FYH Chapter 25

FYH Chapter 25

Parting Ways Again

BPOV:
We woke up on New Year's Day hung over and sore. We were very sore from all the standing, walking, and dancing we had done the night before. We decided that it might not be a bad thing to just chill out at the hotel for the day. Luckily, we had thought ahead and had decided not to get show tickets for tonight, but to just play it by ear.
We did nothing but rent pay-per-view movies and order room service all day. It was like the slumber parties that Angela and I used to have when we were in high school. Although, unlike the slumber parties of our past this one was coed and there was sleep involved as most of us fell asleep at one point or another during the day. Except for Alice and Jasper, they were busy looking up condos for sale here in New York.
They had accepted the position and were going to have to move here quickly as they wanted Jasper here for the Spring Semester. The NYU wanted him to start as soon as possible. That meant moving across the country with only a couple of weeks notice. The current plan was for Jasper to come out first while Alice stayed behind, to pack and settle everything in Phoenix.
We spent the next few days going to various museums and shopping during the day and shows at night and making sure that we were ready to travel abroad. I made damn sure that I was stocked up on the birth control pills so that we wouldn't have anymore scares. And Edward, even though he rarely had any trouble, made sure that he had all his medications for his lungs and the proper forms from a doctor that the pills were prescribed for the customs people. Plus we had to make sure that the bank knew that we were traveling abroad so that we could use our bank cards and not have to worry about carrying or converting our cash. Plus we had to sort through all of our things and decide what we were going to take with us and what we were going to send on to Phoenix. Since we were going to be traveling by plane and trains, there was no way that we could take everything with us.
We were constantly on the go, moving from one destination to another and before we knew it, it was time to part ways again. I had really become attached to my new sister in law. She was fun and such a sweetheart and we had a lot in common. She and Edward had gone off on their own one afternoon in an attempt to tackle the remaining demons they had between each other. The following afternoon we had a family therapy session, which really centered on Edward and me surprising everyone by showing up for Christmas. Bethany was quite happy with Edward that he had made the decision, on his own, to come home for Christmas. She said that it was a major step in his healing. Edward and Alice talked about their relationship and the things that they had talked about and worked out together. Those two topics ended up taking up the whole hour we had to talk so the subject of Alice and Jasper moving was not even brought up.
We decided to spend that last night that we were all together with another quiet evening of dinner and then a movie in our suite. We were going to drop Ben and Angela off at the airport in the morning and while Edward and I would not fly out until later that night.
Angela, Alice, and I were completely sobbing by the time we made it to the airport. Even Angela and Alice had managed to become good friends in the short time since they had met. They had even exchanged email addresses and phone numbers so that they could keep in touch. That thrilled me to no end, that Edward's family accepted my "family". I had the hopes and dreams of us all becoming one big happy family one day in the future.
Since Alice and Jasper had meetings with the professor friend of Jaspers for the rest of the day, we were positive that we were not going to see them again before we left New York. So we were completely thrilled and surprised when they made it to the terminal in just enough time to say goodbye before we boarded the plane. When Alice hugged me she thanked me for saving her brother and her whole family and made me promise to take care of him. Then she turned to Edward. She made sure that he knew that she loved him before she would let us go. And then we turned and walked onto the plane that would take us to our next destination.
EPOV:
I sat on the plane with my arm wrapped around Bella as she slept. We had been in the air for two hours now, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, and we would not be arriving at our final destination for another twelve hours. Yes, we had a total of fourteen hours of flying ahead of us. Since I could not sleep, I used the quiet time to write in my journal about how I felt when I said goodbye to my sister at the airport and how happy it made me that she made it to say goodbye before we boarded the plane. I ended up writing for a couple of hours before finally turning out the light over head and settling in for some sleep.
By the time I woke again the flight attendants were preparing we preparing to serve breakfast. It was eight in the morning, we were not going to land in London for almost another three hours, and then we would have a layover for a little over four hours before we took off again. We would be in flight to our final destination which was Lisbon, Portugal until well after five this evening.
I was really excited to be going to Portugal. We were going to be spending about two weeks here exploring. Once we started researching Lisbon we found out there was just so much to do here. There were numerous castles, museums, and cathedrals that we wanted to visit while were here. Since we did not have any time constraints we thought that we would stay for a while and do anything and everything that we desired.
The first thing that I was going to want to do, however, was take a nice, long, hot shower and sleep in a bed. I will admit that the first class chairs that we were sitting in were comfortable but not exactly the best for sleeping for a long time.
We were both completely exhausted by the time that we landed, collected our luggage, dealt with customs, and finally secured a cab to the Four Seasons/Ritz hotel where we were going to stay at. By the time that we got into our room and ordered some room service it was all either of us could do to just keep our eyes open. But there was one thing that I had to do before I could go to sleep. I had to call my mom. It was weird knowing that it was 7:30 in the evening here but it was only 11:30 in the morning in Phoenix.
