We felt we wanted to be alone with each other for some time. I called my friends Monique and Jean-Louis. They were living in a small village called Espira de l'Agly very close to Perpignan. They have been my host-family in one tour and we were still friends. They had two kids, Maxime and Audrey, they were incredibly nice. In 1995 they had invited me together with my parents and my brother to visit them. They had an apartment in a spa called Le Barcares that was 15 minutes away from Perpignan and it was on the Mediterranean shore. I called them:

"Monique?"

"Oui?"

"Hello it's Livia! How are you?"

"Livia, I'm fine. Where are you?"

"I'm in Paris with the choir. I have a dislocated shoulder and I cannot get on the stage. Do you think it would be possible for me and a friend to come to Le Barcares?"

"Well sure! Audrey and Maxime are in St. Tropez for the holiday and Jean-Louis and myself are working, so the apartment on the shore is empty. I'd be happy to see you again. I cannot wait! When are you coming?"

"We were thinking of taking the train tomorrow morning to Perpignan."

"There is a TGV that lives Paris from the North at 10:20. You can get here around 14:15. Do you want me to wait for you at the station?"

"Yes, if you can. Please! Thanx!"

"OK. Then I'll see you tomorrow in Perpignan. A demain…"

"See ya Monique!" I said hanging up.

"So what did she say?"

"She'll be happy to have us there. We can have the beach apartment."

"Wow, that's nice."

"They are very nice people."

"It's only 1 o'clock. What would ya like to do for the rest of the day?"

"I don't know…"

"I know! Why don't we go to Disneyland? I've never been to a Disneyland before."

"That's nice. Let's go."

We went to my room to pick up some things.

"Lee, where's the rest of my stuff?'

"Erm… I threw it out on the hall… I was upset…"

"It's not on the hall."

"I know… Maybe somebody knows something about it."

I heard a knock at the door.

"Lee, it's Sid!"

"Whassup?"

"I thought he might want his stuff back" she said handing me Shane's bag.

"Oh, thanx Sid. We were just wondering what had happened to it."

"No problem."

"So here's the rest of your stuff" I said closing the door and giving him the bag.

"I'll take it into our room, I think that Kian and Mark already checked in. I'll be back."

He kissed me shortly and then left the room. I was so scared thinking everything was over, but now we were back together and that was great. It still hurt me, but I thought I'd get over the pain in a while. I grabbed my schoolbag and stuffed some things in, my wallet, my camera, my passport and others. Shane came back.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeap!"

He took my bag exactly as he did the first time that night at the concert and then took my hand and we left for the RER station. Shane bought the tickets and we waited patiently for the train. We got inside the first one and it took us right to Disneyland.

"It's so beautiful! It's like Neverland!"

"Yeah, it looks fab!"

Mickey and Minnie immediately welcomed us and then all the characters we knew from the cartoons appeared: Goofy, Chip & Dale, Snow White followed by the seven dwarves and lots of others. Everything was marvellous, the houses, the roller coasters, the islands, the ships, the castles, the waterfalls. When we got to the pirates' ship Shane bought an eye-patch and then he took my black headkerchief and put it on his head.

"Look! I'm a pirate!" he said being dead serious.

"You sure look like one!" I said bursting into laugh.

"Oooh she's finally laughing. I might be on the good road. Hey princess, I'm coming to get you! I'll ask a good ransom for you."

"I'm sorry Mr. Pirate. You mistook me for the princess. I'm Balloo, the bear, you know, Mowgli's friend."

"Oh, you think that if I'm missing one eye I cannot see who you really are. Stop telling lies or you'll die by my sword before your parents, the king and the queen, will even find out. Do you think they want their daughter killed?" he asked pushing a plastic sword into my stomach.

"But I'm telling the truth Mr. Pirate. Here, check out my fur. I'm a bear and right now I need a palm tree to scratch my back."

"Let me check out your fur…" he said throwing the sword away and pulling me close to him. "Hmmm… Do I get a kiss?"

