You Belong with Me

Part One - Chapter Twenty-Two: Break in the Sun

With the friendly matches over and the official season not starting until the end of the month, Cristiano had a few days off and had decided to whisk his girlfriend away on holiday for a couple of days.

Alexa hadn't expected him to splash out on a holiday to Italy though; she leaned back as closed her eyes enjoying the warm sun on her body, she was wearing a lime abstract print moulded triangle bikini top and fold over bikini briefs.

They were currently spending time at the beach, which Alexa was surprised to see that the beach was pretty deserted for the time of year; even if Cristiano had taken them to a private resort so they wouldn't be disturbed.

Alexa opened her eyes as she heard someone approached where she was sitting on her beach sun lounger; she smiled at Cristiano as he sat back down next to her.

Alexa watched him for a moment before she closed her eyes again, she felt so relaxed and her mind was far away from the decision that she was going to have to make.

"Have fun?" Alexa asked making him look at her and smile, she was beautiful and he wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of his life with her.

"Not without you," Cristiano said making her roll her eyes, she knew he was watching her; she rested on her elbows and looked at him curious about what was on his mind.

Cristiano was wearing a pair of white swim-shorts that hung low on his hips; he chuckled before he moved to sit next to Alexa and pressed a kiss to her lips.

They had officially been dating for four months and the couple seemed quite content with how things were; Cristiano hoped to convince her to stay in Madrid for university instead of in California.

"They've found us haven't they?" Alexa said noting that her boyfriend was keeping her away from the magazine he had bought while he had been to the shop, Cristiano nodded kissing her again.

***

The two spent the rest of the day at the beach before they returned to the villa that they had rented for the two weeks; Alexa sighed as she leant against the balcony looking out at the view of the beach in front of her.

Alexa smiled as she felt Cristiano wrap his arms around her waist, she knew that he was concerned about her leaving for California; he was going to miss her.

Alexa had pulled on a lime tie dye bobble kaftan and her pale green flip flops after the day at the beach; she looked at him allowing Cristiano to kiss her then she rested her head against his.

"I don't want to go to California..." Alexa said making him look at her, Cristiano knew that he was getting in the way of her dreams of University but he couldn't have been happier with her words, he loved Alexa and didn't think he'd be able to let her go.

"Are you sure? We could look at universities in Madrid," Cristiano offered, knowing that Alexa wanted to study; she had worked hard to get accepted into university and he didn't want her to waste her chance.

Alexa smiled at him and kissed him softly, Cristiano had been concerned about her safety as well if she went to University; she was publicly known as his girlfriend and he didn't want people using her.

Cristiano smiled into the kiss as he deepened it, he pulled her back into the bedroom he wanted to spend some time with her out of the view of the press; it was bad enough that they'd caught the couple together several times and had taken pictures of them relaxing.

Alexa wrapped her arms around Cristiano's neck as they kissed, she was aware that this wasn't going to be easy and she was going to have her work cut out for her no matter what she was going to do.

"Lexi..." Cristiano warned her pulling away slightly as things started to heat up between them; he had been patient with her about this and he had no plans on rushing her but they were slowly getting carried away and he didn't wish to rush her decision.

Cristiano took a deep breath as Alexa raised an eyebrow at him; he kissed her softly before pulling away again, he would wait until she was ready to take the next step in their relationship with him.

"I'll have to call University to tell them I won't be attending," Alexa noted thoughtfully making Cristiano nod as she sat on the bed; he watched her pleased that she wouldn't be leaving him, however he wanted her to be happy.

Sitting next to her, Cristiano wondered if now would be a good time to tell her about the apartment he had invested in, in case she had chosen differently.

"What will you do?" Cristiano asked making her look at him, she didn't know if it would be too late to apply to Madrid University now; she guessed she could wait a year before applying again if it was too late.

Then again, she was Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend and she knew that any university would give their right arm to have that sort of publicity.

Alexa jumped as Cristiano pressed his lips to her neck again; she was surprised that she didn't have a love bite with his antics, that was the last thing that she needed right now.

"What university wouldn't want Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend," Cristiano said as he looked at her, he wanted her to feel free to do what she wanted; he wanted her to be happy and he would help her in any way that he could.

Alexa allowed him to kiss her lips knowing that he wanted her to stay with him more than anything; she wasn't going to leave anymore and she would call the university tomorrow to let them know that she wasn't going to be attending.

"I'm happy that you decided to stay," Cristiano said as he leant forward and kissed his girlfriend again, he brushed the hair from her face as he drew her closer; he felt a weight lift from his shoulders, he didn't have to worry about long distance anymore.

The couple kissed as Alexa wrapped her arms around his neck, they had been growing closer lately and Alexa knew that she would come to regret it if she didn't take this chance.

Alexa never wanted to say that she hadn't took the chance at being happy and that was what Cristiano made her, she really loved him and while she wasn't ready to say those three words she knew that she soon would.

Alexa sighed and pulled back from Cristiano as her mobile started to ring, since she was in most of the papers across the world because of her connection to Cristiano; her mother had being trying to spend time with her since she now deemed her good enough.

Jennifer had spoken to Alexa often and she had shared a lot of news from back home, it seemed Martha had become a little obsessed with Alexa after Cristiano's record breaking transfer.

Alexa wasn't impressed that her mother was bragging about the fact that she was dating Cristiano; she had tried to break the couple up in the beginning and now she wanted to know.

"Ignore it..." Cristiano murmured as he kissed Alexa again, he hated that Martha was now only interested in her daughter since she was now in the public eye.

Alexa sighed as she looked at him, she knew he didn't like her mother she didn't blame him for it; Martha was only interested in the fame that Alexa now had.

Cristiano was never going to allow Martha to control Alexa again, she was nothing but trouble.