"Can we go to Disneyland?" Ava put on her tried and tested pleading face and stared innocently up at her mothers. "Fenny and Grissy are going."

Having known that this question would come Imogen was prepared with her answer. "Yes, we'll go when Fleur is a bit older and can enjoy it the same as everyone else."

"Aww.", Ava pouted. "Can't we go now?"

"Don't worry poppet, you'll have plenty of special things to look forward to in the meantime, I promise. We'll have some lovely holidays and trips away this year. Disneyland will come later."

What she wasn't telling her daughter was that all things going well there would soon be something else very exciting on the calendar that Ava would be thrilled to be involved in.

Constance gave her wife a suspicious look. If she wasn't mistaken there was something going on, something Imogen clearly seemed to be in the know about. She could only assume that she too would be brought into the loop sooner rather than later. And she didn't mind too much, not when whatever it was seemed to be making Imogen so happy.

Having unburdened herself of her worries and discussing ways of avoiding dwelling on them with her doctor and family, Imogen had turned a corner. She and Stephen were possibly even closer than before. Zara had been out of plaster for weeks and was as mischievous as ever, something which reinforced to her Mummy that she was never going to be overlooked.

"Do you think they will have a nice holiday for Grissy's birthday?", Ava asked, storing the holiday request in the back of her mind to be brought up again as soon as she considered Fleur old enough to go.

"I'm sure they will." Imogen murmured. "Definitely one to remember."

Meanwhile the women in question were entering their hotel room. It was Friday morning, two days after Griselda's twenty second birthday and as part of her present Fenny had booked a long weekend in Disneyland Paris over the short mid term break.

"Fen, this is lovely.", Grissy squealed as she took in the beautiful room. "It must have cost a fortune."

Fenella shook her head, "Don't worry about that, besides you deserve the best. Just promise me you'll let me spoil you."

"I promise." Griselda wrapped her arms around her girlfriend and leaned in for a kiss. "But only if you let me spoil you too."

"Deal." Fenny allowed the kiss to deepen but reluctantly pulled back when she felt Grissy's hands inch underneath her top. "Boo, we need to stop this before we end up spending the entire day in bed."

"Would that be bad?"

"No.", Fenny grinned wickedly. "But there's a big park out there that we have to explore. Let's spend the day doing that and then tonight we can do plenty of other things."

"I like the sound of that." Grissy stood back after another kiss. "Just give me a few minutes to freshen up and then we'll head out."

Both were massive Disney fans and had talked about this trip many times over the years but had been stopped from making it by their lack of money. Now they had good jobs and although they were saving for a home of their own, few overheads meant they had some money to spare and this had seemed a perfect way of celebrating a special occasion.

Thirty minutes later they were walking through the park, Fenny had made a rough plan of what they would do and to her relief it seemed to suit Grissy. They started by getting their bearings, walking around and finding the rides they were most interested in. Both loved rollercoasters so made a beeline for Space Mountain.

"That was amazing.", Grissy beamed when they got off. "Can we do it again tomorrow?"

Fenny, who was only feeling slightly ill, linked their arms together. "Course we can."

They spent the rest of the day doing more exploring and sight-seeing.

"Oh look." Grissy clutched Fenny's hand. "Cinderella." The sight of her favourite character thrilled her to bits. "We should get a picture for Ava and Zara."

"Yeah, for Ava and Zara." Fenny giggled. "Not for you."

"You're the one with a thing for blondes.", Grissy quipped before moving closer.

"Just one.", Fenny whispered, feeling butterflies dancing around her stomach. She took a moment to quickly check her bag and make sure that Grissy's main gift was still there. Even though she wasn't sure when she was going to give it she wanted to have it nearby, remembering Imogen's advice when she had spoken to her about her plans.

"Any time can be the perfect moment, you'll know when it's right."

After a couple more rides and some character spotting at the parade, they made their way back to the hotel to get ready for their evening plans.

"Dinner then the fireworks?" Fenny suggested.

"Sounds perfect." Grissy's voice was muffled by the dress she was pulling on. "I can't wait for the fireworks."

"Me neither gorgeous."

