Dust off your highest hopes (Taylor Swift- Ed Sheeran story)

We block out the noises with the sounds of " I need you"

We block the noises with the sound of "I need you"

The house was quiet, two little feet around the hallway on their way to her mom's bedroom, but she wasn't looking for her mom, she wanted the ginger head guy, the one that played with her when mommy was busy. The little girl opened the door of the master bedroom, instantly Taylor woke up and propped herself on bed "hey sweetie, what are you doing here? It's late" Annie got to Taylor's bed, her silky blanket wrapped tightly in her hands "I can't sleep there are monsters in my room" Taylor chuckled lightly, she couldn't let her sleep with them, it was becoming too much of a habit " what about we go back to your room and I will stay with you and make the monsters go away?" the little girl shook her head saying no, making Taylor wonder what did she want " I want Ed to go with me to my room" Taylor sighed, she didn't want to wake him up " Anne, he is sleeping, he has to get up early tomorrow" while Taylor talked to Annie, Ed had woken up, he muttered to Taylor " I'm up, I can go with her if you want" Taylor looked over at him and whispered " you really don't have to" Ed shrugged " I don't care, but it's your daughter, your decision" Annie heard Ed and gave her mom a pleading look " Please mommy, please".

They both woke up early that morning and made the most of that time together before it was time to wake Annie "you know I feel bad that you had to get up and help Anne sleep again... but I think I feel rejected by my daughter because she didn't want me, she wanted you" Ed hugged her and pressed his lips to the side of her head "I won't do it again if you don't want to, I just thought...." Taylor shut him up with a kiss, it was sweat, it was meant to make him know that she was just messing with him "it's ok; really I'm just not used to sharing responsibility, that's all".

Months passed, everything was great, their anniversary was coming and Ed wanted to buy her something really special, he had three months to think about something big, he met up with an old friend who happened to have a lot of opinions about Ed's life now. They met in a pub; they started talking about everything until a subject made Ed realize some things "I saw your interview in America, I didn't know that you were raising her daughter, I mean I didn't even know that she had a daughter, you never told me" Ed smiled at the thought of his two girls waiting at home, he knew that Anne wasn't his, but he loved her so much, she was such a sweet girl " yeah, we are living together and everything. I didn't know about it until I went to the States to their house, but I don't care, I love both of them so much mate, that I don't really care that Anne isn't mine" Ed's friend couldn't really comprehend what he was saying " But mate, aren't you missing normal stuff that every 22 year old guy does, the parties, getting drunk, you sound like if you were about to marry this girl, by the way, I haven't met her" Ed kept quiet for a minute, he knew that he was really serious about Taylor, but he never realized how much people thought that he was missing " I don't feel like I'm missing anything man, she didn't want me to get involved at the beginning, she said the exact same thing, that she couldn't ask me to not go out and party but the thing is, that this little girl got under my skin, she is so precious and dear to me" in that moment a message lit up Ed's cell phone screen, a picture of the three of them, both Ed and Taylor kissing each cheek of Anne, as his background pic " you are whipped mate, you have pictures of them everywhere" Ed smiled, he knew his friend was right.

On his way home, he thought of what present to buy Taylor, he knew he had three months before that, but they met on January and started to date in march, right now it was December, he also had to buy the Christmas presents, it was easy to buy for Anne, she wanted a doll and some cute bed for Meredith, but Taylor in the other hand was much more difficult, two things were in his mind but he couldn't figure out which one was the best for each occasion.

He got home and saw Taylor making some fancy dinner, drinking some wine "what's the special occasion?" Taylor met him halfway and kissed him deeply "mom and dad, made an surprise visit and Anne wanted to sleep with them, so we have the house to ourselves before meeting my parents tomorrow, by the way, my mom and dad want to meet your parents" Ed wrapped his arms around her waist "I will call them later, are your parents staying until Christmas or are they going back to the States?" he kissed her repeatedly on her lips, quick, soft, sweet kisses " I think they are spending Christmas here with us" the kiss intensified, the dinner passed to the back of their minds, the feeling of their bodies pressed together made everything else disappear. Quickly clothes left their bodies, the living room floor pressed against Taylor's back, they couldn't reach the bedroom, soon his kisses felt like butterflies on her skin that left a hot trail, her hands left scratches on his back as he kissed the sensitive flesh on her breast, his kisses traveled to her lower body and reach the center of her pleasure, making her see stars with her eyes closed. Soon after Taylor got back to the earth, their bodies connected as one, their breathing synchronized, he in, her out, he got further into her with each thrust, she accompanying him on his travel to see the stars, making it the second time this night.

Ed was just in his boxers as she wore his shirt, they sat on the pantry eating the fancy dinner that had been left unattended when the desire for each other became priority. Ed fed her a small bite of the fancy salad they were eating "I can't wait to decorate the house, I want to see Anne's face when we buy the Christmas tree and everything" Taylor loved when Ed talked about the things that he could make with Annie, he talked like if she were his, not that he had chosen to be her father figure, she decided to made a comment that may or may not be taken well by Ed, but it looked like the right time to say it " Annie asked me the other day if... you know what forget it" Ed looked at her and took her hands on his " tell me Love, I care about anything that Anne said" Taylor looked away " it's nothing really" she kept her gaze out of Ed's face " Taylor... love please tell me" She kept her gaze down while figuring out how to say the next sentence " Annie... uhmm... she asked me if she... uhmm... if she could call you daddy" after that sentence a long silence, Taylor scolding herself mentally, she shouldn't have told Ed, he in the other hand speechless but with joy, he was so special to this little girl that she wanted her to be her dad, but soon that bliss turned into worry when Taylor's phone rang, she picked it up and placed it in speaker " Taylor, honey, don't worry too much if you are driving but we are in the hospital, Annie fell downstairs and banged her head, the doctors are checking her right now, but you need to get here"