Broken timeline - Part One

Chapter Eight - LONDON CALLING

Henry was waiting for me at the train station. Good looking as ever with the warmest smile on his face.

'Oh boy ! This part of the trip was going to be hard.'

James and Kate were really comfortable to be with. Henry was nice but I was really shy around him and I really didn't know why, and of course the fact that he was extremely good looking didn't help.

"Hey ! How was the first part of your journey ?", he asked.

"Amazing, I had a great time and the two guides that accompanied me were really nice. I was a bit bummed to leave them...", I said nostalgically.

"Oh it's okay I get it. You have spent quite some time with them, it's normal for you to get attached.", he said trying to empathize.

"Yeah, they were really cool... Not that you're not ! I mean... I don't know you yet... but I'm sure you're a nice man... I mean guy !" , I couldn't stop babbling.

'Shut up already !' shouted my mind.

Henry laughed, "I can sense that I am making you a bit uncomfortable, so here's what we're going to do to break the ice; I'm going to tell you something embarrassing about myself and so are yo. That way it's allow you to be a little more relaxed around me. Sounds good ?"

"You obviously don't know me, I always do something embarrassing and yes you kind of throw me off." I tried to look for something embarrassing and decided to go with my gut.

"Okay something embarrassing... I'm intimidated by people with blue eyes, so I can't look at yours for more than three seconds without feeling awkward... How's that for embarrassing ?", I asked, trying to sound confident.

"Oh... I definitely didn't expect that, haha ! Well thank you for the heads up ! Okay my turn...", he said with a devilish grin.
He told my about the time he went to a college party, only to find out that the "Dressed up" theme, meant more ties and suits than what he showed up in: a male version of The Little Mermaid. 

"OMG ! Wow that's embarrassing ! You must've looked crazy ! Did you wear the seashell bra and everything ?" I asked, barely able to contain my laughter.

"The whole thing, I went all in." He confessed, raising his hands to his face.

We laughed for a good 10 minutes and after that, I felt a lot more at ease around him and knew that I was going to enjoy the rest of my trip.

I had arrived pretty late so Henry took me to my hotel, to check in and rest for the night.

"It's going to be quite a ride so be prepared, charge your phone and get ready to be really impressed. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning a 8.30 a.m ! Good night !"

"Okay sure ! Good night", I said.

I got into my room and started to undo my suitcase and backpack, since I was going to spend a few nights here, I might as well get settled in.

I took my clothes and started hanging them in the wardrobe, as I did that I also decided to put tomorrow's clothes together; at least that'll be one less thing to think about. After that I took out my laptop and called Mom

I then decided to organize my backpack for the next day. As I started sorting everything out, I realized that I still had 'Utopia' with me. "Shit !", I shouted, "I forgot to give it back to James !"

Well, guess I'll have to give it to Henry and apologize to the nice lady at the library. At least it was in great condition for an old book.

I put my headphones, first aid kit, makeup bag, passport, extra batteries, wallet with the keychain that James had got me attached to it and sunglasses. I was ready for the next day, I plugged my phone, set my alarm and went to sleep.