AN: Sunday Bonus! I might not be able to post on Wednesday so I'm posting early, seeing as I'm posting to 'High Stays the Tide' as well. Thank you so much for all your reviews and sorry I haven't replied to them.
Story length update: So first it was going to be seven chapters long, then twelve, and now... I have no idea. Therefore I'm not going to make anymore estimates. The more I write, the more I find to write with this story! I think it will still be shorter than my other stories though.
Disclaimer: The Twilight series and its original characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. I'm just borrowing them for a while, making them British and making them do naughty things! This plot belongs to me, British-isms and all.
Just One Night
Chapter 10
Edward and Alice returned home to the apartment in Shad Thames around 1am. Alice didn't stir at all as he put her to bed and it warmed his heart to see that she was smiling in her slumber. He himself tossed and turned, excited and worried all at the same time about Bella spending the whole day with them, before eventually falling asleep around 5am.
The next morning, at precisely 11am, the doorbell rang and Alice hurried to open it.
"Aunt B! What did you get?" Bella walked in, followed by the concierge who had helped her carry up her overnight bag and the two bags of shopping Bella had brought with her. Bella thanked him and he departed quietly.
"Well, I thought we could make homemade pizza with salad for lunch and Dizzy Cookies, and Tandoori Chicken and Veggie Pilau Rice for dinner. I figured you wouldn't have any of the stuff." Bella replied.
"Yummy. What are Dizzy Cookies?"
"They're swirls of plain and chocolate cookie dough. They're really cool!"
"They sound brill!" Alice replied, leaning up to kiss Bella on the cheek. "Would you like some tea? I was just going to make some for Dad. He's still asleep."
"Yeah? Is he having a bit of a lie-in?"
"I don't think he slept well. His sheets were all twisted around him when I went in earlier so I thought I'd leave him for a bit."
"Oh." Bella felt overcome, all of a sudden. She hadn't slept that well herself and wondered if Edward's sleep had been affected by her as much as hers had been affected by him. "Tea would be lovely, sweetie. A weak one though. I have to watch the caffeine intake." She said, rubbing her tummy lightly.
"OK. I won't be a minute. Have a seat Aunt B."
Bella gladly sat down in the middle of the cream sofa and curled her legs under her. It felt somewhat surreal to be back in the apartment she had called home for nine months as a guest. Alice dipped out of the kitchen to take a mug of tea to Edward and then came over to the sofa carrying a tray of tea things for herself and her aunt.
"Dad's still asleep but I shook him a little. I guess he'll be out in a while." Alice told her as she handed a cup to Bella and sat down beside her with her own.
"Thank you."
"What's it like, Aunt Bella? Being pregnant?"
"Um..." Bella wasn't quite sure how to answer the question. "Weird, in a good way. I can't really explain it. But from the moment I realised I was pregnant, it was like my whole world turned on its head. It's like my heart grew from here..." Bella pressed her hand against her chest. "...to here..." she moved her hand to her swelling tummy. "...and filled me with the purest, deepest love. And as Little One grows, so does that love. There's nothing I wouldn't do for my baby."
"Wow. That's amazing! He's such a lucky baby to have you as a mum, Aunt B!"
"Thanks sweetie." Bella replied." He?"
"I don't know if it is a boy but that's what my gut instinct says. Do you mind what you have?" Bella shook her head.
"Boy, girl, koala..." Alice giggled. "...it doesn't matter. I'll love this Little One the same."
"I know you will." Alice couldn't help but think of her own mother. She can't have ever loved me like that. Otherwise she'd have fought for me.
"Hey. Where'd that frown come from?" Bella asked gently, cupping Alice's face with one hand.
"Sorry Aunt B. It's nothing."
"You thinking of your mum, sweetie?" Alice nodded and curled into Bella's side. Bella wrapped her arm around Alice and let her bury her face into her shoulder before kissing the top of her head. Seriously. Damn you to hell, Jessica, for doing this to your only child. "It's OK." Alice mumbled something into Bella's shoulder. "What was that?"
"Sometimes I wish she was you." Alice whispered before drying a couple of stray tears. "You've loved me more in this past year than she did for the whole of my life." Bella's heart lurched and her eyes burned with hot unshed tears.
