As One || A Skep6dHalo AU

9: A Friend of Mine

"One problem, Zak."

Zak looks beside him to see a worried looking Darryl. "We don't speak French." 

They both gulp together and they look around to see an information counter near the tourist guide center. Zak runs towards the counter and goes to the section where the people speak English. He stops in front of the counter and makes sure he has a good impression to them. 

"Hello!" Zak says. The attendant looks up from her computer and stands up. She smiles at him and nods. "Welcome to France, sir. How may I help you?" Zak gets a little bit flustered after looking at the attendant's beautiful face. "O-Oh, um, me and my friend are looking for a way to get to um...here!" he shows the name of the place they wanted to go to as he didn't know how to pronounce it. The attendant looks at his phone and smiles. "Oh, you mean Annecy?" Zak nods and smiles. "To get there, you will need to take a 28 minute taxi ride to Gare de Lyon which is located in Paris. From there, you will need to buy a train ticket to Annecy which leaves early in the morning. It will only take you about 4 hours to reach Annecy." 

Zak's jaw almost dropped after hearing the extra long explanation to get to a city in France. He closes back his jaw and shakes his head. He turns back to the attendant and smiles. "Thank you. Have a great day!" the attendant nods and smiles back. "Enjoy your trip!" Zak walks back to Darryl who is sitting down on a bench and scrolling through something through his phone. "Hey Bad..." Darryl looks up to see Zak who came back from the counter. "So, do you know how we can get there already?" Darryl sees Zak's disappointed face. "Why, what's wrong?" Darryl asks Zak. 

"We can't get there so easily." 

"Okay, just tell me how to get there and we will found out a way." 

"Well, the attendant said, we have to take a 28 minute taxi ride to Gare de Lyon, a railway station located in Paris. Once we arrive there, we will have to buy an early-in-the-morning train ride to the city. She also said it only takes 4 hours to get there."

Darryl's eyes were wide open after hearing all of that. "Wow. That's a long way to go." Zak sits down next to Darryl and sighs. "I wish Vincent was here to take us on a tour, it'll be so much fun!" Darryl nods and sighs too. They both try to think of a way to work around this unfamiliar country. Suddenly, Darryl takes out his phone and goes to dial a number. Zak sees him and asks him, "What are you doing?" Darryl makes the 'be quiet' sign. "Hello?" he was talking to someone on a phone. 

"Hey man, I'm now in France with my best friend and we are, kinda stuck here. We don't know where to go and we need to stay somewhere just for tonight."

"Oh wow, I didn't know you arrived in France late at night! Alright, I'm gonna pick you guys up. Luckily I live near the airport, so just wait for a few minutes."

"Okay, thanks man. You're the best." They both hang up and Darryl looks at the confused Zak. "Who was that?" Zak asked. "Oh, just a friend of mine. He lives in France and we met through VidCon back in the days." Zak nods and he seems to be satisfied with the answer. 

After waiting for about 15 minutes, someone approaches them and he taps on Darryl's shoulder. He looks up to see his friend who already arrived. "Hey! You're here!"  Zak looks to his left to see a fairly tall guy, almost the same height as Darryl, had a French accent and he had these beautiful silver eyes. Darryl stands up and hugs him. "Long time no see!" "Yeah, I wondered when you would come to France." They both laugh together. Darryl then introduces Zak to him. 

"This is Zak, my best friend. He's a YouTuber known as Skeppy and he's quite a big one. Almost 3 million subscribers!" Zak smiles and looks at Darryl's friend. "Nice to meet you, Zak. I'm Louis." he offers a handshake and Zak accepts it. "Nice to meet you too! I'm Zak." "Hm, Skeppy, right?" Zak nods and wonders what he's about to say. "I think I've watched your videos before. It was about...talking to someone in French using Google Translate, am I right?"