Day by Day

10:02am

I wake up. The left side of the bed is empty. The sun shines through the window. Birds chirping outside. Harry on the other side of the world.

I take my phone from the nightstand. 9:32am. I have four voice messages. All from him. A smile grows on my face and I sit up straight on the bed. I listen to that robotic voice saying I have four new messages. Waiting for Harry's voice come through the phone makes me so anxious.

"First voice message", the robotic voice says. And then it switches to a sweeter, raspier voice.

"Day 437 of the tour. Just kidding but it's been a long way. Hi baby!", he says in a cheery voice, "woke up today in the beautiful city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. I woke up alone in my hotel room. Half of the bed felt too empty without you so I slept in the middle of the bed, hugging an extra pillow that I ordered from room service. I'm a loser. Right now I'm getting ready to head to the restaurant, dinner time. I guess that by the time you hear this, you'll be waking up. Having dinner with Louis and Zayn. After that I'll probably come back to my room to-", the message gets cut off.

"Second voice message."

"Well that was rude, the robotic lady cut me off." I can't help but laugh. He's such a dork. "As I was saying, I'll probably come back to my room and watch a movie and sleep. I'm really tired. Now I'm gonna tell you about my day. It was a hot day, windy. Went to the aquarium with Gemma, Lou, Louis, Niall, Cal and Liam. Sharks were very scary. I touched some rays, the were pretty slimy. Gemma almost cried when she touched one. Then we had lunch somewhere, very good food. I ate a big burger with bacon. Cal snapped photos all day. What else, what else... Oh, I made a bet with Zayn but I'll tell you about that some other time. Then we came back to the hotel. Got a shower, hot-", stupid machine cut him off when he was talking about showering. Ugh.

"Third voice message."

"My hot shower was good, thought about you, if you know what I mean. Water was great. Got out and then left to the stadium. I was late. I know you like this kind of detail so... I wore a black tank and my hair tied back. It's so long babe! You should see my hair. Almost as long as yours. Anyway, Lou fixed my- ow, fucking shit!" Some static is heard from the other line. "Sorry babe, I stepped on something pointy and now my foot hurts. Ouch. Anyway... Lou fixed my hair a little bit, fuck this hurts, and then I warmed up my vocals with the boys and showtime. We-", gets cut off again.

"Fourth voice message." This is the last one.

"Last quick message, I'm sure you're tired to hear these stupid messages."

No, no I'm not. Leave me more stupid messages with your beautiful voice please.

"You know I try to avoid the 'I miss you' phrase but I really miss you. Not having you here with me makes me want to go back home and hug you and kiss you all over. I miss your laugh and all of you. I love touring but I want time to go faster, just so I can see you. I love you baby, so much. I'll call you around 10am your time so please listen to this before 10am so you can know I'm gonna call. I love you, don't forget that. Talk soon, bye."

I check the clock. 9:46am. He will call in 14 minutes. I get up from the bed and go to the bathroom. I take my morning pee and fix my hair as if he's gonna see me. I sit back on our bed and fix my eyes on my phone. We usually do FaceTime calls but he would've told me he would FaceTime so it's a regular call. I look at the clock and it reads 9:48am. I have ten minutes to spare.

I keep looking at my phone thinking that the more I stare at it the faster Harry's call will come in. I decide to go to the kitchen. if I ocupy myself on breakfast, time will go faster. I pull out a pan and some pancake mix. I wait for the pan to warm up as I mix and mix the mix. I look at my phone. 10:01am.

10:02am. My phone starts to ring and Harry's face appears on the screen. I don't let it ring twice.

"Hello, hello, hello. I heard all your messages and I love them, there's no better way to wake up when you're gone that to those messages. I love you and I miss you so much. I love you, hello, hi." I say in my most desperate and high pitched voice. His soft, sleepy laughter fills my right ear and the grin on my face grows.

"Hi baby. I'm glad you heard those, I was afraid you wouldn't answer the call."

"Of course I would. I did. Did you come back from your dinner already?" I sit on one of the stools on the counter.

"Yeah, it's late here." His voice doesn't sound the same as always.

"Oh, yeah... Right... Hey, are you... Are you okay? You sound different."

"Different how?" he asks me.

"Different weird, I don't know. Like sad... Are you sad?" My heart starts to beat a little faster than before.

"Not sad... Just a little homesick to be honest. It's been a long time away from home. Away from you and our house. I miss home." He usually tries to disguise the fact that he's homesick, never admits it. Probably because if he admits he's homesick it will get worse. But he just confessed to be homesick. I don't want to say the wrong thing, making him miss home more.

"Hey don't be sad. It's okay to be homesick but instead of missing home, think about the things you want to do when you get back. Like driving you car, seeing your parents, going out with your friends, going grocery shopping with me. It's been hell shopping for groceries without you", I hear him laugh softly and my heart warms.

"Nobody helps me with the heavy bags." His laughter grows a little.

"You could eat some of my awesome brownies. We could take a swim on the little pool. There's a lot of stuff to look forward to so don't miss us, be anxious to come, not sad..." I say that, hoping he will understand what I mean.

"I love you so much. I really wanted to hear your voice. Hear you ramble on about stupid things. Apparently you want me to go grocery shopping with you. God, I miss you...", he takes a deep breath. "Look I have an early day tomorrow so I'll call you again tomorrow, before you go to sleep. I know this was a very quick call but I'm so tired. I still wanted to talk to you though so I waited for 10am. Thanks for answering, I love you lots."

"I love you lots more Harry. I hope I was a little helpful."

"You were very helpful. I feel better."

"Good, now sleep tight and have sweet dreams. I love you and we'll talk soon okay?"

"Yes babe, I love you too. Have a good day."

"I'll try to have a good day."

Without you, no days are good.

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