A Royal Duty ~ Tommy Shelby~

Chapter 2: Peaky Blinders??

"Polly Gray??" Ada questions.
I nod my head, keeping quiet thinking I have said something wrong, Ada then says, "She's my aunt, come come I will take you to her," she assures me.
I feel like I and I will be friends.

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As we arrive at the house, Ada walks in, and I follow. It's only small but has a home feal to it.
We walk down the hall toward the kitchen. we're a woman sits at the small table with a cup of tea and a paper in hand.

"Whose this, Ada?" the woman asks in her calm Brummie accent

"She won't say her name, but she asks for you, poll," Ada tells her aunt. Ohh so this is polly Gray

"What can I do for you, love?" polly asks politely, but I can't say because Ada is here, so I whisper to polly if she can ask Ada to go, and she does that.
I gish for the letter in my satchel and give it to Polly.
Polly reads it and then looks at me with widen eyes. "Your Majesty, what can I help you with?" she whispered, emphasising the 'I'

"I just need to make sure no one finds out about me until I complete this duty." As I beg her, "Please polly, help me everybody will listen to you please. "

She looks at me like she's unsure this will work, but she agrees and said I can stay with her and her nephews, which I was warned about

" I assume that Elizabeth has warned you about my family, so as long as you don't turn us in, then I will tell you everything" I promise as it has nothing to do with me.

She starts showing me around, including where I would stay, which is next to her second eldest nephew. She takes me inside the gambling den to meet the rest of the family.

"Alright, boys, get your acts together. we have company, " she demands as the boys start to clean themselves up almost like a Sargent telling jos men to line up for inspection. They did that all the time at the Palace.

"Whose this poll??" The man with the moustache and a thick Brummie accent asked

"This is y/n, she's a friend of a family friend and she's going to be staying with us for a while and don't worry she's knows about our business, she can be trusted" Poll said, then stuck up her finger, pointing at the boys getting all serious " and she is off limits. No one, and I repeat, no one is touching her. You make sure all your men know, " she demands. The boys shake their heads vigorously, obviously scared of their aunt.
"Now introduce yourselves and show some manners," she scolded them.

"Alright, love, the name is Arthur Shelby, the oldest of these lot" the man with the moustache and thick Brummie accent said as I shook his hand " got a firm handshake thir love almost like your royalty" he joked as I awkwardly laughed and so does poll but the boys brush it off.

"You know me, Ada. I'm 3rd oldest in this little group yet the most reasonable unlike some" ( A/n: Hint hint Tommy 😉)

" I'm John Shelby, you may call me john Boy or Johnny. i dont really mind, and I'm the 4th oldest sadly, which means Ada likes to boss me around." He chuckles while Ada rolls her eyes and shakes her head but agrees

"And last but not least me, I'm Finn Shelby and the youngest." He does look quite young (A/n: He isn't 12 like he is in the 1st season, and they are all a bit younger, so Tommy is late 20s- early 30s)

I think back to what Elizabeth said about how I should watch put for them, but they don't seem almost that scary. I think I might fit in with these lot.

"Where's Thomas?" Polly asked sternly to her nephews and neice.

" Oh, I saw him when I took y/n to Charlie's to get her horse so hay and water," Ada said. Oh, so that man was Thomas Shelby

"You ride?" John boy asked me, and I nodded." Sweet, what's its name??" He asked genuinely interested.

"Her name is Queenie, and she is a pure white," I told him, and he looked like a kid in a candy shop." I can show you tomorrow if you want to see her" I suggested and he immediately agreed. Alright he's now my bestie. Sorry Ada

Then all of a sudden the door swung open and a man walked in. It wa sthe same man at Charlie's yard, Tommy I think his name was. Anyway I suddenly got a chill and made eye contact with him and it happened again. The world stopped, like it was just us. I wonder if he felt it, he must've because he was off in a daze. He snapped out of it and said in a deep huskly voice " Whose this poll?"

"Her name is y/n and she's going to be staying with us for a while. Before you try, she is off limits" Poll made sure that he knew because she knows what Tommy is like " Y/n, this is Thomas the second oldest and the leader of our little group"

" Does she know?" Thomas aske dolly and she nodded " Please don't call me Thomas, just Tommy" he asked me

" OK no problem" I said. He looked at me like I said something wrong. " Is everything OK Tommy" I asked and he nodded.

"Where are you staying?" He asked me and polly told him it's the room next to his.

" Now, Thomas go take y/n's bags up and help her settle while i make us some lunch" Poll told him as he complied and helped me to my room.