Taylor's POV
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Three full suitcases, two hold on bags and we're about there. Henry has slept through the entire packing experience, lucky for him. I take a seat on top of the suitcase and smile up at Jay who comes to hug me. Strong arms circling me and lifting me up. I wrap my legs around him and kiss his lips.
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"Are you excited to see the farmhouse again Mon amore?" Jay asks me, searching my eyes.
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"Yes, are you excited to spend your life with me" I whisper giggling and holding onto him.
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"Always" he whispers gazing into my eyes.
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Matthew and Ross left yesterday evening, Matthew cradled Henry for a long time before he finally left. I watched the four by four cruise down the lane with mixed feelings. It is unfair to flaunt my relationship with Jay in front of him, myself and Jay are married and Matthew clearly cares deeply for me so the distance will do us both some good.
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Matthew and I spoke in the garden the day before his departure, whilst pushing the pram around in the falling leaves of the grounds.
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"Taylor" he had said looking over at me, completely out of the blue. His expression searching making me wonder what he was about to say. I had flashbacks of him from my dream, walking around the British countryside and I pushed it all aside waiting for him to continue.
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"It's just I want you to know that I'm going to miss you, and Henry, but not just in the sense of being able to help you out. I'm going to miss you, even if it's only for a few days or more, just know that I'm thinking about you. And even missing the midnight feeds and changes" he had said softly.
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"But at the same time. I know that you need to do this for your family. And..." he had said softly, I had stopped pushing the pram turning to face him, the backdrop of the trees and sky behind him as the sun began to set below the clouds.
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"And I'm going to London for a few days, it's a bit of a long shot. I'm going to take Ross because well I think he needs it too." He had laughed slightly as I threw my arms around him.
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"I'm just going to expand my portfolio, draw some stuff and then go from there. Then I'll be in Italy with you and I'm almost positive I'll find things to draw there too" he had smiled down at me.
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"That is such a great idea" I had whispered.
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"I want to see these pictures and sketches of Britain" I had laughed as his hands held onto my waist.
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"And Taylor, don't worry" he had smiled kissing my forehead just once before we began to walk again, him pushing the pram back up through the grounds.
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"I'm here always" he had smiled as I looked down at Henry asleep in his pram.
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"Me too" I whispered back to him before we walked back up the steps to the house.
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Jay couldn't look more handsome than he does right now, standing in the foyer of LAX as I return from the restrooms and he coos Henry who is harnessed to his chest. Suitcases all around him as people filter past and women swoon at the hunk of a dad holding his baby with sunglasses perched on his head.
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"Oh Jay" I say when I reach him his eyes flick up to me from Henry and he smiles, genuinely.
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"You are getting a lot of attention standing there in your Levi's, harnessed baby to your chest" I smile kissing his lips as he chuckles.
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"Ohh stop it I'm all yours" he laughs and I giggle gliding one of the suitcases over the floor as he takes the other two.
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"I'm actually pretty glad you're here you know airports are stress" I laugh and he shakes his head chuckling.
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"Mhmm is that all I'm here for cheeky" he giggles as I watch Henry's wide eyes looking over the bright lights and shops.
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"No you're here because you're the love of my life" I smirk as we reach the bag drop.
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The attendant weighs our bags, a lady of around fifty with short cropped blonde hair. She smiles widely at the baby as Jay chats away to her and our suitcases are sent off.
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"Would you like me to request you a safety bassinet for little one" the lady, Christie her name tag tells me, offers and Jay smiles.
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"Please that would be very helpful." He smiles and I nod to him.
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"They're very handy and safe, you can even clip baby in with the safety harness during takeoff" Christie explains and I thank her dearly.
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"He's so little" Christie smiles looking at his little blue hat. Jay had dressed him this morning in a blue Ralph Lauren sleep suit with a matching hat, he looks every bit the adorable baby that travels the world. Christie, tells us about her own children who are now much older and we laugh a little at her stories of flying with babies. She reassures us before checking in our bags.We spend a little extra as we are over weight on our luggage, but once the bags are gone and we can hold hands again we cruise through to the first class departures lounge. Jay carries the two hold-all bags, one for Henry and one for myself, and we take a seat in his favourite eating spot at the airport.
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Jay produces a bottle of breast milk and feeds Henry as I peruse the menu, as the waiter emerges I end up ordering us two breakfasts. Jay smirks up at me and I giggle.
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"Ohh it's nice my wife ordering for me for a change" he smiles and I laugh.
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"Well I know what you like" I smirk as he burps Henry over his shoulder winking at me.
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"You look beautiful" he smiles catching me off guard as I look up at him, today I've opted for leggings, my dance trainers and a leotard with no bra. I figured Henry would demand access to my boobs on the flight and considering we are flying first class we will have the privacy.
