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Chapter 2
Meeting an old friend
While passing through the american streets the Professor was shocked more and more to find out many terrible things, that had happened to Luke. But he didn't want to talk to Luke about it to not risk to upset him. When Luke and the Professor were about to turn to the next street they were suddenly interrupted by a young lady, who was standing in front of them and was smiling in Luke's direction.
:"Hello Luke!", she said
Luke didn't answered, he stood there frozen and just thought of one thing.
"Please, don't. Don't tell the Professor about it... Please Céline..!",Luke thought desperate.
:"Well. I wish you a nice day, young lady. Are you a friends of Luke's?"
:"Oh a real gentleman, hu?... Yeah. I'm a good old friend... Ain't I Luke?..", Céline said smiling sheepishly.
Again Luke froze. He couldn't move, he couldn't talk. And the Professor was confused.
:"Luke?. My boy are you alright? Why won't you greet your friend?"
:"My boy?!... Hey Lukey I thought your parents were dead.", Céline yelped confused.
:"Well, I ... uh...?... ", Luke began to struggle.
:"What Luke wants to say is, that I'm a good friend of his fathers and now he is living with me in London.", the Professor answered.
:"Oh really, Lukey. That is so great!", Céline lunged forward and pulled Luke into a tight embrace, then she turned to the Professor and said.
:"So you must be the famous Professor Layton. Aren't you?"
The Professor looked startled.
:"Well, yes I am. So Luke had told you about me?", he asked
:"Of course, he did. You are a kind of his hero. Did you ever noticed that Luke is speaking in his sleep?"
:"Well, I-...", the Professor wanted to answer, but he was interrupted by Céline again.
:"Of course you did. He had been doing for months... And every time I listened to him he was talking about his Parents or about you and what he said was always something like-."
:"Okay that's it!", Luke interrupted her suddenly, obviously not wanting the Professor to know about his dreams. But the Professor looked at Luke accusingly.
:"Luke a true gentleman never interrupts a lady, while speaking.",he said
Céline began to laugh
:"Oh my gosh... Luke ... A gentleman. That is so ridicules.. HAHAHA!"
The Professor looked shocked at Luke, was he really that bad, while his life on the streets. But all Luke did was blushing. Ashamed he looked away and he still didn't want the Professor to find out anything he had gone through with Céline. It was not the best part of his life in America.
:"Céline... Could you possibly ... SHUT IT !",Luke bursted
:"Luke!", the Professor said threatening
Céline couldn't help but start laughing again:"Sorry... The idea of you... be-being a gentleman... This is too crazy...huuu.!"
After a few more seconds Céline still couldn't stop herself from laughing and Luke finally understood why she was acting like this... She had just taken some...
:"Well, it was great to see you again. Let's totally catch up after you brought your 'Professor' home. And call me when you need some stuff, okay?" She said, when she turned around and walking away while smiling sheepishly.
The Professor looked at Luke, willing to find out what Céline meant by 'stuff' but Luke just looked away and pulled his hat over his face, for cover.
:"My boy, what did she mean by 'stuff'?", the Professor asked curiously.
Luke knew he didn't wanted to do this again, but here he had no over chance. He knew there was no way that the Professor could forgive him for 'taking drugs'. So
... He lied.
:"She just meant... Well, she said... Céline was talking about.. drinking alcohol. When I met her first, after the accident. She gave me some and ... well, I took it, because I ... I-I don't know.. I felt so desperate. And-"
The Professor rose a hand to stop him.
:"It's okay my boy. You felt terrible. I know that and I can understand it. This is your past. And my boy. Even if I do not approve this. It was just alcohol. This not like. I do not know..., Taking drugs or something like that."
Luke looked away, feeling awful... "But this is exactly what I did.",Luke thought.
Then he put on a fake smile again. And they went on walking through the streets. But there was this 'little' incident, before he had left to London.
