Arielle let out an aggravated sigh as she stood before her mirror deciding on which dress to pack. In her right hand, a regular little black dress to fit all her curves perfectly. In her other was the same dress in red. Continually she pressed each dress upon herself to figure out which looked best on her. Problem was she was so sexy, both looked good on her.

"Screw this. I'll pack both," she sighed and did so, zipping up one of her bags of luggage. On the calendar behind her, today's date, January 29 was circled in red. She was packing because today would be the day she and Aiden would fly across seas to Paris, France. It has only been about 2 weeks since they started dating and every night Arielle had been wined and dined by her new beau and now he was taking her to Paris for the weekend. Handsome, caring and apparently wealthy, he was almost to good to be true, but he was real. She thought an over priced trip like this so early in their relationship was a bit weird, but there was no way she was gonna pass up being in the most romantic city on the planet with him.

"Alright, I think that's everything," she said resting her hands on her hips, looking over her 3 bags of luggage. Four if you count the little bag she would carry on the plane with her. She glanced quickly at her phone noting the time was 4:45pm. They're departure time was at 7pm and she knew Aiden would be arriving any minute. It was important to get to the airport as early as possible to get through the inspections and what not.

She sat on her bed, waiting for the phone call when he pulled up.

Aiden had been planning on taking his new girlfriend to Paris for a short little vacation for the past week. So naturally, he didn't pack until the morning of the day he was leaving. It did not take long though. The couple would only be there for a few days so there wasn't a need to bring more than one bag.

Aiden threw the bag in his car as he pulled out of his garage. He remembered to lock all the doors as well as turn off the electricity. Starting to make his way to the Mansion gate, Aiden called up Arielle so that she would be waiting when he drove up to the front door. "Hey, I'm here. I'll see you soon. Bye." The voice behind the intercom had even grown more accustomed to Aiden since he was now a frequent caller on Arielle.

As he pulled up to the front door, the shifter saw that Arielle wasn't there waiting. She's probably having trouble with all of the bags she brought, thought Aiden. Thinking it would just be quicker if he carried the luggage out, Aiden walked into the Mansion and down the now familiar path to her room. After knocking on the door, Aiden poked his head inside. "I hope you're decently clothed. Not that it would stop me anyway," he said as he walked inside.

"Hey papi!" Arielle smiled turning to see Aiden now in her room. "Sorry about making you wait. As you can see, I packed a lot. I couldn't decide on some stuff so I just brought everything I couldn't choose between." she laughed nervously.

"I know you definitely don't care what I wear and would probably prefer the birthday suit, but that ain't happening in public." she laughed attempting to drag one of her bags, only to slip in her heels and fall on her behind. It was then she let out a whimper of defeat and turned to look at Aiden with puppy dog eyes.

"Help, please?" she pleaded. Those bags were too much for her, but she figured with his abilities, he could easily carry one under each arm with ease.

Aiden couldn't help but grin at Arielle. She was just too cute sometimes. "That's understandable I guess," he said. It was in response to both her amount of packed bags as well as the birthday suit comment.

After Aiden held his hand out to help Arielle up, he grabbed one of the bags in each hand testing their weight. He picked up the last big bag in his hand with the lighter bag. He wondered if he could handle his bag as well as these while he walked out to the car.

"Thank you!" Arielle beamed while grabbing her purse and practically skipped on out of the mansion behind Aiden. She was too excited. She had never thought a day in her life she would be going to France, but she was and she couldn't be any happier.

"I'll get the trunk..." she said digging in Aiden's pants pocket for the keys, but not before coping a feel. She grinned up at him and pulled the keys from his pocket and scurried over to the car to unlock the trunk.

"It's the least I could do," she grinned watching him load up her bags.

The shifter stopped so that Arielle could get the keys out of his pocket for the trunk. The old phrase pleasantly surprised came to mind as Arielle certainly took her time in getting the keys out of his pocket. "Don't start something you aren't going to finish," he teased.

Getting all of the bags to fit in the truck certainly took some work but it didn't take too long. After taking in the fruits of his labor for a few seconds Aiden shut the trunk and locked it after a nice game of 'keep Aiden's keys from him'.

After opening the door for Arielle, Aiden walked over to the driver's side of the car and got in. "You aren't really excited for this are you?" he asked teasingly. He had took notice of her gait as they walked to the car.

Arielle climbed into the passenger seat and smiled at Aiden while she fastened her seat belt.

