“Good,” she tells him.
**
The crew actually interviews Nellie and Rob a little later. They’re still sitting on that bench in the park. Nellie is leaning against his shoulder, smiling, as is Rob.
“I’m happy,” she tells them. “In spite of everything that happened, I don’t think I could have come out of my shell if he hadn’t pushed me along.” Nellie says this like she wasn’t sitting with Rob. “But I’m getting my planner back.” She turns to Rob this time. “Do you know how hard it’s been for me to remember things without my planner?”
“You’re the one who threw it away,” he points out.
“You’re the one who used it to flirt with me,” Nellie laughs.
“As if you weren’t flirting back,” Rob answers, kissing her again. He glances at the cameras, realizing that they were still filming. He pulls away from Nellie.
“What does petit chou mean?” the producers ask Rob, who smiles at the camera.
“But what does that have to do with my mum’s company, hmm?” Rob asks, raising his eyebrow and holding his hand up at the lens. “That’s for Nellie to find out. Now bugger off and let me kiss my lady.”
The screen turns black, but you can still hear Nellie giggle in between kisses.
**
The cameras have Nellie and Rob in the middle distance, holding hands and laughing together. They pull focus, out to a wide view of the park, of the people walking around, of the harpist on the side. Then they zoom out to the bridge disappearing in the fog, then further into the twinkling lights of San Francisco until even the city lights fade to black.
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About the Author
Carla de Guzman ([email protected]) had horrible handwriting as a kid. That didn't stop her from writing though. Riddled with too much energy and a vivid imagination, she started writing every midnight. She grew up with her toes in the sand and her bags packed and ready to go on adventures. These books are chronicles of her journeys, with a silly love story mixed in.
When she’s not sitting in a plane or working, Carla writes for her blog, Some Midnights (www.somemidnight.wordpress.com), and works as a freelance illustrator and consultant. Visit her Instagram @somemidnights to see her art, writing updates and taking photos of her dog Kimchi.
Other books by the author
Cities
Print Edition available through the author and in Uniqube Cube
Sigh No More
(Part of the For Love Bundle of #JustWritePH)
Available in major ebook stores November 2015
The Lady in Pink
(Part of the Fateful Turns bundle of #StrangeLit)
Available in major ebook stores soon
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