The New Member
The Announcement
Tony’s POV
The last couple of weeks everything was normal. Well, normal… Is anything ever normal around us? I still hadn’t found out what was wrong with Noortje, but she seems to have forgotten about it. It was very strange. For the first days after she had ran away she had a lot of nightmares and would often sleep with me. But one day they suddenly stopped and she was back to normal again. I spent some time trying to figure out what caused the sudden change, but eventually gave up. I would never know what was wrong until she told me… If she ever told me.
Now, we were all gathered at Vic’s new house for an important announcement. Everybody was sitting and looking at each other awkwardly. I don’t know what made it so awkward, but nobody knew what to say.
Vic started, “So guys, you probably wondered why I wanted us to come together.”
Some of us nodded while others hummed.
Vic continued, “Well, I am glad to tell you guys that we are going on a world tour!”
Everybody cheered.
“Oh my god! I’m so excited. My first world tour!” Noortje exclaimed, “When are we leaving?”
“In a month. It was sort of last minute. They turned the UK tour into a world tour, so we probably won’t be home for months at a time.” Vic explained.
Mike, Jaime, and I all looked at Noortje’s reaction. “Why are you all staring at me? I don’t care that we will be gone for long. We’ll be travelling the world together! It’s amazing!”
We all sighed in relief.
“This needs celebration!” Mike ran off towards the kitchen. He came back with 4 beers and a glass of orange juice for Noortje.
“A toast to the world tour!” Jaime hollered.
“A toast to world tour!” Everybody echoed back.
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Noortje’s POV
“So how do you feel about going on your first long ‘real’ tour with us?” Tony asked me during dinner.
“I’m excited. What countries are we going to go to?”
“Umm, I don’t know” He replied
“You should ask Jay, the tour manager.” Vic added.
“I might do that.”
We cleaned up the table and set everything washed up everything. After having some foam fights, we plopped down on the couch. I sat down on Tony’s lap and he wrapped his arms around me. Everybody smirked at us and I tried my best to ignore it, but I couldn’t.
“What?” I nervously said.
“It’s just the way you guys are sitting, it’s cute.” Jaime said
“Oh,” I said while standing up, “It’s just how we always sit at home.” I sat down on one of the recliners instead.
“Is that so?” Mike hinted. I hit him on the back of the head, “Ow!”
I stuck my tongue out at him.
“So, what do you guys wanna watch?” Vic asked, walking over to the collection of movies he had. Half of them were stolen from me while we lived together.”
“Let’s watch Captain America: Civil War,” I suggested, “I haven’t seen that in ages!”
Everybody shrugged and agreed. Jaime went to make some popcorn and Tony went to get drinks, which left Vic, Mike, and I to fight about the volume settings. I wanted it to be softer, and Mike wanted it to be louder, Vic didn’t even know why he was arguing.
About 15 minutes into the movie and I still was not comfortable in the recliner I sighed and stood up, “Ok, this is not working.”
Everybody looked up at me confused and was about to ask me what I meant. But I soon answered by walking over to Tony and sitting down on his lap again. Tony laughed and brought me closer to his chest. I stretched out my legs and rested my head of his shoulder. I was finally comfortable.
We continued watching and I remembered why I loved this movie so much. I had only seen is 2 times before, but it was still one of my favourite movies. Tony started to trace shapes on my leg and I didn’t mind. It was comforting at first, but then he slowly started moving his hand up my thigh. I started freaking out and instead of calmly moving his hand away, I slapped it away.
“Ow! What was that for!” Tony yelped.
I looked at him and back at his hand and back at him. He looked at me like I was crazy.
“Seriously, why did you do that?” he whisper yelled at me. The others kept taking glances at us.
I stood up and walked back to the recliner I was sitting in before. Tony sighed and looked back at the screen. It was impossible for me to concentrate again.
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The Next Morning
I was sitting at Vic’s dining room table, drinking some coffee. The others were still asleep in the living room and I couldn’t be bothered to wake them up. Well, I thought everyone was asleep, but I guess that wasn’t true. Tony came walking through the door.
