The next morning Antonio and Tracy are getting ready for the day. Tracy walks over to him and kisses him on the cheek.
"So my golden knight, what are we doing today?" Tracy asks.
"It's a surprise," Antonio answers.
"If you tell me what it is I promise that I'll acted surprised." she says giving him the puppy dog eyes. Antonio chuckles before he says, "Sorry angel, but I'm not going to fall for that look."
"You're no fun," She says.
Antonio kisses her back on lips. After they back away and they notice a smile on other's face. They leave a few minutes later and go to the restaurant in the hotel for breakfast. After breakfast they head to the train station. He tells her that he's going to buy the tickets. He let's go her hand. He gets to the window and waits his turn in line. Two minutes later he reaches the window.
"Hello sir, where are you headed today?" the man asks.
"Venice, I planned a great day for my fiancée." Antonio answers.
"Have fun, here are your tickets." The man says as he hands him the tickets.
"Well that's the plan" Antonio says. He walks back over to Tracy.
"Hey my golden knight, can you please tell me where we are going." She asks.
"Sorry my little angel fish, remember it's a surprise." He answers.
They walk over to a bench and sit down to wait for the train. A few minutes later the train stops and they get on. An hour or so later they get off the train. They walk around the neighborhood for a few minutes. They stop by one of the canals.
"I can't believe that we are in Venice. Was this the surprise?" She asks.
"Well no, close your eye." He answers.
Tracy closes her eyes and Antonio waves to a gondolier. The gondolier steers the gondola over to them. Antonio says, "You can open your eyes now." Tracy opens her eyes and sees the gondola.
"Antonio, you planned this didn't you?" She asks.
"Yes, I promised you that you would get a gondola ride didn't I." He answers.
Tracy nods and kisses him on the cheek. Then they board the gondola. After they sit down the gondolier pushes the boat away from dry land. Ten minutes into the ride Antonio puts his arm around his fiancée and she sets her head on his shoulder. Tracy says, "Antonio, this is just like I dreamed it would be."
Antonio signals to the driver. A few seconds later the driver starts to sing.
"Antonio, you are the best guy in the world." She says.
"I know," He says.
The gondola rides lasts for another 30 minutes. After the gondola ride ends and they get back on dry land. They head back to the city were the hotel they're staying in. On the walk back to the train station a boy around 14 runs up (makes you think of a scuttling lizard. He has round blue eyes that are like two windows on the afternoon sky, luxurious, wavy, chocolate-colored hair, a graceful build and dark skin.) He purposely knocks Tracy into the canal. Antonio looks over at the boy.
"Dude, what's wrong with you?" He asks.
"I thought your girlfriend would like to cool off." The boy answers.
Antonio corrects the boy by telling him that she is his fiancée. He turns his attention back to Tracy as he sees her pulling herself out of the water. Then she walks over to him and he sees the water dripping off her hair and clothes. Antonio takes off his jacket and wraps it around her. A few seconds later the boy's mother Haya runs up to them. She has wide gray eyes, luxurious, straight, white hair, she is short, has a curvy build and pale skin. She notices Tracy is soaking wet.
"I'm so sorry Ma'am. I've told my son many times before that he needs to be nice to the tourists. I'm Haya by the way." Haya says introducing herself.
"It's ok Haya, teenagers will be teenagers. I'm Tracy and this is my fiancé Antonio." Tracy says.
A few seconds later Tracy sneezed and wipes her nose with the back of her hand.
"I think you two should come to my house so you can dry off." Haya says.
"No Haya, we don't want to intrude." Tracy says.
"Honey, she has a point you need to dry off before you catch a cold. Thank you for your help Haya we appreciate it." Antonio says.
Haya nods and leads them to her house. She invites them in and tells Antonio to take a seat in the living room while she and Tracy head upstairs. Tracy is standing in front of the bathroom. Haya hands her a bag of old clothes that belonged to her daughter Serenity. Tracy thanks her and walks into the bathroom. After she changes into gold ruffled t-shirt and a pair a shorts with a gold and silver flowers painted onto them. (She manages to find a pair of tennis shoes that we're in her size.) Then she uses the hair dryer to dry her hair before she leaves the room. Tracy walks into the living room in her new outfit.
"You look great," Antonio says.
Tracy smiles and goes over to the couch. Then they sit down. Haya says, "I was just about to make lunch. You and Antonio are welcome to stay." Tracy says, "Oh no Haya, you've done enough I think that we should get going." Then she hears Antonio's stomach growl in her right ear. Tracy says, "I guess that we could stay. I would hate to see what would happen if I didn't feed him."
Haya laughs as she and her son leave the room. Twenty minutes later they were called for lunch. Tracy and Antonio walk into the kitchen and see the see the table has several plates filled with traditional Italian food. Then they take their seats as Haya fills their plates with food. They thank her and start to eat. After lunch they go to the living room and sit down on the couch. Tracy snuggles up into Antonio's chest. They realized that neither of them slept well last night and a few seconds later they fell asleep. A few minutes later Haya walks in the living room and sees her guests fast sleep on the couch. She figures that the storm yesterday kept them up. She walks over to the coach and takes the extra blanket off the top left hand corner of the couch. Then she drapes it over them and leaves the room. Twenty minutes later Tracy wakes up and notices the blanket.
I guess that Haya didn't want to wake us up. Tracy thought
Then she wiggles out of her fiancé's arms puts the blanket over him and lets him sleep. Tracy walks into the kitchen and is greeted by Haya.
"Hello, how did you two sleep?" Haya asks.
"Fine, you could have woken us up if you wanted us to leave." Tracy answers.
"Oh, no it was fine, that storm yesterday was pretty bad." Haya says.
"Yes it was the cruise ship is stranded here until the company either fixes the ship or sends a new ship." Tracy says.
"I'm guessing the cruise gave everyone a hotel room?" Haya asks.
"Yes, and my fiancé and I conveniently got one of the romantic suites." Tracy answers.
"That's sounds nice," Haya says.
"It is when everything in the room has electricity running through it." Tracy jokes.
"Yeah, we lost power here as well." Haya says.
"Anyway, once my fiancé wakes up. We really should get back to our hotel before it gets dark." Tracy says.
"I understand," Haya says.
Five minutes later Antonio wakes up and turns to his left to see his fiancée sitting in the recliner.
"Hey, sleepy head, did you have a good dream?" Tracy asks.
"Yes, I did angel." Antonio answers.
He gets up and walks over to her. He kisses her on the cheek. Tracy gets up from the recliner and tells him that they really should get going. He nods and they walk towards the door. Haya is standing in the hallway leading to the living room. The three of them are standing in front of the door.
"Thank you again for everything," Antonio says.
"You're welcome," Haya says.
"Thank you and it was nice to meet you" Tracy says.
Haya hands Tracy a bag with her other outfit in it. Haya nods and opens the door. Tracy and Antonio walk through it and as Haya close the door they wave good bye. Tracy and Antonio are walking to the train station again.
"So, what did you think of Venice?" Antonio asks.
"It was ok I guess," Tracy answers.
They get to the station just as their train arrives. They get on and take their seats. They eat dinner on the ride back to city were they are staying. When they get back to their hotel room, they change into their pjs, and go to bed happy that they had a good time in Venice.