Ville De I' Amour

Stop being a flirt!

The next day Nini and Ashlyn spend the day doing classes in the morning then going to lunch with Seb and Los.
Later in the day
Ricky: *texts Nini* I can pick you up in 20 minutes
Nini: *texts* I'll be waiting 🤗
Ashlyn: so movie night tonight?
Nini: Oh! I actually planned to go on a walk around the city
Ashlyn: ooo at night?! I'm so down
Nini: I planned on just going alone-
Ashlyn: I trust you but I don't think either of us should be walking around this city alone yet 
Nini: I'll be okay
Ashlyn: are you sure?
Nini: Yeah, I'll be all good
Ashlyn: you call me immediately if anything even remotely sketchy happens okay?
Nini: You are my emergency contact for a reason Ash *laughs*
Ashlyn: then I guess I'll have a movie night all by myself *frowns*
Nini: We can have one tomorrow!
Ashlyn: fineeee
Nini: I promise
Ashlyn: mkay... bye Neens
*20 min later*
Ricky: *I text you* I'm at ground level
Nini: Bye Ash! *I walk out and downstairs*
Ashlyn: Wait, you forgot you- *you shut the door* phone. This girl I swear *I laugh a little and look at the notifications* Ricky with a chef emoji- Oh my god Ricky! I'm sorry Nini but it's not my fault that you don't have a password on your phone *I open your phone and open it* She's going to see Ricky! I knew something was up
Ricky: Bonsoir Nini
Nini: Good evening to you as well Ricky
Ricky: how was your day?
Nini: Longgggg, I had to do some school work and then we went out for lunch with the boys and then I came home and made more food but for class and I've been waiting all day for finally just a relaxing moment
Ricky: well I hate to break it to you but lots of walking is gonna be involved *laughs*
Nini: Well walking is relaxing, I love a good walk
Ricky: me too
Nini: And how was your day?
Ricky: I had the day off so it was pretty boring. I met up with a friend for lunch and that was about it
Nini: Well I'm glad I get to spend some time with you and I hope you feel the same
Ricky: I'm glad as well. Just a day and you're my favorite American *laughs a little*
Nini: Oh wow, that's an accomplishment right there *laughs*
Ricky: it is, I've met quite a few Americans
Nini: And what was that like?
Ricky: I've just met them at the restaurant. Usually confused tourist
Nini: Makes sense *laughs* Have you run into any realllllly bad ones?
Ricky: I haven't but I know some of my employees have
Nini: Yeah, they can be pretty bad
Ricky: yeah... but you're not so bad
Nini: Why thank you
Ricky: so how come you trust a stranger like me to take you up the Eiffel tower
Nini: Because you wear Christmas pajamas in February
Ricky: that's why? *laughs* if anything you shouldn't trust me because of that
Nini: You also sent me a picture of you and a teddy bear, I think a man with a teddy bear isn't that scary *laughs*
Ricky: oh that's Franklin
Nini: Well that's adorable
Ricky: he's my snuggle buddy
Nini: Thats 10x more adorable
Ricky: me or the bear
Nini: The fact that you have a snuggle buddy
Ricky: do you have a snuggle buddy?
Nini: No...
Ricky: well we need to get you one. They're the best
Nini: Sounds good Ricky *laughs*
Ricky: you have a good laugh
Nini: Thank you? No one had ever told me that before
Ricky: well I like it
Nini: *blushes* Merci
Ricky: what?
Nini: I said thank you
Nini: What do you mean what?
Ricky: why are you blushing
Nini: Blushing? I'm not blushing! *I slightly move my hair to cover my cheeks*
Ricky: yes you are! Your cheeks are all red *laughs a little*
Nini: No I'm not *I look away from you*
Ricky: *laughs* we are almost there
Nini: How do we get up there?
Ricky: an elevator
Nini: Good, because otherwise that would be a lot of stairs *laughs*
Ricky: oh yeah... I'd pass out
Nini: I like to walk but not that much
Ricky: well we have to park a bit far so we'll get to walk up to it
Nini: Sounds good
Ricky: *I park and I open your door* Après vous... after you
Nini: Merci, gentil monsieur (thank you kind sir)
Ricky: ohhh she's been working on her French
Nini: She has
Ricky: très bon (Very good)
Nini: Why thank you
Ricky: wow look at you go!
Nini: I completed another lesson today *laughs*
Ricky: that app must be good
Nini: Especially if it can teach someone like me
Ricky: *laughs* well what does that supposed to mean?
