*OK, next chapter. I know who most of you think the man is so I just might
change it.
So uh to all you smug people..just kidding. Um I don't own any of this except for the
plot. Please, please review*
"Miles?" Winnie asked incredulously.
"Winnie!" Miles said pulling her into a hug.
"I cannot believe you are here!" Winnie said excitedly.
"Me neither! What are you doing?"
"Our family went on a world tour. This is our last stop."
"Enough small talk...I need to take you to see Jesse. He will be
incredibly happy! He thought he had lost you."
"Hold on first," Winnie said, "Lisle! This is Miles, Jesse's brother!"
"Really?" Lisle asked looking the other way.
"Yes and if he is here than Jesse is too so now we can...What's the
matter?" she asked.
"Nothing...I better be heading back to the hotel."
She started to walk in the other direction.
"Wait Lisle," Winnie called running after her, "Where are you going?
What is going on? You're not going to tell my parents are you?"
"No Winnie," she said harshly, "I won't.:
"Then what is your problem?" she said grabbing her by the arm.
"My problem? My problem...well my problem is that man back there."
"Miles? He is a perfectly nice and respectable man!"
"Oh yes he would be," Lisle whispered fiercely, "Because he is the man I
told you about. The man I loved."
"Oh!" Winnie exclaimed in disbelief.
"And I do not want to have to face him and know that he is married again
or hated me the whole time!"
"Alright fine...but do me a favor please. Just one favor."
"Sure. What is it? After all I am your servant and you are your mother's
daughter so if I don't do what you say then I might get fired and then where will I be.
Stuck in Paris with no money and trying to avoid someone my whole life."
"Miles is not going to flat out reject you...if he remembers you...just
come back.."
"Fine," Lisle said, furiously rubbing her eyes.
"So," Miles said uncomfortably, "Do you want me to.." he suddenly
looked extremely panicked.
"What is it Miles?" Winnie asked.
"Lisle!?"
"Yes," she said.
"It is me, Miles. I worked in your dad's shop for a while. You used to
help out and we had quite a few good chats."
"Oh yes," Lisle said, "That was so long ago. I had almost forgotten. How
have you been? You don't look like you've changed in years."
"Oh well," Miles said a dark shadow falling over his face, "Our family
always ages well."
"So Lisle are you going to accompany us to their home to see Jesse?"
Winnie asked.
"Well Winnie," Miles interrupted, "Jesse is working as a tour guide for a
hotel...I can't really remember the name but I can take you there."
"Alright," Winnie said eagerly.
"I know that you are in a hurry. He has missed you so much. You know
that night when we left, all he has thought about is you. Before we left he made us stop
at the spring and get some.." he stopped abruptly when he realized Lisle was with
them.
"Get some what?" asked interested Lisle.
"Some water from the spring where we met," Winnie quickly answered.
"Oh so that is why you have the water in your underclothes. The water in
the perfume vial that I see you looking at every once and awhile," Lisle said.
Winnie saw a great cloud fall over Mile's face.
"Winnie," he said sternly, "Can we go somewhere quickly and
talk..alone."
He said this as more of a statement than a question so she nodded
willingly and they walked away.
"What in the hell do you think you are doing?" he asked angrily.
"Nothing Miles, I just wanted to have it with me just in case."
"Well you just cannot drink it. Immortality is horrible. You are alone all
the time and no one wants to get close to you."
"You have Jesse, and Tuck and Mae. You know..I think Jesse is right.
You just don't want him or me to have something you lost."
"That is not true. I know how hard this is."
"But look at your mother and father. Do they seem to be suffering so
much as you. They love each other so much that an eternity together is good. And once
the world ends here they will be together in heaven. If you found somebody you loved
then you would want them to drink the water so you could be together."
"I don't need a lesson on life from a fifteen year old girl. Come on so I
can show you where your "eternity-long love" is," Miles said gruffly.
"No Miles! This discussion is not over yet. Why don't you want Jesse to
be happy?"
"I want him to be happy, I just don't want you to make a mistake."
"I have not made a mistake yet. And if I do choose to then I will deal with
it in my own manner."
"Fine," Miles said, "Let's try and be happy. We have and will have many
joyous reunions today," he said looking over towards Lisle.
"Did you ever love her?" Winnie asked.
"I don't know..I saw her as a young child but she had an ease in
talking and was very beautiful. I was still having a hard time over Anna, she had just
died, but she was kind and tried to talk to me about it. But I guess I never will know
because I am sure she is married by now. Happy with her husband who will die one
day."
"No, she is not married...still trying to get over you."
"Me?"
"C'mon Miles," Winnie said loudly," Let's hurry to the hotel."
"Wait Winnie," he called, "Me?"
"Just come on!" she called.
Winnie approached Lisle.
"So what did you two talk about?" she asked.
"Oh nothing...just you!" she said and playfully ran down the road.
"Winnie!" Lisle exclaimed, "Come back!"
"Miles, Lisle, Come on! We have a boy to see!" Winnie yelled.
"Well you better slow down," Miles called, huffing and puffing for breath,
"because you don't know how to get to the hotel!"
Winnie slowed at the end of the alley.
"So which way do we go?"
"Um take a left here," Miles said coming up beside her.
They took a left and Winnie and Lisle stood in awe.
"What are we doing here? This is our hotel?" Winnie asked.
"Well this is also where Jesse works," Miles said, "This is surely a day for
coincidences."
