( we'll make the great escape-...I hope this is okay, if not I'll delete it (: )

Alex had never been to america before, not properly anyway. He had once had a brief trip to Chicago with a friend from Durmstrang when he was young and stupid. But nothing since then. England had forced him to put walls up he didn't even know could be put up and he almost felt like it was a betrayal to his country to be running away like this. He bit his lip as he walked through the busy streets; peculiarly all couples seemed to be hugging each other extremely close; sure if they were dating then hugging was obviously acceptable - but not literally stuck together and while walking. That was just stupid. Alex sighed as he jammed his hands into his pockets, looking around he could see the different parts of the city clearly - when they were built and who by; he wasn't in Ravenclaw for nothing. Biting his lip he looked up at the buildings, the tall skyscrapers and the smaller offices reaching into the sunlight. It seemed so surreal here when he was used to dark damp castles and a lot of rain. A gap in the tall buildings made him stop for a moment. A museum? Alex frowned but made his way up the staircase anyway into the wonderfully air conditioned building. He found himself looking up at the beautifully decorated ceiling just before almost walking into someone. Luckily, he didn't. Alex had looked down just in time to see a tall blond haired boy, probably older than him, standing in the middle of the entrance hall. Biting his lip Alex moved around the boy and carried on into the main museum. When he reached the door he turned back to see if the boy was still there, he was. Alex's eyes widened. The boy seemed very familiar.

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The Lions eyes lifted to the boy whom had passed him so quickly - He had barely noticed the boy so close to him. He eyed him almost suspiciously. The boy looked back at the Lion with a glance that seemed shocked, which Elijah quickly responded with a raised eyebrow of confusion. It was the chance of the draw. Though this Lion seemed loyal and strong - He was secretly a viper with very highly strung temprement. He then passed the boy, only a few steps before turning the corner, before realising why the dark haired, pale boy had looked at him that way. Elijah's eyes relaxed with rememberance. Death Eater. Was it truly possible to be a death eater and not know anyone else around you was? Eli's mouth slipped into an uneasy smile and he turned his head to the side to see if the boy was looking before, lifting turning his wrist outward - pretending to scratch his arm, revealing the dark mark. Then he walked. If the boy was curious he would follow. Death Eaters did not fear eachother, Although Elijah was unsure of many things. This was his way of hunting. Come one, Come all, The Lions den is waiting. The welcome mat was like a graveyard, but he would welcome his prey in, with neat shining jaws. Elijah paused in the next room, looking at Dinosaur skeletons. How cliche. His eyes fixated on the Dinosaurs large teeth in the cabinate.

It is said that curiosity killed that cat, yet satisfaction brought him back; Alex had never really understood that saying and he still didn't as he followed the boy down the large marble corridor to stand next to a pile of bones, conveniently shaped into a dinosaur. All he knew was that his curiosity was going to get him into trouble. He moved with purpose and fluidity so that no one, except the boy, would realise he was following someone. He had grinned in satisfaction when the boy had scratched his arm, Alex had relived the whole meeting in his head in that split second. Elijah - that was the boys name. Alex smiled to himself as he recalled a recent conversation between him and his, now ex, girlfriend. Having good hearing wasn't always a curse. He stood almost shoulder to shoulder to the boy, staring intently at the tyrannosaurus rex in front of them. "I wonder how it scratched it's stomach?" Alex asked, grinning. With arms that were only that big Alex supposed it just had to grin and bare it. He bit his lip as he continued staring at the bones, those fake, slightly yellow, bones. Wondering if the Gryffindor would properly remember him.

"It'd be a b*tch that's for sure" The Lion almost purred. Turning his gaze lightly he watched Alex. Werewolf. Elijah's smile was now shockingly pleasant, and he shifted as his hands rested deep in his jean pockets. It was strange company. The first time they met it was rather a hit with a bat. Dodge or get knocked out. They dodged. He turned his broad shoulders in Alex's direction before tilting his head slightly, his messy sleek hair falling to the left where he leaned. Curiousity killed the cat. Elijah placed his finger tip to his bottom lip idly. Taking a breath and began to walk to the next set of skeletons, "Mister, Cien, Stalking are we?" He commented, throwing a dazzling, cocky smile at Alex who was atleast three steps to Eli's right.

Alex smiled as he turned his head to face the other boy, his hands also in his pockets as he bit his lip. "Is that a complaint?" he asked, walking past the blond and onto a strange set of shrunken heads in a glass casing. It had to be said that the other boy way cute - there was no doubt about that. Seeing as the werewolf had become recently very single things like good looking boys were coming to his attention more and more. He turned his back on the other boy and leant over the glass case looking thoroughly bored. However, from the sidelines he heard a few girls giggling and whispering to each other, which made him stand up a little straighter, though he knew they weren't whispering about that. Turning back to the boy he leant back on the glass casually, much to the annoyance of the security, and bit his lip again. Well, he would wait and see if the girls' predictions were correct...

