Paris (Luke Hemmings)

Deux(Two)

Since arriving late last night, today is the first day of exploring Paris, I'm extremely excited. I've wanted to travel for so long and France was always top of my list and now I'm finally here.

But travelling with two of my best friends has its downfalls.. Like right now for example. We've walking around the streets, going into restaurants and convenient stores trying to get some directions to the Eiffel Tower for at least an hour now, but every time we thought we were going the right way, we just ended up going in the opposite direction and everyone is just getting irritated with everything.

Right now we're stood in a small corner shop trying to figure out our next move. The man behind the counter didn't have a clue as to what I was saying and that just made me more irritable and upset.

"Do you think Monte Carlos are actually from Monte Carlo?" Claire asks as she's browsing through the selection of biscuits while Sarah and I have a disagreement over how to get to the Eiffel Tower.

I look over at her with a bewildered look which quickly morphed into concern. "No Claire, they're not"

"Oh" she frowns.

I shake my head before returning to my conversation with Sarah.

"why don't you just admit you've gotten us lost" I exclaim.

"Guys, calm down you're giving me a headache" Claire snaps at the two of us.

I sigh pressing the palm of my hand to my forehead.

"I give up" Sarah mumbles throwing her hands up for a second before walking out of the store.

"What? No. I did not come all this way to not see anything" I tell her, following her out onto the street.

I really wanted to go up to the top of the tower, I wanted a photo of the amazing view. I took off my small backpack and leaned up against a brick wall pulling out my phone that didn't have much overseas data left on it. I had enough to open google maps to figure out how far away we were, but not enough to leave on for directions. I groaned as google maps calculated that we were a twenty minute walk away. I took a screenshot so I had some idea of which way to go.

"excusez moi madame, uh.. j'essaie de trouver tour eiffel?" A man with broken French asks, interrupting my thoughts.

I look up to see a really attractive young man standing in front of me. I'm not the best when it comes to men, I'm extremely shy and I stumble over my words. Or in this case, not say anything and just stare.

He gives me a questionable look and starts to repeat his question.

I smile at his adorable attempt to speak French. "I'm trying to find it too, my friends and I are lost" I mention after he finishes his question for the second time.

"Oh great, you speak English" a look of relief appears on his face before he continues "I'm with some mates as well, maybe we could help each other out" He suggests with a kind smile. "I'm Luke by the way" he adds introducing himself.

"Bella" I sheepishly reply.

I wave over Sarah and Claire, letting them know what was going on. We all introduce ourselves and start comparing notes, I got out the screenshot i took earlier and put it to good use. Between Luke, his three friends, and Sarah, Claire and I; we were bound to make it there.

We start making our way in the right direction this time. I hope.

Sarah had taken an obvious interest in one of Luke's friends, while the other two and Claire were too busy taking in all the beautiful surroundings.

"So Bella" Luke starts, I hum in response waiting for him to continue. "What a coincidence meeting a fellow Aussie over this way" He says with some humour. I let out a little laugh in agreement and muttered a quiet 'yeah'

"Where abouts are ya' from?" I ask him.

"Sydney, and yourself?" He answers looking over at me.

I bite my lip not meeting his eye. "Sydney"

He smiles "Small world. I live by the coast, in Bondi"

"Oh, nice. I'm not lucky enough to live out there" I shrug.

Luke and I carry on with some small talk. He spoke about the sights he's seen here in France so far and I mentioned that I'm really into photography and that my friends and I had only just gotten here last night and haven't seen much yet. He nods along giving suggestions on what is worth seeing and what's not.

Twenty minutes later, we finally make it to the Eiffel Tower and I was absolutely in awe. I took out my camera and started taking pictures. I was getting really into taking pictures and all of a sudden Luke stood in my way, I quietly groaned to myself. I haven't known Luke for long, an hour at the most but I already feel comfortable around him, it's strange, but a good strange I guess.

"Luke, you're ruining the view" I explain and motion for him to move with my hand.

"But.. I am the view" He says winking at me.

"Ha ha very funny and so original" my voice full of a sarcasm as I shake my head holding back a smile.

Luke looks over at me and chuckles "I know, I'm Hilarious"

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We stood in line for a good hour and a half, but I'm finally at the top of the tower. The view is beyond what I expected, pictures do not do it justice. I spent thirty minutes trying to take some nice ones though.
I stood over by the railing admiring the view, taking it all in before going back down. It is honestly one of the best sights I've ever seen.

I was brought out of my thoughts by someone nudging their arm with mine. I look over to see Luke looking down at me. "You ready to leave, everyone's going back down" he mentioned and looks over at our friends behind us.

"Oh, yeah. sorry" I mumble. I turn around ready to make my way over to the others, I don't to leave but I also don't want to keep anyone waiting.

Luke notices my change of mood and gently takes hold of my forearm making me turn around to face him. "Any plans tonight? I heard the view of a night is even better than during the day" He sweetly smiles.

A smile spread across my lips and excitement ran through me at the thought of coming back tonight. "That sounds amazing"

"Great" He chuckles. "Will you remember how to get here, or should I just pick you up?" He jokes nudging me.

I playfully slap his arm and mumble "you can pick me up".

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This is the cutest shit I've ever written. I'm actually proud to be honest lmao.
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