Well, here it is at last, the second chapter of my fic. Sorry it took son long guys, but I had homework that I really needed to get on with, also this chapter is very long and therefore wasn't the easiest thing I've ever written. But here it is. If you don't know what "Bella Notte" means, it's Italian for "beautiful night" and the reason why this chapter is named after the famous love song in the Disney film, Lady and the Tramp, is because the events in this chapter were inspired by the famous restaurant scene from the film. Well, that's pretty much all I have to say, except of course I own absolutely nothing in this fic. Wallace and Gromit belongs to Nick Park and Aardman Animations. The songs I have used belong to their artists and their record companies, I can't be bothered saying them all. I hope you enjoy this chapter

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Chapter 2: Bella Notte

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Fluffles was sitting in her bedroom, reading one of Gromit's books which he had leant her, Crime and Punishment by Fido Dogstoyevsky. She had been reading it for a few hours and she was really enjoying it.

However, the manner in which Gromit gave it to her made her a bit suspicious. As he gave it to her, he insisted with his eyes that she'd take it up to her bedroom and read it instantly and she did. She couldn't help but suspect that Gromit had only leant it to her in order to distract her from something he and Wallace were doing in the living room, though she couldn't quite work out why she wasn't to know about it. She reckoned it must have had something to do with all those large boxes they brought in from the shops the previous day. Gromit's behaviour had been very strange lately.

Honestly, she thought to herself, shaking her head. I don't know what's got into him.

Just then, she was distracted from her thoughts when she heard music playing from Gromit's bedroom. It sounded like romantic music. She then realised it was When I Fall in Love by Nat King Cole playing.

That was odd. If Wallace and Gromit were both in the living room and Fluffles was in her room, why would there be music playing in Gromit's room when there was no one in there to listen to it?

At that moment, she heard a knock at her door. She put her book down, walked over to the door and opened it. She was a little surprised to see Gromit standing in front of her, holding a bouquet of roses with a nervous look on his face. He looked at the bouquet and then handed it to her. This made Fluffles' heart beat slightly faster with astonishment as her face beamed as red as the flowers the older dog was offering her. She took the roses from him, inhaled their sweet scent and sighed with happiness. Gromit watched Fluffles' reaction to his romantic gesture, smiling to himself.

Apprehensively, Gromit reached out his paw as a gesture for Fluffles to take it. The younger dog looked up at him before slowly reaching her paw out too, until their palms touched and their paws closed around each other. The touch sent shivers up both dogs' spines, causing goosebumps to rise under their fur as butterflies began fluttering in their stomachs. Fluffles looked up at Gromit, who then titled his head, as a sign for her to follow him.

As both canines left the room, Fluffles carelessly tossed the bouquet to the side. Gromit slowly led Fluffles down the hall, still holding her paw. The poodle was confused when they walked right passed Gromit's bedroom. Why were they not going into that room if that was where the music was playing? Her mental question was answered when they began heading downstairs, as she could hear that the music was also playing in the living room. But why?

When they stopped at the living room door, Fluffles' eyes widened with awe at the sight in front of her. The room was dimly lit, only by the lamp on a table table in the corner of the room, next to Wallace's chair. In the opposite corner of the room, was a slightly larger table covered with a red gingham tablecloth with two chairs at either side. On the table, were two plates with a napkin on each one. Both plates were also accompanied with a wine glass. They also had a knife, a fork and a spoon of their own. In the middle of the table was a lit candle, a large bottle of wine and a cup with breadsticks in it. And to top off the whole atmosphere, not far from the table, was a record player, playing the song which Fluffles had heard upstairs. The whole room had been turned into some kind if miniature restaurant, with only a table for two.

Fluffles just stared with amazement at the image across the room. So that's what all those boxes were for! But why? What would Wallace and Gromit want those for?

She was roused from her thoughts when Gromit took her towards the table, his paw still holding hers. The song finished as both dogs took their seats. Wallace then walked in, holding what looked like two menus, with a cheesy grin on his face.

"Here you are," he said cheerfully, giving a menu to each dog.

Gromit and Fluffles took their menus off him and began looking through the appetiser options. As Fluffles looked through them, she was glad to see that Meatabix dog food wasn't on the list. That was all she ever ate her whole life while she was living with Piella and she got sick of it. As she looked through the entire menu, she realised she never had to eat dog food again and she was happy about that. All her life, she wondered what all this food tasted like. And now she was going to find out.

"Ready to order your appetisers, yet?" Wallace asked suddenly.

Gromit looked up at his master and nodded his head in response. He turned his menu round so Wallace could see and pointed at the Minestrone Soup option.

"Ah, Minestrone soup, eh?" Wallace responded. "Cracking choice, Gromit." He then turned to Fluffles. "And you, Fluffles? What would you like?"

Fluffles too responded by turning her menu around and pointing at the same order as Gromit.

"Oh-ho! Two minds think alike, eh? Very well, two bowls of Minestrone soup coming right up!"

