Clarice Starling's favorite mode of transportation wasn't exactly a plane. This was the first time she had traveled first class though. She stared out of the window, looking at the clear blue skies. She then looked to her left at Hannibal. He was reading a paperback novel, listening to music, and watching her all at once. He looked up at her and smiled. Today was the beginning of their new life. A new life together. She leaned against his shoulder, wondering what this new life they were starting would be like.
"Hannibal? Will you please tell me where we are going?" Her eyes were full of excitement and wonder as she said that, Hannibal noticed.
"Ah. Well, that would take the fun out of it. But I am sure you are dying to know, Clarice." He closed his book after placing his bookmark in it. "I do hope that you like Naples, it is a lovely place. Especially this time of year." She smiled, then turned back to the window, staring at the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It's blue waves made her lose her train of thought and she did not notice when Hannibal put his arm around her shoulder . She finally looked back over to him, his eyes weren't as dark and mysterious as before. She saw something different in them. They were the same eyes they had always been. It just seemed that they were not hiding something anymore. "What's wrong Clarice?" His words were soft, not nearly as harsh as they were before.
"I'm just... happy. I've never felt like this before Hannibal. All these years, Hannibal, I've never felt nothing like what I feel when I'm with you. Not even when I had my father, or my mother. I just don't know how to explain it." Her words were placed deep within his memory palace. He had built a new room there, and had named it " Vivere Insieme". It had only one memory there, the memory of saving Clarice. Saving his own lamb. Saving the very thing that willed him to wake up in the morning. Saving her, taking her. Now his only task was to keep here. In Naples, with him. The only thing that could stop him now was her.
"Clarice, I'm happy too. I am more than happy. And we will continue to get happier, Clarice. Do you want to see pictures of our new home?" He pulled some pictures out of his pocket to show her the house, the gardens, the yards, and most pleasing, a lake in the backyard, and a swimming pool. Clarice smiled.
"We'll be landing soon. We are to land in Naples Capodichino Airport. Then we are almost home."