I Left My Heart In Paris

Chapter 15

In the city lights, in the serenity of eventide, the dreams of night begin to play in a sweet imagination. Pierre was in his apartment which he shared with Gabriel. He was in the middle of watching Intouchables on Netflix. It was a Friday night and Gabriel was out with his significant other at the club.

He was alone in the dark in the living room with the television on. Just having his alone time doing nothing. Suddenly, he received a phone call. He picked up his phone and looked at the caller ID and Gabriel's name popped up on the screen. He answered his call at the moment.

"Allô?" he answered the call vehemently.

"Pierre, je rentre à la maison. Je peux aussi apporter Mathilde? Je lui ai promis que je préparerais le dîner pour elle.” he mentioned on the phone.

“T’es où maintenant?" he asked, standing up from the couch. 

“Je suis en train de rentrer à la maison avec Mathilde. On arrive dans cinq minutes.”  Gabriel told him as he and his girlfriend walked up the stairs of the apartment.

“Puis-je inviter Camille aussi, s’il te plait?” Pierre intended with a sudden smile plastered on his face.

“Ouais, sur. Va lui demande.” Gabriel smiled, turning to his girlfriend and back on the steps.

He hung up the call and went to Camille’s door on the right. He breathed and knocked on the door.

A few minutes later, she answered the door with a towel wrapped around her body. Pierre immediately looked flushed as he pulled a smile on his face nicely. “Bonsoir…” he began looking at her from head to toe. “Bonsoir, Pierre. Oui, je peux vous aider?” she asked as she held onto her towel so it wouldn't fall off her body.

She looked at him and back to her covered figure. "Oh, désolé. Laisse moi m'habiller. Entrer s'il te plait." she grinned as she moved to the side of the door to let him in.

"Merci." he smiled as he walked into the apartment steadily. Pierre looked around the room and sat on the couch in the living room.

"So why'd you come here?" she questioned shutting the door behind her and turning back to him baffled.

"Oh, Gabriel wanted to cook dinner tonight and he told me to invite you to our place for dinner. And he also invited his girlfriend Mathilde to come over for dinner too." he explained, looking agitated.

"That's great. I was about to plan on cooking a ready-made mac and cheese for dinner, but thanks for the invite." she beamed softly.

"No worries," he replied courteously, grinning back at her. Suddenly a cat jumped on his lap out of the blue. "Oh, bonjour petit chaton. Comment tu t'appelles?" he wondered as he gently petted the cat tenderly.

"C'est Belle… mon animal de compagnie. J'ai trouvé dans la rue la semaine dernière." she said as she stood there still half naked.

"À quelle heure maintenant?" she asked Pierre looking at the time on the wall. "C'est 21h30." He said looking directly at his phone.

"Tu peux m'attendre ici? Je reviendrai dans cinq minutes." She added, smiling.

"Sur. J'attends." He beamed while sitting properly.

"Ah, merci beaucoup…" she said as she looked at him blushing.

"Quoi?" he questioned as he put down his phone and went back to her.

"Peux-tu regarder l'autre côté s'il te plait?" She asked, turning red. "Oh, d'accord." He said as he looked away nervously.

"Sorry." she apologized as she unwrapped her towel from her body and got dressed in anything she found in her closet. "Tu as fini?" he asked, looking in her direction, closing his eyes.