As the bald self-employed waiter left the room and headed for the kitchen, another song began playing on the record player, Eternity by Dreams Come True (A/N: Featured in the end credits of the movie, The Swan Princess). Fluffles looked around at the room in wonderment. It had a really nice, romantic atmosphere and she especially liked the song that was currently playing. The lyrics seemed to portray her feelings for Gromit, word for word.

It wasn't long at all before Wallace returned with the two bowls of soup he had been ordered. In fact, he came back so soon that it was a surprise for Fluffles as she was expecting him to be longer.

Wallace carefully placed the appetisers in front of two canine customers.

"Bon apétit!" he smiled as he left the room once again.

Gromit took a deep breath before he pulled the cork out of the wine bottle and poured a glass for Fluffles then himself. When both glasses were filled, he put the bottle down and the two dogs lifted their glasses, taped them together with a small ting! and took a sip from them.

Fluffles took a spoonful of soup and sniffed at it. It smelled nice. Then she blew the steam away and sipped the soup from her spoon. As the hot liquid ran down her throat, she realised that it tasted really nice, so she continued to eat her soup. Gromit, however, was a bit nervous, as this was their first romantic night together, so he didn't eat quite as much soup as Fluffles did.

Soon, both dogs had finished their soup and Gromit barked as if to call on Wallace, who then came in and took their empty bowls away and came back with the menus he had given them before. They looked through the main course options and once again ordered the same dish. This time, they ordered Spaghetti Bolognese with meatballs.

"Coming right up!" grinned Wallace.

He took their menus from them and once again disappeared into the kitchen. Gromit and Fluffles didn't have to wait for very long that time either before the inventer came back with two plates of spaghetti and placed them in front of the waiting dogs.

Wallace smiled at them again before leaving the room. When Fluffles ate her first forkful of spaghetti, she found that she liked that as well. She thought it was a very tasty mixture; the spaghetti, the bolognese sauce, even the meatballs, which tasted so much like the dog food Piella fed her, only these were a lot softer, juicier and just plain tasted nicer.

As the two dogs enjoyed their dinner, the song that was playing came to a close and Can You Feel the Love Tonight? by Elton John began playing. Tears of happiness nearly welled up in Fluffles' eyes when Elton started to sing. He had the most beautiful voice she ever heard, it was so soft, lulling and romantic (A/N: I don't think this. This is what Fluffles' would probably think). If Gromit could talk and sing, she reckoned he'd have a voice like Elton John.

Soon, they both finished their dinner. Although Fluffles managed to empty her plate completely, Gromit was getting so nervous that he left a thin carpet of spaghetti dominated by a single meatball on his plate. Fluffles looked at it, wondering if Gromit was going to eat it. Gromit noticed this and as if to answer her mental question, he picked it up with his fork and dropped onto the younger dog's plate (A/N: I wanted Gromit to do that since, the Tramp lets Lady have the last meatball in the Disney film). Fluffles looked at him as if she was smiling at him, picked the meatball up with her fork and, took into her mouth and ate it. Gromit watched as the poodle slowly chewed on her food and let it sink down her throat. He loved Fluffles so much. Everything about the young poodle totally amazed him, which was why he related them to the previous song, Amazed by Lonestar which was playing before the current song.

Gromit barked for Wallace again and the elderly inventer came in, took their plates away to the kitchen and came back with the menus, for the last time. Gromit and Fluffles took their menus and looked through the dessert options. It only took them a few seconds to decide on their last course, and turning their menus around, they both pointed at the Strawberry Ice Cream option.

"Righto!" Wallace beamed before leaving for the kitchen again.

Fluffles looked at Gromit curiously. She wanted to ask him why he and Wallace did all of this.

At that moment, Wallace came back in with two bowls of the strawberry ice cream they had ordered.

"Enjoy the rest of the night, you two!" said Wallace, winking at Fluffles after placing the bowls in front of her and Gromit. This made Fluffles realise that he and Gromit were up to something. But what?

Wallace exited the room, leaving both dogs alone together once again. As both dogs were enjoying their final course, the current song ended and Good Enough by Evanescence began to play (A/N: I know Amy Lee is famous for writing really dark songs, but that's like the first happy, hopeful song she's written). Fluffles found that she quite liked it because so far, it sounded really nice, but when she and Gromit finished their ice cream, she was captivated when Amy began to sing.

Gromit let out one last bark and Wallace came back in and took their empty bowls off the table. Before the bald man left the room, he looked at Gromit, raising an eyebrow before titling his head a little lower as if to remind him of something. Gromit nodded his head.

As Wallace walked out of the room, Fluffles saw Gromit making that movement his his head over her shoulder. Curious, she was just about to look behind her before Gromit quickly placed his paw on top of hers, resulting in her looking back at him. The two dogs looked at each other, both their heartbeats increasing in speed slightly.

When Gromit saw where his paw was, he quickly withdrew it, blushing with embarrassment. Fluffles looked at the older dog in front of her, frowning in suspicion.

Something's definitely going on... she thought to herself.

Got to play this one right, Gromit... the beagle told himself. Can't mess this up.

They remained in their seats as they listened to the song, giving their food time to settle before doing anything else. Fluffles couldn't help but really like it. There was something about it that linked her and Gromit to it.

