So this is set a couple of weeks later when our favourite musician is off to Manchester.

I'm sorry for how short the last chapter was and for how terrible it was but hopefully this makes up for it and you enjoy it.

Staring down at the tray of breakfast she had prepared, Josie smiled to herself before she lifted it off the side and moved towards the door. She was trying to surprise Florian on his last day in London. He was leaving for Manchester in the afternoon and she had not informed him yet, that she had managed to get the day off of work in order to spend it with him. Moving up the stairs in complete silence, Josie's smile continued to grow as she approached their bedroom, nudging it open with her foot before she looked into the light room to see Florian fast asleep in bed. He wasn't dressed, like normal, and the sheet rested over his hips, revealing his bare chest as her smile continued to grow. Moving towards the bed, Josie rested the tray on the bedside table before she sat on the bed and leant across to kiss her fiance, smiling when his eyes began to open.

"Good morning darling," Josie whispered as he brushed his fingers across her cheek, tucking her hair behind her ear as she smiled at him in amazement. She was going to miss him for the two weeks that he was gone but she knew that he wanted to do this and over the last few weeks, when he had been rehearsing with the orchestra, he had been happier than ever and was always practicing. He was living his dream and she was happy to support him, even if it meant that he wouldn't be in London for a while. "I made you breakfast," she said quietly, glancing across in the direction of the tray as his smile grew. Sitting up slowly, Florian watched as Josie brought the tray over to him before he took it from her and kiss her once more. He felt like the luckiest man in the world, even though he couldn't imagine being away from Josie, to be engaged to her. "And I took the day off work," Josie added as shock covered his face at what she had just told him.

"Josie," he smiled as she nodded.

"I wanted to spend the day with you and walk you to the train station this afternoon," she explained as he began to eat his breakfast while she watched him. "And I want to stand at the station and cry when your train leaves," she laughed as he shook at head, laughing gently before he returned to his breakfast again while she continued to watch him. "You must be excited about performing," she commented as he nodded, moving the tray off his lap before he moved towards her and kissed her quickly. "And I will try to come and see a performance, depending on whether Mr Grove will allow it," she whispered against his lips as she lay down on the bed while he glanced down at her at her in amazement. She was so beautiful.

"How did I get so lucky as to have you enter my life Josie?" Florian asked quietly as Josie smiled up at her fiance before she tightly wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him again. "I can't wait to marry you," he sighed as he rested beside her, the brunette turning to face him as he began to play with her hair like he did every morning. "I'll miss you while I'm in Manchester," he admitted as she nodded in agreement, burying her face into his chest as he laughed. "You have to promise that you won't disappear with some rich attractive man while I'm away," he joked as Josie laughed before shaking her head and kissing him again.

"That's never going to happen my love," Josie responded against his lips as he stared at her. "It's me who should be worried. All the women of Manchester are going to fall in love with you Florian," she explained, kissing him quickly as he shook his head at her response, his smile continuing to grow as she remained curled up against his body. "You're an extremely talented and attractive young man Mr Dupont, I would be concerned if you didn't have admirers," she whispered as he looked down at her.

"It may happen but my heart is here and will always be here, with you," he responded as she beamed, leaning up to kiss him once more as he smiled against her lips. She was the most beautiful woman and he adored her, adored the way she smiled and curled into his body when they lay happily in bed together. "I'm going to miss these moments," he said quietly, nervous at the prospect of being away from her for such a long time.

"You are only going to be gone for two weeks," she responded as he shrugged. One night away from her was too much, fourteen days without seeing her was going to drive him mad. "And then you can come home and we can plan our wedding," she grinned, unable to hide her excitement. She couldn't wait to become his wife, to spend the rest of her life with him as her husband. "But I will miss you too," she stated before climbing out of bed and kneeling down, removing his suitcase from underneath it before she rested it on the bed. "You need to start packing Florian," she smiled as he groaned, still lying perfectly still as she laughed at him. "Florian, unless you want to leave for two weeks with no clothing, you will get out of bed and start packing," she declared as he groaned before climbing out of the bed, pulling some clothes on before he tightly wrapped his arms around her body before pressing a kiss to her head while she laughed. "What are you going to take?" she asked as he rested his forehead against her shoulder, keeping his arms tightly around her figure. "Florian."

"Clothes," he responded as she rolled her eyes, resting back against his body while he smiled. Moving out of his arms as a large smile covered her face, Josie quickly sat down on the bed before watching as Florian began to move towards the wardrobe to collect his clothes. Packing away the things that he had first removed from the wardrobe, Florian glanced across at Josie who was resting against the headboard of their bed with a content look covering her face. "Which ties?" he asked quickly, holding out the options as she laughed and lay across the bed, pointing at three of her favourites before he nodded and threw them into the case.

