Kept From You // L.H (completed)

nineteen

< September >
< Thursday >

{ Luke }

Taylor, Carter, and I entered the airport. Taylor stood to the side holding Carter while I went and checked our luggage and got our boarding tickets. It was 4 am so Carter was very grumpy. Hopefully, he sleeps on the plane because we have a long flight to Cincinnati where our first stop of the World War Joy tour is tomorrow.

Once I grabbed our passes, I walked back to Taylor. Carter was almost asleep now so I knew he was about to be dead weight. I adjusted my backpack and Carter's backpack on my back and took Carter from Taylor, letting him rest his head on my shoulder, his nose buried in my neck. Taylor put her backpack on and held the diaper bag on her arm, along with Carter's baby blanket and giraffe.

We made it to the terminal, seeing all our very sleepy friends,

"Good morning" I laughed as I sat, adjusting Carter in my lap,

"Morning" Michael grunted, keeping his eyes closed,

"I've got to get coffee" Crystal stood, "Taylor do you want to come with me?"

Taylor nodded and looked to me, silently asking if I wanted something,

"Yes please," I answered. She nodded and she and Crystal walked away.

I let my head rest against Carter's and let my eyes fall closed. I was grateful we were getting to Cincinnati a day early because we would be way too tired to perform tonight.

Taylor and Crystal came back. Taylor sat next to me and handed me my coffee then poured the chocolate milk she brought back into Carter's sippy cup,

"As soon as he wakes up he'll be complaining" she laughed. I laughed too and nodded, knowing she was right.

We got called to board and the group of us got on, Carter waking up as we did. He whined as we got seated but calmed down once he had his blankie, giraffe, and chocolate milk,

"iPad" Carter made grabby hands,

"In a second," I told him with a laugh. He was literally asleep a minute ago and is now wide awake.

As soon as we were in the air, Taylor and I got Carter occupied. The lap tray was down and we had the iPad set up with Paw Patrol on while he colored in his dinosaur coloring book. His blankie was draped over his lap and Raffy (his giraffe) was tucked in the seatbelt with him,

"All good?" Taylor asked him. He gave a wide smile and a thumbs up. I laughed and leaned my head back and closed my eyes.

{ Taylor }

While Luke slept the majority of the flight, I couldn't. I've never been able to sleep on planes very well. Carter stayed quiet the entire time. He colored and played by himself, but he never slept which means he'll be grumpy in a few hours.

We got off the plane and Carter had more energy than any of us. He bounced his way to Ashton who graciously picked him up. Luke laughed and grabbed my hand,

"At least he's awake" he leaned down and kissed my head. I laughed but nodded,

"Just wait until he's crying because he's tired" I joked.

We grabbed all our bags and were taken to the hotel for the night. We wouldn't be getting on the bus until tomorrow after the show.

We got into our hotel room and changed clothes. We were going out in a few hours to Top Golf.

Luke and Carter were running around the room playing monster. One would be the monster and chase the other, then they'd switch. It was actually pretty cute,