Merlin went straight to the restaurant knowing he's a few minutes late. He walked over to the hostess and asked to point him to Arthur's table. Merlin immediately saw Morgana and Leon and a mop of blonde hair turned back from him. Morgana looked up and saw Merlin towards them, she immediately flashed him a big smile and started madly waving at him.

"Sorry I'm late, I've had the most interesting time." Merlin apologized as Leon stood to shake his hand.
"Merlin! I've missed you! I'm so happy you decided to tag along with Arthur." Morgana slid out of their booth to hug Merlin.
"I've missed you too and my you're showing now." Merlin placed his hand on top of Morgana's baby bump.

Morgana playfully swatted Merlin's arm as she slid back to her seat. Merlin removed his coat and turned to a glaring Arthur not missing the additional person in the group.

"And who do we have here? I wasn't aware that Arthur was bringing a princess to dinner. If I had known I would have dressed appropriately. I'm sorry my lady but you have to excuse my clothes I was not aware that royalty will be dining with us this evening." Merlin begged.

Arianna giggled at Merlin's ministration and shyly snuggled closer to Morgana. Morgana winked at Merlin letting him know how grateful she was for making Arianna smile even more. Merlin slid himself next to Arthur as he placed his stuff on his lap.

"Merlin this is Princess Arianna. Princess this is our good friend Dr. Merlin." Morgana introduced Merlin to the little girl.
"Good evening Dr. Merlin. It's a pleasure to meet you sir." Arianna nodded at Merlin.
"The pleasure's all mine princess." Merlin winked at Arianna.

After some small pleasantries the group started browsing the menu and soon their server was ready to get their orders.

"Ms. Morgana would it be ok for me to get the regular meal instead of the kid's meal?" Arianna politely asked Morgana.
"Of course sweetie, just order what you want. Are you sure you'll be able to finish it all by yourself?" Morgana inquired.
"I saw a picture of a lasagna and my mum likes lasagna so if I get that one I'd be able to eat half of it and take the rest home for mum. I'm sure she'd love it!" Arianna beamed at Morgana.

Morgana stared at the little girl with tears threatening to spill from her eyes, touched by Arianna's thoughtfulness. Leon patted his wife's hand as Morgana looked over to him willing herself not to get emotional.

"Well we can have a lasagna to go for your mum since she's suppose to have dinner with us anyway. Is there anything else you'd like?" Morgana asked.

The adults couldn't help but find the little girl adorable as she lit up after Morgana asking her if she wanted anything else quickly browsing through the pictures on kids the menu. Merlin looked around the table and smiled at how everyone was enamored with the little girl as she thought about what she would get for herself.

"The burger looks nice. Can I get that one please?" Arianna asked looking up to Morgana.
"Sure honey. How about a drink? What do you want?" Arianna thought for a moment but then slumped her shoulders.
"Mum said I should only drink water at night for dinner if I want to have dessert because all those sugar will keep me up at night." Arianna mumbled.

The adults laughed at how cute Arianna was. She refused to disobey her mother but at the same time indirectly told them that she wants to have dessert afterwards.

"Your mum is a wise woman." Merlin told Arianna and gave her a big smile as soon as she looked up to him.
"My mum is really pretty. They say I look just like her." Arianna told Merlin.
"Well now, I must meet your mum then. I'm sure she's really beautiful even if she's just half as pretty as you are princess." Merlin winked at the little girl.

Arthur shook his head at his bestfriend's foolishness. He knew that it's been 6 years since Merlin had a proper relationship but considering a single mother might be too much for him to start with. Arthur thought Merlin is great with kids, but what does he know about raising a child? Arthur felt his heart constrict as he remembered losing the possible love of his life. Nothing managed to fill the void after all this years and he mourned for the possibility of it all.

Arthur rolled to his right and reached for Gwen. He was jolted out of his slumber when he realized her side of the bed was cold and empty. Arthur looked around the room and found her clothes gone. He got out of bed and started calling for her from his room as he picked up his boxer briefs and put them on. His heart started beating fast as the thought of never seeing her again entered his mind. He ran out of his room and searched his apartment for Gwen finally seeing a hand written note stuck to his fridge. Arthur ran his hand through his blonde locks in frustration. She was gone and all she left him was a note saying she had a great time. Last night was more than a one night stand for him, he thought she felt the same way. Arthur cannot and will not accept this. He will find her and let her realize they were meant to be together.

"Arthur! Stop zoning out on us." Merlin nudged his bestfriend.
"I am not!" Arthur protested.
"Actually you were brother. Arie asked you a question and you looked like you were frozen or something." Morgana laughed.
"What was the question again?" Arthur turned to ask Arianna.

Arianna thought for a moment whether or not to ask the question again. She giggled and hid her face in Morgana, embarrassed at Arthur's attention on her.

