When In Rome

Chapter 17

"Come on, you guys. Look happy," Fiona urged as she prepared to take a picture of Holly J and Declan, who were sitting on the edge of the Trevi Fountain. They were seated several meters apart, not looking at each other.

"This is my happy face," Declan said, squinting in the bright sunlight.

Fiona rolled her eyes as she took the picture, grimacing at the image on the screen. "You could at least act like you know each other."

"There's a difference between knowing each other and groping each other like you and Adam did," Holly J said as she stood.

"We weren't," Fiona objected while Adam smiled silently. "Maybe we should take a more innocent picture," she suggested.

"This one's not that bad," Adam said, looking through the pictures saved on the camera's memory.

Holly J looked over his shoulder at the picture. "Yeah, except she's trying to push you into the fountain."

"What can I say? I like it when he's wet," Fiona said, putting her arms around Adam.

"Gross," Holly J mumbled while Declan grimaced at the unwanted imagery.

Adam handed the camera to Holly J and walked to the fountain with Fiona.

"Watch your hands," Declan warned as the couple sat down.

"I will," Adam told him.

"I wasn't talking to you," he said, looking pointedly at his sister, who rolled her eyes.

"I'll be good," Fiona said, putting her arm innocently around Adam's shoulders.

When Holly J pushed the button to take the picture, Fiona pulled Adam to her for a kiss. "Guys, come on. You need to have a picture to show the parents."

Adam nodded and put his arm around Fiona's waist as she leaned against his shoulder.

Holly J snapped the picture and smiled. "That one's for the kids."

"What are you doing?" Adam asked as he walked out of the bathroom, towel drying his hair. Fiona was sitting up in bed, on her cell phone.

She held up one finger as she continued typing with her thumb. "There," she said, putting her phone down.

He raised his eyebrows when his beeped, signaling an email. He smiled as he read it, then flopped onto the bed next to Fiona. "Fiona Coyne is engaged."

She nodded. "Facerange official."

"Well, it's not official until it's on Facerange," he teased as he typed on his phone.

Fiona smiled when her phone buzzed. "Adam Torres is engaged to Fiona Coyne. I'm not sure if this means we're stupid or extremely brave."

He let out a breath as he set his phone down on the bedside table. "A little bit of both," he said with a shrug. "You know, I'm still kind of surprised you said yes."

She frowned. "Why?"

"When we first met, I didn't think a girl like you would ever like a guy like me. We started dating, I was terrified of you finding out… who I am, but you were so cool with it."

"I'll admit, you could have been a bit more tactful in telling me, but it's who you are. How could you think I would hate you?"

He shrugged. "You did."

She shook her head. "You weren't my favorite person in the world for maybe two days. Then you moved your way right back up."

He smiled. "Still. I'm the luckiest guy in the world."

"Some could argue that I'm the luckiest girl," she told him, snuggling against him.

He kissed the top of her head when his cell phone beeped. He sighed and grabbed it off the table, sitting up as he read the message. "Oh boy."

"What?" She looked at the message on his phone, 'Drew Torres has commented on your changed relationship status: WHATT?' She let out a quick laugh before covering her mouth. "Oops."

Adam shook his head. "We probably should have waited until we got home to post that."

She bit her bottom lip then shrugged. "Ciò che è fatto è fatto."

To be continued…

AN: clearly, Adam and Fiona have issues thinking things through before they act. Keep that in mind for the next installment of this series. When in Rome will be ending with chapter 20. The pictures taken at the beginning of this chapter will also make a few appearances in the next one.

Something else from All We Are was mentioned in this chapter, for those who didn't read it, Adam broke up with Fiona around the time she found out he was transgender.

Italian lesson time!: "ciò che è fatto è fatto"means "what's done is done"