When In Rome

Chapter 4

"Adam, wake up," Fiona said as she got ready. When she'd woken up, nearly an hour ago, Adam had still been fast asleep. She let him sleep, but now it was nearly noon.

He grumbled something completely incoherent before rolling over to his other side, so his back was to her.

"Adam, come on. We gotta get moving." She clapped her hands quickly.

He groaned and rolled onto his back, finally opening his eyes. "Why?"

"We have a full day ahead of us. When we left, I promised your mother I'd bring you back a well-rounded, cultured young man."

"We still have the whole summer. Culture can wait for a few more hours."

"Actually, it can't. We have tickets to the opera for next week."

He blinked. "Good for next week." He rolled over again and closed his eyes once more.

"Adam, come on, Holly J and I need to go get new dresses."

"Great. You guys have fun."

"And you need a tux," she told him.

He rolled over to look at her again. "I'd rather wear a dress."

"You're so dramatic," she said with a sigh. "Come on. If we don't get them today, they won't be tailored on time."

"I hate tuxedos."

She raised her eyebrows. "Have you ever worn one?"

"No," he said, beginning to sound like a stubborn child.

"Then how do you know you hate them?" she challenged. "I'm not asking you to be someone you aren't," she told him carefully. "I'm asking you to be Adam, who looks amazing in suits and would look completely killer in a tux."

He smiled. "Fine," he grunted.

When he didn't move, she grabbed his arms, pulling him upright.

"Fiona," he whined.

"Come on, I'll make it up to you."

He raised his eyebrows. "Really? How do you intend to do that?"

She smiled and moved onto the bed, straddling his lap before kissing his neck softly. "I'll buy you a hoodie from Dolce & Gabbana," she said, close to his ear.

He shook his head and put his arms around her, then quickly turned them both so she was laying on the bed underneath him.

She laughed and linked her arms around his neck, pulling him into a kiss.

"Hey, guys, are you almost... whoa, sorry," Holly J said as she walked into the room, quickly turning toward the wall when she realized what she had just walked in on.

Adam and Fiona quickly broke away from each other, but he didn't move off of her. "Go," Fiona whispered, pushing gently on his shoulders. He sighed and rolled off the bed, grabbing a shirt and jeans from his suitcase before going to the bathroom.

Fiona smiled as she watched him disappear into the other room, turning to Holly J when the door closed.

"Sorry," Holly J said again as she turned to look at Fiona.

Fiona shook her head. "It's alright. I was just trying to get him out of bed."

Holly J raised her eyebrows. "Somehow I don't think your strategy was working."

Fiona shrugged.

"Unless you didn't want it to work?" Holly J asked.

Fiona looked at her friend and smiled. "Maybe I didn't."

After getting fitted for his tuxedo, Adam sat in a high-end dress shop, waiting while Holly J and Fiona tried on dresses. He glanced around the store, then looked down and began picking his fingernails.

"Adam," Fiona finally said, drawing his attention to her.

His mouth fell open when he saw her. "Wow," was all he could manage to say as he looked at her. She was wearing a single-shoulder navy floor-length gown. "You... you look..."

"Oh my God, Fi, you look amazing," Holly J said as she walked out of her fitting room, wearing a bronze-colored gown.

"Look at you. I knew you'd look amazing in that color," Fiona said, motioning for Holly J to turn so she could see the back of her friend's dress.

As Holly J turned, she spotted Adam. "Uh oh," she said. "I think he's short circuiting."

Fiona looked at her boyfriend, whose mouth was still hanging open and giggled softly. She leaned towards Holly J and whispered in her ear.

Holly J's eyebrows went up. "Really?"

Fiona let out a breath, then smiled and looked at Adam and nodded.

"That was quick," Holly J mumbled, with a small smile. "I think we need to do a little more shopping then."

Fiona nodded and walked over to Adam. "Why don't you go back to the hotel room?" she said, sitting on the chair next to him.

He blinked, finally coming out of his trance and looked at her. "What?"

"Go back to the hotel," she told him again. "Holly J and I have some other stuff to pick up and you'd just be bored."

"Alright," he said automatically, happy to be relieved of shopping duty with the girls. He kissed her quickly. "See you soon?"

She nodded as he stood up and walked out of the store. "Let's change and get moving," she said to Holly J once she knew Adam was out of the store.

Holly J laughed. "Someone's anxious."

Fiona smiled and rolled her eyes before going back into her dressing room.

to be continued...

AN: you'll find out what Fiona and Holly J were talking about in the next chapter. Because I felt like keeping it a mystery ;)

And for anyone who's curious about what the girl's dresses look like, I have links to the exact dresses that I had in mind while writing. I also have a link to Adam's tuxedo, though it's not as interesting as their dresses are (which is why I didn't write him getting fitted for his tux), but just in case anyone is curious about what a 1500 tux looks like... PM me if you want the links.