Side Note: Ignore the last sentence of my previous chapter. I'm making their flight at night, so I can add this one cute scene.
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Anthony POV
Jasmine and I left her apartment at 6:00 pm.
Our flight was scheduled for 12:00 pm, and we had to get there early, because we had to deal with the Long Term Parking, and all the security checks.
And I even had to buy my angel her cookies.
While I was driving to the JFK Airport, Jasmine said, "Anthony?"
"Yes, love?"
I glanced over to her for a second. She'd pulled her hair into a bun and was wearing the clothes we'd picked out yesterday.
She smiled when I looked at her, and then she said, "You know you owe me cookies"
"I know" I responded, reaching over for her hand, as always.
When we arrived, we took about half an hour just to get my car parked in the Long Term Parking section, and then the security checks took about 2 hours.
We drank coffee and ate chocolate chip cookies at the Panini Express while we waited for our plane.
"I want a cinnamon roll" she declared.
"But you are one. Why would you eat your own kind?"
We laughed, and then I stood up, kissed her on her forehead, and bought the cinnamon roll.
That was, technically, the first time I'd ever eaten a cinnamon roll.
Except I didn't mention that to my angel, because she seemed to know everything about sweets and would probably kill me.
The cinnamon and the glaze melted in my mouth.. and the dough? Mmm.
"This is so good" Jasmine said between bites.
"Mmm"
At around 10:00, we went to the waiting room, but I noticed that Jazzy was starting to look sleepy.
"Go to sleep, Jasmine. I'll wake you up when the plane comes"
"Are you sure?" she mumbled, with sleepy eyes.
"Yes."
I placed my arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to me.
She laid her head on my shoulder and said, "Wake me up, okay?"
"Yes, yes. Shh.."
I slowly took out the bun from her hair and rubbed her head, since I knew how much it hurt when you had a ponytail on your head for a while.
Often, when I had my ponytail on for too long, it would start to hurt.
She winced once, but then closed her eyes.
With my other hand, I gently made a partition in the middle of her hair.
While I waited, I played around with her beautiful curls.
At around 11:40, just when I was about to wake Jasmine up, a girl, perhaps 12, with long black hair and chestnut brown eyes walked up to me and frowned. She was holding a thick yellow book, more specifically, the Hamilton biography the musical was inspired by.
"Aren't you from Hamilton?" she asked, no longer frowning.
"Yes" I whispered.
"Oh my god! I.. I saw your last Off-Broadway performance! And.. and is that Jasmine?!"
"Yes. She fell asleep"
She squealed and said, "You two are so cute together!!!"
I smiled and said, "We hear that often"
"Because you are!! And... may I please have your autograph???"
"Sure! Yes"
"I'll be right back. I'll get a pen" she said, silently shuffling away.
Right when I was going to shake Jasmine's arm, a, very loud, announcement came over a loud speaker:
"FLIGHT A3 PLANE ARRIVING SOON. REPEAT. FLIGHT A3. PLANE ARRIVING SOON..."
I gently shook Jasmine's arm, although it already looked like she was waking up.
"Jasmine. Sunshine. Wake up" I whispered.
She rubbed her eyes, smiled, and muttered, "Sunshine? It's nighttime, as far as I'm aware"
I laughed and kissed her forehead.
"You're so silly. And by the way, there's a fan that wants your autograph"
Before she could ask, the girl came back with a pen and her book.
She squealed and said, "Hi Jasmine!"
"Hi!"
"Would you please sign my book?"
"Sure. Why not?"
The girl handed Jasmine her book and the pen.
Jasmine signed it, and then she passed it to me.
After I signed it, the girl said, "Thank you so much! By the way, you two are amazing singers!"
Jasmine replied for the both of us.
"Your welcome!"
The girl ran away with a skip in her step.
"BOARDING FLIGHT A3. REPEAT. BOARDING FLIGHT A3."
I helped Jasmine, who obviously still looked sleepy, get up from the weird blue chairs of the waiting room.
Then I put my arm around her waist and we walked to the plane together, just like that.
When we got to our seats, I let Jasmine take the window seat, since I didn't really enjoy watching clouds or random lights.
"Are you going to sleep again?" I asked.
"In a few minutes. I want to watch"
After a few minutes, the plane started moving.
The plane went into the air, and I caught glimpses of the lights of New York City.
"It's so beautiful" she whispered.
I kissed her cheek, which made her look at me for a second.
"No more than you are" I whispered.
She smiled and blushed.
"I'll sleep now. Wake me up okay? The flight is only about 2 hours, right?"
"It is. I'll wake you up. Go to sleep, princesa"
"Spanish?"
"Mhmm. Princesa is Spanish for princess"
She smiled and laid down on my shoulder.
"How do you say, I love you?" she asked.
"Te amo"
She didn't say anything for a while, but just when she was about to close her eyes, she whispered, "I love you, Anthony. Te amo"
I kissed her forehead and rubbed her cheek with my thumb.
"I love you more"
"No, I love you more"
"Do you want me to tickle you?" I said, slightly lifting her chin with my hand.
She yelped and said, "No! I'll go to sleep"
She closed her eyes, perhaps sarcastically, and pretended to snore while suppressing a smile.
I kissed her hair and said, "Go to sleep. Shh.."
Eventually, she did fall asleep.
And of course, I had to stay awake so I could wake her up later.
This is what I do for my princess.
Many moments later, our plane finally arrived.
Jasmine wouldn't wake up, and I felt really bad for her. She was quite a heavy sleeper, I must say.
I tried kissing her awake, and that woke her up.
She groaned and mumbled, "Huh... what?"
"We are in Miami"
"Oh"
I helped her stand up, and once we were out of the airport, we took a taxi to the apartment I rented, that was, luckily, very close to the airport.
I told this one dude if he could carry our luggage up, so I could carry Jasmine up.
Once in our room, we immediately plopped on the bed and fell asleep together.
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Hi guys.
Note I haven't been to an airport in forever. Or NYC. Today I'm traveling to South America.
And I will have slow internet where I'm going, but I'll do whatever it takes to publish chapter 14.
I swear it on the River Styx.
See you, guys! 💙
