40: a London day

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"i can't believe you came," he said happily as he hugged me once more,

"i got the ticket as soon as you left," i said hugging him back.

"I've missed you so much," he said,

"i've missed you too," i replied,

over the next hour, we hung out in their hotel room and caught up with each other.

"how's LA been?" Ethan asked,

"it's been quiet, theres not much to do other than work," i said back to him.

"yeah," he said awkwardly,

"how's the tour been?" i asked, "are you liking England?" i cooed,

"ah, its been the best, i think it might just be my new favourite place," Grayson said to me,

"yeah, its been so much fun," Ethan agreed,

"have you been to London yet?"i asked them,

"2 days..." they said in sync.

"got any plans for tomorrow?" i asked Grayson,

"not that i know of," he said smiling,

"well, if i remember correctly, you turn 18 tomorrow and i just wanted to take you to London for the day," i said to him happily,

"just us two?" he said sounding sad,

"no. both of you," i said reassuringly,

"sure, that sounds great," Ethan said agreeing with everything.

"okay, i'll come over to this hotel at 9 and then we'll get the train to London from here. this is going to be such a good day," i squealed in happiness,

"sounds like a plan," Ethan said excitedly,

"dude, i can't wait," he said to Ethan,

"great," i said smiling.

"great," Grayson said smiling as well.

i smiled back at him and then kissed him,

"PDA," Ethan said loudly and Grayson shot him a look, to which he put his hands up defensively.

i just looked over at the two of them and laughed,

"how's the apartment been?" Ethan asked,

"uh... same old," i said to him, "the bed came and i put it together," i said confidently,

"that's great," Grayson said, "is it comfy?" he asked smirking,

i laughed and then nodded my head.

"that's gross," Ethan said turning his nose up,

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then next morning, i woke up pretty early from the jet lag and got out bright and energised for the day. i did my morning routine and took myself downstairs to fetch some food.

in the end, i picked out a bowl of chocolate cereal and devoured all of it happily. i went back to the stalls and poured myself some orange juice before heading back upstairs to continue getting ready.

i packed my handbag for the day and made sure i packed Grayson's present and Ethan's present. once i had finished packing everything into my bag, i made my way a few streets over to their hotel where they were already in the lobby waiting,

"sorry i'm late," i said looking down at my watch which displayed the time in a rose gold watch face with black hands and numbers. "happy birthday," i said as i kissed Grayson, "happy birthday E," i said as i gave him a hug,

"thank you," Grayson said,

"thanks, shall we go?" Ethan asked eagerly,

"sure," i said to them and the three of us started our 10 minute walk to the train station.

"all of the stations are so weird in the UK," Ethan said as he stood on the platform waiting for the train to come,

"yeah, they're really old," Grayson exclaimed as the blue train came speeding towards us and slowing down when it reached the beginning of the station,

"hop on," i said to them as the doors opened up,

we sat down in a four seater and Ethan and Grayson started having a snapchat war of who could get the funniest picture of each other.

1 hour in and we were edging closer to London. i pulled out Ethan's present and handed it over to him.

"you didn't have to get me anything," he cooed,

"i wanted to... after all, you are my roommate," i said as i passed the present over to him.

Ethan ripped of the tissue paper and opened up the box. inside the box was a keyring with a happy birthday message printed on a British train ticket,

"wow, this is so nice, thank you," he said smiling at me,

"no problem," i said to him happy that he liked the present.

the train stopped a few minutes later and we all got off and started our adventure in London.

firstly, we went over to the London eye and went on that before heading into the London Dungeons and getting scared to death. it was really funny seeing two giant guys be so scared at a man in scary clothes and makeup. since i had been on it before, i wasn't too effected by the guy but i did scream a few times.

secondly, we headed over to my favourite art gallery that we were almost kicked out of because they kept clowning around and it was really funny to see. later on, we went over to Madame Tussauds to see all of the wax figures. once again, they made the event really fun and by this time, it was getting pretty late so we decided to head to dinner.

in the end we went over to Nando's as they had heard their friend raving about it and wanted to go and check it. they loved all of the spicy chicken and it had been a really fun day.

to end the day, i took them on one of the open top bus tours which was quite cold because it was the middle of winter. Grayson sat next to me to keep me warm and Ethan sat behind him. the bus took us on a tour to see Buckingham Palace, big ben and many other iconic places in London.

the bus stopped off at Hyde Park so we hopped off and made our way around the pathway of the park. Ethan walked ahead for a bit and i decided it was the prefect time to give Grayson his present. i pulled out the wrapped box and he took off the wrapping paper and opened the box to reveal a silver ring. it was a simplistic band which i thought he would love and he did.

"whoa, this is amazing Ava," he said as he picked it up and placed it on his index finger,

"i'm so glad you like it," i said relieved.

"yeah, it's amazing," he said happily and then pulled me into a kiss.

"you're welcome," i said to him.

"Ava... i've been wanting to ask you this from the minute i met you... you're the most amazing and unique person i've ever met and i never want you to leave me..." he said,

"Grayson... what's going on," i said unsure of everything,

"will you... will you... will you be my best friend?" he said with a giant smile on his face,

i laughed at him expecting him to say some very different words. a mixture of relief and sadness filled me,

"of course i will," i said smiling back at him.

of course i would...

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