"And I always will. Even when Little One arrives, you'll always be right in my heart, my sweetie." Alice hugged Bella again.
"Little One's seriously, like, the luckiest kid ever." Alice told her sincerely. "Is he moving around yet?"
"Mmm...I can feel little flutters sometimes but no big kicks."
"Can I...can I feel?"
"Of course." Bella picked up Alice's slim, dainty hand and placed it on the side of her firm abdomen. As Alice pressed lightly, Bella felt the flutters as they migrated towards Alice's hand.
"Ooh! That's amazing! Like little butterflies!"
"Little One likes you! I've never felt the movements so strongly before!"
"Wow!" Alice slowly slid her hand over Bella's navel and her bright blue eyes widened as the movements followed.
Tears tumbled down both Bella's peaches-and-cream cheeks. Little One knows who's family. Who's his sister. As Bella wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand, she happened to look up to see a bewildered Edward. He had woken up not long before, to the distant sound of Alice and Bella's comingled voices. He had gotten up, drunk the tea and then padded out to find them. They didn't notice him as he hovered in the wide archway between the living area and the corridor to the bedrooms, watching as his daughter and the love of his life interacted so beautifully. And there were no words for how it made him feel to see Alice's little hand pressing Bella's gravid abdomen.
"Edward."
"Hey." He shuffled forward, wearing a threadbare black t-shirt and grey flannel pyjama bottoms. His coppery hair was wild and unruly. Bella saw his green eyes dart from hers to her tummy to Alice and couldn't help but beam at him.
"Dad, the baby likes me! He's fluttering against my hand!" Alice told him excitedly.
"He?"
"Alice thinks so. I don't know for sure." Bella replied simply. She tapped the empty spot on the sofa next to her and Edward hesitantly sat down.
"Dad it's so cool. You should feel it!"
"Um...I don't know..." Of course, he was desperate to touch her, to feel his child move, but he was still hesitant.
"It's OK Edward." Please. Bella begged him silently with her eyes. She wanted to feel his hands on their child more than anything. Edward slowly moved his hand and pressed it against the side of Bella's tummy.
Little One reacted rapidly. Bella felt a soft whirling sensation and then a sudden jolt, right against Edward's hand.
"Oh!"
"Whoa!"
"OMG! He kicked!"
"He's never done that before! Kicked like that! Wow!" Bella cried.
She suddenly burst into tears. Little One also knows who's Daddy. He feels at home here, just like me.
"Bella! Are you OK?"
"Aunt B?"
"I'm fine! I really am." She said, through the tears. "I just..." she started sobbing.
"Alice, please could you go fetch Bella a glass of water and some tissues?" Edward asked, and Alice obliged. Once she was in the kitchen, Edward pulled Bella towards him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and cried helplessly, holding onto him for dear life. The warmth of his skin and his distinctive smell- citrus and seaside with a hint of earthiness- soothed her instantly.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Everything will be OK Bella. It will."
Alice rushed to find a box of tissues and picked up a glass of water. As she returned to the living area, she stopped for a moment as she saw Bella crying in her father's arms. She didn't know why but the sight made her feel strange. It should be weird to see them hug like that, right? So why doesn't it feel weird?
Bella let go of Edward as soon as she sensed Alice had returned.
"Sorry Sweetie. Hormone overload." Bella said. "I cry at everything nowadays, good or bad."
"That's OK. I get it. Feeling Little One move like that was awesome for me. I can only imagine how wow it felt for you."
Bella responded by kissing her niece on the cheek.
"Um..." Edward stood up. "I'm going to go to the gym, and I'll grab a shower there." He said. The experience of feeling his child had been astonishing, just like when he felt Alice move for the first time in Jessica's tummy. However, seeing Bella cry so helplessly had been excruciating, and he needed to deal with his frustration at their situation.
"OK, Dad. Make sure you're back in a couple of hours. We're making pizza for lunch."
"Will do, princess. See you both later."
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Edward ran on the treadmill until he was close to collapse. He hit the punch bag over and over again until the skin on his knuckles started to crack. He lifted weights until his muscles burned and pulled. All he wanted was to live a simple, quiet life with Bella, their baby and Alice. It killed him to hear her refer to Little One as her cousin. Why do things have to be so complicated?
