"France! How I've missed you!" Harry dramatically shouts the moment they walk out of their hotel.

Aurelia laughs because he's absolutely crazy and absolutely adorable. "Shut up! You're crazy! We had to come back because I forgot to visit the Château de Chambord. It was an honest mistake considering that I was...distracted."

Harry wears a smug smile as he asks in a knowing tone, "Distracted?"

Aurelia smiles as she remembers all of the fun that they had the last time they were here. "Yes, distracted by a very sweet man that's still in my company."

Harry kisses her cheek a little obnoxiously, "Good!"

Aurelia rolls her eyes, he's so weird. "Anyway, we're going on a tour and then, if you want, we can go out for another nice dinner and go visit the Eiffel Tower again."

Harry lightly squeezes her hand, "Sounds perfect. So, how old is this uh..."

He's fishing his brain for the name but he comes up blank and waits patiently for Aurelia to help him out.

Aurelia laughs lightly because he's already forgotten and she only mentioned it a moment ago. "The Château de Chambord. It's a castle and it's from the Renaissance, so it's pretty old."

Harry decides to say the name once himself so that he'll remember the next time. The words fall gracefully, "The Château de Chambord...sounds very interesting."

Aurelia nods and resists the urge to roll her eyes, "That's because it is. They don't tour the whole castle though. Some areas are kept off limits, but it's pretty big anyway, so that does make sense."

Harry has an idea pertaining to her bucket list in mind, but he keeps it to himself. It'll be much more spontaneous if she doesn't know just yet.

They have about an hour or so before their tour, so Harry leads her to a quaint little care for lunch because he knows that she wouldn't bother to eat otherwise. He also really likes sitting down and talking with her, he wouldn't mind at all if that's what they did every day, in fact, he'd love every second of it.

He struggles to order from the menu because he knows absolutely zero French, but eventually it works out. If Aurelia could see the menu, she could have ordered easily and explained what everything was to him, but that wasn't the case. So, Harry has himself pinned with the label of a tourist in no time. It's kind of like in that European Vacation movie, when they are ordering dinner, but it's certainly less embarrassing.

"Oh, I can't wait to see what comes out of that little kitchen! Hopefully it tastes good because your French is awful."

Harry playfully rolls his eyes and sips at his tea. "Do I at least get an A for effort?"

Aurelia smiles, her lips remaining sealed as she thinks about it. "A meaning me, or A meaning that you did a good job?"

Harry raises his eyebrows; he hadn't thought about the other option. "Oh, I can have both?"

Aurelia laughs lightly, "Well, you can have a kiss and a nice thought because you tried."

Harry sits up a bit straighter, a cheery smile on his face. "I'll take that happily!"

Aurelia leans forward, her lips slightly pushed out so that he can kiss her. It would create more hassle if she tried to get up and she isn't particularly in the mood for that. Harry leans forward and kisses her softly, letting his lips linger for a moment before he pulls away.

He really likes how it's different every time they kiss. She's so special and he's beyond grateful that he found her again and that he's gotten the chance to show her what love is and love her the way that she deserves to be loved, even if she'll take his love with her when she finally leaves this earth for a better place.

Their food comes out pretty quickly and he smiles because he's actually managed to order some nice sandwiches. That, or the workers up front had been kind enough to pretend that he ordered what he wanted.

"Smells good, what kind of sandwiches are they?"

Harry laughs and shrugs his shoulders because he has no idea. "Dunno, some kind of good looking ones?"

Aurelia wears her famous closed lip smile, "For your sake, I hope that they actually taste good too."

They don't talk much as they eat, it's a little difficult to with their mouths full of food and neither one really wants to talk with their mouth full.

Harry's just swallowed his last bite and he takes a moment to suck up half of his cold tea before he asks a question that's been on his mind since they were in Sweden.

"Do you remember when you said that you've always wanted to have a baby of your own? Back in Sweden?"

Aurelia's demeanor changes quickly, her smile falters and her expression is now a mix between neutral and depressed. She finishes the bite that she's working on and gives him a small nod. "Yes, I remember."

She doesn't know how she can forget.

Harry can tell that the topic alone touches her, but he has to get out what he's been thinking about for weeks. "This sounds absolutely crazy, but why don't we have a baby?"

