London | Lin x Pippa

Chapter 12

Jasmine's POV
"Anthony come on!! Do you have everything packed?" I say, exasperated. Ant is an amazing guy and I would give him the world, but sometimes I just need him to focus!
"Of course," he says, coming to the living room, "oh shoot nope. I forgot my--"
"Yeah, yeah. Go! Its 10 in the morning and we have to leave for the airport in 15 minutes!"
"Okay, I'm going. You shouldn't even talk. Are you packed?"
"Yes," I say matter-of-factly, "come on Anthony. Ok. Lemme help you! What do you need?"
"Nothing," he says with a smile on his face.
"What?" I am so confused.
"I have everything packed! Now do you wanna go see your best friend or not?" He smiles and takes the handle of his suitcase in hand
"Gosh Anthony Ramos!! I was so nervous! why didn't you say so?! Let's go!!" I laugh and grab my suitcase along with his free hand and run out the door.
"Jasmine jasmine jasmine hold up. Are you 100% sure that you have everything??" Anthony says with concern on his face.
"Yes let's go!!!"
"Alright alright," he says in defeat.
"Taxi!!" I yell and raise my hand. Well, our hands... soon a yellow cab comes around the bend, sees our flailing limbs, and stops in front of our apartment. After the man helps us load our suitcases and bags into the trunk, we all get in.
"Where to?" He says casually.
"The LaGuardia airport please?"
"Sure thing," after a few minutes of no talking, our driver breaks the silence once more, "By the way, my daughter is obsessed and would kill me if I didn't take this chance. Were you guys on the broadway musical Hamilton??"
Well looks like someone is a fan. Anthony and I look at each other and smile.
"Yes sir, yes we were," Anthony says kindly.
"Oh my gosh that's amazing, we all look up to you so much. Congratulations on your success!"
"Thank you, sir." I'm pretty sure he wants like an autograph or something for his daughterrr but that didn't really happen. Nobody really talks for the rest of the drive. Eventually we reach the airport and hand the man 30 dollars.
"London here we come."

Pippa's POV
It is 3 in the afternoon here in London and Sebastian and I are baking cookies right now. We pop them in the oven and then we hear the lock turn. Usually Lin gets here around 3:45 so I don't know what's going on.
"Sebastian, come here for a sec," I say as I pick him up.
"Mom I'm scared," Sebby says and burrows his head into my shoulder. That's new. At least I'm making a big difference in this kiddo's life. And he is comfortable with me so that's a plus too. However, right now I am more concerned about the possible intruder. The door swings open to reveal Lin with many bags strapped over his left shoulder.
"Hey you guys, they let some of us go early today and I was one of those people!" After locking the door he turns around and sees my relieved face.
"Oh I'm sorry Pips, Sebby. I should have called." After hanging his bags up on the hook he comes over and hugs us both. Then Lin takes Sebby out of my arms.
"What are you baking Seb?"
"Chocolate chip cookies!!" He exclaims back, clapping as he does.

Anthony's POV
We are finally boarded on the plane that is going to fly us across the Atlantic Ocean. I know that Jasmine gets a little freaked out when flying so I have to do my best and be there for her. I feel a tight hand grip mine and lean against my shoulder.
"Don't worry Jas, I'm here," I reply and out my head against hers.
"I know I know. I'm just a bit... nervous."
We sit in silence for a few more minutes. The plane is supposed to take off at 12 o'clock noon, but right now it is 12:17 and we still haven't left. The flight also takes 6 1/2 hours plus a 5 hour time difference, so at this rate, we will get there around midnight. Both jasmine and I plan on sleeping on the plane and then sleeping a bit at the airport before heading out to this hotel we booked for 1 day. I didn't even know you could book a hotel without staying a night there. It is 12:32 when the plane finally  gets its wheels off the ground. Assuming the plane ride is the same length as scheduled, we will arrive at around 12 at night, London time. We are able to check in at 8 so jasmine and I are planning on getting breakfast at the airport and then going to our hotel. Since it is still midday (almost) jasmine and I are still wide awake. We are on a fancy airplane that has movies and tv shows so we decide to binge watch something.
"Would you like anything to drink?" The lady comes by with a cart full of pop and other drinks.
"Ginger ale please," jasmine says, still bothered by flying.
"Yes, and you, sir?"
"Do you have a..." I want a coke, but caffeine isn't the best choice for my current situation ... "sprite?"
"Sure thing."
"You were gonna get coke weren't you?" Jasmine says, looking up at me and giggling.
"Yes smarty pants I was. But I need to sleep later sooooo."
"Thank you," we both say in unison as the lady gives us our drinks.
"Okay back to the show," jasmine says, tugging in my sleeve which makes us both laugh.