Nini: That Nini is very bad with language and passed through spanish in high school with very very low grades *laughs*
Ricky: oh goodness *laughs a little* yeah, learning languages isn't always fun
Nini: But it's a good skill
Ricky: as long as you know English you're pretty much good
Nini: I guess you're right
Ricky: oh! Close your eyes!
Nini: *I close my eyes and put my hands over them* What?!
Ricky: *i lead you around the corner and look down at my watch* open your eyes........ now!
Nini: *I open my eyes* Oh my god! It's beautiful!
Ricky: isn't it?!
Nini: We really get to go up there?
Ricky: all the way to the top
Nini: I'm so excited
Ricky: *I hold out my hand* come on!
Nini: *I grab it and smile* Let's go!
Ricky: *we get to the tower and wait in line for tickets* do you need to be home by a certain time?
Nini: I'm an adult so no *laughs*
Ricky: well I just meant is there a time you want to be home by *laughs*
Nini: Preferably before sun rise
Ricky: sounds good *laughs*
Nini: How much longer till we can get up?
Ricky: depends how fast this line is going to move
Nini: That could take foreverrrr
Ricky: I hope not
Nini: What do we do until then?
Ricky: *I put my hands out face up* know how to play slaps?
Nini: No? *laughs*
Ricky: basically you lay your hands on top of mine then I have to try and slap the backs of your hands. But as soon as you feel my hands start to move you wanna try and move your hands away
Nini: Oooo, sounds fun *I put out my hands on top of yours*
Ricky: *I go to slap your hands*
Nini: *I pull away before you do* Ha! I win!
Ricky: ohhh she's a natural! But it's not a one and done game *laughs* we keep going until I slap your hands then we switch positions
Nini: *I go to slap your hands*
Ricky: woah wait...I'm still trying to slap your hands *laughs*
Nini: Ohhhhhh, that makes sense *laughs*
Ricky: *I go to slap your hands again and miss* you're too good at this *laughs*
Nini: Well I also have very tiny hands whereas you have realllly big hands *laughs*
Ricky: mmmm okay *laughs* *I try a few more times and finally get you* finally!
Nini: Damnit, you got me!
Ricky: *laughs* now your turn *i place my hands on top of yours*
Nini: *I go to slap yours*
Ricky: *I pull my hands away*
Nini: Again! *we restart and I hit them this time* I'm literally amazing
Ricky: it's literally not fair *laughs*
Nini: Sorrrrry
Ricky! *I laugh and we play a few more rounds until we get up to the ticket booth and I pay for both our tickets* ready to go?
Nini: Yes but I will be paying you back
Ricky: no no no this was my treat
Nini: Mmmmm I'm gonna pay you back
Ricky: mmmm no you won't now come on!
Nini: Fine *I laugh a little and we ride up* I don't know if I'm ready for this, I might pass out due to the beauty of it all
Ricky: and this elevator doesn't even take us to the tippy top
Nini: Thats okay, this will be enough *laughs*
Ricky: oh no we are going all the way up
Nini: And how do we do that?
Ricky: elevator number twos at the top of this one
Nini: Is this a bad time to tell you about my fear of heights?
Ricky: um yes *laughs*
Nini: I have a fear of heights
Ricky: Then I suggest you don't look down *laughs a little* *the elevator door opens and we walk out*
Nini: Good idea
Ricky: *we walk to the edge* Paris, la ville de l'amour
Nini: Putain de merde (holy shit)
Ricky: oh she even knows her curse words *laughs a little*
Nini: Those are the first ones Ash and I learned when we decided we were coming to Paris
Ricky: *laughs* that's actually hilarious
Nini: They're the most important ones!
Ricky: you're not wrong
Nini: You know, you seem like you wouldn't let a curse word slip from your mouth
Ricky: I don't curse too much but it doesn't mean they're not important *laughs a little*
Nini: You just seem too pure and polite to do so
Ricky: i wouldn't say I'm pure but I do try my best to be polite
Nini: Does Ricky have a dark side?
Ricky: pretty much what you see is what you get
Nini: Mmm okay
Ricky: I'm serious! *laughs* you can ask me anything and I'll answer you honestly
Nini: When was your first relationship?
Ricky: i don't think me holding hands with a girl once when I was like 5 counts so I would say when I was 17
Nini: Beats me, I didn't even go on a date until my 2nd year of college *laughs*
Ricky: it didn't last long though. Then the rest after that I wouldn't call relationships per say
Nini: What do you mean?
Ricky: like we only made it to the going on dates stage. Never made it official. Except the one time in grade school
Nini: I'm sorry to hear that, dating sucks
Ricky: oh no it's okay. I just hate putting a title on something just to put a title on it. Like I wanna know I really want to commit to her before I call it official.
