Hey, Nukia here!
This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.
I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I'm going to keep going. It feels like I rushed this chapter, but I had one of those flow moments and couldn't stop writing this chapter. I'm unsure about this chapter, so I hope it doesn't sound to rushed and I'm afraid to say the next chapter will most probably be my last one for this fanfiction.
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Chapter 35!
I ate my chips as I walked with Backup along the bridge near Houses of Parliament, it had just turned 7pm and it was now dark. The walkway on the bridge was fairly busy, the city of London was lit up with lights and I could hear the vehicles of the city driving across the bridge. We had been to most of the sights we wanted to see before we left England, I have to admit that I've enjoyed my day out with him even if he had embarrassed me on the Jack the Ripper tour. He had decided to linger at each location the victim's bodies had been found, he even analyzed each site by drawing the layout of each murder location on the back of his tour leaflet and drew the outline of the victim's bodies. We got a few odd looks when he pipped up several times and told the tour guide that their information was wrong, I sometimes forgot that he had read the original copies of the Jack the Ripper case files from 1888.
After that we went to Traeger Square, the Millennium Wheel and several of the serial killer locations Backup wanted to visit. Then we visited a few shops in the town centre where I had brought myself some new clothes with the money I had earned at the orphanage from working in kitchen, I thought I may as well treat myself out to a new outfit for the plane journey. But for now we were going to see the Houses of Parliament, I'm not sure where we're going to go after that because it was getting pretty cold now. We stopped halfway across the bridge to take in the view of the River Themes, I finished my bag of chips and Backup took the chip papers from my hand. He took something from the inside of his hoody, he wrapped it up in the empty chip papers and gave me a smirk before he threw it over the side of the bridge. I quickly looked over the banister of the bridge and watched the chip papers drop into the river, I wonder what he just wrapped up in those left over chip papers? I looked at him standing next to me, he zipped his hoody back up and took hold of my hand.
" Come on my dear, it's getting cold now..." He said quietly to me as he began to lead me along the walkway of the bridge. " I believe we should go back to the hotel and settle in for the night, I don't want either of us to catch a chill. We could have a nightcap before bed, but when I say nightcap I actually mean hot chocolate and any cake of your choice before your bedtime. Doesn't that sound like a pleasant way to end our little adventure around London?"
" Sure, that sounds nice..." I replied. " But what did you just wrap up in my left over chip papers and throw into the River Themes?"
" Nothing for you to worry about my little Elizabeth, let's keep your mind on more delightful things..." He replied as he glanced over his shoulder at me. " I think you need some dessert for your chip dinner afters, what do you say to a cone of ice cream or a tub of yogurt?"
" What are hiding from me?" I asked.
" Nothing that concerns you, why don't we take a quick look at the Houses of Parliament before I phone us a taxi to take us back to the hotel..." He replied. " You really have to learn not to question me or my actions, I sometimes wonder how I manage to tolerate being around you with your constant questioning about my actions..."
" Then why did you ask me to come with you?" I asked.
" Do I really need to go over past conversations with you?" He asked.
" Backup, I wasn't born yesterday!" I replied with a frown. " What did your wrap in those chip papers?!"
Backup stopped dead in front of me, he let go of my hand and turned around to face me. He covered up my mouth with his hand and mumbled something under his breath as he walked me backwards towards the banister of bridge. I felt the banister of the bridge press up against my back, he removed his hand from my mouth and tutted at me as he slightly shock his head. I watched him place his hand on my shoulder, he gently brushed some of my loose strands of hair away from my face with his other hand and glanced above my head with a smirk on his face. I shivered as I looked over my shoulder at the River Themes, I felt Backup press himself up against me and rest his head on my shoulder. I partly turned my head to take a look at him, I placed my hand on his arm and drummed my tips fingers against his arm as I cleared my throat.
" Erm Backup, what are you doing?" I asked.
