***James***
After a delicious three course meal it is nearing half past eleven and we are both feeling rather full. We are on our second bottle of wine and enjoying more sporadic displays of fireworks across the city.
"I am sorry we are not there in the crowd watching the display directly from there. But we should get a good view of it from here as it is not that far away," I tell her with a little sigh.
I dislike how a video of us innocently singing on the back of the boat has caused our evening to change the way it has. Serena reaches over and gives my hand a squeeze before she shuffles her chair around to be next to me, both of us now gazing out across the city past the Colosseum.
"Don't be silly, this far exceeds what I'd normally be doing," she says, leaning her head against my ch
