I opened my eyes finding Shane watching me.

"Good morning sleeping beauty!"

"Mmm… morning love. What are you doing?"

"I was watching you sleeping. I got up real early and I watched the sunrise on your face. I love you…"

My tears rolled on my cheeks and then on the pillow.

"I love you too Shane. I really do. I didn't think I did until last night. I want to spend my lifetime loving you, but I'm so afraid it won't be possible. I tried not to think that in two weeks everything will be over and we'll go back to our houses, so far apart from each other."

"Do you believe in faith Lee? Coz faith we'll keep us together if we're meant to be. I'll probably get to be the big star I want to be and then I'll be able to come and see you any time I want to."

"I believe that God makes things happen only coz it's meant to be this way. But what if we're meant to get hurt in the end?"

"Then we'll get hurt. But something's telling me it will work out fine. Have faith! OK?"

"I'll try…"

"Come here my love-a-lot bear" he said and he took me in his arms and kissed my forehead, my eyes, my cheeks, my nose finishing with my mouth. I was feeling safe. I heard a knock at the door and I froze. What if it was Tibi?
"Who's there?"

"It's us" said Val. "Are you up?"

"Yes, come on in" I said opening the door. "Good morning! How are you guys?"

"Good morning to you too. We're fine. How did you sleep?"

"Very well thanks to you. Once again guys thanx very much! You're the best."

I heard another knock and Val asked who it was. It was Sid followed by BC.

"Hey Lee! We came to see the reason."

"What reason Sid?"

"The reason you left without saying anything and getting us worried for your life. I can say he's gorgeous. Good on ya, Lee! He probably is worthing" she said sarcastically.
"Girls this is Shane. Shane these are Sid and BC" I introduced them to each other without feeling any pleasure.

"Hey, nice to meet you girls."

"Nice to meet you too. So you're Irish right?"

"Yes, indeed I am. You have a very lovely English accent. Did you live in England?"

What was with these guys falling for her perfect English accent? She was speaking it very well, it was the first language she learned and she spoke it back home in her family, so it had to be perfect. And the bitch was using this for her well being and steeling other girls' boyfriends.

"Oh, thank you. No, I only lived in Romania. But that's me, catching languages very well."

She was showing off and Val noticed that.

"Don't you have anything to do Sid?" asked Val with a grin on her face.

"No… uh, actually if I remember it right I do. See ya!" and she left.

"We came to get some clothes. So Oli get my black jeans and the grey T-shirt and let's go."

They took their clothes and then they left. Shane and me planned to wait for everybody to leave for Paris and then go out for a walk.

On our way out we passed by the restaurant and we decided to grab a bite. We stood next to each other and made some sandwiches with jello and honey and nutella. I never understood the French breakfast. We're having eggs and bacon like anybody else, why do they have to be different? Shane drank almost three cups of milk and when he poured another one I asked him:

"What's with you and the milk? Is it your favourite drink?"

"Oh, yes, definitely! I drink up to two litres on a day! I love it!"

He was so sweet, just like a little baby. I had my cup of chocolate and when we finished we went for the walk we planned holding hands. There wasn't much to be seen around, but we got to a very small town that seemed out of time.

"It's so beautiful down here. It reminds me of my home."

"Where do you live in Ireland?"

"I live in Sligo together with my parents. We have a restaurant and we live above it."

"Do you have a big family?"

"Oh, yes! I'm the youngest of seven brothers and sisters."

"Excuse me?!"

"Yeah. The Irish people usually have big crowded families. My mum's called Mae, my dad's Peter, and I have three brothers, Finbarr, Peter jr. and Liam, and three sisters, Yvonne, Denise and Mairead."

"My God! I cannot live under the same roof with one brother and you live with seven?"

"Well, some of them left right now, but it was good when we were younger. You don't get along with your brother, do you?"

"Not too often, I'm afraid. He's almost eight years older than I am and he never understood me. He's sometimes pretty mean to me. I don't know how can his girlfriend stand him."

"You two are different, huh?"

"Yes, a lot! Starting with the way we look and finishing with the way we think."

"I'm glad I got along well with my brothers. They are the best."

"I wish I had a brother like that. Don't understand me wrong, I love him, coz he is after all my brother, but we're not close. It's good I have my friends."

"Do you have many friends?"

"Yeah, I do. I'm good as a friend and people like me from that side."

"Any boyz among your friends?"

"Actually there are, my best friend is a boy."

"I'd like to hear more."

"Well, I know him since I was 9, his name is Adrian, he's 2 years older than me and I had a crush on him. It was love at first sight, but I got over him ages ago and now we're only best friends."

"You sure it's only that?"

"Am I spotting some jealousy there?"

"Uh… no, I was just curious."

"Yeah right!"

"I was!"

"Seems like you haven't paid much attention on the boat the other day."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I told you no guy ever had the courage to get close to me."

"Oh, you're right…"

"Actually, I got my first kiss on that boat, that night."

"Wait a second…"

"Yes, thank you, it was great!"

"You're joking me!"

"Why would I do that?"

"For real?"

"Yes, Shane! For real!"

He was so proud of that! He kissed me again and then said:

"Your candour troubles me. I'm obsessed with this mouth not often kissed. And your cheeks that blush, just like now…"

I blushed more and Shane started to laugh. I hated him for making fun of me like that. But I also loved him. He kept on smiling all day long. At one moment we realized how late it was and we decided to go back to the hotel. When we got there I saw I was in trouble.

Tibi and everybody else were waiting for me in front of the hotel in silence. When he saw me he stood up from the bench he was sitting on and came furious towards me.

"That's it! I had it with you! Back in your room right now and pack your bags! You're going home with the next plane to Bucharest!"

"But Tibi…"

"No buts!"

"Please, hear me a little here!"

"No, that's final! You disobeyed me so you're going home!"

"Hey, wait a second mate…" said Shane even if he didn't understand a thing, he knew something was wrong from the tears in my eyes.

"It's not your business here lad! Why don't you go and leave us handle our problems by ourselves?"

"Because it's my problem too!"

"Howz that?"

"You're punishing Livia for having a nice time and wanting to be with the one that loves her and she loves back."

That's when the entire crowd went "AWWWWWWW!"

"And who would that person be, I mean the one that loves her?"

"I am" said Shane and another round of awwws could be heard.

"Really? And how did she managed to trick you into this?"

Shane was very furious and when he heard the last nasty remark he punched Tibi right in the nose putting him down.

"Hey, you broke my nose you little bastard!"

"I'm glad! You're just a pathetic guy with no life."

"You'll see!", said Tibi trying to get up. That's when Shane hit him again.

"Stop Shane! Please…"

"But Lee, he was mean to you."

"It's OK. I'm used to this kind of people. I only thought he was different."

Meanwhile Tibi got up, helped by his sister.

"Do whatever you like. I don't care! But no matter what happens to you I won't be pulled responsible in front of your parents."

"Thank you man. I'll be OK!"

"Go to hell! Both of you!"

Shane wanted to hit him again, but I stopped him.

"Don't. I'm just glad I don't have to go home anymore. I would have died."

"Me too" he said putting his arms around me.