“Morning.” He yawned, warming his hands with his own cup of coffee.
I didn’t acknowledge him and kept my eyes fixated on the wall. He sighed and sat a few chairs away from mine.
“I’m so sorry about last night. I didn’t realise I was doing it. I promise I didn’t know what you were talking about until an hour after the movie. I feel so bad.” he told me.
I still did not react to him and stayed in my position.
“I know something bad happened to you,” he declared, “I did some thinking… have you- have you- have you ever been, ummm, raped?” He choked out the last word.
This got my attention and I turned towards him. I opened and closed my mouth a few times. He moved in the chair next to mine and looked at me.
Then my body did exactly what I did not want it to do, “I was twelve.” I said emotionlessly.
Tony’s eyes went wide as if he thought his assumptions were wrong and was shocked to find out that they were, in fact, true. We heard footsteps and I looked at Tony with pleading eyes. “Help”, I mouthed. Tony knew what I meant. He knew that I didn’t want anybody to find out what we were talking about. He knew that I didn’t want anybody to ask me questions right now. He nodded and waited till the footsteps were nearly at the door. When he knew that the person who was nearing us would be able to see what we were doing, he went for it. He placed his hand on my cheek and locked his lips with mine. He took his other hand and placed on my other cheek so he could discreetly wipe away the tears. I kissed him back and we immediately found a rhythm that was smooth and slow. It felt like this was destined to happen. This was not what I expected to happen, but I wasn’t complaining. I didn’t want it to stop, it was so passionate, unlike any kiss I ever had before. I deepened the kiss and moved over to straddle him. He moved his hands down to my waist and I tangled my fingers through his hair. I heard the footsteps back away slowly and continued to kiss Tony till I knew they were far away. I pulled away from him and smiled.
The last couple of weeks everything was normal. Well, normal… Is anything ever normal around us? I still hadn’t found out what was wrong with Noortje, but she seems to have forgotten about it. It was very strange. For the first days after she had ran away she had a lot of nightmares and would often sleep with me. But one day they suddenly stopped and she was back to normal again. I spent some time trying to figure out what caused the sudden change, but eventually gave up. I would never know what was wrong until she told me… If she ever told me.
Now, we were all gathered at Vic’s new house for an important announcement. Everybody was sitting and looking at each other awkwardly. I don’t know what made it so awkward, but nobody knew what to say.
Vic started, “So guys, you probably wondered why I wanted us to come together.”
Some of us nodded while others hummed.
Vic continued, “Well, I am glad to tell you guys that we are going on a world tour!”
Everybody cheered.
“Oh my god! I’m so excited. My first world tour!” Noortje exclaimed, “When are we leaving?”
“In a month. It was sort of last minute. They turned the UK tour into a world tour, so we probably won’t be home for months at a time.” Vic explained.
Mike, Jaime, and I all looked at Noortje’s reaction. “Why are you all staring at me? I don’t care that we will be gone for long. We’ll be travelling the world together! It’s amazing!”
We all sighed in relief.
“This needs celebration!” Mike ran off towards the kitchen. He came back with 4 beers and a glass of orange juice for Noortje.
“A toast to the world tour!” Jaime hollered.
“A toast to world tour!” Everybody echoed back.
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Noortje’s POV
“So how do you feel about going on your first long ‘real’ tour with us?” Tony asked me during dinner.
“I’m excited. What countries are we going to go to?”
“Umm, I don’t know” He replied
“You should ask Jay, the tour manager.” Vic added.
“I might do that.”
We cleaned up the table and set everything washed up everything. After having some foam fights, we plopped down on the couch. I sat down on Tony’s lap and he wrapped his arms around me. Everybody smirked at us and I tried my best to ignore it, but I couldn’t.
“What?” I nervously said.
“It’s just the way you guys are sitting, it’s cute.” Jaime said
“Oh,” I said while standing up, “It’s just how we always sit at home.” I sat down on one of the recliners instead.
“Is that so?” Mike hinted. I hit him on the back of the head, “Ow!”
