'Bachelor' Arie selects his final four women for 'hometown dates'
NEW YORK -- How can you not fall in love in Italy? It's a country made for love! The remaining seven women headed to Tuscany where they met up with Chris Harrison who explained the date breakdown. First, there would be no rose ceremony. There would be three one-on-one dates and one group date with a rose on each date up for grabs. The first date card was for Becca and it said, "Let's fall in love under the Tuscan sun." Arie picked Becca up at the hotel and she was a bit nervous, it's her first one-on-one since the very first one-on-one date of the season! They drove off in a cherry red convertible and headed to a little town where they bought a loaf of bread, and tasted some cheese and salami. They brought their purchases to a little park where they sat under a tree and had a bit of a picnic. Arie shared his concerns about how they haven't had much time to connect since the beginning, and Becca tried to calm his concerns and it seemed to do the trick. The passion returned and they shared a kiss. They were soon cozying up and seemed like a couple falling in love.
Jacqueline started to have fears back at the hotel that she wasn't ready to let Arie meet her family. She also wasn't sure if she could visualize him in her real life and how his conversations would go with her family. Kendall told her she needs to talk to Arie about her concerns.
The next day, Arie shook off the breakup and met up with Lauren for their date. He hoped they could build off of the momentum from last week. They bicycled through Lucca, Italy and explored the region. They stopped for gelato and walked in silence AGAIN. It's really kind of ridiculous. They don't seem to have "easy" conversation. They stopped for pizza and Arie asked Lauren if she's ready for a hometown date. Lauren said she needs the date to figure that out. He'd be the first guy she's introducing to her family since her ex-fiance. A ball knocked into them at their table, and they jumped up and started playing soccer with a group of 10-year-old boys. It looked more like Arie playing and Lauren standing there to be honest.
The last date card arrived and it was for Bekah, Tia and Kendall, asking them to meet him at Villa Reale. It's a beautiful estate that they all spent a bit of time exploring before sitting down and breaking off into private conversations with Arie. Kendall had a productive conversation, while Tia planned to tell Arie that Bekah is too inexperienced and not taking things seriously. She's breaking the cardinal rule of using her time to talk about another woman. Kiss of death. Tia brought the conversation back around to her feelings for him and tried to tell him a bit about her family. Then Tia went back and told Bekah that she's worried and bothered by Bekah's doubts about marriage. She said that she told Arie that she thinks she could break his heart and she wants Bekah to be for sure in how she's feeling. Bekah started to cry and said she feels "hurt and misunderstood." She went off crying to Arie and he hugged her and told her "breathe" and that it doesn't matter to him. Bekah tried her best to tell him that she's serious about him and even showed him some gray hairs. See, she's mature! Arie gave his first rose to Kendall.
Next week, it's time for the hometown dates! It looks like the families give him a hard time. No one wants to see their daughter get her heart broken.
