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' hey are you awake?'

Emerson(2)

'No'

'arent you supposed to be sleeping?' 

' it's 3am but im not tired'

Emerson(1)

'phone call then?'

'yeah okay.'

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[ Phonecall ]

  ➝ incoming call: Emerson

  ➝  " Hey? Can you hear me?"

"Of course I can hear you when you're screaming."

  ➝ "Snarky when it's  3 am I see"

"You can't see my snarkiness."

  ➝ "Your highness? I'd greatly appreciate it if you stop." 

"I thought we agreed you'd stop calling me that?"

➝ "Nah, you're the only one who agreed to that"

 " You so agreed to it!"

  ➝ "I keep my promises and that's one I didn't make."

"I can feel your smirk from here."

➝ "You can't feel a smirk."

"Omfg please leave me alone!"

➝ "You agreed to this phone call! But okay, byyyeee." 

"Stop taking me seriously at 3 am."

  ➝ "Okay. But only if you start taking me seriously all the time."

"What are you harping on about? I always take you seriously! "

  ➝ "Of course you do."

"Emerson."

➝ "Yes?"

"It's 3 am please can you not speak in code."

➝  "..."

"Well?"

  ➝ "I'm not as delusional as you think I am. I know you think I'm joking when I say I'm coming back for you." 

"Wait, where is this all coming from?"

  ➝ "You're not the only one with confused feelings here."

"...Emerson?"

➝ "I'm sorry. I'm just...I don't know what's going on and it's driving me insane." ;he lets out a bitter laugh.

"No. I apologize for my realism in this situation but -"  ;i start to say.

  ➝ " No, buts, please! Why don't you believe me? Please believe me."  ;he cuts me off, desperation evident in his voice.

"Do you honestly believe that this will work?"

  ➝ " I'm being honest here. I'm not too sure what or where this is going but I'm willing to try. Yes, I'm scared too. You might forget me and see me as who the world sees me as."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that's how you saw things."

➝ "Well, of course, you didn't know -"

"What -"

[ Call Ended ]

I pull my phone away after hearing the beep and stare at it, letting it spontaneously light up my dark room. Did he just cut the call on me? I squint at the dull screen as I try to register what just happened. 

Did I say something wrong? 

Is he that upset?

I turn over and place the device on the pillow next to me and as I do it lights up, vibrating multiple times. I pick it up and see the notifications are all from Emerson, rolling my eyes I open the messages;

Emerson(3)

'im sorry'

'the connection dropped'

'are you still awake?' 

I read them and lock my phone placing it back on the pillow, not bothering to reply. It's not that I want to ignore him but I need to think about all of this. 

If I knew meeting him meant me being in this situation I would've walked straight out that store. Don't get me wrong, I like him, a lot but I'd like to have a sorta stable relationship. Not one where I have to bother about tabloids or constantly refresh my browser looking at timezones or even wondering what's he doing because he isn't in visiting distance. I don't want the stress of dating of a celebrity.

And I don't want him having the stress of being with a nobody.