A Week and a bit in London - Larry AU

Chapter 2 - The Tour

It is already seven am when Harry's alarm rips him from his slumber. It's the third Alarm of the day as Harry had planned to be up half an hour ago. But his dreams about last evening would not let him go.

Now, quickly he has to get up, wash, get dressed and brush his hair before anyone notices he is late. In his rush, Harry stumbles down the stairs to the dining room and bruises his arm during the fall.

"There you are. Our late riser." Harry's mom remarks as he sits down at the table: "Don't you know that we have to be punctual? You don't want to embarrass us in front of the other vacationers."

"By the way," His father Interrupts the scolding: "Have you met Patricia and her Husband George?"

"No, I haven't."

"We connected with them yesterday in the pub, George also fled from the Revolution." Harry's mom continues.

"Yes, I am really excited to see the places where George grew up and he is very interested in seeing how everything changed in his absence." Patricias excitement in her voice is contrasted sharply by George sinking into his seat. "But that is enough of us, how was your evening. I saw you speaking with a young guy. You seemed to enjoy yourself."

"Yea, it was a pretty good conversation. He is a Physics student from down the street and comes to the Pub often."

"Well, good that he has his live together." Remarks his dad in an obvious jab at Harry.

"He does. We talked mostly small talk. About living here and so on. So, nothing political."

"Yes, Physicists tend to be less political." His dad interjected. "But was that really all you talked about?"

Harry breathes a sigh of relief when the Tour guide grabs the mic and starts talking: "As you all know, today we will do our tour of London for which we will meet in the Lobby in half an hour. Please don't forget to bring your jackets as it is supposed to rain today. Also don't forget to charge your cameras and phones as there will be plenty of photo opportunities."

Harry's Parents, as well as most of the other vacationers head to their rooms whilst Harry himself stays behind to eat his breakfast. This tardiness had the unfortunate consequence, that he forgets his jacket in his room.

The First stop of the bus tour is the Tower of London. There the tour guide tells them the story of the Ravens. The six Ravens that, it was said would leave the Tower when the Empire had fallen. The Legend goes that the Ravens flew away during the night of 'Red London', the riots that started the Revolution in England. The group also goes to see the Crown Jewels, again held in the Tower since the disgraceful 'Treaty of Ottawa' officially ended the Civil War.

But Harry only pays little attention, trailing behind the group and lost in his mind, thinking of yesterday. 'What did Louis mean with his "I would like to see you again"? We obviously wouldn't, but I would like to. It is just for the Vacation. Just a Vacation romance, something sinful you shouldn't do, but something no one will ever know. I just want to do it again, what we did in the bathroom stall. Even if it is bad, no one has to know. Noone will ever know. It is just for this vacation.'

After visiting the Tower and the Tower Bridge, they all get back into the Bus to drive to St. Paul's Cathedral. Harry, as lost in his thoughts as he is, sits down in the back of the bus, in a row of his own. There he feels something scratching through his back pocket. Awkwardly, he pulls out a small slip of paper with a phone number scribbled onto it. Harry's thoughts begin racing again 'How did this get here? Is Louis a wizard or something? Why is that even important? I got his number. I can text him. I can even call him if I want to. This is the best thing to happen today.'