yelled Tom as he watched her, ankle deep in the water looking for shells and rocks. He stayed on the sand, finding it adorable how determined she was to find shells and rocks.

"You're such a buzzkill! Just take them off!" Geovanna smirked and dug her hand into the wet sand, trying to feel for something that wasn't broken glass or seaweed.

"I'm not- there's plenty of seashells here! See?" he picked up a broken piece of a pink shell, making her shake her head.

"You can find the real stuff here. So you can either look very awkward standing there, or strip." she told him as she stomped over to him. She stop in front of him, her hands on her hips impatiently as she tapped her finger against her sweatpants.

Geovanna began to pout, giving Tom her puppy face that she only used when times were desperate. After a while he looked away and began to grumble incoherently. "You suck."

"Sorry?" she walked backwards into the water, pretending that she couldn't hear him and brought a hand to her ear. "I can't hear you when I'm looking for shells!"

Tom's lips twitched into a smile as he watched Geovanna pretend to not hear him. He leaned down and rolled his jeans up to his shins, slowly beginning to walk towards the water. He flinched at how cold the water was and jumped back.

"It's bloody freezing!"

"You'll get used to it, now c'mon! I found a hermit shell!"

"You're so damn eager for seashells- you better be glad that I like you." he mumbled the last part to himself as he slowly walk into the water and towards the smiling woman.

"Look at these," Geovanna opened her palm to reveal various sizes of shells and rocks, even a few sea glasses that made her smile.

"You've got a good eye, hm?" Tom chuckled and leaned over, digging his hand into the sand to try to find something.

When he wasn't looking, Geovanna placed her freehand under the water and splashed Tom in the face. She let out a loud laugh as she saw Tom's face scrunch at how cold the water was before wiping his face with his hands. "Oh you're getting it now, love."

Geovanna shrieked when Tom threw water at her, one side of her white shirt getting soaked. "Two can play at that game!"

Thus started the splashing wars between them. They laughed hard, not even caring about how wet they were. After a while Tom just stopped to hunch over and laugh, the front of his black shirt drenched in water. While he laughed, Geovanna giggled, covering her mouth and tried to calm herself down.

Before she knew it, Tom swooped in and grabbed her by the waist as if she weight nothing, and placed her over his shoulder and smirked. Geovanna screamed and then laughed, beginning to hit his back, trying to get out of his strong grip. "Tom!"

"You have to say sorry!"

"What?! I didn't do anything!" she gasped as he began to walk around, his arms still under her thighs and quickly gripped onto his shoulder.

"Who started this splashing war?" he spoke as if he was a father trying to get his child to tell the truth.

Geovanna blushed in embarrassment before finally saying quickly, "Sorry. I'm oh so very sorry, Tommy."

Tom grinned, accepting the apology and carefully put Geo back on her feet. She gained her stability back and chuckled before smiling up at him. He looked down at her, softly pushing away stray hairs that stuck to her cheeks and forehead.

Geovanna felt something get caught in her throat as Tom's fingers softly danced over her face, before removing themselves to his side. She slowly raised her arms and brought her fingers to his jaw, hesitantly tracing his jawline and cheekbones before feeling her cheeks turn red and moved her hands to her side.

"S-Sorry- that was-" she stuttered before having his lips against hers suddenly.

Geovanna gasped softly at the new feeling. Before she could relish in the moment, Tom pulled back with his face red and said, "Shit, Geo- shit." he stepped back and covered his face before sliding them down his face, mumbling profanities on how he ruined the moment.

"Hey, hey!" Geovanna reached for his hands, afraid that he'd rip his eyes out if he got the chance. She weaved her fingers in with his, closing the space between them and said, "Breathe,"

After he inhaled and exhaled a few times, Tom sighed before resting his forehead against hers. "I'm sorry, Geo."

Geovanna chuckled quietly and nudged her nose against his. "Stop worrying, can you try that?"

He nodded softly before wrapping her arms around her waist, bringing her closer to him, wishing that he didn't kiss her. I ruined everything. He thought to himself, among other unpleasent words that swirled his mind.

She licked her bottom lip in deep thought, wondering what to do now. She couldn't just act like this didn't happen. It meant something to Tom and it meant something to Geovanna, even if she didn't know it yet. So she turned her head up, pressing soft and light kisses to his neck up until she reached his chin.

One of his hands cupped one side of her face, while the other stayed around her waist, softly rubbing an exposed part of her skin. In that moment, he felt bliss. Like the heavens above gave him a sign to have this moment with her. As one of Geovanna's hands got tangled in his wet, curly hair, the other cupped his face.

Geovanna and Tom slowly moved closer to one another, feeling the tension between them get hotter. Finally, their lips met into a soft and passionate kiss as they were held in each other's arms, not caring if the sun was rising or the water around them was getting higher.

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Jude whistled as he closed his bedroom door. He made his way inro the kitchen to make coffee before hearing soft snores coming from the living room. He stopped in his tracks and slowly walked into the room, finding Geovanna and Tom lying next to each other. Legs were tangled, arms hugging one another and even one of their hands holding each other.

Jude smiled at the sight, wondering how they could even fit but neverless continued to smile about it. He reached for a blanket in his chair and put it over the sleeping duo. So he went back to the kitchen, continuing to whistle, but much softer now, and went to make his coffee as quietly as he could.

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