Disclaimer: I would love to tell you that I am a princess and married to my prince charming or kitchen boy. Get it? Clever, huh? However I am not. I am a poor and not to mention single college student. I believe you can deduce from that information that I do not own the rights to Anastasia and am making no money off of this. In short this is for enjoyment purposes only.
All Men Are Babies-
Chapter 5: Welcome Home, Anya
Later that night, the royal chauffeur that picked them up after dinner at the restaurant was driving them back home to Sophie's place. Although Anya and Dimitri hadn't been in Paris long and didn't know their way around the neighborhood, they could tell when the driver passed Sophie's place without a word. Dimitri opened his mouth to protest, but Sophie cut him off.
"Thank you," Sophie thanked the chauffeur. "I will make sure that you get paid double for this."
"Sophie, where are we going?" Anya demanded, but Sophie pretended that she did not hear the princess' question.
The car ride continued on in silence as it wound down the nicely paved streets of Paris. Their chauffeur parked in front of a small two story town house connected to others on each side. The chauffeur opened the driver's door and walked around the side of the car to let out his passengers in the back seat. One by one, Anya Dimitri, Vlad, and Sophie stepped out onto the street and looked around in awe. Though small, the place looked nice. Anya and Dimitri were confused as to where they were and what they were doing here.
"Where are we?" Dimitri voiced their thoughts. Sophie winked at them, but she would not say anything. The front door of the house opened and the Dowager Empress and Pooka stepped outside with open arms.
"Grandmama!" Anya exclaimed rushing into her grandmother's arms. "What is this place?"
"Your new home, of course," the Dowager Empress replied hugging her granddaughter. Dimitri walked up to the pair and stood their waiting for Anya to be released by the old woman. Sophie and Vlad soon followed. When she was released, Anya opened her mouth to say something, but her grandmother read her thoughts. "Anastasia dear," she said, "A royal can get anything. Including a house in a matter of minutes."
"Let's all go inside!" Sophie suggested pushing them back inside the house. The inside was just as marvelous as the exterior with the expensive furniture furnishing the house. Everyone looked around in awe at the place before breaking off into different rooms to explore.
"Oh, Dimitri!" Anya exclaimed before cupping his face and kissing him breathless in excitement.
Going through each room of the house, Dimitri silently put a price on every piece of furniture including an estimated price on the house itself. He added everything together when the company was back in the main room. The total price estimated to be roughly 10 thousand rubles; the amount of the reward that was offered for returning the grand duchess Anastasia to her grandmother. Dimitri shook his head at the Dowager Empress with a smile, realizing that he still got the reward.
"Thank you so much Grandmama!" Anya exclaimed hugging her grandmother in thanks. "We love it!"
"Thank you your majesty," Dimitri bowed to the Dowager Empress. However, the Empress grabbed Dimitri's arm and pulled him into the hug too.
"How sweet!" Sophie exclaimed wiping the tears from her eyes as she watched the scene. Vlad sighed in agreement.
After the sentimental embrace, the Empress announced that it was best if she, Sophie, and Vlad be leaving. With his arm around his wife, Dimitri and Anya waved farewell to their friends as the car disappeared from sight.
"If the boy would have taken the reward, they'd be living like royalty!" Vlad exclaimed.
"Vladi," Sophie replied with a giggle, "she is royalty!"
"Oh, he got the reward alright," the Dowager Empress answered with a smile.
Dimitri faced his wife and smiled. "Welcome home, Anya."
Anya smiled back and said, "Welcome home, Dimitri."
Slowly, Dimitri leaned in closer to capture her in a kiss. Before their lips could connect, Pooka interrupted them.
"Arf!" the little dog barked up at them.
For a second, Dimitri looked down at the dog. Kissing Anya, he gently pushed the dog to the side with his foot. Yeah, there was no way he was going to let some mutt interrupt him while he was kissing Anya.
Alright, time for a universal awe! Aw! Alright, this is the end of chapter 5. Yes, I know it was short, but it was so sweet and fluffy! And it's about all the sweetness I can take right now, so I'm afraid that chapter 6 shall not be fluffy and sweet! What did you think of the Dowager Empress, sneaky, right? As always, thank you for reading and please leave a review if you so desire.