Held by you

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I woke up the next morning on my living room couch, on top of Andrew. I knew I needed to go outside for a cigarette and call Nessa to tell her everything about last night. I slowly got up trying my hardest not to wake him up. I walked to my bedroom to change. I put on a lace tank top and baggy sweatpants. I tip toed to the hallway and put on my slippers.
I was standing on the sidewalk watching people enjoying a sunny and chilly Saturday morning as I lit up a cigarette. I blew out the smoke as I dialled Nessa's number on my phone and tried to call her but she didn't answer. I dialled again, no answer but this wasn't unusual of her. There were times when I didn't hear from her for two weeks. I decided to finish my cigarette and go back inside.
I tried to open my apartment door quietly as the dangling sound from my keychains filled the staircase. I assumed Andrew was still sleeping but as the door opened he was standing in the doorway smiling at me.
"Tried to do sneak out?" He asked in a flirty voice.
"No, I wouldn't have come back", I smiled back as I placed my hand on his chest pushing us back inside my apartment.
"Well don't let me in with no intention to keep me", He smirked quoting his own song. That moment it felt like my heart melted. I wrapped my arms around and kissed him. He chuckled and placed his hand on my chin.
I was in the kitchen making us coffee while he was exploring my apartment again as if there was so much to look at. I came back from the kitchen holding two coffee cups, one with black coffee one with oat milk as I saw that he was now looking thru my bookshelf. He picked out one book, 'The complete world of greek mythology'.
"You read greek mythology?" He asked with a surprised look on his face.
"Yes, right now I'm actually reading the story of Orpheus and Eurydice", I smiled as I sat down and started to sip my coffee.
"What's that about?" He asked as he sat on the couch next to me and picked up his coffee cup.
"So Orpheus is the son of Apollo and he's in love with Eurydice, but she dies, so Orpheus goes to the underworld to get her back. Hades tell Orpheus that he can get her back but he must leave and trust that she's following behind him and he's not allowed to look back. But Orpheus turned around to make sure if Eurydice was still there and she was. She was then immediately pulled back to into hell but she forgave Orpheus because now she knew that he loved Eurydice unconditionally."
He nodded as I explained.
"That sounds beautiful, I mean that is true love", He smiled.
After a while he put his cup down and took my hand.
"Listen, I have to get back to Ireland today, I have a show tomorrow there. I mean I have loved every minute I've spent with you so far and I was thinking maybe we could meet again?" He asked with a genuine smile. I smiled back.
"I'll give you my number", I said calmly.
He handed me his phone and I dialled my number into it.
We were both standing in the hallway as he was about to leave. He gave me the final kiss and I tuck a piece of hair behind his ear.
"I'll see you later, Andrew", I smiled.
"And I'll see you later, Ida", He smiled back.
When he was gone, the apartment felt empty and quiet again. I looked around in boredom. I put on the same vinyl we played last night and I started to search train tickets online and saw that a train ticket for the day after tomorrow to Dublin was actually quite cheap. From an impulsive decision I bought the train ticket and quickly went to call Andrew.
"Missing me already?" He answered quickly.
"I might have just bought a train ticket for the day after tomorrow... to Dublin" I giggled.
"Are you kidding? That's amazing! After tomorrow, I won't have another show in three days, you could spend that time there with me? He asked excitedly.
"Totally", I smiled. "I'll see you soon, darling", I whispered to the speaker. I heard him chuckle a bit.
"See you soon, baby", He whispered back and ended the call.
I put my phone down and started kicking my feet excitedly like a little girl. I quickly called Nessa.
"Girl, I won't be coming to work on Monday" I said as she answered.
"What? Why? And why did you try to call me earlier, I was sleeping?" She asked in a worried tone.
"I'll may be going on a little trip to Dublin", I smiled.
"What?!" She shouted excitedly. "Are you saying that Andrew..?"
"Uh-huh", I giggled.
"Girl... Well see ya next week", She chuckled and blew a kiss to the speaker. I ended the call and jumped up from the couch.
I put on Andrews album and immediately started packing.
Monday finally came and I was standing at the Dublin train station looking for Andrew who was supposed to pick me up. From the crowd of Irish people rushing in and out of trains I suddenly recognised a tall man waving at me. I started running towards him and hugged him as soon as I could. It felt like home having his arms wrapped around my body.
"I've missed you", He smiled.
"I've missed you too", I smiled back and gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek. He took my hand and led me to the parking lot where his car was parked.
He took my bags and put them in the truck as I sat on the passenger seat. He sat on the driver seat and started driving. I looked at him almost the whole ride. Oh, how I've missed him. Suddenly he put his hand gently on my thigh and looked at me, I smiled.
"Hope you don't mind", He said in a flirty voice.

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