Champagne Coast

010. but daddy i love him

Dutiful daughter, all my plans were laid / Tendrils tucked into a woven braid / Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all / He was chaos, he was revelry

chapter ten.
but daddy i love him

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"Does no one know how to hang banners straight?!" Lucy exclaimed looking at the helpers who were hanging the banners. No one could deny the girl had been a bit angrier lately and almost no one knew why. Although, Lucy had forgiven Mal and Ben, a part of her knew she would still be upset with the two of them.

"Our feisty little girl." She heard from behind her. She was met with her mom, dad, and brother. Although her brother was with a girl.

"Hi." She said with a soft smile. She hadn't told her parents about Harry but she was sure that Mal did. She gave her parents a hug before turning to her brother.

"Little sister." He held his hands out and she gave him a big hug.

"Big brother." She replied with a smile.

"Oh. I, uh, wanted you to meet my girlfriend." Lucy looked to the girl who held a nervous smile.

"Hi! I'm Gianna. Daughter of Ariel and Eric." Lucy looked taken aback for a moment before settling on a smile.

"I'm Lucy." She said holding her hand out. Gianna shook it with a smile.

"We're gonna go get drinks." Nick said dragging Gianna away with him. She sent Lucy a look saying that they know. Lucy let out a breath before turning to her parents.

"So...How are you and Felix?" Her dad asked making her sigh. She'd been having this conversation with her dad since Cotillion.

"Still just friends, daddy." She said with a tight lipped smile.

"Who is he?" Her mom asked making the girl sigh.

"You know Captain Hook's son?" She said wincing when her parents gasped lightly.

"No." Her dad said firmly making the girl shake her head.

"Daddy." She tried but he shook his head.

"No. That's it. Besides that boy is probably on the Isle causing trouble." Edward shook his head as Wendy stayed quiet watching her daughter.

"But daddy I love him." She said making herself and her parents gasp. She had never said it out loud.

"What do you know about love? You're 17." Lucy shook her. She saw her friends walk in.

"I have to go." She said ignoring the calls from her parents.

"Hey, guys." She said putting on a fake smile. Evie and Felix seemed to be the only two who noticed.

"There they are." Lucy said taking the attention off herself and to Ben and Mal. Everyone cheered and clapped as the two walked in.

"Lady Mal and I wanna thank you for celebrating out engagement with us today. I couldn't be prouder or happier to call you my Queen. So...raise your glasses. To our future Queen of Auradon." Ben said as everyone held their glasses up and toasted to Mal before taking sips of their drinks.