"They'll get creased if you do that Florian," she muttered, slowly moving to organize his case properly as he shook his head at her before collecting more items that he needed. Resting them on the bed, Florian watched as Josie continued to refold his already packed items, a small smile covering his face as he watched her in silence. She looked so wonderful and happy as she concentrated on packing away his clothing. This was the image he always thought of when he imagined Josie Mardle, the beautiful, happy woman that he was going to marry. "What are you thinking about?" Josie asked quietly as she looked up at him.

"You, as always," he smiled as she rolled her eyes before he leant down and kissed her, their smiles growing at the contact. "Why have I agreed to do this Josie? To leave you behind?" he asked quietly as she brushed her fingers across his cheek before stealing another kiss.

"Because this is your dream and you are enjoying yourself," Josie stated quickly as he nodded, knowing that he loved everything about being in the orchestra and performing to a larger audience than he had played in front of so far in London. "After we're married, I will have left Selfridges' and then I will be able to see you perform and we don't have to spend as much time apart," she added as he nodded, kissing her once more before he stepped away and reached into the wardrobe for another hour to wear that day. "Are you happy Florian?" she asked quietly as he immediately turned to face her.

"Of course I am," he responded, starting to put on his shirt as she watched in silence. "I am beginning to have the career of my dream and am marrying the love of my life soon," he declared as she remained silent, the musician moving towards her before kissing her. "Please stop doubting how happy I am Josie, my love," he whispered against her lips, the brunette nodding slowly before he stepped away to finish getting dressed.

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"Write to me Florian," Josie requested as they walked towards the train station, Josie smiling as she kept her arm tightly wrapped around his. "Every single day, about anything, everything," she continued as he laughed, glancing down at her to see the large smile that was decorating her face. "I want to hear about every performance and all the people you talk to and of course about Manchester," she explained, tightening her hold of his arm before she leant up and kissed him gently.

"Of course I'll write to you Josie," he laughed, keeping her close to him as they arrived at the station and stepped onto the platform. "I'll tell you everything," he whispered, leaning down to kiss her gently. "I don't want to leave you," he said quietly, kissing her once more as she moved her arms around his neck, not caring who was watching. "I can't imagine an empty bed, I'm so used to you stealing all the space."

"Me," she exclaimed before shaking her head. "You know very well, Florian Dupont, that you steal most of the bed," she smirked as he smiled at the comment, wrapping his arms tightly around her as she buried her face into his neck. "Love every moment of this, make it worth all of this," she whispered into his neck as he continued to hold her, watching as various members of the orchestra began to walk onto the platform. "This is your chance to prove to the world how fantastic a musician you are Florian," she whispered, moving quickly to press a kiss to his lips. "I love you Florian," Josie smiled as he nodded, keeping his arms tightly around her body.

"Mr Dupont," a voice said before Josie turned her head to see two men watching them.

"Josie," Florian smiled, recognising the two men before moving his arms from around her to keep a hand resting on the small back. "Josie, I'd like you to meet Lawrence Johnson and Alexander Williams, they are in the orchestra with me," he explained as the two men nodded at her, Josie smiling across at them before glancing up at Florian. "Lawrence, Alexander, this is my fiancee Josie Mardle," he said proudly as Josie's smile grew. She could hear the pride in his voice at introducing her as his fiancee.

"It's lovely to meet you," Josie responded as the two men nodded at him.

"Can we have a few minutes please?" Florian asked the two men, who quickly nodded and moved away to join a group further down the platform.

"I can hear your train darling," Josie muttered as she played with the lapel of his jacket while he glanced down at her, both of them hearing the approaching train before it began to appear in the distance. "You are going to love every moment of this," Josie smiled as he nodded slowly.

"It would be better if you could be there Josie. It's impossible to imagine not seeing you every morning," Florian responded as she smiled at him, the train stopping at the station as she quickly kissed him, his arms wrapping tightly around her body while she ran her fingers through his hair, not wanting to let him go yet. "I need to go," he whispered as she groaned, a nervous laugh leaving his lips as he brushed his fingers across her cheek. "I love you," he whispered, stepping away from her as she wrapped her arms around her body.

"I love you," she called out as he smiled at her, carrying his suitcase and violin onto the train and disappearing into one of the carriages. Standing on the platform in complete silence, Josie watched as the doors of the train were quickly shut and it began to move away, her hand covering her mouth as she watched the train disappear.

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"Agnes," Josie beamed as she opened the front door, amazed at the sight of the younger woman who was tanned and smiling at her from where she was standing. "I hadn't expected to see you so soon after your honeymoon," she explained, moving out of the way to allow her into the house before she shut the door. "Would you like a cup of tea?" she asked quickly as Agnes shook her head and moved into the living room, Josie following her before they both sat down and smiled at each other.

"Where's Florian?" Agnes asked quietly, noticing how quiet the house was as Josie glanced down at her engagement ring.

"He's in Manchester," Josie stated as shock covered Agnes' face. Why was he in Manchester? Had he left Josie while she had been away? Had something happened? "Nothing bad's happened. After the wedding, a man came to the house, he had seen Florian perform and wanted him to join their orchestra. He's currently in Manchester with them," Josie said proudly as Agnes nodded. "He left this morning," she added quickly.

