Midnight x F.P.

𝚏𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚢 𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝

December 16th, 2022

Anastasia POV

We're catching our flight back home tonight, because we all decided that we wanted to spend the Christmas holiday's back in England and not here in Los Angeles. 

Our families are excited that we're coming back, but what neither of our families know yet.. is that we rented out an entire castle for all of us to go stay in for Christmas.

I had actually found a really cool castle in Hartlepool, it's about a four hour drive from Oxford. 

Which doesn't sound fun, but it's a huge surprise and we think everyone will be excited.

I also have a huge surprise for Aurora, which she has literally no idea about. I had talked with Scarlett about them joining us and she had talked it over with Romain. 

Romain was completely fine with it, he just asked to spend the week before with Rose. So Scar, Colin, and the kids went to France about a week ago. 

Just so that Rose could at least celebrate Christmas with her dad, a little early but still. They said they will meet us back in London and we'll be all driving back to Oxford together.

I was going through all the documents for the trip and got thirsty. I locked my iPad and as I went to go to the fridge I heard footsteps coming down the hall.

"Oh hey baby", Florence says as she walks into the kitchen. 

"Hey darling", I greet as she walks over before hugging me. 

I quickly wrapped my arms around her to hug her back, but just a little tighter and she lets out a small sigh.

"What's wrong my darling?", I ask moving back to look at her and she laughs. 

"Nothing baby, I'm just not really excited for the long flight back home", she says and I kiss her head.

"Everything will go okay, we'll land and meet with Scarlett. Then we'll drive back to Oxford for the night before we all drive out to the rental", I tell her and she smiles widely. 

I knew mentioning Scarlett would cheer her up a little.

"I still can't believe we rented an entire castle", she says with a small giggle and I smiled. 

"Me too but shush, it's a big surprise. Aurora will blow it if she knows about it", I tell her and she shakes her head.

"But I'm really excited", she whispers and I smile. 

"You are?", I ask with a slight raised brow and she nods with a soft smile. 

"Yeah, a big castle with you", she whispers and I laugh a little.

"Mhm", I whisper and she tilts her head slightly. 

"What's on your mind Anastasia?", she asks curiously before I bite my lip. 

"Just thinking about all the hiding spots we will find", I whisper to her and she blushes slightly.

"Oh, so many hiding spots", she whispers back before I tilt her chin up slightly. 

She smiles a little as I kiss her forehead. 

"When does our little monster get home?", she asks and I look at my phone.

"Any minute, and then we pretty much have to go", I tell her and she nods. 

"Okay", she whispers and I smile before kissing her softly.

"I'm just going to load up the santa fe", I tell her and she nods. 

"Sounds good, I'll just be here", she says and I shook my head.