UnBounded [Book 4]

I Set the Bar Too High

Because I got such great reviews from the last chapter, y'all get another one :)

Chapter Quote:
"We'll always have Paris."
~Howard Koch
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Chapter 11: I Set the Bar Too High

Spending time with her mum and dad, even just for a day, was indescribable. It still felt foreign to Bryn that she had her family back again, that she had her mum, that she had her dad, and that she had her brothers. She just was unable to believe her luck sometimes after the Fates had caused her so much trouble. It wasn't even the gods' fault that she'd 'lost' her parents when she was little, or that she was the one chosen to die at the hands of Tartarus, that was all the Fates. So why they were suddenly letting her have everything she wanted, she didn't know. Honestly, she didn't expect it to last.

But while it did, she was going to revel in every moment of it.

Bryn and her mom had had a fun few hours of shopping while Luke had hung out with her dad. When she caught up with the boys later, she asked her boyfriend how it went. He wouldn't go into detail but by the sound of it and by the look on his face, it'd gone extremely well.

The four of them went out to dinner, celebrating Bryn and Luke's visit. Afterwards they went back to the house where they played a game of Monopoly which Luke surprisingly won (Bryn was also pretty sure it almost broke up her mum and dad's engagement). Afterwards they played a game of Scrabble which Bryn won; she attributed it to all the reading she'd done. Mrs. Winchester came in second place, Mr. Drew in third, and Luke in fourth.

Early the next morning, Bryn and Luke said goodbye to her parents and took the train down to Paris. Bryn was hesitant about being on a train going ninety-nine miles an hour under the English Channel, but she reminded herself that her boyfriend had the ability to control water and would save her (and the other passengers) if anything happened.

Upon arriving in Paris, they checked into a swanky hotel that Luke explained Mr. Drew had helped him book it. They left their suitcases in the room before heading out to go explore the city. Luke took a lot of pictures, some even when Bryn wasn't looking which she figured out when she was flipping through the pictures when they were eating lunch.

"I promised your parents I'd take a lot of pictures," Luke explained sheepishly.

"I'm terrible at taking photos of me for them so thank you," she said.

"Why don't you take more photos or selfies?"

"Because I always think there's more interesting things to see than myself."

"I don't think I ever told you this but the first time I met your parents, your mother had a gun pointed at Silena and Derek, I was on the ground with your dad's foot on my back and a gun pointed at me. I told them we knew you, that'd we'd been your best friends. To prove it, I showed them that video of you when we were all in Florida. Your mom hit the replay button at least ten times. Later on, Silena, Derek, and I showed her all the pictures we had of you on our phones. Your mom and dad made me promise to take pictures of you before we left because they know you're not big on it. I don't mind. I like having pictures of my girlfriend on my phone."