The next morning Alex did not want to face her father at breakfast time so she sat on the balcony and watched the morning unfold. It was beautiful and began to clear her mind. There was a knock at her door, Claude walked in and saw her balcony door open, and a pair of legs resting on the balcony ledge. "Arnt you cold?" Alex slowly looked up at Claude "no ... i'm not.". Alex stood up to walk to the balcony railing and look over, Claudes reaction was to follow her. "I'm not mad at you for last night" Out of everything he could have talked about it was this "why not dad, you should be - im a dissapointment". Claude pulled Alex in for a hug, tears welled up in her eyes and she whispered "im - im so ... s-sorry". He held her for a further 10 minutes before a car pulling up distracted them.
A man dressed in a chef uniform jumped out of the drivers seat to help pull luggage out of the boot of the car. The next person to jump out was a young blonde haired teenager. As soon as the face triggered in Alex's mind, she bolted out of her room and pulled her father with her. While Finny was saying 'goodbye' to Bard, Alex began to walk backwards. "Hey, w-what are you doing?". "Finny. You said i can't see him" She began to close her eyes tight. "Silly girl, open your eyes. I lifted your ban, hoever i am confiscating the wi-fi and possibly your laptop". Finny stood in front of his sister with his suitcase and backpack. Before hugging Finny, Alex turned to her left to thank her father and then she softly hugged her brother. Claude felt like he made a very wise decision.
Claude kept a distance from his daughter while she began to engage with her brother. Alois began to like Finnian, of course he already had respect for him seeing as he was related to Alex. The darkness began to take over the sky which meant it would start to get cold. Claude went around the Manor putting only the main fireplaces on. Alex, Finnian and Alois went into the lounge room and set up 'camp' - food, blankets, cushions/pillows, etc. Alex had not stop smiling since their visitor arrived. It was good to see Alex happy, he could feel his chest pinching. Before anyone put a movie on, the group sat on the couch staring into the fire. Claude looked at Alex's eyes from a distance - the were beautiful, a glassy shine ... just like her mothers *sigh*. Now that one familiy member was here, Claude thought maybe they should visit another ...