Aurelia's eyebrows pull together in confusion. She's already told him that she can't have babies, for more than one reason, and she doesn't know what he's getting at. "What do you mean? You know I can't have children for health reasons..."

Harry takes her hand from across the table, his thumb gently running over the tops of her fingers. "Well, it's a bit of a reach, but if you really want to, we can find a surrogate and we can have a baby together. And, worst comes to worst, we can always ask my sister if she will. She already adores you and she hasn't even gotten a chance to meet you yet."

Aurelia smiles softly, her eyes shiny with unshed tears. "But would you want to raise that child by yourself? You know that I won't be around for very long, if much longer at all. I might not even get the chance to meet our little baby, if we had one."

Harry gives her hand a gentle squeeze, a small smile on his lips. "Yes, I love children. Especially if it's yours, if it's ours. A baby would give me a great piece of you to hold on to for the rest of my life. I know that you won't be around for very long, but I thought that I'd bring it up because I know if means so much to you, Aurelia."

Aurelia laughs happily and a few tears fall from the corners of her eyes. "I can't even describe how happy you have me for every second of every day. I'd really like to have a baby with you, if you're sure that it's what you want too. It means the world to me that you thought all of that out and that you want to do this, even though you know that I won't be here with you."

Harry's free hand lifts and his thumb gently wipes the tears from her cheek, a very soft and adoring smile on his lips. "I would give you my life if I could, Aurelia. And with all of this technology, you can still be around even when you're gone. We can record all sorts of video and voice messages and it will be like you never left."

Aurelia's smile lifts around the edges, "You really want to do this?"

Harry nods confidently, his smile widening at the thought of actually having a child with her. "One hundred percent positive, but only if you want this too. This is your decision, sweetheart."

Aurelia doesn't even have to think about it. She wants a child of her own so badly that it hurts. "Yes, I'd love to have a cute little baby with you, if you can find someone to be our surrogate."

Harry gently presses his lips to hers, "I will try my very best for you, my love."

They sit there for a while longer so that they can make the tour without having to wait for a long time to get inside. Harry takes their trash to one of the trashcans and returns to take her hand and lead her toward the castle she's been dying to see.

It's a nice walk and an even nicer view once they finally make it to the castle. Aurelia's smiling like the sun, even as the tour guide drones on and on about what they're going to see and the castle's history that she already knows.

She doesn't have to ask for Harry to describe everything for her and, even though she is interested in what the tour guide is saying, she's more interested in visualizing what she's walking through.

"And these paintings here were painted during the..."

Aurelia's completely tuned out the tour guide now, her focus on listening to how Harry describes the things that she can't see in great detail.

He's just finished describing the décor when he takes her hand and discretely leads her away from the tour group and down another hall.

Once she's sure that they're out of earshot, Aurelia giggles. Clearly, he's got something planned, but she isn't sure what it is just yet.

Aurelia drops her volume to a whisper, "Harry! What are we doing!?"

Harry shushes her and places his index finger over her mouth, which makes her smile even more. They stand there like this for around a minute or so before he drops his hand and gives her an answer.

"Scandalous sex was on your bucket list, yes?"

Aurelia bites back her smile as she nods, "Yes, it's on my list. What are you getting at?"

She's hoping that he's not just messing with her and that he's taking her somewhere in the castle for some incredibly scandalous sex.

Harry wears a cocky smirk. "We're going to sneak off to a non-toured part of this wonderful castle and have some scandalous sex. That is, if you want to of course. I know that the last three times haven't exactly been very fun for you..."

Aurelia's smirk matches his, "Fourth time seriously has to be the charm, or I swear to God..."

Harry chuckles and dips down to kiss her. "For your sake, I sure hope so. C'mon, let's go explore for a bit until we find a nice little bed, yeah?"

Aurelia nods and lets him lead the way. She's biting back her laughter the entire time because what they're doing is so scandalous and so bad if they end up getting caught, but it's so invigorating and she loves it.

A few stealthy minutes pass before Harry's managed to find a room that's slightly more difficult to spot than the others and pulls her inside, closing the door behind them as silently as he can manage.

Harry lifts his eyebrows as he turns and looks around the room. There's a fairly large lifted bed in the center and it's better than what he expected to find.

"Yeah, this will definitely work. Hopefully it's at least moderately comfortable, considering that God only knows how old it is."

