2 years later…
"Right, come on Pol" Alex smiled, guiding her out of the car and grabbing the girls' pushchair which also had most of their luggage in; he had booked 2 weeks at the Disneyland Resort in Paris as a surprise holiday for her and the girls.
"Are you going to tell me where we're going?"
"Nope" he laughed, he waited until they got to the flight check in desk before he removed the blindfold and allowed her to see where she was while he checked everybody in.
"Alex! Where are we going? Why are you being so secretive?" Polly was confused; he must have done all of this while she was at work.
Alex smiled at her, he knew how impatient she could be but sometimes it was quite amusing as well. He had spoken to Dixie and his work and managed to get the two weeks that he had hoped for; Isabel and Nieve's 3rd birthday was in the first week, Polly's was the week after "You'll find out soon enough, be patient"
"I don't want to be patient" she scowled, making him laugh "I wanna know where we're going!" when they went to sit down he passed her her ticket and she squealed with excitement when she realised where they were going. Alex grinned at her; he knew she would love going to Disneyland "Thank you Alex, you didn't have to do this you know"
Isabel reached out her arms to her mother to be lifted and Polly picked her up, sitting her on her knee "Mummy, where going?" she asked, wondering what all the excitement was about.
"We're going to Disneyland Issy!"
"Meet princess?"
"Yeah, we'll meet lots of princesses, some princes too" she smiled, looking over to Nieve who was sleeping; she didn't know how she managed it, what with all the noise of the airport.
Alex looked at her, he was glad he had done this for her. He had a few special things booked over the two weeks, but the biggest surprise would be when they got home; they had outgrown Polly's little house and needed somewhere bigger. Polly knew that they were moving house, it was brought and paid for, but she didn't know that it would be ready for them to move into once they got back from holiday; he had arranged for someone to be there when the removal people came, and all of Polly's friends had agreed to help out with decorating it. Jeff had offered to do painting and any DIY jobs, and he had left Dixie and Avani in charge of decorating.
After a couple of hours of sitting around, their flight finally appeared on the departures board "Come on Polly, come on girls"
"Let's go to Disneyland!" Polly laughed "I still can't believe you're doing this Alex! I love you"
"Love you too"
5 hours later…
Finally they arrived at the resort. The girls were exhausted from the flight and the journey to the hotel and fell fast asleep almost immediately.
Polly's phone rang and she went out onto the balcony to answer it so that she didn't wake the girls up "Hello?"
"Hi Polly, its Dixie"
"Hi! Dix, did you know about this?"
"Know about what?" Dixie tried to keep a straight face but Jeff nudged her, making her laugh.
"Disneyland"
"Me? No, not a thing. Nice surprise though?"
Suddenly it dawned on her that Dixie must have known so that she could book the time off for her "Yeah, thanks Dixie!"
"No problem, have a good time and I want to see lots of pictures. Bye Pol"
"Count on it! Bye"
Alex was sat on the bed, reading and occasionally looking over at the girls to make sure that they were alright "Alex, how long did it take you to organise this?"
"About a week. The main thing is that you enjoy it though; you and the girls deserve something really special" Polly kissed him and let him hold her, she hadn't felt so happy in a long time.