The end where I begin

C h a p t e r 37

Danny's POV

My plane had landed just a few hours ago and I was finally back in Dublin. I had been gone for a few weeks now to do the final touches on the new album before I was leaving again soon. Hopefully I could spend as much time with Lauren as possible while I was here. I knew she had started school and was really busy these days, but we needed it. These past few weeks apart now had been harder than other times before. I had been gone for longer and we were both busier this time, meaning we didn't talk that much and I was scared that we would start falling apart. Of course be both missed each other, but it was nothing like before, at least not for me.

'Text to Laurs: are ye free today? Plane just landed and I can't wait to see ye x' I had just gotten back to my apartment and was lying on my bed trying to relax for a bit and texted Lauren to see if she had time to hang out today. I closed my eyes for a few minutes whilst waiting for a reply.

* 1 hour later*

I woke up a bit puzzled by the sound of my phone ringing. I must have fallen asleep waiting for Lauren to text me back. I sat up on the bed and picked up the phone.

'Hello?' I said still half asleep. I didn't look at the caller ID before picking up so I had no idea who this was.

'Sorry, were you asleep?' Lauren giggled. Thank god it was her. I had really missed hearing her voice. The time I had been away we had mostly texted. We didn't have that much time for Skype or calling, so texting seemed easier. By texting we could answer whenever we had the time to, which was the easiest for us since we were both so busy.

'Yeah just a little bit, I think I just got home.' I said not knowing what time it was or how long I had been asleep.

'Oh okay, well you texted me an hour ago. I'm sorry I didn't reply but I had class, but I'm done now and on my home and figured I could call since I'm just walking anyways.'

'That's great, so do ye have any time today?'

'I'm sorry Dan but I really can't. We learned some new stuff today and I'm not sure I understand it that well so I have to spend the day studying.' I was really gutted she didn't have time for me today, but I understood she had to study.

'Oh it's okay...I guess we have to find another time then.' I said disappointed as I heard her sigh on the other end.

'I'm really sorry Dan, I really miss you.'

'I miss you too, I just feel like we haven't been us...' It really broke my heart to say this, but it was true. It was so different from before.

'I know and I'm sorry about that too, we've both just been really busy. Look, I'll study as soon as I get home and I'll try to find some time tonight and come over okay?'

'Okay, sounds good. I'll see ye tonight then, maybe.'

'Yeah, hopefully. I gotta go now so I can start studying, love you.'

'Love you too.' With that she hung up the phone. At least this went better than I had in mind. I honestly didn't believe she would have time at all, even to talk. But at least I got to say what I felt and she might be coming over tonight, I really hope she will. Then we could talk some more and figure out how we're gonna do this.

After the nap I went out to the kitchen and checked the fridge. Apparently Lauren had stopped by and filled the fridge so I didn't have to go get groceries today, or tomorrow. Well at least she had time to that. Not that I minded, but seeing as she had time to get me groceries she could have at least called. Okay now I was being an asshole. I know that, but it was kinda true. Without giving it much more thought I made some food and sat down to watch some TV. After scrolling through multiple channels I found a sports channel that was playing some soccer. I decided to have it playing in the background whilst I pulled out my phone and went on Twitter as I decided to answer tweets for a bit. I had nothing else to do anyways, at least not until I knew if Lauren had time or not. If not I would probably go out with the lads or something. Even after traveling with them for a long time now I still didn't mind hanging out with them even though we were leaving for 2 months together soon as well.