Aurelia laughs and lifts her hand to cover her mouth, even though she distinctly remembers the tour guide saying that the rooms are fairly sound proof.

Harry pulls her hand away from her mouth and laughs with her, "Don't worry, it should be fine as long as we aren't super loud, which shouldn't be a problem because you're surprisingly quiet."

Aurelia wears a questioning smile, "What? Is quiet not good?"

Harry's eyes widen slightly, his lips parting and then closing again as he quickly thinks about the proper way to word what he intends to say. "No! Quiet is very good! It's just-I'm used to loud and somewhat annoying, but quiet is so much better because I'd rather see how I make you feel than hear it, if that makes any sense. Plus, it also means that it's so good that you can hardly make a sound because of how pleasured you are. Quiet is definitely not bad at all."

Aurelia grins, "Good answer. But are you going to lead me to the bed now, or are we just going to stand here and talk?"

Harry presses his lips to hers passionately. She doesn't want him to waste time, so he isn't going to waste any time unless she deliberately asks it of him.

He peppers her with kisses and gets her 'warmed up' before asking the all too familiar question, "You do want to do this, correct?"

Aurelia giggles and pushes herself up on her elbows and kisses him deeply. "Correct. You really don't have to ask every time though. Honestly, you know that I would stop you if I didn't want to do anything."

Harry kisses her back and speaks in between more deep kisses, "I know, you know how I am though."

Aurelia's very quiet at first, which is normal because, well, it hasn't exactly been very pleasurable for her yet. Harry frowns thinking that, yet again, all he's doing is hurting her.

"Sweetheart, I'm so-"

Aurelia shakes her head and bites down on her lower lip. It feels so much better than it ever has and she wants more. "No, no it's good. So good. Just uh..."

A familiar soft sound passes her lips and Harry chuckles lightly because he knows exactly what she wants. He slightly increases the rate at which his hips meet hers, "This good, or more?"

Aurelia lifts her body up so that she's closer to him, her chest pressing against his and her hands gripping at his biceps while his move to the small of her back and give her a very good surprise by lifting one of her legs and placing it over his shoulder.

She never thought she could do something like that, but God does it feel good.

"More..."

Harry's so glad that she's finally not hurting anymore and that she can actually enjoy being intimate with him when she wants to. Aurelia, on the other hand, is thrilled. She's been waiting for this since she'd given herself to him a month or so ago and, God it feels so good.

Harry's still very gentle with her throughout the whole endeavor, even when she asks him for a bit more. The soft sounds that pass her lips are heavenly to his ears as her soft hands roam his body and drive him crazy.

She's left considerable marks down his back this time and he smiles as they catch their breath, their chests rising and falling heavily.

"Fourth time was definitely the charm. God that was...wow."

Harry laughs lightly and presses a kiss to her heated cheek, "Told you it would get so much better. I'm glad that I didn't hurt you again. Really, I felt terrible."

Aurelia hums and lets her fingers dance over his damp skin, her lower lip caught between her teeth. "Can we have another go? A more intense go this time?"

Harry laughs and rolls back on top of her, he's careful not to put all of his weight down because he doesn't want to crush her. "No objections here."

When Aurelia asked for a more intense go at it, she certainly meant it and Harry's surprised when she, essentially, tells him to just do what his body feels is right. And he's even more surprised when she flips him over so that she's the one on top.

He's certainly spent a fair amount of time between the sheets in his twenty years, but he's never experienced it quite like this before. He can easily say that being with Aurelia, in any way really, is an experience that he won't ever forget.

Aurelia's finally found her lungs this time around and Harry certainly isn't complaining. He loves every single side of her, quiet and gentle or wild and loud.

They've just finished catching their breaths when they hear voices and heavy footfalls down the hall.

Aurelia laughs as she sits up and runs a hand through her hair, "Ooh, time to hide. Lead the way stud, because I'll hide in plain sight if you don't."

Harry gets up quickly and pulls her with him, grabbing their clothes as he does so. There really isn't anywhere to go except under the bed and the covers dip down low enough to hide them. He skillfully smooths over the sheets quickly before pulling Aurelia down and under the bed with him.

She starts to giggle and he grins as he places his hand over her mouth to muffle her laughter.

