avec amour
with love
~*~
It was finally the day to leave for the Bahamas! The group decided it would be best and easiest to fly on a private plane so Evelyn's dad arranged for his plane to be ready. The couple had packed the night before and Evelyn made sure to pack enough bathing suits, coverups, hats and sunglasses as well as regular clothes. She had her makeup packed as well as it was a necessity.
Before they left for their trip Evelyn made sure that the plane was stocked up with drinks and snacks and all other necessities.
"You excited, babe?" Evelyn asks her boyfriend as they made it to the airport.
"So excited," he laughed as he put on his sunnies. "I'm just ready to have this week with you and all of our friends," he told her as he took her hand in hers and leaned over to kiss her.
Evelyn had arranged for the group to stay at Baha Mar Resort. From the pictures online it looked amazing and they couldn't be more excited for this week escape from their hectic lives. Evelyn was wanting to take a small step back from designing clothes as she was beginning to feel as though it was too much too fast. It was something she was wanting to speak about with William this week. The couple were the first ones at the airport and they were waiting for everyone else to arrive.
"I just want us all to have fun, enjoy your birthday celebration and there to be no drama."
Since both of them had been so busy lately with work, Evelyn thought this would be perfect time to go on a holiday. Evelyn was wearing shorts that showed off her legs as well as wide eyed white ribbed tank top along with a fedora hat as her hair was in dutch pigtail braids. She was ready to go to the beach! Eventually everyone made it on the private aeroplane and the celebrations began.
A flight attendant passed around the alcohol to the guests on the plane and they toasted a great holiday and Wills birthday.
*
It was absolute paradise!
They had checked into their hotel rooms and was amazed by the beauty and spaciousness of the huge rooms. William and Evelyn were sharing a room together whilst the others had their own rooms as well.
"Your shitting me!" Evelyn exclaimed as William stopped walking along with her.
At first William thought she was upset. But when he truly looked at her he didn't notice anger - instead it was almost of reminiscence from the past. He then stared in the direction she was looking at and noticed it was a woman who had brunette hair but for some reason looked like someone who was familiar to him.
"Whose that?" He asked curiously.
"Blair's sister, Gemma."
"Blair as in Blair Taylor?"
"Yeah," she told him and turned to him. "Well, for whatever reason she's here, let's not let it ruin our holiday."
"'Course not! But if you ever want to talk to her you can."
Evelyn didn't need his say in anything she did but she was grateful for his comment. Even though she never needed his approval for anything she always appreciated when he gave it. It meant that he supported her in everything she did and she did the same for him.
She had to admit that seeing Gemma again made her miss her and the old times they all shared. What would be the harm if she went up to her and talked? Just because she wasn't friends with Blair anymore didn't mean she couldn't at least talk to Gemma.
Maybe later she will try to find her but the hotel was huge and Gemma was just checking in so she didn't want to disturb her.
"Let's go to the pool and bar area, I need a drink!" Evelyn exclaimed as she held her boyfriends hand and he laughed at her comment.
"Me too. Are you getting drunk tonight?"
"No, but if you want to you can."
"I'll just see as the night progresses."
Evelyn had strayed away from her usual vodka soda drink that she would normally get and chose a strawberry daiquiri instead whilst William chose his usual beer. It was their first night in the Bahamas and they were all heading down to have dinner. Evelyn was dressed in a boho v-neck wrap dress that was at ankle-length and the sleeves were short and petal sleeved. The dress was green with a floral print and there was a slit that was high up for the legs, which William loved. William was dressed in tan pants and a nice button down white dress shirt. Both of them wearing flip flops with their outfits.
She had her blonde hair down in nice soft waves as the wind blew through her hair. The couple walked down to meet their friends and some family members.
"Evelyn, this place is a real stunner. How'd you find it?" Eugenie greeted her cousin's girlfriend after kissing each cheek.
"It's pretty dreamy, huh? I just Googled top resort hotels in Bahamas and this came up."
"Well, Shannon and I were saying how we wished we had our honeymoon here, right?" Tom asked his wife.
"Yeah," Shannon agreed from their earlier conversation with a drink in her hand. "Not to mention they have a good drink selection and the beaches are absolutely gorgeous."
"Evelyn?" The blonde heard the voice of Gemma and turned around with a genuine smile on her face.
"Gemma, oh my God," she hugged the other Taylor sister as William had let go of her hand. "I saw you earlier but I didn't want to interrupt. How're you?"
"I've been well," she tucked a piece of a strand hair behind her ear. "And you?"
"I've been well. Oh Gemma this is William. William this is Gemma," she introduced the two.
