Trouble in Paris (a Romeo Beckham fanfic)

Chapter 37

I had slept most of the plane ride, I was so tired from not sleeping for the past few days back in New York. Between dealing with family stuff, hanging out with Lydia, meeting up with Lauren, and catching up with Eric, I had barely gotten five hours of sleep each night, which totally drained all of my energy.

"Are you too tired to go get something to eat?" Lauren asked me as her, Veronica and I all sat in the back of a cab as we drove into Paris.

"No I slept on the way here, i'm actually really hungry." I grinned.

"We have a lot to catch up on," Veronica said as she shook my arm. "since I didn't get to hang out with you guys over break like you guys were able to."

The cab driver said something that I guess translated to something along the lines of, "you're here", which Lauren and Veronica understood as we all pitched in money to pay the driver and said 'merci' as we got out and walked into the restaurant on the corner of the street.

"I am so hungry I could eat a cow." Lauren said after we ordered our food.

"Gross!" Veronica said as I laughed and sipped my lemon water.

"Now it's time for you to spill, Harper, and you too, V!" Lauren smirked.

"Well I guess i'll go first." Veronica smirked. "I hung out with Derek once before I went on vacation, but we texted the whole time!"

"Aw, how cute!" I smiled at Veronica.

"And get this," Veronica said as she leaned in like she had a juicy secret to tell us. "Tana from the third floor is dating Derek's best friend Peter, and she said she overheard Derek say he was going to ask me out this week!"

"No way!" Lauren smacked down on the table.

"I'm so happy for you, Veronica!" I said as I put my hand on hers and gave her a genuine smile as Lauren continued to freak out next to me.

"And what about you, Harper, and that boy that I saw pictures of you with on the internet?" Veronica asked me as she smirked.

"I saw them too." Lauren added in.

"What pictures?" I asked them as I took another sip of my water. "I have no idea what you guys are talking about!"

"You haven't seen what pops up when you google 'Harper Collins'?" Veronica asked me. "It's all a ton of picture of you and this one boy almost kissing and walking a red carpet together at some event."

"Is he your boyfriend? You guys really looked like you were dating in all the photos I saw when I googled you on Friday." Lauren added into the conversation.

"No we're not, we're exes, actually." I said as I flipped my phone over. "I guess i'll have to look for myself." I said as I went to unlock my phone.

I stopped and looked at my phone in confusion. "I have a missed call from a random number."

"Did they leave a voicemail?" Lauren asked.

"Yes, they did, actually." I said as I slid on the voicemail so I could listen to it.

I dropped my phone halfway through the voicemail. "Oh my gosh." I said in shock as a tear started to stream down my face."

"What, Harper, what's wrong?" Lauren asked me as her and Veronica looked at me, shocked.

"Harper?" Veronica asked me.

"Romeo got into a plane crash." Was all I could get out before I broke down crying in the middle of the restaurant, the sound as loud music no longer thumping in my ears as all I could hear now was my sobs and sniffles in my ears.