Ok, now for the chapter everyone has been waiting for, Claire goes out to the London streets! Enjoy!
It was a sunny day in London and Claire was preparing herself to head on over to the streets of London. She slipped on her shoes and walked toward the door. "Be careful and stay out of trouble." said Dimitri as Claire left out the door. She ran down the building's stairs and burst out the front doors into the public. Claire took a deep breath of fresh air and walked around. She remembered she wasn't supposed to go too far from the building. Claire took small steps into the crowded streets of London and looked around. Truth was, London hadn't changed that much since she left. Everything looked usual to her. When Claire took a turn on a street, she saw her favorite tea shop was still there! Claire quickly took out some money Dimitri gave her and headed to the restaurant.
When she got there, she sat on a table and ordered her favorite tea. As Claire waited for her order, something or someone caught her eye. She turned her head slightly to see a man at the table to her right. He was with a boy, a boy in blue. The man wore a black top hat and... That was all that needed to be said for Claire to realize it was the professor who was sitting at that table. But who was the boy?
"Luke, pass the sugar please." said the professor as his eyes scanned the daily news paper.
"Right away professah!" said Luke as he passed the professor the sugar.
"Thank you." The professor poured sugar into his tea and stirred it with a spoon.
"Anything interesting occurs in the news, professah?" asked an excited Luke.
"Well, there seems to be a time machine test coming up soon." explained the professor.
"Wow that sounds amazing! What if humans actually travel into time?" asked Luke.
"Well, only scientist will now. Oh, and good news, we were invited to see the demonstration." said the professor.
"Wow professah, we get to see time travel!" Luke was overly excited but the professor didn't mind. "Oh, professah, I seem to be out of sugar. Can you ask the lady next to us if she can give us some sugar?"
Claire knew Luke was talking about her, but she tried her best to look like she didn't know. The professor did what Luke wanted and he walked over to Claire. When Claire heard the footsteps, she started to panic. I'm only Celeste she thought to herself. When the professor got to her, he spoke softly. "Excuse me miss, may I borrow that sugar?" The professor was pointing to a small bottle that contained sugar. "Why, of course." said Claire. She tried shifting her accent so she wasn't that noticeable. "Thank you. Wait, you're not from around here are you?" asked the professor as he gave Luke the sugar.
"Well, no I um, actually come to visit." explained Claire.
"That's nice. What is your name?" asked the professor as he took a chair and sat next to her.
Oh great, now I have to socialize with him thought Claire. "I'm Celeste. What's your name?" she asked back.
"I'm Professor Hershel Layton, but you can call me Hershel." said the professor.
"It's nice to meet you Hershel. You know, you're a real gentleman." said Claire.
The professor blushed a little but continued talking. "Thank you. You know, someone once told me that. That person meant a lot to me. But, she passed away 10 years ago." explained the professor as he got a little sad.
"I'm sorry to hear that." said Claire, remembering that he still missed her.
"Here's your tea, ma'am." said the waitress as she gave Claire her tea. "Oh, thank you." said Claire. "Oh, well enjoy your tea." said the professor as he gave her back the sugar. The professor returned to his table and enjoyed the rest of his tea. After Claire left the tea shop, she continued walking around the streets, looking at all of the buildings. That was until she bumped into a young man. "Ow." said Claire. The young man stopped to apologize. 'I'm so sorry; I'm just in a rush." After saying that, he turned around and continued speed walking through the crowds. Claire noticed he was carrying machines similar to Dimitri's. Little did Claire know that that was 19 year old Clive.
Claire returned to the building and headed to her room only to find Dimitri tinkering with his machines. "Claire, how did it go?" asked Dimitri. "Great! I talked to Hershel but he didn't recognize me. I also noticed this young man who was in a rush carrying machines similar to yours. Oh, and Hershel mentioned this time travel experiment. Does this have something to do with you?" asked Claire. Dimitri became a little worried when he heard this. "Well, that sounds amazing. I have to go now but tomorrow we will test the experiment one more time!" said Dimitri as he walked out the door with his machines. Claire noticed Dimitri was a little more serious and he ignored Claire's question. Had something occurred, or was he only nervous for the experiment?
DUN DUN DUUUUUN! Suspense I see? We all know what Clive is doing. *cough* building an underground London *cough* but why is Dimitri so nervous? Why did he ignore Claire's question? Next chapter will reveal the answers! Please Review! P.S. This is the longest chapter in ths story!