Love, Eternal

Festival de Cannes

Nola slipped her red dress on, after putting her shoes on, she looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She was happy with her choice. Pierre had already got dressed and seeing him in such a smart tuxedo flustered Nola, she kept her cool and got ready herself. Her phone buzzed and she saw a message from Charles.
"Enjoy yourself tonight, I hope it's great. I'm sure you look absolutely beautiful. Love you x" Nola smiled at the message and replied before she heard Pierre knock.
"Nola are you ready?" Pierre called through the door
"Yeah just a second" Nola picked her bag and made sure her hair and her makeup were in place before opening the door.
"Wow" Pierre's jaw dropped at the sight of his girlfriend, she was perfect.
"Good wow or?" Nola asked looking down at her dress
"Definitely good wow. You look amazing, stunning, belle" he spoke, he held her hand
"You look amazing to" Nola smiled
"Luckily we have to go, otherwise I would be pushing you back into the bedroom" Pierre said. Nola laughed and let Pierre lead her out of their suite and downstairs to meet Pierre's publicist, first name Cecile.
"Pierre, hello. How are you?" Cecile asked when she saw Pierre, giving him a hug and a kiss on each cheek, it was a French thing.
"I'm good, how are you?" Cecile dealt with all things outside of racing for Pierre, for media to do with formula one it was Layla, any other commitments he had was Cecile's job. Nola hadn't met her yet as there was nothing she attended with Pierre that required her to be there.
"I'm good, you must be Nola. I've heard great things, you look beautiful"
"Thank you, nice to meet you to" Nola smiled as the women gave each other a kiss on each cheek to greet each other.
"Let's get going. You'll be walking the carpet before hand, lots of journalists and cameras, do your normal thing, they might ask you questions just do what you need to do, then we will head into the building and get on with the night. They'll have journalists in there as well but they won't be as crazy, only a few though so be careful with what you do and say as you might have eyes on you, but most importantly, have a great evening" Cecile explained as Pierre and Nola got into the car after her and started their journey to the film festival. Nola had never been to an event like this, she was nervous, but Pierre had assured her he would be by her side the whole time and just enjoy everything. That's exactly what Nola was going to do, she would be enjoying her night and hoping she didn't get asked anything.

They arrived at the event and it was crazy, people where everywhere, flashes of cameras, screaming of people, plenty of celebrities. Cecile stepped out of the car followed by Pierre, his arrival was met by screams and shouts from loads of people, he turned to face the car and held out his hand for Nola, she stepped out and put her hand on the inside of his elbow and walked, she had a permanent smile on her face as she didn't know who would be taking pictures and where from and she didn't want to be caught off guard. Cecile left Pierre to take the pictures people where after, all the while he led Nola with him, they walked along, stopping every so often to take pictures, Nola pulled out the long train of her dress to make it look presentable, which Pierre noticed, he bent down and fluffed it out as she stood, Nola blushed and smiled at him as he rejoined her side and smiled towards the cameras. Nola looked up at him and they locked eyes quickly before looking away towards the various cameras again, she felt so safe and secure on his arm that she didn't worry at all about the noise and commotion. They moved along, each time Pierre made sure Nola's dress was perfectly placed for her. Nola was already in love with this man, but the fact he was making sure she was at her best when this was his time, he was the one invited to this event, it melted her heart and she fell in love all over again. The small gesture meant so much to her.

"Nola, Nola par ici" people called. Nola couldn't believe her ears.
"Take some by yourself" Pierre leaned down slightly to whisper to her "if you want?" He asked. Nola nodded and Pierre once again made sure her dress was perfect before stepping off a little to take some of his own solo pictures, Nola smiled at the cameras as they each called her name, wanting pictures of her as well. This was the most surreal moment of her life.
Pierre made his way towards the crowding media, holding Nola's hand as she walked with him, he made sure his pace was slow enough that she could walk nicely, between her high heels, her long dress and any nerves she may have, he wanted her to feel as comfortable as he could. Nola brushed a hair from Pierre's shoulder, he smiled at her before he started speaking to the media, his French was beautiful to Nola. She was a french speaker herself, as was her family, but whenever Pierre spoke it, or even Italian for that matter, it was like music. They made their way inside, up the stairs and entered the room. It was beautifully decorated and crowded with people.

"That was insane" Nola breathed, they had got into the car and it was midnight already.
"You are absolutely stunning" Pierre shifted so he was sitting right next to her, his hand placed on her leg, the dress Nola had on had a high split which meant her leg was exposed to the heat of Pierre's hand
"I just can't believe it, what a night. And you, wow, you're amazing, you look great, and you even made sure my dress was perfect I just" Nola gushed, which made Pierre smile
"I want to make sure you're comfortable and happy" Pierre whispered
"You always do, and I love you for it" she smiled at him.
"I love you to" he kissed her cheek, the action making Nola blush again, she felt all giddy
"We should get some food" Nola breathed
"You want food?" Pierre asked
"I don't want this night to end, let's get some food and have fun. Be spontaneous" Nola laughed. Pierre chuckled
"Let's do it"

So that's what they did, Pierre directed the driver to the nearest fast food place and Nola and Pierre went inside, in their suit and dress and ordered food and sat together eating and laughing like school kids. Nola loved it, all the time Pierre spent working, training and driving kept her from seeing Nola as much as they wanted, but it was times like this that made it all worth it. To be together and have an amazing time. They didn't need fancy events and to dress up, although that was great and they both enjoyed it so much, it was sitting eating greasy burgers at 1am in an expensive dress and a tailored tuxedo that meant the most.
"Pyry is going to make me pay for that" Pierre laughed as he threw down his napkin
"I'll train with you, I shouldn't be eating it either but you only live once"
"That we do, and what a life to have you with me" Pierre spoke, Nola sipped her drink and looked right into his eyes, not breaking the contact.
"Thank you for taking me with you tonight" Nola spoke setting her cup down
"I always will, there will be many more things to come. I said it before and I'll say it again. My life and what I have, is your life, it is yours as well". Nola smiled and held Pierre's hand across the table. It was well after 4am when they both got back to their hotel, after walking around a little and just having fun.