Under The Willow Tree • Louis Tomlinson

xix.

xix. sleeping with nutella

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Sleep would not come to me tonight. The adrenaline rush you get from concerts had taken over me. I stayed away from any source of caffeine but the thrill of a great concert stopped my brain from shutting down. I was tossing and turning in my bunk. Everyone else had fallen asleep a while ago after a few games of guitar hero. They truly were strange people. I mean who plays guitar hero after performing for 90 minutes? I stretched out in my bunk so I could rummage through the small pile of things at the end of my bed. I was looking for my phone and since it was not charging it made it ever so harder to find. When I found it I turned the screen on to look at the time.

3:40am. Crap. I knew if I didn't sleep soon I would feel like the walking dead tomorrow. I closed my eyes and started to count sheep. One Sheep. Two, Three, Four... Fifty-Eight, Fifty-Nine. Ok so that plan wasn't working. I opened my eyes again and slowly edged my curtains open. Everyone else's curtains were shut and someone was snoring. Though I couldn't tell who that was. Very silently I lept out of my bed and onto the ground. I was very careful not to make the slightest sound. I made my way down the stairs and into the main living area on the bus. Seeing that I was alone I made my way to the fridge to see what was in there. The only light I had to use was the pale moonlight that made its way through the heavily tinted windows. I felt around for a while until my hands made contact with what felt like Nutella. I smiled and closed the fridge before rummaging the cutlery draw for a spoon. When I was satisfied with what I got I made my way back to the main lounge area. I sat down in the largest chair and opened the Nutella when I realised I was not the only one enjoying an early morning snack.

"Can't sleep?" He was sitting opposite me with what looked like a packet of crisps.

"Good Morning Liam." I waved to the darkness, "Nope. Not even a wink. What about you?"

"Same here." He sighed, "I don't know what it is about tonight. I usually end up going to sleep first."

"It must be the energy." I chuckled while dipping my spoon into the chocolaty hazelnut goodness.

"How long have you been up Rose?" Liam asked with what sounded like a full mouth.

"Since eight in the morning yesterday. I tried sleeping before but counting sheep doesn't help. I just hope Nutella calms me down enough." I then put the spoon into my mouth and sighed at the deliciousness.

"Well good luck with that." Liam stood up, yawning. "I ate all my crisps and it's almost 4am so I better head upstairs or I'll end up falling asleep on stage"

I chuckled and dipped the spoon back into the jar. "Goodnight Liam. Hope you get some sleep."

I watched as he walked up the stairs, leaving me alone with my Nutella. I just kept dipping my spoon back into the jar and after a while the adrenalin subsided and the wrath of tiredness took over my body.

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[Louis' POV]

"Don't wake her up Niall. She didn't sleep all night." Liam sounded tired and he couldn't stop yawning.

"But she's sleeping with my Nutella!" Niall sounded disappointed.

"There's more in the fridge Niall." Liam sighed. We had all woken up past midday and we have to do another run through in a couple of minutes. We had gone to get breakfast from the greenroom when we had spotted Rose fast asleep with a half-eaten jar of Nutella. Nutella was smeared around her mouth and Rose looked like she was enjoying her sleep.