Ed's tour to promote his new album began at the end of January. Since he would be gone for 3 months, he'd be spending his birthday on tour. He thought we were going to spend it apart, but little did he know, I had a trick up my sleeve. His birthday is on February 24th. I spent the first month of his tour planning out his big birthday surprise and now the day was finally here.

February 23rd:

I woke up at about 9:30 and packed up all the last minute things I need to pack and then I had my morning face time call with Ed. We had one every morning and every night, at least. We never missed one.

"Good morning, beautiful."

"Good morning, babe."

"How are you on this fine day?"

"I'm good. Busy. I have a busy day at work today."

"Oh yeah? Late night?"

"Very. I'll try to facetime you tonight, but it might be our very first missed facetime date."

"Well, let's hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, it'll be okay."

"What do you have planned for your birthday tomorrow?"

"Not too much, probably going to just go to a bar after the show."

"Well, that sounds like fun!"

"Yeah, I think I'm just going to try to stay lowkey."

"Well, it's your day. Make sure you have some fun, love."

"I will. I just wish you'd be here too."

"I know, I know. There will be other birthdays. But, I really have to get going. I'm already late. I have meetings and stuff today. So, you go back to sleep. I'm going to be running out the door in a minute. Text me when you wake up. I love you baby."

"Alright, love. Have a good day. I love you."

When we hung up the call, I ran to get my stuff shoved into my car that was blowing the horn. My flight was in an hour. I locked up, got in the car, and off to the airport we went. I ran to the terminal, and luckily, made my flight. Ed would be in New York for the next couple of days, so that's where I was flying into. I had a 7 hour flight ahead of me. I just prayed that Ed wouldn't get mad because I wasn't texting him back. I arrived in New York at 6:30 P.M. London time. I turned on my phone to several text messages.

Hey, babe. Sorry. I've been in meetings all day. I'm out now, though.

Oh, okay. How'd it go?

All went well. I have a few clients, then I'll be heading home.

Sounds good x

How's your day going?

Good! I'm about to go into a meet and greet. Then I'll be chillin and getting ready for the show tonight. Wish you were here x

Me too x

I love you. Talk to you in a bit x

I love you too x

I arrived at my hotel around 2 P.M. New York time. I was staying at a hotel across the street from Ed's. I had Stu giving me updates on his whereabouts to ensure we wouldn't be at the same place at the same time. Once I got to my hotel and freshened up, I decided to go out and go shopping. I missed the city a ton, it's the one thing I did miss about living in the states. Since I was in town, I called my best friend Lucy and told her. I decided to spend some time with her while I was there and alone. We went shopping and ate. Then we decided to get some sweets from this little bakery we've always loved and bring them back to my room and watch some movies. "God, I can't believe you're actually here!" Lucy said. I smiled, "Me either. I've missed you so much!" She rolled her eyes, "Don't get sappy on me. But I did miss you too." My phone started ringing, it was facetime. "Shit, what do I do?" I asked Lucy. "I don't know because being in a different setting will throw him off, for sure," she said. "Ugh, I know," I said. I ran to a plain white wall and sat down in front of it. This looked like it could be a dressing room.

"Hi!" I said, answering the call. His face looked confused.

"Hi, my love. Where are you?"

"Oh! I'm in a dressing room, at top shop. Wanted to go shopping after my long day, ya know?"

"Yeah, for sure. Well, I'll let you go then, I just wanted to say goodnight before my show."

"Okay. Good night baby! Smash it. I love you."

"I love you too. Sweet dreams."

He didn't even seem too suspicious. I spent the rest of my night with Lucy, she left around 1 A.M. Ed was just getting out of his show. On her way home Lucy called me.

"Hello?" I said.

"You will never believe who just stopped me on the street," She said.

"Who?" I asked.

"Your boyfriend. He was like, 'Oh my gosh, Lucy?' So, obviously, I turned around. There he was in all his ginger glory! So I wished him a happy birthday, since it's technically his birthday. He said thank you. Then he was just so thrilled that he saw me. He was like, 'Kelsey will never believe this.' He invited me to a show, too. Tomorrow. Do I go?"

"Shut the hell up. You're totally kidding, right?"

"I couldn't make this up if I tried."

"Jeez, well, yes! Come to the show, I'll be there, he just doesn't know it yet. But he will in about 2 hours."

"Let me know how it goes."

February 24th:

It was about 4:30 A.M. New York time. I was about to go surprise Ed, finally. I still hadn't slept since I'd been here. I was exhausted. But in order for the surprise to work, I had to be awake when he was supposed to facetime me. I walked across the street to his hotel and met Stu in the lobby. "He is totally going to shit," Stu said, as we walked up to his room. While we were walking my phone started ringing, it was a phone call instead of facetime.

"Hello?"

"Hi, babe. My facetime isn't working for some reason."

"Oh, that's alright, love."

"What are you up to?"

"Oh, not much. Drinking some tea. You?"

"Just laying down, getting ready for bed."

I knocked on his door.

"Hold on, someone's at the door. Why they are at 4:30 in the bloody morning is beyond me, but I guess I'll find out."

"Okay, my love."

He opened the door and dropped his phone, picking me up. "Oh my gosh. Hi baby!" He spun me around and kissed me over and over again. "Hi," I said, kissing him back. "You're here! You're really here!" He nearly screamed. "I am, I'm really here," I whispered. His cousin Murray filmed the whole surprise for his tour diaries series. It definitely was something to remember. "Happy birthday babe," I said, kissing him again. He smiled, "This is the best birthday ever." "I've been traveling and hanging out with Lucy and waiting up to surprise you, so can we go lay in bed now?" I asked. "So, seeing Lucy wasn't really a coincidence?" He asked. I laughed,
"Well, we definitely didn't plan that, but no not really because she was leaving my hotel," I explained. "Ahhh, witty," he laughed and kissed me. "Goodnight, Teddy," I said. He smiled, "Good night, Kels."