Nicollette nervously approached the beautiful stone building of Bridgerton house. She was accompanied by her Ladie's made Francine as a chaperone. Nicollette was wearing a dark navy blue dress with white trimming along her shoulders and chest. She wore a beautiful teardrop sapphire necklace and sapphire earrings to match. Nicollette couldn't help the nerves that wracked her body as she carefully knocked on the door. The door was swiftly open to reveal the Bridgerton's butler. "Lady Arquette, I presume?" He asked with a gentle smile. Nicollette nodded her head politely before being ushered to a drawing-room. "Lady Arquette" He introduced her as she walked in. Sitting in the beautiful bright drawing-room were Daphne, Violet, and two other girls she had yet to meet.
"Nicollette, my dear, thank you so much for coming," Violet spoke as she stood up and offered the young girl a quick hug. Violet turned to the two new young ladies in the room and quickly introduced her other daughters "This is Eloise, I'm sure she'll have many questions for you." Violet said motioning to her second eldest daughter.
"Hello Eloise, so lovely to meet you," Nicollette said politely, smiling at the girl and Eloise smiled back.
"This is Francesca, she, unfortunately, will be leaving us within the next couple of days to broaden her knowledge of the pianoforte," Violet said sadly at the thought of her daughter leaving home.
"Ah, how very important," Nicollette spoke as she smiled at the girl with the lightest hair "It seems like just yesterday I too was learning how to play." Nicollette reminisced about her beginnings of playing the piano and how Olivier had begged her over and over again to stop. Daphne stood up and hugged the Arquette girl,
"I am so glad you came tonight. I was afraid my numerous siblings my scare you away." Daphne spoke jokingly. Violet let out a little chuckle at the idea of her eight children. Nicollette laughed along with the rest of the Bridgerton ladies.
"It is quite intimidating to be meeting the majority of them all at the same time, but if they're anything like the Bridgerton's I have already met then I am sure it will be fine." Nicollet waved her hand throughout the air as if dismissing her nerves of meeting them all. Violet Bridgerton couldn't help but smile at the young girl.
"Yes, well, I am afraid you have only met half of them," Violet said in a light-hearted tone, "You have yet to meet boys and Hyacinth." The three sisters each let out a groan at the mention of youngest Bridgerton. Nicollette furrowed her eyebrows in confusion at the reaction of the three Bridgerton girls. "Hyacinth is just very curious, stubborn, and somehow is even more prone to speaking her mind than Eloise here," Violet spoke and Eloise shot her mother a playful glare. Nicollette couldn't help the small laugh that escaped her lips at the family interacting with one another. Nicollette couldn't help but wonder if this is what her family could've been like if her parents loved each other. "Well, my dears, it looks as if it is almost time for dinner, shall we?" Violet asked the young ladies, all four girls eagerly nodded their heads in excitement for the meal to commence.
Nicollette couldn't help but get lost in astonishment at the Bridgerton family. The entire family sat at one table together and they all participated in the conversation equally. It was a completely bizarre concept to Nicollette, but she loved the idea of them all being together. The Viscount's eyes kept drifting over towards the girl who remained quiet since the beginning of the meal. He could see the way her eyes would flicker from person to person and the way her lips would turn up into a slight smile whenever Hyacinth or Gregory spoke. Anthony couldn't help himself from noticing the way she held herself back from interjecting into the conversation when she had something to say, every time he could see her lips purse and her eyebrows furrow he was hoping she would join the conversation, and he was disappointed every time she held back from doing so. "I hope you don't find my family too much," The Viscount spoke to the Arquette girl trying to convince her to speak. Nicollette looked around the table at the various Bridgertons and the Duke before meeting the Viscount's eyes,
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Hidden Within The Flowers
FanfictionNicollette Arquette has been under immense pressure from her father to secure an excellent match this social season. Anthony Bridgerton has continued to be pestered by his mother to find a wife. Will they both find a way to escape their parents or w...
