"You do look amazing in that dress." Nick said as he pulled Sara into the bedroom.
The party had ended, the family had all headed to their homes and Ray had headed to the airport and he and Sara had exchanged information and she had promised him to call as soon as they got back from their honeymoon.
"Catherine has good taste. She picked it."
"Either way." Nick kissed her.
"So are you going to tell me now?"
"Tell you what?"
"Where we're going tomorrow?"
"You're not even going to let me get you out of the dress first?" Nick inquired.
"You know I read somewhere most people don't have sex on their wedding nights because they are too exhausted."
"Right. You want to know where we're going since we have to be up early to catch a flight."
"It would be nice."
Nick dug around and found what he was looking for.
He handed it to her.
Sara opened it.
" New York? We're going to New York? Not that I have anything against New York but why do I need a passport to go to New York."
"You don't. But we have to go to New York to catch our connecting flight."
"To where?"
Nick grabbed out a thin gift box with a one written on it and handed it to her.
Sara looked at him and opened the box. Inside there was an Italian phrase book and two tickets.
" Rome?" Sara said when she read the destination.
"Catherine mentioned you wanted to see to the Sistine Chapel. Since the Vatican City is inside Rome I thought it would work. But it turns out to see the Sistine Chapel you have to go through all these other museums first but its probably worth it."
"It's perfect." Sara kissed him.
"Good. But since how often are we going to get the chance to go to Europe, you might need this." He gave her another box.
Inside this one was a French phrase book and tickets from Rome to Paris.
" Paris?"
"If you're seeing the Sistine Chapel, you may as well see the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Arc D'Triomphe. Paris is supposed to be a good place to spend your honeymoon too."
"I like the idea of Paris."
"I'm just hoping you like all the time spent at airports." He handed her another box.
"Train tickets?" Sara looked at him.
"The Eurostar. I thought we could spend the night in London. Then to Washington for the night before heading back to Vegas."
"A pit stop in some great capital cities."
"Something like that. Besides you're not really a beach person."
"It sounds perfect." Sara smiled. "Hopefully they won't lose are luggage somewhere along the line."
"I wasn't exactly sure where you wanted to go since you wouldn't tell me. Catherine gave me the idea about Rome and I just ran with it from there."
"Can we afford this?" Sara asked.
"You only go honeymoon once we may as well do it well. We'll be fine. If we're not you can just max out your overtime to pay for it." He teased.
"Thanks." Sara responded sarcastically.
"Besides we eloped, kind of, and my parents paid for today if we'd had a big fancy wedding like most people it would have cost a lot more and this way you can't say I've never taken you to Paris." He winked at her.
"Okay. You should put these away so we don't lose them."
"Then can I get you out of that dress?" Nick asked.
"I think we can arrange that. I need someone to undo all the buttons at the back anyway."
"Why do women get wedding dresses with lots of buttons on it anyway?"
"Anticipation." Sara replied. "And it's a better line than a zip would give you."
"What exactly do you have on under there?"
"This is Texas and it's too hot for panty hose if that gives you a hint." Sara teased as she kicked off her shoes.
"Why didn't we do this years ago?" Nick asked.
"We were idiots." Sara replied. "And we weren't ready." She paused. "Catherine took me to the most expensive lingerie shop in Vegas."
It didn't take half a second for Nick to kiss her.
TBC