Gemma started to introduce herself to the Royal the formal way but William stopped her and just wanted it to be normal. He liked being normal around friends. William knew about the situation with Blair and he had his own opinion about the whole thing but he didn't let his opinion of Blair hinder his opinion of her sister. He knew that she was still her own person regardless of sharing the same last name as her.
"It's nice to meet you," he told her as he shook Gemma's hand.
"You as well," she smiled at the young prince. "I know it probably doesn't mean much coming from me but thank you for making Evelyn the happiest I've seen her in a long time."
"I just want to tell you what I think of your sister has no correlation of my opinion on you. So that coming from you means a lot especially since you've known Eve a long time."
"Thank you," Gemma told William sincerely. "Are you two on a holiday here?"
"Yeah, we are celebrating William's birthday that was in June and invited loads of our friends and some family members. What about you?"
"On a holiday with my boyfriend, Matthew."
"Well, if you lot don't have anything to do tonight all of us are getting together at the restaurant that's downstairs for William's birthday if you want to join us at eight."
"I'll have a chat with Matthew," she smiled at the couple. "Thanks for the invite."
"Hey, listen, just because shit went down with your sister and I doesn't mean you and I can't talk. All right? Whenever you need advice or you're frustrated when Blair takes you shopping with her and she can't figure out which outfit she wants to purchase, just give me a call. I don't want to come in between family but I miss you."
"Thank you," Gemma choked up a little bit and was truly touched by Evelyn's words. "I've missed you too. We all have. I best be off getting back to my boyfriend. Talk soon, yeah?" Gemma told the blonde. "And Will it was really great meeting you."
"You as well," he smiled at the brunette as the couple watched her walk off.
Gemma had to admit she was impressed with the young prince who was dating her former friend.
*
They were all getting ready right now and Evelyn decided to wear a full face of makeup. She had her eyeshadow palettes laying out in front of her along with her face makeup as she decided what colours to wear.
"Why do you have four of the same palettes?" Wills asked as he was right next to his girlfriend watching her get ready.
"They're not the same," she laughed and tipped her head back. "They each have different colours. Some similarities but overall different."
"They look the same to me," he shrugged his shoulders. "That one has cool packaging though."
The one he was talking about was by Urban Decay and the packaging was almost as though it had colours of flames burning on the outside with oranges, browns and rust colours. He always liked watching her get ready for the day or night and how precise she was with her makeup. Though he thought she looked beautiful with and without makeup. He knew it made her happy and feel good about herself and he wasn't complaining.
"Oh I love this one," Evelyn smiled at her boyfriend. "It's the heat palette from Urban Decay. Do you want to pick out what eyeshadow I wear tonight?"
"Yeah," he nods his head. "What dress are you wearing tonight?"
"This one right here," she got it off the hanger on the door and brought it over to him.
He looked at all of his choices as he brought his hand into a fist underneath his chin, thinking. Evelyn thought it was cute how he really wanted to make a good decision.
"This one," he handed her the Urban Decay one with a grin.
"Love it. I'll wear that, thanks Wills," she leaned up and pressed a kiss to his cheek.
He already knew how she started her whole routine. She started with her face first, making sure to put on her skincare first before face makeup. She even got him started on using skincare and seeing a facialist every so often to clean out his pores.
Evelyn decided to wear all matte eyeshadows on her lid. She used warm browns and rich siennas colours making her blue eyes pop as she finished with a small winged eyeliner and mascara.
"I'm ready," she told her boyfriend as they made their way to the restaurant outside.
Evelyn clinked her wine glass as she stood to give a toast to which everyone looked at her.
"I just wanted to say Happy Birthday, William. L'amour de ma vie. For those wondering what the bloody hell I just said it was 'you are the love of my life.' We wanted to invite everyone we love to share a special week with us. They weren't available so we called all of you."
There were some aw's during the speech and at the end was endless laughter at Evelyn's joke. William always thought it was so sexy whenever Evelyn spoke French either to him, to her clients on the mobile or in general. She liked to keep up with the language and not lose it. After taking a course for a year and working with fashion designers overseas in France - she had loads of practice and it came in handy. Plus it helped that it was a beautiful language.
Evelyn had ordered a shrimp cocktail as an appetizer and chicken topped with pineapple mango salsa with a side of broccoli.
"When are Ivy and Jake coming out here?" Harry asked Evelyn after she ate a bite of her chicken that had pineapple mango salsa on it.
"They will be here tomorrow," Evelyn told him after she swallowed her food.
They all ate dinner and had dessert whilst talking. Evelyn and Chelsy sat together as they chatted about going shopping some day with the girls and letting the boys do their own thing.
*
Today was a beach day and everyone was looking forward to being out on the island and relaxing in the ocean and on the sand. She decided not to wear any makeup as it wouldn't make any sense to since she would be swimming in the water. Everyone put on sunscreen knowing they would get burnt if they didn't. Ivy and Jake had made it earlier in the afternoon which was perfect time.
