"Hello?" Pt. 1

January 9th, 2016

I haven't put in the translations for the French spoken in this chapter. If you feel that the French is important to the story and you'd like the translations, let me know and I'll add them. (Do you want them with the line, at the beginning of the chapter, at the end of the chapter?) I'm currently trying to figure out who my perfect Sophie/Daniel are, but for Hugo, I'm going with Clément Chabernaud. Picture up there ^^^ Sarah xx

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"What is it, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong. Why would something be wrong?"

"You're calling me before midday. I assumed that something was wrong."

"No, everything is fine. I'm bored, that's all."

"You're calling me because you're bored? How nice of you."

"I'm at the Eurostar terminal and there are some delays. I'm taking advantage of the situation and decided to call my new best friend!"

"That last part was overly enthusiastic. So, you're going to Paris?"

"Trying to. We're half an hour behind schedule, though."

"Is going to Paris safe? They shot a terrorist there this week."

"I'll be fine. I hope. I have a better chance of getting killed walking across the street in London, so I'll take my chances in Paris."

"Well, text or call me when you get there so I know you're ok."

"Yes, mother. - Non, ce n'est pas ma mère. Mon ami. Hugo, dégagez! - My friend, Hugo, says hello."

"You have a very nice accent when you speak French."

"Haha. - Non, it est drôle, c'est tout. Il me dit que j'ai un beau accent. Oui, je sais. Tu vas où? Bha, oui. Une noisette, s'il te plaît. Merci, Hugo. - You know, it took me twenty eight years to perfect my accent."

"Well, it paid off. Tell me why you're going to France?"

"Photoshoot."

"Sounds exciting. Excuse my ignorance, but are you the best person to be going? I thought you only wrote about fashion."

"That's my very generic job title. I do other stuff on top of writing about clothes. Admittedly, I wouldn't usually be the one going but they asked for Hugo and he won't go if I don't go, so I have to go in order to make sure that he goes."

"You're his babysitter?"

"For lack of a better word. Hugo's temperamental. All the best models are."

"Your best friend is not only a guy but he's a male model too?"

"Yep. He's also not gay."

"Are you sure there's nothing going on between you both?"

"God, no! Hugo once had an orgy with a couple of models that lasted days. The man is depraved."

"He sounds like an interesting fellow."

"Well, that's one way to describe him. Now, do you want to pick up our conversation from last night? I was about to tell you about me and Tobias and how our relationship ended."