Before entering the airplane Snape had presented the flight attendant with Harry's ticket along with his own. He was presented with a piece of paper along with some marks on their tickets and he got onto the plane with one thing on his mind. To look at that paper. Now as the plane was taking off he used the time to look at the piece of paper. His travel itinerary. Florida to Los Angeles and then straight on to Heathrow airport (London International airport). With a five hour wait in Los Angeles. Five hours? What on earth would he do with his son for five hours? The flight was fairly brief with Harry looking out of the window at the clouds.

Flying…that was something that Snape never thought he would do, at least, not without a broom or at least the smoke out method of flight, yet here he was, waiting in a muggle waiting area for a mechanical beast to take him back to London. Oh he hoped that nothing went wrong with the blasted thing he didn't like the idea of having to fly his son out of an airplane full of muggles.

"Wouldn't it be amazing to fly without this plane? Like…people could use some" Harry broke through Snape's thoughts with that sentence, "some kind of thing…that would…help them fly." It seemed like the boy was reaching for something he had known before, known and loved.

Snape knew the boy was speaking of his love for flying, there is no way that somebody could spend that much time practicing and rehearsing for a game such as quidditch and yet not remember is there? He felt a need to whisper to his son all of the wonders of the wizarding world, especially quidditch, maybe trigger something in the boys memory. But he knew whilst surrounded by muggles was most likely not the best time to bring this up. So he simply said, "We shall speak about this intriguing idea of yours amongst many others when we get home Harry. I promise." He sat back in his chair and allowed himself to relax for a few minutes whilst Harry continued to look out the window. Watching the birds fly by and noticing just how far away the world below seemed to be. The plane soon landed at the airport and Snape insisted on finding their way to the international flights section. Since they had no bags that needed to be catered for.

"Just this way Mr" the flight attendant put her hand out for Harry's passport, "Potter. Oh my you have quite a wait are you sure you wish to wait here?"

"Yes thank you," Snape stated, he had not thought to get some muggle money before making the trip with his mind so focused on simply getting Harry home.

She reached for Snape's passport, "you're right to go then," she stated, "take your time, take a look around and make sure you're here for our take off at 6. First seated are business class, and then you shall wait for your row to be called." She handed Snape a travel itinerary.

Snape sighed as he looked at Harry, "come on son. I guess we have a bit of a wait."

Harry sat with him on one of those cold, uncomfortable plastic seats which those of us who only those of us who have needed to travel via the incredible muggle flying machines can truly understand. A five hour wait at Los Angeles International Airport for the flight to the United Kingdom International Airport (Heathrow) would be a daunting task. But at least once they both got to Heathrow Snape wouldhave the ability to find a quiet corner and apparate them both home. How on earth was he to keep his son entertained for five hours? He looked at Harry seeing him simply waiting patiently watching all of the different people coming as their waiting area started to become crowded with people who like them, were waiting for flights. But unfortunately their wait would be quite long.

"But Mum…" whined a young girl of around Harry's age, "I don't want to go to the Getty! It's boring!"

"Well Natalie, it won't hurt you to see some of our countries momentous statues and art work and maybe I can get a coffee away from your whining for a while! Now where's that bus schedule?"

"Excuse me," Snape said to the younger mother, "I couldn't help but to overhear your conversation with your daughter. I was wondering where this museum is? You see I have a few hours to entertain my son."

"Oh yes…the museum…I think I might have a spare brochure in my backpack," The woman said taking a backpack off her shoulders and opening the zip. She rummaged through it looking for it, "yes it is a bit of a hike to get there…just around an hour and a half, by bus, but I think it's worth it…we have a five hour layover and they always have some interesting activities for children, speeches you can listen to and of course the day tour, which" she looked at her watch, "we are going to miss, damn, oh well maybe we'll make it for the exhibition at least." She stated, Snape was starting to wish he hadn't started speaking to this woman as she just kept talking! "anyway, the bus is just this way. It's free so it's worth it!"

Free! That would definitely be helpful considering Snape's current lack of funds…well technically that wasn't correct, he had a lot back in Gringotts…ok so maybe not a lot of cash but enough to cover his basis. However all the way out here there was little chance for him to get to funds, as he didn't know where the American equivalent for Gringotts would be.

"I'll collect my son and be right with you," Snape stated, looking over at Harry who was still sitting in the chair that he had left him in. The poor boy was probably to scared to move after the latest turn of events.

"Harry, how would you like to go to a museum?" Snape asked not expecting a very enthusiastic answer.

"A…a museum?" He thought about how Dudley had gone to the museum and enjoyed it with his friends, how he had not been allowed to go because in his uncles words, "I don't want to spend good money on that freak!" How embarrassed Harry had felt when the school had trips to the museum and he had to stay behind helping the younger kids with their work whilst Dudley got on the school bus with his mates.

Harry smiled.

A real museum trip.

Snape found a quiet area where he apparated them both to the Getty museum. Just in time for the free tour of the gallery.