"I love you too" she said kissing me again and I grabbed her hips pulling her in closer to me and just when my shirt comes off, her pager goes off

"you’re kidding." I said throwing my head back

"I’m so sorry!" she exclaimed

"you’re on call?" I asked her

"I’m always on call" she said going into the bedroom to get her clothes

"no offence, but I’d be lying if I said this whole doctor thing didn’t get annoying…" I told her sitting on the bed watching her look for clothes "…I mean, I’ve been gone for four months" I added

"yeah, I know you have, and I missed you but we talked about this when we got together and you started touring." she told me

"I know" I replied

"I’m not stopping my career just because we both have busy schedules." she added "and I’m off tomorrow through Wednesday"

"yeah you better be" I told her "I’m taking a break from touring and recording anyways" I added

"what?" she said stopping getting dressed "why?" she asked

"I just need a break…I’m so drained and I’m running out of everything" I replied "I want to focus on producing so I’m not in the studio till six in the morning to come home and only get two hours of sleep"

"well we’re talking about this when I get home" she told me

"who knows when that’ll be" I replied

"look, you’re tired and I am too…we’re not picking a fight over this, I’ll be home before you know it, and I guarantee you’ll still be sleeping for the next day anyways’ she told me

"probably" I said and she grabbed her purse and keys

"love you" she told me giving me a quick kiss

"love you too" I told her before she was out the door running to the hospital

So, where does this lead me? The never ending flight back home left me thinking about taking a break from music to work on a relationship that I wanted to last, however, the one I wanted to be with couldn’t take off work, and I can’t bear to ask her to stop.

"Ash…Ashley…" I heard faintly taking me out of my deep sleep and I woke up to see Arizona sitting next to me in bed