“Suzy, I’ve got it!” my sister cried out. “Let’s take those plane tickets and go to Paris! Just as planned…..but different.”

“To Paris?” I bawled. I was a mess but I didn’t care. Mascara mixed with tears, running down my face in great blobs, washing much of my make-up away and making me look like a melting wax figure. I had torn the pins from my hair and thrown them across the room, I took fistfuls of my wedding dress and wept like an infant. But I didn’t care. He was gone. And he didn’t love me.

“Yeah, come on,” Amanda said enthusiastically, standing from my mattress. “It’ll help you forget about it!”

I sat up, sobs still distorting my voice. “Paris? The City of Love? The City of Love will help me forget? The place of my honeymoon will help me forget!” I wept, falling hard onto my pillow, my tears soaking the cloth.

She sat at my side, smoothing out her bridesmaid dress and putting her hand gently on my back. I cried furiously in my pillow, choking on my sobs. "Come on, Suz, be reasonable; are you just going to hide in your room with the curtains closed for eternity?" Amanda said gently.

 "Reasonable!" I declared shrilly, rising from my pillow. "My fiancee left me at the alter and you're tellling me to be reasonable!" I sniffed, attempting to calm my breathing as I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand. I shook my head, mururmuring, "How, for this long, did I not see he was a total.....dirtbag? How could I be so....blind?"

"Oh, Suz," she tried to soothe me. "Usually dirtbags are always in disguise and jump out and surprise you-that's what partially makes them dirtbags."

I sighed. "Three years? Three years and I could see?"

Amanda shrugged. "Better now, right? Rather than being married and having to get a divorce?" I couldn't help laughing slightly, continuing to rub my eyes. My sister; always had that way about her. "C'mon, let's get you out of that dress and clean you off."

Somehow Amanda convinced me the next morning to get out of bed and head to the airport with her. We were going to Paris. I longed to stay under the covers, but Amanda's insistence got me going. We sat in the airport, waiting, watching the people go by. "Why did I even choose France for a honeymoon?" I murmured. "Why not the Carribean or something? I can't even speak French."

Amanda chuckled, even though my statement wasn't very light-hearted. "You've always wanted to go to Europe."

I half smiled. Not under these circumstances.   

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A slight idea of mine, come to me after watching some movies as of late.

"A group of distraught lovers somehow find adventures of romance in Paris."

This is a closed collab, for Trish, SummerzAngel, CrystalRose, VictoriaGrace, babyrhinos, and me.

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Characters:

Susanna Hugh "Suzy"
Age: 25
Appearance: Dark brown, long curly hair and blue eyes. Slightly tallish.
Origin: US
Other: She was left at the alter by her fiancee on her wedding day. Her younger sister Amanda insists that the two of them go on the scheduled honeymoon to "forget about him".
ZillaGirl

Loue (Pronouced Lu-a)
Age: 26
Apperance: Short cut midnight black hair, spiked up. Dark Golden Brown eyes. Muscular from working out a lot. Tall about 6"4. Strong feature, broad shoulder, strong jaw.
Other: Enjoys hanging out in pub. Attracts a lot of interest from girls but he wants to find a girl he can settle down with not a party girl.
CrystalRose

Annie Connelly
Age: 24
Appearance: Mousy brown hair, that's quite frizzy and mad. Green eyes, and a few freckles. Very small and petite.
Other: Lives in Ireland, but is bored of life. She doesn't have many friends, she's never had a proper boy friend, and spends most of her time at home. Her brother is going to France for a break with his girlfriend, and invited her along. But when she's there she feels like a spare part. She longs for someone who she can be close with herself.
VictoriaGrace

Tristan
Age: 27
Appearance: Silky brown hair that reaches his shoulders, green eyes, around 6 feet and slightly muscular [not exactly Mr. Muscle but can have a go at someone if he needs to].
Origin: Canadian
Other: Used to be a fun person to be around but after his girlfriend's death, has completely shut himself out of the real world. His parents are sending him to Paris to get back on his feet. Who knows, maybe he might do more then that. *grin*
Trish

Jemima De Burg
Age: 23
Appearance: Tall, long-legged; slick, straight, long (at least half-way down her back) black hair; green/blue, plain eyes. Likes to wear leather. Hates stereotypes and berets ;)
Origin: France
Other: Bi-lingual; insomniac. Has had one or two boyfriends when she was younger-teen/pre-teen, but nothing serious; fell for her professor and was convinced that he felt the same for her, but he chose his job over her; she's still rather obsessed with him, and convinced that she won't love again.
SumnerzAngel

Tony Drift
Age: 29
Appearance: Black hair but is growing some gray hair towards the back of his head, fit physically and mentally, sparkling blue eyes
Origin: England
Other: Bilingual; has a good sense of humor; full of guilt for killing his wife in a car accident
babyrhinos

Side Characters:

Amanda Hugh
Susanna's sister

Johnathan Carter
Jemima's former Art professor


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updated Sep 19 '10 by ZillaGirl