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

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They quickly drove to the hospital; Ed never saw Taylor more worried than in that precise moment. She had tears in her eyes that were threatening to fall, he had his hand over hers, his thumb gently caressing the top of it in a soothing way “she is going to be ok Love” was all he could say to her, he really hoped that nothing really big happened, he couldn’t bear the thought of his little girl in that hospital for too long or the sight of Taylor in such distress either. Ed stopped the car in front of the emergency door to let Taylor go in first “ your mom texted me saying that she was in the pediatric wing, second floor, I will meet you up there” she gave him a light squeeze and got off the car, running towards the elevator.

Taylor got to the front desk of the second floor quickly asking for the number of the room “I need the number of Anne Swift-Jones?” the lady looked up “your relation with her?” Taylor snorted, she just wanted to get to see her daughter “ I’m her mother” the lady nodded and searched through the computer “ She is in room 230” she thanked the lady and quickly found the room in which her daughter laid in bed.

Andrea saw Taylor get in, quickly scanning the scene, Anne was sleeping in bed, one arm in a cast, Taylor stood by the side of the bed caressing her daughter’s face while saying “ hi baby, I’m sorry this happened, as soon as we get home I will spoil you so much” she looked up and saw Andrea with tears streaming down her face “ I’m sorry, this is all my fault” Taylor hugged her and whispered “ No is not, this could of happen with everyone. Where is dad?” Taylor got out of the embrace and sat on the chair by the bed “ he went to get us coffee” in that moment a knock followed by Ed and Scott opening the door and getting inside the room, Ed as Taylor did, stood by the bed for a while caressing what wasn’t bruised of Annie “ hey pretty girl; you have to get well soon so I can teach you how to ride a bicycle as you asked me” another knock on the door but this time a doctor entered the room “ hello, I assume you are the parents am I right?” they, Ed and Taylor, nodded “ ok, your daughter hit her head pretty hard, we are keeping her in a induce coma for the rest of the night so the swelling that formed in her brain goes down, after that, two more days in observation and if everything goes ok you will be able to take her home” Taylor hugged Ed as she silently thanked god, everything looked like it would be ok after all.

Taylor stayed the night; she couldn’t get herself away from her daughter, the poor little girl looked so uncomfortable with her cast even when she was sleeping, Ed left really late at night not before saying goodbye to Anne and promising Taylor that he would come back early morning with some breakfast. The night was tough, nurses came and went during the night, and one even woke her to inform her that they would start taking the sedation so she would wake up around nine a.m next morning.

Ed woke up early morning thanking god that it was Saturday and they didn’t have classes, he spent a bad night, he couldn’t sleep thinking about Anne, he really hoped that everything went well and they could soon bring their daughter home, yes their daughter, he really didn’t care if she wasn’t genetically his, that little girl was his world now. Ed went by quickly to Taylor’s favorite bakery and grabbed some muffins and her favorite tea to go not without going to the flower shop and buying a bouquet of lilacs and a big teddy bear. He arrived at the hospital minutes later and caught up with Andrea just before the elevator “Good morning Ed, how did you sleep?” Ed kissed Andrea’s cheek and gave her a quick one arm hug “I didn’t sleep much, you?” Andrea gave him a sympathy smile “not the best night but I slept a little bit” Andrea again had tears in her eyes, Ed gave her a full hug this time despite of the flowers and the stuffed animal “Annie will be ok, It’s not your fault. Please stop blaming yourself” Andrea nodded into the hug and quickly got herself together to go out of the elevator “where is Scott?” they kept walking to where Annie’s room was “ he is buying breakfast for us”. They arrived at the room, Andrea’s phone went off “ you go in, I will take this first” Ed nodded.

He entered the dark room, Taylor was lying in the small bed by the bed, Annie was still sleeping on her bed, he placed the flowers on the side table and stood once again by Anne’s side, he caressed her face “ hey Annie, I hope you get well soon honey, we need to start learning how to ride a bicycle so when Santa gets you the one you want you know how to ride it” the little girl started to flutter her eyes open, she yawned and looked around “Daddy? When can I start learning?” Ed looked down again, Annie had her eyes open, looking at him with her bright blue eyes “ as soon as we get you out of this cast honey” his heart was swelling with pride, this little girl was calling him daddy, he never thought that a simple word could be so magical, he kissed the top of Annie’s head as he saw Taylor waking up, she gave him a meaningful look and he knew she had heard, she went to Annie’s bed and quickly hugged her daughter “ Baby, how are you feeling? Does anything hurt?” Annie shook her head no “ I just want to go home mommy” Taylor smiled and kissed her forehead “ Two more days baby and we will take you home” Ed gave her the big stuffed bear, funny enough the bear had orange hair “ Thank you! Look it has orange hair like you daddy” the sound of that word made both of them smile so much, but it was Taylor the first one to reply to the little girl “Yeah, it has orange hair like daddy” and she ran her fingers through Ed’s hair.

When Andrea and Scott got in, Taylor excused herself and asked Ed to go out with her for a moment, he knew this meant she needed to talk to him about what just happened, she motioned him to seat by her side “ I need you to tell me how you feel about this” he looks at her with a puzzled look “ I don’t understand what you mean” Taylor shook her head and sighed “ are you ok with her calling you dad? Because I can tell her to stop” Ed looked at her and simply gave her a peck on the lips, making her stop talking “ I couldn’t be happier, I love that she calls me daddy, it’s just beautiful” Taylor smiled but then got serious “ great, but there is one thing that you need to know, I can’t afford another man walk out of Anne’s life, I mean one you are a parent you can’t walk out, I’m not saying that you can’t end things up with me if you feel like it, I’m saying that you have to be here for Anne the rest of your life and…” she was rambling so Ed fully kissed her and whispered against her lips “ shut up, I’m staying” Taylor smiled into the kiss but tried to reassure herself “Are you sure?” she mumbled against his lips, he stopped kissing her and held her face in his hands “ I love you, I love Anne, I plan to spend the rest of my life with both of you, so yes, I’m sure” he kissed her again this time softly and lovingly.

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