They took their time over their meal, savouring the food and wine they had chosen before walking slowly towards what was apparently the best viewing spot.

"You are the best girlfriend ever.", Grissy whispered as they snuggled close together. "I can't believe you did this for me."

"I'd do anything for you."

The fireworks going off may have been beautiful but even they weren't enough for Fenella to take her eyes off her love. It was then she knew exactly what Imogen had meant. This was the time, this was the place. She took a deep breath then took Grissy's hands in hers.

"Gris, I know I said I brought you here for your birthday but that wasn't the only reason."

"Oh?" Grissy's heart beating rapidly but she didn't want to get her hopes up.

"I've loved you since we were fourteen years old, actually even before that. And I'm so lucky that you feel the same about me. I can't imagine my life without you. I thought I'd lost so much when I lost my magic but that wasn't true, not when I have you.

"But there's something else I want and I hope you want the same." Fenny reached into the front pocket of her bag and pulled out a small box before dropping to one knee in front of an already crying Grissy.

"Griselda Louise Blackwood, will you marry me?"

"Oh my goodness.", Grissy gasped, not quite believing the moment they had talked about for so long was really happening. "Yes. Of course I'll marry you Fen."

Fenny was also crying as she stood on shaking legs to place the ring on Grissy's finger. "If you don't like it…"

"I love it." Grissy was staring at the diamond ring. "Fenny, this is the one we saw in the shop when we started college, I can't believe you remembered. It's perfect."

After saving every spare penny for the last five years to buy the ring Grissy had fallen in love with, Fenella breathed a sigh of relief that she'd made the right choice

"No, you're perfect and we're getting married." She kissed her girlfriend. "No fiancé", she corrected herself before swinging her around, completely obvious to the small crowd that were smiling in their direction. "You've made me so happy."

"You make me happy every day." Grissy whispered. "I love you so much."

"And I love you." Fenny beamed, suddenly conscious that they were in a public place. "Shall we go back to the room?"

"Good thinking." Grissy agreed, still staring at the ring on her finger. "I can't wait to tell everyone. My Mum will be so excited."

"And mine. But I should tell you, I asked your Dad for permission. I know it's old fashioned but it seemed like the right thing to do."

Griselda knew her father would have appreciated the thought. "That's so lovely." She picked up her pace slightly. "Come on, the sooner we speak to them the sooner we can really celebrate."

They spent an hour speaking to both sets of parents through FaceTime, loving that their families were just as excited.

"Should we phone Constance and Imogen?", Grissy asked when they had disconnected from Fenny's family.

"Well, Imogen might have already known.", Fenny confessed. "I asked for her advice on proposing."

"I guessed you had." Both girls looked up to their friends so much and neither denied taking inspiration from the Drills' marriage. "Will we tell them now or wait until we get back?"

"Let's wait. I want to see the girls' faces when we ask them to be involved in the wedding."

They may have only just gotten engaged but this couple had been planning their big day for some time, including the wedding party which they hoped would involve some very special little girls as well as one of their best friends.

"Besides.", Fenny continued. "I think there were some other things we wanted to do weren't there?"

Grissy moved across the bed until she was straddling her partner. "I can't think of a better way of celebrating can you?"

Fenny was too busy kissing and being kissed to answer but she was in complete agreement as she was pressed into the mattress.

Sex wasn't a new thing to them, though sensibly they had waited until they were seventeen before they took things further. Their first time had been nice but later both had admitted that maybe their expectations had been too high. The intimacy and the closeness was lovely, as was the nakedness, but for a while they each wondered if they were doing something wrong as it all seemed a bit forced. That had changed with time and practice and one day it seemed everything fell into place and suddenly they understood what all the fuss was about.

Now, as she gasped into Grissy's mouth and rocked her hips in time with the fingers that were stroking her so perfectly, Fenny thought that making love just kept getting better. It was like Gris knew her body even better than she did, she knew when to tease with slow movement, when to speed things up to a more frantic pace or, like she was doing now, when to twist her fingers in that exact way that brought her lover crashing over the edge.

"Ahhhh."

Grissy was mesmerised as she watched Fenny's whole body tense as the orgasm washed over her. "I love you.", she whispered over and over as she slowly stroked her through the aftershocks.

