Just a Soldier

Chapter 33- Melanie

Y/n's POV:

Both Scarlett and I groan when we're woken by our alarm. It's currently 4:30am. Our flight is at 8am so we set the alarm for as late as possible. We made sure we were packed and ready last night so that we only need to get up and change this morning, agreeing that we'll just have breakfast at the airport.

I roll over in the bed and pull Scarlett closer to me. "Just five more minutes." I husk and she laughs. "We both know we'll miss the flight." She argues and I shake my head, burrowing it as tight as I can against Scarlett's neck. She slowly rubs her hand up and down my back which is helping me to feel tiredness sweep over me again.

A few minutes later she leans in and whispers in my ear. "Come on babe. We really need to get up. My mom will be pissed if we miss our flight!" She tells me. I groan but roll over on to my back, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I look up and see my beautiful girlfriend smiling down at me. "Morning angel." I whisper and she giggles, leaning in to give me a sweet kiss. "Morning Bella." She replies, before getting out of the bed and holding her hand out for me to take.

I slowly sit up and take her hand as she guides me into the bathroom and leaves me to get ready. I quickly run through my morning routine and put on the clothes I had left out last night. I have a pair of black sweatpants and hoody to keep me warm and comfortable on the 5 and half hour flight. Once I'm ready, Scarlett and I switch places and I move to wake the beast.

I walk into her room at Scarlett's place, soon to be ours, and gently shake her shoulder to wake her up. "Bug, good morning. It's time to get up. We need to head to the airport." I whisper calmly. She turns over and looks at me then to the window where she can see there isn't light coming through the edge of the blind. "It's still dark out." She whines and I run my hand through her hair.

"I know bug, but we've got to catch a flight. You can sleep in the car and on the plane, I promise!" She slowly nods and sits up. I help her get dressed and carry her into the kitchen as she's so tired. Scarlett is already down there grabbing a juice for Ava and a coffee for the two of us.

She greets us and takes Ava from me whilst I thank her for my coffee. I take a few swigs before returning upstairs to grab our bags. As I come back down, I hear a car pull up and see that George has arrived. I head out with the first 2 bags and greet George. "Morning George. Sorry it's so early." I say, helping him to put the suitcases in the boot. "It's no problem, Y/n. It's literally my job. Besides it's been a while since I've had the pleasure of driving the three of you around." He shares sincerely.

We chat for a little while longer before I head back in to finish my cup of coffee. Scarlett and I make sure that we have everything. Taking Ava's hand and my backpack, we head out of the door, leaving Scarlett to lock up. "GEORGE!" Ava shouts as she sees George leaning against the car door. She runs over to him, and he picks her up to give her a hug. I love how great he is with her. He always takes the time to talk to her, and if we're in a different car, he tells her all about it. I'm pretty sure she's going to be a car nut when she's older!

George helps to buckle in Ava whilst Scarlett and I climb in the car ourselves. Scarlett is mumbling to herself as she is running off a mental checklist as she goes through her bag. It takes everything in me to not burst out laughing when I hear her mumble both Ava and I's name in the checklist as if she would forget us!

We all manage to fall asleep on the journey to the airport. Thankfully I'm so tired, it's not allowing me time to overthink what is actually happening this weekend. George wakes us up when we arrive at the drop off and he helps me load our bags onto a trolley.

Although we're only away for 6 days, we've got three suitcases. But to be fair, Scarlett is staying for longer and it's colder in New York this time of year, so we've got lots of jumpers and layers, rather than the shorts and dresses we wear in LA. I also made sure to pack a fair few of Ava's toys to keep her entertained when we're not out sightseeing.