||Life On Tour|| Daniel Seavey||

Chapter 20

When I woke up I was convinced I was underwater. It felt like someone was pushing down on my chest to the point where I couldn't breathe.

All I could do was lie there and gasp for air. I gripped onto the blanket just to have something to hold. After a couple minutes I was able to steady my breathing.

I checked the time and it was almost 5 am. There was no way I could go back to sleep so I got out of bed and and went to the front of the bus as quietly as I could. I decided to make myself some tea.

While I was boiling the water, the door slid open. I turned around and there was daniel.

"What are you doing up at this time?" I ask.

"I could ask you the same thing" he says, sitting down on the couch and grabbing a blanket.

"Would you like some?" I ask, holding up my mug.

"Sure, what is it?"

"It's just some tea" I say.

"Cool"

We sit in silence as I pour him a mug. I go over and hand it to him.

"Thank you" he says, as I sit down next to him.

We sit silently for a little longer until I speak up.

"Did I wake you up?"

"Oh no no, I umm... I just couldn't sleep" he says.

"Oh"

We both go quiet, trying to think of something to say.

"We don't have to make this awkward you know" Daniel Says.

"What do you mean?"

"Well we've been put in a bit of an awkward situation....."

"Oh right, that" I say.

"Well we can kind of plan things out ya know? Like the things we can do to make it believable?" Daniel Says.

"Oh okay yeah. So ummm....what could we do?"

"Hmmmm"

We both think for a minute.

"Oh how bout....you wear a hoodie for like an interview or something and then I wear it for an instagram post or something like that?" I suggest.

"Oh that's a good idea" Daniel Says, "And we could just like...hug a lot when cameras are on us and stuff"

We turn to look at each other and then look away, blushing.

"Yeah yeah"

"Here I'll take that for you" Daniel Says, reaching for my now empty mug.

I watch as he walks across the room and puts the mugs on the counter table. He comes and sits back down next to me.

"You know if we're gonna do this we're gonna have to be....comfortable with each other" I say.

"Right right....well you could start off by telling me what's bothering you" Daniel Says.

"What?"

"Come on, you've been waking up every day in the early hours of the morning. Obviously you're not sleeping well. So what's up?" Daniel Says.

"Oh jeez I'm sorry, am I making too much noise everyday?"

"No no, it's okay. Just know that you can talk to me Ellie" he says.

"Well.." I say, leaning my head on his shoulder. I feel him tense up for a second but then he relaxes.

"I've just been having some bad dreams" I say.

"Oh no, that's terrible" he says.

"Yeah, well what can you do right?"

"We can probably find some...sleeping pills? That might help? Or I'm sure there are ways to like...meditate or something before going to sleep? OH maybe we could do yoga together to line up our chakras or something" Daniel suggests.

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah I could try that....." I say.

I feel him rest his head on top of mine.

"Now be honest Daniel" I start.

"Hmm?"

"Did you get out of bed just to talk to me?" I ask.

"Maybeeeee...."

I chuckle.

"But I won't regret it" he whispers.

I close my eyes and then next thing I know, I'm drifting off to sleep.

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A/n

Aww this is a cute one!!

Anyways thanks for reading!!

:)xx