❥Warning:
Includes strong language.
-DREAM's POV-
It's been a week.
One full week of no communication from George. Sapnap would constantly be on his phone texting George so it made me feel a little better knowing George was doing okay.
I stayed seated in my gaming chair with a soft light in the background, waiting for the time to reach midnight so I could officially call George to tell him how much I missed him and how excited I was for him to come back to Florida.
After impatiently waiting the last minute, it finally reached midnight.
I grabbed my phone off my desk, almost dropping it. I pressed on George's contact name and immediately pressed dial with a huge smile on my face.
I was so excited to hear his voice again.
It rung once, then twice, then a third time. My smile faded as my eyebrows squished together. Then after a fourth ring, he answered.
DREAM:
"George!" I yelled excitedly.
GEORGE:
"Hey." He said flatly.
DREAM:
"Oh my god—I missed you so much." I laughed, "The week is over, thank God. Ugh—it's felt like a million years since we last talked."
GEORGE:
"Yeah..." He replied in the same flat tone.
DREAM:
"I have so much to tell you." I smiled, "Okay so Sapnap sent me a text message that was meant for Olivia—"
I bursted out in a wheeze just thinking about it.
DREAM:
"He—he sent me a photo—" I wheezed harder while setting my head down, "He was freaking out so badly!"
I lost it meanwhile not a single noise was made on his end. I wiped away the tears in my eyes that appeared from laughing too hard.
DREAM:
"God—you should've seen his face." I smiled widely, "But there's so much other stuff to tell you."
A thought occurred to me. I wanted to see his face.
DREAM:
"Hang on, FaceTime me instead. I wanna see you." I pressed on the FaceTime button and set up my phone against my monitor.
GEORGE:
"I can't right now." He said lowly.
DREAM:
"Oh," I frowned, "That—that's okay. We'll get to see each other soon anyways when you come back to Florida."
I grabbed my phone and put it back up to my ear.
DREAM:
"God, I can't wait to see you." I smiled, "You don't realize how hard this has been but it'll be worth it, I know it will be. Ugh—I just wanna be with you right now."
GEORGE:
"Dream—" he started.
DREAM:
"Oh and when you come back—I have a big surprise for you. No—you know what? I'm just gonna tell you now." I laughed, "Sapnap is gonna move in with Olivia and we're gonna have this whole place to ourselves!"
I leaned my elbow against the desk.
DREAM:
"God—we're gonna have so much fun." I smiled widely, "Now that the week is over, we can get back to—"
GEORGE:
"I'm not coming back." He blurted out.
I froze as my smile faded. My eyebrows squished together as I shifted in my seat.
DREAM:
"You're not...what?"
He sighed.
GEORGE:
"I'm not coming back, Dream..."
My shoulders raised as I cleared my throat nervously.
DREAM:
"Y—yeah you are..." I nervously smiled, "Of course you're coming back..."
George remained silent for a moment until I spoke up.
DREAM:
"Why wouldn't you wanna come back??" I sat up in my seat while clenching my jaw.
GEORGE:
"I don't want to..." he said lowly.
My heart dropped as I ran my hand through my hair.
DREAM:
"I..." I shut my eyes while leaning my head down, "You—you don't want...why?"
GEORGE:
"All I've had is time to think...it's made me realize some things..." he spoke quietly.
I swallowed hard as I felt the tears warming up in the corners of my eyes.
DREAM:
"No you're..." I nervously laughed, "You're coming back. You're gonna live here—you belong here, George."
He sighed.
DREAM:
"George—it's been hell for me here without you. You can't—" I sighed, "You can't stay in England, it's not your home, you said I'm your home..."
George remained silent.
DREAM:
"George—you're my home..." My voice cracked as my eyebrows squished together in sadness.
He still didn't make a single noise.
DREAM:
"George I love you...you love me too—I know you do." I said firmly.
GEORGE:
"It's not enough..."
My heart dropped.
DREAM:
"It...it's always been enough..." I whispered, "George just—just come home. We can talk this out face to face—"
GEORGE:
"I don't want to." He snapped.
DREAM:
"No...no—" I shook my head as the tears fell down my cheeks, "You're not doing this to me..."
GEORGE:
"I'm staying in England, Dream...I'm happy here." His voice trailed off.
I clenched my jaw while leaning my palm against my cheek.
DREAM:
"You're happier in England than you are here with me...?" I nodded while glaring hard at my monitor.
He fell silent again.
DREAM:
"You told me I was your home..." my lip quivered, "You told me 'All I Need Is You'...you've told me that so many times, George—"
I raised my voice as he didn't say a word.
DREAM:
"Whatever problems you're having, we can go to Mae—she can fix this—"
GEORGE:
"Clay..." he said quietly, "It's over..."
I shut my eyes as I clenched my jaw, shaking my head. George suddenly hung up. Once he did, my phone fell out of my hand, slamming onto my desk as I gripped the sides of my hair.
"No, no it wasn't over. This wasn't supposed to end this way, it can't." I kept repeating in my head.
I gripped the sides of my hair harder, so much harder that my nails dug into my skin deep enough to make marks. My breathing hitched as I felt the world collapsing around me.
I couldn't think, I couldn't breathe, I could only feel the burning sensation inside of me, killing me.
SAPNAP:
"Clay!" He shouted.