"Go on sweetie, just ask him." Morgana encouraged Arianna.
"Uhmmm... Ms. Morgana told me you like lemony things like me. I asked if you want to share a key lime pie with me for dessert?" Arianna smiled at Arthur hoping that he would say yes.
"Are you sure you can't finish one by yourself? Because I'm sure a slice isn't enough for me." Arthur kidded which earned a giggle from Arianna.
"I might but I'm not sure. My mum said I shouldn't order food if I'm just going to waste it and I don't want to have another tummy ache." Arianna confessed.

Arthur smiled at the little girl as he thought how well her mother raised her. He can't believe that he's actually thinking this when moments ago he was fighting her as if he was a 5 year old himself.

Gwen was finally closing up shop as she went through her usual checklist before locking up the laundromat. Gwen sent a message to Morgana that she's closing in an hour and will take another hour to pick up Arianna from the hotel. She was now on her way to the hotel ignoring the rumbling in her stomach since she doesn't want to stop to grab a bite and be late in picking up her daughter. She reasoned with herself that she'll grab a sandwich on their way back home.

Dinner was fun and they were now back in Morgana's suite. The men were having a night-cap as Morgana held a sleepy Arianna. They watched as the little girl fought her sleep. She was nodding off and as soon as her head would hit Morgana's side she would open her eyes wide and pretend like nothing happened.

"Are you sure you don't want to sleep?" Morgana asked.
Arianna shook her head.
"My mum will be here soon. I don't want her to carry me home." The little girl explained.
"Just close your eyes sweetie, I'll wake you when she gets here." Morgana smiled.

Arianna shook herself awake to show Morgana that she's no longer sleepy. The adults laughed at her antics but knew she wouldn't last long. Soon enough Morgana was cradling a sleeping Arianna as they continued with their conversation.

"Well we better go and leave you two alone. I'm sure Arianna's mother will be here soon and I have to be up early for some prep work before Monday's meetings." Arthur stretched before getting up from his seat and pulling Merlin up with him.
"Hey I'm on holiday and I haven't seen Morgana and Leon for a long time. So if you want to go then go just don't force me to go with you!" Merlin protested as he sat back down.

Arthur glared at his bestfriend in disbelief.

"It's ok Arthur, we're not tired yet and we're quite enjoying Merlin's stories." Leon chuckled at the pair.
"Leave him be Arthur. I'll see you tomorrow, lets have breakfast!" Morgana told her little brother.
"Ok but don't tell me I didn't try to drag him with me when you two are too tired while this one won't shut up." Arthur pointed to Merlin.
"Hey!" Merlin protested again.
"Fine I'm going. Good night everyone." Arthur moved towards Morgana to kiss her on the forehead.

He looked down at the sleeping little girl and placed his hand on top of her head.

"She is precious isn't she?" Morgana brought Arthur out of his reverie.
"Yeah when she's asleep." Arthur teased.
"Wait 'til you have children of your own, I'm sure they'll do no wrong in your eyes." Morgana teased back.
"Well that won't happen any time soon, so until then I'll just spoil my nephew rotten." Arthur winked at his sister.

After a few more goodbyes Arthur finally left the suite and walked towards the lifts. Arthur remembered he needed some things from the concierge, so instead of going up to his room and calling he decided to go down to the lobby and talk to the concierge in person.

Gwen pushed the revolving door to enter the hotel lobby. She walked towards the lifts area where 8 lifts faced each other. Gwen pressed the button and waited for the lift to arrive. Just as one of the lifts opened up, Arthur's lift finally arrived at the lobby and opened facing the lift Gwen was walking in. Arthur looked up just as Gwen finished pressing the button for Morgana's floor. Arthur stood frozen as the lift doors closed still not trusting what he just saw. He stared at the lift waiting to see what floor it stopped before getting in to the lift himself and pressing the same floor. He was back to the same spot earlier not realizing it was Morgana's floor. The halls were quiet and there was no trace of her. Arthur ran his hands over his face in frustration. He can't keep doing this to himself, he needs to accept the fact that she's gone. Finally calming himself he pressed the button and waited for the lift to bring him back to the lobby. Just as the lift dinged to signal it's arrival Arthur heard voices talking and a woman shouting to hold the elevator. Arthur held the open button on the lift and waited for them to arrive. Arthur's mouth opened in shock as he realized who the woman that called out was.

"Thank you!" Gwen thanked the man without looking up as she ushered her sleepy daughter inside the lift.

Arianna was rubbing her eyes as her mother led her inside the lift. She finally opened her eyes and looked up to see Arthur.

"Hi Sir Arthur!" Arianna waved and smiled at Arthur.

Gwen looked up to see who Arianna was talking to and what she saw drained all the blood from her face.