Thank You For Saving Me // Stauren

chapter forty one

Steven's P.O.V
"Uh, have you got the chargers for everything? Did we pack the toiletries? Have you got the passports?! Because if not then--" Lauren continued to ask questions as we were about to leave for the airport but at this speed, we'll miss the plane.

"Yes. Yes. And yes! Lauren we've got everything alright? Now come on, the taxi is waiting outside like it has been for the last five, maybe ten minutes? So let's go before they do, without us." I finished. Don't get me wrong, I love Lauren. But, she can get very anxious about many, many things, which makes it hard for me to keep my patience. All she did was nod in response as we walked out of the apartment and I locked up.

On the way there, I could tell Lauren was already getting nervous by the way she was constantly tapping her leg on the floor of the car. As soon as we started walking through the airport, she got more nervous by the amount of people. After a while of walking, I spotted emily and the others which would hopefully get her mind of the crowdedness and the flying that was happening in under two hours.

"Hey laur?" I said, breaking the tense silence as she looked at me. I didn't say anything, all I did was point at the group which then made a smile creep on her face and the anxiousness wash away. Quickly, she walked over to them dragging me behind slightly, obviously happy to see them.

"Lauren!" Emily shouted as Lauren hugged her tight, like she hasn't seen her in months.
That's another thing, Lauren can get super clingy and needy when she's scared or just unhappy. Or, she can completely block everything and everyone out, like with the "Jay situation". But, this holiday is gonna be spent with a happy Lauren, not an upset one. So I'm not gonna let anyone mention anything or let her think about it. How? I don't know. But I'll figure it out.

"Flight 206 to Hawaii is now boarding, please are your way to gate 4. I repeat, flight 206 to Hawaii is now boarding, please make your way to gate 4." We all heard the women on the intercom speak as we all stood up.

I took Lauren's hand as we made our way to the gate, keeping her taking all the way there. Not about anything important just about little things like, the new movies that look interesting, the new scripts we will be getting for season seven, baby names... Only briefly since she's only around four months but it's still good to have ideas in mind. Once we were sat in our seats on the plane we were still talking about names; this time, more of a joking matter.

"Really? Bob? No way." She said chuckling at my amazing name choice, which in my opinion, would never be spelt wrong at Starbucks. But I was obviously joking, it's such a boring name.

"Well, what names have you got? I doubt they're any better than my amazing and unique ones" I said with a snooty accent as I winked at her, causing a small laugh to fall from her mouth.

"Mhmm, yeah right." She said with a chuckle before carrying on after thinking for a moment. "Hey, how about this. If it's a boy, I name it. And if it's a girl, you name it" she finished smiling at me.

"Okay, alright. Sounds pretty good to me. You've got yourself a deal." I said as I lifted my hand to shake hers which ended up with our hands interlocked and us both chuckling.

"So, do you have any girl names in mind? And by the way, I have to like them. I'm not calling our child a stupid name." She asked while chuckling as I turned to look at her and think.

"Oh umm... I like... Aaliyah. Yeah, Aaliyah. That seems like a nice name, don't you think?" I replied. It was the first name that popped into my head that I liked, I literally just heard it on a TV show like three days ago.

"Hmm yeah. I like that name. It's different. Let's see... Oh, I like-" she suddenly stopped as she looked out the window to see that the plane was moving. I couldn't tell if she was panicking or not, I couldn't see her face.

"Laur? Hey" I anxiously spoke trying to get her attention before I place my other hand on her thigh, while my other hand was still interlocked with hers.

She waited for a moment to answer before turning her head to look at me. "Yeah?" She asked innocently, like she didn't know why I was so on edge.

"Are you okay? Is everything alright? Tell me if something's wrong. I don't want anything bad happening." I replied with the same anxious tone as before.

"Yeah I'm okay." She sighed as she looked at me then back out of the window. "I have to be..." She mumbled, which I think was to herself but I heard her loud and clear. I didn't like it when she was acting like that. Like, if something bad happens, she won't let herself cry. She'll tell herself that she has to be strong, even though crying doesn't make you weak.

After around three to four hours we eventually arrived. And as usual, Lauren was leaning on my shoulder, sleeping. This was the worst part, waking her up. I shook her shoulders gently as her eyes flickered open.
"Laur? Is time to go." I said softly as she nodded and sat up straight.

Getting off the plane and walking through the crowded airport was the same as before, except from everyone else was here. It was better this time around since Emily and Norman were with us, meaning Lauren wasn't so nervous from the amount of people.

This was it.

We were finally on vacation.

--A/N--

I apologise AGAIN!
I swear I'm not doing this on purpose.
But here is a 1000+ word update.
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