A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews! I hope that everyone enjoys this next serving of fluff!
Disclaimer: According to ITV, I am P. Gordon when it comes to DA's ownership.
Anna was busy writing "My Must Haves" for the February issue of Belle Epoque. She was never particularly comfortable writing, but she knew that it was an honor for her to write it. The column was almost exclusively written by celebrities. She hoped that Mary wouldn't mind that a majority of her products were from Lush. The editor-in-chief wasn't fond of them, thinking them a bit too granola-y. She had just finished her first draft when Daisy popped her head in her office.
"Did you hear the news," Daisy asked.
"No, what news," Anna replied.
"Sybil and Tom got engaged last night. Gwen's already busy planning an office engagement party."
"Well that's good for them," Anna absentmindedly said.
"It seems like there are wedding bells ringing everywhere. Ethel swears that her Major Bryant will propose any day, although I am sure that isn't true. William can't keep a secret to save his life and has basically told me that he's going to propose on Christmas Eve. Gwen's getting serious with her fellow."
"Better to have everyone getting married, than everyone breaking things off. Don't you remember about a year ago when it seemed like everyone was splitting up?"
"I suppose so, but it's got to be hard to be left out."
"But I'm not left out Daisy. John and I might not be near a proposal, but we've had a comfortable few weeks."
"Have you made any plans for the holidays?"
"Well I'm going up North to spend Christmas with my family. I'll be back down in time for Gwen's annual New Year's Eve do."
"Going with John?"
"I think so. Daisy, I hate to be rude but I need to finish this article before I leave today."
"Officially switching over to Dolce on Monday?"
"Yes and I am already looking forward to it."
"I can only imagine. Well, I'll see you later then," Daisy said and left her office.
Anna clicked send on her last message to Mary Crawley as Junior Associate Editor for La Bele Epoque. She closed her eyes and all of her tension seemed to melt away. She opened her eyes when she heard a soft knock.
"I thought that you might want to go out for a celebratory meal," John said.
"That sounds absolutely lovely," she said, "just give me a second to get everything locked up."
She turned her laptop off and put it into her bag, grabbed her coat, and then turned off the lights. "All done," she said as she slipped her hand into his.
"What do you fancy for dinner?"
"Well there's a new Thai place a couple of blocks from me. It's gotten quite a few positive reviews."
"Whatever Anna wants, Anna gets," he said with a smile.
John hailed a cab and gave the cabbie the address as the pair settled in.
"Daisy was telling me about Sybil and Tom this morning," she told John.
"Tom was telling me about it too. I'm not quite sure that Robert completely approves of the match."
"I hope that he comes around. Sybil is clearly mad about him and Tom is clearly mad about her. I'm sure that they'll be quite happy once things settle down," she quietly said.
Anna looked over at John and smiled. She wasn't sure if she'd ever been this happy before. It was starting to feel like they'd been together forever, not just the month that they actually had been. She snuggled against him and breathed him in. "I love you," she whispered.
"I love you too," John said.
