A/N- I am so sorry for not updating this sooner. I am telling you,
sometimes all I need is one review or email to motivate me to turn on the
computer. I got an e-mail, and I would have updated sooner, but my parents
wouldn't let me use the computer. Anyway, this story, knowing me, is
probably going to go up to at least thirty chapters. If someone told me in
August that this story was going to take over four months to write, I would
have told him or her they were crazy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lizzie McGuire or any of the characters associated with that show. I do, however, own many other characters, including Anna, Sarah, David, Lucy, Brian, etc.
Chapter 26: Fountains
20 June 2002
The Trevi fountain was something else, I will tell you that much. It is so beautiful and so enchanting, especially at night. Walking there was also a nice experience. I mean, Rome at night is quite an excitement. I mean, not only are there cool mini cars and all these ancient buildings, but there are also a lot of interesting people. What can I say? I am a people watcher. Anyway, when we were walking to the fountain it was late at night for us Americans, but for the city of Rome, they eat dinner at like ten and go to bed at like midnight or something. Anyway, this is soccer season, or as I guess the Italians would call it, "stagione di gioco del calcio," and Europeans always take soccer very seriously, and Rome just won a game, so the streets are going wild. People in cars are holding up flags that say "Roma!" and that Latin phrase that I can't spell that translates to, "We came, we saw, we conquered." But anyway, the people are going wild with dancing and flags and we even saw a few bon fires. It was cool for the most part, but some of them would walk up to us, and say random things about soccer and Rome. That was a little on the scary side. I think all of Rome was outside celebrating. Anyone who wasn't celebrating was a tourist.
Anyway, we got to the fountain, and it was so cool and really pretty. Plus, it was all lit up because it was nighttime. There were rows of places one could stand, and I went right up to the fountain, Gordo following, got out a coin and threw it over my shoulder. Most of the people in my particular crowd did the same. It was sort of romantic, just looking at it with Gordo. I guess it was something in the atmosphere, but right then, Gordo and I looked at each other and shared a small sweet kiss. He then took my hand and we walked up to get the full view of the fountain. Still holding his hand, I placed my head on his shoulder.
Lizzie: *sigh * I wish this whole trip would never end.
Gordo: Me too. There is something about Europe that seems so much better than where we live. It will be interesting, though, to adjust back to our regular life.
Lizzie: Well, we do have the whole summer to do so.
Gordo: Yeah. Let's not think about going home, though. I want to just think about right now.
Lizzie: I like that idea.
I stared at the fountain for a little while longer, and then I started to watch the people around the fountain. The crowd around the fountain was fairly heavy. I think all of them were tourists if they weren't vendors. There was an old couple standing a few feet away from Gordo and me holding hands and talking in some other language. They really seemed like they loved each other and that there love had carried on for many years. They were like a greeting card couple. Then there was Kate, who looked alone because she didn't exactly have someone to call her boyfriend. Jeremy was hanging with Ethan, who was talking to all the other girls on the trip. Anna and Sarah were talking with each other. Sarah seemed happy. I have no idea what David is doing right now, and frankly, I don't really care.
Brian had his arm around Miranda and they were talking and looking around at all the sight. Miranda looked up as I was watching her and she smiled and waved a little wave and then turned her attention back to Brian. It seems like such a long time since I have talked with Miranda, and it is killing me. Miranda is my best friend. I guess this is the first time we have both had boyfriends and that seems to take away all our time, but I am personally dying to sit down and talk with her without any distraction.
After hanging around the fountain for about 30 minutes, Lucy announced that it was time to go. We were going to walk home. All of this walking is killing my ankles and so I limped my way back to the hotel. It was bedtime, which means this is our second to last night in Europe.
We all walked to our hotel rooms. I took a shower and when I come back, Kate was already asleep. I tell you, having Kate as a roommate isn't that bad because we have never talked, so maybe I got lucky with this choice.
Before we all went to our rooms, we sat down in the lobby to discuss the next day's itinerary. We are going to go to the Coliseum as well as the Sistine Chapel and that whole area around it with the museum. We are also seeing a lot of ancient buildings and their ruins. I think we are going to Vatican City first, though, to see the Chapel.
The next day, we are going to pack all of our things and put them in the bus, and then drive to Pompeii and tour that and then go to the airport. Our plane leaves at around six, and it is a long flight with one stop at the JFK airport in New York, but we should be arriving in New York around six in the morning, which is midnight in New York, then we go to LAX three hours later and arrive home nineteen hours after we take off from the Roman airport. In our minds it will be one o'clock in the afternoon, but in California, it will be four in the morning. One final bus will take us to our school, where we will hang around until about eight, when our parents are supposed to pick us up. I have so many mixed feeling about going home.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Lizzie McGuire or any of the characters associated with that show. I do, however, own many other characters, including Anna, Sarah, David, Lucy, Brian, etc.