•••••
I gasped awake as my head shot up from my desk.
That's when I realized I was on a Discord call with Sapnap and Bad. I felt something wet on my cheeks then realized they were tears.
SAPNAP:
"We got you so good." He laughed.
DREAM:
"Wha—what?" My eyebrows squished together as my voice was weak.
BAD:
"You fell asleep on the call and this muffin thought it was a good idea to scare you awake."
SAPNAP:
"You should've joined in Bad, it would've been funnier."
BAD:
"No."
I took a deep breath as I ran my hands through my hair, reminding myself it was just a dream. Then my eyes trailed to the bottom of my computer to see the date and time.
George left for England yesterday.
It hasn't been a week, it's been a single day. A single day and yet I'm already freaking out.
"God, I hope he isn't freaking out as much as me." I thought while swallowing hard.
BAD:
"Are you okay, Dream?"
DREAM:
"Y—yeah...I just miss George..." I spoke lowly.
BAD:
"Where is he?"
DREAM:
"He um...left for England yesterday. It's a long story..." I mumbled while grabbing my mouse to move my Minecraft character.
Sapnap and Bad's characters ran up to me while waving at me, crouching.
SAPNAP:
"I'm kinda bored to be honest."
BAD:
"Awe."
SAPNAP:
"We should do something else."
Suddenly, Bad's phone chimed in the background of the call.
BAD:
"Dang it. I have to go guys, sorry."
SAPNAP:
"It's okay. It'll give time for SapNotTaken to resurface." He joked.
BAD:
"Bye!" He left the call quickly along with Minecraft.
I sighed while leaning my head against my gaming chair.
SAPNAP:
"It's been a day, Dream." He lightly laughed, "You miss George that much?"
I rolled my eyes.
DREAM:
"I have a right to, shut up." I mumbled.
SAPNAP:
"I'm kidding, chill. What do you wanna do to distract you?"
DREAM:
"I think I'm gonna sleep, actually." I spoke lowly then left Minecraft.
SAPNAP:
"Okay...let me know if you need anything okay?"
"All I need is George." I thought while sighing.
DREAM:
"I will..." I left the Discord then shut my eyes while leaning my head on my desk, burying it in my arms.
-GEORGE's POV-
I had my head in my arms, leaning on my desk.
Being back in England was interesting to say the least. But it felt wrong to be apart from Dream. Of course, it felt normal to be back since I've lived here my whole life but still, I missed my Dream.
My sister walked in with ice cream for me.
Y/N:
"Hey stranger." She lightly smiled.
I lifted my head with a light smile.
Y/N:
"Figured ice cream could cheer you up a little."
GEORGE:
"Thanks."
She handed me the ice cream with the medal spoon. I set them down on the desk as I opened the ice cream lid.
Y/N:
"So, how're you holding up?"
I sighed nervously.
GEORGE:
"I'm better than I thought I'd be doing but, it's only been a day. I still have a whole 6 days to go through." I laid the ice cream top on the desk then picked up the spoon and container.
Y/N:
"Exactly. It's only 6 more days. That'll go by in a flash." She smiled.
I raised my eyebrows then ate a spoonful of ice cream, remembering the last time Dream and I had it.
• FLASHBACK (NOT A CH.) •
Dream and I were sitting down on the couch. He smeared his ice cream all over his lips while smiling at me.
DREAM:
"Kiss me."
GEORGE:
"No, that's disgusting." I laughed while eating a spoonful of my ice cream.
The ice cream shortly dripped down from his lips to his chin.
GEORGE:
"Dream! You're getting ice cream on the couch—" I looked down as I groaned.
DREAM:
"Should've licked it off, Georgie." He grinned then licked his lips, wiping his chin with his sleeve.
I scoffed.
DREAM:
"I still want a kiss." He pouted.
I smiled while rolling my eyes then leaned forward and kissed him.
GEORGE:
"Happy?"
DREAM:
"Very. I love your kisses." He smiled while eating a spoonful of his ice cream.
My cheeks heated up with a grin.
GEORGE:
"Of course you do. I'm a gift."
DREAM:
"Yeah you are." He spoke softly while smiling like an idiot at me.
I rolled my eyes with a flustered smile.
GEORGE:
"Just pick something off of Disney Plus already."
DREAM:
"I'd rather watch you."
GEORGE:
"Such a creeper." I joked then leaned against him.
He chuckled while wrapping his arm around my shoulder, bringing me closer to him as he used his other hand to pick something off of Disney Plus.
•REALITY•
I frowned while remembering, wishing we were there together on our couch right now, being idiots together. Wishing I would've kissed him when I had the chance.
Y/N:
"Hey, I know what you could do to make you happy." She smiled, knocking me out of my thoughts, "Make a plan of what you're gonna do when you reunite."
I smiled instantly.
GEORGE:
"Maybe I will."
Y/N:
"Number one: fuck."
We bursted out laughing as I shook my head.
GEORGE:
"You're such an idiot."
Y/N:
"You know I'm right." She laughed, leaving the room.
I looked at the corner of my desk and saw my blue, scuffed journal that I used to write my thoughts in during high school. I smiled to myself and grabbed a blue pen from my nearby pencil holder to write down a plan for when I reunite with Dream, all with the biggest smile on my face.
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