After a blisteringly hot shower, he slowly made his way back to the apartment. He felt better and had psyched himself up to spending the whole day with Bella without doing what he really wanted to do- kiss her, hold her, touch her skin and never let her go. He was also hoping that he would be able to grab a few moments to talk about Little One's future. Regardless of Bella's decision not to be with him, he wanted to secure the future of their child.
By the time he returned, Bella and Alice been to the DVD rental store and then had produced some delicious, golden, cheesy pizza with an Italian salad, which they ate whilst watching Mamma Mia, Alice's choice of DVD. During Bella's choice, Before Sunrise, Bella gave Alice a manicure and vice-versa, whilst Edward watched them more than the movie, still fascinated by the way the two most important people in his life related and interacted.
By the end of Before Sunrise, Alice had perfect alternating candy pink and baby blue fingernails, and was sniffling away tears.
"Wow! That was so romantic! Do you think that they actually meet again? Or do they only have that one night in Vienna?" Alice asked. She had completely fallen in love with her Aunt B's favourite movie.
"Well... I think that they find their way back to each other, but I don't think it's as easy as coming back in a few months. I think that they'll have to go through some ups and downs on the way before they realise they are soulmates and nothing should keep them apart." Edward replied, looking at Bella who blushed.
"You might be right Edward. Maybe they'll connect again and realise that they belong together, once a few hurdles are overcome." Bella smiled briefly at him and suppressed the urge to giggle as Edward smiled back at her, hope all over his face.
"It's a shame we never get to find out." Alice said as her mobile beeped. She reached for it, being careful of her nails.
Zippy: I bloody hate John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men is shit and so is this essay. Miss you Bubbles! How's your Aunt? Got time to chat for a few mins? Need to hear your voice! xoox
Alice's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't seen Jasper in over three weeks apart from after he and the rest of the Cullens came to see her perform, and she had missed him desperately.
"Well, actually, there is a sequel..." Bella replied.
"Huh?" Alice looked up from her mobile. "Sorry Aunt B, I missed that."
"It's OK sweetie. I just said that there is a sequel. It's called Before Sunset."
"Cool." Alice's mind was completely on Jasper. She was desperately trying to think of a way to excuse herself for fifteen minutes to talk to him. "Um..."
"Alice, I'm going to start making dinner. Why don't you phone your friend for a bit and then come help me?" Bella suggested. She could tell by Alice's face that she really wanted to talk to whoever had texted her. Judging by that face, I'll bet it's a boy.
"Would that be OK?" Alice asked. "I know we're supposed to be spending the day together but..."
"Of course! Edward, will you help me until Alice gets back?" Edward nodded, desperate himself for a few snatched minutes of alone time with Bella. "There you are. Go chat to your friend."
"Thank you! I promise I won't be too long!" Alice grabbed her phone, kissed Bella on the cheek and bounced off to her bedroom to call Jasper.
Bella started collecting up the glasses and plates that littered the coffee table.
"You don't have to do that, Bella." Edward said, taking a plate from her. "You're technically the guest!"
"Team effort?" Edward nodded. Together they took everything into the kitchen and worked silently to put items in the dishwasher.
"This feels a bit like déjà-vu." Edward commented.
"I was just thinking that!" Bella laughed. "Eyes meeting over the dishwasher!" She glanced up and sure enough, Edward's eyes were focussed on her.
"Bella...angel..."
"Edward..."
One of them, neither could be sure who, kicked the dishwasher door closed and they both rushed forward into each other's arms.
"My love, my darling Bella..." Edward murmured, before his lips descended upon hers. He wrapped an arm around her waist and cupped her face with his free hand.
"Mmm..." Bella felt the walls of resistance come tumbling down as she melted into his kiss. How can I stay away? I can't. I can't.
Somehow, she found the will to stop and put some distance between them. It was far too early for Alice to find out about their relationship and she could have walked in at any moment. Edward's divorce needed to go through first, at the very least.
"No..." Edward gave a feeble mumble of protest but he too, knew that they needed to stop.
"Alice is yards away." She whispered against his lips. She pecked them lightly before moving apart from him and going to the fridge to pull out the ingredients for dinner.
"Bella, we really do need to talk about some things though."
"I know". Bella looked back at him.
"Your decision not to be with me. How strong do you feel about that now? Because the way you just kissed me..."