"You must miss him," Agnes commented.

"He's only been gone a couple of hours Agnes," Josie laughed as Agnes' eyebrows rose, questioning her comment. "But yes, I do miss him very much," she added quickly, smiling at the younger woman who nodded slowly. "Now enough about Florian and I, I want to hear all about your honeymoon," Josie explained quickly as Agnes laughed. "I see you have tanned."

"The weather was beautiful," Agnes immediately commented as Agnes nodded. "It was so lovely. We stayed in a beautiful cottage in the countryside, close to the beach too. It was so peaceful, it was like it was just the two of us," she explained as Josie smiled. "We had such a lovely time."

"I can imagine, it sounds beautiful," Josie admitted as Agnes continued to beam.

"We discussed the restaurant, how we wanted it to look," Agnes continued as Josie nodded. "Victor spent the whole week cooking for me. We also tried baking together, it wasn't the most successful venture, we got distracted and burnt most of it," she stated as Josie laughed, nodding quickly. "But we had fun. He taught me some family recipes."

"It sounds like you had a wonderful time," Josie responded, taking in how perfect Agnes' honeymoon was.

"There were moments where we argued. We had a massive debate over tablecloths," Agnes admitted as Josie shook her head. "I won. Victor ultimately agreed that I have done more design work than him over the years and would, therefore, probably be right when it came to decor," she explained as Josie nodded. "Now, tell me about you and Florian. Have you started planning the wedding yet?" she asked quickly.

"No," Josie admitted honestly. "We haven't had the time to plan and with this job offer, the wedding has gone on hold," she explained, glancing down at her engagement ring again before smiling. "But he's living his dream and I will always support him. When the time is right, we will get married but this man came looking for Florian, he wanted Florian to join his orchestra and I couldn't let him miss that opportunity just so he could marry me," she explained as Agnes nodded, taking in how in love Josie was as she talked about the musician.

"You must have some ideas for your wedding," Agnes declared as Josie shook her head, laughing at Agnes' reaction.

"Small, quiet, simple," Josie said quickly as Agnes nodded slowly.

"That doesn't surprise me," Agnes admitted as Josie shrugged. "Any idea when you want to get married?"

"I don't know, whenever Florian isn't travelling around the country and I can have him to myself," Josie explained as Agnes nodded, watching as the smile slowly disappeared from Josie's face.

"What's wrong?" Agnes questioned as Josie stood up, moving towards the window as she covered her mouth with her hand. "Josie?"

"I told Florian I would be supportive of whatever he chose to do, of him going around the country with this orchestra," Josie began as Agnes watched her in silence. "I don't think I like the idea of not seeing him everyday," she whispered as she turned to face the young woman. "I want him to achieve his dreams, I don't want to hold him back but I don't want to only see him for a couple of days before he disappears around the country again," she blurted out, suddenly realising the negatives of sending him away. She hadn't had time to think about how his touring would affect her, she had been too focused on Florian achieving his dream of being a musician.

"When does he come home?" Agnes asked.

"Two weeks," Josie responded, moving towards her seat again before sitting down and looking across at Agnes. "We've never been apart for two weeks, it seems silly that it hurts for him to be gone for that long but I am really going to miss him," she said quietly as Agnes nodded, knowing that the longest they'd been apart was two or three days as Josie shut her eyes and relaxed in her seat. She really did miss him already.

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Entering the room that he was lodging in, Florian smiled to himself as he thought about that evening's performance. It had been wonderful, performing in front a large crowd with a group of talent musicians, playing music that he had always adored. He really was living his dream, playing with this orchestra but he felt like something was missing and he already knew what it was. Glancing across at the bed, Florian sighed at the emptiness of it before he undressed and slipped under the sheets, immediately noticing the coldness and the large amount of space around him. He was used to having Josie wrap her arms around him and cuddle into his hold the moment he got into bed and she was always there when he fell asleep and woke up. Removing one of the pillows from under his head, Florian rested it in the space beside him, glad to have something to make the bed feel less empty as he shut his eyes. He had two weeks of this, two weeks of an empty and cold bed and a room filled with silence rather than Josie's laughter and breathing and he hated the idea.

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Placing the pillow beside her as she had done many times, Josie sighed as she rested her head against the pillow and shut her eyes. She really did miss him. It was the small things that she really missed. She missed the way he played with her hair in the darkness while they discussed nothing important and the way that he would rehearse in the living room in the evening while she read. After Agnes had left, the house had become so silent that she was almost terrified by the lack of noise that filled her home. She had previously had three other people living in the house with her, moving around and making a lot of noise but now she was alone again. She couldn't imagine how she had ever been happy living alone now that she had a fiance and a newly formed family of her own. Burying her face into Florian's pillow, Josie smiled to herself as she hoped that his first performance had been successful and whether he was missing her as well.

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