No Place Like Home

Chapter 3

Ally's POV
I awoke to the sound of Austin singing.
"O Praise the one who paid my debt
And raised this life up from the dead
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow."
I sat up and looked in the corner of the room. There was Austin strumming his guitar and praising God. I smiled. There was nothing I admired more about him than his heart for God. I softly began to hum along, and he looked over at me.
"Good morning handsome."
"Morning beautiful." He says, continuing to play.
I join in, "I hear the Savior say,
Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow."

A half hour later Austin and I decided we were going to go out for breakfast. "I'm going to go see if Trish wants to come." I tell him as I slip my sandals on.
"Okay babe." He tells me as I leave our room. I walk across the hall and knock on Trish's door.
A couple of seconds later she comes to the door, "Hey Ally. Come on in."
I walk through her doorway, and I'm instantly hit by the smell of bacon and eggs. "I was going to ask if you wanted to come with me and Austin to have breakfast, but it smells like you've already ordered." I say giggling.
"Oh yea! This hotel is known for it's great room service, so I had to try it out before we left!"
I reach over and swipe a piece of bacon.
"Wow, this is pretty good." I say while munching.
Trish laughs, "You and Austin go on and have breakfast. I'll catch you guys for lunch."
"Are you sure?" I ask her.
"Well who else is going to eat what I ordered?" She says, gesturing towards her food.
"Okay, I'll see you in a couple of hours then."
"Alright girl."
I leave Trish's room and walk back over to ours.
"Is Trish coming?" I hear Austin ask as I enter the room.
"No, she's already ordered a pretty delicious breakfast." I tell him.
He walks over to me and stops right in front of my face, the tips of our noses touching. He leans in and lightly brushes my lips.
"Bacon?" He asks.
"Yep, Mr. Breakfast Detective." I say playfully pushing him away.
"Come on muh lady, lets go get something scrumptious to tickle our bellies." He says in a British accent.
I burst out laughing and take his hand.

Austin's POV
Ally and I had a quaint little breakfast at a coffee pub a couple of blocks away. We had taken a stroll afterwards and were just now getting back to our hotel.
"Hey Alls?" I ask.
"Yea?"
"Wanna video call Dez and see how Kinsley's doing today? It should be around noon where they're at now."
"Yes!" She excitedly says as she jumps onto the bed with me.
She sits beside me as I pull out my phone and call Dez. On the third ring he answers, "Hey guys!"
"Hi Dez." I say to my best friend.
"How are you guys doing?" Ally asks.
"We're doing fine. Carrie, Kinsley, and I just had some PB&J sandwiches for lunch."
"Could we see her?" I ask him.
"Sure buddy. Let me go find her and Carrie."
We see Dez get up and start to look for them around his house. He stops in his living room and sits beside them on the couch.
"Austin and Ally wanna see Kinsley." I hear him tell Carrie.
"Alrighty!" Carrie says.
Ally and I see shuffling going on and then Kins' sweet face appears on the screen.
"Hey baby girl!" Ally says.
Kisnley begins to smile.
"How's my baby girl doing?" I ask.
"Dada!" She exclaims.
My heart warms at hearing her say my name.
"Did she sleep well last night?" Ally asks.
Dez moves the camera outwards so we can see both him and Kinsley, "Yep. I didn't think babies were suppose to sleep straight through the night like that?"
"She's always been good about sleeping." I tell him.

We all had been talking for about twenty minutes when I hear a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Ally tells me. She gets up and walks over to the door.
"Who's that?" Dez asks me.
I look over and see Trish.
"Its just Trish." I tell him.
"Tell her I said 'Hi'."
"Trish, Dez says 'Hey'." I tell her as she walks over.
She leans over and looks at my phone. "Hey Dez! Oh, and hey Kinsley!" She says waving at the screen.
"Don't forget about me." We hear Carrie say from beside Dez.
Dez moves the camera over so we can see her. "Hi girl!" Trish says giglling.

For another hour we all just hung out and talked, even if half us were in Europe and the other half in America. It was amazing at what we could do because of technology.
After our chat with Kinsley and the Wades, Trish, Ally, and I ordered lunch. Trish insisted me and Ally try the room service.
As soon as our burgers and fries arrived, Trish urged us to try them. I took a bite of my burger and was surprised. This really was some good food. I flashed Trish a thumbs up. "I knew you'd like it!" She tells me.
"These fries may be better than that bacon I tried this morning." Ally tells her.
"We've definitely got to come back to this hotel if we go on another European tour." I say.
"So are you guys ready to be back on stage?" She asks me and Ally.
"Oh yea! I feel like I haven't performed in forever. I went on a huge hiatus once I found out I was pregnant with Kinsley. Its been like what, two years?" Ally says.
"Two years, one month, and five days."
Ally and I look over at Trish.
"Wow. How'd you get so precise?" I ask Trish.
"Oh, I've got an app." She says holding up her phone.
I chuckle and shake my head.

The rest of the day, the three of us had a fun time hanging out in Lisbon and making memories.