Simply beautiful

Chapter twenty eight:

Aaliyah's pov:

We have just landed in the London Heathrow airport. I grab our belongings, carefully pick up Mattheo, exit the plane and walk towards the baggage carousel. After waiting 20 minutes for our bags, i finally see them. With great difficulty, I get both of our suitcase off the carousel and the roll them to a quieter place. Once I have found a place,I grab my phone out of my backpack and then call a taxi. I asked if they had any availability to pick me up. I told them where I am and where I want to be dropped off. Once they confirmed that it is going to be ok,I begin to walk to the exit. It was a little difficult because I was carrying Mattheo, 2 backpack and pushing 2 suitcases but I managed to get to the exit. The taxi driver was already waiting outside the airport when I arrive so he was already standing outside his car waiting. He kindly helps me get everything into the boot and then even help the door open for me to get in with Mattheo. Once I got into the car, the driver started a conversation."Hello ma'am how are you?" The driver asks. "Hello I am great thank you how are you?" I reply. "I am good too, are you returning from a trip or are you visiting" he asks. "I am just visiting my parents, I haven't been in the uk for over 4 years so it's nice to be home" I say. We make small talk the whole conversation until we pulled outside the hotel I am staying at for the night. This hotel is only round the corner from my parent's house so it is easy for me to get to later on. "Thank you, have a great day" I say as I hand over the money. "Thx you too" he replies as he gets out of the car and then helps me by getting the bags out of the boot whilst I get Mattheo out of the car.I say thank you one more time before he gets in his car and then drives away.

I grab both suitcases and then walk towards the entrance of the hotel. I walk straight to the reception and tell her the information she asks for. Once she told me where to go and gave me the key, she also asks if i wanted someone to bring our bags up to the room. "Yes please" I say to the receptionist and then I walk towards our hotel room. I found the hotel room, open the door and walk straight to the bed. I carefully place Mattheo on one side of the bed and the walk to the other side of the bed and lie down. As soon as I close my eyes, I hear a soft knock on the door. I let out a big sign, get off the bed and walk towards the door. I open it and see a worker with my suitcases. "Hello miss sorry to bother you at this time but I have your bags" he says. I force a smile on my face "it's ok you didn't bother me. Thank you" I reply and the roll the bags into the room "your welcome, have a great stay" he says as he walks away. I close the door behind me and then walk towards my backpack. Before going back to bed,I grab my phone and my phone charger. I walk towards the closest wall plug, plug the charger in and the plug my phone in. It died after I called the taxi so I wanted to charge my phone so I can message Mattheo before I go to bed.

Lando: "hey have you landed yet? Xx"
Lando: "are you ok you haven't messaged me yet? Xx"
Lando: "call me when you see this. I want to know you are safe. Xx"

These messages were sent 45 minutes ago. I feel really bad because I didn't know he messaged.

Aaliyah: "hey lan sorry I didn't know you messaged my phone died. Xx" I message back. He instantly saw my message and the called me. I look at my battery percentage, then take it off charge and quickly walk to the bathroom so I can answer the call.

Aaliyah: "hey lan. I'm so sorry " before I could finish my sentence Lando interrupted me.
Lando: "hey you don't have to be sorry. I was just worried. I thought something happened to you and Mattheo" he says.
Aaliyah: "we are fine. Why are you awake it's 1am in Miami" I ask.
Lando: "I was waiting for you to tell me you have landed" he is so cute.
Aaliyah: " you didn't need to stay up. We landed about an hour ago. I got a taxi to the hotel around the corner from my parents house so in a few hours when I have slept, it is easier for me to get to their house." I reply.
Lando: " I will let you go so you can go to sleep. I will call you in the morning. Sweet dreams , sweetheart" he says. My cheeks heat up at the nickname.
Aaliyah: "ok lan, I will speak to you tomorrow. Goodnight handsome, have a good sleep." I say
Lando: "bye" he says as he hangs up the phone.

I carefully sneak back into the bedroom and then finally get into bed. I don't bother getting changed because I am wearing a hoodie and shorts so it is comfortable enough to sleep in. It doesn't think it will take me long to actually go to sleep because I am exhausted. My theory was correct because as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.

I am awoken by a voice. I open my eyes and see Mattheo is on my phone. "Oh mamma is awake now. Good morning mamma I am speaking to Lando!" He says as he scooches closer to me. "I didn't want to wake you up and I was bored so I called Lando so I could talk to someone" Mattheo adds. I check the time on the clock and see it is 12pm. This means it is only 7am in Miami. "Good morning baby, can I have my phone please" I ask. "Sure!" He says as he hands me over the phone. "Hey Lando sorry if he woke you up. I didn't know he knew how to use my phone" I say. "That might have been my fault. When we had the sleepover, I taught him how to call me because I wanted him to be able to call me if he ever need me" Lando says. "Oh ok" I reply. We spoke for a little before I said I need to go because I need to get ready to go to my parents house. We say our goodbyes  as I end the call and then place my phone back onto the bedside table.

I turn around to face Mattheo. "Let's get you ready to go and see your grandparents!" I say to Mattheo as I lean close to him and tickle his belly. His giggles fill the room as I continued my actions. After a while, I stop tickling him, pick him up and then walk towards the bathroom. On the way there, I stopped and grabbed our toiletries out of our suitcases. Once we have finished brushing our teeth and washing our faces, we both walk toward our suitcases and pick out our outfit.

When we are ready to leave, i place all our belongings back into our suitcase and then exit the room. "I can have my bags mamma" Mattheo says. "Are you sure they are really heavy" I say "yes I am sure I am a big boy" he replies. I hand over his backpack and his suitcase. His backpack isn't very heavy so he shouldn't have any trouble with it,The only thing he might struggle with is his suitcase because it has a lot in it. Surprisingly, he doesn't struggle at all.

It doesn't take us long to get to my parents house because the next thing I know is that I am standing at the bottom of their driveway. I take a deep breath and start to walk up the driveway.As I walk towards the door, I start to feel nervous. What if they are busy? What if they aren't home?. I know my parents don't work on a Tuesday becuase they both had a late shift last night. What if they don't recognise me? I have changed a lot since the last time I saw them.