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"Thank you" I blush as he watches me tie my hair up his eyes taking in my chest.
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"How am I ever going to keep my hands off of you for hours when you look like this" he smiles and I giggle as he harnesses Henry again to his chest.
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Henry receives a lot of attention from other passengers, once we eventually board the plane. Thankfully we settled him down for a nap, the bottle has satiated him and we can only hope that it lasts for the whole of take off.
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The flight attendant a younger lady, with a kind smile supplies us with our air safety travel bassinet and we pop some ear plugs in Henry's ears and a pacifier in his mouth to help keep him comfortable during take off. Jay rifles through the hold-all and pulls out the baby blanket that Henry seems to love the most, it's a knitted one that my mom made him. Having clipped him in and checked the belt several times he tucks the blanket around him and I smile resting my head in Jay's chest.
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Thankfully take off is smooth, my ears pop a huge amount but the ear plugs seem to work wonders on Henry as he barely stirs. Once we're floating in the air and the white noise of the plane begins it lulls Henry into a deeper sleep and I thank Jay for his thoughtfulness, giving him the bottle that has kept him from screeching. Even though there are not so many passengers in first class, inevitably I feel slightly worried by interrupting other people's journey with a screaming newborn.
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"Honestly Jay" I giggle an hour into the flight when Henry sleeps before us happily having not woken up since his breakfast feed.
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"We have the chillest baby don't we" he laughs and I kiss him.
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"I'm going to need to relieve my discomfort" I laugh nodding down to my breasts as his eyes widen.
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"I anticipated that he might wake up for a feed and clearly so did my body. Lord it aches" I laugh as he grasps the pump and a bottle. Genuinely I’ve never felt anything as uncomfortable as being engorged with breast milk, like round lumps of rock stuck in my breasts, it’s not a nice sensation. The nurse at the clinic had warned of engorgement, telling me to pump off and to call if I should feel hot or unwell in anyway.
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So with that in mind, and not wanting to spend our first night of forever in the hospital, I drape a shawl over my bare chest and pump off another bottle. Preparation is half the effort of parenthood and we have so far managed that area fairly well, I store the milk in the thermo pouch of the bag alongside two ice blocks from the freezer.
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"Lord darling" he giggles and I smirk.
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"You're bloody amazing" he smirks back at me.
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“Think of the saving we’re making on formula” I laugh.
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“Not only that Taylor, your milk is proven to suit him, it can effectively fight bacteria and viruses. It’s potent stuff, you’re giving him the best start to life” he smiles down at me and kisses me.
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The flight duration is fourteen hours, I had felt a lot of anxiety around being on the plane for that length of time with a baby. However flying first class is different. Our seats are not only comfortable but also have curtains for privacy, they transform into beds laying flat so that we can rest. The bassinet is a huge bonus that I had not anticipated.
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So far I’ve had two chamomile teas, and Jay is wired from his coffees. We’ve been served appetisers including caviar, antipasti and salad. It’s been a pleasure flying first class even if it does come at a rather pretty penny. There is an entertainment system which Jay has set up for us, however even as the movie rolls by I find myself distracted by him and Henry.
I offer Henry a feed and he obliges a few hours into the journey, myself and Jay giggle as his little blue eyes stare at his surroundings. I’m positive that newborns cannot see all that far into the distance, even though Jay holds him looking out at the clouds and explains to him that he’s possibly the youngest Gilbert Scott to travel in a first class airplane. He seems unimpressed at the views over the ocean below as we swaddle him back in his blanket.
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“I’m so happy” I say to Jay hugging his chest as we settle Henry in the bassinet.
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“This has been such a nice non stressful experience” I smirk as he strokes my hair back with his hands.
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“I’m glad Mon amour” he whispers.
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“Have a rest, I’ll wake you up when they serve dinner and you can enjoy a glass of champagne over the Atlantic ocean, we have the bottle that you pumped off” he smiles and as I look into his handsome face I couldn’t feel any more lucky, to be his wife. My worries of the past few days slowly leave my system as I stare into the blue of his eyes and hug his warm chest.
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“The Atlantic is it ?” I ask hugging him.
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“Yes the Atlantic Ocean, the second largest ocean in the world” he whispers and I smile watching Henry suckle on his pacifier closing his eyes to the hum of the plane.
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“Beneath us are whales, orca’s, bottlenose dolphins and even sea turtles” he says softly.
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“What’s the biggest ocean, Jay?” I ask him and he chuckles rubbing my arm and pulling a blanket over me. It’s one from home that he stuffed in the hold-all.
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“The Pacific Ocean Mon amour” he says softly as my eyes begin to close.
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“I love you” I whisper as my eyes close fully and sleep pulls me into its comforting embrace.
