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Ty and I had been together for four years, which was not an impressive feat in itself, but considering neither of us had dated anyone prior to each other, it was even more impressive. I wanted to do something significant to make this anniversary, but honestly had no idea how to do it, which bothered me. It had been Ty who had unintentionally given me the idea. We were lying on his bed, and Ty was reading one of his Sherlock Holmes books to me (I'd only seen the show, and a couple of Holmes inspired films, a fact that had annoyed Ty but he'd been able to control for so long. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and, realising I wasn't going to read them, decided he was going to read them to me. If I'm honest, I think he just wanted to an excuse to spend time with me after his year away at the Scholomance) when I remembered something. Whilst Ty had been away, we'd had some guests from the London Institute. They were trying to convince us there was more to London than rain by telling us all the things one could see and do in London. I'm convinced one of them had mentioned a Sherlock Homes museum but I hadn't wanted to think too much of it at the time, as it reminded me to much of the man I was in love with but wasn't there.
Once the idea had entered my head, I couldn't get rid of it, but knew I needed to do some more research before saying something to anyone, which was going to be hard as Ty and I had been almost inseparable since he had come home (not that I was complaining in the slightest) so I enlisted the help of someone who I knew would help me: Livvy. I sent her a quick text to see if she could keep Ty busy long enough for me to do some research on the computer, whilst Ty had gone to the loo. Thankfully Livvy did not let me down and she agreed. Not even ten minutes later she had burst into the room we were in, saying that although she thought we were cute for spending do much time together, she wanted some quality time with her twin. Ty had automatically turned to look at me to ask if I was coming but I was on my feet pushing him towards Livvy saying "I don't want to be third wheeling on your twin time" which made Livvy laugh. I wanted a couple of minutes to make sure the coast was clear before running to the room with the computer.
It hadn't taken me long to find out I hadn't been imagining things or even misremembering things. The Sherlock Holmes Museum was a very real things, which made me grin like an idiot. Quickly making a note of prices and opening times, I finished on the computer, with the first part of my plan done. Despite the fact both Ty and I were fully functioning adults, I still felt like I needed to ask Jules permission to do stuff. Considering I was planning on taking his brother out the country, I felt this was defiantly something he would to know about beforehand. Jules had been spending a lot of time in studio, so I decided to go there first (having texted Livvy to make sure I wasn't going to bump into Ty on the way. Livvy agreed, but made it clear I owed her a lot of Chocolate to pay for her part in this, and I agreed). Knocking on the studio, it turned out I was right, as I heard Jules's voice from the other side of the door inviting me in.
Jules was half way through painting a family portrait when I walked in. What made me smile was that he had included me, Aline, Kieran and Emma, despite the fact none of us were technically Blackthorns (well Aline was married to Helen, but she wasn't one of the siblings). Putting his paintbrush down, he turned to look at me saying "where's Ty? Aren't you two joined either at the hip or the lips?" which made me blush like crazy (I was a Herondale for goodness sake, Herondales don't blush) but I tried to carry on regardless. "I actually wanted to talk to about this without him" I said, making him raise any eyebrow. "Ty and I have been together four years, and I wanted to take him to the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London to celebrate, but I haven't said anything to him yet, partly because I don't want to get his hopes up should something happen and we don't go, and partly because if we do go, I want it to be a surprise. I wanted to make sure you were OK with me taking him there" I said.
"You do realise you don't have to ask my permission to do stuff Kit, especially when it comes to Ty. It's obvious to everyone how much you love him and how much you will do to protect him. Just promise me you'll make sure it's a memorable moment for him" he said. I nodded, not quite believing my luck. "I promise" I said, and to my surprise, I got a hug from Jules. Breaking away, he just looked at me saying "I'm glad it's you who's in love with my brother" and with that, he returned to his painting, and I left. The next part of my plan was to send a fire message to Tessa (who was still living in L.A with Jem) to ask if she could portal us to London the following week. I didn't have to wait long for the reply. Tessa had agreed. All I needed to do was keep this a secret from Ty for the next week, which was very difficult.
When the day came, I was so excited. I could not wait to see Ty's face when he realised where would be going. Livvy had forced the truth out of me, and made me promise that I brought her something, which I agreed to. Tessa had arrived at ten o'clock to portal us to London, and all that Ty knew was that I had something planned, which annoyed him as he didn't like not knowing. Tessa had created the portal, and had told me she would be opening it again at eight o'clock UK time, to give us time to look around, and then do some exploring. It was then time to go. Taking Ty's hand, I lead him through the portal to Baker Street in London. I wish I had taken a photo of Ty's face when he realised where we were as it was priceless. He just looked at me and said simply "Kit, we're in Baker Street!" with such amazement in his voice it was brilliant. I pointed at the building in front of us and went "Ty, what does the sign on that building say?" and I swear to the angel his eyes nearly popped out his head. "We're at the Sherlock Holmes museum!" he went, and I'm convinced this was the closest I had ever seen Ty to full on fangirling. Wrapping my arms round his waist, I whispered "happy anniversary my love" then kissed him softly on the lips. Once the kiss had entered, I took his hand and pulled him towards the building dedicated to his favourite detective.
We spent a few hours there, with Ty taking in every single detail. Seeing him like this made me fall in love with him even more than I already was, which I hadn't even realised that was possible. Once we had finished, I convinced him to buy a deerstalker hat. As promised, I found something for Livvy and brought it for her. We'd scarcely left when Ty kissed me and went "Thank you for being the Watson to my Holmes" and kissed me again. Slipping his hand in mine, Ty dragged me off to explore the rest of London. Overall it had been a success of a day and I was gutted when we had to return back to L.A. where I was exhausted from all our walking around and wanted to lie down, Ty wanted to talk all about it, which was how we ended up sitting on his bed with Livvy, listening to Ty talk one hundred miles an hour about everything. Seeing how much he had enjoyed himself had made everything worth it. That night, whilst I held Ty in my arms, he just said "thank you for today Kit. I'm so grateful I have you as a boyfriend and I love you so much". Tightening my arms around him, I just replied with "I love you to".