*OK, I think I will stop here and in the next chapter Winnie and Jesse meet up! Ah! I
am so excited! Okay, please review.*
So uh to all you smug people..just kidding. Um I don't own any of this except for the
plot. Please, please review*
"Miles?" Winnie asked incredulously.
"Winnie!" Miles said pulling her into a hug.
"I cannot believe you are here!" Winnie said excitedly.
"Me neither! What are you doing?"
"Our family went on a world tour. This is our last stop."
"Enough small talk...I need to take you to see Jesse. He will be
incredibly happy! He thought he had lost you."
"Hold on first," Winnie said, "Lisle! This is Miles, Jesse's brother!"
"Really?" Lisle asked looking the other way.
"Yes and if he is here than Jesse is too so now we can...What's the
matter?" she asked.
"Nothing...I better be heading back to the hotel."
She started to walk in the other direction.
"Wait Lisle," Winnie called running after her, "Where are you going?
What is going on? You're not going to tell my parents are you?"
"No Winnie," she said harshly, "I won't.:
"Then what is your problem?" she said grabbing her by the arm.
"My problem? My problem...well my problem is that man back there."
"Miles? He is a perfectly nice and respectable man!"
"Oh yes he would be," Lisle whispered fiercely, "Because he is the man I
told you about. The man I loved."
"Oh!" Winnie exclaimed in disbelief.
"And I do not want to have to face him and know that he is married again
or hated me the whole time!"
"Alright fine...but do me a favor please. Just one favor."
"Sure. What is it? After all I am your servant and you are your mother's
daughter so if I don't do what you say then I might get fired and then where will I be.
Stuck in Paris with no money and trying to avoid someone my whole life."
"Miles is not going to flat out reject you...if he remembers you...just
come back.."
"Fine," Lisle said, furiously rubbing her eyes.
"So," Miles said uncomfortably, "Do you want me to.." he suddenly
looked extremely panicked.
"What is it Miles?" Winnie asked.
"Lisle!?"
"Yes," she said.
"It is me, Miles. I worked in your dad's shop for a while. You used to
help out and we had quite a few good chats."
"Oh yes," Lisle said, "That was so long ago. I had almost forgotten. How
have you been? You don't look like you've changed in years."
"Oh well," Miles said a dark shadow falling over his face, "Our family
always ages well."
"So Lisle are you going to accompany us to their home to see Jesse?"
Winnie asked.
"Well Winnie," Miles interrupted, "Jesse is working as a tour guide for a
hotel...I can't really remember the name but I can take you there."
"Alright," Winnie said eagerly.
"I know that you are in a hurry. He has missed you so much. You know
that night when we left, all he has thought about is you. Before we left he made us stop
at the spring and get some.." he stopped abruptly when he realized Lisle was with
them.
"Get some what?" asked interested Lisle.
"Some water from the spring where we met," Winnie quickly answered.
"Oh so that is why you have the water in your underclothes. The water in
the perfume vial that I see you looking at every once and awhile," Lisle said.
Winnie saw a great cloud fall over Mile's face.
"Winnie," he said sternly, "Can we go somewhere quickly and
talk..alone."
He said this as more of a statement than a question so she nodded
willingly and they walked away.
"What in the hell do you think you are doing?" he asked angrily.
"Nothing Miles, I just wanted to have it with me just in case."
"Well you just cannot drink it. Immortality is horrible. You are alone all
the time and no one wants to get close to you."
"You have Jesse, and Tuck and Mae. You know..I think Jesse is right.
You just don't want him or me to have something you lost."
"That is not true. I know how hard this is."
"But look at your mother and father. Do they seem to be suffering so
much as you. They love each other so much that an eternity together is good. And once
the world ends here they will be together in heaven. If you found somebody you loved
then you would want them to drink the water so you could be together."
"I don't need a lesson on life from a fifteen year old girl. Come on so I
can show you where your "eternity-long love" is," Miles said gruffly.
"No Miles! This discussion is not over yet. Why don't you want Jesse to
be happy?"
"I want him to be happy, I just don't want you to make a mistake."
"I have not made a mistake yet. And if I do choose to then I will deal with
it in my own manner."
"Fine," Miles said, "Let's try and be happy. We have and will have many
joyous reunions today," he said looking over towards Lisle.
"Did you ever love her?" Winnie asked.
"I don't know..I saw her as a young child but she had an ease in
talking and was very beautiful. I was still having a hard time over Anna, she had just
died, but she was kind and tried to talk to me about it. But I guess I never will know
because I am sure she is married by now. Happy with her husband who will die one
day."
"No, she is not married...still trying to get over you."
"Me?"
"C'mon Miles," Winnie said loudly," Let's hurry to the hotel."
"Wait Winnie," he called, "Me?"
"Just come on!" she called.
Winnie approached Lisle.
"So what did you two talk about?" she asked.
"Oh nothing...just you!" she said and playfully ran down the road.
"Winnie!" Lisle exclaimed, "Come back!"
"Miles, Lisle, Come on! We have a boy to see!" Winnie yelled.
"Well you better slow down," Miles called, huffing and puffing for breath,
"because you don't know how to get to the hotel!"
Winnie slowed at the end of the alley.
"So which way do we go?"
"Um take a left here," Miles said coming up beside her.
They took a left and Winnie and Lisle stood in awe.
"What are we doing here? This is our hotel?" Winnie asked.
"Well this is also where Jesse works," Miles said, "This is surely a day for
coincidences."
*OK, I think I will stop here and in the next chapter Winnie and Jesse meet up! Ah! I
am so excited! Okay, please review.*