Hair, I yanked the comb through it, Hmm, it needs washing tonight.

Skin, two moisturisers, one cherry-scented, to match my lip-stick.

Makeup, I swished the mascara over my black eyelashes, added a navy coloured liner and navy coloured shadow to complete the look, and then remembered to wipe concealer over the bags under my eyes.

There, I’m ready… Or as I ready as I’m ever gonna be. I doubt this work is going to be very productive.

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“And this is a piece by Picasso; it’s on loan from the Louvre…”

“Ooh,” crooned the old American lady beside me. She was one of the art-loving customers here, retired and a tourist, travelling round all the fancy European countries. She wore a silk scarf tied around her neck, and her emerald glasses matched the flower print of her dress. She was obviously a fine critic and someone who I’d want to get on my side, if I was ever going to move up in the world of Art.

Unfortunately, that little point didn’t make me like her anymore. She was a pain, constantly talking about her successful life and asking me questions about each painting.

“Excuse me…” I mumbled, and walked over a colleague of mine, gesturing for him to continue with the customer.

So, I walked away and towards the entrance of the building. Exhausted, I closed my eyes for a second, but found myself colliding with someone else.

“Pardon…” I said automatically, before realising that it was the man (who had called himself Tony) from the night/morning before.

“It’s you,” he said, as shocked as I was.

I almost snarled, but remembered to keep my temper in time; Tony, after all, was a customer.

“Don’t you ever lay off?” I gabbled quickly in straight French.

“Pardon?” He blinked dumbly at me for a couple of seconds.

“Will you stop following me!” I said slowly, and in English this time.

“I’m not!” He frowned, “I’m site-seeing. It doesn’t help that you happen to be in the same place as me!”

“Whatever you say…” I mumbled, starting to turn away, “Enjoy the gallery…”

And so, I gestured all around

“Hey…I’m sorry. What have I done wrong?” Tony side-stepped and I found that he was blocking my escape path.

“It’s not… I mean… You-”

But, I stopped mid-sentence, as my gaze caught sight of the front glass double doors with all the art fanatics or creative tourists pouring slowly in. I watched as the men, women and children became slow-motion characters; my eyes were centred on one of them, and one only.

“Oh, zut alors! Quick, hide me!”

“What? Why?”

Because the man I had least wanted to see there had just walked through the front door. He was the cute and handsome Johnathon Carter, also known as the lover who rejected me.

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Author guidance for This exercise

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