When In Rome

Chapter 20

"I think that went well," Fiona said as she and Adam walked into her condo. There were boxes stacked everywhere in her living room, her suitcase from Italy was still near the door. She hadn't bothered to unpack as she only had a few days before she'd move out.

He looked at her, rolling his eyes. "Yeah, there wasn't nearly as much screaming as I thought there would be." They'd just told his parents about their engagement. His mother took it as they expected. Badly.

"Your mom's just upset that her baby boy's growing up."

He shook his head. "She's upset that her baby girl is getting married to a girl." He fell onto her couch. "I don't know why she just can't let Gracie go."

"Adam, be fair," she said, sitting next to him. "She never brought up Gracie."

"She didn't have to." Fiona may have not caught the times Audra had slipped and begun saying his girl name before correcting herself, but he did. He saw the way she looked at him. He would always be little girl lost to her. "I don't know why she hates me."

"Your mother does not hate you."

He nodded then shook his head, his eyes shiny with tears. "Every time she's mad at me, she brings up Gracie. She's sick of her screw up son. She wants her daughter back."

"Too bad," she said, rubbing his back softly. "She's never getting her daughter back. I love her son too much."

He smiled, though it didn't quite reach his eyes, as he put his arm around her, pulling her closer. She curled against him, leaning her head on his shoulder and resting her hand against his stomach.

"Hey," she said, noticing that he still looked troubled. She pressed her palm against his stomach, prompting him to look at her. "It's just you and me right now. Your mom's not here and Gracie is long gone, so why focus so much on them? It's just us."

"Right," he whispered with a tiny smile. He turned his head to kiss her softly. When he began leaning forward to lay down on the couch, she pushed him away.

"You can turn it on like a light, can't you?" she teased.

He shrugged. She smiled, shaking her head as she stood. "What?"

"We should toast."

He raised his eyebrows as she got off the couch. "Toast?"

She nodded as she walked into the kitchen, pulling a bottle of champagne out of the refrigerator. "We've been engaged for almost a month and we've never really celebrated. Everyone knows now. Granted, they aren't all ecstatic at the moment, but that was expected. Now all we have to worry about is planning the wedding."

"And the honeymoon," he said with a grin as he joined her in the kitchen while she poured the champagne into glasses.

"Ok, mister one-track mind. Where do you want to go?"

He shrugged. "I was thinking maybe Italy. And I vote we keep Holly J home this time."

Fiona laughed, shaking her head as they tapped their glasses together. She took one sip of her drink before putting the flute on the counter. "Come on," she said suddenly, taking his hand as she began walking out of the kitchen.

He quickly put his glass down and followed her. "Where are we going?"

She smiled. "To practice for the honeymoon."

The End

AN: this chapter originally started with them telling Mama and Papa T, but it was so awkward, I decided to delete it and just have a nice little scene with them at the condo.

I've already written some of the sequel, the first chapter will most likely be posted tonight but don't hold me to that. Right now, it's a big mess because it's two stories in one (Adam at Degrassi and Fiona at FIT). It's gonna cover one year (Fiona's freshman and Adam's junior year) but I'm still trying to figure out how to make it work so that it isn't 50 chapters long.