"The safe thing to do is to take Little One and run. Keep as much distance as possible. But that's not fair on him. I want my baby to know his father and sister, and I want to know them too." Bella whispered. "I want to be with you Edward."
"Yeah?" Edward's heart swelled with happiness.
"Yeah. I was trying to be loyal to my sister, but if she doesn't care enough about her daughter to even try to email her, then she doesn't deserve it. Nothing's more important than Little One and Alice. Although it will be difficult and awkward and I'm pretty sure that Alice will hate me when she finds out, I realise now that, eventually, the best thing for both of us will be to be with the both of you. Which is good, because I want that more than anything."
"You do?"
"Yes. I always did, deep down."
"Are you sure, angel?" He walked over to her and reached for her hand. "I need you to be sure."
"Baby, I'm sure."
Edward replied by lifting their joined hands and kissing them. As he lowered them, Bella moved his hand onto her tummy, and once again, Little One responded by fluttering away.
"Wow."
"Little One knows you. You're ours and we're yours, baby."
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After dinner, Alice decided she didn't want to watch another DVD yet.
"We can watch Walk the Line in a while, Dad! Please play the piano? Please?"
"Bella?"
"I would love to hear you play, Edward." She agreed. "Something uplifting." Edward immediately launched into Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Alice clapped.
"Yay!" Alice started to twirl around the spacious room, letting the feel of the music guide her movements.
Bella was mesmerised by Edward playing the piano, his eyes closed. She was stood by the instrument where she had a view of Alice dancing, the London skyline and Edward all at the same time. The piece was hauntingly romantic and expressed Edward's heartfelt desires better than he ever could in words. He had become absorbed in the music, his feelings and his turmoil, but as he started to bring the piece to a close, he opened his eyes to find two orbs of chocolate brown piercing him. He found himself trapped, caught up in her beauty, unable to do anything but stare at her as his fingers glided over the keys.
Bella could not take her eyes off him. She too was lost, but in a daydream of dancing in Edward's arms to the emotive music. Little One seemed to be dancing inside her as well, fluttering lightly against the wall of her tummy. They were so caught up in their mutual gazing that neither noticed Alice had stopped dancing and was watching them uncertainly. As he played the final note, Edward finally drifted back to reality.
"Um, yeah, so..." he stammered.
"Aunt B?"
"Uh, yes, sweetie?" Bella pulled herself away from staring at Edward to look at her niece.
"You're crying."
"I am?" Bella wiped her cheeks to find them wet. "God, not again! Sorry."
"There's nothing to apologise for Bella." Edward said quietly.
"It's just that I adore Rachmaninoff, and that piece in particular. It feels like it's describing a love... it moved me, I guess."
"It's one of Dad's favourites too. You guys have really similar taste in music." Alice observed, the strange sensation from earlier, when she saw Bella crying in Edwards arms, returning.
Bella blushed, thinking of how much she and Edward had laughed that one night when they compared iPods and saw that they could almost have been interchangeable, and how hot it had been when Edward had made love to her whilst they were sharing earphones, listening to Paula Cole's Feeling Love.
Alice noticed her blush. What's that all about?
Edward couldn't play anymore. It had become too much, feeling their intense connection and not being able to act upon it. His heart ached, his stomach was full of nervous knots and his groin was painfully hard. He stood up abruptly, thankful that he was wearing his shirt untucked.
"Um, I just remembered... I have to phone err... Esme about something. I'll be back in a little while. Alice, why don't you make us all some hot chocolate and we can have it, and those cookies you and Aunt Bella made, in front of the movie."
"Err...sure Dad." Edward cast a look at Bella before rushing off to his bedroom. Alice watched him go before turning to Bella who was gnawing at her lip. "Um..." What's going on between you and Dad? "...I think we may even have marshmallows somewhere." Something told her not to ask about it. Not yet.
By the time Edward returned, Alice had made the hot chocolate, found the marshmallows and the can of squirty cream, placed some of the Dizzy Cookies on a plate and loaded everything onto a tray.
"Sorry about that." He apologised. "That hot chocolate smells great."
"No problem Dad. Ready for Walk the Line?"
"Of course!" Edward thought Johnny Cash was a genius.
