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XIV

Twentieth of June, 2021

Amelia enjoyed her well-deserved break from British media in LA and managed to get a tan spending most of her time in Harry and Meghan's backyard.

So much of the year had already gone by that by the time she got back that by the time she got back, she had met Meghan's second child, her niece, Lilibeth Diana. She didn't want to go back home, especially with a new baby but she knew Eugenie's son was probably waiting for his aunt Amelia as well as Layla, and William's babies.

Seeing as it was mid-June, Amelia decided to have a picnic with her grandfather the moment she landed just because she could.

"Is this not nice? Just the two of us and 15 guards hidden around us enjoying the view over tea."

"What do you want Evie, I feel like you're trying to butter me up. Is this about that Lewis boy?" It was no secret that Amelia was his favourite grandchild so he did extra to make sure she felt like he was paying attention to her

"You really cannot let me have a moment with you without it being suspicious?"

"You grew out of spending time with your grannies remember?"

"That is a lie."

"Is true, you never talk to us. It's Lewis this, Lewis that." She tries to cover his mouth to shut him up and save her the embarrassment but there's no point. "I heard he send in roses, didn't he?"

"You keep up with too much gossip."

"It's easy when you have a lot of time on your hand." He smiles smugly at the girl which makes her roll her eyes with a smile as well.

"Okay Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, it is about Lewis."

"See, was it that hard?"

"I'm planning to go see him with Layla in July. There will be a race being held in Silverstone and I know mama would love for me to go."

"Gaslighting and manipulating I see."

"Always."

"Alright, what do you need me to do."

"Distract Daddy for a while? I do not want him to catch a whiff of me going especially if the old hag- I mean Camilla is the one to tell him."

"I will do my best, that I can promise."

"Thank you grandpa, really."

"How is it you kids say it these days, light work?"

"Please stop saying that."

"Now why not?"

"It is so cringey."

"You're just saying that because I'm cooler than you."

"Mhmm, sure."

Soon enough the two rounded up their date and head back into the palace where they all had work to attend to. Times like these Amelia wishes being a princess or being part of the royal family in general was like the movies where everyone fell in love with their ball gowns and sang all day long.

"Welcome back from hell." Were the first words that spilled out of Layla's mouth the moment she got to her room to change into something more comfortable.

"Have you been living here?"

"Is it that obvious?" Layla was tucked into her bed with the oversized blankets basically swallowing her up. She had her laptop open as Criminal Minds was playing and a bunch of snacks around her.

"You are going to get crumbs in my bed!" Amelia threw her tweed jacket-like top at the brunette girl who managed to duck the impact.

"You wound me cousin, I thought we were closer than that. How's lili?"

"Oh, she is an absolute Angel and so little, like it is insane. I love her so much and Archie as well. They are complete angels."

"Ugh now I want to go to LA."

"You can always go but wait till after Silverstone. I want to surprise Lewis."

"Oh honey I've been waiting for you to say this since forever. I have VIP paddock passes from George."

"You spoke to George Russell?"

"There's a lot a DM can do for you especially if you use your official royal account."

"So you baited him, poor guy. What are you giving him in exchange for his kindness."

"Free tour of Buckingham Palace."

"You are insane."

"One of the two of us has to me." Amelia rolled her eyes at her words as she walked towards the bathroom for a well-deserved bath.

Firstly, she walked into the shower and washed off as well as washed her hair before filling up the bathtub for a relaxing soak. She put her hair up with the help of her claw clip, got her lavender Epsom salt and poured it in followed by some flower petals and a bath bomb.

All she could think about was how she'd manage to leave the palace without drawing too much attention towards Layla or herself and successfully disappear for pretty much the entire day.

She knew she had no choice but to bring Alice into her plan or else it would be least likely that it would work.

After roughly an hour and a half of being in the bathroom, Amelia decided it was time she joined Layla in bed which would lead to her eventually passing out for the night.

The jet lag and incredible time difference between London and LA doing a number on her.

Layla casted a look at her cousin and smiled lightly, the poor girl hid how tired she was too well. She brought her closer, placing the laptop on the bedside cabinet, and placed a kiss on her forehead before both Princesses rediscovered dreamland.

Lewis had just arrived in France that morning and was currently hanging out with his grid best friends Sebastian Vettel and Valterri Bottas.

"How's the Missus?" Bottas asked with a smug smile

"She's doing well, just got back from LA not too long ago."

"Oh? He's not denying it!" Sebastian exclaimed with a smile

"I mean, I'm pretty serious about her. I can't deny it anyway because it's quite obvious. I see a future with her."

"Remember when you told me you weren't going to settle down anytime soon? Especially after Nicole?" Seb asked

"Nicole? Wasn't he with Winnie after her?" Bottas added

"Okay can we stop tearing apart my former love life?"

"Fine fine, we'll stop."

"I really miss her, long distance sucks."

"Ugh lover boy Lewis has emerged." Valterri teased

"Oh shut up, leave me be."

"Okay Mr Hamilton, we'll leave you be."

"We have training early tomorrow so we should most likely get to sleep now. Your princess is probably sleeping as well you should do the same."

"Yeah okay, bye guys."

"Bye Lew-lew."

"Our love."

"Our saviour."

"Our king."

Lewis rolled his eyes at their antics and walked away making the two laugh.

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