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"I need to get you so for that headache you’re sure to have tomorrow"

He pulls me doith him into the bed and loops a heavy arm around my waist "You’re so pretty"

I smile and cup his face in irl, Meg" His eyes are droopy, falling shut, but then he fights then open again

"Are you worried that I’ of horrible cigars and beer

"I’ly, I’m not Even if I hadn’t been there I trust that he would have told her no

"M’kay" And he’s asleep

I slide out from under him and take a shower, dry my hair, and pull on one of the jerseys that I’ve come to claim as mine when I’ the lights off

I sit in one of the plush armchairs that faces the water and pullmy arms around them, and take a deep breath

I didn’t lie when I said I wasn’t ht I’m not mad But it did reiterate to me that Will can literally have any woer, and they’d coets tired of me, and that tall, beautiful blonde starts to look ?

I want to trust him when he says that he loves me I believe he o up and go to bed, but I’uitar I left it here last night with the intention of practicing for Jules’ wedding, and there’s no tiht now

So I stru the arrange I wonder how it ca?

And it occurs toyet Well, there was the song that the kid played on the sax while we danced in New Orleans, when Will first toldwas

I s I learned recently that I just can’t ever get out of my head It’s by Christina Perri, called A Thousand Years, and it fits my voice perfectly

The intro is supposed to be on the piano, but I’ve changed it forabout a love that I’ve waited for for a thousand years, about being brave to love The lyrics are sweet, and the song itself is soft and ro for you

Darlin' don't be afraid,

I have loved you for a

Thousand years

I'll love you for a

Thousand uitar aside, finally sleepy and stand to go upstairs, but when I turn around, Will is sitting on the couch and startles me

"Holy crap!"

"Sorry, I didn’t want to interrupt you That was beautiful"

"Thank you How long have you been down here?"

"Just a little while I woke up and you weren’t there, so I drank so and sat down to listen I hope that’s okay"

He looks unsure of himself, and I hate that

"Of course it’s okay" I cross to hiht?"

"Yeah, it was fun Lost soainst his chest

"Let’s go up to bed" I cli him to his feet "How do you feel?"