College Life | Hailee Steinfeld

Chapter 26: Travel

Y/N's POV:

We arrive back to Hailee's house and walk inside, the air between us calm after our bickering fest outside of Vanity Fair's building. We both agreed to drop it, but I am surprised she hasn't said much more on the topic as it's not really like Hailee to just drop an argument, especially one like this.

As I set my things down, Hailee receives a phone call. She tells me it's her manager and goes upstairs to take the call. I nod in response and go to the kitchen to cook us some dinner, feeling like it's a pasta night and one of my favorite recipes right now is the Gigi Hadid Vodka Pasta. I set out the ingredients, turn on some music and get to cooking.

Love is a crazy thing, let me tell you. If you had asked me to cook for someone 3 months ago, I would've laughed in your face and thought you were crazy but with Hailee, I'll do and learn anything to please her. I never enjoyed cooking, but cooking for her and to make her happy? That's something I do enjoy. I take any and every opportunity to make content for tik tok as that's my main source of exposure at the moment, Instagram is getting up there but the environment on tik tok feels like a much more safe space for me and what I stand for to be honest. I take some short clips of the ingredients laid out on the counter, the pan and pot I'll be using and of course include a little clip of me dancing to some music (my supporters go crazy for that). I prop my phone up and hit record while I start mixing the ingredients in the pan.

For the sauce I used:

Extra virgin olive oilGarlicTomato Paste
Heavy cream
Red pepper flakesDried basil
Salt and black pepper
Parmesan
Pasta water
Garnishes

While I do this, I have a pot on the stove coming to a boil and throw in the pasta. Once the pasta is done, I reserve a cup of pasta water for my sauce and get to mixing.

Time passes as I cook, record and jam out to the music. I'm brought back to reality when I hear Hailee's foot steps come into the kitchen. She starts dancing to the song I'm playing, no questions asked she just matches my energy which causes me to laugh really hard. I adore this woman so much. I point at the camera recording and she's still doing her little dance, and she gets all embarrassed knowing I'm going to post this later. I lower down the music and laugh at her response, "You can act in big movies, tv shows and even perform on a stage but you get shy when you dance for tik tok?" I giggle at her, taking her hand in mine and pulling her body towards me. Leaning in to kiss place a soft kiss on her lips. Our mouths move in sync, fitting perfectly together. I lean back and she hums in frustration, missing our lips together. I point once again at the camera, and she rolls her eyes in annoyance but understands that we don't wanna have a make out video of us all over the internet.

"What was the phone call about?" I ask her, as I finish the final touches to our dinner before getting ready to plate it.

"Oooh actually it's super exciting news! I have to go to Miami, New York and then of course have a little interview here in my wonderful home state of California but guess what's even better?" Hailee says, a big smile plastered on her face.

"What's that babe?" I ask with my eyebrows raised.

"They want you to come with me! Molly emailed my manager and expressed how much she looked our interview and the great energy and content we have together, so my manager had the great idea of booking you to come with me! It's like we'll be living our dream together, isn't that exciting my love?" Hailee asks, her voice at a high volume and her body jumping up and down to express her enthusiasm.