A shorter chapter than I originally planned but I had to fit updating between doing university work and comforting my housemates because someone has eaten someone else's food and they're all very drunk.

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"Agnes Towler, please stop pacing and come and have some breakfast," Josie smiled as she watched the young woman who was pacing up and down the dining room, playing with the tie of her dressing gown while she continued to hum. Josie could tell that she was nervous, Agnes had clearly been awake since before Josie was awake because the older woman had found her pacing in the corridor and she was still pacing, unable to face the breakfast that was waiting for her on the table. "Agnes, you need to eat something," Josie stated as she continued to watch the younger woman who turned to face her again. "Will you at least try and eat something?"

"Yes," Agnes said quietly before she sat down, reaching across to place a slice of toast on her plate while Josie poured her a mug of tea. "It's my wedding day," Agnes whispered as she buttered the piece of bread, glancing across at the older woman for a moment in silence before she laughed. "I'm getting married in three hours," she laughed before she took a bite of her toast, Josie smiling at her as she nodded. "In just over three hours, I will be Mrs Agnes Colleano," Agnes declared, shock covering her face before she shook her head at what she'd just said. "I'm going to be Mrs Colleano," she muttered once more as Josie remained silent, taking in the small smile that was decorating Agnes' face. "And you will be Mrs Dupont soon," Agnes added as she looked across at Josie, the older woman drinking her tea before she nodded.

"One day I'll be Mrs Dupont but today is your day, yours and Victor's" Josie stated before she stood up, resting her hand on Agnes' shoulder for a moment before she smiled down at the younger woman. "Now eat your toast, drink your tea and then we will get you ready for your perfect day," Josie smiled before she moved towards the door, her smile growing as she looked back at Agnes who was now beaming at her breakfast. One day she would be in that position, both nervous and excited about her approaching wedding. At some point in the future, she would be in the same position of Agnes and she couldn't wait to have her own wedding day.

"Have you planned anything yet?" Agnes asked as she stood up, holding onto her cup of tea as she moved towards the older woman. "For your wedding?" she added as Josie shook her head, the two women walking out of the dining room together and towards the stairs.

"We haven't really discussed our wedding yet, we want to celebrate yours first," Josie explained, moving up the stairs with a beaming Agnes. "Once you and Victor are married, Florian and I will start discussing our wedding," she added, convincing herself that she was going to start planning her wedding soon. She didn't want to wait much longer to start planning her wedding. She adored Florian and she didn't want a long engagement, she wanted to marry him at the first available possibility. "Now Agnes, you need to stop thinking about my wedding and think of your own," Josie laughed as they entered Agnes' bedroom, the younger woman sitting down in front of her dressing table in silence while Josie reached across for her brush and pins. "Have you asked any of your friends to come around before the wedding?" Josie questioned as she began to pin Agnes' hair back while the younger woman shook her head slightly in response.

"I only wanted you here Josie," Agnes explained as Josie stopped what she was doing, shock covering her face as Agnes watched them both in the mirror. "Kitty and Grace are both lovely but Kitty would get me stressed before the wedding," she stated quickly. "She would want to gossip and interfere, thinking that she knows best about everything and really," she began before she glanced up at the older woman. "I only wanted you here really."

"Me?" Josie questioned as Agnes nodded.

"I told you before that you and Florian are my only family except for George," Agnes smiled as Josie nodded slowly. "My mum died when George and I were young and dad began to drink and it's always been just us and since you invited me into your home you have become family to me," Agnes explained as Josie remained silent, watching her as Agnes bit into her lip. "I really just wanted you here to help me get ready, I couldn't really imagine having anyone else helping me to get ready for my wedding day," she stated as Josie continued to smile at her. "I haven't made things awkward now?" she asked as Josie shook her head and laughed.