"Mmmm.", a sated Fenny groaned as she pressed their naked bodies together again. "You are amazing."

"Why thank you.", Grissy laughed. "I aim to please."

"Oh you definitely did that, now it's my turn to please you." Fenny winked before kissing her way down Griselda's body. "I love how you taste."

"Do you?" Grissy hissed with pleasure as Fenny's tongue swept over one nipple and then the other.

"Mmm hmm, I can't get enough of you."

"Well lucky for you I'm yours forever isn't it?"

Fenny looked up and blinked back the drop of moisture in her eye. "Yes.", she whispered before going back to worshipping Grissy's body.

It didn't take too long before Grissy was seeing fireworks again, though this time they were as a result of what Fenny and her very talented tongue were doing to her. It was too intense to last and eventually she flopped back on the pillow and reached her hand down, dragging her smug lover back up to the top of the bed.

"Good?", Fenny asked with a cheeky grin.

"You know it was.", Grissy murmured. "And don't think we're done yet but for now I just want to hold you for a while."

"That sounds like a good plan."

The rest of the night snuggling, talking about their plans for married life before making love again. They also managed a couple of hours sleep but still woke early, keen to enjoy the rest of their trip.

"I thought it would be today that I asked you.", Fenny confessed as they made their way around Disney Village. "But I'm glad I did it last night, otherwise I would have been too nervous to really enjoy this."

"Nervous?", Grissy teased. "Surely you knew I'd say yes, we've been talking about getting married since we were fifteen."

"I know but this is the biggest thing I've ever done in my life. I didn't want to mess it up."

"You didn't babe. I couldn't have wished for more, the romantic location, my beautiful ring and you, the most amazing person in the world."

Grissy wrapped Fenny in a hug and thought about another ring, one that was hidden in her bedside drawer back at the castle also waiting for the perfect moment to be presented.

The rest of the trip passed in a blur of rides, tours, food and shopping.

"Zara's going to love this.", Fenny beamed as she found the perfect toy for the playful Drill girl on their last morning.

"She is. And we have something for Abby and for Ava and oh, look a Tinkerbell babygro, that's perfect for Fleur." Grissy loved buying gifts and happily handed over her card to pay.

Shopping complete they made their way back to the hotel to pick up their bags before finding a quiet spot where Grissy could take flight from.

"I hate that we're leaving but I'm excited to get home and see our families." They were flying back to Fenny's childhood home where both sets of parents were waiting to greet them.

Grissy nodded. "Me too, I can't wait to celebrate tonight. And we'll definitely come back. Just think, when we have our own family one day we can bring them here and show them the exact spot where their mothers got engaged."

"I'd like that." Fenny beamed before hopping on the back of Grissy's broomstick. "Well, better not keep the parents waiting."

The family celebration was even better than they had expected. There was a lovely meal and champagne and plenty of wedding talk.

"You don't think we're too young?, Grissy asked her mother when they had a minute alone.

Cathy Blackwood shook her head before embracing her daughter. "I may have in the past but I know now that you and Fenny are meant to be. You've been through so much but you've stuck together. You have your degrees, good jobs, great friends, you're working on your book and you have so much to look forward to. I'm very happy for you Grissy."

"Thanks Mum."

"And I know you want to pay for the wedding yourself and Dad and I admire that greatly, but I hope you'll let me buy your wedding dress."

"Of course I will." Grissy squeezed her Mum tightly. She had dreamed about buying her wedding dress since she was a little girl and was ridiculously excited that she had a reason to start looking.

"My Mum said the same." Fenny told her in bed that night. She wasn't quite as into shopping as her fiancé was but she too was looking forward to the experience. "Luckily we have different styles so I doubt we'd go for the same dress."

"No.", Grissy agreed. "But I'm sure one of our bridesmaids would tell us if we had something too similar."

They fell asleep quickly that night, exhausted from the previous days and excited for the next day when they would get to tell their news again.

"We can stay a little longer if you like. I don't think Constance and Imogen will be back until this evening." Fenny was confused about why Grissy was insisting on flying back to Castle Overblow straight after breakfast.