(And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall)

(Pour real life down on me)

Amy belted those words out as a mirror ball on the ceiling suddenly lit up and began to rotate, filling the room with stars that endlessly travelled around the room. The two dogs looked up at it with surprise. But Fluffles couldn't help but smile to herself. The entire atmosphere; the dim light, the soft song playing on the record player and the slowly spinning mirror ball, the whole thing just filled her heart with so much happiness that she let out a big, happy sigh.

Gromit was feeling the same way, but at that moment, something caught his eye over Fluffles' shoulder again. Wallace had a serious look on his face and was making a strange gesture with his hands, as if he was rapidly sliding a ring on and off his finger. This made Gromit freeze with nervousness.

Fluffles saw how Gromit was reacting and was about to turn her head to look behind her again, but she immediately fixed her gaze back onto him when she heard him clear his throat. She looked at him with a confused look on her face.

What on Earth is going on!? she asked herself.

Gromit stared down in anxiety for a few seconds before looking up at Fluffles with a serious look on his face, making her even more suspicious than ever.

(So take care what you ask of me)

(Cause I can't say no)

Amy softly sang the final two lines as Gromit reached down, brought his paw back with a small black velvet box in it, held it out in front of him and opened it, revealing a white gold ring with a small, sparkling diamond, the size of a bead on it. All the while, Fluffles watched Gromit's actions until she saw the ring, then her heart leapt with shock. He was proposing to her!

Oh my God! she screamed in her head, clasping her paws over her mouth. So that's what all this romantic dilly-dally is about!

When the song finished, the two dogs remained very still in their poses before Fluffles slowly brought her paws down from her mouth, her gaze fixed on the silver-coloured band in the box Gromit was holding.

They didn't have to stay like that for long as the next song came on, Rule the World by Take That. When Gary's voice started off the song, Fluffles looked up at Gromit to see him staring at her with a look of hope in his eyes. He looked so cute like that, how could she possibly resist? So she held out her paw with the palm facing downwards and nodded her head, accepting his paw in marriage.

Gromit was taken aback by this. She was accepting him! He simply looked at the poodle in front of him with his eyes wide before he took the ring out of its box and took Fluffles' paw into his and put it on her. Gary began belting out the chorus of the song as Fluffles watched Gromit slipping the ring onto her finger. She held her paw in front of her and stared in amazement at the ring on her short digit. The diamond sparkled radiently in the dim light, brighter than the stars sliding around the walls of the living room from the mirror ball on the ceiling. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.

Gromit smiled to himself as he watched Fluffles reaction, but his gaze was switched to Wallace, who was watching the scene from outside the living room door and wearing his usual cheesy grin as he put both his thumbs up in approval. The bald man then began flapping his hands upwards as if trying to tell him, to get up. Gromit did as he was told and got up out of his seat. This snapped Fluffles out of her trance and she looked up at the beagle who walked around the table until he was next to her. He looked down at his fluffy fiancée and held his paw out to her. Fluffles looked at him before she took his paw into hers.

Gromit helped Fluffles out of her seat and led her to the middle of the room. She stood in front of him and he put the paw he used to hold hers around her waist, placed the paw he was holding on his shoulder and took her opposite paw with his and held them up, their fingers interlocked. They waited like that for a couple of seconds before Gary began singing the chorus again and they started to dance to the song around the room.

Wallace watched the entire scene from outside the door and wiped a tear away from his eye. It was the beautiful moment he had ever witnessed. He had never been happier for his dog in his life. He and Gromit had went to the cinemas to see many cheesy, lovey-dovey films or to the theatre to see many romantic plays throughout their life together, but none of them could be compared to what was happening at this very moment.

Gromit and Fluffles had been dancing for a while, but at some point during the electric guitar solo, they dipped and when Gromit brought her back up, he noticed that her mascara was running down her face. She had been crying from overwhelming happiness since they started dancing and he hadn't noticed, he was so busy leading their dances around the room. This whole moment must have seemed so magical to her.

This nearly brought tears to Gromit's eyes too, so he put his paw on her face and wiped the black tear-line away with his thumb. Fluffles looked up at him and the two dogs just stared at each other for a moment. When Gary began singing the chorus again, they leaned their faces forward closed their eyes and pressed their lips together in a passionate kiss. They continued dancing with their mouths pushing against each other until the rest of the band began singing the bridge again then the two canine lovers found that they could no longer breathe so they pulled away from each other. But hell, that really was an amazing kiss the just shared.

They simply stared at each other for a minute before they wrapped their arms around each other and pulled each other into a loving embrace as the song came to a close. Even in the silence, they stayed like that, hugging each other, eyes closed with her head on his chest and his fingers running through the soft, white fluff on her head, completely unaware of Wallace smiling from ear to ear, his face soaked with tears, clapping his hands eagerly, utterly moved by the whole thing.

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Don't go anywhere just yet, there's still another couple of chapters left to write. Sorry if it was slightly badly written, but like I said it wasn't the easiest thing I've ever written. I hope you liked it anyway. I'll try and have chapter 3 written and uploaded as soon as I possibly can.