"Of course not," Josie responded before Agnes stood up. "Make yourself another cup of tea and I will help you into your dress later on," Josie explained as Agnes nodded quickly, watching as Josie moved towards the bedroom door. "I am going to go and get dressed," she explained as Agnes nodded, watching as Josie left the bedroom and shut the door behind her. Approaching her own bedroom, Josie quickly walked into the room and found herself smiling at her unmade bed before she shook her head and approached her wardrobe, where her outfit for the day was already hanging. Beginning to get dressed, Josie glanced across at her bed once again before she smiled to herself. Florian had crawled out of bed that morning and she had moaned that he had to leave an hour before she had to even think about getting up because he had agreed to help Victor get everything ready. She was also frustrated that she missed him changing into his suit and had to wait until the actual wedding to see him all dressed up. Buttoning up the rest of her outfit, Josie bit into her lip as she caught a glimpse of her engagement ring again and shook her head once more at the feeling of excitement. One day she would be in Agnes' position, getting ready for her wedding and she was so excited to finally become Mrs Dupont.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

"You look beautiful," Florian's voice said behind her as she stood outside the church, a small smile covering her face as she turned to look at him before she tightly wrapped her arms around his neck. "Good afternoon," he whispered, kissing her gently as his arms moved around her hips, keeping her close as she smile against his lips. "You honestly look so beautiful today Josie," he whispered as she began to blush at his comment, her fingers playing with the lapel of his jacket while he watched her. "I am a very lucky man," he commented as she stared at him in confusion.

"Why are you so lucky then Mr Dupont?" she questioned as he leant down, kissing her briefly before smiling against her lips.

"Because I am engaged to the most beautiful and kindest woman in the world," Florian said quickly as she laughed, burying her face into his chest for a moment while they continued to stand outside the church. She knew that Agnes and George would arrive soon and the ceremony would start and that they needed to take their seats but she was currently enjoying being in his arms again. "We should go and find our seats," he smiled as she nodded, her fingers lacing with his before she led him into the almost filled church.

"Florian," Josie said quietly as they sat down, the musician nodding as he looked across at her. "You look very handsome today," she smiled as he laughed, squeezing her hand for a moment before she leant across and kissed him gently. "This will be us soon," Josie whispered against his lips before they looked across to see Victor standing at the top of the aisle, a proud smile covering his face as he stared at the crowd.

"I will be standing there, waiting for you to walk down the aisle and make me the happiest man in the world, when you say I do and become my wife," he smiled as she nodded, squeezing his hand again before the music began to play. Standing, Josie smiled as she kept hold of Florian's hand before they both looked behind them to see Agnes standing in the doorway with her arm wrapped tightly around George's. "She looks beautiful," Florian whispered to Josie, who nodded, as the Towler's walked passed them on their journey to a beaming Victor. Sitting down moments later, the couple moved closer to each other as they watched Victor and Agnes recite their vows and say I do to each other, sliding rings onto each other's fingers.

"You may now kiss the bride," the vicar stated before Victor quickly kissed Agnes, their friends and family smiling proudly at the newly weds, who were now beaming at each other.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Josie couldn't remove the proud smile that was covering her face while she watched Florian play the piece of music that Victor had arranged. The moment he had started the song, Agnes had started to cry before allowing Victor to lead her onto the dancefloor for their first dance as a married couple. He was seriously a spectacular musician and he was going to go far one day, he had an extremely promising musical career ahead of him and she could see that he adore every moment of playing. Hearing the song slowly reach its end, Josie joined in the applause, her eyes focused purely on Florian while the crowd of people around her commented on how beautiful and happy Agnes and Victor were.

"I do believe you owe me the next dance," Florian commented when she walked towards him while he put his violin into its case and turned to face her. Hearing music start to play, Florian smiled as he leant across and kissed her quickly, his arms wrapping around her body as she smiled up at him in amazement. Slowly leading her to join the other couples on the dancefloor, Florian smiled as Josie continued to watch him, leaning up to kiss him occasionally. "I can not wait to marry you," he admitted as she nodded, glancing around to see Gordon Selfridge and Grace dancing together, large smiles covering their faces as they talked. "I was thinking, now that Victor and Agnes are married, we could start planning our wedding," Florian whispered as Josie's smile grew at his suggestion, her head immediately nodding in answer.

