Begin Again

Chapter Twelve

*A Few Days Later*

Ed's POV

The bright sunlight cascading into the room slowly awoke me. I let out a yawn and pulled the small figure I had my arms wrapped around back into me. I placed a kiss on the back of her hair and held her so incredibly tight, I never ever want to let her go.

A few minutes later, she awoke as well, stretching out her arms above her head.

"Good morning, love." I murmured.

"G'morning." Taylor mumbled, still half-asleep.

"How're you feeling?" I asked. She had come down with a cold over the past few days, the cold London climate certainly taking its toll on her.

"Eh. Still the same as yesterday." I could hear the raspiness in her voice, and I felt bad. I was the one who dragged her out here, it's my fault she's sick.

"I'm sorry, love. Is there anything I can do for you?" I asked, placing another kiss to the back of her head.

"No." She snuggled up into my chest a little more, and I clutched her close. "Wait, Ed, we need to go, our flight leaves in an hour!" She quickly pulled herself from our embrace, jumping out of bed quickly. I looked at the time and realized she was right, before quickly hopping up and helping her gather our things.

Half an hour later, we were in the car, driving to the airport. Taylor sat beside me in the passengers seat, and she looked absolutely adorable. Her blue eyes were framed by her huge glasses, to which she claims make her look ugly, but I know make her look stunning. Her limbs were wrapped up in the fabric of one of my old hoodies, her arms crossed over her chest to keep her warm. Her golden hair was pulled back into a messy pony tail, but there were still a few fly-away strands, that while they frustrated Taylor, they made me find her somehow even more adorable than normal.

She let out a sniffle, and I turned my head for a moment to watch her do it again. Her little nose twitched, and her cheeks were a few shades of red deeper.

"What're you staring at? I look awful!" She exclaimed, trying hard to sound mad but instead just coming off as adorably cute.

"I'm staring at my fiancé, and no you don't look awful, you look absolutely adorable. I could sit here for hours and tell you how your little nose twitching when you sniffle may be the cutest thing I have ever witnessed, or how you look so precious wearing my hoodie, or how your glasses make you look just that much more adorable, but then I very well may be going on about you for hours and hours, and we've got a flight to catch." A giggle escaped her lips, and I couldn't help but smile.

"You really love me that much, huh?"

"Even more than that, darling."

We drove the rest of the way in a happy silence, only punctuated by the sounds of Taylor coughing or blowing her nose. I clutched her small hand in mine, with my other on the steering wheel.

When we arrived at the airport, I quickly grabbed my suitcase and her duffle bag out of the back before helping her out of the car.

"Do you want me to help carry some of that?" She asked, but I shook my head. "You sure? Just coz I'm sick-" a cough caught her mid-sentence, disproving her point.

I laughed a little. "I'm positive love. There's not even that much to carry anyways."

We wandered through the airport, made it past security, and then got on the plane. Taylor quickly collapsed down into a seat, an exhausted look on her face. I smiled as I took the seat next to her.

"Is there anything I can do for you, beautiful girl?" She shook her head. "Come here, love." I lifted the arm rest between us, before wrapping my arms around her, pulling her into me. She snuggled right up against me, bringing her legs up onto the seat and laying her head on my chest. "Take a nap, it's alright. We've got a ten hour flight ahead of us." She nodded slowly, and in a matter of moments, she was out like a light.

Taylor's POV

"Hey Taylor." Ed's voice said from the seat next to me, and I sat up a little straighter to face him.

"Yeah?" I noticed we were on an airplane. I held my hand in Ed's, and he gave it a gentle squeeze.

"Well, I think you and I both know that when we get off of this airplane back home, we're gonna go different places. I'm gonna go back to my house, you're gonna go back to yours, and that's gonna be that. But I was thinking just now, about how much I'd really rather stay with you, wherever you are, I'd rather fall asleep and hold you in my arms. So, since we're dating and stuff, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to move in together?" He asked, biting his lip. His nervousness was obvious. "And like...you don't have to if you don't want to, I just, like..." He let out a sigh, and he looked rather ashamed.

"Ed! Are you serious? Could I really live with you?" I asked excitedly. It seemed too good to be true.

"Well, I mean, yeah. Would you really like that?"

"I would love that!" I jumped on top of him in a hug, pulling my legs onto his lap beneath me as I clutched onto him with every ounce of my being. "You could live with me at my place if you wanted, or I could live at yours." I was so excited I could hardly sit still.

"If you wouldn't mind, I'd love staying at your apartment." He suggested, and I nodded and grinned excitedly,

"Ed! Oh my god! I'm gonna live with you, this is going to be so cool. I love you so much."

I bolted upright, drawing in a quick gasp of air.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Ed asked, quickly pulling my small self into him.

"I..." I had to think for a moment. "We live together!" I realized, and tossed my arms around him. "You...moving in with me, I remember it now! Oh my god it is so good to be living with you again." I let out a sigh of relief, burying my face in his chest. "I love you, Ed."

He chuckled lightly. "I love you too Taylor."

I held him so incredibly close, I love him more than I ever thought possible. "Thank you." I murmured. "Thank you for sticking it out with me and waiting for all my memories to come back, thank you for still loving me, because I've never met anyone who has been as good to me as you have. Thank you so much."

He placed a kiss on my head. "Of course, Taylor, I would do anything for you, and there isn't a thing in this world that would keep me from loving you or standing by your side. You're my best friend, you're my girlfriend, you're my fiancé-"

"And I'm gonna be your wife!" I added, and he grinned, nodding.

"And I'm never letting you go. I'm going to stand at the alter someday, and no matter what it takes, I'm going to watch you walk down the aisle towards me. That will be the greatest day of my life, love." I grinned.

"Ed, I love you more than words can explain."

I snuggled into his lap, my head falling onto his chest, my hands in his, and fell asleep.

"Hey, love, we're home." Ed muttered quietly, waking me up carefully. I mumbled something incoherent and stretched out, before standing back up. Ed grabbed our stuff from the overhead compartment and I grabbed his hand.

When we got home twenty minutes later I collapsed onto the sofa. Ed laughed lightly as he tossed our things down by the foot of the stairs before walking over to the closer. He drew out a large, warm quilt that we had stuffed away in there, bringing it over and wrapping it around me.

Once making sure that I was sufficiently warm, he knelt down in front of me, getting on eye level. He grasped one of my hands in his, and I smiled.

"Is there anything I can do for you, beautiful girl?" I shook my head. He stared at me for a moment, his eyes telling me that his thoughts were elsewhere, just for a moment, before coming back down to earth. "Are you sure?" I nodded. "Come here, love." He said, climbing up into the couch next to me and pulling my blanket-swathed self into him. "I love you, you know that, right?" He asked, dead serious.

I nodded. "I know." I turned to look him right in the eyes. "And I love you, Ed."

A/N: sorry, this chapter sorta sucks. I'm working on some ideas and I really know what I want to happen next but I felt like there sort of had to be something in between Ed re-proposing and the next idea I have. Sorry this took me so long to upload, I was on a vacation and then school really got in the way. But I'm here now! The worst part of the semester should be over, at least I hope. Thanks so much for reading this! :)