They drove down the smooth, two-lane roads of Bremerhaven noticing the massive car parks along the side of the road near the multi-story buildings and the lush, green hills with tall, thin flourishing trees growing from them. Sinead and Aisling looked through the wound down windows amazed by the new scenery and smells that they were experiencing.
After forty-five minutes of driving they entered the town of Bremen. Jenny drove slowly around the town showing them some sites.
"Over to the right you will see Historische Altstadt, it's a historic walking area. We can pull over and go have a quick look, I hear the scenery is beautiful," Jenny told them, looking into the rear view mirror awaiting their response.
"Can we?" Sinead asked, excited about the historic aspect of the walk.
"Sure," Jenny replied, parking the car in the nearest place.
The three brunettes got out of the car and started to walk through the area. They looked on, fascinated by the buildings as they noticed the medieval and early new age fortress-designed landscape of the buildings.
"That's the Town Hall, it's one of the most important examples of Brick Gothic architecture in Europe," Aisling said, looking up in wonder at the extravagant building.
"It was built between 1405 and 1409 and in 1595 to 1612, Lϋder Von Bentheim renovated it to overlook the market place. I can't believe it survived the Second World War especially when sixty percent of the city was destroyed," Sinead responded.
"Okay you two history nerds, let's get back on the road, there is still plenty more to see along the way and I can't wait to see Emma again," Jenny said, dragging them away from the historical building.
They got back into the car and drove for another hour and twenty minutes. Jenny had fun telling them about the parts of Germany they were driving through and about anything of interest she could think of.
They reached the city of Osnabrück and decided to get lunch as they were all getting hungry. Jenny drove down the streets until they found a quaint little restaurant; parking the car the three girls got out and made their way inside.
They found a table and sat down, picking up the old style menus, studying them, looking for something new to try.
"I think I will go with this," Aisling said, pointing to something on the menu as she showed it to Jenny.
"The Hähnchen Schnitzel, it's a good choice for someone who hasn't eaten German food before. I rather like it," Jenny said. Looking to Sinead, she raised an eyebrow.
"I'll get the same thing," she replied, placing the menu down.
Jenny studied the menu for a little longer and when she knew what she wanted she called over a waiter and ordered the food.
"Can I please get two Hähnchen-Schnitzel's and a Rouladen," Jenny said, smiling at the teenage boy who took their order.
They waited patiently for their meals to be cooked, making small talk with each other.
"I bet you can't wait to see Emma again," Sinead said, smiling as a grin broke out on Jenny's face.
"No, I really can't. I think I will probably just hug her, or cry or maybe do both," Jenny responded, a slight blush rising on her face.
"If I were you and I was away from this one for as long as you've been away from Emma, I would be a total wreck right now," Aisling said, wrapping her arm around Sinead and kissing her on the cheek.
"It's been hard, really hard, but I've kept it together just because I know I will be with Emma once more. I didn't realise before but since being away from her I don't think I could live without her. My life was pretty shitty before I met her and now I don't think I could live without her, she's my world. I think I would rather die than lose her," Jenny said, staring out the window.
"That's so sweet," Sinead said as the waiter came back and placed their meals in front of them.
They ate their meals in near silence, only having Jenny ask them how they liked their food, which they replied with a 'good' as they ate more of it.
They finished up and got back on the road, driving for another forty minutes before they hit the city of Münster. Pulling over once more they got out and went to see the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Admiring the building for a good ten minutes, Jenny suddenly spoke up about it.
"I did an assignment on this cathedral way back, if I remember correctly it was built between 1225 and 1265 in a style transitional between Romanesque and Gothic. Some of the notable features about the interior of the cathedral are the impressive spatial effects it has, the numerous tombs of bishops and canons which includes Cardinal von Galen, who died in 1946, and the astronomical clock which was added in 1540 on the wall of the choir," Jenny stated, watching the shocked expression on the two Irish girls' faces.
"Now who's the history nerd," Aisling said, laughing slightly as they made their way back to the car.
They drove for just over an hour, Jenny singing along to the radio as Aisling and Sinead snuggled up in the back seat.
"We're now entering Remscheid, do you want to go take a drive past the Müngsten Bridge?" Jenny asked them.
"Yes," the two girls replied.
Jenny drove them to where the bridge was and pulled over onto the side of the road. They got out of the car, deciding to get a better look at it.
"It must be at least 100 metres high," Sinead said in awe.
"107 metres high to be exact," Jenny said, winking at her. "The bridge began construction in 1893 and was finished in 1897. Anton von Rieppel was the architect and engineer in charge of the project," Jenny stated, shrugging her shoulders. "I made it once out of paddle pop sticks in school."
"How far are we from Cologne?" Aisling asked as they all got back into the car.
"About half an hour away," Jenny replied, a smile growing on her face as she realised she will be back in Emma's arms in under an hour.
"Maybe we should stop at a pay phone and ring Emma up and tell her to meet us somewhere. Obviously it can't be at her house or yours as your parents probably called some people who live here and they could be keeping a look out for you," Aisling said.
"Good idea. I think there is one at the next petrol station. I will ring her up and tell her to meet us just past the city centre near the woods where I got lost once and no, I'm not telling you how I got lost in the woods," Jenny said, hearing the two girls laugh at her getting lost.
