"Jupe?"

The couple were lying in bed together, neither knew what the time was, it was just late. The sun had set hours ago and Juniper was pretty sure they were closer to sunrise than the sunset at this point.

They'd just been enjoying each others company, the only light source being a warm glow from a salt lamp across the room. Her dog, Padfoot was snoring away at the end of the bed.

She'd been sitting up against the headboard, with Toms head just about in her lap and his arm draped over her thighs.

"Yeah?"

"I'm going back to London soon."

"Oh," She whispered. "How soon?"

"I'm not sure, three or so days." Toms was voice was gentle as he spoke. He'd been avoiding bringing it up, not wanting to leave.

"Oh."

"I'll be back for the homecoming premiere. So I'll be gone about a month."

"A month?" She frowned and traced her fingers over his arm. She felt his head shift and she looked down at him to see him looking up at her.

"I haven't really seen my family since Christmas." Juniper shifted down the bed so that she too was laying down, her face directly across from his. Tom's hand came up to caress her face, his thumb rubbing gentle patterns into her cheek. "I miss them."

"Of course, you haven't seen them for nearly 8 months, that's a long time. It's my fault."

"No, no it's not your fault. I chose to stay here. Besides, I had some press to do anyway but I have even more to do after the premiere and I'll have to leave the country too."

They could both hear the sleep in one another's voice, they could hear the longing and sadness mingling to create a melancholy atmosphere.

Juniper took a deep breath in. "You'll come see me before you leave for the press tour?"

"Of course I will. Hopefully, I'll be seeing you on the red carpet too."

"What?" Juniper furrowed her brows and looked at the boy in front of her.

"Will you be my date?" Tom spoke softly and dragged his thumb over her lip.

"Really?" She whispered hopefully.

"Yes, really." He chuckled lightly.

Juniper and nodded and smiled, her arms wrapping around his neck and bringing their lips together for a brief moment. Tom smiled and kissed her forehead, pull her closer to him and intertwining their legs.

"Oh, I'll be bringing my whole family too."

"I get to meet them?"

"Of course."

She took a deep breath in and smiled. "Neat."

Tom laughed lightly and shook his head playfully.

"Go to sleep, I'll see you in the morning."

one last bash in LA before we head back home ✈️

i'm so glad they're finally going home

they deserve a break wew

everyone in this pic is hot af

come back soon 😫

^ the holy trinity can only be separated for so long 😧

we'll be getting new pics of tessa ☕️

that juniper girl finally won't be around anymore

gonna miss you guys!! 😘

i look cute in this pic

that you do

they're so dating

there's literally no way they aren't cannon tf

instagram stories 7/07/17

you seem to have grown on me a little and i mean i guess i'm a little sad to see you go 💁🏼‍♀️

yew she's such a poser

were all posers lol stfu

were gonna be starved of tom and tomiper content now call the police

hello 911? yes me again I know. It's just that this damn ship has broken my heart.

miss you too jeez 😫😫

she only posts about tooooom

she never posts about anyone else not even teegan anymore

sorry for destroying your apartment 🤪

yeah i guess i kinda like you too?

i love being a stan ugh i'm fed so well

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To say that Juniper was upset was an understatement. The girl was miserable. After Tom left, she all but crawled her way to Teegan's house and moped around in one of Toms hoodies on her best friends couch.

Of course, Teegan was treating her good. She knew that Juniper would be upset so she'd prepared herself for it. The moment Juniper sat down, a tub of ice cream was shoved into her hands and 'Grease' was put on the TV.

"You're the best." Juniper said quietly as she leaned her head on her best friends shoulder.

"I know." The blonde patted the top of Junes head. "So, are you gonna tell me anything about Tom or just leave me in the dark?"

"What do you wanna know?"

"Does he have a big dick?"

Juniper snorted and blushed a little. "Yes."

Teegan laughed loudly. "Zendaya owes me $15."

"What? Why? You bet on his dick size?"

"Mhm. Zendaya reckoned it was small to average size but Tom kind exudes big dick energy so I said it was big."

Juniper shook her head and covered her face. "Jesus christ. Well yes it is big and I agree he does have big dick energy and it's just amplified now that I've actually had it inside me."

"How was it? Was he good?"

"Honestly, the first time was the best sex I've ever had and I think that's because most of the sex I'd had before was like- drunk one night stands with people I didn't care about. Our first time was you know after that post on his instagram and I cried in front of him about it and he just, showed me he meant it. I care about him so much and I can tell he cares about me too just from- oh, god. Just," Juniper had gotten quieter throughout her sentences as she voiced her thoughts and fully realised them. "The way he touches me, it's like he's scared to snap me in half but at the same time, I can feel everything through his fingertips. Like, I can feel the- the care I guess. And I just feel so myself with him and I feel so at home. I'd trust him with my life and we aren't even really- I don't know official. I don't know how that's happening, I don't really care if we have label or not. We're just Tom and Juniper. At the same time, it'd be nice to know what we are. Are we just dating or are we like boyfriend-girlfriend?"

"My god, you should just marry this damn boy right now. The way you talk about him makes me want to burst into tears because it's so- I don't even have a word for it. Touching, I guess. As for having a label, why not just ask him?"

"Yeah, I guess I will. I mean if I'm going to be his date to the premiere we should probably figure out what we're going to tell people."

"Hang on, you're his date to the premiere? Why didn't you tell me?!" Teegan sat up and looked at her best friend.

"Oh shit, I forgot. He asked me at like four in the morning when we were just laying in bed so it just slipped my mind."

Teegan through a pillow at her playfully. "You're so annoying, oh my god. I hate you."

"Oops?"