BRING ME TO LIFE // Prince William

Chapter Nine - Awkward family dinner

Je te connais par coeur.

I know you by heart.

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It was Friday, which meant at seven o'clock would be their family dinner at her parents home.  They tried to do it every week, but Natasha and Peter understood that everyone was busy and had their own lives.  Their feelings weren't hurt if some of them decided to cancel.  

Evelyn was excited to see Noah and Theo's girlfriends though as it had been a while since she had.

Natasha and Peter had also invited Kate's family as they often did whenever they had family dinners and Carole and Michael do with them as well.  They hadn't always gotten on this well.  In fact, when the families first met each other, Eric and Kate were nervous that they might never get on.  Natasha had their cooks, Simon and Melanie, make their dinner for them tonight since it was so many people.  It happened to work out that Olivia, Theo's girlfriend, was able to make it to dinner as well as Ellie who was Noah's.  

Evelyn was able to see Ellie more often than Olivia, due to Olivia's work schedule, but they had their own group chat with Vivienne and Mia included.  

"Harry," Evelyn exclaimed as she hugged him and William grumbled.

"I swear my fiancé loves you more than me sometimes," he quipped to his younger brother.

"'Course she does, right Evelyn?  Only because I remind her of her favourite Weasley family.  Don't be jealous, Wills."

Evelyn couldn't help but laugh as she went back to her fiancé as she pressed her lips to his jaw and then his lips, making the couple smile into the short kiss.  

"Don't worry," she murmured to him.  "Everyone knows I come home to you, Harry's just my side piece," she said placing a kiss to his cheek before looking at him to see his reaction and he started laughing, knowing she was joking.

"God I love you," he laughed more as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to her head.  

"I love you," she told him as she smiled at him.

The Middleton's arrived shortly after she and William did.  Over the time that Kate and Eric had been dating, Evelyn also became pretty close with Pippa.  Not as close as she was with Kate, but still enough to where they invited each other on holiday's and family and friend events.  It was nice getting along and not having any hard feelings.  

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"Since you all are here, William and I actually have an announcement," Eve said with a small smile as she shared glances with her fiancé and then her family.  "I was going to give the announcement cards to you all after dinner but I also wanted to tell you all.  I'm actually going to convert and be baptised into the Church of England a month before our wedding.  October twenty-fifth is the day and I would really love it if you all could be there.  It means a lot to us."

Evelyn technically didn't have to be baptised since she was apart of the Christian faith already, but she and William had talked about about a months prior to finally making the decision.

"What if I converted to the Church of England?" Evelyn asked him as they were eating Indian food take out on their sofa, having a casual night in.

"What brought this on?" William asked as he furrowed his eyebrows.

"I dunno," she shrugged her shoulders.  "I know I don't have to but I was thinking about our future, y'know?  And I just think it would be nice to have both parents who believe the same thing."

"You don't have to do this.  You know?" He told her as he grabbed her hand.  "Your already a Christian."

"I know but this is something I want to do.  I actually already talked about it with Elizabeth and she loved it."