Lizzie POV
When the tour was over, all I did was squeal away in my hotel room.
"Keep it down!" Kate said from her bed. "I'm trying to listen to music!"
"But the hottest guy in all of Rome, or as they say here, "Roma" asked me out! On a date! He said it was really important." I sighed happily.
"Yeah, uh huh..." Kate said. "Whatever!"
"I have a boyfriend!" I felt like jumping up and down. Then I sat on my bed and thought. What was so important that Paolo wanted to talk to me about?
Animated Lizzie: Maybe he's asking me to go steady with him. Or maybe he wants to say that I'm amazing, he loves me, and he'll always be there for me. Yeah, that's it!
I could not wait for tomorrow.
"What do I wear?" I asked myself as I looked through my clothes (that were still in my suitcase thanks to Kate).
I sighed and tried on a pink striped shirt and decided it would look okay with my blue striped pants.
We were going on another tour today, only instead of lunch break, I would be meeting Paolo at this garden and he would take me to the Lenora Café. Ahhhhh! Life couldn't get any better.
I met Gordo, Brooke, Danny, and Veruca at 6:30 for breakfast. We didn't have exotic food. Well, if you call toast, cereal, and donuts exotic... then we did.
We started the tour. I was restless.
"Aargh! When are we going to get to the Hereine Garden?" I asked Gordo when we were at the Coliseum.
"This is so much better!" He exclaimed. "They had tons of battles here." He said, videotaping every inch of it.
"But I'm going to meet Paolo at the garden!" I insisted.
"It was built over 2,000 years ago!"
"I don't care!" I said, feeling exasperated.
I couldn't wait. I was jumping up and down during the tour of the Jenerade, and then finally the time came for us to go to the Hereine Garden.
"Lizzie!" Paolo cried in his amazing accent.
I was surprised. There were cameras behind him. Lots of cameras. Yesterday there were some, but I thought those were tourists. Was Paolo famous or something?
"Okay, it's time for our lunch break! Meet back here in an hour!" The chaperones said as everyone scattered..
"Let's go!" I told Paolo, tugging on his sleeve. "Are we taking a cab?"
"Uh... Lizzie? I don't think we can do that." He started heading toward the parking lot. The cameras followed.
He came to a motorcycle. "Get on!" he commanded.
"Okay." I said, and got on behind him.
I strapped a red helmet on, and gripped his shoulders. He started the motorcycle up and drove off. The cameras stopped flashing and soon they were out of sight.
Animated Lizzie: Ha ha! You can't catch us!
We drove for about 15 minutes.
"What was up with that?" I asked as he stopped at a red light.
"Lizzie, there's something I have to tell you." Paolo said.
"What?"
"I'm a former European popstar." He sighed and started to drive. "And the press and paparazzi are chasing me."
Animated Lizzie: What did he just say?
When the tour was over, all I did was squeal away in my hotel room.
"Keep it down!" Kate said from her bed. "I'm trying to listen to music!"
"But the hottest guy in all of Rome, or as they say here, "Roma" asked me out! On a date! He said it was really important." I sighed happily.
"Yeah, uh huh..." Kate said. "Whatever!"
"I have a boyfriend!" I felt like jumping up and down. Then I sat on my bed and thought. What was so important that Paolo wanted to talk to me about?
Animated Lizzie: Maybe he's asking me to go steady with him. Or maybe he wants to say that I'm amazing, he loves me, and he'll always be there for me. Yeah, that's it!
I could not wait for tomorrow.
"What do I wear?" I asked myself as I looked through my clothes (that were still in my suitcase thanks to Kate).
I sighed and tried on a pink striped shirt and decided it would look okay with my blue striped pants.
We were going on another tour today, only instead of lunch break, I would be meeting Paolo at this garden and he would take me to the Lenora Café. Ahhhhh! Life couldn't get any better.
I met Gordo, Brooke, Danny, and Veruca at 6:30 for breakfast. We didn't have exotic food. Well, if you call toast, cereal, and donuts exotic... then we did.
We started the tour. I was restless.
"Aargh! When are we going to get to the Hereine Garden?" I asked Gordo when we were at the Coliseum.
"This is so much better!" He exclaimed. "They had tons of battles here." He said, videotaping every inch of it.
"But I'm going to meet Paolo at the garden!" I insisted.
"It was built over 2,000 years ago!"
"I don't care!" I said, feeling exasperated.
I couldn't wait. I was jumping up and down during the tour of the Jenerade, and then finally the time came for us to go to the Hereine Garden.
"Lizzie!" Paolo cried in his amazing accent.
I was surprised. There were cameras behind him. Lots of cameras. Yesterday there were some, but I thought those were tourists. Was Paolo famous or something?
"Okay, it's time for our lunch break! Meet back here in an hour!" The chaperones said as everyone scattered..
"Let's go!" I told Paolo, tugging on his sleeve. "Are we taking a cab?"
"Uh... Lizzie? I don't think we can do that." He started heading toward the parking lot. The cameras followed.
He came to a motorcycle. "Get on!" he commanded.
"Okay." I said, and got on behind him.
I strapped a red helmet on, and gripped his shoulders. He started the motorcycle up and drove off. The cameras stopped flashing and soon they were out of sight.
Animated Lizzie: Ha ha! You can't catch us!
We drove for about 15 minutes.
"What was up with that?" I asked as he stopped at a red light.
"Lizzie, there's something I have to tell you." Paolo said.
"What?"
"I'm a former European popstar." He sighed and started to drive. "And the press and paparazzi are chasing me."
Animated Lizzie: What did he just say?