He didn't wait for my answer and pushed his lips against mine. It was so good. We kissed and kissed, just like before.

"Only the real princess could kiss me in that way and not Balloo the bear. So you're the princess of my heart."

"I love you…" I said putting my head on his chest.

"I love you too."

He kept on pretending he was every prince from each cartoon and of course I had to be the princess. He was so funny! I had a great time and I forgot all the troubles. In the evening we got back to the hotel and we went to a restaurant to have a late dinner together with the twins and Celine and Amy and Mark and Kian. They were very excited to see us back together and happy as before. We told them about Disneyland and they had a good laugh when I told them about Shane playing all those roles. We went to sleep coz we had a long journey the next day but we promised to see each other before leaving. The twins found again another room and Shane slept into mine. It was great to have him near all the time. We fell asleep hugging each other.

We woke up early that morning and started packing our bags. After that we went to have breakfast. The others were already there.

"Good morning everyone!"

"Top of the morning to ya too!"

"Come again?"

"I said 'Top of the morning to ya too'."

"I know what you said Mark, but I wondered what was with this kind of 'hello'."

"It's Irish. We also say 'Bottom of the day to ya'."

"No, you're joking…"

"No he's not."

"Sounds great!"

"Lee, what's with the cheerful mood?"

"Well Celine, I'm just happy I got back together with ma prince."

"We're happy for you too, Lee."

We finished breakfast and then picked up our bags, said good-bye to the others, I promised to call Celine and then we left to the station. We found great seats even if the train was crowded with people going on the seaside for their holiday. As Monique had said, we arrived in Perpignan at 14:15 and I spotted her and Jean-Louis waiting for us. They seemed very happy to see me again after so much time. I introduced Shane to them and they liked him a lot. They kept on asking about how we've met and lots of other stuffs and I got tired from translating everything to Shane. Monique and Jean-Louis don't speak English. We finally arrived to Le Barcares and to their apartment.

"Lee there are groceries in the kitchen. You have different kinds of drinks in the fridge. And everything you need. If there's something else, just give me a call and I'll come and get it for you."

"Thanx a lot Monique, you're the best!" I said giving her a hug.

"So, what happened with your shoulder?"

"I tried to show off on roller blades and I fell and dislocated it."

"Oooh, that must've hurt…"

"It sure did only that I had Shane with me all the time and he made me forget about the pain."

"You seem very much in love with each other."

"I love him a lot you can be sure of that. We had some problems and we decided to go away for a while. He's come here with two of his friends and they have another week to spend in France. I don't know what I'll do when he has to leave."

"You'll be fine, you'll see. Meanwhile try making this time the best, have no worries, you can count on me with everything, OK?"

"Thanx once again Monique. You're helping me a lot and I appreciate this."

We went into the living room finding Shane and Jean-Louis watching a football game. They had the greatest time. They couldn't understand each other coz they spoke different languages, but when it came to football they were the best friends. I started translating again and again. I was so bored with that. The same thing had happened when I was there with my family. They ordered two huge pizzas for dinner.

"Shane, would you like a beer?" I heard Jean-Louis.

I knew Shane understood that, but I translated it to him anyway.

"No thank you very much. I'll stick to the coke" he said looking at me.

I was pretty relieved to hear that. The rest of the evening was very nice. Jean-Louis and Monique left around 11pm and we were left alone. I was very tired after the long day.

"How are you bear?"

"Just tired…"

"Come here" he said pulling me next to him on the couch and putting his arm around me. "Maybe we'll get to see a good movie."

He kept on changing the channels. We found "Nikita" on one of them. I loved that movie so I insisted on watching it, I even promised to translate it to him. I kept on doing that until he fell asleep with his head on my lap. I didn't have the heart of waking him up coz he was sooo cute. When the movie ended I turned off the TV and I pulled a blanket and threw it over Shane. I wasn't very comfortable, but I stood there and finally fell asleep.