Wake Me Up |e.s|

Eight

Ed Sheeran had been integrated into my daily life in a matter of months; three months after we first got together, he was already living with me.

The first day of December rolls around and Ed was gone on tour. He was in the US right now, his next date December 4th in San Francisco and I never thought I would feel so far away from someone.

"So how's the US?" I ask him, his pale face shining in the California sun, his phone placed just below his head as I lay in our bed in London.

"It's amazing, the crowds are amazing, the food is amazing, the excitement is amazing, the whole shitload is amazing."

I laugh, "Yeah, well, London's been a little plain since there's no you to make it amazing."

He smiles," London has you." he groans and runs a hand through his hair, "God, I want to kiss you so bad right now, Leigh. I can't wait to get home and just kiss you. I can't wait to feel your skin, to feel your hair on my skin, to feel your skin on my skin, to ugh. I love you."

I sigh, "I can't wait until December 5th either."

"Ugh, why do I have three more days until I see you?" he sighs, "Probably won't even get home until the 6th."

"Well, I'll still be here."

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Aren't you gonna get that?" I ask him.

"Get what?" he asks.

"Your phone, it's beeping."

"Leigh, my phone isn't beeping. My phone doesn't make that sound." He laughs.

"Oh, then... Maybe I'm just going crazy."

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"There it goes again!" I exclaim, catching Ed off guard and his phone goes tumbling down to the floor.

"Damn it, my phone screen is cracked now." he mutters.

"Sorry," I mumble.

"It's fine, look, I have to go. Maybe check the rooms for that beeping noise. Maybe it's something else?"

"Yeah, sure, I love you." I tell him.

"I love you more." and Ed ends the call.

• • • •

My head pulses as I wake up from the afternoon nap, my eyes closing quickly after seeing the dim sun. My groan floats through the room and I sigh as I pull the pillows over my head.

I slowly pull it off from my head and get up, my legs hanging from the side of the bed.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Not again," I moan.

My head aches even more as I stand up, the weight of my body falling towards the soles of my feet, as if I had been walking for hours without stopping.

I tread, like as if in water, towards the door, opening it to the cool living area. I walked into the living room, hoping to get some TV in my system before the beeping takes over my mind and disrupts my daily patterns. But it continues. The slow, monotonous Beep Beep Beep Beep.

Slowly, I sit down on the sofa, remote in my hand and punch the channel to a rerun of the Kardashians. After about ten minutes of Kourtney and Kim, I doze off, my head falling to the side.

• • • •
{ December 6, 2014}

"I'm so happy you're back," I whisper in Ed's shoulder, us standing in the airport.

"I'm glad to be back."

"So, now what have we ought to do?"

"I don't know, what?" he asks me.

"I don't know, you tell me," I smile as I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him.

"I have a couple of ideas." he smiles.

• • • •

Lying against each other in the bed, Ed wraps an arm around me, "I love this."

"I love you."

He stirs, "I love you, too."

"Of course you do."

Beep. Beep.

"Ugh, my head is killing me."

"That's not the only thing." Ed whispers and my vision goes blurry.

"Help." I whisper.

I feel my body going limp and the incessant sound continues:

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Come on, I need a nurse! She's crashing! I need a nurse in here stat!" he yells.

"She's not going to make it!" she screams at him.

"Keep her alive!" he yells back.

"I can't. I can't. She's dying!"

"She. Will. Not. Die."

"She's dead, sir."

"She's not dead," he whispers, "I promised her."

"You promised her what, sir?"

"I promised I'd wake her up."

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Hey, guys, I know it's been a while, but here I am! This super short chapter is a filler chapter to push my plot forward and we'll just see from there, huh? :) I love you guys and recommend this to your friends, wattpad friends and all! I really want to reach that wow, everyone reads this level. Thank you for those who've stuck by to help this goal.

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