A Taste of London
by
Lucy Felthouse
Ryan Stonebridge and his friend Kristian Hurst are heading
off on the trip of a lifetime. They’re spending their gap year traveling the
world and expect lots of sun, sights and sex. The guys have a couple of days in
the English capital before catching the Eurostar to Paris. Unfortunately, a
family emergency means that Kristian has to head back home for a while, leaving
Ryan to continue the trip alone.
Luckily for Ryan, he’s an attractive guy and there is no
shortage of gorgeous women available to help take his mind off Kristian’s
family drama.
~ * ~
Chapter One
“Come on, mate, let’s go and grab our travel passes from the
machine,” Ryan said, his familiarity with the locale apparent by the way he
marched along the train platform toward the heart of St. Pancras Station.
“What? Uh – okay.” Kristian re-arranged his bag on his shoulder
and scurried to keep up with his friend.
Bypassing the huge line of impatient, muttering people
queuing for the manned booths, Ryan headed to one of the ticket machines. By
the time Kristian caught up, Ryan already had a travel pass in his hand.
“So, um, what do I need to buy then, mate? I’m not as au
fait with all this as you.”
“Been practising your French for the trip, Kris?” Ryan
punched his friend on the arm playfully. “No worries. We’re only taking one
trip tonight so you just need a single to London Bridge on the Tube.”
“All right,” Kristian replied, carefully tapping the
relevant areas of the touch screen, feeding his money into the machine and
triumphantly retrieving his ticket.
“Okay, I’m ready to go!”
“Come on then.” Ryan hoisted his bag back onto his shoulder
and walked in the direction of the Underground, with Kristian close behind.
“Hey,” Kristian said, pointing as they passed a map of the
Underground, “don’t you need to check where we’re going?”
“Nope,” Ryan said, without breaking stride, “I know London
pretty well, plus I double checked all this stuff when I organised this part of
the trip. What can I say, it’s the Boy Scout in me.”
“Cool. I guess it makes things easier when you’re not
checking a map every two minutes. So how long will it take us to get to London
Bridge station from here?”
They stepped onto the escalator. Rather than standing still
and letting the moving staircase do its thing, Ryan continued to walk, eager
now to get this leg of traveling over and done with so he could have some fun.
It had been a long day, or at least it felt like one. They’d actually only
traveled around one hundred and fifty miles from the outskirts of the Peak
District to the centre of London, a couple of hours on the train, but it had
felt like longer. Perhaps because he’d been so eager to actually get to London
and start their adventure.
“Not long mate. Probably about ten minutes. It’s a direct
journey and at this time of day it shouldn’t be too busy. We can dump our stuff
at the hostel then have some drinks next door.”
“There’s a pub next door? No wonder I let you sort out this
trip. You’re a fucking genius!”
By now, they’d reached the bottom of the escalator. Ryan
stepped off, then turned to face his friend. Tapping his head, he grinned and
said, “It’s not just a hat rack, mate.”
Kristian laughed. “You’re right there.” He paused. “It’s a
fucking chick magnet, too!”
Ryan frowned, looking genuinely confused. “It is?” Then he
shook himself and smiled. “I wish someone had told me!”
“Are you kidding, mate? Everywhere we go, women are checking
you out.” Kristian grinned. “Why do you think I agreed to go traveling with
you? I’m hoping some of your apparent sex appeal will rub off on me and get me
some action!”
Ryan laughed, then started walking towards the southbound
platform for their connection to London Bridge. “So that’s your ulterior
motive, eh? Never mind being my best mate, or seeing the world, you just wanna
get laid?”
~ * ~
Bio:
Lucy is a graduate of the University of Derby, where she
studied Creative Writing. During her first year, she was dared to write an
erotic story - so she did. It went down a storm and she's never looked back.
Lucy has had stories published by Cleis Press, Constable and Robinson, Decadent
Publishing, Ellora's Cave, Evernight Publishing, House of Erotica, Ravenous
Romance, Resplendence Publishing, Secret Cravings Publishing, Sweetmeats Press
and Xcite Books. She is also the editor of Uniform Behaviour, Seducing the
Myth, Smut by the Sea and Smut in the City. Find out more at http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk. Join
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