Following his surgery, the doctor had put Ruben on bedrest for a week. Then, during week two, he was allowed to move around but nothing strenuous. The bedrest had been good; it gave Ruben and Lenny nearly half a month to build on their relationship and fix what was broken. They spent a lot of time together, and enough time apart so they didn't go crazy. Lenny often invited Callum and Ethan over to keep Ruben company when she wasn't there. Sometimes, she even hung out with the boys. It was nice. It felt like they'd taken the situation head-on and worked on it before it became too problematic.
And, even though it was good for their relationship, by week three, when his bones had most healed, Ruben caught cabin fever. He was sick of being inside all day every day for half a month. So, as a surprise, Isaac, Vinni, Julie and Lenny had planned a surprise holiday for the family.
Ruben was sat on the couch in his mum's house, playing video games with his brother when his girlfriend and mum walked out of the office with a stack of papers in hand. They walked closer to them, making Isaac pause their game as the boys turned and took notice of the excited grins on the girls' faces.
"What's up, baby?" Ruben asked Lenny.
She turned to his mum, who nodded her head in encouragement, and looked back at her boyfriend. "Okay, so we've all noticed how sick you've been of staying at home for the past few weeks. Your mum called the doctor with an idea we had and he okayed it. So, tomorrow morning, we're going to Italy and Spain for two weeks!" she squealed, watching Ruben's eyes light up as a wide grin decorated his face.
"Seriously?" he asked as she showed him the papers in her hand, which was a printed itinerary and tickets for the entire Loftus-Cheek and Rousseau family, alongside Bekah, Logan and Emma.
"Seriously," Ruben's mum confirmed, watching as her son excitedly leaned over to squish his girlfriend in a hug. As he was pressing loving kisses all over her face, Julie smiled at the couple before going on, "We've gotta leave at 8 am sharp, tomorrow, okay? We've got a flight at noon but we also have twelve people in our party so that's going to make going through security a hassle."
Lenny, Isaac and Julie all watched as Ruben shook his head, unbelieving of this amazing surprise. "We're going to Italy! And Spain!" he yelled out, thrashing about until his body started to ache slightly, at which point everyone told him to stop before they had to cancel their trip for another visit to the hospital.
In the morning, Lennox and Ruben headed over to his mum's house so that they could Uber to the airport together, saving time and money, so that Lenny could also get some help with their bags, considering Ruben's crutches rendered him helpless.
isaacmarley: I told Lenny six times that this was a brooding pic but homegirl can't stop smiling bc we're going on vacay 😎
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rubey_lcheek: got the best view in the house... and I guess the landscape outside is okay too 😉💙
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emma_rose: this was legit Ruben and Lenny's faces when they saw the villa were staying at... one looks in awe, the other just plain unimpressed 😂
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rebekahdavis: yes this was the first thing we did when we got to Positano
[TAGGED: lennox, logan.hayes, emma_rose, _vinnilcheek]
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_vinnilcheek: THIS. IS. MY. GORGEOUS. SISTER. IN. LAW. (almost — rubey_lcheek hurry up bro)
[TAGGED: lennox]
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lennox: breakfast for dinner delivered by a shirtless rubey_lcheek... wish I could stay here forever 😍
[LOCATION: Positano, Italy]
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LENNOX ▸ RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK
Fanfiction❝CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW A FAMOUS BALLERINA IS FRIENDS WITH A FAMOUS FOOTBALLER❞ Lennox Rousseau's past catches up to her when her estranged friendship with multiple English footballers is rekindled. [RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK X OC] [COMPLETED]