"Just don't be singing along too much!" Alice joked. "He can get carried away sometimes." Bella merely nodded and followed them out back to the living area, feeling tired and weary from the emotional rollercoaster she had been on since arriving in London the previous day.
Bella had been right to insist that Alice have a day at home, relaxing. She fell asleep with her head on Bella's lap and her legs draped across Edward's, not even halfway through the film. Neither Bella nor Edward moved and kept watching the movie in silence, except that Edward let his arm rest along the back of the sofa, and his reach was long enough that he could touch the ends of Bella's hair. She instinctively tilted her head towards him and he twirled the strands in his fingers; it was the lightest of touches but they soothed them both. It's not that long. Only a few months and I'll be able to sit next to her and touch her and kiss her the way I want.
At the end of the movie, Alice stirred and Edward nudged her.
"Alice? Bedtime, princess."
"Mmm...'K" She lifted herself off Bella and off Edward and sat up. "Will you be awake early Aunt B?"
"How early is early?"
"I leave for school around 7.30. It takes an hour to get there."
"Wow. That's quite a commute."
"I'd way rather be here than in Hampstead. It's nearer to my ballet classes and to Dad's work."
"OK. Well I will be up although I'll be in my pyjamas."
"Cool. Good night!" She hugged Bella before going to bed.
Edward was wondering what to do next but Bella chose for the both of them. The moment Alice's door was shut she pulled him by the hand into the kitchen, shut the door and pushed him against it.
"I need you." She whispered. "I can't wait anymore."
"Here?"
"Yeah." Bella bit her lip nervously. "If she wakes up we'll hear her door open but because of the hum of the fridge and the dressing room being in between the kitchen and her bedroom she won't hear us."
"You planned this?"
"Just a little. I hate deceiving her but Edward, I need to feel you again. Please baby?" Bella ran her hand up his chest, up his neck and along his jaw before tangling it in his hair and pulling the soft strands gently. Edward moaned softly.
"I've missed you every moment of every day, my angel." He sighed. She curled around him and pressed her lips to the base of his throat. "Oh God..." Bella kissed and licked her way up his neck until she found his mouth. Their tongues danced eagerly; their hands roamed each other's bodies.
Edward found the hem of her mauve jersey tunic and dipped under it, moving higher and higher until he made contact with the soft firm skin of her tummy. Bella undid the buttons of his blue shirt while he continued to run his hand over her abdomen, pushing down her stretchy black Capri pants to feel the expanse of skin better.
Bella reciprocated by kissing along his now exposed collarbones whilst unbuttoning the top button of his jeans.
"I want...aah..." she gasped as Edward pulled down the cups of her bra and caressed her breasts which were larger and far more sensitive thanks to her pregnancy.
"What do you want, angel?"
"This. Your hands...everywhere."
"Everywhere?" He let one hand drift from her breast over her tummy and to the edge of her simple black panties. Her breathing became rapid and shallow with anticipation and she nodded. "Now?"
"Yes!" She moaned. "Edward, my love, now!" He didn't keep her waiting. He dived under her panties and found her hot, wet slit.
"Angel, you're dripping."
"For you." She breathed. "Ah!" He rubbed her clitoris with two fingers, round and round in circles.
"Good?"
"Yes. Yes!" He removed his other hand from her breast and drew her closer to him, bending his knees a little so he didn't tower over her so much, and kissed her, all the while rubbing her clit. Bella was supremely close to coming so buried her face in Edward's shoulder, even biting the material of his shirt to stop herself from crying out loud.
"Bella, you close?" He sped up the circles and she moaned around the cotton between her teeth, her hips bucking against his hand.
"Mmm...mmm...mmm!" Her breaths sped up as her release came forth and she let go of his shirt. "Whoa...amazing!" She whispered, peppering his jaw and neck with little kisses. Edward held her against him and breathed in her freesia and strawberry scent. It was sensual and comforting all at the same time. He didn't, however, remove his hand from her panties.
"Glad you liked it." He murmured. "It's the stuff of my dreams, feeling your orgasm." He told her, finding her lips with his. "You want another one?" She smiled against his mouth and nodded.
"Please. I've been so desperate for your touch. I need as much as you can give me."
"You can have everything when it comes to me. Everything. It's all yours." Edward told her, before plunging two fingers deep inside her pussy.
