Um…well, I don't really have an excuse; I was just too lazy and writer-blocky to carry on, but thanx for all the reviews…

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Mia blinked and cleared her throat "Um, thanks…I mean, Merci" as she took the coin from the stranger's hand. His fingers brushed against hers and the hairs at the back of her neck stood on end…Mia groaned inwardly at the cliché of it all.
"No problem" said the stranger, with a faint hint of a French accent.
Mia stared at him "quoi!...er, what?"
He laughed "I can speak English…" he explained
Mia blinked again "Oh, yeah, I kinda worked that out…um, hi."
"Hello" he held out his hand "Johnny Bravo"
Mia coughed to hold back a laugh "Johnny Bravo?" she asked sceptically
Johnny blushed slightly "Well, my name is actually Jean Brava, but my friends call me Johnny Bravo, after the cartoon…"
Mia put her hand in his and shook it "Oh, Mia Thermopolis."
"Nice to meet you, Mia." He squeezed her hand gently before letting it go.
Mia blushed, and quickly spoke to hide her discomfiture "Um, I take it you're French, despite the name, so what are you doing in line for the tower?"
Johnny sighed "Well, you know us French; we do not appreciate what we have, so I thought I'd visit some French landmarks today to get in touch with my roots…"
Mia nodded understandably and was glad that the flush from her face had faded, as she looked at her reflection in the opposite coffee-house window.
"…and I saw you from the coffee house, and you looked…um, what's the word…fascinating?"

'Fascinating?' Mia though to herself 'What am I, a fossil?'. Despite her thoughts, her face flamed up again. 'What is wrong with me?' she wondered angrily 'The first guy I meet gives me a compliment…kinda…and I'm a blushing wreck…'
Johnny spoke again "By your accent, I guess you're not from around here…"
Mia nodded "Yeah, I'm trying to get some sights in before I go to Germany."
Johnny looked crestfallen "You'll be leaving soon?"
Mia wondered how much she could tell this guy "Well, not immediately, but if I want to see the most of Europe in a month, than I'll have to leave before the end of the week…"
Johnny smiled sadly "Well, you know what they say…"
"What do they say?"
"When in France, do as the French do." He replied
Mia smiled "And what do the French do?"
"Well, if its any help to you…I could, you know, maybe show you around-I mean, only if you want me to, because you might get a different perspective on France…if you're shown around by a…local…I could show you some places that tourists don't know about, but, you know, they're really cool…"
Mia cut him off before he carried on "I'd love it if you showed me around."
Johnny grinned "Really? Wow, cool…um…"
Mia grinned too "So where to first, O Tour Guide?"
"Well, here is a good place, so let's get the Eiffel Tower out of the way before we go looking at something else."
"Okay" Mia agreed

And Mia and Johnny stayed in line for more than an hour, chatting and laughing, and that evening when Mia wrote to her grandmother; her letter went something like this.

To: HRHClarisse
From: queenygonnabe
Subject: My day

Dear Grandma

What a day I had! I met this totally awesome guy called Johnny Bravo (Don't ask) and since he's French, he offered to show me around Paris and all the places that tourists don't usually go to.

I met him in the line for the Tower, after he helped me out of a bit of a clumsy moment. And grandma, before you start freaking out, he's just a nice guy who helped me out; I know that I'm practically married, so let me just enjoy my last few months of freedom, making new friends and meeting new people.

Anyways, once we saw the Eiffel Tower (which is really high!), we went to this cool chocolate factory called 'plein à craquer chocolat', loosely translated, it means Chock-a-block of Chocolate. Isn't that such a cool name? And the factory, wow, I mean WOW, it was like Willy Wonka's factory all over again, just without the singing midgets…And they kept offering us samples of the different chocolates…Wowee! As you can see, the sugar rush has not completely worn off yet. I'm happy to report that I tasted every one of those samples, and when we left, I bought a big box of chocolate for later…Grandma, you might want to make my wedding dress a few sizes bigger, 'cause you might see a rounder granddaughter when I get back!

Once we came out of the factory; Johnny, trying to calm down my giggles, said we should go and get something to eat, and he took me to the same coffee shop that he had seen me from that morning. He wouldn't let me have any coffee or anything with chocolate (You should be glad, grandma, that I have such a practical guide), so I couldn't get a chocolate croissant, but I got a cheese one, which was just brilliant. The cheese was so gooey and the whole thing just melted in my mouth. I love Paris!

Than we went to watch a movie, there is this cinema that shows classics, so I got to watch Mary Poppins again. It was such fun to be sitting with Johnny and laughing at the cute songs. I just had a little problem, at one stage of the movie, I clapped a bit too hard, and managed to spill some of my popcorn on the person in front of me, when he turned to glare at me, I apologised, but I guess the guy wasn't so happy about having buttery popcorn spilled on his head, and he just grunted and turned back to the movie.

So it was about 5 then and Johnny thought that I should be going home, especially coz I still had some jetlag. He walked me to my building, and kissed my hand goodnight…you know, grandma, I felt for a few seconds like I was in olden-day France, with all the chivalry and quaint clothes.

I'm tired now, so I'll write to you more later.

Love

Mia

P.S. Johnny has no idea that I'm a princess, so let's keep it that way.

P.P.S. I guess you've read a lot about Johnny, but not much about what kind of person he is…I'll write about him next time, but I can tell you this: He is such a sweet guy!

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Ok, all the writing about food has given me the munchies, so I'm going to raid the fridge!

Hope you liked the chapter, the next one will be more interesting, I promise.

Oh, and I wondered if u guys could help me, how come when I upload stories, the 'at' sign doesnt appear? I use Word, should I use some other programme?