All Things Bright and Beautiful (Owl City fanfic)

Adam

I. Was. So. Tired.

After the concert I flopped onto my bed in my hotel room.

Man, I was drained.

I sipped some water from a plastic cup and started to pack up my stuff. I had to leave in an hour.

I walked towards the door to pick up a stray sock that had lost its way when I noticed a small scrap of paper that had been slipped under the door.

I picked it up.

It was Cloe's number.

A small smile crept its way across my face. I picked up the sock.

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I would call her.

No.

Yes.

Yes.

No.

Yes.

Maybe.

I can't.

It's midnight.

She's sleeping.

Yes.

No.

I picked up my phone, stared at the blank screen and then dropped it onto my mattress.

What if I woke her up? I couldn't call her at 12:00 at night.

I dropped my phone onto a pile of laundry on the ground beside my bed, and shoved my head under my pillow, groaning.

I was so so tired. But so so so awake.

I flipped onto my back and stared up at the ceiling. Was that a crack or a shadow?

I got up and looked out the window.

The street was deserted.

I put my back against the wall and slid downwards until I was sitting down, my legs stretched out in front of me.

My eyelids slid closed, but I still couldn't sleep.

I got up, picked up my phone, and sat back down in bed.

This was a last resort. I wouldn't be able to sleep until I did it.

I texted her.

R u awake?

Nothing happened for a while, then my heart leapt as the three dots inside a speech bubble appeared. She was texting back!

Cloe: no. Thinking abt u. Is insomnia contagious?

Me: :)

Cloe: r u tired

Me: nooooooo (sarcasm)

Cloe: I'm eating a midnight snack of a PB and J sandwich

Me: I'm laying in bed not sleeping (urgh)

Cloe: yawn

Me: yawn

Cloe: try 2 sleep ok?

Me: what do u think I've been doing for the past 2 hours?

Cloe: :)

Me: goodnight

Cloe: goodnight.

I turned off my phone, put it on my bedside table and in minutes i was asleep. She was my sleeping pill.

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When I woke up in the morning, sunlight streamed through the window creating dust motes that twirled and swirled throughout my room.

I rubbed my eyes and glanced at the alarm clock beside my bed.

8:00

Wow! That was the latest I'd slept in since...who knows when?

I yawned, stretching my seized up muscles, got out of bed and waked into the kitchen.

After making some toast and pouring myself a tall glass of OJ, I settled down to eat. After I was done I put my plate in the dishwasher, when to my room and got dressed.

It was time to get out on the town.

<>we played golf on the moon and tennis on the sun, like athletes of the afternoon. Solar flares burnt my arms and made her makeup run on our super lunar honeymoon<>

Wolfgirl1918 💜