Still setting up the twins lives, after all to nine year olds who are slightly tall for their age, and very "mature" (I can go on a ten thousand page rant on how "mature" victims of childhood abuse are.) for their age can't just live on the streets (far too "pretty" for that, let alone young)
As always I will list any triggers present at the beginning of the chapter, and warn you where they are as well. You can find a basic description of what happened in the endnotes.
There are no warnings for this chapter that I could find.
"Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Wait until you are full and then you burn down the fucking kitchen. -Angela Aguirre"
Narrator's POV
The Twins are awoken by a man in a nice suit, he has black hair that ties back into a tie Hylo can only see because it's tied incorrectly, his hair flows straight down to his waist, his eyes are as blue as those pictures of the ocean in a brochure she'd seen at the station, and his face is thin but kind. "You two should be getting off, we're in London now." Once we nodded he left and started waking up only certain passengers. How he knows who is beyond me.
"He's odd. But not bad odd, ya'know?" I asked Harry, he said, "Yeah, I know, but come on, we need to find a place, and meet with Jared." Harry checked that their bags were still in the seats across from them, (Honestly they'd only put them there to keep away strangers, but they'd have moved them if necessary, they're not that cruel.) then made sure to give Hylo the lighter one. (She only let him because she knew he felt uncomfortable in the new place, and that, at least was something he could control) 'He'll calm down after we find a hotel. Speaking of...'
Once they'd sat down to eat in a brightly colored restaurant called Benito's Hat Hylo pulled out several hotel brochures she'd found. "Which one? I like the last two best but you should look too." She started eating her chicken taco salad and stealing bites of Harry's beef taco salad. He stole bites of her's too while looking through, he did have to agree, the last two certainly looked best. "They're both okay really, but I think we should go with the apartment one, it'll make more sense if we stay there at the Blue Megaro. For when we don't leave for extended periods of time, ya'know?" His sister only nodded and continued eating.
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After eating, while discussing buying clothes, and other necessities, the twins left (making sure to clean up before they did, of course, they've acquired some manners, after all Ms. Morell saw to it herself.) Beni's and went to find the pub they'd been told of by Jared, a regular host (read loser, who owed them a favor or two) of suburban poker games near his mum's place whenever he visits.
"Welcome to the Parcel London, I'm Aslan- aren't you lot a bit young?" Said an Asian lady with blonde hair, dark makeup, and an American accent.
Weird.
Hylo thought she was very pretty.
Harry responded "Hello Aslan, no worries we're here for The Potters reservation, I believe Jared said yup say?" his to be taken serious young lad facade slipping in place, while I just put on the innocent, yet curious little girl face.
(You will soon learn that facades and masks are all that keep the world running, odd as it is. honestly, honesty has nothing to do with the honest world.)
Aslan's eyes widened in recognition. "Of course! Right this way sweetie, away from all the drama." We followed her up some stairs, she handed us some parcels with clothes for work, child labor laws might be against it but Jared didn't care so long as we don't rat them out. "Put these on then, then go in there, the boss is waiting for you. You can fill out the menu with him okay?" We nodded and separated to get changed.
Harry's POV
After going into a bathroom she pointed us to, we changed into the clothes given. Hylo had a soft blue floral dress, with a light green bow, and dark blue sandals. Her hair in pigtails with matching light green bows on each side. I had been given dark blue Sunday pants, a light blue button-up, with a dark blue vest, and a light green tie, and matching Sunday shoes. We each shared a grimace before walking into the next room.
"Potters! Lovely to see you again, how've you been? Come in, come in, pick a table, breakfast on me." Jared was an odd man, but nonetheless a good one, questionable, slightly... idiotic, but good.
It is after all thanks to him we'll actually be getting in a hotel instead of sleeping in the middle of a bridge or something sad as that.
See when Jared was young, though slightly older than us, he too ran away from a terrible home life. Though he did go back and save his mum some odd years later, now they co-own several bars around town and let kids do odd jobs for good pay.
They're also known to help runaways get a safe, affordable set-up in any way they can. The police incidentally tend not to notice this fact. Actually, occasionally they direct kids here to Jared for help.
Unofficially of course.
The men, and women, and whatnot working here are kind enough not to notice.
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"Jared? Would you mind terribly checking us into a hotel?" Hylo asked later that night while he counted the money he put in his safe. "I won't be able to, BUT I'm sure Aslan up there wouldn't mind, she quite lovely you know? So kind. Beautiful too. Honestly, she's- you know what I have rambled about you-know-who long enough, you two head upstairs and get in your hotel yeah? Goodnight twins, I'll be by in exactly twelve hours to talk about school." Jared, the odd man he is, was sort of, hopping into his office. No, skipping, he is skipping into his office. He's such an odd, odd man at times.
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Aslan easily checked the two of us into Blue Megaro, then left for home talking of how well tipped she was after helping us to our room. She left a paper with several numbers, hers and Jared's included and told us to call if we needed anything at all after locking all the windows.
"Goodnight twins, get some rest yeah?" Aslan said as we walked her to the elevator. We smiled and nodded, and she just giggled for some reason.
(They twin synced. Everyone finds it adorable. They are, as of yet, unaware of this fact.)
"Harry?" I raised an eyebrow at her from my bed where I was removing my shoes, and said "Yeah?", she came out in her PJs and said "Can we have a lay-in tomorrow, it's just, it feels like we've been in serious-mode since we left is all." She'd said. "Honestly, I'd love to, but we have a meeting with Jared tomorrow so after that we can eat in alright?" I said, Hylo turned the lights off, and opened the curtains just enough to leave a light shining in from the streets.
"Alright Harry, goodnight. I love you." I replied, and both, finally, comfortably went to sleep, safely, and completely unaware of what fate had in store for them.
Harry and Hylo are finally safe, sound, and asleep in their beds at hotel Blue Megaro, fun fact it's a real place, as are all the places mentioned! I just thought that'd be cool.
I can't wait to find out who the narrator is, any guesses yet?
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