Nini: Yeah, I totally get it and feel the same way
Ricky: exactly
Nini: Well enough sad talk, look at this amazing city!
Ricky: like I can have fun before we make it official ya know... but yeah the view is absolutely amazing
Nini: We need to take a picture
Ricky: oh of course! *I pull out my phone and hold it out to take a selfie* smile!
Nini: *smiles* Now silly one!
Ricky: *I stick my tongue out and cross my eyes*
Nini: *I make a kissy face*
Ricky: *I take the picture and laugh* well I think we should head to the top
Nini: The tippy tippy top?
Ricky: the tippy tippy top
Nini: Make sure you're ready to catch me when I pass out *laughs*
Ricky: I'm ready *laughs* but let's go *we get in the elevator*
*we get up to the top*
Nini: Hold me, I'm scared
Ricky: *I take both your hands* come on. It's okay I'm right here
Nini: *I didn't think he'd actually hold me but okay, I'm not complaining* *we walk over to the edge* It's gorgeous
Ricky: *I keep my eyes on the city* just like you
Nini: Hm?
Ricky: you heard me *laughs a little*
Nini: Oh, sorry
Ricky: why are you apologizing?
Nini: I don't know! Stop complimenting me, it's making my head spin!
Ricky: how come?
Nini: I'm not used to French boys calling me gorgeous, or just boys in general for that matter
Ricky: well I think you're gorgeous... Formidable
Nini: *I roll my eyes and look away*
Ricky: what?
Nini: Stop being a flirt!
Ricky: I'm French... I can't help it
Nini: *I look down and see your arms around me* I thought you were holding onto my hands?
Ricky: you looked like you were about to fall when we walked over here
Nini: But how did you- I swear you were just holding my hands this whole time
Ricky: *I shake my head no*
Nini: *This really nice* You make the bitter cold go away so I guess this is okay *laughs a little*
Ricky: mkay good... now smile *I hold out  my phone again and press my cheek against yours*
Nini: *smiles*
Ricky: *I take it* one more *I kiss your cheek and take it*
Nini: *I feel my cheeks heat up and I look down*
Ricky: I'll send these to you later
Nini: Okay
Ricky: are you okay?
Nini: Mhm
Ricky: do you want to go down? You don't look so good
Nini: No, I'm okay
Ricky: okay... then you've got to check out the other side
Nini: Rickyyyyy, that's a far walk and I'm scaredddd
Ricky: I've got you
Nini: You better
Ricky: *I keep my arms around you and we move to the other side* way down past those purple lights is my restaurant
Nini: It looks so tiny from up here
Ricky: I mean it all looks tiny from up here *laughs a little*
Nini: But I'm still the tiniest!
Ricky: mmmm you make close 2nd
Nini: To what?!
Ricky: to being short *laughs a little*
Nini: What am I second to?
Ricky: I said everything was tiny and you said you were smaller so I said you make 2nd... nevermind I'm confusing myself now and I was only joking
Nini: I'm the tiniest, end of story, case closed
Ricky: whatever *laughs a little*
Nini: Admit it, I'm tiny and cute *laughs*
Ricky: you're tiny, cute AND gorgeous
Nini: I knew I shouldn't have said that, it was a compliment in the making *laughs*
Ricky: *laughs* hey uh, thanks for coming with me
Nini: Of course, I'm always down for a late night adventure
Ricky: me as well
Nini: So if your ever bored, you know where to find me *laughs a little*
Ricky: sounds good to me
Person: Excusez-moi, je suis désolé de vous déranger, mais vous êtes tous les deux le couple le plus mignon, alors j'ai pris quelques photos et elles ont l'air jolies. Je peux vous les donner si vous le souhaitez ou si je peux les supprimer, ce que vous voulez.
(excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you but you both are just the cutest couple so I took a few pictures and they looked lovely. I can give them to you if you'd like or I can delete them, whatever you'd like. )
Ricky: Oh nous ne sommes p- *laughs a little* J'adorerais les voir. Pourriez-vous envoyer à mon Instagram ? À ricky.bowen052 (Oh we are n- *laughs a little* I'd love to see them. Could you send to my Instagram? At rickybowen052)
Person: Bien sûr. C'est tellement beau de voir un amour si jeune et si beau. J'espère que vous passerez une merveilleuse nuit et que je vous enverrai les photos.
(Of course. It's so beautiful to see such young and beautiful love. I hope you two have a wonderful night and I will send the pictures your way.) *walks away*
Nini: What just happened?
Ricky: I'll tell you later
Nini: Mmm okay, but on another note, your voice is so so calming and soothing. I could fall asleep to it
Ricky: when I speak in French?
