Good Vibrations

Thank you, Led Zeppelin II

 Jeni sat on her bed after lunch and sighed. Bonnie's words about Brian were still sounding in her head. She still ignored why she felt that irritated. And it was obvious that she liked him, wasn't it? After all, she blushed a lot when he was here. Bonnie saw it, and she knew it. She turned her head and looked at the scarf on her pillow. She smiled and grabbed it, pressing it against her chest. She stood up and wandered in her room, thinking about Brian's smile, his hazel eyes and his curls. Wasn't it curious that she remembered him in every detail, whereas they saw each other only once? And wasn't it even more curious that she thought about him that much?

She walked up towards her calendar, which was pinned to the wall. With a pen, she marked the 7th December with “Brian May (and concert of the Faces)”. She laughed at herself because she wrote Brian's name first. Wasn't the concert the most important? “Hard to know, now” she chuckled. She counted the days until Christmas and looked at what she planned, in order to find time for shopping. She gasped, as the only day she had time for that was this one! She took her handbag, put her wallet in it, a pocket mirror, and the list of ideas she wrote. She took out a pair of shoes from her wardrobe and put it on; then, she ran downstairs and wrapped Brian's scarf around her neck with a huge smile. She entered the living room and met Bonnie, who was sitting on an armchair, reading a novel.

“I'm going out! Do you need anything?”

“No, it's okay!” Bonnie smiled at her with a small nod. “Where are you going?”

“I don't really know. I have to buy Christmas presents.”

“I will buy mine with my siblings in a few day. If I didn't, I'd go with you. Have a nice time!”

“You too!”

Jeni smiled at Bonnie, who looked back at her book. She walked back to the corridor and grabbed her coat. She wrapped herself in it and saw her ticket for Smile on a small furniture. She slipped it into her handbag and got out, locking the door behind her. Once she was outside, she shivered a bit due to the temperature. She began to walk in Euston Road, taking a look at her list she took out from her handbag. For Bonnie, she wanted to buy a French record, for it was her favourite kind of music. For her brother, she thought about a hard rock record or a concert ticket. Then, for her parents, she'd see in a bookshop. She sighed and headed for the nearest record store. Her lips starting to freeze, she buried them in Brian's scarf. As usual, she grinned as soon as the elegant scent of roses and mint went up her nostrils. She stopped at a zebra crossing and waited for the green light. When it appeared, she crossed it and entered the record store situated on the other side of the road. She politely greeted the owner and walked in. Huge alleys of records. That was her vision of perfection.

Jeni decided to look for Bonnie's present first. As she remembered that not every record store sold French music, she walked backwards and stopped at the counter.

“Excuse me, sir, do you sell French music?”

The owner raised his eyes.

“Yes, there's a whole French section. Go to the middle alley.”

“Thank you very much.”

She smiled at him and as he said to her, she walked in the middle alley. Her eyes wandered from sections to sections, until she found a French flag with the word French written on it. She smiled in satisfaction and rummaged through it. Françoise Hardy? No, Bonnie had them all. Sheila? No, Bonnie was not a fan. Michel Polnareff? Perhaps. Brigitte Bardot? Mmh. As she was about to randomly pick a record, she caught a glimpse of a colourful cover. She took it out from the section and looked at it.

“Bonnie and Clyde, Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg.”

The cover looked very nice, with its predominance of a fair blue colour, some fancy colourful patterns and a funny purple font. Her eyes lingered on the photograph of Bardot and Gainsbourg. She laughed internally, as B.B. looked exactly like Bonnie. She had the same hairstyle as Faye Dunaway (and so the same as Bonnie), and she was wearing the same kind of beret. And it looked like in the album, Bardot was supposed to play the part of Bonnie. Jeni did not hesistate. It was what she needed for her!