Paris's initial fright had even scared Lucca a bit. He jumped back and noticed the books about to fall on his head. He somehow managed to dodge them as they fell on the floor with a couple loud thuds. "Maybe coming up behind her wasn't the best idea. I'll just have to remind myself to always come to her from the front from now on."  He helped Paris pick up a few of them and then they returned to the conversation that had barely started. 

"Of course I didn't come to the library to get a DVD. Do they even sell DVDs at libraries?" Lucca was a little shocked at what Paris said. Just because he was an actor doesn't mean he spent all day watching movies. He liked watching movies every once in a while but not all the time. He certainly never went to the library to get a DVD before. He didn't even know if there was any TVs to watch movies on anyway.

"I was actually wondering if you knew if there were any Shakespearean stories somewhere in the library. I've been looking for a while already and I haven't had any luck so far. So I'd really appreciate if you could help." Lucca was desperately hoping that there was at least one Shakespearean story there. Lucca had grown up with his mother's Shakespeare collection and were still the books he read most of the time. He had almost every Shakespeare story at his home but didn't think he would need to bring them. Lucca came to the library hoping to bring some back to his room.

{You're up! Paris Eins}

Lucca could tell that Paris was very nervous while she was speaking. He wanted to do something to make her feel better, more at ease, but didn't want to do anything that would make her even more uncomfortable.

"Wow that really sounds annoying. I can't believe people would just ignore you. That is extremely rude." Lucca could feel himself getting angry, he couldn't stand rude people, especially when they're being rude to such a nice person like Paris. Lucca had felt himself getting red in the face and realized that he needed to calm down. He was still in his first conversation with Paris and he didn't want to scare her. Lucca took a few deep breaths and then he started feeling normal again.

"No I don't think I've ever read that, or even heard of it. What's it about? Maybe I'd be interested in reading it."

"Oh no its ok. I can tell that you're passionate about it, and besides, I love listening to people talk about their passions." Lucca  loved it when people talked about their passions, it always gave him a topic to bring up in future conversations. And it also helped that Lucca thought that Paris looked adorable while she was talking about it, like she was a child that just got a new toy. Her usual nervous self seemed to disappear when she was talking about it.

"Umm, sure. Maybe about two or three more, just enough to last me for a little while."


"I've been reading Shakespeare ever since I was very young. My family didn't have a lot, so books were the only way to keep ourselves entertained. My mother had a collection of Shakespeare stories that I would read very frequently. Even today, they're really the only books I read. I think I've read pretty much every Shakespeare story at least three times, but somehow they still keep me entertained no matter how many times I read them.

{Hey there Paris Eins}