That's Me In The Spotlight {The Jesus Fic}.

Chapter 24

They didn't have very long to spend at the Museum of Natural History, so Louis grabbed a brochure and they quickly negotiated with each other over what parts they'd like to see. Harry had to inform Louis that the chances of one of the spiders from the Spiders Alive! exhibition biting him and turning him into Spiderman were incredibly low. Louis muttered something about, “Well surely it would be worth a try,” but he followed Harry over to the dinosaurs instead.

Next was ocean life, then meteorites, and then it was a staff member coming over to usher them towards the exit. Louis quickly promised Harry that they could come back the next day to see more of the Museum.  

Harry feigned disinterest in Louis' suggestion. He was relatively certain he'd be just as happy staying inside the hotel, in bed with Louis, for the next two days straight. Nothing but giggles and kisses and blanket forts.

“There's something special I want to get us for dinner tonight,” Louis informed Harry out on the street.

“Okay,” Harry said slowly, waiting for more information.

Louis didn't let on too much. “I packed the wine from my parents' farm. There's something I want to buy here that will go well with it. Do you mind if we go down to Grand Central Market and then double back to the hotel?”

“Lead the way,” Harry permitted.

He was a little surprised when Louis took his hand and lead him towards the stairs that ran down to the subway. He thought Louis was a bit too fancy for public transport – then again, he was also so cool, the type of cool who could navigate the New York subway system like it wasn't a bewildering haze of numbers and coloured lines.

Gosh, Louis was so cool and he was Harry's boyfriend.

Louis bought Harry a metro card before he could realise what was happening. He tried to give Louis money for it, but Louis turned him down. Harry instead waited until Louis was distracted, and pushed the note right into Louis' jeans pocket - an innocent move until Louis went, “Ooh,” and briefly sashayed his hips.

“What's at the market, then?” Harry asked as they waited on the platform. Louis just smiled knowingly as the train pulled in.

Once they got onto the subway car, he sat down next to Harry and wrapped an arm around him. “You know there's a legend about another line,” he said in a low, dramatic voice. “On the six, there's this station that looks like a church. Coloured tiles and this domed glass ceiling. It's closed off to the public, but they say if you stay on past the last stop, you can see it before the train loops back around. It sounds right up your alley, doesn't it? Sneaking into church-like buildings after hours.”

“Well? Is it a real thing?” Harry asked. “Or is it just a legend?”

Louis mysteriously kept his mouth shut for a moment, but then he chuckled. “Ah, it's no good now, with Facebook and shit. Everyone's taken photos from inside the train looking out, and put them on their blogs. It's real. Maybe we can go see it tomorrow. But tonight, we're on a different train that's taking us to Murray's Cheese,” Louis finally revealed. “So you'll get to eat the best cheese in the entire world.”

“I've had it already,” Harry reminded Louis. “Cheese from a can while I sat with you in a field.” “We don't talk about that,” Louis replied, giving a small frown and shake of his head.

“You loved it!” Harry laughed. “Don't pretend you didn't. You practically ate the whole can.”

“Never happened,” Louis insisted. “I guarantee you this cheese will be a million times better. You won't even consider that canned stuff cheese any more. Murray's,” Louis announced, and then paused for dramatic effect. “Sells cheese from my parent's farm.”