Two Steps Beyond

Part 13

The alarm seemed to come way too soon Wednesday morning since they stayed up much later than they should've considering they were leaving the house early in the morning. Sebastian had just come back into the bedroom from his shower as Blaine sat up in bed. "You should probably get a move on killer if you want to eat something before we leave." Blaine just looked at Sebastian whose hair was still wet and had a towel draped wrapped around his waist. Seeing the look in Blaine's eyes Sebastian just smirked.

By the time Blaine returned from his shower Sebastian was already dressed. "How much time do I have?"

"Forty minutes. It should be just enough time for you to get dressed and for us to not have to rush through breakfast." Sebastian replied before heading to the bathroom to do his hair. Blaine had to pause for a minute since the shirt Sebastian was wearing more than highlighted his green eyes. There was something about the vibrancy of them that caught Blaine's attention anytime they looked like that. Taking a cue from the way Sebastian was dressed Blaine put on a pair of jeans, polo shirt and his sneakers. He'd just finished getting dressed when Sebastian came back into the room. "Looking good killer." Sebastian said before leaning down to give him a kiss.

Once Blaine walked into the bathroom to do his hair Sebastian grabbed their tickets out of his bag and put them in his pocket. He was truly glad this day was finally here because his resolve at not giving into Blaine's questions about where they were going was wearing really thin. And Blaine was definitely doing everything he could possibly think of to try and get the answer from Sebastian. Before heading downstairs for breakfast Sebastian made sure each of them had grabbed their cameras. For the previous two days they were good as long as one of them had one, but today Sebastian knew two was definitely going to be the way to go.

So after finishing up breakfast they gathered everything they'd placed on the table in the foyer and headed out front where Charles was waiting for them. "Do you have everything you need Sebastian?" Charles asked while they got settled in the backseat.

"I do, but thank you for the reminder." After Charles closed the door Blaine turned in his seat slightly to face Sebastian.

"Can I at least get a hint Bas?"

"Nope. You'll know soon enough. Just remember when we get there, you have the coolest boyfriend ever."

"That shouldn't be a problem remembering. And it doesn't take you taking me somewhere for that to be true." He then leaned closer and gave Sebastian a kiss. The two of them talked for most of drive relatively uninterrupted till Charles told Sebastian they were getting close. Blaine just smiled at Sebastian when he saw him grab the blindfold out of the bag in front of him. "I won't be like this for long, right Bas?"

"Right." Once the blindfold was over Blaine's eyes, Sebastian gave him another kiss before taking his hand. He knew it had to be a bit nerve wracking for Blaine not knowing where they were going but he truly wanted this to be a surprise. But once he saw Blaine getting fidgety, he did what he'd said he'd do and scooted closer and started to kiss him. Kissing Blaine while he was blindfolded was a slightly different experience since Blaine had to do things completely by touch. It wasn't till Charles had parked did Sebastian move his hands up to the blindfold. "You ready B?"

"Yes!" Sebastian refrained from laughing at Blaine's exuberance since it was completely understandable. Once the blindfold was removed it took a moment for Blaine's eyes to adjust to the light before he started looking around. "Bas where….Oh My God! No freakin' way!" By this time all Sebastian could do was smile widely. He had successfully surprised Blaine in a way he never expected.

"I take it that you approve."

"Hell yes! You were wrong earlier; I don't just have the coolest boyfriend. I have the best freaking boyfriend EVER!" Blaine said while placing his hands on either side of Sebastian's face before planting one hell of a kiss on him. Just after the kiss broke Charles opened the back door.

"Enjoy your day boys!"

Once they were out of the car Blaine took ahold of Sebastian's hand as they walked towards the studio. Blaine was in complete awe that Sebastian had brought him to Leavesden Studios, where Harry Potter was filmed. While they waited in line to pick up their guide book, prior to the tour, Blaine just kept looking up at Sebastian. "Bas."

"Yes."

"By chance does your black and green rugby shirt mean anything?"

"Why you Blaine, are you saying I'm showing where my allegiances lie?"'

"That depends."

"Yes, I totally wore this on purpose. You know there is no doubt I'd be in Slytherin, just like you're such a Gryffindor." The way Blaine looked at him Sebastian just looked down and met his gaze. "You're not the only one who's read the books multiple times B. My geekdom just isn't as prominent as yours, but it's most definitely there." Blaine just continued to smile up at him. "What do you say we take a picture in front of the entrance and tweet it? Make the rest of the guys jealous."

"Sounds perfect and they will be completely jealous."

Lexi was just coming out of the shower when Cooper came walking in. "Your brother just blew my brother away with his little surprise. And so you know, if you mentioned Bond I probably would've gotten it." Cooper then handed her his phone with a picture of the two of them in front of the studio entrance. "I swear both of their smiles could light a room, they're practically beaming." Lexi then scrolled through Cooper's twitter feed.

"According to Blaine, Bas is the best freakin' boyfriend ever." She then showed Cooper Blaine's tweet stating such.

"I really could have a dirty comment about how Blaine could've possibly reacted but I'll refrain."