Chapter 26: Fountains
20 June 2002
The Trevi fountain was something else, I will tell you that much. It is so beautiful and so enchanting, especially at night. Walking there was also a nice experience. I mean, Rome at night is quite an excitement. I mean, not only are there cool mini cars and all these ancient buildings, but there are also a lot of interesting people. What can I say? I am a people watcher. Anyway, when we were walking to the fountain it was late at night for us Americans, but for the city of Rome, they eat dinner at like ten and go to bed at like midnight or something. Anyway, this is soccer season, or as I guess the Italians would call it, "stagione di gioco del calcio," and Europeans always take soccer very seriously, and Rome just won a game, so the streets are going wild. People in cars are holding up flags that say "Roma!" and that Latin phrase that I can't spell that translates to, "We came, we saw, we conquered." But anyway, the people are going wild with dancing and flags and we even saw a few bon fires. It was cool for the most part, but some of them would walk up to us, and say random things about soccer and Rome. That was a little on the scary side. I think all of Rome was outside celebrating. Anyone who wasn't celebrating was a tourist.
Anyway, we got to the fountain, and it was so cool and really pretty. Plus, it was all lit up because it was nighttime. There were rows of places one could stand, and I went right up to the fountain, Gordo following, got out a coin and threw it over my shoulder. Most of the people in my particular crowd did the same. It was sort of romantic, just looking at it with Gordo. I guess it was something in the atmosphere, but right then, Gordo and I looked at each other and shared a small sweet kiss. He then took my hand and we walked up to get the full view of the fountain. Still holding his hand, I placed my head on his shoulder.
Lizzie: *sigh * I wish this whole trip would never end.
Gordo: Me too. There is something about Europe that seems so much better than where we live. It will be interesting, though, to adjust back to our regular life.
Lizzie: Well, we do have the whole summer to do so.
Gordo: Yeah. Let's not think about going home, though. I want to just think about right now.
Lizzie: I like that idea.
I stared at the fountain for a little while longer, and then I started to watch the people around the fountain. The crowd around the fountain was fairly heavy. I think all of them were tourists if they weren't vendors. There was an old couple standing a few feet away from Gordo and me holding hands and talking in some other language. They really seemed like they loved each other and that there love had carried on for many years. They were like a greeting card couple. Then there was Kate, who looked alone because she didn't exactly have someone to call her boyfriend. Jeremy was hanging with Ethan, who was talking to all the other girls on the trip. Anna and Sarah were talking with each other. Sarah seemed happy. I have no idea what David is doing right now, and frankly, I don't really care.
Brian had his arm around Miranda and they were talking and looking around at all the sight. Miranda looked up as I was watching her and she smiled and waved a little wave and then turned her attention back to Brian. It seems like such a long time since I have talked with Miranda, and it is killing me. Miranda is my best friend. I guess this is the first time we have both had boyfriends and that seems to take away all our time, but I am personally dying to sit down and talk with her without any distraction.
After hanging around the fountain for about 30 minutes, Lucy announced that it was time to go. We were going to walk home. All of this walking is killing my ankles and so I limped my way back to the hotel. It was bedtime, which means this is our second to last night in Europe.
We all walked to our hotel rooms. I took a shower and when I come back, Kate was already asleep. I tell you, having Kate as a roommate isn't that bad because we have never talked, so maybe I got lucky with this choice.
Before we all went to our rooms, we sat down in the lobby to discuss the next day's itinerary. We are going to go to the Coliseum as well as the Sistine Chapel and that whole area around it with the museum. We are also seeing a lot of ancient buildings and their ruins. I think we are going to Vatican City first, though, to see the Chapel.
The next day, we are going to pack all of our things and put them in the bus, and then drive to Pompeii and tour that and then go to the airport. Our plane leaves at around six, and it is a long flight with one stop at the JFK airport in New York, but we should be arriving in New York around six in the morning, which is midnight in New York, then we go to LAX three hours later and arrive home nineteen hours after we take off from the Roman airport. In our minds it will be one o'clock in the afternoon, but in California, it will be four in the morning. One final bus will take us to our school, where we will hang around until about eight, when our parents are supposed to pick us up. I have so many mixed feeling about going home.
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