Chapter 17

Charlotte was the first to wake up. She stood up from the bed carefully, trying not to wake Bella up.
She went to take her laptop from her bag so she could check her mail for important messages and then reply to those who needed prompt responses. She sat on the balcony, going through her mail and enjoying the not-too-cold breeze.
There were a few emails in her inbox and only two needed her to respond immediately. She sent the two emails and went on to work on some documents while waiting for Bella to wake up.
Charlotte was working on the second document and Bella walked up to her.
"Finally awake?" She asked and Bella nodded.
"When did you wake up?"
"About an hour ago?"
"You should have woken me up," Bella whined.
Charlotte smiled. "I wanted you to rest more. Although you did not say, I know you were so tired."
Bella nodded, sitting down. She was indeed tired.
"Working?" She asked.
Charlotte nodded. "I decided to work on a few documents while I wait for you. But now that you are awake," she closed her laptop. "Let's pick out the places we will go."
Bella shook her head. "But you are not done working."
"I am. I already replied to important emails."
Bella furrowed her brows. "What about the document you are working on?"
"It's not urgent. I can always work on it another time."
"Let's choose places then. But..." Bella moved closer to Charlotte. "What do you think about ordering pizza?"
"I think it's a bad idea, so we should not..."
Bella pouted slightly. "Please don't say no."
Charlotte chuckled. "I got you. I'm joking. It's a good idea. I will make the order."
Bella smiled. "Can you? Do you have their apps?"
Charlotte chuckled again. She forgot for some minutes that this wasn't their country. She also does not have any idea how things work here; Bella has been in charge of everything.
"I forgot I don't."
Bella nodded. "I thought for some seconds that you might have downloaded some of the apps."
"I haven't," Charlotte answered. "But I will do that later. I also need to have them. You are going to be busy soon."
Bella rested her back on the chair. From the moment she received the email about the summit, she's been looking forward to it starting, but now that the day is close, she feels a bit nervous.
But she isn't going to think about it. She just wants to have fun with her best friend, thinking about nothing else.
"Are you okay?" Charlotte asked when she noticed Bella was quiet for too long.
She wasn't pressing her phone which made it more obvious that she was in deep thought.
Bella nodded. She is fine. She is just trying to encourage herself.
"I am fine." She sat up. "I will order the pizza now."
"Are you sure you are fine?" Charlotte asked again.
"Of course I am," Bella answered. "Just a little nervous though."
Charlotte held her hand. "You don't have to be nervous because tomorrow..." She smiled. "You are going to do pretty well and I will be proud that my baby girl did well."
Bella rolled her eyes and pulled her hand away.
"I am not your baby girl," she mumbled. "But I am your bouncing baby girl."
Charlotte busted into laughter and Bella joined her. That lightened up the mood.
They both stared at each other and busted into laughter again.
"I will order the pizza now," Bella said when they finally stopped laughing.
"Then I will start checking out places from my end," Charlotte answered.
Bella went on to order pizza on one of the apps while Charlotte began to surf the Internet for places that were closer to their hotel which they could go to.
"Done," Bella announced after a short while.
"I also have a few places saved too," Charlotte said. "We can start with that."
She moved closer to Bella and they began to scroll through the pictures Charlotte had saved.
Because of the summit and Bella's engagement at the summit tomorrow, they decided to visit a few places so they don't wake up tomorrow feeling tired or even wake up late and then go to the summit late.
From the pictures Charlotte saved, they picked two places to visit; a fashion gallery and a garden.
There would be a music concert in the garden which is one of the reasons they chose it. But the concert will be at eight, and the fashion gallery will be open at six.
It was just a few minutes past three, leaving them with about three hours before the gallery opened. They allocated an hour and a half for taking their bath and getting ready.
"What are we going to do with the spare one hour?" Bella asked. "I don't want to stay indoors."
"We can leave the hotel an hour early to see what the city looks like," Charlotte suggested.
She also doesn't want to stay indoors. She is feeling bored already.
Bella nodded with a smile. "And also stop by any nice restaurant to eat."
Charlotte furrowed her brows. "What happens to the pizza?"
"I can delay my order until we are back from the concert," Bella said. "I just have to let them know on the app."
"Wouldn't they..."
Bella smiled. "Don't worry, no penalty is attached."
Charlotte shook her head. That is not what she is trying to ask.
"I mean don't you think your order has been packed already? Or maybe on its way here."
Bella checked the app and nodded. "It is. I will have to call the receptionist so she can take the order and keep it until we are back."
"We won't be back until nine. What are you going to tell her to make her do that? Do you know how they work here? This is not home."
Bella sighed. Fine. She will just take the order. They will eat from it and keep the rest until they are back.
She stood up. "Time to go get ready."
"And what about the pizza we ordered?" Charlotte asked, arching her brows.
"I will think of what to do," Bella mumbled.
She left the balcony. Charlotte picked her laptop up and followed her to the room.
"I am going to take my bath. Please take the order on my behalf."
Charlotte nodded. "I will."
Bella went to the bathroom to take her bath and was out after some minutes.
"Is the order here yet?" She asks, cleaning her face with a towel.
Charlotte shook her head. "No, it's not."
"You can go take your bath. I will take the order."
Charlotte left to take her bath too, and when she was done, she got dressed, and they were ready to go.
"The pizza is not here yet," Charlotte said.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," Bella said. "The order was canceled."
Charlotte furrowed her brows. "Why?"
Bella shrugged. "Too much order, I guess."
"And ours was canceled?"
"It was going to take time, so I canceled it." Bella smiled. "That is heaven helping me."
Charlotte nodded. "I guess they are."