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Wednesday Cont...

I didn't have practice in the morning and I just couldn't sleep, so I decided to send Darren a text, "Hey, babe. I miss you already, but I know we'll be even closer after you come back so I decided not to be too sad about it. Anyway, I'm probly gonna be up for a while because I just can't seem to get to sleep. So, shoot me a text and then if you can give me a call because I'd love to hear your voice before bed. I am literally going to be listening to every song I have that you sing on repeat for the next few weeks whenever I feel lonely. And I'll be listening to it tonight. I love you Darren. Very very very much."

I was lying in bed listening to the playlist that I had made and just as "Don't You" came on I got a text that said, "My beautiful baby girl, I hope that you are asleep and that you don't reply, but if you are awake send me a text so I know that I can call you. That is possibly the sweetest thing I have ever heard. I wish I could do the same. You know I've never heard you sing; we should change that by the way, but that's beside the point. I love you too, so much and I want to hear your voice, too. Is it cliché to say that is has become one of the most significant sounds in my life, along with your laugh."

I called him right away rather than send a text first. He sang to me and I was suddenly very tired and we fell asleep talking to each other.

Thursday

Catie's POV

I woke up and saw that we still had a phone call going. My roommate was still asleep so I took the phone into the lounge and softly said, "Darren, are you awake yet? Babe you should hang up the phone and go back to sleep. You had a long flight and a long day yesterday."

He didn't answer and I heard him breathing softly in the background so I guessed he was still sleeping. I hung up the phone and texted him that we had fallen asleep on the phone and I woke up and hung up so it wouldn't be a problem. I told him I loved him missed him and asked if he'd text me when he was awake. I really missed him. Yesterday it hadn't seemed so real. It was easy to be ok with the separation because it hadn't felt like it would be so long when he was actually there in my company. I looked up to the calendar hanging over my bed and put an X over today. One day down, I'd be ok once classes started back up, but they weren't scheduled to resume until Monday because of damage on campus. At least on Monday I'd be able to focus more energy on class and swimming than the fact that Darren and the new friends I'd made wouldn't be back for two weeks.

I texted Alyssa to see if she was up and she said that she was. We decided to go to commons for breakfast together and once we were there she said that Joe woke her up when he'd texted her good morning and they had talked for a while, but that she couldn't fall back asleep after that. I told her I was sorry that had happened, but at least he was thinking about her. She smiled at that and decided that it was definitely worth it. I was a little worried because Darren hadn't sent me a message back yet, but I wasn't sure when he had to work or what his plans were. I knew he'd answer when he could.

Alyssa and I decided to go on a walk around campus because we didn't have any work to do that day. While we were walking she asked me if I thought Joe liked her and I looked at her like she was crazy. "Of course he likes you Lyss! He wouldn't have texted you this morning and kept up a conversation the way he did if he didn't like you. Plus he was really excited about the bowling thing. Darren told me that Joe said he likes you so don't worry about it." She smiled and was excited to hear what Joe had said. She told me she really liked him too and that she was glad to even just be friends with him. She asked if we could do a "group date" kind of thing for our bowling outing saying she thought it might be easier that way at first. I told her that was fine, but that I was sure Joe wanted it to be a date and I joked that at least she knew how he felt about her before their first date. She laughed and said that the way Darren and I had gotten together was really cute though and like my very own fairytale.

I thought about that and smiled. "He is kind of like my Prince Charming isn't he? Except I didn't lose anything at a ball. Speaking of a ball, when is holiday ball? We could ask the guys to come with us right? And maybe we could get the school to let others come if they want to, seeing as they'll all be part of the school community once they get back."

I was still a little worried because Darren hadn't even texted me to say hi or in response to what I said at all. It was pretty late and I knew it was late morning out in LA too so he should be up soon if he wasn't already up. I didn't text again just in case he was still sleeping. It was weird though. I had gotten a text from Chris and Lea already today, but not Darren. I trusted him and I knew he'd text me when he got a chance to so I just went on with my day. I worked on a project with Alyssa and then we watched a movie on the DVD player in the lounge.

Before I went to bed I texted Darren for a second time that day, "Hey Dare, I hope your day wasn't too busy. I miss you! I hope we can talk soon. Love you, good night."

This time I got a message back almost right away, "Sorry babe, I had meetings almost all day and my phone died and I just got to a charger a little while ago. Love you too goodnight beautiful."I smiled and went to bed with a much lighter mind than I'd had all day.