"Hey Mom. We made it. We are in the hotel."
"How was the flight? Did you have any problems with customs?"
"Nope. We did not have a single problem, unless you count not being able to sleep well sitting up."
"You two must be exhausted. You two should just get some sleep."
"We are tired, mom. Bella's in the shower right now as soon as she get out, I'm going to take a quick shower and eat a quick room service supper and crash."
"Are you going sight seeing in the morning?" I briefly told Mom about all the locations that Bella and I wanted to see. She told me that I had better take lots of pictures because she had never been to Lisbon and wanted to see everything. I promised her a ton of pictures and then gave the phone to Bella, who had finished her shower and wanted to talk to mom about some of the boxes that we had left with Alice and Jasper. Mom and Dad were going to store the car for us but we did not want all of our things sitting in a garage for God knows how many months until we came home. Plus, we sent some packages of souvenirs back for the family. There were a couple of baby gifts included that we bought for Rose and Emmett's baby from FAO Schwartz.
When I woke up the next morning, I was surprised and quite unhappy to find myself alone in bed. I wandered out of the bedroom in search of my wife. I finally found her wrapped in a hotel robe, standing on our private balcony, and drinking a cup of coffee. It was two of the most beautiful views I had ever seen. One being my wife standing there and the other was the actual view of the city. The hotel was situated on top of a hill looking down on the city. The view was absolutely breathtaking.
After we managed to get dressed, we made our way downstairs to the Veranda Restaurant, and had breakfast before venturing out into Lisbon. We had the choice of either taking the underground or the tram system to get around. But once Bella caught sight of the "adorable yellow streetcars", in her words, she just had to get to ride on them.
Our destination for the morning was Jeronimo's Monastery. King Manuel I to remember and celebrate Vasco da Gama successful trip to India built it in 1502. Not only was Vasco da Gama entombed there but so are Kings Manuel and Sebastião, and poets Fernando Pessoa and Alexandre Herculano. Talk about breathtaking sites. Bella and I spent the whole morning touring and exploring the monastery, and marveling over the architecture. We made sure that we got pictures of everything that we could. The whole place was amazing, including the gardens, the chapel, and the fountain.
When we left the monastery, we continued on to Belam Tower, which is a fortress that was built in 1515 to guard the entrance to Lisbon Harbor. After spending the rest of the afternoon wandering around the fortress we were once again exhausted so we decided that the only thing that we really wanted to do was go to dinner and then spend the rest of the evening enjoying the peace and quiet and solitude of our suite. We really had not had much time alone together with everyone together in New York. The legal drinking age in Lisbon, and throughout the European Union was only eighteen so I did not have as many hassles when I ordered a bottle of Champagne for us and my wife as I did back in the States. We spent the rest of the evening relaxing in bed together completely naked. Well, except for the point where we forced ourselves to get out of bed to soak in the tub together. Yeah, it was a real sacrifice to drag my ass out of bed for that.
The next morning, I woke up still wrapped around my Bella. This would always be my favorite way of waking up. I hated to wake her, but we had another busy day planned for today. We were going to the Oceanaruim this morning and this afternoon we were going to get to see a real bull fight! I was really excited to see that. Especially since they changed the way that the fight is conducted and it ends. The fights used to end with the bull being killed in the ring. Yeah, like I would take my wife to something like that. Now, the bull rarely dies, they are sold to rodeos instead. If the bull should need to be put down then a butcher does it behind the scenes where unsuspecting parents won't have children with nightmares. Or in my case a pissed off animal loving wife who would want to stab the bull fighter to death with his own sword.
Again, we were completely exhausted by the time that the day was over. This is the way that our days continued to go. We managed to visit numerous castles and museums and we did a lot of shopping. At this rate, we were going to end up needing a vacation to get over our vacation.
A/N:
This is going to be a long note as there is quite a bit I really need to say:
First of all, sorry this took so long to get out. But when I started researching Lisbon I found most of the websites were in Portuguese. I am not Edward Cullen and I do not speak Portuguese. In fact the only Spanish I know I learned when I worked at a restaurant from the guys that worked in the kitchen and quite frankly at the age of 35 the phrases they used still make me blush. I tried my best to understand what I was reading.
I am not sure when the next update will be. I am hoping to get it out next week because the following week I am going on vacation and internet access will be quite limited as I will be in the woods. In the meantime you can find me on twitter as branson101 (any guesses as to where I will be traveling)
Most of you have found it but if not I started a new story called "Living Life" It's going to be more angsty and not all fluffy like this. You can get to it through my profile. I'll put a link to it on my blog as soon as I can.
I also want to ask for your prayers for the people of Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. The Corp of Engineers in the Dakotas keep releasing water to prevent flooding up there and have managed to flood us. Many major interstates have been closed indefinitely, many people have lost their homes, and many farmers have lost their crops. I am personally safe, even though I live two blocks from the water. I live on top of a great big hill and there is no chance of the water getting up that high.
And lastly I need to add to websites that I used as sources for this chapter.
http:/www(.)golisbon(.)com/sight-seeing/top10(.)html
http:/www(.)lisbon-guide(.)info/about-portugal/bullfighting