"Man, where are the guys?" Libby said glancing at her new watch for the millionth time in the last three minutes. That's when she overheard the guy next to her ask his friend a similar question.
"What time is it, Libby said the girls would be here at six sharp."
"Sheen? Is that you?!?!" Libby exclaimed at the mention of her name.
"Libby?" Sheen said equally surprised.
"And, that must be Jim, and Carl's on the far side, right?
"Jim...Jimmy?" Cindy said eyeing her husband. "It's you all right, but you sure fooled me!"
"Cindy, you look AWESOME!" Jim said. Wile in his head he really wanted to say `hot' he knew that she would appreciate `awesome' better, because ANYONE said `hot' anymore… so it wasn't even thought bout.
"Thanks, you look incredible yourself!"
"Can we sit down, my legs are tired." Sheen said, the he stepped back about a foot to sit on the bench conveniently located directly behind them. Everyone scrambled to sit next to their partner, and sat there for about another minute talking.
"I love your hair Carl." Brittany said.
"Yours is better, but thanks." Carl said making sure his hair was combed straight back and didn't clump together like it usually did.
"Five…four…three…two…Look up!" Libby and Sheen said in unison. Just as the sun vanished beyond the horizon explosions filled the sky around the Eiffel Tower.
After the first two or so explosions Jimmy took Cindy's hand and they wandered off by themselves.
"You changed your hair, like for real?" Cindy said still not believing it.
"Yea… you like?"
"Of course!"
"Um… I kinda lost Danielle." Jimmy said nervously.
"Danielle?" Cindy asked worriedly, and then she started laughing. "Silly me, I forgot to tell you… the girls dropped the kids off at daycare."
Jimmy couldn't help but laugh with her. "Ok then, Danielle's found!" Jimmy joked as they passed a hot chocolate stand. "Want a nice warm hot chocolate?"
"Sure, extra marshmallows!"
"Of course." Jimmy said walking up to the stand. "I'd like one hot chocolate please." Jimmy said to the man.
"That will be three Euros."
Jimmy handed him the card and carried the hot chocolate back over to Cindy. "Here you are Ma'am."
"Thanks." Cindy said taking a sip. "MMM… try this!" She said handing the hot chocolate back to him.
"I already did,"
Cindy took a spoon off of one of the carts and got a spoon-full of hot chocolate on it and forced it into Jimmy's mouth. "Ouch!" He screamed when some got on his lip.
Back with the rest of the group the fireworks had just ended and everyone was noticing how hungry they were. "Anyone for dinner, I'm starving!" Libby asked standing up. "Anyone see Cindy?"
"Yea… I can't find Jimmy either."
Libby rolled her eyes "newly-weds" she said somewhat teasingly. "Let's try some French food, I mean, how often are we in Paris, France?"
"I dunno… but we've gone to Egypt before!" Sheen said.
"I know that... I was there too!"
"Does French food have pollen, dirt, dust, flowers…."? Carl started naming off some of his allergies, mostly gained from lab experiments.
"Uh… Carl... I don't think so. Let's go to that nice restaurant right ahead of us!" Libby said at least changing the subject. Everyone followed her to the restaurant and they were seated immediately.
"Ok… what about the juice… is it pulpy?"
"Juice?" Brittany said taken aback but then remembered Carl was her boyfriend. "Sweetie, we are in France, we don't drink juice! France ALWAYS serves wine for dinner… or at lest they do in the movies... and since this is a dream come true trip… that's what we are having!"
"Oh, ok, long as there's no pulp."
"Happy Valentine's day. And would the ladies care to order?"
"I'll take the Chef's salad." Libby said.
"Uh… I'll have this…" Brittany said pointing to a French word on the menu.
"I'll have something that isn't made with any…" Carl said starting to list off his allergies.
"Umm… Carl, why don't you get the frog legs in lemon butter sauce?" Libby suggested naming the first French food that came to her mind.
"Yea, I'll have that!"
"I'll take the French delicacy that they showed on Ultralord episode #862 when…"
"He wants calf's brain… but give him the frog legs too." Libby said when she figured out what food Sheen was talking about.
"That was cave's brain? Why would anyone want to eat a cave's brain… do cave's even have brains?" Sheen asked as the waiter walked off.
"Not cave's brains Sheen… CALF'S brain; as in baby cows," Libby informed him.
"Oh, I knew that!"
"And, honey, I love ya… but did you HAVE to mention Ultralord?"
"Sorry."
Jimmy and Cindy were within one mile of the Eiffel tower and Cindy decided that Jim should have another sip, so again she forced a spoonful into his mouth. "Hey, I bought that for YOU with MY money!"
"You mean our money!" Cindy corrected him giggling
"Come on, let's go get Danielle and go home!" Jimmy said, then he lowered his voice to make it seem as if he were talking to himself. "Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?" Jimmy reached into his pocket as if searching for something, and glanced at his watch at the same time. He and Cindy were once again standing in front of the Eiffel tower, about thirty yards from where Sheen and Libby were, and sixty yards from Carl and Brittany. Jimmy knelt down on one knee and took his hand out of his pocket. "Cindy, when we get back to the states, will you marry me… again?"
Cindy giggled, "of course, but why?" As if on cue, and just as Jimmy hoped Cimmy's phone rang and Cindy answered it. "Hello?"
