You Belong with Me

Part Two - Chapter Eight: Heading to Lisbon

Cristiano smiled as he spotted Alexa coming out of university, she had just finished her last exam and he was so proud of her; he moved away from his car as she walked over to him.

Alexa smiled, she hadn’t really seen Daniella since their exams had started and she knew that her friend was having problems with Karim; however Daniella wasn’t saying what those problems were.

"Olá,” Cristiano murmured pressing a kiss to her lips, he had missed her and now that the season was over the couple were due to fly out to Portugal for a few weeks.

Cristiano’s son was due soon and the footballer was also expected to train with the national team before the world cup; he was nervous and glad that he had Alexa by his side.

“Hola,” Alexa replied with a smile, she was still in awe that she was engaged to Cristiano and the last few weeks had been amazing; she allowed Cristiano to take her bag for her.

It had been a two hour exam and she as glad that it was finally over, now she just had to wait for her results in July; Alexa was his everything and he was glad they were engaged.

“How was your final exam?” Cristiano asked moving to open the door for her, he was nervous about flying to Lisbon; he wasn’t sure what would happen and he hadn’t heard much about Heather who was being watched closely by his mother.

“It was okay,” Alexa said with a shrug of her shoulders, the topic had been theory and practice of prose; it wasn’t her best but she had a feeling that she had done just fine.

Cristiano nodded his head, they had a flight later that afternoon and he was hopeful that everything would be okay by the time that they got there; he was excited about the trip just not what it had led to.

***

Alexa checked that she had everything, she would be gone for a couple of months and she was determined not to buy anymore clothes; she had nearly filled her half of the wardrobe in the year she had been with Cristiano.

Alexa brushed some hair from her face, she would stay in Lisbon for a couple of weeks with Cristiano before she travelled to Vilamoura to his house there while he was in South Africa.

“Are you ready to go?” Cristiano asked stepping into their bedroom, he smiled as he watched Alexa; he still couldn’t believe that they were engaged sometimes it seemed so unreal to him.

Alexa nodded her head, putting her passport into her brown pocket rucksack bag and looked at him; she knew that this was going to be a tense few weeks.

Dolores had offered to look after the baby while Cristiano was playing in the world cup, they didn’t know how Alexa would react when the baby was born.

Alexa, herself, wasn’t even sure how she would react when the baby arrived; she was nervous and she hated the fact that it wasn’t her child but she was going to support Cristiano as best as possible.

“It’ll be okay,” Cristiano said walking over to Alexa and wrapping his arms around her, he knew that she was dreading the birth of his child; he didn’t want to push her out of the picture.

Alexa had stuck with him but she was going to have to accept the fact that he was going to become a father; he was going to have another person to focus on.

“I know,” Alexa said softly, she took a deep breath and turned to look at Cristiano; she hadn’t expected expressed any worries since she didn’t want to seem like a brat. Alexa knew that once the baby arrived then everything would change and she didn’t know just how much.

***

The flight itself to Lisbon was uneventful and Alexa was relieved to arrive at the hotel where they were staying while Cristiano prepared for the world cup; she stretched a little exhausted from the flight.

Alexa ran a hand through her hair while Cristiano checked them in, they were one of the first to arrive and there wasn’t a lot of the staff right now.

“You okay?” Cristiano asked peeking at his fiancée, he could see that she was tired and he didn’t blame her; it had been a long day and Alexa deserved a break as soon as they were in their hotel room.

Alexa nodded her head, she leant against him as Cristiano wrapped his arms around her; she couldn’t wait for a nap and she was sure that her fiancé would love to cuddle in bed with her.

“I can’t wait to take a nap,” Alexa mused making Cristiano chuckle, he pressed a kiss to her head knowing that it wouldn’t be long now and he knew that he would be happy to cuddle with her when they got to their room.

Alexa pulled away from him as the woman on reception moved to give him the key, she took a deep breath moving to get her suitcase; she was used to people staring now and she pretended to ignore it since they usually got bored and stopped.

Cristiano looked at his fiancée, he frowned a little knowing that he wasn’t going to have a lot of time for her in a few weeks; he was determined to make sure that Alexa knew how much that he loved her.

“Room 315,” Cristiano said making Alexa nod her head, she smiled at him as they walked over to the lift so that they could head to their room; she wasn’t even going to unpack, just climb into bed and take a nap.

Cristiano smiled as they stepped into the lift, the doors closing behind them leaving them alone on their trip up to their hotel room; it wouldn’t be much since Cristiano wouldn’t be in Lisbon for long.

“I was thinking that we could go out for lunch tomorrow,” Cristiano said looking at Alexa, he wanted to spend a lot of time with his fiancée; they hadn’t set a date yet for their wedding and he wasn’t in a rush to marry just yet but he did want to marry one day.

Alexa nodded her head, she offered him a tired smile knowing that she would love too; she didn’t know how much time they would have together after the baby was born.

Alexa was preparing herself for a rough tome and she knew that Cristiano’s top priority would be his son; she couldn’t deny him that and it made her proud of him.

The doors of the lift pinging allowing the couple to climb out, Alexa followed after her fiancé as they moved to their hotel room; they hadn’t talked about what would happen after the baby was born only that he would be coming to live with the couple when the world cup was over.

“Mãe says that everything is ready in Vilamoura,” Cristiano said carefully, he peeked at Alexa who nodded her head; she knew what he meant even if he didn’t explain.

Cristiano unlocked their hotel room as they reached it, he didn’t want to stress things out with Alexa; but they were going to need to talk about his baby arriving sooner or later.

Cristiano pushed the door open and pulled in his suitcase followed by Alexa, he didn’t know what would happen when his son was born but he was going to have to make sure he made time for him.

Cristiano hadn’t even discussed names with Alexa because he feared scaring her away, she didn’t like the reminder that he was having a child with another woman and not her.

Heather hadn’t made things easy on the couple and the sooner that she was gone the better; Cristiano just hoped that Alexa would warm to his son and quickly when he was born.