FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE

PHASE 2: WHEN IN PARIS...

As said, Jared dropped by Marcy's apartment in 3 in the morning, but it was already 4, their flight is almost about to depart, Gladys came barging in on Marcy's room, but when she came inside, Marcy was putting on her clothes,

"Marcy! It's almost the departing time! What have you been doing?" Gladys asked, Marcy was rushing, she gave Gladys her things,

"Could you please go down and put those in the car? I'll be there in a sec" Marcy said,

"HEY! What were you doing just hours before?" Gladys asked,

"I was looking for my passport, my applications, and some stuff" Marcy said, she was then putting on her shoes, then she quickly went down, Gladys followed after,

"Sorry everyone, there was a minor loose end...now then let's go!" Marcy said,

Now that they arrived minutes before the departure, Marcy was catching her breath, then she went on to join the others, they entered the plane and flew off to Paris,

They were in the VIP section, because of Marcy and Glady's boyfriend's lineage,

Marcelline and Jared were sitting together, while Gladys and her boyfriend, Richard were sitting together,

Marcy was staring outside while listening to her ipod, Jared was asleep and was about to fall on her shoulder, he suddenly woke up, it got Marcy's attention,

"Is something wrong?" she asked, Jared stood up,

"I'll just take a leak" he said,

Hours passed, they reached Paris, France, with a little jet lag, but not for Gladys, she wanted to go shopping,

"Marcy, where's the hotel?" she asked,

"Hotel de Crillon, just say my name...me and Jared will be going ahead there, I'll be waiting for you two" Marcy said,

"Are you sure Gladys knows her way around?" Jared asked, Marcy nodded,

The two headed on to the hotel, as they enter, Marcy spoke fluent in French, Jared was spacing out,

"Jared, come on" Marcy said, the two went inside the elevator,

"So...what kind of room was booked?" Jared asked,

"It's not a room silly...I couldn't work in a small space..." Marcy said,

"Then what kind is it?"

"A villa...don't tell Gladys yet..." Marcy said, Jared laughed,

While inside, Marcy placed her luggage aside and went to the bathroom, she opened it for the last minute that she was about to tell Jared,

"Red, pick a room that you like" she said,

"Thanks" he said,

After a while, Marcy was done taking a bath, she quickly dressed up and was preparing to leave,

"Red, I'll be going to send this over to the site, feel free to roam the city, okay?" Marcy said, Red nodded,

Midafternoon came, Gladys and Richard came to the hotel and saw that Jared was sleeping, Glayds woke him up,

"Red, where's Marcy?" she asked,

"Off to deliver...her, blueprints..." he said, he stood up and stretched,

"I'll be making dinner, what would you like?" he added,

"Anything would be fine" Gladys said,

Meanwhile, for Marcy, she was done sending her blueprints, she was headed to the hotel, but she stood up and took a break, she looked around, seeing couples walking together in the city of love, she had the feeling of envy, while looking around she caught her eyes on a cafe,

"Herbal tea please" she said to the waiter,

"Oui madame" he replied, while Marcy was waiting for her drink, she saw men of her age passing by, surprisingly a guy suddenly sat down opposite to her,

"Afternoon miss, is this seat taken?" he asked,

"No"

"I just couldn't notice you just sitting here alone"

"Is that so? well then, monsieur, you are more than welcome to join me" Marcy said, she took a closer look at the guy,

"Tom?" she said, the guy laughed,

"I'm surprised, you still know me...after all this years..."

"Yes, yes...what's going on with your life?" Marcy asked, the waiter came and gave Marcy's order,

"I'm a banker now...and I heard from Willa...that you're an architect?"

"Yes...that's right...did you find someone in your life now?"

"Sadly...disappointingly...no, women can't seem to see me...you know"

"WHAT?! With your looks? You already look like a celebrity!...maybe it's the way you dress..."

"How about you?"

"Not even a single one..."

"We're even"

A little bit of silence struck between the two, Marcy looked at her watch so did Tom,

"I'll be going back to New York...I hope I'll see you again there soon?" he said, Marcy nodded, they both stood up and parted ways,

Marcy arrived at the villa near evening, as she enters the villa she smelled something delicious, Gladys surprised her,

"MARCY! Taste this food! Red made it for dinner" she said, she prepared a spoonful, Marcy grabbed it and tasted it,

"YUM! I know this! It's a Coq au Vin!" Marcy said, Glady smiled,

"What?" she said,

"Chicken legs cooked with red wine..." Marcy said, she laughed shortly,

"Where's Red by the way?" she asked,

"Maybe taking a bath?" Gladys replied,

"And...Richard?"

"He's changing his clothes..."

Marcy went to her room and also changed her clothes, she quickly went out and turned on the tv, Glayds was then fixing the table for dinner, shortly after, Gladys sat beside Marcy,

"Until when are we going to stay here?" she asked,

"Just a whole month, there's this new project...I need to design some parts..."

"What kind of project is that?"

"Just a unique boutique...they want it like no other...so, could you give me some ideas?"

"I don't think I can give at the moment..."

Richard went out of his room, the same with Red, they all together ate dinner, then after wards, Gladys went outside to go night shopping,

Marcy and Red were left together, both watching TV,

"Red...I'll help you...find a girl..." Marcy said,

"Why suddenly say that?" Red asked,

"Hmmm...I just thought..."

"I've already found her..."

"REALLY? what kind of a girl is she? could I meet her?" Marcy asked, Red laughed,

"Maybe in a matter of time..." he said, Marcy sighed then laughed,

A little while, Marcy slept in Red's lap, then later on falling asleep as well, they were waiting for Gladys and Richard to come back,

The two snuck inside, Gladys stopped for a while and took a picture of the two using Red's phone, at this time here, Gladys already knew something about Red...