Chapter 27 a snowy surprise
It's been six years since the girls were born and four years since Daniel was born. It seems only yesterday that the little tykes were born…
Date: December 23th 2014
The Tennysons were boarding a flight that will take them to their Christmas vacation. They went through security and were now sitting in the plane waiting to take off
"Mommy, what's Israel like?" asked Alice
"It's nice. A lot of history there…"
"History? I don't want to learn about history during our trip…." Said Daniel
"Don't worry there won't be much history. We're just going to have a good time…" said the mother as the plane taxied to the runway and before long they were airborne. The flight to Israel was a long and tiring one. The family was happy to land when they did. Once they got their luggage and went through passport control they left the terminal and took a cab to Jerusalem…
The cab stopped in front of a tall building with some antennas on the roof. On the side of it near the roof was a sign that read
"Crown Plaza"
"Is this where we're going to be staying?" asked Helen
"Yup. This is the place…" said Ben as the family entered the hotel and ordered a big suit that could habitat all five of them. Once inside they put their bags down and went straight to sleep as the sun set beneath the horizon…
The next morning the family was surprised to wake up to find the city covered in snow.
"Yay! Snow!" cried Alice with joy
"Can we go play in the snow Mommy? Please, please?" said Alice while jumping up and down in her place
"We're gonna do something even better. We're gonna drive up to Mount Hermon up north where there is a lot of snow. According the weather information there's a lot of snow there. We could build a snowman…" said the red haired mother and she kneeled down to face her daughter
"Yay!" yelled Alice
Moments later the family got into a cab and went to a car rental agency to get a car that will drive them to Mount Hermon and back. Once inside they fastened their seatbelts and drove off. The drive to the mountain took several hours. During that time the kids fell asleep in the back of the car until they pulled up in the parking lot of a tall mountain covered in snow…
"Kids, we're here…" said Ben as he turned to look at the back seat to see his children waking up. Once they paid for entering the national park they were pleased to see nothing but snow around them
"Race you to the top!" cheered Alice as Helen followed
"Hey no fair! You're faster than me!" yelled Daniel as he tried to keep up. The parents laughed at the kids' energetic behavior as they followed them
"They kind of remind me of us back when we were ten…" said Ben
"Yeah…" said his wife/cousin
After a few minutes the kids got tired of running up the mountain and stopped to rest and make snow angles while the parents sat on the snow and watched. Before long the whole family was busy building a snow man when someone approached them. He had his wife with him and two girls. One seemed to be about fifteen years old and other seemed to be about twelve years old
"Ben? Gwen? Is it really you?" he asked in shock. The parents turned to look at him as their eyes lit up with joy
"Michael!" they both said in happiness as they got up to give him a hug
"I haven't seen you in years. How've you been?" said the man
"We've been fine. We here on a vacation with our kids…"
"You're kids? You mean you two…?" he trailed off as he realized what they just said
"Yep. Even though we're cousins we decided to marry each other and thankfully our families approved of us…"
"That's so great! I'm so happy for you guys… I had a feeling about you two back in the day…" said the man with a wide smile only to have it returned by the couple in front of him. The two families spent the next few minutes introducing their families to each other.
"This is my Michal, and these are my daughters Yael and Shira…"said Michael as he pointed at his wife and then at his older daughter and then the younger one
"There are our children. These are Alice, Helen and Daniel…" said Ben as he pointed at his children according to age of birth
"And this is Gwen of course who happens to be my wife and cousin…" he said and wrapped his arm around her waist
"Nice to meet you…" said Michal and shook their hands
"I think it's nice that you overcame social stigma and followed your hearts and married each other despite being cousins…" she added and smiled
"Thanks Michal. That means a lot…" they said and smiled back
Afterwards Ben and Gwen sat on the snow catching up with their old friend and his wife and promised to stay in touch…
They had three wonderful kids, the best jobs they could ever ask for and had the happiest life they could ever wish for…
All was well…
And they lived happily ever after…
The end…
I would like to thank all of you for your support and reviews during this big and wonderful story. It has broken a few records and it was fun to write and I'll miss working on it. I hope you enjoyed it and that you liked the ending of this big and unique story where Ben and Gwen visit Israel and slowly fall in love... Thanks again for all the help and support…
Peace out…