The day after my birthday we packed up and left for Ireland. Ed wanted me to meet his family and the next two weeks was the only time I'd be able to do so for another seven months. I wasn't complaining though, I've always wanted to go to Ireland. I just knew I didn't want to go alone. The trip there wasn't very long, just a couple of hours. It was nice to spend some alone time with him since we haven't gotten any of that in months. I missed him more than anything else in the entire universe. The whole ride there his hand was on my thigh. I longed for his touch and now I finally was able to experience it again. It was magical. This is what I lived for. We talked for hours about his tour and what I'd been up to while he was gone. He's continued the meet and greet tradition that we started at Wembley and is loving it. Small talk was nice. I was just happy to be in his presence.

When we arrived his grandmother ran outside to greet us. I'd already met his parents and brother. Now it was time to meet his extended family and grand parents. "Oh, Teddy!" She said wrapping him in her arms. "Hi Granny!" He said returning the hug and kissing her cheek. "Oh, this must be Kelsey!" She said releasing him and hugging me. "Hi," I said, hugging her back. "Oh it is so nice to finally meet you! Little Teddy over here has told us all so much about you," she continued. We picked up our bags and carried them into the house. We planned on staying for a couple days. We entered the house, which was filled with several family members. We went around the room and I was introduced to everyone. He had a gigantic family, but it was comfortable. After we unpacked we went downstairs and joined everyone else. We ate a ton of food and drank a lot of beer. Luckily, his family seemed to like me.

The few days we spent in Ireland went by extremely fast. We then flew to Spain for a week's vacation before heading home to London to get everything prepared for Ed's tour. It all rushed by. Before I knew it we were standing on the steps to our housing kissing goodbye. Seven months without each other. I'm not quite sure how we are going to handle it. I know understood the saying, "distance makes the heart grow fonder," better than ever before.

A month later…

Teddy and I face timed every single day, multiple times a day usually. It was my lunch break at work and he decided to face time me.

"Hey baby!" He exclaimed as I opened the call.

"Hello my love!" I said back with a huge smile.

"How's your day going?"

"It's going good! Tired and missing you though. What about you? Where are you?"

"I'm good. I'm missing you too, a lot. I'm in Texas. I've just been sitting around writing all day. Which is part of the reason I'm calling now."

"Oh yeah? What's up?"

"I wanted to play for you this song I'm working on."

"Okay, sounds good! I'm ready when you are!"

He set up his phone and started playing me a song he called, "Little things." It was clearly written about me and all of my weird, "little things." But it made me smile. He must have really been missing me is what the song was really saying. God, did I miss him too. When he finished playing he looked up from the guitar.

"What did you think?" He asked.

I smiled.

"It was really good babe. Makes me miss you even more."

"It doesn't sound silly?"

"No. I mean it's a love song. But it doesn't sound silly. It's a cute song. If you have a recording you better send it to me."
"Do you really like it that much?" He asked, surprised.

"Yes, I do." I said with a laugh. He was very hard on himself. It's as if he didn't know he was talented.

"Okay, I will definitely send you it. I know it's a cheesy song. But I just miss you so much. I miss all those things about you the most."
"I miss you too. But it will fly by. One month down. It'll be alright."
"Yeah, we will get through it."
"Exactly. I love you babe."
"I love you too, darling."

"I've got to get back to work but you keep writing and being great."

"Alright babe. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright, love."

When we got off of face time he sent me the recording of little things. This became a song I listened to over and over again. It is what got me through the next 6 months of loneliness. I kept myself extremely busy so it went by super fast.

6 Months Later….

Tonight was the night. It was the closing of Teddy's tour. He was playing a, "homecoming," show in London. His plane landed at 3 and his show was at 7. I decided to work until 2 and then meet him at the airport. I made sure I looked extra nice today for my man since he hadn't seen me in 7 months. It honestly made our relationship much stronger. The whole time I was at work I was staring at the clock waiting for it to hit 2. At 1:59 I ran out the door and sped to the airport. I couldn't wait to see Ed. I made a sign that said, "Over 24 million beats of my heart, waiting for you to make it skip. Welcome home, baby!" I waited impatiently until I saw my beautiful boy running towards me. I ran and jumped into his arms, greeting him with a kiss. There were fans in the airport waiting, too. "Oh my gosh, I have missed you so much," I said between kisses. "I missed you too," he murmured against my lips. He set me down and took my hand. We walked over to my sign that I had dropped. He picked it up, read it, and kissed me again. "I love you," he said with a smile. I smiled back, "I love you too." As we walked through the airport he took some pictures with fans and signed some autographs. It took us a good 45 minutes to make it out of the airport.

