"I would have understood if you cancelled, this is a major emotional heartbreak for you. Besides, I was supposed to be here for you this weekend. He had originally wished that she could find out about Michael but seeing her now he wished she hadn't. It was tearing him up to see her in pain like this.
"John I get it now, he didn't want to go to Venice with me. By making sure you went with me, he would have several days with Vittoria all to his self without worrying about you or me being around to catch them. Oh John, I'm so sorry for you, I'm sorry you're in the middle of all this. But what I don't understand is why she told me, there is a good chance I would have never found out about their affair if she hadn't told me."
John thought he knew the reason Vittoria told her, in a way it was partially his fault. He had told Vittoria about Jennifer being here and being engaged to Michael. He quickly tried to stop thinking that he was the cause of this. "I'm glad I could be here for you now, this would be very tough to take at home and even worse in a foreign country with no one you could talk to about it and comfort you."
She squeezed him very hard and held him that way for a moment. "Thank you for being here for me. I feel as if we've been friends for a very long time." Suddenly the train jerked hard once, and then they felt it move along the tracks.
"Not to change the subject, but why are we taking a train to Venice, didn't they have an airplane that could have done this faster than this overnight sleeper train?"
"I thought this sounded much more romantic, of course that was when I thought Michael would be with me, no offence John. I thought maybe that would put some of the romance back into our relationship. Besides that, I've never been on a real train before. You always see it in the movies and it looked like so much fun. It was my idea for the overnight sleeper train too, that would make the trip last longer and make it more of an adventure."
"Both very good reasons, I've never been on a train ride either I'm really looking forward to this as well."
"John, would it be okay if I stayed with you for a while, I think what I really need right now is for you to hold me until I settle down. I refuse to let Michael or this Italian girl ruin our Venice weekend any more than they already have. I'm sure I'm not over crying about it, but I'm going to try and move past this for now."