I woke up the next morning to find Little Henry's foot in my face and Claude laying on top of me. I glanced over at Catherine only to find her place taken by Charles. I sat up, as much as I could, and looked for Catherine. I heard her before I saw her. She was already dressed for the day, with only her hair needing to be done. When she saw that I was awake she walked over to me and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Morning." She said.
"Morning. How long have you been up?"
"A while, I woke up with Charles almost on top of me, so I got up and ready for the day."
"Well I would get up and get dressed, but as you can see I can't.'"
"I guess they didn't want you to leave."
"I wasn't planning on it, unless you want me to."
"No, I want every morning to be like this, I want to feel like my family is whole."
"Me too." The sun was starting to peek through the windows now and the little angles still showed no sign of waking up anytime soon.
"Are we coming to let them sleep or are we going to wake them up?"
" We can wake them up so we can start our day." It only took a few minutes to wake them up. Catherine sent them down to the nursery, assuring them that we would come and get them in few minutes. With the kids finally off of me I could up and get dressed. Catherine had already sent for some clothes to be sent to her chambers. Once I was changed we started to the nursery. I glanced down at Catherine, she had more color in her cheeks today, she looked more like herself.
"Do you feel up to a day with the kids?" I asked.
"Of course. What do you have planned?"
"What about a day down by the lake and a picnic?"
"Sounds wonderful." By now we had reached the nursery. I could hear the kids inside of it. When we walked in Francis and Mary were there as well. The kids ran up to Catherine and hugged her. I asked Francis and Mary if they wanted to come with us. They said they would and they left to grab some cloaks for themselves. By the all the kids were ready Francis and Mary were waiting for us. We all got into the carriage that was waiting for. Just as we were about to leave another carriage pulled in. As soon as the carriage came to stop the one and only Diane got out. Once she got out she ran over to me, threw herself into my arms, and kissed me. I pushed her off of me and looked for Catherine. When I saw that the carriage was empty I looked back at the door only to see Catherine's retreating figure going into the castle. I looked Diane and then took off to find Catherine.