There was a lot of tension in the car.

A toddler crying for her Mr. Marsh which her siblings stole and a couple; one who was trying to resolve the fight at the back and the other staring at the window, wondering how she got to this point. Wondering how it all started.

"Rose give Eva her Mr. Marsh now." Charles said, attempting to remain calm. "Elsie would you please do something about this? There's quite a lot of rain at the moment so I really need to keep an eye on the road." He glanced at Elsie; she hadn't spoken to him since they left the doctor's office. He wished he could comfort her and tell her everything was going to be okay but between the kids, the rain, the traffic and the rush to get to the hotel on time, he couldn't manage.

"I repeat, if one of you doesn't give Eva her Mr. Marsh this instant-" He paused to contemplate what punishment would be suitable, "There won't be any tv for all three of you this weekend."

Celia, the oldest, who had the soft toy at the moment, gave it to Eva and glared at her stepfather. "It was my toy to begin with! It's not fair she's the only one who gets to play with it."

"Well, it's her toy now and next time get one of your own. You know she doesn't share her toys!" Charles tried to reason, only for Celia to cross her arms and roll her eyes at him. "For the love of- Rose put your seatbelt on!"

"Elsie, would you mind snapping out of your trance?!"

"No, I wouldn't mind if there weren't 3 children in car, I would definitely not mind giving you a piece of my mind. However, there are children in the car, and I'd rather things didn't get heated in front of them." She snapped, and then added sweetly, "Wouldn't you agree?"

This is my first Downton fic which means I'm not that experienced with it and I don't know if I should get a BETA to help me out with it... Let me know with any BETA's you'd think would be interested, just in case 😊

I hope you guys liked it!