They drove for another ten minutes before coming across the petrol station. They all got out and Jenny went to the phone, she put in the money and dialled Emma's mobile number. She spoke to her in quick German before hanging up and turning to face the two girls.
"Emma said she will meet us in the clearing near the woods just outside of the city in about fifteen minutes."
Getting back into the car they drove the rest of the way to Cologne, the smile on Jenny's face grew bigger and bigger at each passing moment until she was starting to shake with excitement.
They drove past the school and as Aisling looked out of the window she saw Bea walking along holding the hand of a man.
"That's Bea," Aisling said, a smile on her face.
"And she is with Ben," Jenny said, telling them who the man with her was.
"I'm so relieved she's alive even if she is constantly looking over her shoulder like she's scared," Aisling said. She turned and faced Sinead, "Thank you for helping me realise that killing her was the wrong thing to do."
"Anytime sweetie," Sinead said, cupping Aisling's face and giving her a sweet, chaste kiss on the lips.
They drove to the woods and Jenny parked the car on the side of the road. Getting out and walking towards the clearing, Jenny was a bundle of nerves like she was on her first date with the blonde. She rounded the corner and saw Emma.
Her blue eyes locked with Emma's hazel and they ran into each other's arms. Jenny picked Emma up off the ground and spun her around in circles before placing her back on the ground and peppering her face in soft kisses.
"I missed you so much Jenny," Emma said, kissing her on the lips and holding her tight.
"I missed you too, I love you so much," Jenny said, a tear running down her cheek.
"I love you too," Emma replied, kissing her again and pulling her into a hug.
Sinead and Aisling looked on as Jenny and Emma held each other tightly, finally reunited after a little over a week apart.
Jenny released Emma from their hug and taking hold of her hand, walked over to the two Irish girls.
"Thank you for getting Jenny back to me," Emma said, smiling at them.
"Yes, thank you both, even if it meant getting sea sick and having Bo suck your whatever," Jenny said, turning to Sinead while saying the last part.
"Jenny, don't push it, they are criminals and can do God-knows-what to you, even kill you," Emma whispered through gritted teeth.
"Excuse me but we are not killers," Aisling said, getting defensive.
"Aisling, sweetie, she doesn't know our story like Jenny does, calm down please," Sinead said, stepping in front of her, looking her in the eyes.
"Fine," Aisling said, stepping back as Emma's phone started to ring.
"It's an unknown number," Emma said.
"Well answer it," Aisling said in a sharp tone.
Emma hit the answer button and put the phone to her ear, "Hello."
"Hi Emma, my name is Bo, can you please put me on loud speaker?"
"Um okay, one minute." Emma placed her hand over the phone and said "It's someone named Bo who wants to be put on speaker."
"Well, put her on speaker, she was the one who helped us break Jenny out," Aisling retorted.
Emma put Bo on loud speaker, "You're on speaker now."
"Thank you."
"Hi Bo," Jenny said. "Sinead and Aisling are here also."
"Excellent. I don't have long as I have to get going soon, but your parents came to the rehab centre and I had a talk with them. Using my special gifts I was able to convince them about Ronnie and him slipping you drugs. Your father then rang up someone named Stefan and told him that you would be returning back to his house. He expects to see you by tonight or tomorrow."
"Oh my God, thank you Bo," Jenny said, happily jumping up and down on the spot.
"I do have to go now though. Bye girls."
"Bye Bo," all four girls said in unison as the phone went dead.
"What are you two going to do now?" Jenny asked Sinead and Aisling.
"We're planning on going back to Bremerhaven and getting on a boat to go back to Ireland. The captain who dropped us off here is heading back in two days so we're hoping we can get a lift back with him. Planes are just too risky for us," Aisling said, wrapping her arm around Sinead.
"You should take the car then and return it to where we got it from," Jenny said, handing them the keys.
"Thank you," Sinead told her, accepting them. "We better get going then."
Sinead and Aisling walked to the car, holding hands as Aisling opened the passenger door for Sinead. She hopped in and Aisling went to the driver's side and got in. Starting the car, they pulled out onto the road and drove off heading back to Bremerhaven.
"I think I'm actually going to miss them," Jenny said wrapping her arms around Emma.
"That's sweet. Do you want to head back to my house for a while? Sammy can't wait to see you again."
"That sounds really good," Jenny said, taking hold of Emma's hand, intertwining their fingers as they walked back to the blonde's house.
The walk to Emma's only took fifteen minutes and Jenny told her all about her time in Ireland and of Sinead, Aisling, Bo and Kenzi and of the events that happened, making Emma stop in shock and surprise at times.
Opening the door to the Müller residence, they were greeted with silence.
"I guess no one is home anymore," Emma said, looking around the room.
"JENNY!" Sammy yelled out as he ran down the stairs.
"Hey Sammy," Jenny replied, bending down and hugging the small boy.
"Emma said when you come back you will both take me to the park, can we pretty please go to the park?" Sammy asked them with wide eyes.
"Okay, we can go to the park up the street for now and the big one tomorrow," Emma said, watching Sammy nod his head at her.
They left the house and started to walk towards the park. Sammy skipped ahead of them as Jenny wrapped her arm around Emma's waist, walking behind the boy, finally feeling complete once more now that she was home in Emma's arms.
Fin