"I have a couple of things to do." It wasn't a lie, Grissy did have something very important to do and the castle was the perfect place to do it.

As predicted they were the only people back at such an early hour. Gaby was most likely at Stephen's house. Georgia had gone to stay with her parents. Davina and Elizabeth were staying with one of Davina's many sisters and Tom and Amelia would still be with Constance, Imogen and the children. This was exactly what Grissy had hoped for and as she unpacked she discreetly located what she was looking for in her drawer.

"Fancy a coffee?", she asked innocently once they had unpacked.

Fenny was dying for one and followed Grissy downstairs towards the staffroom where Imogen had installed a proper coffee machine for everyone to enjoy. Except, for some reason Grissy turned off towards the broomstick cupboard instead.

"Hey, coffee's in this direction.", Fenny joked.

"But there's something else I think you'll want down here."

Intrigued and still a little confused, Fenny made her way towards the cupboard. "What is it?"

Grissy's eye sparkled before this time she was the one who dropped to her knee with a box in her hand. "I said yes to you, now I'm hoping that here, at the exact spot we had our first kiss, that you'll say yes to me. Fenella Karen Feverfew, will you be my wife?"

Fenny's mouth dropped open as she saw the ring. "This is your Nana's ring."

Griselda's beloved grandmother had passed away two years before and Fenny knew how much anything belonging to her meant to her partner.

"It is." Grissy slipped the ring on to Fenny's shaking finger. "Before she passed away she asked me to come and see her and gave me her mother's engagement ring. She made me promise that when the time was right I would give it to my girl. I'm giving you this to honour her wishes and because I love you and want you to have something that means a lot to me. I remembered Constance saying how special felt when Imogen gave her her mother's rings, how it felt like a bit of history being passed along and I want the same for us. So, will you accept it?"

"I will." Fenny stared at the emerald ring for a moment before kissing Grissy deeply. "I'll treasure it forever."

"I know and Nana knew that too. I wish she was here to see us get married but I know how happy she'd be for us."

They stayed in the same spot hugging and kissing for some time before Grissy asked another question. "So, coffee?"

Fenny shook her head. "No, I can think of something else that will give me more energy. Let's make the most of having this place to ourselves." Then she playfully dragged a very eager Grissy back to their rooms from which neither emerged for several hours.

"Thank goodness you can shrink down our stuff." Imogen sighed as she carried Fleur in from the car. "Even with a people carrier I don't think we'd all fit otherwise."

They were both on maternity leave but with Ava and Abby at school in the locality they were still spending most of their weeks at the castle.

Constance laughed as she resized the bags. "It would be rather squashed. Abby dear, will you take these bags upstairs? I'll sort out the others."

"Sure. Come on Pix."

Pixie, who had recovered well from her accident and operation, miaowed before following her owner upstairs. She definitely had a pronounced limp as Stephen had predicted but in true Pixie form, she wasn't letting that stop her from doing anything.

Meanwhile, on the third floor Grissy was glancing out the window. "Looks like they're back. Come on, I can't wait any longer."

"Just let me get dressed." Fenny was buttoning up her shirt. "We don't want to make it too obvious what we've been up to do we?"

"I'm sure Constance and Imogen would be doing the same given half the chance.", Grissy smirked as she picked up the bags of gifts. "Come on."

"You're back!" Abby met her friends on the landing. "Come on, we can't wait to hear about your trip. Ava's been talking about it all weekend. Did you have a good time?"

"The best Abs."

They entered the staffroom, both hiding their rings so as not to ruin the surprise.

"Fenny, Grissy." Ava looked up from her place on the mat where she was helping with Fleur's tummy time. "Mummy said you mightn't be back till tomorrow." She ran over to give them both squeezes and kisses. "Now you can tell us all about your trip."

"I wasn't sure if you'd come here tonight." From the look on both women's face Imogen knew it was good news and she was having trouble containing her own excitement.

"Well.", Fenny smiled at everyone. "We wanted to come back because we have something very important to tell you." She looked at Grissy who nodded at her to continue. "We're engaged."

