It was a Saturday, and Bethany and I were cuddling in her bed.
I was playing with her long strands of purple hair, while she traced little invisible patterns on my chest.
“Hey Lex?”
I hummed in response, continuing to twirl my fingers in her hair.
“I’m still curious, you know..”
“Curious about what?”
She rolled onto her stomach to face me, causing half her body to be laying on top of me.
“About you.. I mean, I know you don’t like talking about it but-“
“Sure. Some things I can’t tell you, but just ask me whatever you wanna know.” I gave her a reassuring smile.
I felt bad for not being so open with her, and I feel that I should at least try, now that we’re dating.
She smiled and perked up a bit.
“Okay! Um.. How do your empathy powers work?”
“If I wanna know what you’re feeling, I can just sense it if you’re in the same room as me or around me. I can’t read minds, but I can tell when you’re lying or when you’re feeling anything less than happy. So don’t try to hide from me, love..” I smiled and tapped her nose with my finger, making her giggle.
“Well that sounds pretty cool..” She nodded, with a thoughtful look on her face.
“Come on, it’s time for the real questions!” I teased her, causing her to roll her eyes and laugh.
“Okay okay! Um.. Where do you go? I mean like.. Do you have a home of your own or something?”
I thought it would be fine to tell her about Shadowland.
I guess this is part of being open.
“Yeah I do. It’s called Shadowland. It’s like a large town but.. It’s endless. Kinda like another dimension, pretty much.” I explained.
“Ohhh wow! Is it cool? Like can you get anything you want?” She asked, completely fascinated by my ‘life.’
“Yep. You can get whatever you want, and you can do whatever you want. It isn’t heaven but it sure feels like it.”
“No way! How do you even get there?!”
She looked so cute when she was intrigued with excitement.
“I just teleport there. Like I go everywhere else when I’m out of everyone’s sight so no one will see me.” I shrugged.
“How does the teleportation even work?” She cocked her head to the side in confusion.
“Man, you ask a looott of questions..” I joked, earning a little punch in the arm from her.
“Shut up! I just wanna know!” She giggled, rolling her eyes.
I gave her a little peck on the lips, and thought about her question for a moment before answering it.
“Well.. All there is to it is thinking of where you wanna go and then poof. You’re there.”
“Really? So you’re saying that you could go anywhere in the world right now at the snap of your fingers?” She raised her brow in disbelief.
“Yes I can. And I could take you with me if I wanted.” I smirked.
“What? H-how is that even possible?”
“It is. We could go anywhere. As a matter of fact, we’re going on a date tonight.”
“A..A date? A date where?” She had a look of pure confusion on her face.
“You’ll see! Dress up in your fanciest clothes! I wanna see heels and everything!”
She gave me a look, and I started laughing.
There was no chance in hell she was ever wearing heels.
“Okay okay maybe not!” I chuckled.
She rolled her eyes and got up.
“Fine! Just get out so I can get ready! And I mean out. Not turn invisible.” She sent me a glare.
Ugh, she was STILL on me about that.
“Yeah yeah, I’m leaving. I’ll be outside the door.” I got up and walked out of her room, giving her some privacy.