" I am showing you affection, I once read that it calms situations down and stops disagreements before they begin..." He replied. " I do not have the ability to show affection to you like my poor Alternative once did, I was once told that emotions weaken friendships. But I always admired how my Alternative managed to share affection with other people, it always seemed to keep you silent anyway..."
" You clearly do not understand human emotions, do you?" I asked quietly. " You always tell me to trust you, but you've got to learn to trust me as well. So please Beyond Birthday, tell me what you hid in those chip papers? I will not tell anyone, I mean who do I have to tell anyway? You're the only friend I've got right now, so this is the part where you learn how to trust others..."
I stopped drumming my finger tips on his arm and heard him chuckling into my shoulder, something tells me I'm not going to get an answer from him tonight. I gently rubbed his arm and told him that I would like to go back to the hotel now because I'm starting to feel tired. He removed his head from my shoulder, he pulled himself away from me and offered me his arm. I glanced at a few people walking past us before I decided to link arms with him, he even took my shopping bags from me as we walked together along the bridge's walkway. I'm not sure what he's up to right now, but I always felt nervous when he showed me kindness. He's changing slightly, I'm seeing a whole different side to him which could be a bad thing or a good thing.
It wasn't long before we got to Houses of Parliament, Backup gave me my shopping bags back and told me to wait for him here while he used the phone box across the street to call a taxi. I watched him disappear into the crowds of people, I look back at the Houses of Parliament and smiled to myself. The structure of the building was amazing, I've never seen a building this big before in all of my life. I sighed to myself when I thought about A, he always wanted to visit London and see the sights it had to offer. I sometimes still wonder if it was really my fault that he committed suicide, maybe his love for me and the knowledge that we could never be together pushed him to an early death. I wiped a few tears away from my cheek as I looked up the building, I wish he was still here to tour this town with me. I felt someone tug at the back of my coat, I quickly looked over my shoulder and saw no one there. I glanced both ways down the street and shrugged to myself when I saw Backup beckoning me with his hand from across the street. I gave him small smile as I quickly crossed the road, he took hold of my hand when I got to the other side of the street and told me the taxi would be here in 15 minutes. We sat down on a bench near the road and watched the vehicles drive by us while we waited for the taxi.
I placed my shopping bags down next to the king size bed, I unbutton my coat and took my shoes off. I heard Backup telling me that he was going to take a quick shower, I watched him close the bathroom door behind him and I took off my coat. I hung my coat over the back of the sofa chair near the window, I drew all of the hotel room's curtains and switched the television on. I flicked through the channels until I got to the movie channel, I placed the television remote down on the bed and pulled a face when I saw a horror movie playing on the movie channel. I walked around the bed to my shopping bags, I sat down on the bed and took some of my new items of clothing from my bags. I folded them up and placed down on the bed next to me as I chewed at my bottom lip, I'm not sure how I'm going to fit all of my new clothes in my duffel bag. I put my hand in one of my other shopping bags and felt something plastic brush against my hand. I frowned slightly as I took a look in the bag, my eyes grew wide when I saw a small plastic box with cake inside of it.
" Where did that cake come from?" I asked myself.
I took the plastic box from my bag, I opened it up to find a small chocolate cake with whipped cream and chopped strawberries topping the cream. I glanced around the room as I got up from the bed, I quickly walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door. I heard the shower switch off from inside of the bathroom, I watched as the door of the bathroom partly opened and I peeped through the gap in the doorway. I squealed as I pulled my face away from the gap in the doorway, I quickly closed the door and covered up my eyes with my hand. I heard Backup chuckling loudly from the bathroom, I banged my hand on the door and told him to shut up.
" It's not funny, you should have given me a warning that your were not decent!" I yelled. " But I need to show you something, so would you please cover yourself up and come out of the bathroom!"
