Ryan's POV
As I woke up the next morning, I took notice to the empty half of the bed that Alison should have been in. I sat up and looked around the room only to find her suitcase gone as well.
"Shit." I said as I stood.
I rushed to get dressed and then quickly strode down to Ben's room. I knocked on the door impatiently only to have a tired Tricia answer.
"What is it Ryan?" She questioned before letting out a yawn.
"Is Alison here?" I asked.
"No... Why would she be?" She asked.
"She isn't in our room and her suitcase is gone." I replied.
A worried look crossed Tricia's face as she turned and sprinted back into the room, waking Ben, and explaining to him what was going on.
"Has anybody checked their phones?" Ben asked as he picked his up.
Sure enough, he had a text from Alison. I rushed back to my room and grabbed my phone to also find a text from Alison. She had gone to London a few days early with Ed to try and clear her mind. Stu was staying at the hospital with Mike until he got better, and she didn't want us to worry about her.
"So much for not worrying." I thought aloud.
"Ryan?" Ben questioned from my door.
"Yeah?" I answered.
"You alright man? You seem out of it." He said.
"I just don't understand what is going on anymore. I just wish she would stop locking me out and just talk to me." I replied as I fell back onto the bed.
"You've just got to give her some time." Ben said.
"I've given her all the time in the world Ben." I said a little louder than intended.
"Don't get angry with me." He said.
"I'm just tired of guessing when she will chose to tell me something or whether or not she will be next to me when I wake up. Ben, I love Alison, but I don't know how long I can do this for." I said with a sigh.
"Ryan, please don't give up on her. She needs you. I need you to do this. I need you to make my sister happy because no one else has ever made her as happy as you have. Please Ryan." Ben almost begged.
"I just need time to think about this all. I guess while she has time to clear her mind in London, I'll clear mine here." I replied.
"Just really take the time. Take the next week and really think about it Ryan. Please." Ben said before turning and walking back to his room.
As I layed on the bed, I thought about everything Alison and I had been through the past month or so. The Jackie drama that was only just starting by the looks of it, Alison's dad, Alison herself, losing the baby, and Mike.
That was it. Mike! Something must've happened when she went to see mike that made her want to leave so quickly. Maybe her silence last night had to do with him too.
Maybe it was time to make a trip to the hospital.
Ed's POV
As Alison and I got to my flat, I mentally took a note to try to talk to her about Mike later when she was actually talking again. We had stopped for dinner on the way back from the airport, and were now about to sit and watch Game of Throwns for the night.
"I don't understand how you like this show so much. It's so weird and gory and ew." Alison said after a about three episodes.
I let out a chuckle as I looked down at her with a smirk. She had her head in my lap and was sprawled out across the rest of the sofa.