When we finally were able to exit we went straight to the venue. "I can't even explain how happy I am to be home," he said, gripping my hand tightly. "Ugh, I know. Do you know how lonely it is without you?" I replied with a laugh. "Man, I can imagine. I know how lonely it is without you on the road," he said back, kissing my hand. When we got to the venue we had to get straight to setting up and sound check. "One last show then I'm all yours," he kept reminding me. I think he was really reminding himself. While he was sound checking I picked the fans for the meet and greet. Once I had picked them all we went in and he met them one by one. The joy on his face when meeting fans was absolutely priceless. I loved it. It never got old. After the meet and greet was over and the fans were escorted to their seats, he re-warmed up his voice. I missed the sound of him singing so much. When it was time for him to go on stage he kissed me and I walked down to stand front row. It was nice to see him perform again. We were in a room full of thousands of people but it felt like it was just him and I.

Near the end of the set he asked the fans if he could play two new songs. "So as many of you know I've been on tour for 7 months straight. Which means today was the first time I've seen my girlfriend in 7 whole months. Well, being away from your significant other for that long is one of the hardest things to do. One day I was sitting in a dark hotel room in Texas, missing her, and what I got out of it was this song," fans started screaming, knowing what song was to come, "this song is quite sappy. I will not lie. But when you're away you start to miss the little things. This song is called little things." He started singing it, looking me in the eyes the whole time. Every single fan, sang every single word. It was much different finally seeing it live. But I loved every minute of it.

After he was finished with little things he began to discuss the next new song. Which was a song I'd never even heard of. "Okay, so right before I left for tour I went on vacation to Spain which is what inspired this song. I wrote it one night in the hotel we were staying in on the beach. It is a very quiet song, so if you guys could keep it down during it, it would be awesome. This song is called Tenerife Sea," he explained. It was another love song about me. This one took my back to the beautiful beach we spent a week on in Spain. The song was a lyrical masterpiece talking about how in love he was with me and how if this was the last thing he ever experienced it would be enough for him. It made my heart melt into a puddle on the floor. I even shed a few tears which wasn't common for me. Why did he not tell me about this song?!

He finished up with his performance the went backstage, where I met him. "Why didn't you tell me about that song?!" I asked. He laughed, "I wanted to surprise you!" I smiled and kissed him, "I love it." He kissed me back, "Good, we have plans tonight. Go change. Your outfit is in the dressing room." What could he possibly have planned? When could he have even planned it? I kissed him and went off to get ready. I had a fitted black dress and heels waiting for me, along with a back full of make up and stuff to fix my hair. The dress was a bit fancy so I was assuming we were going to some sort of after party. When I was finished getting ready I went into the main dressing room to find Ed struggling with a tie. I walked over and helped him put it on. "There," I said, finishing it up and kissing him lightly. He looked in the mirror, handed me my clutch and took my hand. "Let's go," he said with a smirk.

He led me to the car, opened my door and let me into the passenger side. He then walked around the car to the driver's side and got in. I asked him a million times where we were going but he wouldn't tell me. We ended up at my favorite restaurant. When we got inside, it was empty except for one candle lit table with a large bouquet of roses waiting on top of it. We had a nice meal then he decided to take me for a nice walk through the city. We got to a beautiful, well-lit spot, over looking the water when he stopped and look at me. "I love you so much," he said as he kissed me. "I love you too," I responded.

"Kelsey Jade, I know it is not easy to be with me. I know it is extremely hard. It is an emotional battle when I'm gone and I know this is true because it's a battle for me too. I am so glad you've stayed. I'm grateful for your unconditional love and support. Neither of us are perfect, we make mistakes, we upset each other and sometimes we have problems. But I can honestly say this last two years with you has been the best two years of my entire life. No one has ever made me feel the way I feel about you. No one knows me like you know me, no one ever will. I have thoroughly enjoyed growing with you, learning about all of your little things, traveling the world with you, spending every single night by your side. I cherish every late night we've spent together, laughing until dawn. I am so lucky to know you, to love you, and to share my life with you. When I look into your eyes, I see the future. I see the rest of my life. I see our children running and playing. I see us at 80 years old, holding hands, in rocking chairs. I would love to continue to grow with you, to grow with you for the rest of my life. I want to grow old with you. I am so in love with you. Kelsey Jade, will you marry me?" He said, dropping to one knee.

My hands flew over my mouth and I started crying hysterically. I could barely get out any words. "Yes!" I finally said. He slid a beautiful, huge, diamond on my finger then, stood to kiss me. I noticed photographers and my eyes widen. He let out a little laugh, "These one's are actually hired." He wanted to capture the surprise. I continued to kiss him, as they took pictures. "How long have you been planning this?" I asked. He smiled, "I had it planned before we went to Spain." I couldn't believe this was all really happening.

We finished up some photos then went home. I wanted to call all of the important people in my life to let them know before the tabloids did. My parents and Lily were so excited. Lily couldn't believe we actually stayed together in the first place. She really couldn't believe we were getting married. To be honest, I couldn't believe it either. I felt like I was in a dream. But the dream was actually a reality. I wonder what his fans will say…