"I would love to," Josie said quietly, kissing him again before they laughed. "The sooner I can call you my husband Mr Dupont the better."

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Laughing as he continued to kiss her neck, Josie ran her fingers through his short hair while her back rested against the wall of her corridor. They had literally just walked through the door after congratulating Mr and Mrs Colleano, who had now left for a week long honeymoon at the beach, and they were already wrapped around each other. They had never had the house alone as a couple, they had never had the opportunity to kiss properly in their corridor, even after Agnes and George had learnt about their relationship.

"I think that we should go upstairs," Josie suggested as she began to push his jacket off him, a laugh leaving her lips when he nodded and kissed her again. "You are a bad influence Mr Dupont," she smirked as he reached up, about to unpin her hair when a knock at the front door interrupted them. "Ignore it," she whispered in his ear, kissing his neck as he laughed. He could ignore whoever was at the door. He had Josie Mardle, in a house to themselves, and he was enjoying kissing her openly in their home. Hearing another knock at the door, the couple groaned before she rested her forehead against his shoulder for a moment. "The sooner we answer, the sooner we can be alone," she stated, trying to convince herself as she moved out of his arms and straightened her outfit before glancing across at him. "Your shirt buttons," she whispered as he glanced down, noticing how a couple were now undone while she laughed, watching him quickly do them up again before she opened the front door. Staring at the stranger who was standing on her doorstep, Josie smiled as the man quickly removed his hat.

"Hello, I am looking for Florian Dupont," he stated as Josie nodded.

"Florian, you have a visitor," Josie responded, the musician approaching her before looking at the man who was on the doorstep. He recognised him from somewhere but he couldn't think where.

"Mr Dupont," the man greeted as Florian nodded in response. "My name is Samuel Phillips, I was in the audience at a performance you were involved in last week," he explained as the couple remained silent, watching the man. "I got your address because I wanted to ask you something."

"Yes," Florian responded, part of him wanting the man to hurry up so that he could kiss Josie again.

"I work for an orchestra and we are looking for a new violinist and I was impressed with your performance," he explained as Josie beamed, finding Florian's hand quickly as he glanced down at her briefly before looking across at Samuel. "We are performing for two weeks at the start of next month and we would love you to join us."

"Florian," Josie smiled as he nodded, both of them aware that this was the chance that he had been waiting for.

"Are you sure you want me?" Florian asked as Mr Phillips nodded at the younger man. "I… it… it sounds wonderful, thank you," he laughed as the older man nodded and quickly dug into his brief case, removing some documents before passing them to Florian.

"We would, of course, want you to come to a couple of rehearsals first, to see how you work with the group," he explained as Florian nodded, glancing down at the documents that he was now holding.

"It says that you are performing in Manchester next month," he said quietly as he looked up from the document and instead at the older man.

"Yes. We are based in London but we do travel around the country often," Samuel explained as Florian felt Josie let go of his hand and walk into the house while he stood silently in the doorway. "I shall leave you to think about it, my contact details are in the documents," the older man stated as Florian nodded, thanking the other man who quickly put his hat on again and disappeared down the street again before Florian shut the front door and turned, not surprised that he couldn't see Josie anywhere.

It's not a fantastic chapter I know. I didn't focus much on the Agnes/Victor wedding because in the end this is a DuMardle story and also, after last nights episode, I am a greater fan of Agnes/Henri.

The last section is awful and I know it wouldn't happen like that but that's how my brain is working today.

Anyway, hopefully you do enjoy the chapter and review- I do love hearing from you and your reviews actually make me want to write and update sooner.