In Time - [Dan Smith: Bastille]

07

Dan POV

"Bring me some hope
By wandering into my mind
Something to hold onto
Morning, noon, day, or night"

I quietly sang in the shower afraid for Sarah to hear. This song was about her. In fact, every song I wrote had an element of her presence in it.
I dried myself with a towel and got dressed before entering the kitchen. My hair was damp just like her cheeks. She was like the Mona Lisa. I wasn't sure if she was smiling or trying to hold back tears. Her eyes followed my every movement. Studying me. I felt exposed. I felt like she knew something about me that I didn't, but when I looked at her, she was impossible to read. Even her wet cheeks were misleading.

"Sarah... Are you crying?" I asked carefully.

"No.. I mean yes. I'm just really happy. Don't worry about me." She smiled rubbing her face. "When are you off to the studio?"

"I sadly have to leave now." I mumbled. I didn't want to leave.

"Oh."

"I'll be back. Soon. I promise." I said.

"Are you recording new music today?" She asked.

"No not yet. Just practicing and discussing the new album. We're doing an interview later tonight too. Will you watch me make a fool out of myself."

"Of course." She smiled.

"I have to run."

"I'll walk you to the door." She sighed.

I stood in the opened doorframe unsure if I wanted to leave.

"Go. You'll be late." She kissed my cheek and grounded me from my trance.

"Want to come to my place tomorrow?" I asked. She nodded. Then her eyes trailed down and suddenly she started laughing.

"What?" I was confused.

"Oh it's nothing. Sorry for harassing your neck yesterday night that's all." She giggled. I was still confused over what she was talking about. She gave me a slight push. "Go! You'll be late!"

I waved goodbye and started walking away.

"I love you Dan. Good luck today!" She shouted. I was caught off guard so I stopped walking and turned around to face her. My face cracked into a smile as I recited her words in my head. I love you.

"I love you too Sarah. Stay safe."

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When I walked into the studio I was greeted by all the boys and Kyles cold shoulder. I decided to talk to him. I grabbed him by the arm and ragged him away from the rest of the crowd that was setting up the instruments for practice.

"Yes Dan?" He sounded annoyed.

"I wanted to apologize. I was being a dick. Just ugh... This is a sensitive topic for me. So let's talk about it as rarely as possible."

Kyle sighed. "Yeah, I shouldn't have called you out either. I just noticed your numbers hit zero."

"I was not in the best mood. Sorry. I just... I don't know who I met. I don't know who she is, so... I guess I have to live without her."

"I heard timers reset sometimes." Kyle tried to comfort me.

"I don't want mine to reset." I blurted out. I couldn't imagine my life with a different person.

"What! Why? I thought..." Kyle smirked as he looked at my neck. "Oh."

I just gave him a confused look.

"Well Dan, can't wait to meet the girl." He chuckled. As I remembered Sarah's goodbye words slowly realizing what Kyle is talking about, my heart dropped as I ran to the mirror to look at my neck. My face flushed tomato red as I saw a huge love bite on my neck.

"We have an interview tonight, you should probably try to cover it up." Kyle said as he passed me a scarf.

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"So Dan, there have been rumours going around that your clock hit zero. Is that true?" The interviewer nudged me.

My face dropped. This was really not the time. No one knew apart from Sarah and Kyle that my clock hit zero. I didn't even tell the rest of my band.

Kyle broke the silence "Dan would like to keep his personal life-"

"Yes." I simply said.

"Dan don't-"

"My clock hit zero. It's true."

Will and Woody turned to me and stared at me in shock.I sighed and took off my watch showing my wrist to the interviewer.

"And who's the lucky girl?"

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A/N

Hope you like this super weird chapter I wrote in the airport. Oh and also it's my birthday today so treat this as a loot bag I guess lol.