London | Lin x Pippa

Chapter 10

Lin's POV
"Good night, my son," I say as I kiss Sebastian on the forehead and hug him.
"Good night, daddy," he says back. I feel so much like Alexander right now, Sebastian just gives me so much more--a new purpose, a new point of view, he is just so amazing. I put my hand on the side of his face and say: "I'll see you in the morning Sebby, I love you."
"I love you too daddy," I give him one last smile and turn off his light.
"Sebastian is in bed. You said good night to him, right?" I ask Pippa when I walk into the living room. She is curled up in a large armchair which seems way too ginormous for her.
"Yes I did," she replies.

Pippa's POV
It is just past 8 o'clock here in London and I am sitting in one of lin's two very comfortable arm chairs here in the living room.
Right now, I am in such a pickle. First of all, I have no place to stay back in America because technically the apartment was Seven's. Second of all, Lin said I can stay for as long as I wanted but usually people say that and don't mean it. I really want to stay here for a few more weeks because London is just that great, but I need a hotel or something. The thing is, I don't really have that many pounds, only American dollars which are useless here in the U.K. On the other hand, I could leave and go back to the US but I don't have a place to stay there and now we are back to square one. If Lin is kind enough to let me sleep here then I want to pay him rent in dollars. Ahhh it's just so complicated but I want to talk about it otherwise it will be the only thing on my mind.
"Hey Lin," I say warily, "can I talk to you?"
"Of course pips! I sorta have to ask you something, too." He moves to the nearest arm of the couch and faces me, crossing his arms.
"Ok.. umm... you go first," I want to buy time before opening the gate to possibly the most awkward conversation in the world.
"No that's okay, I can tell you're nervous. What's on your mind?" Well then.. plan=failure.
"Okayyyy so you know how I don't have a place to stay so that's why I'm here?"
"Yeah"
"And how the apartment back home is steven's?"
"Okay"
"And I don't really have any money with me or a plane ticket to get back?"
"Alright." Why is he so gosh darn calm?! IM FREAKING OUT OVER HERE.
"I'm so sorry to ask you to stay for a while longer but I don't really have a plan and don't have pounds and I can't--"
"Phillipa listen to me. You can stay as long as you need.. or would like."
"Yeah but people say that but don't really mean it all the time."
"Well this isn't one of those times," he moves closer and puts his hands in the sides of my face, "I will always be there for you, okay? You don't have to worry about a thing."
"Thanks, Lin," I smile and look down.
"Um.. come sit on the couch with me. Now it's my turn to talk about something serious with you," oh shoot. What is it? At least it isn't about my irresponsibility of not having a reliable housing situation.. I hope.
"Okay. So.. uh...," he stutters, "it's about us."
"Okay, what about us?"
"Well... I like you, like... a lot. Soooo I was wondering if I could take you out..." he pauses and swallows, "on a date??"
"Really??" I chuckle, "you, the amazingly talented Lin-Manuel Miranda, want to go on a date... with me?"
"Yeah, what's so surprising? Is this ur way of saying no to this? No pun intended. Shoot. This is a train wreck," his hand goes I his forehead like he's thinking and he scrunched his face.
"Lin it's not a train wreck."
"So it's a yes??"
"Yeah--" I am tackled in a humongous hug.
"Oh my gosh I have to tell everyone: Phillipa Soo is going on a date with ME!! ME!!"
"Bahahaha," he is so cute. And cinnamon rolly, "oh yeah, we didn't tell the cast yet.. even though they basically already know."
"Yeah," he says, "imma text em right now."

(Includes the whole hamilcast)
Lin: hey y'all I got news for u
Pippa: can I tell em?
Jasmine: oooh is Lippa coming tru??
Daveed: should I be smirking and rapidly raising my eyebrows rn??
Oak: yes. Yes you should.
Lin: sure pip
Pippa: we're dating!!
Jasmine: YAY!!!!!
Anthony: good for you!!!!!
Pippa: 😆
Lin: we are??
Lin: yay!!!!!!!!
Daveed: yup. Smirking and rapidly raising my eyebrows. U do it to oak. Do it.
Oak: doin it bruh!!!!
Ant: can I do it too????
Oak: yeah do it!!
Pippa: oh shoot no we aren't. I mean.. we can be 🙂
Jasmine: what do u mean u are dating but then Lin wasn't sure and then you were??
Pippa: I meant we were going on a date. But I guess we could be dating.
Lin: yes. We are leaving it at that. We're dating y'all!!!! 😆
Pippa: chill man. Don't make me regret this. 😂😂 jkjk #norgrets
Daveed: INCREASE YOUR RAPID EYEBROW RAISING AND SMIRKING GUYS
Lin: *facepalm*
Renee: awwwwwwwwwww
Jasmine: Renee!!!!! Did you see ?!?!?! My dream came true!!!
Anthony: aw look at that jazzy!!
Lin: alright gotta run.
Daveed: with Pippa?
Lin: what? No.
Lin: bye guys.
Pippa: baii
Lin: ur right next to me
Pippa: haha yeah. But still.
Oak: Lippa yo
Anthony: ayyy
Jasmine: so happy rn 😆

"Haha well that went well," I say.
"Yeah."
We both put down our phones, talk for a while, and end up just sitting there in silence for a bit. The thing is, it isn't awkward at all because we are enjoying each other's presence. I glance over at Lin who is looking at me so I smile.
He opens his arms and I fall into them which is followed by a few more minutes of silence. Eventually I feel myself drifting off to sleep.
"Lin," I murmur softly, "I gotta go to bed."
"Shhhhh," he replies, "go back to sleep."
I reply by nuzzling more into his chest. Lin grabs the blanket that was laying on the back of the couch and puts it over us.
"Goodnight Pips," he whispers and kisses the top of my head.
"Goodnight Lin," eventually I fall asleep on the couch in his arms, but I don't mind.

Hey guys!!!! I decided to screw sleeping and write another chapter (I'm a wreck...)
Anyway, this was a ton of fun to write cuz it was super fluffy and so it made me feel fluffy and I really love fluffy stuff so yeah.

Also during the text thing when I was tryna write jasmine I accidentally
wrote janthony 😂 hehehehehe