Where am I?

Same chirping birds, same sun shining in my eyes...but, different. Then it hit me.

England.

I was a long ways away from home, around the world even. So these weren't the same birds, but the same sun. One sun. Millions of birds.

I sat up and looked around the room.

After we'd said goodbye to Mick and Brian last night, Marianne had me set up in a small guest bedroom until I could go look for some houses. Or flats, as they are called here.

Where was Marianne anyhow? I stood up and shuffled along into the kitchen where I looked around for something to eat.

Suddenly, Marianne appeared and tackled me with a big hug.

"I can't believe you're with Mick!!!"

She squealed and shook her head as if it were simply unreal.

"Ya, I guess you could call it that"

I blushed heavily and we sat down at the table. She smiled brightly and asked all the details:

How did you meet?

What was it like?

Where did you go?

I answered as best as I could as we ate some cereal.

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There was a knock on the door and Marianne hopped up and did a little dance on the spot. I stood up and approached the door, Marianne gave me a thumbs up and disappeared behind the couch.

I opened the door slowly and smiled, a rose and a note were on the step. I called Marianne over and she walked over slowly.

"What's wrong Rub- Ohh! How romantic!"

She clasped her hands together as I held onto the rose and smelt it.

"I'll go and get a vase!"

I nodded vaguely and she disappeared into the kitchen while I stared at the piece of paper in my hands.

~Ruby~

What a lovely morning, darling, don't you agree? Definitely a change from yesterday! Anyhow, I'm sure Marianne can help you around town, so, the first stop is at the old park.

-Mick Jagger

Well.

This was going to be fun. I called for Marianne and we set off,

"I know EXACTLY where he's talking about, don't worry Ruby!"

She looked more excited then me, but, on the inside; I was exploding. Mick Jagger likes me!! Mick freaking Jagger! Breath. Just breath and you'll be fine.

Not!

Anyway, we made it to the old park and Marianne and I looked around. I couldn't see anything indicating a to where we were supposed to go to though, so we walked alongside the river running beside the grass.

A man with a big hat bumped into me suddenly and I stumbled back.

"S-sorry"

He apologized in a gruff voice before continuing on his way, I looked down; he'd dropped a note. I picked it up and an turned around to give it to the man, but he had disappeared.

Weird.

The note had something written in the front and I narrowed my eyes at it.

"Oh, Ruby, this is fun, isn't it?"

Marianne smiled and looked at the flowers, she hasn't notice the man and the dropped note.

"Marianne?" I held up the note and her eyes widened.

~Ruby~

I hope you like the park, my dear, it's been around for a long time! Now, I'm not really that good at this, so how 'bout I get you to go to the ice cream parlor?

-Michael Philip Jagger

Nice name. I looked over at Marianne and she smiled really wide.

The ice cream parlor wasn't far and before I knew it, I was looking around for Mick.

"Pssst"

What?

"Mick?"

"Ya" a bush whispered to me

I pretended to drop something on the ground and peered into the bush. Mick!

"Hey Mick, what's up?"

Mick looked up and smirked, "very funny, look around"

I did, and I saw about 40 teenage girls roaming around with ice creams.

Popular hangout spot? I think yes.

I looked back into the bush,

"Hang on, I got an idea"

"I'm hangin'"

I walked back over to Marianne and asked for the big floppy sunhat she was wearing.

"Why?" She asked, lowering the hat with a puzzled look, "where's Mick?"

I gestured to the bush and her hands flew up to her mouth. "I get it now, here, take the sunglasses too, I'll just get some ice cream and shop around"

She handed me the glasses and hat,

"Shopping spree!"

And with that, Marianne left for the counter and began picking an ice cream flavor.

I pulled my attention off her and back to the objects in my hand.

"Whoops!"

I dropped the sunglasses and the sunhat into the bush and pretended to fall on the ground. I became face to face with Mick Jagger.

"Hello beautiful"

"Hello handsome"

We both smiled and I stood back up. Mick sort if crawled out from underneath the bush and then stood up casually and linked arms with me.

"Dazzling hat, I must say"

I teased,

"Pffft, you should hear the sorts of disguises that Andrew comes up with!"

We ordered some ice cream and walked back to the park. "So, did you like the set-up?"

"Ya, the rose was a nice touch"

I licked my ice cream and stared at the sky in thought.

"I didn't send any roses, I was going to give you one now, but..."

He trailed off and I stopped licking my ice cream abruptly.

I'd just seen a face, this face looked like Brian Jones.

"Hey buddy, out with soundgirl I see"

Keith plopped down in between us as Bill, Charlie and Brian appeared.

So much for the privateness of this 'date'.