Girl Online: On Tour by Zoe Sugg

Author:Zoe Sugg [Sugg, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Young Adult, Family, Humour, Fiction, Coming of Age
Publisher: Atria/Keywords Press
Published: 2015-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-One

There’s a moment of panic on Leah’s face as she spins round, and a man behind me yells, “Hey! Stop right there!”

But the panic disappears as soon as she recognizes me, and is replaced by a warm smile. “Penny! Thank goodness it’s you.” She looks over my shoulder at the man behind me. “It’s OK, Callum, stand down—it’s only Penny Porter, Noah Flynn’s girlfriend.”

She pulls me over to a nearby bench and we sit down. Her security guard stands a short distance away. Leah looks up at him. “It’s fine, Callum. You can go grab a drink or something. I’ll be OK with Penny.”

He hesitates for a moment, looking from me to Leah and then back again, then he nods.

“I almost didn’t recognize you,” I say, when he’s gone.

“Well, that is kind of the point of wearing a disguise, silly. You must have a good eye!” She leans back against the bench so her face catches the full blast of the sun. The wig she has on changes her look from long blonde Hollywood hair to a short brunette bob, cropped at her chin. She’s wearing bright pink lipstick that exaggerates the shape of her lips, changing her natural pout. Accessorized with a pair of cheap sunglasses like the kind you can buy at a pound store, she is almost completely unrecognizable as the pop star that I know. Almost, but not quite.

“Isn’t Rome amazing?” she gushes. “Have you had any gelato yet? It’s honestly unlike anything on earth. Pinkberry in LA just doesn’t compare. I don’t often indulge in sweet treats, but gelato is my complete weakness.”

I shake my head. “Not yet. I don’t really know where I’m going, to be honest. I’m mostly following the other tourists or trying, and failing, to follow the map in this beat-up guidebook.” We both laugh, and it feels strangely natural and quite nice.

“OK, well, follow me,” says Leah. “I know the absolute best place and you won’t find it in any of those books.”

I can only imagine Tom’s face when I tell him I was rescued by Leah Brown in Rome and she took me for gelato. He might be into dubstep and electronic dance music, but I’ve caught him mooning over pictures of Leah Brown on more than one occasion. “Plus, if we move fast enough, I can ditch Callum.” She winks at me, then grabs my hand and leads me through the narrow Roman streets.

It’s so strange to be walking with Leah; of course she looks nothing like Leah, although there’s still something in the way that she carries herself with confidence and poise that speaks the language of Leah Brown. That’s not a look she can shake so easily.

We finally emerge into a large square, and I squeal with delight. There are artists and easels everywhere, painters selling their wares and drawing portraits of the passersby. There are fountains at either end of the square, and huge columns that stretch up into the sky. It’s classic Rome.

“This is Piazza Navona,” Leah says, giggling at my amazed expression.

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