Nini: Mhm, it's almost hypnotic
Ricky: well please don't pass out on me *laughs*
Nini: Well if you got me under your hypnotic spell, I'd be under your orders *laughs*
Ricky: mmm I'm good
Nini: But I'm dead serious, I could just listen to you speak in french for hours
Ricky: but you'd have no idea what I'm saying
Nini: Thats okay, It's just the way you speak, that's the important part
Ricky: oh okay
Nini: Talk to me, like in french
Ricky: ummm I don't know what to talk about
Nini: You could literally just start saying random words and I would have no clue
Ricky:  Je suppose que je vais vous parler des dernières vingt-quatre heures.  J'ai rencontré cette Américaine dans mon restaurant et nous avons cliqué instantanément.  Je veux dire, j'avais l'impression de pouvoir lui parler pendant des heures de ce que nous voulions.  Je lui ai glissé une note avec mon numéro dessus en espérant qu'elle m'appellerait ou qu'elle me téléphonerait, ce qu'elle a fait et je n'aurais pas pu être plus heureuse.  Assez heureux de me mettre dans une combinaison de Noël.  Elle m'a appelé et nous avons parlé un peu plus et encore ... Je ne me suis jamais senti aussi à l'aise avec quelqu'un que je venais de rencontrer mais j'ai l'impression de la connaître depuis des années.  Puis le lendemain, nous sommes arrivés à la Tour Eiffel et avons roulé jusqu'au sommet où un inconnu nous a dit que nous avions fait la paire la plus mignonne.  Pourrions-nous faire une jolie paire?  Comme officiellement?  Est-ce une date?  Quoi qu'il en soit ... bienvenue Nini, dans la ville de l'amour.
(I guess I'll tell you about the last twenty-four hours. I met this American girl at my restaurant and we clicked instantly. I mean, I felt as if I could talk to her for hours about whatever we wanted. I slipped her a note with my number on it hoping she'd text or call me which she did and I could not have been be happier. Happy enough to put me in a Christmas onesie. *laughs a little* She called me and we talked a bit more and again... I've never felt this comfortable around someone I had just met but I feel like I've known her for years. Then the following day we came to the Eiffel Tower and rode all the way to the top where a stranger told us we made the cutest pair. Could we make a cute pair? Like officially? Is this a date? Either way... welcome Nini, to the city of love.)
Nini: I have no clue what just happened but god do you just sound so lovely
Ricky: *laughs* well thank you for not falling asleep on me
Nini: Yeah, no problem *laughs*
Ricky: are you ready to head down?
Nini: Mhm, I'm getting kinda sleepy
Ricky: then let's get going *we walk to the elevator and ride all the way down*
Nini: Those desserts you gave us, oh my god they were so amazing
Ricky: those were my favorites
Nini: I really loved the Strawberry Macaroons
Ricky: those are my Grandfather's recipe
Nini: Well he really knows what he's doing
Ricky: he was the best
Nini: Oh, did he pass away?
Ricky: when I was 10
Nini: Were you guys close?
Ricky: to be honest I don't remember him all too much but he taught my father everything he knows and my father taught me everything I know
Nini: So in a way you kinda are
Ricky: yeah I guess so
*we walk to the car and drive back to my apartment*
Nini: We're here
Ricky: when can I see you again?
Nini: When would you like to?
Ricky: sooner then later
Nini: What will we do next time?
Ricky: whatever you'd like
Nini: Well I'm not the one that lives here
Ricky: well is there anything you'd like to see?
Nini: More of you
Ricky: what do you mean?
Nini: As long as I'm with you, that's all that matters. I just want to spend my time with you
Ricky: that's really sweet Nini
Nini: Thats my specialty *laughs a little*
Ricky: what about the Tuileries Garden? It's just beautiful open space with some old buildings and a Ferris wheel
Nini: Ooo sounds lovely
Ricky: then I'd be happy to take you. And if your friend wanted to come-
Nini: How about just the two of us?
Ricky: fine by me
Nini: Perfect
Ricky: well I can't wait
Nini: Neither can I
Ricky: well, bonne nuit to you (Goodnight)
Nini: bonne nuit to you to *I wanna give him a hug* *Do you hug a french person when saying goodbye?*
Ricky: *I kiss both of your cheek* au revoir (bye)
Nini: *I smile and wave goodbye before walking out and inside the apartment*

a slightly longer chapter for y'all! the next one should be up in two days and we will start to see a little action between the two!! this will be a short story so i'm sorry if things seem to fast, we just LOVE love at first sight 🥰 until then, leave comments and i'll see you next time!