Falling for You (Stefanielle)

Chapter 6

The highly anticipated day had arrived for Danielle, the day she had been working towards for so long- her work trip to Italy. As the early morning sun gently kissed her room, Danielle was fast asleep in her cozy bed. Jaina and Barrett had been eagerly waiting for this day as much as Danielle had. The two friends opened the blonde's door and made their way into her room.

"Wake up bitch, it's time to go to Italy!" Screamed Jaina as she jumped onto Danielle's bed and snuggled up beside her.

Barrett stood on the side of the bed and slowly rubbed Danielle's shoulder, who was still half-asleep. "Time to go see Miss Stefania!"

The blonde groaned as her two friends enthusiastically woke her up. "Go away..."

"Oh, I'm... Sorry? Was that an 'I love you?'" Jaina laughed as she sat up in Danielle's bed.

"Stop... I drank too much last night."

"Well, that sounds like a personal problem. Come on, you need to get ready so we can take you to the airport," Barrett responded as she slowly took the covers off her friend.

"Just so you guys know. I hate you both," Danielle responded grumpily.

"That's the spirit... We love you too!" Jaina replied enthusiastically.

Danielle slowly became more conscious and peeled down the blankets off her feet, then made her way out of bed. She put on her slippers and headed downstairs, which smelled of fresh coffee. She stopped in her tracks when she noticed movement on the couch.

"Jay?" Danielle rubbed her eyes to get rid of the blur. "Am I seeing things?"

Barrett handed Danielle a mug full of hot coffee and began to laugh while she looked at her friend. "He had too much fun last night, I told him he could stay on the couch."

"I think we all had too much fun... Myself included," Danielle said as she sipped from her mug. "Thanks for the coffee."

The blonde went back upstairs to her room to get herself ready and finish up her packing. Considering her flight was about 12 hours long from Seattle to Rome, she decided on wearing comfy clothes. The blonde settled for black jeans, a grey sweater, and her air force ones. She was still sleepy but managed to do her hair and a little bit of makeup. Jaina came into her bathroom while she was packing up all her toiletries.

"Hey... Got this for you. Consider it a gift," Jaina said with a wink as she handed the box to Danielle. "Open it."

"Stop! You didn't have to do that," Danielle said as she began taking the blue wrapping paper off the little box.

"Technically, I don't have to do anything," Jaina replied as she laughed.

Danielle tore the paper off and opened the box, which revealed a little disposable camera inside. "Oh my gosh, Jai! You know I love my travel photography. This baby will come in handy," Danielle replied as she reached her arm around Jaina to hug her. "Thanks."

"I knew you'd like it. Put it to good use, I expect some nice pictures when you return!" Jaina said with a soft smile.

Everybody in the house was tired, and maybe slightly hungover, but they were all full of mixed emotions about Danielle leaving which made them forget about everything else. Once Danielle had everything packed up, she hauled her heavy suitcase down the stairs and brought it into the kitchen. Barrett followed the blonde down with her carry-on bag and set it on top of the suitcase.

"You're sure you have everything?" Questioned Jaina as she looked down at Danielle's luggage. "Want to double check really quick?"

"Might as well," Danielle shrugged as she headed back upstairs.