"Probably a good idea Coop."

"But I will say, your brother is without a doubt getting some tonight for his little surprise."

"Cooper." Lexi sighed while rolling her eyes, but she couldn't openly disagree with him because it was probably true.

They were just leaving the Great Hall on their way to the Gryffindor common room when Blaine nudged Sebastian. "Look Bas, spiders."

"Should we follow them?" Blaine practically giggled at Sebastian's comment.

"Uh no."

"Please don't tell me you're going to go all Wesley on me. Would it be better if they were butterflies?" Sebastian said through a laugh which was greeted by a playful swat at his arm. "Careful B, you are involved with a Slytherin." Blaine just shook his head while they continued on their way.

They were on their way down to Hagrid's Hut when the conversation turned to how Sebastian came up with this idea. "Care to share how you came up with his?"

"Are you asking me to divulge my secrets Blaine?"

"Yes." Since Blaine's answer was so straight forward Sebastian couldn't help but give him an answer.

"Well, after we decided that we were going to go to the Wizarding World, I called Lexi to ask her a couple of questions because I knew she'd already been. And when I called her she was actually meeting with Steve, her editor. And sometime during the conversation I got put on speaker and we started trying to figure out the ultimate destination for a Potter fan."

"This definitely tops the list."

"It does, I just didn't realize it was open already."

"Ten points from Slytherin Mr. Smythe." Sebastian just smiled at Blaine's comment.

"Fair enough as that was a fandom fail. But Steve mentioned it. By the way, you'd so love talking to him about Potter; he's a practical encyclopedia of knowledge. He's even been sorted into the proper house."

"Which one?"

"Ravenclaw. He said he sighed happily as he was afraid he was going to be put in Hufflepuff."

"What the hell is a Hufflepuff anyway?"

The rest of the tour seemed to fly by much to both of their dismay. Once the tour ended they headed for the gift shop since there was no way they'd be leaving there without making a few purchases. While Blaine was eyeing robes, Sebastian wondered over to a rack full of Potteresque glasses. "B, come here for a sec." Blaine just nodded and made his way over to where Sebastian was.

"What?" Once Blaine was standing in front of him, Sebastian put a pair of glasses on Blaine.

"You're Harry Freakin' Potter, B." Sebastian was laughing so hard that Blaine had to push him out of the way to look in the mirror.

"Cute Bas."

"Come on, stretch your imagination. There are some slight similarities." Blaine just smiled and took the glasses off. He was about to put them on the shelf when Sebastian took them from him. "We're so bringing a pair home."

By the time they left the gift shop they probably spent way more than they should've but they were truly having too much fun. "Well, at least we won't be buying as much when we go to Orlando." Blaine said while they walked to the car.

"True, plus there isn't much left to buy. We could easily dress as characters for Halloween with everything we bought."

Once they reached the car they saw Charles leaning against it with a book in hand. "Judging by the smiles on your faces, I'm assuming you enjoyed yourselves."

"Very much so." Blaine replied while Charles opened the door for them. "I don't know how I'm ever going to be able to show you just how much today meant to me."

"I've got a good idea B, don't worry. I don't think that smile has left your face since we got here. And as much as this was for you, I thoroughly enjoyed myself as well. I'll be curious once we get back to the house to see just how many pictures we took today."

"Sebastian." Charles said before pulling out. "Are we going back to the house or elsewhere?"

"To the house please." Sebastian replied before turning to face Blaine.

"Bas, what are we doing tonight because I thought I remembered you saying we were going out tonight?"

"Good memory B, we are going out tonight. But not right away, so we'll have time to relax for a bit before needing to leave."

"You didn't say where we're going Bas." Blaine cocked his eyebrow as he spoke.

"Would you like to know?"

"Of course I would, because I don't know if I could take another surprise today."

"We're going to the West End to see a show."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Would you like to know what show we're seeing?"

"No, that can be a surprise."

"Thanks for allowing me that."

"You're welcome." Throughout the drive back to the house they talked about what they'd just done. But at one point they both decided to check their phones since they'd gone off quite a few times since Sebastian's initial tweet of where they were. "So you know Bas, everyone agrees that you're pretty awesome for surprising me like this."

"I'm glad they think so, though the only person's opinion I care about in that regard is yours. If they didn't approve, too bad."

"Bas."

"Come on B, it's not that I'm not happy about it. It's just if they didn't think it was cool, that's on them since I did this for you."

"Cooper thought it was cool."

"Okay, maybe his opinion matters as does Lexi's besides yours. But yours is the most important." Once they arrived back at the house they were both pretty happy that they were going to have enough time to take a nap before having to get ready for their night out.

"Before you head up Sebastian, are you boys having dinner here or out?"

"We're having dinner out Charles." Sebastian replied before heading up the stairs. "So you know B, since London is Lexi's city, I got the restaurant recommendation from her. I trust her judgment since I've never been there so if we don't like it, you know who to blame."

"I'm sure it's going to be wonderful."