Constance glanced at Imogen, the smile on her wife's face confirming that she already knew about this. Then she looked at the two younger women who were being wrapped in hugs from a thrilled Ava and Abby. "Congratulations, both of you.", she smiled as she waited for the chance to embrace them. Yes they were young but there was no question in her mind that these two were definitely meant for each other.

Imogen smiled widely . "We're so, so happy for you."

"I hear you were in the know.", Grissy whispered as they hugged.

"I may have imparted some advice.", Imogen winked before hugging Fenny. "And let me tell you, it was not an easy secret to keep but I'm glad I did." She indicated at Ava who was spinning around the room, high on the buzz of romance in the air.

"And what about you Zee, what do you think?" Fenny was conscious that Zara was being very quiet.

"What's in-gaged mean?" This was a new word to the three-year old.

"It means that Fenella and Griselda are going to have a wedding and be married, just like Mummy and I are.", her Mama told her.

"Ohhhhhhhh." Zara knew what weddings were from all the times that her older sister insisted on marrying off their dolls and teddies. "When?"

"Good question.", Grissy told her, addressing the room as she elaborated. "We have some ideas but we want to pay for it ourselves we want to work out our finances before we commit to a date. We're hoping within the next year though."

"Can we come?", Ava asked hopefully. The only wedding she had ever been to was her Granny and Granddad's and though she tried her best she couldn't remember it.

"Of course." Grissy lifted Ava on to her lap. "Actually, there's something very important we wanted to ask you and Zara. Will you please be our flower girls?"

Ava's jaw dropped as she looked between Fenny and Grissy. "Flower girls? Like fairy flower girls? Like Abby was at Mummy and Mama's wedding?", she blurted out rapidly.

"Just like that.", Fenny laughed. "So would you like to do it?"

"Yes.", Ava screeched. "Oh, yes please!"

"Good, how about you Zee?" Grissy held her breath, hoping that Zara would want to be a part of their day. "You'll get to wear a special dress and there'll be loads of food and dancing. You'll probably even get to stay up a bit later."

"Yeah, okay.", Zara shrugged, though the glint in her eyes gave away that from what she could understand she was very excited. "What about Fleur and Absy?"

"It's okay Zee, I'm a bit too old to be flower girl now." Abby was thrilled for her friends and her sisters but she'd be lying if she said she wasn't a little disappointed that her flower girl days were over.

Fenny and Grissy took their roles as Fleur's mentors very seriously and although in all likelihood she would be too young to be a flower girl, they definitely wanted her involved.

"We'll get Fleur a very pretty dress too and she'll be in lots of pictures with us on the day." Fenny gave the baby in her arms a kiss while answering Zara who seemed satisfied with the idea. "And as for Abby, well we had a bit of a dilemma there."

"Don't worry, I'll just be happy to be at the wedding." Abby didn't want her friends to feel bad on such a special occasion.

"What?" Fenny shook her head. "No, our dilemma was that we both wanted you to be our bridesmaid."

"Oh." Abby's immediately started to brighten up.

"So this is what we decided, if it's okay with you that is." Grissy took up the plan. "We're also going to ask Maud and Gaby to be bridesmaids. Maud will be Fenny's bridesmaid and Zara her flower girl. Gaby will be my bridesmaid, unless she and Stephen beat us up the aisle, then she'll be matron of honour."

"They would if Amelia had her way.", Imogen laughed.

"Either way she's become such a good friend and we really want her as part of the wedding party. Ava, I'd like you as my flower girl if that's okay with you?"

Ava was happy either way so nodded eagerly.

"Great, and Abs, we thought you could walk up the aisle in front of Gaby and Maud. You'd be a bridesmaid, not a flower girl but we want to share you. Otherwise we were seriously going to fall out ."

"We couldn't have that." Abby hugged them both, excitement written all over her face. "Does this mean we get to go dress shopping?"

"Definitely, we want you involved in as much as possible. We have a lot of the planning done so we were thinking once we've asked the others we'd have a little meeting to discuss everything. Then we can make a day of shopping for bridesmaid and flower dresses together and you can come with each of us when we go shopping with our Mums for our own dresses."

Experience made Constance cautious about Zara and a day of dress shopping but she decided not to mention that for now. Instead she focused on another part of the wedding. "Who's going to conduct your ceremony?"

