"lay with me?" he speaks up after a couple minutes.
"of course, yeah," i assure him, nodding. his hands rub up and down my arms, bringing them to my face.
"now, stop crying and give me a kiss," he uses the pad of his thumb to wipe my tears away, "i miss you."
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ariadne
i woke up to the loud noise of a ringtone the next morning. picking up the fact that it's not my ringtone, i nudged the sleeping man on top of me and told him to pick the phone up.
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he stirs around in his tiny bed, that we somehow managed to stay on, and stretches his hand out to the night time, feeling around until he got a hold of his cell.
"hello?"
silence.
a few seconds later, he shoots up in bed and starts rubbing his eyes; breathing heavily.
"i'm sorry, what?"
he suddenly begins to frantically get out of bed, pulling his jeans on quickly whilst holding the phone to his ear almost falling in the process.
i tiredly sit up in bed and watch him intently listen to what the person on the other side of the line has to say as he starts shoving his shoes on.
i furrow my eyebrows, who is he talking to? why does he have to leave?
deciding not to intrupt his call, i reach over to my own phone and check the time- 8:46am
"okay thank you. i'll be there in five," luke rushes out, before throwing his phone on the bed and running his fingers through his hair, "fuck."
"whats wrong?"
"it's skylar."
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a few silent minutes later, we arrive to the hospital and we're so frantic to the point where we dont bother signing in with the lady in the front. we see the elevator close the second we arrive to the closed off area, so instead of waiting for another lift we rushed up the stairs.
we sped walked down the hallway to skylars room, but were stopped by nurse linda.
"wait, before you both go in there i was told to inform you of the circumstances," she puts her hands on our chests and looks into both of our eyes seriously.
