Fred arrived at Leicester pretty early the next day and he went straight to his penthouse. He needed to sleep off the jetlag. He woke up later in the afternoon when his phone rang. He reached for it and answered without checking to see who it was.

"You better be here."

"I am."

"Good."

"Meet us at the restaurant. I'll text you the address."

"Us?" He asked as he got out of bed.

"Yes. Us. And hurry, we have to head out for the fitting right after lunch."

Fred opened his mouth to say something but Andre ended the call. Fred groaned and fell back into bed, his head in the pillow.

Less than half an hour later, Fred gave his keys to the valet as he made his way inside the restaurant.

"Good afternoon sir. How may I help you?" The host greeted as he walked in.

"I'm here for Andre Leon."

"Leon?" She asked. "Table 12."

"Thank you." He said and made his way further inside. He spotted Andre just as Andre spotted him. Fred made his way towards the table as Andre got up.

"Hey you." They hugged each other. "It's been a while." Andre said.

"And who's fault is that?" Fred asked as he scanned the rest of the faces at the table. "Mary, I didn't know you were here in Leicester. It's so good to see you." Fred bent to kiss her cheek.

"Well you never visit anymore now that my son has moved down here." Mary scolded. "Look at you, are you eating anything at all?"

Fred smiled.
"Between you and my mum's cooking, I'll be too big to get up."

"That's how it's supposed to be." Mary said

Andre smiled at Fred as they both took their seats. Fred's gaze landed on the other person present at the table.
"Hey Aubrey, how's college?" Fred asked Andre's sister.

Aubrey looked away from the furious typing on her phone at Fred.
"It's Brie now and College is ever so boring."

"If you love what you're studying, it wouldn't be so boring."

"Then I should probably drop out and get into modelling."

"Not going to happen." Mary said. "You complete your course and we can talk about that."

Aubrey sighed and rolled her eyes getting back to her phone.

"When did you arrive?" Fred asked Mary.

"Three weeks ago." Mary said.

Fred snapped his gaze at Andre.
"And you never thought to mention that?"

"What?! We've all been busy with the wedding preparations and mum came down to get to know Izzy."

"Speaking of the bride, where is she?"

"I'm right here." They all turned to Izzy who was making her way to the table. Andre and Fred got up as the only men in the group. "I'm sorry I'm late." She kissed Andre smack on the lips. "The fitting took longer than we hoped." She placed a bag next to Aubrey. "They finished your dress though."

Aubrey smiled up at Izzy.
"Thanks sis."

Fred raised a brow and turned to Andre who shrugged. Aubrey liked Izzy.

"Where are the girls?" Mary asked.

Fred's jaw tightened at that.
Josie and Mia were going to be here?

"They'll be here soon. The designer got started on theirs after you left. I just waited long enough to get Aubrey's dress." Izzy pushed Andre aside and went in to hug Fred. "I'm glad you could make it."

Fred hugged her before he let go.
"I'm glad I could too."

They all sat down.

"Have you ordered?" Izzy asked.

"Yes, and it should be here...uh. Here it is." The waiters came towards their table with trays as they placed the food on the table. "We have to get to our fitting in thirty minutes. So, eat up Freddy."

"Ok Andy."

Andre looked up at Fred with a 'what-the-fuck' look. Izzy snickered beside him.
"Andy." She said as she laughed.

Mary smiled and shook her head.
"You boys are still the same."

"Sorry, sorry." Josie made her way towards the table almost ten minutes later. They all looked at her as she arrived at the table. "Hey Brie. Look at you all so grown up." She placed a kiss on the girl's head before kissing Mary on the cheek. "Hello Mary. You look gorgeous as ever."

"You two never show up at the house anymore." Mary scolded her and Fred. "And you look good too."

Josie took the seat next to Izzy leaving one empty between her and Aubrey.

"I'm sorry, work is really hectic. I promise after the wedding I'll make time."

"Good. You as well." Mary pointed at Fred.

"Hey Fred." Josie smiled at him but all she got was a scowl. "Ok hulk."

"Where's Mia?" Izzy asked and Fred was interested in Josie's answer.

"She wasn't feeling too good after and went back to the apartment." Josie said looking at Izzy in a way the other woman understood.

Izzy nodded her head.
"Right. We should take back some food for her."

"Yea." Josie said as she filled her plate.

"Let's go." Andre said later. "I'll see you ladies later." He said as he kissed Izzy on the lips and the other ladies on the cheek. Fred followed suit, kissing Izzy on the cheek.

"You think she knew I was coming?" Fred asked as they stood in tuxes in front of mirrors.

"You mean Mia?"

"Who else bro?"

"Maybe. Izzy might have mentioned you were going to be there."

Fred nodded with a sigh.

"What's going on Fred?" Andre asked. "You've been acting different."

"She's taking up every part of me. I know I should be smart and just let it all go especially when she doesn't want to have anything to do with me, but I can't." He said. "I need her."

"Sounds like you've fallen in love."

Fred nodded.
"I have." He said. "I think I fell in love with her when we got together for coffee the second day."

Andre turned to him.
"Why I don't I know this?"

Fred smiled.
"I don't tell you everything dude."

Andre shook his head.
"Just be careful. I don't want to see you get hurt again."

Fred knew what Andre meant or rather who.
"Natalie was a gold-digging bitch." He said " Mia is...she's everything I need."

"You're taking the words right out of my heart." Andre smiled. "That's how I feel about Izzy."

Fred smiled.
"Maybe I should write your wedding vows."

Andre looked at him and nodded.
"Totally." He said seriously.

"Not a chance dude." Fred said which made Andre laugh.

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