It was Christmas and Sherlock was still working on the Irene Adler case. Zaria and John had been trying to help him with the case but they had in a way given up. Zaria had been given lots of work from Greg and Mycroft. Sherlock was starting to worry about his little sister; Zaria had been so over worked lately. So around Christmas Sherlock decided that he pay Greg a visit and discuss Zaria.
As Sherlock arrived at Greg's office and walked right in. Donavon was right on his heel s telling him that he couldn't go in there. "Lestrade we need to talk about Zaria" said as he barged into the office. Greg looked up from his computer to see the detective standing before him with a serious look on his face.
"What about Zaria?" Greg questioned.
"Well Lestrade, you need to give Zaria some time off. She is being over worked right now. Make sure she has two weeks off and those two weeks have to include the week of Christmas and the week of New Year's" Sherlock order Greg.
"Of course I can do that Sherlock. Now I need to ask you something" Greg told Sherlock.
"You have my blessing" Sherlock said. Greg sat there in awe; he hadn't even asked the question. "I just assumed that you were going to ask me for permission to marry my little sister and my answer is yes. However, I must ask when you plan to propose to her and have you gotten Mycroft and our parents' permission as well. Apparently that type of stuff matters to Zaria" Sherlock told Greg.
"I have already gotten the go ahead from Mycroft and your parents. I am planning on proposing to her around Christmas. So in a couple of days actually" Greg responded.
"Ok, just make sure you give her time off" Sherlock said as he left Greg's office. Sherlock then went back to the flat. When he arrived at the flat he saw that John, Zaria and Mycroft were sitting at the table. Zaria was drinking tea and John was reading the newspaper while Mycroft rambled on about something.
"Oh Sherlock you're finally here" Mycroft said, "I need to know if you have retrieved the photos from Irene Adler yet?"
"No Mycroft I haven't" Sherlock sneered. Thankfully Mrs. Hudson came in to Sherlock's rescue.
"Sherlock would you like some tea?" Mrs. Hudson asked upon entering the room. Sherlock shook his head no in response. "You really need to clean this place up" she told them as she put some tea in the kitchen.
Mycroft began to ramble on again about how Sherlock should have gotten the photos and stuff like that. Zaria had started to get text messages from Greg.
G: Zar since I'm going to give you two weeks off do you want to go to Dublin with me after Christmas?
Z: Yeah that would be fun
G: Also do you want to go to dinner tomorrow night?
Z: Sure, where?
G: That little Italian place that we had our first date
Z: Sounds fun. What should I wear?
G: Something nice
Z: Should I meet you there or are you going to pick me up?
G: I'll pick you up at 7
Z: Sounds like a date then
"Zaria will you pay attention! If you are going to live at this house you need to listen to Sherlock and me" Mycroft exclaimed.
Z: Sorry I have to go; Mycroft is having a tantrum XX
Mycroft then muttered, "God why does she have to be such an annoying little sister."
"Mycroft you should be more thankful towards your siblings, they're your family" Mrs. Hudson told Mycroft as she put a hand on Zaria and Sherlock's shoulders.
"Oh Shut Up Mrs. Hudson!" Mycroft exclaimed.
"MYCROFT!" Sherlock and Zaria yelled.
"OI" John exclaimed.
"Mycroft say sorry to Mrs. Hudson now" Zaria snarled. Mycroft looked a bit intimidated by his little sister.
"My apologies Mrs. Hudson" Mycroft huffed.
"Apologies accepted" Mrs. Hudson said before leaving the room. Sherlock's phone then made a sound that sounded like a woman moaning/ gasping. Zaria looked at Sherlock weirdly.
"Ok it just got awkward in here so I'm going to leave. Come on John lets go for a walk" Zaria said as she got up.
As Zaria and John started walking they came across Zaria's favourite café and decided to go in and have something to drink. They both sat down in a booth and waited for their drinks.
"So John I don't really know anything about you other than you served in the army as a doctor and you are best friends with my brother. So tell me about you" Zaria said.
"Well I have a sister named Harry. She is an alcoholic and single. I went to university with a man named Mike Stamford who works with Molly Hopper. I've known your brother for almost two years now. When I first met Sherlock, Mycroft had taken me to a deserted parking lot and scared me have to death. I killed a man that was going to kill Sherlock. I also got shot when I was in the army that is why I'm here in England" John told you. "Now you need to tell me about yourself" John said to you.
"Fine, I'm the third Holmes child. I was engaged to Greg Lestrade but then I was captured by Moriarty. I was captured and taken away two days before my wedding. Moriarty used me to his advantage, I was his personal assassin. Now I'm back and things have changed" Zaria told him.
"What was your childhood like?" John asked.
"Well my brothers ignored me most of the time. I out shined them at times. Like my brothers I didn't really have friends. I attended Oxford where I studied education and history. Once finished I went and joined Scotland Yard. However, I was approached by Oxford to teach History. Also when I was in Secondary School my parents sent me off to boarding school in Italy. I speak fluent Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, French, Polish and Swedish. So anything else?" Zaria said.
"No, but wow you've done a lot" John said.
"Yeah. John this was nice, we should go for walks more often" Zaria told him.
So I have finally finished this chapter.