"Me? Going across seas to Paris with a guy like you? I'm absolutely dreading it. Seriously, I wish I had a revolver to blow my brains out right now," she responded to him with her words buried in sarcasm.

"I should probably return these to the store too. I had hoped we get to have a bit of fun when we arrived at the hotel..." Arielle sighed, taking out a pair of rather tiny laced panties from her purse and dangling them teasingly in front of Aiden's eyes like a large juicy steak in front of a...tiger.

"Because I a;ways finish what I start."

Aiden couldn't help but have his eyes widen at the pair of panties that Arielle put infront of his face. She had to know what she was doing to him with her little impish smile. He tried not to stare at the panties too long. He was fairly certain he would be seeing them again soon.

"I didn't know being with me was so horrible. Maybe we should just forget this whole thing." He said grinning while starting the car. As they pulled out from the Mansion he said, "So am I holding you against your will then?"

"Yes. You are." Arielle replied with a chuckle. "I have better things to do, like lounge around the mansion doing jack, but no. I have to be carried off to Paris for a romantic weekend with you instead. Ugh, I'm disgusted." she said tucking her unmentionables back into her purse.

"Poor little old me having to stare at this gorgeous face all weekend..." she smiled putting a hand to Aiden's cheek. "I don't know what I could have done to be so damned."

"A fate worse than death," he agreed jokingly. Taking the hand that she placed on his cheek, Aiden brought it to his mouth and kissed it. Then he settled for simply holding the rest of the way to the airport.

The drive to the airport did not take long. Traffic was relatively light compaired to the usual pace of New York City. Aiden parked the car and removed the bags from the trunk. He and Arielle would have to wait for the shuttle to come pick them up and take them to the terminal. Aiden was not about to carry all these bags that far.

While waiting for the shuttle bus, Aiden wrapped his arms around Arielle and asked, "How long have we been together?" He knew, of course. He just wanted to hear her say it so he could get the conversation directed in the way he wanted.

"Hm?" Arielle responded looking up at Aiden. "Well, it's been about almost 3 weeks." she said after he wrapped his arms around her, which gave her a bit more warmth. "Yeah it's been 3 weeks. 3 awesome weeks if we want to get specific." she chuckled. "My longest relationship ever was about 2 months and never have I felt in those 2 months the way I have these past 3. It's awesome." she sighed and a content smile formed from her lips.

"Why do you ask? Is there something wrong?" she asked him. Usually the 'How long have we been together' question was popped out when there a bit of trouble in paradise. At least it was in her past relationships, but the reason her ex's brought up the question couldn't be why Aiden did since they had already been intimate. She grew curious now and waited for his reply.

Arielle didn't seem to worried about what Aiden had asked her. Not that she should have been worried about it. It was all a part of Aiden's plan. "Of course not. Nothing is wrong." What he said was true, nothing was wrong.

Taking one hand from Arielle, Aiden reached into his pocket and pulled out a small rectangular box. "I was just wondering if three weeks was long enough for an anniversary present," said Aiden while handing the box to her. The box contained a simple silver chain with a diamond as an ornament.

"What?" was all Arielle could say as a dumbstruck look came across her face when Aiden placed the box into her hands. "You didn't..." she slowly opened the box and her jaw plummeted as her eyes were set on the chain and the diamond. She stood stunned for a few seconds before even attempting to form words.

"Aiden...it's gorgeous..." she finally said, removing the chain from it's box and continued staring at it has it laid in her hand. "I...really don't know what to say. It's just too much..." she said. "The dancing, the expensive dinners, the trip to Paris and now...this?" she looked back up at him. "Why are you doing this?"

Aiden sensed that she didn't seem worried with her question. She just wanted to know why. "Because you deserve nothing less." In his heart, Aiden knew he meant what he said. But whether Arielle took it that way or not was something completely different.

The shifter began to wonder if everything he had been doing was too much too soon. Had he overstepped his bounds as her boyfriend? Aiden began to grow concerned that he had messed something up. "Is this ok? We can call this off if you think we're going too fast."

"Because you deserve nothing less."

His words struck another chord in Arielle. No guy she's ever been with had ever said anything like that or has done as much for as Aiden has in the past 3 weeks. All she could do was smile and place the gift around her neck. She caressed the diamond between her fingers.

"Everything is ok, baby." Arielle smiled. "I want to come with you. I want to be with you. You just caught me off guard. I haven't gotten anything for you yet. It makes me feel a bit bad cause I wanna keep you has happy as you keep me." she said hugging him tightly. "Thank You."