Okay, she was literally taking forever.
She had been in her room getting ready for about an hour now.
I groaned and knocked on the door.
“Beth! Are you even ready yet?!”
“Just a minute! I need to get my shoes!” She responded through the door, where I could hear shuffling behind it.
“Hurry upppp!” I groaned dramatically, leaning against the door.
I soon backed up when the door opened, revealing what couldn’t be described as anything but an angel.
Bethany looked nothing less than beautiful, with her long, wavy hair and her white dress with matching white converse.
“I-is this okay? D-do I look stupid?” She blushed nervously.
I have no idea how she could possibly be nervous to go on a date with me.
“No no you look.. Damn Beth, you look perfect..” I marveled over how beautiful she looked.
I couldn’t get my eyes off of her.
She blushed even deeper and smiled, walking over to wrap her arms around my neck.
“Nice tux.” She complimented the suit I had changed into for the occasion.
“Nice everything.” I smirked, giving her a short, soft kiss on the lips.
“So um.. How does this whole teleportation with two people thing work?”
“Umm.. I actually have no idea. Never tried it before.” I shrugged.
“Alex!” She gasped and gave me a small smack on the chest.
“Hey hey we’re still going, I’m just not sure how it’ll work. I think we have to like hold hands or something so..” I took both her hands in mine, lacing our fingers together.
“Alright, you ready?”
“Um.. Sure.” She answered uneasily.
“Do you trust me?”
She just gave me a look instead of answering.
“I said, do you trust me?”
She rolled her eyes and sighed, giggling a bit.
“Yes Aladdin, I trust you. Now just do it!”
I laughed at her joke, then took a deep breath closing my eyes.
This would definitely take more concentration than usual.
“Alright.. One.. Two.. Three!”
I felt her tense up from her hands, and then I felt a small gust of wind hit us from the side.
I opened my eyes, smiling at the beautiful landscape around me.
“O-oh my god.. This is not Baltimore Alex! Where are we?!” She gasped, looking around at the foreign scenery.
I walked up beside her, wrapping my arm around her waist.
“We darling, are in Rome.” I smirked.
She gasped and looked at me in shock.
“Did you just say Rome? Like we’re in Italy, Rome?!”
“Uhuh. That’s where we are!”
“H-how?! Oh my god this is fucking crazy!”
I laughed a bit at how much she was freaking out.
“Well let’s go eat, shall we?” I smiled, holding up my elbow.
She slipped her arm through mine, then started walking with me.
“W-we’re going out to eat?”
“Uhuh. I had a taste for Italian and I was hoping you did too.” I smiled at her.
She blushed and smiled back at me, as we walked the streets of Rome together.
“How do you know where we’re going right now? Have you ever been here before?”
“Like once. I just came here to clear my thoughts and eat food and stuff you know?” I shrugged.
“Wow.. Do you go to every place in the world for fun all the time? That’s what I’d do..” She giggled a bit, looking over at me.
“Well I haven’t been anywhere in Asia yet, so maybe we’ll explore that together huh?” I smirked down at her, seeing her smile stretch wide.
“Oh my god yes! You’ve got yourself a date, Gaskarth.” She giggled, looking around when I stopped us in front of an open door with the sound of busy noise inside.
“Ah, here we are!” I smiled, escorting her inside the restaurant.
It was a small, but fancy restaurant; well decorated with cushioned chairs, and beautiful paintings on the walls. It also seemed like the restaurant was split into different rooms.
“Whoa.. This is definitely nothing like Baltimore..” Bethany commented, looking around the place in awe.
“Nope.” I chuckled, grabbing her hand and lacing our fingers together.
She smiled at me, then we followed our waitress to our table.
I pulled out her seat for her.
“My lady..”
“Well thank you, fine gentleman!” She giggled, and sat down.
I sat down and looked at the menu.
The waitress had asked us what we wanted to drink, but of course she spoke Italian, so Bethany looked more than confused.
I almost laughed at how puzzled she looked, then took it upon me to order some sodas for us both.
The waitress nodded, then went off about her business.
Bethany gave me a shocked look, much like the one she’d been giving me all afternoon.
“What?” I shrugged.
“You speak Italian?!”
“Sí.” I chuckled in response.
“How? When?!”
“I get bored. I know four languages now. English, Italian, French, and Spanish.”
“What?! You never even told me that!” She was super intrigued at this information.
“I didn’t? Oops.”
“This is so crazy Lex..” She smiled, looking around the restaurant once more.
“Is it a good crazy?” I reached over the table to play with her fingers.
“It’s a great crazy.” She smiled wide, showing off her perfectly aligned, white teeth.
I loved seeing her so happy. She hasn’t been this happy in a while, I can tell. Her mood has changed for the better lately, and it makes me feel happy to know that I’m possibly part of the reason why.
“I love you.” I smiled back at her.
“I love you too, Alex.” She smiled and looked down at the menu.
“So.. I have no idea how to read this and I’ve never had any of those fancy dishes so I think I’m fine with lasagna.” She giggled, giving up and putting the menu back down.
“I’m gonna have to agree with you on that one.” I chuckled, and stacked our menus for the waiter, just as she came back to give us our drinks.
I ordered both of our meals for her, and watched the waitress leave once again.
“How about we just never ever leave Italy?” Beth joked, looking off into the distance and smiling.
“We’ve got school Monday. Maybe over the summer.” I chuckled, sipping some of my soda.
“Could we??” She gasped in excitement.
“Sure, beautiful.” I smirked.
She blushed and smiled down at her hands.
I decided to take this moment to shower my girlfriend in love.
“Hey Beth?”
“Hm?” She looked back up at me.
“You’re perfect, you know that?”
“A-Alex..” She started blushing.
“No, don’t try to deny it. You’re so beautiful.. Your smile is beautiful.. I just love seeing you so happy because you deserve to be happy. I hope you’ve been feeling better about yourself because there’s really nothing about you that you should ever hate. You’re amazing.”
She blushed deeply, and bit her lip. I thought I could see tears glistening in her gorgeous blue eyes.
“You’re making me cry, Lex..” She smiled a bit and sniffled, then continued.
“I honestly wouldn’t make it in this world without you Alex, you’re the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me. I-I still have those days sometimes, but with you here, I feel.. I feel genuinely happy for once.” She sighed in content and smiled at me.
I grinned back at her and kissed the back of her hand.
I was gonna make this girl feel beautiful if it’s the last thing I do.

After a while, our food came; we got served pretty quickly here.
We were halfway done with our lasagna at this point.
“Questo lasagna é magnifico!” I chuckled, praising our food in Italian.
“Okay, you’re definitely teaching me Italian someday!” She giggled, taking a sip of her drink.
I ate another bite of my lasagna and laughed.
“Yeah, someday!”
“Hmm.. Speaking of doing Italian things, can we like.. Go sightseeing a little?” She gave me a pleading look.
“You wanna be a tourist?” I chuckled.
“Yes, I wanna be a tourist!” She was practically jumping in her seat, I couldn’t say no.
“Okay, what do you wanna see?”
“Can we see the Colosseum??”
“Sure! Maybe we’ll take some of those cute couple-y pictures in front of it.” I joked.
“Oh my god yes we should!!” She squealed.
“Wait, you really wanna-“
“I think it’s perfectly acceptable to be cheesy at a time like this, Alex!”
I sighed and smiled. I was whipped, and I was perfectly okay with that.
“Okay, fine.”

So I kissed my girlfriend at the Colosseum.

Notes

Bethany's dress.
This kinda sucks but it took forever.
School has been kicking my butt.

Also, I know nothing about life in Italy so I tried my best with my 10 minute research x)

Ooo and ATL responded to me on Twitter like 3 days ago and it was smooth af c;

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Title cred: Believe- The Bravery