I Almost Do

Chapter 5

It's been a month since I arrived here in france, After looking through articles online i found a list of places i wanted to go to, and one of them was Louvre Museum. where the actual well known portrait of The Mona Lisa is hung up, along with other well known paintings and art pieces

I left the hotel quite early and instead of taking a taxi i walked there, it was nice to take a walk since there were so many beautiful places to see as you pass by each street and building

"Good Morning" i greeted the guard as I entered the museum, when i got in what welcomed me was a big and long room with a beautiful artwork on each and every wall of it

I took a few steps and admired how beautiful each and every paintings were "ahh! I'm sorry" i said when I bumped into someone, there were a lot of people in the museum, though it isn't so surprising since this is a very famous location with one of the most famous piece of artwork

     "Ohh right, where is that?" I thought to myself, i took a few steps around looking for a specific painting when i saw a bunch of people crowding at one specific place of the museum "it must be over there" I thought as i began to walk closer into the crowds

As i walked I bumped into another person "ahh Excuse me, sorry" i said before continuing to walk when i suddenly felt a hand grab my wrist, I immediately turned around to see who it was "Celeste!" A familiar voice called out before the hand pulled me by my wrist closer to them

     "Xavier?" I said in shock, he just stared at me for a few minutes with a smile on his face "it is you, I thought i just saw someone who looked like you" he said.

I swiftly pulled my wrist away from his hand "Ahh sorry" he immediately apologized "it's fine, you weren't holding me too tightly" i said

We moved over to the side so we wouldn't be blocking people "how have you been?" I asked "I've been alright, how about you? I was quite surprised to see you here" he answered, "I've been fine as well, I just went here to look at a certain painting but it seemed i came at the wrong time of day" i said

He looked at me and took a glance at the big crowd of people across the hall and smiled at me "i think i know which painting you're talking about" he said as he pulled me through the crowds of people eventually reaching where everyone was looking at

     "That's the mona lisa?" I asked in shock and he just nodded "it's way smaller than i had originally anticipated it to be" I whispered,  Xavier suddenly bursting into laughter after hearing what i said "were you expecting something bigger? As big as the entire wall?" He asked "not necessarily the wall but a bit bigger than.. that" i said making him laugh even more

After seeing the mona lisa and being surprised to say the least we left and went outside because he said he wanted to show me something, when we arrived outside the sun was at it's peak and shining down on us

     "Look over there" xavier said as he pointed to somewhere, i tried to look but it took a few minutes for my vision to clear from being blinded by the sun, after a few minutes i saw what he was pointing at. It was a big pyramid made out glass surrounded by water and smaller pyramids of glass "i would've invited you to take a look inside of the pyramid but i think there's too many people for us to get through" Xavier said

I just smiled at him "it's fine, let's go to somewhere.. less crowded" I suggested, and after that we went to his car and left

     "How do you know so many beautiful places? Are you a tourist guide or something?"  I asked as we walked through the park he brought me to, "Well I've lived here for i'd say about.. Three? Or two and a half years.." he answered "I'm not a tourist guide, though i can be, Your Tourist guide if you'd like" he said that made me laugh

We stopped walking and sat down somewhere "why? I'm serious. Do i look like I'm not capable of giving you a tour around paris?" He asked, I sat up straight before answering his question "Yes. someone who's only been here for at most three years can't give me a full tour guide of paris" he looked at me with a defeated expression before he sighed

     "Ohh, look! There's ice cream there, let's go buy some" i said while pointing towards the small ice cream stand, "sure, let's go" he said before we stood up and walked towards the small ice cream stall

"deux s'il vous plaît" he said to the vendor, Xavier payed for the ice cream even though I'm the one who suggested it "thank you" i said as he handed me my ice cream "by the way.. if I'm not mistaken. You told him "two please" in french right?" I asked "yes, why?" He answered before eating his ice cream

"Deux means two.. so i assumed that the next thing means "please" is that right?" He stopped walking and handed me a tissue as he saw my ice cream starting to melt "yes, s'il vous plaît means please in french" he answered, "s'il vous plaît is more formal and used when buying things compared to "s'il te plaît" which is usually used with friends" he explained

I just nodded and frantically ate my ice cream which was quickly melting off of my hand, Xavier quickly gave me more tissues

"Ahh! No!" I said when i accidentally dripped some ice cream on xavier clothes while i ate the ice cream in a rush