Jasmine POV
I woke up this morning (at 7:00? How odd) to a knock on my door.
It was Anthony.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"I'm okay. Thanks to you"
He smiled and then I took a step toward him and hugged him.
Today he smelled like mint... and chocolate.
"You smell delicious" I said.
He laughed and said, "Don't eat me, please"
I laughed and pulled away from him.
"Well, now that you've woken me up, I can't go back to sleep. What do we do?" I asked, genuinely curious.
"You can't go back to sleep?"
"No"
"Well..." He hesitated. "Do you want to sit with me a while? Up at the stage."
I knew that the view from the stage was absolutely beautiful! And with the lovely addition of Anthony? How lucky I am.
"Sure" I responded.
He smiled, took my hand and led me to the stage.
Once we were there, we sat down on the edge of the stage, right next to each other.
I leaned my head on Anthony's shoulder as he draped an arm across my shoulders.
I didn't pull away.
Somehow, I started feeling tired and accidentally fell asleep on Anthony's shoulder.
Anthony POV
I watched as my angel- Er- Jasmine, fell asleep on my shoulder.
I knew she must've felt uncomfortable, so I cradled her in my arms and just stood there, in the middle of the stage, with Jasmine in my arms.
Eventually my feet decided to walk over to Jasmine's room and put her in her bed.
I covered her with a blanket as I watched her for a minute.
"I love you, Jasmine" I whispered, praying she didn't hear me.
Then I kissed her forehead and walked out of her room.
Jasmine POV
I woke up again, at 8:45 exactly, with no recollection of the morning.
Then I remembered about Anthony taking me to the stage, and me sitting next to him.
I'd accidentally fallen asleep!
But then, faintly, I remember being in Anthony's arms.
And... one more thing, that was faint, but that I could remember.
"I love you, Jasmine" he had whispered.
Soon enough I realized I was about to be late for rehearsals.
I ran over to the stage, almost tripping, too.
Today Lin announced that we'd be starting dance rehearsals.
Pippa, Renee and I squealed when Lin said that.
Anthony, who was near us, just rolled his eyes at us.
He gathered us all together, including the ensemble, and led us to a different section of the theatre that I'd never seen before.
As we walked there, Anthony held my hand.
"How are you feeling? About the dancing." he asked.
"I'm really excited! How about you?"
"Well, I really hope I get to dance with you."
I flashed him a smile and kissed him on the cheek.
Then we arrived at the dance studio. It had mirrors on all the sides and the walls were painted white.
Pippa squealed with joy and twirled in the room.
Everyone laughed because of how silly she was.
We also found out we had a few dance instructors, which was pretty nice.
During the entire time there, Anthony never let go of my hand.
The first thing the instructor told us we'd be learning was a simple dance that the ensemble and a few other characters do, mostly in "Helpless"
Luckily, they told us Anthony and I would be dancing together.
However, today we wouldn't be dancing. (Thank goodness)
We returned back to the stage and started rehearsals normally.
A month passed by. It was now December.
Every single day, we practiced our songs and danced at the studio.
Every time Anthony danced with me, he liked to tickle me around the waist.
"Oh my god, Anthony" I would say, laughing.
Christmas week rolled by.
Lin gave us all a break during Christmas week, which gave Anthony the leisure of bothering me 24/7.
On Christmas morning, I immediately rushed over to Pippa's room.
"Merry Christmas, Pippa!" I said, hugging her.
"Merry Christmas to you, too!" She said, cheerily. "I have a present for you!"
"Me too!"
I handed Pippa a small orange box. Inside, I had given her a silver bracelet with a few charms, with a few symbols from inside jokes we had created over time.
"Aww, I love it!" she said, hugging me again.
Then she gave me a blue box, and inside was a small journal, colored pens, and colored pencils.
"Thanks Pippa!"
Just then, Renee barged into the room, with two green boxes.
"Merry Christmas, Sisters!"
"Work!" we all said, together, laughing.
I had gotten a small notepad with paper of all kinds of designs and an eraser in a form of a unicorn.
Pippa had gotten a book and two bookmarks.
"Thanks Renee!" Pippa and I said, rushing over to her, to give her a hug.
Then there was a knock on the door.
Anthony?
I opened the door and found Anthony there.
I looked over my shoulder to Pippa and Renee, and they were giving me a thumbs up.
"Merry Christmas, Anthony" I said, smiling.
"Merry Christmas, Jasmine" he responded, handing me a small, flat red box.
I opened the box and found a silver bracelet with 7 charms. Six of them were of flowers, mostly roses, and the other was a small diamond heart.
"How much did you buy this for?"
"Well, the heart charm was my mom's. She let me give it to you... and the flowers? I bought them when we went to the garden."
"Aw, you're so sweet" I said, blushing.
In an attempt to hide my blushing, I hugged him. (Although I'm pretty sure he saw me blush)
He tightened his grip around my waist. I didn't let go for quite a while.
Eventually I broke away to kiss him on the cheek. He smiled.
"Sadly, that's not the only thing I'm giving you" he said.
Then he started viciously tickling me again.
"Anthony!!!" I exclaimed, dying of laughter.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught Pippa and Renee making hearts with their hands.
That only made me blush even more.
Yes, I love Anthony.
I do.
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Okay, I did promise on my last chapter that something would happen here, but I had a sudden change of ideas, and I think you guys will like this new idea over my old one.
And I'll start writing the next chapter, like now.
Christina, out! 💙