I stuck my tongue out at him.
“So, what do you guys wanna watch?” Vic asked, walking over to the collection of movies he had. Half of them were stolen from me while we lived together.”
“Let’s watch Captain America: Civil War,” I suggested, “I haven’t seen that in ages!”
Everybody shrugged and agreed. Jaime went to make some popcorn and Tony went to get drinks, which left Vic, Mike, and I to fight about the volume settings. I wanted it to be softer, and Mike wanted it to be louder, Vic didn’t even know why he was arguing.
About 15 minutes into the movie and I still was not comfortable in the recliner I sighed and stood up, “Ok, this is not working.”
Everybody looked up at me confused and was about to ask me what I meant. But I soon answered by walking over to Tony and sitting down on his lap again. Tony laughed and brought me closer to his chest. I stretched out my legs and rested my head of his shoulder. I was finally comfortable.
We continued watching and I remembered why I loved this movie so much. I had only seen is 2 times before, but it was still one of my favourite movies. Tony started to trace shapes on my leg and I didn’t mind. It was comforting at first, but then he slowly started moving his hand up my thigh. I started freaking out and instead of calmly moving his hand away, I slapped it away.
“Ow! What was that for!” Tony yelped.
I looked at him and back at his hand and back at him. He looked at me like I was crazy.
“Seriously, why did you do that?” he whisper yelled at me. The others kept taking glances at us.
I stood up and walked back to the recliner I was sitting in before. Tony sighed and looked back at the screen. It was impossible for me to concentrate again.
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The Next Morning
I was sitting at Vic’s dining room table, drinking some coffee. The others were still asleep in the living room and I couldn’t be bothered to wake them up. Well, I thought everyone was asleep, but I guess that wasn’t true. Tony came walking through the door.
“Morning.” He yawned, warming his hands with his own cup of coffee.
I didn’t acknowledge him and kept my eyes fixated on the wall. He sighed and sat a few chairs away from mine.
“I’m so sorry about last night. I didn’t realise I was doing it. I promise I didn’t know what you were talking about until an hour after the movie. I feel so bad.” he told me.
I still did not react to him and stayed in my position.
“I know something bad happened to you,” he declared, “I did some thinking… have you- have you- have you ever been, ummm, raped?” He choked out the last word.
This got my attention and I turned towards him. I opened and closed my mouth a few times. He moved in the chair next to mine and looked at me.
Then my body did exactly what I did not want it to do, “I was twelve.” I said emotionlessly.
Tony’s eyes went wide as if he thought his assumptions were wrong and was shocked to find out that they were, in fact, true. We heard footsteps and I looked at Tony with pleading eyes. “Help”, I mouthed. Tony knew what I meant. He knew that I didn’t want anybody to find out what we were talking about. He knew that I didn’t want anybody to ask me questions right now. He nodded and waited till the footsteps were nearly at the door. When he knew that the person who was nearing us would be able to see what we were doing, he went for it. He placed his hand on my cheek and locked his lips with mine. He took his other hand and placed on my other cheek so he could discreetly wipe away the tears. I kissed him back and we immediately found a rhythm that was smooth and slow. It felt like this was destined to happen. This was not what I expected to happen, but I wasn’t complaining. I didn’t want it to stop, it was so passionate, unlike any kiss I ever had before. I deepened the kiss and moved over to straddle him. He moved his hands down to my waist and I tangled my fingers through his hair. I heard the footsteps back away slowly and continued to kiss Tony till I knew they were far away. I pulled away from him and smiled.
Notes
So Noortje's first official tour is a world tour. Isn't that exciting?
What will happen between Tony and Noortje? And who walked in on them?
I was listening to the song Crash by You Me At Six when writing the Tony/Noortje scene, even though the lyrics don't fit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8Mdv6qm0Y You'll understand which part is for the kiss when you listen to the song (if you don't it starts at 2:49).
-DSN
@Nickyvlxx
Hahaha, thank you. You can totally see how my writing has developed in this story; the first chapters are written so bad. I'm excited for our story as well.
4/10/16