"Well, we were hoping Davina and Elizabeth. That is if you don't think they'd mind or that we're copying you and Tom and Amelia. I mean, we definitely take inspiration from you, that's obvious, but we want to put our own take on things."

"We certainly don't mind, in fact we're flattered." Constance reassured them. "And I'm sure that our resident registrars will be delighted."

She was right, Elizabeth and Davina were thrilled to be asked later that evening and Amelia also brushed aside any notion of copying.

"Not at all. It's your wedding day, you do whatever it is that will make you both happy." Her mind flashed back to the two thirteen year olds who had arrived separately to the school nearly a decade before. They certainly weren't alone for long and she felt privileged to have watched the two teenagers blossom into the young women that now stood in front of her. "I wish you a lifetime of happiness."

"Thank you." Fenny and Grissy were overwhelmed at the love that was being shown to them by everyone. Gaby was thrilled to accept their offer as was Maud who had flown over to join the impromptu party Constance and Imogen had organised.

"I was wondering…." Abby was helping Fenny organise drinks. "How come you didn't ask Millie to be a bridesmaid? Are you not friends anymore?"

"No, we're still friends and she'll definitely be at the wedding. We're going to ask her to do a reading at the ceremony . But we're not as close as we once were, probably because we don't see each other as much, that just happen as you get older I guess. We both agreed that when it comes to bridesmaids we wanted our closest friends and that includes you."

Abby was glowing at the words. She could also understand what Fenny was saying. Both she and Grissy were really close to Gaby and Maud and often went out with them along with Stephen and Andrew, Maud's boyfriend. Maud was a regular visitor to the castle, staying over at least once a fortnight which Abby and her sisters loved. And not that she didn't like Georgia, the teacher who was taking over PE classes until June, but she hoped some of the career changes her Mum had talked about might mean Maud was around a lot more in the future.

Fenny gave Abby's hand a squeeze. "You're very welcome. I'm also trusting you to tell me if any dress I try on makes me look like a meringue."

Abby, always a straight talker, was well up for that job. "Oh, trust me I will."

"Fen, we forgot about the presents." Grissy wrapped her arms around her fiancé's waist. "Will we do them now?"

"We should be giving you presents.", Tom told them as he unwrapped the paperweight they had bought for him and Amelia.

Meanwhile Zara had no qualms about accepting gifts.

"We know you love your Simba.", Fenny told her. "So we got you a Nala to be his friend." She handed over the female cub to a delighted Zara.

"What do you say Sweetpea?", Imogen prompted.

"Thank you.", Zara exclaimed as she clutched the teddy close. "I love her."

It was unclear whether Ava was more excited by her Aurora doll or by Fleur's fairy babygro but either way she showed her appreciation by showering Fenny and Grissy with even more hugs and kisses. In a similar way Abby loved seeing her sisters' reactions but as a lifelong Disney fan was over the moon with the print of "The Jungle Book" that she had been given.

It had been tempting to go down the novelty gift route for Constance especially, but while a Minnie Mouse hat was fine for Davina, both Fenella and Griselda wanted to get something less tacky for the couple who had provided them with so much support and guidance over the years.

"Oh, thank you." Imogen passed the box of French chocolates to Constance while she looked at the etched silver frame that contained a picture of Fenny and Grissy along with their four girls.

"Maud took that last week.", Fenny told her. "I know you have loads already but…"

We can never have enough pictures and we love that you're in this one with all of them. Thank you."

"Thank you for your advice. You were right, I knew exactly when the perfect moment was."

"I knew you would." Imogen smiled before cuddling back against Constance, noticing that Fenny was subtly doing the same with a curious Grissy.

"Any other advice?"

This time it was Constance who imparted her wisdom.

"Yes, your wedding day will be incredible but remember, that's just the beginning. It's marriage that's the true adventure."

A/N: Thanks for reading, I know a lot of you are as fond of Fenny and Grissy as I am so I hope you liked it. Please let me know if you'd like to see this wedding- I'm thinking the hen night could be mildly amusing to write as well seeing as nobody else has had one.

Speaking of celebrations, it's a milestone for a certain person in the June chapter. Can you guess who and what?