Lin's POV
"The cookies are ready, Phillipa!" I shout, immediately regretting it because Sebby was just put down for a nap. Gosh I wish I could take a nap...
"Okay coming Lin!" She whisper shouts. We take them out and are hit by an amazing smell.
"Mmmmmmm."
After putting them on the cooling rack, Pippa grabs my hand and leads me to the table.
"Okay, so I don't know if this means anything, but I just wanted to tell you. You know how you came in early, surprising us??"
"Yeah," I say, not sure where this is heading.
"Well Sebby sorta looked to me for comfort and called me mom. And I don't know if that's a hit towards Vanessa, or if you even want him to have a motherly figure in his life. But if not... then I will try to refrain from--"
"No. Pippa. That's amazing!!!" I get up and hug her, "you are making a huge difference in my son's life and I couldn't be more happier with his choice as a mother."
"Are you sure? And it only happened once so don't get your hopes up...." I can tell she feels a bit awkward.
"Of course. But I know he trusts you to keep him safe, and that is so
important to me, you don't even know."

Jasmine's POV
For almost the whole plane ride, I as still as a stone. I know people may think it's irrational, but I am terrified to the bone of flying. At least I have my Anthony here who will keep me safe. I know that for sure. The show we decide to binge on Netflix is The Office because of its comedic relief and the simple fact that it's just so amazing. (Btw I do not own The Office or anything, and I am not taking credit for it. Idek if I need this but oh well)
I'm not sure what happened because the next thing I know, Anthony is nudging me awake and saying that we've landed. I think I fell asleep around 5 New York time which is good (even though it only ended up being 2 hours of sleep)
"Get your backpack," he says, "we should move quickly." The line to get off the plane is moving, and surprising fast for this time in the... morning. Probably because most of these people are New Yorkers and for all of us it's still 7 in the evening.
"Yeah, let's go."
Just minutes later we step foot in a different city in a different country in a different continent. Even though we both need sleep, adrenaline kicks in and the jet lag has not... well, I guess it has seeing as we can't sleep.
Ant and I find a nice couch to claim that is relatively close to baggage. This way we will be ready when the time comes to get our actual suitcases.

Anthony's POV
I can tell that jasmine isn't about to fall asleep anytime soon, and neither am I. We sit down on the couch together with all our bags at our feet (we got our suitcases already) and just talk.
"So, you're awake," I start, "im awake, most people here are awake, but everyone else in London is asleep."
"Ha yeah," she replies. God, I love her laugh.
"Okay so we're gonna get pretty tired later sooo I think we should at least try to get some more sleep. But are you excited to see Pippa and Lin tonight?"
"Of course!!!! I am so excited...," her stomach rumbles. "I'm also pretty hungry it would be past dinner time back home and I didn't eat on the plane... well it's cuz I was sleeping."
"Yeah. Neither did I. I can go get some food for us before we take a little nap, is there anything you prefer?"
"Not really, thanks ant. Maybe a sandwich?"
"Of course," I say as I get up and look for a deli. A find one, and naturally the line is  short because it is midnight. Knowing my girlfriend well, I pick the right sandwich--a turkey club without mayo or Swiss (idk if that's what jasmine would actually eat but...). After receiving both orders I turn and go back to the couch where we were settled down only to find jasmine curled up with her head on her sweatshirt fast asleep.
"Goodnight jazzy," I say as I quietly eat my sandwich. She can eat hers when she awakens from her slumber.

Hey y'all!!!!!! It's been a day!!!!!! I'm so sorry I didn't upload yesterday, I wasn't really finished with this part. Chapter 12 is relatively long (1702 words!) so I hope you enjoy! Thanks again for the continued support!
Cyall laterzz!! (Probs tomorrow)

(TBH I'm pretty sad that Lin didn't win that golden globe.... but oh well.)