The Kind of Hoax That Leaves a Lump in Your Throat

“I’ve never been to Paris before”

“Well last time I was there things were a bit tit’s-up, so I thought we could make some new memories” josh said walked down the stairs and dumping his bag before kissing my forehead.

It was Friday. Josh and I were going away for the weekend, my payment for doing all of that awful modelling for him. When we got back we would only have a few days until coral and sonnies wedding and they were moving out as soon as they got back off their honeymoon to a house about 100 yards away so they were ready for when the baby came.

Oakley and Zahra were discussing weather they should find their own place or he should just move in permanently. I wasn’t too fussed to be honest. I just wanted josh back with me. I was gonna ask him to move back in with me at some point this weekend and I was just praying he would say yes.

“So when does our plane leave?” I asked josh and he just looked at me.

“Plane? Were going on the euro star love?”

“What? You mean the train thingie?”

“Yes love, the train thingie” he said with a smile and he kissed my cheek before grabbing our bags and motioning for me to follow him outside.

“But doesn’t that go like, under the sea?” I asked, panic and my claustrophobia now rising to the surface.

“Babe, your only under there for about 20 minutes, and I wont let anything happen to you” he whispered and squeezed my hand to reassure me.

We got a cab up to London and got on the train. I was wishing it would go as quickly as possible. It took about 2 hours and 15 minutes and for the entire time we were under water I held onto josh arm and he reassured me everything would be fine. Thankfully for him it was.

Once we were out of the station, we got a taxi to the hotel josh had booked. It was one of the poshest places I’d ever plaid my eyes on. I looked up at josh and he smiled down at me.

“Only the best for my girl” he said before kissing me and then leading me inside.

We joined the queue to be checked in and I noticed everyone in front of us was talking in French. I mean I know we were in France, but I only got a D in GCSE and the only thing I could remember was how to ask to get to the swimming pool. Don’t think that would be very useful.

“Josh, I don’t speak French, how are we supposed to check in?”

“It’s alright I got this covered.” He said and then the woman was motioning for us to come over.

She said something to us, and I couldn’t not for the life of me pick out a word I vaguely recognise, but it didn’t matter, josh had his covered.

He started replying to her in perfect French, like he’d been speaking it since birth. They both laughed at something he’d said and they spoke a bit more whilst she tapped away.

Whilst she was getting things sorted josh looked down at me and smiled almost shyly.

“You’ve got some explaining to do mister” I whispered and he winked in response.

I swear I’ve never been more attracted to anyone in my life.

Eventually we got our key and we made our way up to our room. It was on the top floor and it was absolutely lush. The carpets were all thick and the mattress felt like a cloud. Plus there was the most gorgeous view of the city. After we’d unpacked we collapsed onto the bed and I sat up on my elbows so I could look at josh.

“Do you remember what lessons we sat next to each other in year 10?”

“Yeah it was um, science and French” he said. Once he realised where I was going with this a slight blush crept over his cheeks and he tried to hide his face.

“So have you magically learnt how to speak French since we left school or did you know it the whole time?”

He sat up fully now and I sat with him awaiting his response.

“Pretty much my whole family is French Vi; I’ve been speaking it for like ever”

“Then why did you act like you had no idea what was going on in school?”

“Cause I wanted you to help me” he said crawling over me seductively and kissing down my neck.

“No josh, really, why?” I got out somehow.

He huffed against my skin and then looked at me.

“I guess when you were with my group of friends it wasn’t cool to be good at anything. Well apart form p.e or something. I mean it sounds stupid now, but kids can be mean and I just wanted to be normal”

“You’re right, that does sound stupid” I said, but he heard the smile in my voice and we dropped the subject.

We went out for lunch and then for a little walk around and then we spent the night in our hotel watching strange French programs and making up what we thought they were saying. This eventually led to other things before we crashed out for the night.

The next day we did all the stupid touristy things but josh said he wanted to take me out for dinner that night and didn’t want to be to back to late. We got back to the hotel and had about 2 hours to get ready and whilst josh was in the shower I was routing around in my bag looking for something to wear.

I remembered packing a nice top for if we went out but I didn’t remember hanging it back up. I had another look through my case and my hand came into contact with what I thought was my top right at the bottom. When I pulled it out, it unfolded fully, but it wasn’t my top. It was a black dress with a little black bow around the waist, and in that bow was a piece of paper.

You’re welcome
Zee x

I smiled before slipping the dress on and looking at myself in the mirror. It fit like a glove at the top and then was all flowey at the bottom. i heard a low whistle from behind and turned to see josh behind me in jus a towel.

“Violet… are you wearing a dress? Voluntarily?”

“Very funny josh”

“I’m not complaining” he said getting closer. “Infact we could just skip dinner” he said before kissing me ever so softly.

“All you ever seem to want to do is skip meals” I winked and he pouted.

“Hey no fair, I’m better at that now.”

To be fair josh was right. There was a time when I thought something was seriously wrong, but ever since we’d been back together properly he was back to his normal self. He still went running and I even went with him sometimes, but it just reminded me how unfit I was.

Josh dressed quickly and we went to this little place not too far from the hotel. Josh ordered for us, and I swear every time he spoke in French my tummy turned and I had to bit my lip. God he was sexy.

We were about half way through out meal and we were talking about corals wedding and I was making sure he knew what was going on so he could tell the boys.

“Cause I wont be around too much, being maid of honour an all” I casually slipped in.

“Violet, that’s great news” he said smiling and reaching for my hand.

“Yeah. It is kinda scary though”

“You’ll do a great job, I know you will”

“I’ll try” I winked and he laughed before we carried on eating.

“Can I ask you something?” I said after a few moments of silence.

“You know you can love. Fire away”

“Right. Well I’ve wanted to ask you this for a while, but I never really got round to it. Anyway, when coral and Sonnie get back they’re moving to their new place and I’m pretty sure Zahra and Oakley are moving out, so will you come back home?”

Josh face softened instantly and he held my hand that little bit tighter.

“I’d love to” he smiled. “So you mean we could potentially have a whole house to ourselves?”

“Pretty much yeah. Unless you wanna move somewhere else. You know like smaller?”

“Nah, I like it there. Plus we’re gonna need all that space when all the baby franceschis`s come” he winked. I know he was joking but at that moment, that’s all I really wanted.

Growing up I never wanted the whole marriage and kid’s thing, but I guess I was just waiting for josh to prove me wrong. And that’s what he’d done. All I wanted now was for josh and I to be together with our own little family.

Hopefully that would be a reality soon.