Luke’s POV
I was laying on my side, neck arched over to see the movie.
My eyes kept dropping down, even though I told myself not to fall asleep.
Cheating myself, I resorted to blinking very slowly.
Eventually, I give up in and tugged the covers over my shoulder and shut my eyes for the night.
Cass must’ve not noticed, because she continued to watch the movie.
I peeked my eyes open and sneaked looks of her smiling at the TV.
I was about to fall asleep when the mattress shifted underneath me, and the faint voices of the TV faded out.
I realized that Cass had turned off the tv, and was playing music from her laptop.
After shifting around, she lays down onto a pillow next to mine.
She flips over to sleep on her side, facing me.
I always found it funny about the way we slept.
I slept on my left side, Cassy on her right.
Conveniently, that always left us facing each other.
It was also a better way for me to cuddle her while sleeping.
Unlike the other times, where it was more of a friendly whoops-I-fell-asleep-with-my-arm-around-you- because-I’m-a-cuddler kind of thing.
This time, it felt more... I don’t know... filled with electricity.
How long?
How long must it go on this way?
You give me no choice but to stay
There's no use in crying I'm dried up
I try
I'm trying my hardest to be
Exactly and all that you need
I'm standing up tall do you see me
You were the one
You were the one who picked me
What have we become
Now have we begun our ending
How do you know when it's over?
I have been withered since winter
Waiting for love like it's water
But I can't pretend any longer
Tell me it's over
Love is it over now?
Tell me it's over
Please
You told me that you'd never leave
Now our love has lost all it's leaves
The distance is worse when you're near me
So go
It's hurts more to fall apart slow
To dream about warmth in the cold
Now I'm nothing more than a whisper
...
We made it all these years
And no they were not wasted
No life was lost right here
If love is what we tasted
How do you know when it's over?
I have been withered since winter
Waiting for love like it's water
But I can't pretend any longer
Tell me it's over
Love is it over now?
Tell me it's over
I felt her eyes studying my face.
I tried my best to pretend to sleep, but I thought she was going to notice my eyes peeking open.
So I push myself up a bit.
My head above hers, her head by my chest.
You knew it's harder when you hold me
You get me searching for the ceiling
Love tried to forget things
It's so hard
It's so hard
So I'll keep going through the motions
Creating comfort where there is none
Coming to terms with the notion
I'll be okay
Okay
When rain falls down on me so hard
The winds unravelling me don't start
An ocean swallowing up my heart
But I've made it this far
I've made it this far
I felt her hands grip the sheets under us.
I didn’t have to look down to know how she felt, because I’ve been there with her.
She would ball up her hands, and shut her eyes tightly.
Sometimes she would bury her face into a pillow, or lean into me if I pulled her towards me to comfort her.
Get away, anywhere but here
I'm gonna give you a break
Drive until you disappear and maybe then you'll say
"Don't ever leave me alone again"
You say those three little words
Like it's the same as saying you like my hair when I wear it this way
But you don't seem to care
I don't want to end up alone again
So come a little closer, closer
Let me know if you're coming over, over
I'll be sure to leave the lights on, lights on
You'll run to me like in a love song, love song,
So won't you please just tell me what you want
I'm waiting along for you to tell me what you need
So baby we can be alone again
Waiting for you to come around, it's like waiting for rain
In a year-long drought, but when it rain it pours
And you drown me out all alone again
But there comes a day when you're fast asleep, and
You call out my name 'cause you're needing me
I'll be the first to say you'll never have to be alone again
I drape my arm around her and pull her into my chest.
She lets out a slow and shaky breath, her palm pressed to my chest.
Hesitant, but she drew a few patterns lightly on the soft cotton of my shirt.
She moved in closer, resting her forehead near my collar bone.
I listen to her breaths slow down.
A few minutes later, I gently press my lips onto the top of her head.
I didn’t want her to be alone again.
I wanted to be with her every night, cuddled up with a warm and fuzzy feeling around us.
I wanted to know that she’s mine, and I was her’s.
London, Paris, Tokyo
Thinkin' of you wherever I go
When I close my eyes
You're by my side
A thousand miles can't keep us apart
You're tender words serenade my heart
And you keep me smiling, perfect timing
I wish that you were here with me tonight
See I travelled all around the world now
And I've seen so many beautiful girls now
But somehow, no one ever comes close to you
You know I've been so many different places
And I've seen so many pretty faces
But baby, no one ever comes close to you
Close to you, close to you
Planes and trains through sudden rain
Another hotel another daybreak
And I'm on my way
I called to say
I wish that you were here with me tonight
...
And it feels like
You are always with me
On these long nights
Another lonely city
You are right here, right now
Cause in my mind I never left at all
Never left at all
Finally giving in, I fall asleep with her in my arms.
Closer than ever.
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“Winter” ~Kina Grannis
“This Far” ~Kina Grannis
“Alone Again” ~Betty Who
“Close To You” ~JLS