HEY!! a little bit of this is in French and I dropped that language 2 years ago and took up Italian instead so if my translation or my spelling or the whole French thing is wrong I'm sorry.
HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!
Walking along the Champs-Elysées hand in hand with Louis, you see all the couples close together; whispering in each other’s ear in what you can only assume is French. You walk past a certain couple and hear the words you didn’t think meant a lot but they did in the end
“Plus que ma propre vie”
As you both carry on walking down you hear these words a few more times and your curiosity is at an all time high, desperate to know what they meant.
Your mind flies through the 3 years of French you learnt in high school but you never learnt anything like that. Whenever you heard the words, they were said with a passion and a clear sense of affection so you could only assume that it was a term of endearment.
You and Louis duck into a small café that was nestled in a side road. Going up to the counter you ask for a chai tea and Louis asks for an earl grey, after your tea has arrived, Louis goes to sit down but you stay standing claiming that you want to look at all the pastries and cakes they have on display but really you want to talk to the old woman with the kind eyes behind the counter.
“Parlez-vous anglais?” you ask
“Yes, I speak fluent English” the woman replies with a heavy French accent
“I was wondering if you could translate something for me, if you don’t mind, of course”
“Of course I can what would you like translating?”
“I heard it while walking with my boyfriend, i heard a few couples say it... um I think it goes plus que ma propre vie?”
“Ah yes my husband told me that every day of our marriage before he passed, that phrase means ‘more than my own life’”
“Thank you and I’m sorry about your husband” you say in sympathy
“You’re welcome and its ok, it was some time ago now”
“Thank you again” you say and then you part with a smile and walk over to where Louis is sat.
The old woman behind the counter looks at the couple whispering in each other’s ears as they sip on their drinks. The way this couple interact with each other makes her think that they found their soul mates like she did some 40 years ago. The woman looks at the photo above the booth where this couple now sits. The photo is of another couple, her and her late husband to be correct. They are sat in the exact same position as that girl and her boyfriend is in. The night of that photo was a special one, it’s a memory that the old woman treasures as it was the night of the proposal and it was the first night that her husband whispered the words “plus que ma propre vie.”
And now looking at this couple she sees exactly same thing. The way they look into each other’s eyes, the way in which they always have to be touching whether it’s just arms brushing arms, they always have to touch.
She smiles at the couple as they leave, the girl saying thank you and goodbye along with a promise to return. But before the couple leaves, the old woman hears the girl say those words “Plus que ma propre vie” and in return the boy kisses her and then replies with those words.
The old woman then watches them go and she hopes that in 40 years time they are still in love like they are now.
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