Bloom ➳ h.s

Chapter 11

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We stop at the restaurant Vini Da Gigio. Our first full day at Venice.

"Benvenuti, un tavolo per due?" The waiter says.

{Welcome, a table for two?}

"sì, e due bottiglie d'acqua per favore?" I ask and he nods.

{Yes, and two bottles of water please?}

We take a seat and order our food.

"You speak Italian very fluently." Harry says.

"Yea, Carina and Adriano know English and so do I because of the school I went to but I also know my Italian." I say and he smiles.

"My aunt is checking out historical places, I think you want to go somewhere else right?" He says.

I nod and laugh.

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The food here is actually really good. I didn't like yesterday at all but now I want to enjoy my time here with her. Let's just hope we don't bump into that jerk again. She's mine.

"What do you wanna do today?" I ask her.

"I don't know, the mall maybe? There are good stores there that aren't in Atlanta, we could look and then go to the canal?" She asks.

"Yea." I nod.

I want to make this as enjoyable as possible for her. She deserves it for putting up with my stuff.

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Beth is looking at some clothing while I decided to wrap up the gift for her birthday. Her birthday is in three months and I'm planning to make it perfect for her.

"Can you wrap this up?" I ask to the Italian girl behind the counter.

"Hm?" She asks.

She doesn't speak English, great. I put the box on the counter and point to the wrapping paper.

"Oh!" She says and smiles.

She wraps the gift and I hide it in the Target bag. I smile at the sight of her browsing through clothing, her hair on her shoulder, her eyebrows furrowed in concentration. Her beautiful eyes. I could stare at those eyes all day. Everyday I ask myself how I got such a perfect girl, the answer is still unknown.

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I look outside a beautiful jewelry store but suddenly I see the price tags.

"Wanna go in there?" Harry asks.

"Oh no it's expensive there." I say looking at him.

"We can just browse if you want to." He says.

I nod and we enter the expensive store. I look at the beautiful necklaces and bracelets. I look at a beautiful engagement ring. I see Harry talking with one of the clerks and I smile.

"Hello, may I help you?" Says a woman smiling at me.

"Oh just looking." I say, staring at the ring.

"You also like that one right?" She says, getting out the ring.

"I stare at it all the time." She says handing me the ring.

"Yea." I say trying it on.

It's beautiful.

"Are you getting engaged to him?" She says pointing to Harry.

"Oh no, we are together but not getting married right now." I say laughing.

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I look over to see Bethany laughing and looking at a ring in her hand. An engagement ring. I smile at the sight.

"Are you getting engaged to him?" The clerk asks, pointing to me.

I wish we were.

"Oh no, we are together but not getting married right now." Beth says.

I wish we were getting married, I have no excuse for not spending the rest of my life with you.

"Oh okay!" The clerk says laughing.

I smile as she comes back to me.

"Find anything?" I ask her.

"Nah." She says.

"What was the thing you were trying on?" I ask her.

"Oh it's just an engagement ring it's beautiful but no one's getting engaged." She laughs.

We could.

"What?" She asks.

Damn, did I just say that out loud?

"Yes you did." She says.

I did it again.

"I have no problem with that." I say.

"Harry we are still in school."

"I know but we don't have to get married right away, we can just be engaged you know?" I say.

"Yea." She says and looks at a shop nearby.

"I have to go wee." I lie.

"Sure I'll be at this shop." She says grabbing the bags from my hand.

I nod and wait until she enters, then I rush to the jewelry store.

"May I help you?" The clerk asks.

"You know the ring you showed the girl who was here moments ago?"

"Oh your girlfriend? Yes I know the ring."

I get out my wallet.

"How much."

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I browse through some clothes and suddenly someone kisses my cheek. I gasp and turn around to see Harry, attacking me with another kiss on the lips.

"Harry you scared me!" I say and he laughs.

I turn around, my back facing to him, as I browse through more clothes.

"Found anything?" He asks, resting his head on my shoulder.

"Nope." I say and kiss his cheek.

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I touch the sparkling water as we watch the birds fly across the orange sky. Harry rented a kayak which is pretty awesome. We got inside and now we are just going down the canal.

"So did you enjoy your day at my hometown?" I ask him.

"Yea, it's pretty cool here I like it." He says and smiles.

I watch as the now huge sun sets, orange and purple across the sky. I look at Harry who caresses my cheek.

"Beth I love you so much." He says.

"I love you too." I say and smile.

He grabs a small thing from his pocket, a necklace.

"I bought this for you, I found it nice so." He says.

I smile and turn around. He puts the necklace on me and I take a better look at it. An infinity sign with diamonds decor the silver chain.

"Harry it's beautiful." I say kissing him.

"Not as beautiful as you though." He says making me blush.

"Today was amazing." I say sighing happily.

Harry smiles and kisses my cheek.