Backup told me to give him a moment, I walked back over to the bed and sat back down on it. I placed my hand on my cheek as I felt myself blushing, I placed the plastic box down on the bedside cabinet and quickly climbed under the bed's blankets. I curled up into a ball and covered up my face as I closed my eyes, I'm never going to be able to live this down. I've never felt so embarrassed in all of my life unless you count that time I had the back of my dress tucked into my underwear when I was 14 years old, why did I look through that gap in the doorway? I removed my hands from my face when I heard the door to the bathroom open, I quickly pulled the blankets off myself and saw Backup standing the in doorway of the bathroom. He was now dressed in his normal clothes, he gave me a quick smirk and walked over to the television. I watched him pick a menu card up from the long cabinet, he then walked over to the sofa chair near the window and perched himself on it.
" May I inquire why you were hiding?" He asked.
" I wasn't hiding, I was just testing out the bed..." I replied.
" I see, then may I ask why your face is the colour of strawberries?" He asked with a smirk and opened the menu card. " Surely you have seen the naked male form before seeing as you were in a relationship with my Alternative for over a year, am I correct?"
" That's private, you really can't go around asking people questions like that or making assumptions on matters that may not be true!" I replied.
" Alright, then would you like to order room service?" He asked.
" Maybe in a little while, but I need to show you something first..." I replied, I quickly crawled over to the bedside cabinet and picked the plastic box up from it. " I found this cake in my shopping bag, I'm not sure how it got into my bags and I'm sure I didn't buy any cake from any of the stores we visited. It's weird though, do you find it odd that it's my favorite kind of cake? "
" That is rather peculiar, maybe you stole it..." He chuckled.
" I didn't steal it, I'm not cake thief!" I frowned.
" Then where did the cake come from my dear?" He asked.
" I don't know, it's a mystery..." I replied as I curled my legs underneath myself and opened the plastic box containing the cake. " Unless someone slipped it into one of my shopping bags without my knowledge, oh I just had a thought! When I was waiting for you by the Houses of Parliament I felt someone tug at the back of my coat, but when I looked no one was there. Maybe that's when someone had the opportunity to slip this cake into my shopping bag, but then that leaves the question of who put the cake in my bag. I'm confused, who put this damn cake in my bag?!"
" Maybe you have a secret admirer, that would be a delightful thought..." He smirked.
" I doubt that is true, you're the only person I know in the London area..." I sighed as I picked a chopped strawberry from the whipped cream topping. " Maybe you did it, you're the only person I've been around since we arrived in London. You can say if it was you, I don't mind if you wanted to buy me some cake for a treat..."
" I assure you it wasn't me, I have not had the time to buy you any cake and secretly put it in one of your shopping bags when you were not looking..." He chuckled. "I've been at your side throughout our little adventure around London, have you seen me stray from your side at any point today?"
" You're right, you've not left my side all day..." I replied and popped the chopped strawberry into my mouth. " Unless you count when you went to call a taxi, but you were on the other side of the street which would be hard for you to sneak a cake into one of my shopping bags. But it tastes really good, I hope it's not poisoned because I plan to eat it all!"
" It's an intriguing little mystery, but if you would excuse me I need to go out for a while..." He replied.
I looked up from the cake at Backup and watched him step down from the sofa chair. He placed the menu card back on the long cabinet as he walked past it, he disappeared into the bathroom and returned with his black hoody. I placed the plastic box back on the bedside cabinet, I quickly got up from the bed and put my hands behind my back as I walked over to him. I asked him where he was planning to go at this hour, he told me he had to nip out for a while to gather some new items he needed for tomorrow. I asked if I could go with him and he told me that it would be safer for me to stay in the hotel room, I wonder what he's up to now? I even told him to dry his hair before he went out, but he wouldn't listen to me. He zipped up his hoody, he put his hood up on his hoody and he told me he would be back in 2 hours time. I followed him to the room's door, I opened the door for him and watched him walk through the doorway. I peeped my head around the door-frame and watched him walking down the hotel's corridor as sighed to myself, I wish he would tell me where he was going for once.