A smirk spread across Rae's lips under his fingers when Anna said that she was also enjoying herself as well as the chance to feel like a girl. He leaned forward, grabbing the wine bottle and filled his own glass as well as her's before he picked his up. He held it out in a silent kind of toast, "Well, the day is still young, Ross," He turned his wrist over to look at his gold watch, "We've still got a few hours before curfew and, of course, we don't exactly have to be back at curfew."

He took a sip of his wine and looked at her when she asked what it was that he had asked to be ordered for them for dinner, "You seem to me like a girl of simple tastes, so I figured I'd show you want food could really taste like," He laughed a little, "There's a nice Thai place not too far from here that Rauri is ordering from. If we were closer to some large oceanic body of water, I'd have ordered sushi. I'll have to take you to Japan sometime," He took another sip, trying to pass it off like a joke, not having realized before the words were out that he was basically saying that they should do this again. Despite them both seeming to enjoy themselves, that didn't mean that Anna would like him anymore than she did to begin with.

He placed his glass back on the table and pointed to a portion of the garden that they had yet to explore. Of course, there was a lot of garden that they had yet to explore due to the sheer size. He smiled, "We can head over that way later. My parents set up a little movie viewing thing over that way... That might distract you from your things and my wildly good looks," He joked as he grabbed his glass again, "That is... Unless there is something else you want to do."
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Serena leaned in as he kissed her across the table and looked at him as he tried to explain why it was that he chose to do it now. She didn't get anything out before the waitress returned and was asking about their orders. She perked up more at the mention of Italian food. They didn't eat if often due to not many places making it to Serena's standards and when it didn't, it often made her a little homesick. She quickly opened the menu and read over what it was that they put into the dishes, smiling all the while due to the waitress mentioning that they chef was indeed Italian. She quickly ordered a few things for the two of them before she looked back at Sebastian. She smiled at him before she kissed him again. When she pulled away, she placed her hand on his, "It wasn't too soon or sudden... We've been dating for four years... And well..." She put the ring on her finger and smiled at it, admiring how it looked on her finger, "It makes me feel less like a Dhampir whore," She blushed slightly before she looked at him, "I know you've never seen me that way... but I see how people look at me when we are together. They don't expect it to last or they don't think you really love me and... I know you do," She held his hand, "I think this was the perfect time. Not to long to seem like we are never going anywhere with this relationship and not to short to seem like we are doing it for other people," She pulled his hand to her lips and kissed it lightly, "And we aren't. It isn't for your parents to get used to it... It isn't to prove to people that we really do love each other... It is for us... To promise to be together even when the world is against us."