grace and tommy peaky blinders

Chapter 2

1 year later

Grace had fully recovered from the gunshot wound. Although she still had the scar, but she didn't mind. As long as she was still alive to be with her husband and her son, everything would be okay.
Grace was sat at the desk in her office, running through papers for the Grace Shelby Foundation. Tommy had named it, much to her disapproval, although Grace secretly admitted to herself that she kind of liked it.
Tommy had only just started going back to work fully. For the past year he had only been going into work a few times a week, and usually it was only for 2 hours or so. This is because he had spent pretty much all of 1 year by Grace's side. Grace couldn't remember a moment when either tommy or some other guard weren't with her. Constantly making sure she was safe.
But now Grace was better, and everything was getting back to normal. Tommy was getting on with work well and he seems very happy to grace, although he is about 10x more on guard then he was a year ago.
Speaking of Tommy's work, all of the Shelby's had been invited to an event at the ball room in Birmingham tonight for the business. Grace wasn't to sure about what tommy was doing at work, but she knew it was something to do the Donohoughs and their car business. That is the event they are going to tonight, grace was sure it was a car show or something.
It will be the first event they have been to since the charity dinner and Grace was a bit scared as she knew Tommy would die to make sure she didn't get hurt again, and that is what she is worried about.

The front door opened and in came Tommy. Grace jumped out of her desk chair and ran to the front door
"Hello Mrs Shelby." Says Tommy with a smile. He grabs her buy the waist and pulls her to towards him. "How has your day been?"
"Okay, been planning what to wear for tonight." At the mention of tonight Tommy's jaw clenches and he moves his hand to her face.
"Grace, about tonight, I'm not sure we should go, I mean after last time..." he has tears in his eyes.
"Tommy, it's been a full year, its okay, we can do this. I love you, and you love me. And we won't let anything happen to each other. We are safe as long as we are with each other." Tommy smiles, his love showing in his eyes.
"I love you so much, Grace. Come on, let's get ready for tonight."

2 hours later and they are in Birmingham ball room. The room was amazing, all marble and glass with rows upon rows or flowers and many, many drinks. And not to mention the cars, they were truly amazing cars.
Tommy and Grace walked towards the rest of gang, Tommy's hand firmly interlocked in graces, keeping a look out of trouble.
"Hello boys." Tommy says to his brothers.
"Hello Tommy." Says John. "Grace." John nods at grace.
"So where are the Donohoughs then?" Asks Tommy.
"Over there sitting at the big table." Arthur points to a big table full of about 10 people, 3 of them must at least be body guards. There were 4 men and 3 women. The men were big and tall and very muscular and the women were quite small but looked very important and smart.
"So what is it we want from them then?" Asks Finn.
"Their cars." Says Tommy and he leads Grace over to the big table. "This is a very nice event that you have put together, Mr Donohough."
A man looked up, who grace guessed was the leader. His eyes linger on Tommy for a moment, but then settled on grace. Tommy's hand immediately tightened around graces waist and he pulled her closer to him.
Mr Donohough smirked and looked back towards tommy.
"Hello, Mr Shelby."
"Hello, it's a nice range of cars you have here."
"Yes it is Mr Shelby, are you thinking of buying any?" Asks Mr Donohough.
"Oh no, to expensive for me." Replies tommy.
To anyone else, this would of been a normal conversation, but not to grace, she knew these two men hated each other.
Mr Donohoughs eyes move back to grace. Tommy inhales deeply.
"So you must grace."
"Yes, that's me." Say grace.
"So you've recovered well from the gunshot wound." Grace's heart drops, how did he know?
"Right well we will be off now." Says Tommy, rescuing Grace from an awkward situation.
"Look grace loads of people heard about you and the gunshot, don't think twice about it." Says Tommy, in a quiet corner. Grace wants to believe him, she really does, but there is just something about the way that man looked at her that makes her feel sick to her stomach.
"Tommy, it's just he makes me feel, ugh I can't explain it." Grace looks down, but tommy lifts her chin up.
"If you think that I'm going to let someone even touch you again, then you are all kinds of wrong. Grace I will keep you safe, I promise." Tommy looks deeply into her eyes, and pulls her closer to him. He presses his lips to hers, and for one minute, the world is theirs, and no one can separate them from one another.
Tommy pulls apart.
"I love you Mr Shelby, and I know nothing will happen as long as I have you." They both smile.

The rest of the night goes by smoothly with no problems. Tommy tells grace what his business plans are:
He wants all of the cars that Donohough has, to add to his own collection, but he can't buy them as Donohough won't sell them to just one person, so he has to steal them. He is working with a "priest" called farther Hughes who wants the cars as well, although Grace suspects he has his own agenda, which tommy agrees with so he promised grace he would watch the preset closely.

At the end of the night, tommy and grace get into their limo and head home. The car journey was quick but by the time they got home, Charles was fast asleep, so they decide to go the kitchen for a bit before heading to bed.
"Wasn't the food there just absolutely horrid." Says Tommy to Grace.
Grace nods as she pulls some leftover pizza out into he fridge and some Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
Tommy pulls grace into his lap as they eat the pizza together in silence, Tommy's hand playing with graces hair.
Tommy started flirting with grace, like he always did when he was very drunk, but grace enjoyed it.
"Your a little bit drunk aren't you." Grace says smirking whilst turning around to face him, still sitting on his lap.
"I have no idea what your talking about, Mrs. Shelby. Buy that sounds good. Mrs. Shelby Mrs. Shelby Mrs. Shelby." He picks her up and she wraps her legs around his waist, giggling into his neck
"Oh tommy, I pray to god I never loose."
"You won't, your stuck with me forever." Tommy starts dancing round the kitchen, still carrying grace, she tells tommy to put her down, even though she doesn't want him to. Tommy knows what she really wants and carries on carrying her, round and round the kitchen they go until tommy gets dizzy and has to sit down.
"I want the world to know I love you Grace." Grace smiles, it always lifted graces heart whenever tommy said things like this. "So I'm going to tell the world." And of he goes, out of the kitchen and into the hallway, grace follows him, whilst laughing.
"Tommy where are you going, are you going outside? Tommy stop I'm cold! Let's go to bed."
Tommy stops before he can get outside and turns back to Grace, giving him her coat, "come on grace, I need to tell the world." Grace laughs, she kinda loves it when he's drunk. She wraps his coat around her and inhales his scent.
They get out side and tommy stands on their doorstop, opens up his arms and screams at the top of his lungs, "I LOVE GRACE SHELBY." He picks grace up and puts her on his shoulders. "I LOVE HER SO FUCKING MUCH."
And as grace sits there on the love of her life's shoulders as he screams to the world that he loves her and as their child lays asleep upstairs, she realises this is the happiest she's ever been in her entire life.