CHAPTER FIVE:
VIRGINIE
It's very lonely in this hotel room. I'm thinking about calling that girl, um, what's her name? Uhhh...Danpora? No. No, no, no, Virginie. I grabbed the piece of paper with the girl's phone number. Her name was squabbled above it. But, unfortunately, I could barely make out the letters. "P-A-N," I struggled. "Is that a...oh well...D-O-R," the last letter was small and I 'accidentally' left my glasses in Paris. so I had to squint. "A," I read, finally. "P-A-N-D-O-R-A...Pandora!" I dialed the number and waited. "Hello?" a muffled voice rang out. "Oh, hi. Is this Pandora?" I asked anxiously. "Nope. I'm Devin. What's yours?" I suddenly heard barking and rustling in the background. "Um, hello?" I asked. "Hellooooo," called a more feminine voice through the phone. "Oh, hi uh, um, er...." "Pandora," she replied. Oh great! First American person I meet and I'm already forgetting her name! "Pssh, yeah. Pandora. I knew that..." "No, no. I get it; 'Pandora' isn't a very common name in Paris," "You're so right," I blurted. I smacked my palm over my mouth in embarrassment. "Ha. It's okay. 'Virginie' isn't a common name where I come from, either." I giggled. "So um, why was your brother Devin on the phone?" I asked, curiously. "Oh, him? He just wants to annoy me. And he calls me Panda because my name isn't common," she replied. "Hmm, Pandora. I like it. It has that, smooth sound to it." I replied, acting all expert-y and cheesy. She laughed. "Sure. But, yeah. He has something going on in his weirdo brain that not even I can diagnose. It's not medically serious or anything! I'm just teasing, so you know." she added quickly. "Yeah. I know how that can be. I'm here for two weeks on a mission trip with my mother, mainly because my aunt had to stay at home in Paris because my father is sick." A single tear rolled down my face. "Oh," said Pandora. "How about I call you back later, so you can unpack a bit." she suggested. "Sh-sure," I answered as I hung up. I bursted into tears as soon as I pressed that button. I REALLY missed my father. As I said at the airport, a few chapters ago, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG TWO WEEKS.
