Jasmine POV
It was around 6:30 when we arrived to Key West.
I ran down the tiny ramp of the ship and on to flat ground, nearly tripping.
Anthony was right behind me, but he still said, "Wait for me!"
I laughed and kissed his cheek.
Night started falling, an it was a little chilly.
"Are you cold?"
"A little" I responded, shivering.
Anthony dug around through his luggage and pulled out his light grey sweatshirt, the one he'd always give me at rehearsals.
"Wear this, princess"
I smiled and put on his sweatshirt.
He gently took my hand and we got on a taxi to take us to our hotel.
It was 7:10 when we arrived, and after we signed in at the hotel, we quickly headed to our room.
I looked straight ahead and saw a small balcony. That was where I headed first, because the view I saw was quite amazing.
The sky was colored a beautiful array of blue, purple, and a little bit of pink.
I went to stand at the balcony, and a few minutes later, I felt Anthony standing right next to me.
He loosened my hair from the ponytail, made a partition, and played around with my hair. (What did he like so much about my hair???)
"What are we doing tomorrow?" I asked, looking up at him.
"I was thinking that we could wake up early to watch the sun rise. Then we could go to the Southernmost point. Next, the Ernest Hemingway museum. I think we can finish at the beach. What do you think?"
The Ernest Hemingway Museum! How exciting! I know a bit of his poems and other stories.
I smiled and said, "That's great!"
He smiled and then laid my head on his shoulder.
We stood there for a while, just looking at the night, although I did fall asleep a few times.
At around 8:45, he said, "We should go to sleep. We have to leave early, if you want to see the sun rise"
"Okay. I'm straightening my hair first, though"
After I quickly did my hair, I went to the bed, lied down, and immediately went to sleep.
I felt Anthony go to sleep next to me, holding my hand.
Next morning...
Anthony POV
I woke up at 5:30, sat up on the bed, and realized I was still holding Jasmine's hand.
Jasmine seemed to be waking up too.
"Anthony..." she mumbled.
"Shh. I'm here, Jasmine"
I gripped her hand a little tighter, and then she slowly woke up.
She looked into my eyes and asked, "What time is it?"
"5:30. We should go now"
She sighed and sat up on the bed.
Just then did I realize she was still wearing my sweatshirt, and she seemed to notice at the same time, because she started laughing.
"I fell asleep with your sweatshirt!"
I laughed and said, "It's okay. I wasn't cold, anyway"
She got off of the bed and giggled, saying, "I hope that when I'm done getting dressed, you aren't shirtless again.."
I laughed, went over to her, and pressed a short kiss on the tip of her nose.
"Maybe"
"Maybe???"
"Mhmm"
She laughed and lightly shoved me.
"Get dressed, Anthony"
I sarcastically saluted and said, "Okay, Sargent Jasmine"
She rolled her eyes and went into the bathroom to get dressed.
I put on a patterned shirt and grey bermuda pants.
A few minutes later, she came out of the bathroom (peeking before coming out) with shorts and an off-white shirt that had a pattern on the bottom. And a sun hat.
I smiled and said, "Let's go"
We took a taxi and went to the port where the small boats would sail from.
When we were finally settled on a boat, it was 6:00.
It took us until 6:35 to get us far enough in the water so we could see well.
The predicted sunrise time was 6:48, so we still had a few minutes.
I let Jasmine sit at the tip of the boat, and I sat in the back.
We patiently waited for a little, and soon enough, the sun started rising.
The sky started filling up with orange and yellow-y shades from the sun.
Jasmine looked up at the sky and whispered, "Woah"
"Have you seen the sun rise before?"
"No. This is so beautiful!"
She looked back at me and smiled, then returned her gaze to the sun.
At 7:00, the sun was already fully risen, so we decided to head back to the port where we sailed from.
Jasmine POV
Once Anthony helped me out of the boat, he said, "What do you think, about biking our way to our next stop?"
I felt my face light up at the mention of bikes. Bikes always reminded me of Pippa, and I quite missed her, along with Renee.
"Yes, please! I'm tired of taxis!"
He laughed, kissed my forehead and said, "Bikes will do, then"
We walked a little and found a place that rented bikes.
We rented our bikes and had a debate over who got the blue bike.
"But my favorite color is blue!"
"It's your favorite color?? I LOVE blue!!!" I exclaimed.
"What about me?!"
"I love you more, but still! And I know exactly what will make you give up the blue bike!"
I started walking towards him as he said, "Nothing will-! Oh..."
I kissed him until I was out of breath, and then he mumbled, "You know how to get me, don't you?"
I laughed and hopped onto the blue bike. (That had a basket, for once. I'd never ridden a bike with a basket before)
"Are you staying?" I asked, jokingly pedaling away a few feet.
"Hey!"
He got onto the green bike (reluctantly) and caught up with me.
"Follow me! I know where we're going." he exclaimed, now pedaling faster.
I rolled my eyes and followed him.
Many palm trees decorated the streets of Key West, and the breeze and that hit my face almost knocked my sun hat off of me.
Soon enough, we arrived at the Southernmost point, and there was quite a line for it.
While in line, Anthony twirled my hair on his finger, and started making it curly again.
"Hey!" I exclaimed. My hair was now a weird mix of flat and curly.
I don't think I straightened it correctly!
He laughed and continued playing with my hair.
I was so distracted in my thoughts, that one second, Anthony had his shirt on, and the next, he didn't.
"Anthony!" I exclaimed, when I realized he was shirtless.
"Yes, Sunshine?"
I rolled my eyes and laughed, resisting the urge to slap him.
"Stop trying to give me a heart attack!" I said.
He laughed and kissed my hair.
Many moments later, it was time to take our picture.
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Sorry for cutting off the chapter right there! I was already passing my set limit of words I usually write in a chapter.
And also, it's confirmed, Wattpad/Autocorrect ships Janthony.
I was trying to write, "We rented our bikes" but instead it wrote "We rented our kids" 😂
I mean, one time, it wrote, "I had to buy my bagel cookies" so...
So yes.
Christina out 💙
