《The Throne》34
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"AUNTIE CHRISSY."
"Hi Charlotte." Christen says then squats down to hug my niece. "How are you sweetie?"
"Good." Charlotte says then I nudge her. "How are you?"
"Better now that I've seen you." Christen says causing Charlotte to look at me and stick her tongue out at me.
"Chrissy loves me more." Charlotte brags.
"Always trying to steal my girl." I mumble then squat down next to Christen. "Can you tell your Mummy something for me princess?"
"Mhmm." Charlotte says and nods her head.
"Can you tell your mummy that Auntie Chrissy's family is here and we'll see all of you at dinner?"
"Mhmm." Charlotte says then she kisses my nose.
Charlotte then spins around and runs towards her families apartment.
"BYE." Charlotte shouts as she turns a corner.
"Well then." I say then Christen and I stand up and lead her family towards my place.
Once in my apartment I show Channing, Tyler, and Cody to their rooms then I help Christen unpack her stuff and put it in her normal space in my wardrobe.
Christen told me her family wanted to take a vacation during the Christmas period so we decided to spend Christmas apart with our families then I invited the Press' to spend the week in London at my place.
"Are you nervous?" I ask.
"For what?" Christen asks.
"Our families to meet."
"A little bit, but I know your family and I know mine so I know they'll get along."
"I hope so." I mumble.
"They will Baba." Christen says and kisses my cheek. "We probably need to go find them."
"Okay." I say then we head to the living room.
"Nice place." Tyler says.
"Thank you." I say. "Do you guys want to sleep for a little bit or start the touristy stuff?"
"We slept on the plane so we're good." Channing says and the rest of the Press' nod.
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"Well if all of you will get what you need for the day then I'll be your tour guide for the day."
"Sweet." Tyler says then she, Channing, and Cody disappear to their rooms.
Christen and I wait for a couple minutes then, once everyone is back, we all head to my car and make the thirty minute drive to our destination. When we reach our destination everyone gets out and follows me into the building and through security. Once through security we head out onto the tarmac and to my helicopter.
"That's yours?" Cody asks and points to my helicopter.
"Yes it is." I say as I help Christen into the front passenger seat then start on my outside pre-flight checklist is complete. "I thought you guys could map out what you wanted to see while you're while also seeing London from the air."
"Sounds cool to me." Channing says then the rest of the Press' get in the cabin while I finish my outside pre-flight checklist is complete.
Once my outside pre-flight checklist is complete I get in the pilots seat and do my inside pre-flight checklist then I put my helmet on and test the cabin comms.
"Can all of you hear me?" I ask.
"Yep." Channing says.
"Yes." Cody says.
"I can." Tyler says.
"Yes Baba." Christen says.
"Great." I say.
I then press the comms button, look at Christen, and nod.
"Tower, RUBY 1 requesting permission to take off, helipad 3." Christen says.
"RUBY 1 this is tower, winds two three zero at five, cleared for takeoff." The ATC says.
"Cleared for takeoff helipad 3, RUBY 1." Christen says then smiles at me as I release the comms button.
"Nice job." I say and smile at my girl. "Everyone Ready?"
"Yeah." The Press' say.
"Alright." I say then face forward. "3...2...1"
I slowly lift us off the ground which causes Christen to squeal then I begin our fly over of London. While flying I glance over at Christen and see her snapping photo's left and right with her camera while chatting away with her family.
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"Everyone looks so small from up here." Channing says.
"How high are we?" Cody asks.
"Thirty-seven hundred feet." I say after reading the Altimeter.
"How far can you go on a single tank?"
"The furthest I've ever gone on a single tank is down to Lyon which is 932 kilometers or 580 miles away."
"Wow."
"Can we go see that?" Tyler asks.
"See what?" I ask.
"Castle looking thing on the banks of the river." Tyler says so I quickly look at what she's talking about.
"Oh the Tower of London." I say. "Of course we can see that."
"Can we see Westminster?" Channing asks.
"Sure." I say as I grab Christen's hand.
"Let's just make a list of things we wanna see and we'll try to knock 'em off." Cody says.
"Sounds good." Christen says as I run my thumb over her knuckles.
"Christen how much did you see when you came down here last year?" Tyler asks.
"I saw everything from the air, but we were busy so not that much."
"Ah."
"What time is it?" I question.
"4:30." Channing says.
"Wow we've been up here two hours." Cody says.
"Do we need to head back Baba?" Christen asks.
"We're already back." I say as we begin our descent onto the helipad.
I land safely on the helipad and turn everything off then we take our helmets off and wait for the blades to stop spinning. When the blades stop we head to my car and I drive us back to the palace then we head to my apartment. Once in the apartment we split up and shower then I start cooking.
"AUNTIE ANNA."
"IN HERE GEORGIE." I shout then I hear little feet padding towards me.
"Hi Auntie." George says and hugs my legs.
"Hi munchkin." I say. "Where's your Mum and Dad?"
"Here we are." Kate says as she walks into the room carrying some type of food while William carries Charlotte and Louis.
"Hello." I say as Harry, Meghan, and Archie come into the room.
"Hi Auntie." Louis says and kisses my cheek.
"Hi Rugrat." I say with a smile as Kate and Meghan put the finishing touches on our food.
"Anna." Archie says with a smile and grabs my nose.
"Theres my favorite half American baby." I say and tickle Archie's little stomach.
I then turn towards Charlotte.
"And why is my little Princess not saying anything?" I ask.
"Someone didn't wanna nap and now they're grumpy." William says.
"I know what can fix that." I say and take Charlotte from her dad's arms.
I then carry Charlotte into the living room.
"Look who's here." I say and point at Christen.
"Chrissy." Charlotte says with a smile.
"Hi Princess." Christen says and tickles Charlotte.
"Okay I happy now." Charlotte says. "Food time."
"Alright princess." I say then lead Christen and her family into the dining room.
Once in the dining room I set Charlotte down as Kate and Meghan bring the food into the room.
"Well family." I say getting everyone's attention. "This is Christen's Dad Cody and her sisters Channing and Tyler."
"Hello." Cody says.
"Hi." Tyler says.
"Hey." Channing says.
"And Family." Christen says. "These are Anna's brother's William and Harry."
"Nice to meet you." Harry says and shakes everyone's hands.
"Hello." William says and shakes everyone's hands.
"These are Anna's sister-in-laws Kate and Meghan and Anna's Niece and nephews George, Charlotte, Louis, and Archie."
Everyone greets each other then we start eating.
As we're eating and talking I realize something.
6 months away from Christen is gonna suck.
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