"Holy..." Bella bit Edward's shirt again as he curled his fingers and pressed lightly, knowing, from their previous encounter that she was especially likely to climax hard if he tapped her there.
"Beautiful..." He pressed and wriggled his fingers alternately, over and over again. "I can feel you're close. You're so tight, my angel."
"God, so good..." she mumbled around the shirt. "Mmm...ahh...mm...aah! Ah!" The second orgasm was incredibly intense as she came around Edward's long fingers.
"So sexy!" He told her, kissing her deeply before removing his fingers from her. Whilst she watched, dark eyes wide with lust, he sucked his fingers clean. "You taste amazing."
Bella pulled him away from the door of the kitchen and swapped places with him.
"What..." She pushed her Capri pants to the floor and stepped out of them. "Bella, what are you doing?"
"Your turn, baby."
"Bella you don't have to. It's enough for me to..."
"Edward?" He stopped talking and listened. "Time for you to fuck me."
"Here?"
"Here and now."
"But Little One...?"
"Little One won't be affected. If anything he's probably in a double-orgasm happy hormone induced daze right now. Please?" Edward took in Bella's coltish legs, the appealing blush and flush on her skin and the 'come hither' look in her eyes and immediately closed the space between them.
"How can I ever deny you?" He whispered. Her hands immediately went to his fly, and within seconds his jeans and boxers were around his ankles. "Are you sure you want it against the door?" It would be sexy as hell to take her there but he worried that it would be painful or demeaning.
"Definitely. Who knows when I'm going to get this opportunity again? And even if I do, pretty soon I'll be too big for it. So don't keep me waiting."
He didn't. In one swift move he lifted her onto his cock and both of them gasped. Despite the fact that they had spent just one night together before, their union was a homecoming. Bella cherished the fullness of his member inside her. Edward relished her tight heat enveloping him. As he moved in and out their connections, emotional and physical, only deepened.
"Bella...so tight..."
"Edward, I love you."
"I love you, angel."
He thrust faster and faster enjoying her low moans against his shoulder. He gave up being gentle and pounded her, trying not to rattle the door in case Alice woke up.
"Close...fuck...Edward!" Bella came again, and Edward could feel her walls spasm around him.
"Me too, my love."
Edward pounded faster, before suddenly climaxing himself, deep inside her. As he got his breath back he gathered Bella up in his arms and held onto her tightly and let go of the tears that had been pricking at the back of his eyes for almost the whole day. They fell onto her hair and she wiped them away.
"Edward?"
"Sorry angel, I just can't believe you're coming back to me soon, that we're going to be a family."
"I'm just going to lay low until the divorce comes through and then we'll figure things out. But I'm yours. I promise you."
"What changed your mind? You seemed so certain that you wouldn't be with me before, because of Jessica."
Bella looked away from him and stepped out of his arms before pulling up her panties and Capri pants.
"Let me tell you the exact details tomorrow, but suffice to say, she doesn't deserve my loyalty. She didn't deserve you and she sure as shit didn't deserve a child as wonderful as Alice."
"What did she do?" Edward asked warily. "Did she say something?"
"Something? She said lots of somethings!" Bella replied heatedly. "She...she...!" Bella couldn't speak as anger surged through her.
"OK, angel. Tell me tomorrow. Don't let thoughts of her ruin the magic that just happened between us." He pulled her back into his arms and rocked her gently.
"You're right." She tilted her head up and found his mouth. They kissed gently for a minute. "I wish I was spending the night in your arms."
"Me too, but Alice has a habit of wondering in whenever she wakes up, especially recently."
"It's fine." She said, but with a tinge of disappointment.
"What time do you have to be away tomorrow?"
"I need to be in Manchester by 5.30pm for my antenatal class, so I need to be on a train by 3pm at the latest."
"So we have time to talk and...stuff?"
"We do."
"Good." He kissed her once more before they parted to go to bed, separately, each counting the moments until they could sleep in one another's arms.
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AN: If you've never seen Bella's choice of movie, Before Sunrise, go see it! It's the story of an American guy, played by Ethan Hawke, and a French girl, played by Julie Delpy, who meet on a train and decide to spend a night exploring Vienna together before going on their journeys home. It's absolutely beautiful. It has a sequel called Before Sunset, which is set in Paris, and that too, is stunnng.