Rookie - The Finale | Ethan Ramsey

Chapter 11 ~ Te Amo

Te Amo

"Te amo (I love you) ... You always find a way to make every moment with you precious."
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🎵 For a more auditory experience, I recommend playing the song in the second slide of the media box when a similar notice like this appears in the later half of this chapter. 🎵

The airport of Rio was buzzing as Blue and Ethan, along with their friends walked through the crowd once they had collected their bags.

It had been a long flight from Boston to Brazil, and the jetlag was doing nothing to curb their already existing fatigue.

Bryce had been all hyper throughout the entire flight and Rafael had to calm him down several times to not disturb the other passengers. The fact that he was still the most energetic one of them lot now was a surprise in itself.

While Raf was not an official groomsman, due to the limitation of numbers, Ethan had still wanted the physical therapist to be a part of his wedding entourage, and Raf was more than happy to be included.

As planned, Jackie had made sure that all the girls were seated with each other while the guys were seated together, much to Ethan's chagrin. Fortunately, he had a glass of in-flight scotch to help him get through fourteen hours without Blue by his side and instead, Bryce's terrible jokes and Tobias' teasing.

The group had reconvened at the baggage collection section and were now heading towards their hotel in a shared minivan. Blue and Ethan had naturally found their way to each other, and the rest did not really have much energy to refute them as of the moment, and let them be.

Blue glanced outside the window as she watched the lights of Rio lit up the entire city, colours everywhere and like she had felt about two years ago when she last came back home during the work trip they had taken to witness Ethan's keynote speech, she felt at home.

"How does it feel to be back?"

Ethan's voice pulled Blue out of her reverie as she felt his arm wrap around her, pulling her into him, a much needed warmth after the long flight without him. He kept his voice soft as the rest of their friends were dozing off before they could even reach the hotel.

"Well, I'm too tired to process everything right now, but it is good to be back." Blue said with a smile as she leaned her head against his shoulder. "And this time we're not here for work so I definitely have more time to show you around."

"That's close to impossible, remember?" Ethan probed with a low chuckle. "We have only been allowed one day, tomorrow, together to visit your family. It's going to be split-activities for the guys and ladies from then on."

"Then we'll just have to make use of tomorrow very well." Blue said with a light laugh as she lifted her head to plant a sweet kiss on his cheek.

Soon, they had reached their hotel, and they stepped down, the late night breeze from the Atlantic Ocean hitting them all pleasantly.

"Wow, I can already smell the beach and hear the palm trees swaying from here!" Elijah exclaimed excitedly.

"We're literally at a beach resort Greene." Tobias deadpanned, making then chuckle.

"I can see why you and Ramsey used to be friends." Jackie joked.

"Please don't even insinuate that I'm remotely similar to Ethan, I'm way more good looking and fun." Tobias replied, making Ethan roll his eyes as the rest of them burst into laughter. "Besides, we're still friends, best man remember?"

"Right." Jackie laughed before clapping her hands. "Okay everyone listen up, here's the plan. For tonight, we're gonna check-in and have a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, Lahela and I have given the lovebirds one day to themselves to meet Blue's family and do what they want to, while we do what we want to as well."