While Blaine unpacked all of their purchases, Sebastian took both cameras so that he could get all the pictures they took uploaded. "B, we so over did it with pictures today." Sebastian told him while he sat at the desk.

"How bad?"

"There are over a hundred on my camera alone. And if I took that many lord only knows how many you took."

"Hey."

"Don't pull that, you know it's true." Sebastian glanced over at Blaine who was just smiling. "I thought so." Once Sebastian's camera was done, he hooked up Blaine's before heading over to the bed to lie down. "You almost done B?" Blaine nodded, so Sebastian kicked off his shoes and lied down. He wasn't lying there long when he felt Blaine curl up next to him. He cracked his eye open before wrapping an arm around him.

"Did you set an alarm?" Blaine asked while glancing up at him.

"All taken care of."

The excitement of the day took a toll on both of them as it didn't take long for either of them to fall asleep. If Sebastian hadn't set the alarm on his phone they would clearly slept much longer. Knowing they didn't have too long before they needed to be on their way they each took a quick shower to help wake themselves up. As they walked down the last flight of stairs they saw Charles walking towards them. "Good, you're ready to go. I was just coming up to check on you to make sure you hadn't slept through your alarm."

"It was close, but we're good. Thank you though." Sebastian replied. "We'll see you in the morning Charles."

Their trip on the Tube to the West End was relatively quick and soon they were heading for the restaurant. Once they were seated Blaine did a double take when Sebastian ordered an actually drink prior to dinner. It wasn't till he saw that the waiter didn't flinch Blaine remembered that the laws in London were different from those at home. So he followed Sebastian's lead and ordered a drink as well. Shortly after their drinks arrived they placed their order. "I was almost expecting us to go to a French restaurant considering your love of French food."

"We would've if weren't going to be in Paris in less than a week. I thought we'd go authentic tonight. I hope you don't mind."

"Not at all." Dinner ended up being everything Lexi had described to Sebastian. Just after Sebastian paid the bill, Blaine just looked at him. "Do I even want to know what it was?"

"Probably not. Come, we've got a show to catch." With each theatre they passed Sebastian could tell that Blaine was just waiting for them to stop. "We're almost there." Sebastian told him reassuringly along with giving his hand a gentle squeeze. That seemed to be enough to help Blaine relax as Sebastian saw his shoulders relax. Just after they crossed the last intersection, they finally stopped. "We're here."

"We're seeing Phantom, in the West End."

"Yes. I thought it was only fitting considering you love it. It was a toss-up between this and Once, so I took a chance that you'd prefer Phantom."

"You definitely made the right choice. This is perfect. Thank you." Blaine said before stretching up to give Sebastian a kiss.

"Good. And so you know, we are coming back on Friday as I'm not missing the opportunity to see Spamalot while in London."

"That sounds like fun and I'm sure you'll be in heaven given your love of Python."

"I'm not the only one."

"I never said you were. But this is where your fandom outshines mine. I enjoy Python, you love it. I still remember that day you and Beat were trying to out quote one another."

"That was fun, wasn't it? All the guys were laughing hysterically."

"That we were. I still don't know who won, but your accent was definitely better."

To say that they enjoyed the production would be a clear underestimate. Their entire walk back to the Tube, all they could do was talk about the show. After the way Blaine had picked on Sebastian for his tweeting habit, Sebastian couldn't stop himself for making a few comments. "I'm pretty sure this is the most you've ever used your account."

"Probably, but it's perfect for a trip. We can say what we're doing without getting dragged into a conversation. Plus, I thought Rachel would like to know what we just did." The smile on Blaine's face was anything but sweet.

"She's going to be jealous. She asked me a couple times if we were seeing a show while on our trip and I never answered."

"I know. I don't blame you for not telling her. When Rach gets excited it's sometimes easy for her to let little things slip."

"Thanks for that little bit of info, I guessed as much, but now you just confirmed what I thought. The only ones knowing we were coming to see this were Lexi and Cooper."

"Why them?"

"Restaurant info. I wanted some place close but not too close. And once Lexi knew which theatre we were going to finding out the show was simple. Cooper thought you'd approve."

"He was right. No one can say you don't know what I like Bas."

"Same can be said for you B. I think we both know it's the little things that make us both click. The big stuff is nice, but it's the little things that matter most."

By the time they returned to the house it was just after eleven. They were just about to head upstairs when Blaine spotted a note on the table in the foyer. Curious as to what it could be, Sebastian went to go see what it was and surely enough it was for him. "Even though we had dessert after dinner are you still hungry?"

"That depends, what do you have in mind?"

"It seems cook thought it was sweet that we were having a date night so she decided to make us a dessert to have once we came home. But I know just how much you hate chocolate so…" Sebastian didn't get to finish as Blaine grabbed ahold of his hand. "Should I take that response to mean that you want some?"

"Yes, especially after what Lexi said."

"And just what did my sister say?"

"That British chocolate is better."

"It is." Sebastian replied with a smirk. "But I think it's best if you come to that conclusion yourself." Since Blaine still had a hold of his hand, Sebastian gave it a tug before heading towards the kitchen.