"Woah, I didn't know that pain au chocolat tasted that good!" Tara gushes, stuffing the rest of the chocolate-filled delicacy into her mouth, choking slightly on the creme. Sienna smiles widely noticing her reaction and starts to raise her hand,
"Should I order some more?" She asks getting a slight shake of the head from Tara,
"No thank you, I'm stuffed," Tara mutters rubbing her stomach.
She was stuffed from both the culture and the food.
As Sienna calls over for some more coffee, Tara's phone rings and she pulls it out of her back jean pocket, pressing the accept button without looking at the caller id.
"Hello?" Tara asks whoever was on the other side, sandwiching her phone between her ear and her shoulder.
"Hey." The voice on the other side says.
"Who is this?" Tara asks, shaking her head towards Sirius who was asking if she wanted a coffee. She hears a chuckle from the other side before finding out who was on the other side,
" It's Atlas." Tara's brows raise slightly and she pulls the phone away for a second only to find out that it was Atlas calling. She blushes out of embarrassment and places the phone back into its position,
"Sorry, I didn't check who the caller id was." She mutters, shaking her plastic cup of strawberry lemonade, the ice making clicking sounds.
"Where are you?" Her brother asks and Tara looks around, trying to find the cafe's name. She frowns while craning her neck,
"Um.. lemme see-" She says, narrowing her eyes at the neon sign saying the establishment's name,
"Rose, I think," Tara mutters making Atlas exhale softly,
Rose was the only location that he couldn't step in.
Good play Max.
He sighs and decides to test Tara's patience.
"Um, I need to talk to you about something super important, so can you come home?" He asks and Tara nods, forgetting that he couldn't see him, and repeats her answer,
"Ok, give me 45 minutes, it's gonna take a while since we're pretty far away from home." Tara says, hanging up afterward. Tara frowns but starts packing her stuff up, pulling her card out of her wallet. Sirius notices this and raises his brows,
"What happened?" He asks and Tara shakes her head lightly, pulling her credit card out with a couple of Euros to give as a tip,
"I have to go, my brother needs to talk." She mutters, putting the money off the table.
"Aww? Already?" Sirius mutters pulling out money of his own.
The money on the table quickly gets taken off by Sienna, who in turn puts her own credit card on the table and gives Tara back her money,
"I'm paying." She silences Tara with one gaze.
Tara stands up and waves goodbye to the two of them,
"Thanks for bringing me here, it was really nice getting to meet you, Sienna." Tara waves, shoving her money back into her wristlet. Sienna looks up, alarmed,
"HEY. Um.. can I drive you to the train station? Maybe, can I drive you home?" She asks, holding up her keys. She spins the keyring around her dainty finger, the various keys making clicking sounds. Sirius nods, trying his best to keep Tara's attention and prevent her from leaving the cafe,
"Ya, why do you have to go? We have so many more places to go!" He smiles, childishly raising his arms up to show the number of places that they had left to go.
Tara shoves her hand inside her pocket and sways back and forth. Her tongue pokes the inside of her cheek,
"As much as I would love to see the rest of Versailles, I do have to go through. I think that I'm just going to call an Uber." Tara waves the screen around, showing that she had indeed hired an Uber.
Suddenly an idea hits Sirius and he walks towards Tara,
"Hey? Can I walk you to your ride?" He asks, getting a shrug from Tara.
She didn't see why not.
I mean, she had said no and probably ruined his plans.
So why not try to make it up to him?
"Sure." She says, pulling her hands out of her pockets to wave goodbye to Sienna one last time. Sienna waves back and the two walk out of Rose.
*
"Thank you," Tara mutters to the man sitting in the driver's seat after quickly swiping her credit card to pay for the trip. The lady says nothing and drives away, leaving Tara standing in front of her house.
She walks up to the front door and rings the cat-shaped doorbell, hearing the bell sound coming from the inside of the house. She's able to hear the doorknob click and she enters the household, slipping her wet shoes off at the entrance.
"I'm home!" She screams, wanting to complete her tradition of saying her arrival. Maurice appears from behind the doorway and points toward the living room,
"Atlas is over there." He says before walking out of the house, leaving Tara to lock the door. Tara was super confused,
Why did this sound super serious?
Was she in trouble?
Or even worse- what if Atlas was sending her back to Australia?
"Piglet?" Atlas calls her from the living and she straightens her back.
"Coming Eeyore!" She screams, pulling her shoulders back and taking a deep breath. She walks over to the room and sits on the couch, right next to Atlas.
"How was the tour?" He asks, sitting criss-cross on the couch, copying what Tara was doing. Tara nodded,
"It was super fun. I got to meet a new friend as well." She smiles and Atlas raises his eyebrows,
"Oh really? What's their name?"
"Sienna," Tara says then quickly changes the topic,
"What did you need to talk to me about?" She asks, completely flipping the tables. Atlas clears her throat, wondering how he would approach the topic. He gives up and decides to go all-in,
"How would you feel about going to a ball?"
Dud dun dunnn!
We're getting closer and close until Tara meets Max and Cai!
Also, I do need to make a new banner since mine is a bit too fat. Does anybody know how to make a skinnier banner? If so, can you leave a comment on how to?
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned till next time!
TPWK
-Sky