Some of them had decided that they wanted to surf in the crystal blue water but Evelyn just wanted to swim and lay out. Normally she would though. They had all put on loads of sunscreen especially with how fair most of them were.
The ones who wanted to swim out did and the rest laid out on the beach.
Evelyn wrapped her legs around William's waist and her arms around his neck as he held her securely whilst feeling the rocking of the ocean waves. She could hear Chelsy squealing as she figured Harry probably threw her in the water.
"Thank you for doing this, Eve. You don't know how much I needed this trip," William told his girlfriend as she smiled and leaned a hand on his cheek in comfort.
"You've been working so hard. You deserve this break," she told him as he leaned forward to kiss her.
His lips tasted salty due to the salt water from the ocean, but she didn't mind.
The couple then felt a big wave go over them and it was too late to move or anything as it already covered there heads. Evelyn could feel the salt water go up her nose and when they came up she wiped her eyes and hated the burning sensation of the salt water when it got into her nose. But she was still a beach girl.
"You all right?" He asked his girlfriend when she opened her eyes.
"Yeah," she laughed and nodded her head. "You?"
"Definitely."
William was holding his girlfriend in a protective, caring hug as they were on the beach. The sand between their toes and their hair salty from the ocean water. Evelyn was wearing a neon green bikini as she enjoyed the feeling of being in the comfort of his arms. They had just gotten out of the water and enjoyed the feeling of being on land again.
Because Evelyn wasn't the tallest - standing tall at five foot five inches it was harder on her to reach the bottom of the sea floor the further out they got.
Some of the group was now laying out on the sand, trying to get a tan, as the rest went back into the water to swim or surf. It was a perfect beach day.
*
Evelyn woke up to kisses being peppered on her face as she groaned and turned on her other side making William chuckle. Whenever William was with Evelyn whether it be living at their apartment together or being on a holiday - she always woke up early with him and did a workout with him. He had to always be staying in shape with the military as they also did a PT test every once in a whilst - sometimes it was brought onto the soldiers by surprise or they were told the wrong day. Nothing really surprised William anymore. Evelyn didn't do anything nearly as hard as him but she did go on a five mile run with him and did her own workout. She liked staying in shape and healthy.
"Nooo," she pouted and whined. "Can we please sleep in?"
She knew that it was probably around eight in the morning and although this was typically around the time they woke up she was utterly exhausted. Unfortunately, she started her period last night and it was such a bummer because she always got the worst cramps. Thankfully, she remembered to bring along tampons and pamprin to help.
"It will help with the cramps," he told her rubbing her low stomach which helped relieve some pain slightly. "I have some pamprin here on your night stand table with a coconut bai."
"Mmm, thank you," she puckered her lips to which he knew meant she wanted a kiss and leaned down to kiss her as she kept her eyes closed.
She slowly opened her eyes as they fluttered open and turned on her side to get the pamprin and coconut bai water that William had gotten for her. She knew that her boyfriend was right and that she should workout but damnit sometimes she didn't want to whilst on her period. Besides, sometimes when she was on her period, she got upset often and she sometimes took it out on her boyfriend knowing he didn't deserve it. Being the ever forgiving boyfriend though, he knew that it wasn't her talking and always her cramps.
Evelyn put her silk robe on to cover herself as after she took her pill and put on some workout clothes whilst putting her hair up in a pony tail and putting on her shoes after she brushed her teeth. Often times they liked to fit a workout in the morning as they felt it was a good way to start the day, seeing as Evelyn wasn't a morning person it helped her to feel more awake.
"I'm ready," she smiled at her handsome boyfriend as she was fully dressed and they left walking out to the fresh air for their run.
*
They had just gotten back from their run and took a shower together since they we're both sweaty. They always liked spending quality time together - whatever that may be whether or not it was working out together, having a date night, and they always made time to make love to one another. Telling each other they loved the other was always important to them as well as never going to bed angry.
Today the girls were doing something whilst the boys went off to golf and surf. Evelyn had seen a Rolex watch that she knew she wanted to buy.
"Go have fun," she told Wills as he leaned down and kissed her one last time.
"All right, all right. I know when I'm not wanted."
Evelyn rolled his eyes at his playful behaviour and Ivy laughed at her two friends.
"You guys are so cute. Any ideas on if he's going to propose soon? I mean he's already had you go through training for proper etiquette and his family loves you..."