"They're talking about what would happen if we kissed," he stated, af if it was the most normal thing in the world. That's hadn't been exactly what they were talking about, but it was close enough for Alex to push the boundaries out a little to see how Elijah would react. Alex then stood up properly to prevent the security guard coming over and throwing him out. He raised his eyebrow at the Gryffindor before moving past him an inch, much to the dismay of the girls - who were still giggling to each other. Alex smirked to himself, thinking of it like a challenge; and he had the whole day to try and complete it. No one would know - he wouldn't tell.

Alex shrugged as he stood next to Elijah, watching the animation on the small screen as to who ate who millions of years ago. It was strange to see a cartoon plant talking about being eaten by dinosaurs. Alex leant back on the barrier than prevented visitors from touching anything and smiled sweetly at the other boy, "I wouldn't say no," he said, licking his bottom lip without even realising it. He noticed Elijah stiffen slightly as the giggle got louder, "You know, they'd just stop staring if you did it. That's all they want," he whispered silkily in the boy's ear as he moved off to look at something else, the girls moving in inch by inch to their new prey.

"For future reference, it's 'Alex'" he said before pulling Elijah towards him by his shirt and pushing their lips together - rough, but still a hint of tenderness beneath. The boy's lips were wonderfully soft, just perfect. Everything about him was perfect. Alex mentally shook himself out of his daydream and continued to kiss the older boy. He didn't care what people thought of this - seeing as half the room was now staring at them after the girls had squealed in delight. Alex felt a little peculiar - as if dominating Elijah Moore was probably not the best idea he'd ever had. But hey, the boy had obviously been too scared to make the first move. Alex ran his tongue along the boy's bottom lip, wondering how far the boy would let him go.

Alex smiled as the other boy pulled away and shot a glance to the girls who finally realised they had been found out and scurried into another room. But no doubt they would return later. Alex turned back to Elijah and smiled, "Not bad...could have been better," he joked as he moved off slowly and down into another room, Alex stopped instantly at the door and frowned, why people kept stuffed animals was beyond him, and the whole room smelt terrible. He was about to go back to the bones when he spotted a wolf. A jet black large wolf. He walked over to it sadly and just started at the frozen fur. Sure a wolf and a werewolf were completely different in some ways, but they looked partially the same - the fur was the same, and the muzzle, and the paws. It was only the main body that was different. Alex sighed and turned his back on the creature, wishing he hadn't moved away from the dinosaurs.

It surprised Alex to feel Elijah's warm arms around him, even if it was only momentarily. He turned to the other boy and smiled weakly, "Yeah, that was my brother," he said simply, rolling his eyes to show he was only joking. Taking Elijah's hand, not really noting the fact the boy might be uncomfortable by it and took him over to a white wolf on the other side of the room, "and this is my mother," he said, pointing at the wolf and then to the right where a big bear stood, looming over the passers by, "and that's good old uncle Baloo," he finished, finally dropping the boy's hand and missing it's comfort instantly.

Alex chuckled lightly with Elijah - something he'd never done before and yet it seemed very familiar and comforting. He smiled at the boy and shot him a cheeky wink, "Yeah, because you'd love to see me in just a loin cloth," he grinned, rolling his eyes and looking back at the animals. Among the larger animals were dotted a few smaller things - rats, mice, rabbits, voles and even a few stoats and weasels. Alex smiled at the rabbit, it was the only one who's eyes showed that it knew exactly what was going to happen to it. They were almost sad....Alex shook himself out of his daydream and turned back to Elijah. "Want to move on?" he asked, wondering what else the museum had to offer.

"Who said anything about a Lion Cloth?" Elijah winked back, and nodded and offered the boy his hand. Walking ahead, his palm in veiw, waiting for the savannah heat in Alex's hand to return to the Polar caps. He nodded, and headed toward the arch way out of the bed of skinned animals and lead to another large open room. This one was crystals. Elijah wasn't very interested, but usually looked at the blue and green stones. Every so often standing a good amount of time to read their labels, others moving on in less than two seconds. There was a wall in the room - It was an Ice wall and it had holes in and dents - It looked dry and shiny but as Elijah pressed his palm against it he pulled a unimpressed expression. "Any Gems you like Mowgli?" Elijah teased, looking over his shoulder at the werwolf.

Alex smiled to himself as he took the boy's hand, surprised that it had ever been offered to him. But he wasn't going to complain. His eyes widened as he walked into the next room, where, unfortunately, the girls from before were standing staring at a diamond. Alex narrowed his eyes as one spotted him and immediately alerted her friends that the two boys were now holding hands. He looked over to Eli when he was asked a question. You would have been his immediate answer but he had to stop himself. Alex bit his lip as he looked around the room, the colours were beautiful. Then he spotted one, a very small bright aqua gemstone in the corner of the room. "That one," he said, pointing to it and smiling at the Gryffindor.