Helena didn’t answer her question but looked up at Alexa sincerely.

‘Come inside, you’re just playing with your food anyway.’

Alexa sighed and followed her.  Helena sat down and held her arms out for Alexa to sit close to her as she wrapped her arms around her, taking their all too comfortable position on the couch.

‘Would it help if I told you I wish I didn’t have to go tomorrow?’ asked Helena.  ‘Because I do, wish I didn’t have to that is.’

Alexa paused in her reply.  ‘I have something for you,’ she suddenly remembered.

‘Really?’ asked Helena intrigued.

‘Don’t get excited, it’s quite lame really but I thought you might like it.’

Alexa reached into her bag and handed Helena a package, which she unwrapped with interest.  It was a photograph that they had had taken at the top of the Eiffel Tower but they had headed back to their room before seeing the photographer.

‘How did you get this?’ asked Helena.

‘I caught up with the guy before we left whilst you were taking a call.  It’s corny I know but you said you didn’t have many photos from your trip and I thought you might like something to remember us..I mean to remember Paris by.’

Helena looked at the photograph.  It wasn’t the Parisienne scenery she noticed, it was the look they had in their eyes when they looked at each other, how happy she was.

‘This is wonderful Alexa,’ she said, a lump forming in her throat.  ‘Thank you so much,’

She leant down to kiss Alexa, trying to show how much it meant in a single caress of her lips.  Alexa was disappointed when she pulled away.  ‘I have a gift for you too,’ Helena remembered.

Helena handed Alexa the package nervously still looking at her photograph.  She’d purchased Alexa’s extravagant gift because she needed her to have something solid, something that somehow linked them long after tonight.

‘Helena this is..this is too much,’ said Alexa as she opened the box containing the platinum and emerald bracelet, its Tiffany box identifying it as real.

‘Alexa it’s not too much if you like it and I can afford it.’

‘God Lena I love it, it’s gorgeous.  ‘Is this an inscription?’