Ivy didn't say the words 'princess training' because any time she or anyone else said those words Evelyn scrunched her nose up. She knew she wouldn't be titled a princess when she and William wed - for that she was grateful. She did not have an ounce of Royal blood in her body therefore it being only right that she not get granted that title. She didn't want people being used to using false titles. Evelyn had already seen some tabloids calling her that for when and if they do wed and it annoyed the hell out of her over their claims.
In their second year of dating, due to unflattering pictures that the paparazzi took of Evelyn, William asked his granny if she could undergo etiquette training. The Queen agreed, especially after hearing how distraught Evelyn was over some of the pictures that were almost slightly scandalous with how far the paparazzi would go for a picture. Evelyn didn't like to be reminded of that time in their life as it was not a good one. It caused many problems for the couple and individually for Evelyn as she hid out in her apartment for almost two months, afraid of the paparazzi. It was actually Beatrice who helped her overcome her fear to which William was thankful for as he was away with the military during that time.
"I honestly have no idea," Evelyn let out a sigh and shrugged her shoulders. "I wish I could tell you. We've talked about getting engaged, married and kids so many times but who really knows."
Except Ivy knew. And the rest of their friends and both sides of the family knew. William was in the midst of planning a holiday and the reason why their fiends knew was because they were invited.
*
LOVED UP ON THE BEACHES OF THE BAHAMAS
. See the latest pics of Prince William and long-term girlfriend, Evelyn Bennett on a holiday together
. An engagement close around the corner
. Prince William and Evelyn pack on the PDA in rare pics
This past week Prince William celebrated his twenty-ninth birthday with long-term girlfriend Evelyn Bennett and pals. Apparently because he was busy working with the military the couple decided to hold off on celebrating until now.
Paparazzi caught a picture of Prince William and Evelyn hugging whilst at the beach as well as one of him leaning down and kissing her. Not that this is unusual but normally the famous couple have been quite private about their PDA. It was a glimpse the public rarely got to see and to which they were grateful these pictures were captured.
Royal experts claim that an engagement is near.
"You can see the love that Prince William holds for Evelyn in his eyes and the way he is fiercely protective over her," Holly claims. "It's a very loving relationship and you can tell that he wants her to still be involved with her family. Every other year he celebrates Christmas with her and the rest of the Bennett family which is very sweet. He's been so accepted into her family and loves that she comes from a big family. You can tell that an engagement is near but of course, we will never know when until it happens. There's been so many times when the public thought they were engaged and turned out they weren't."
Evelyn rolled her eyes and exited out of the tabloid that she read on her mobile. The engagement rumours didn't bother her. Never have and never will. They already knew they would get engaged and married at some point and she didn't need random people, especially the tabloids, making guesses on when that would be especially when she herself didn't know! Only William knew and her guess would be that his family knew too. All she knew was that he had to go through his grannie and gain permission beforehand.
Though it annoyed her how invested the tabloids were in her relationship - she had to admit that hearing what some of the 'royal experts' had to say about hers and William's relationship did make her feel warm and fuzzy inside. To hear and read them say how much love the couple had and how welcomed she was by not only Royal family but also the public as well made her feel good. Like she was doing something right. Even when she had her fuck-up's like with the whole Blair and Liam scenario.
The group was now back in England and though they had enjoyed their time there, Evelyn had to get back to work and William and Harry had to attend their cousins wedding. Evelyn knew that Zara would be a gorgeous bride and though she wasn't invited - she did send a gift to the couple regardless. She loved them to bits and they had promised to get together real soon once they settled into married life.
Of course, Evelyn and Zara bonded over their love of horses.
Evelyn was just finishing up some last minute pieces for her fall 2011 line. Fall time was her favourite season as it was just the right amount of cold. Plus, she loved the Autumn leaves on the trees and all the pumpkin spice lattes. It was getting everyone ready for Christmas!
"Hey Mary-Kate, can I see the beret's please? I just want to make sure everything looks perfect before sending out the finished pieces."
"'Course you can," she smiled at her boss and stood up to get them.
This line was going to be out in stores in August of 2011, so just a month before fall really began.
"Thanks love," Evelyn told her as she opened the lid of the container to get out a handful of candy.
Just because she ate healthy and was healthy didn't mean she couldn't indulge in desserts or candy, especially her favourite - sticky toffee pudding. The way her mum made it was like she had died and gone to heaven. She hadn't eaten one that even compared to it yet. Evelyn had thought that the last line she did would be the last for the year, but she couldn't resist the fall season!
This might be her favourite line she's come out with yet.
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Let me first just start out by saying I am so sorry for not updating a lot this summer. I am taking a summer course in statistics and I have my first exam on Monday. Has anyone taken Beginning Statistics with using excel? If so, what did you do to tell you pass the class?
I hope this long chapter helped make up for the lack of updates. over 4,000 words. Also happy late Birthday, Prince William.
:)