Aurelia rolls in her lips and shuts her eyes in an attempt to stifle how funny she finds the whole situation. Harry does the same as he holds his hand over her mouth, her laughter is contagious and it definitely isn't a good thing at the moment.

The door creaks as it opens and two men enter the room, their boots heavy against the aged floor.

"Huh...looks the same. Not really anywhere to hide in here. Are you sure that you heard something, Beaumont?"

The first guy sounds pretty skeptical, like Beaumont has pulled a stunt like this on him one too many times before.

"Yes, it sounded like people were having some really good sex somewhere on this side. I swear to God; I'm not fucking around this time Laurent."

The first guy, Laurent, sighs. "I doubt they'd be able to hide that fast and not be that loud if they were having sex. Plus, only little kids hide under beds. Let's go check the halls, they can't be far if you aren't kidding this time. I swear to God; I'll kick your ass if this is another one of your stupid pranks."

Their voices fade as they walk back to the door, "I swear! I'm serious this time!"

Laurent grumbled, "Yeah, we'll see about that."

The door falls shut again and their voices and footfalls fade slowly.

Harry keeps his hand over Aurelia's mouth because she's going to laugh loudly the seconds that he removes it and he knows it. He waits another good two minutes or so before dropping his hand, Aurelia's laugh fills his ears almost immediately, it's tone loud and bubbly.

Harry can't help but to laugh with her, "Scandalous enough for you?"

Aurelia nods, her laugh still very loud and very alive. "Definitely! Oh my God, I can't believe that we just did that and we hid, completely naked, under a very old bed and didn't get caught!"

Harry playfully pinches her side, "We almost got caught because of you, Miss I'm-going-to-suddenly-be-very-loud!"

Aurelia jumps slightly and continues to laugh, "Please, you had to have known that was coming eventually! Like you don't know what you can do to women!"

Harry playfully rolls his eyes, "You were quiet every single time! I really didn't know!"

Aurelia's laughter is light and still very bright. "Mmmhmm, okay. Sure. We should probably get out from under here and get dressed before they come back. Just to make sure."

Harry nods and takes her hand to gently pull her out from under the bed with him and up on her feet, their clothes following soon after.

He helps her dress before dressing himself, "Make sure that you use your phone camera or whatever to make sure that my lipstick isn't all over you, so we can make up a lie if we get caught."

Harry grins at the prospect of her lying. "Aurelia? Lying? Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming!"

Aurelia pinches his arm, "Oh, shut up! It's a half lie! Just tell them that I'm blind and that I wandered off when you were too busy listening to the guide and you came to find me, and we ended up getting lost when we tried to find our way back to the group."

Harry gives her lips a quick peck, "Great plan, actually. I don't know how we're going to fix your lipstick though...it's all smudged."

Aurelia playfully rolls her eyes, "I have makeup wipes in my bag, use them on yourself first and then wipe off what smudges around my lips before you fill them in again."

Harry laughs at how she just about always comes prepared. He does exactly as she says and lightly combs through her messy sex hair to make it look more like it was naturally styles that way.

He really only runs a hand through his hair and ruffles it a bit more before it looks like it normally does. Harry takes Aurelia's hand in his and smiles softly, "Ready to go?"

Aurelia nods, a bright smile adorning her newly reddened lips. "Yes, hopefully we won't get stopped on the way out."

They make it about halfway back to where they left the tour group, when the two guards that came into the room earlier stop them.

"You're not supposed to be back here."

Harry pulls Aurelia to a dead halt and runs a hand through his hair, "We know, but you see, my girlfriend here is blind and she kind of wandered off while I got wrapped up with what the tour guide was saying. We kind of got lost trying to find our way back, sorry."

Beaumont looks at them skeptically, "How do we know that you're not lying? She doesn't look very blind to me."

Harry shrugs, "Not something to joke about, mate. Go ahead, check for yourself."

Beaumont has Aurelia remove her glasses and he waves a hand in front of her face. She knows that he's doing it, the light breeze on her face gives him away, and she has to hold back her laughter.

"Well shit. Sorry about that, the last tour just ended, but we can help you find your way out."

Harry nods curtly and Aurelia utters a small thanks, all the while thinking to herself just how easy it was to get away with it.

Coming back to France was certainly the right decision.