The ODD Couple

25. Sights to see

Pic above ^
View of Belfast city from Cave Hill.
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HARRY

So I stood there waiting for her to absorb it in and stop talking. Eventually after 2 whole minutes she asked me to come in and wait till she gets her 'stuff'. I hope this list was short enough. It was the first time I actually saw her room. Not that it was any different from the others, just because it was hers. I glanced around seeing the bed had been nicely made. She did know there's a thing called room service right?

Surprisingly, she gathered her so called stuff pretty fast.

"Before we leave, do you like history or nature?"

She seemed confused at first but after contemplating over it she replied saying , "I'd prefer the nature when in Ireland baby!"

Her fake Jamaican accent made me grin widely.
So she could be funny too....why couldn't she just take my jokes then?

"Ok miss nature lover, off we go!"

"Where to?"

"Now that's the surprise...."

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SASCHA

We sneaked out of the hotel after breakfast rather lunch, and managed to get past the security. I don't know why were we running from Harry's security but I just followed him trusting my instincts of adventure. This was fun already.

He had rented a car that wasn't noticeable at all, nothing fancy, so that it wouldn't draw attention towards us. Harry himself was hidden behind his aviators and his hair was bundled up in a baseball cap which as far as I knew, he generally didn't wear. He'd even dressed differently in khakhi pants and a plaid shirt, a far cry from the regular skinny jeans and t shirts.

I had no clue where we were off to, but I had a feeling the place would be beautiful. I'd selected nature after all. And Northern Ireland had loads of pretty places.

I say Northern Ireland because I now know the difference. Yes, Niall had painstakingly taken a whole of 20 minutes to explain the difference between Ireland and Northern Ireland and the history behind it. While Ireland was a separate country, Northern Ireland was still a part of United Kingdom. Belfast was the capital of Northern Ireland which meant, I was in the UK and not exactly in Ireland. For a clueless person like me, this aspect of history was interesting yet took a little time to absorb.

The drive was no more than 20 minutes long and when we finally reached the place, it wasn't just beautiful. It was breathtaking.

"What is this place?"
My voice was unrecognisable even to me. Usually, I wasn't so loud.

"Sascha you're too loud. We have to keep it low woman!"

"Sorry but I can't contain it! Let's go! Fast!"
I didn't even wait for him to reply. I jumped out of the car and closed the door a bit too forcefully, that made me wince in guilt the next moment.

"You're going to burn a hole in my pocket!"
Was all he said before I ran down the path towards the big castle-like building.

I instantly regretted it because the wind blew my hair too hard and I knew it'll take a while for me to untangle it. So I tied it up in a random messy bun and put my hat and scarf on.
I put my sunglasses too so that I wouldn't be recognised in case anyone did recognise and take pictures of Harry.

"Whoa from where did you even get all of this?"
He seemed surprised as he caught up to me in hardly a few long strides.
Ugh. I wanted to outrun him and have some fun.