𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐬

xᴠɪ || ᴍɪꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟʏ ꜰɪxᴇᴅ

By the time the second week came to a close, the video was ready for publication. It was amazing how much Felice was able to learn about editing and video manipulation from the internet, but all it took was one little google search and a lot of patience.

Sara had been sent the video link that Thursday, and by Friday evening, there was news. She was cautious when entering Madison and Felice's shared dorm; Sara looked almost fearful when she crossed over the threshold.

"He has it?" Astrid asked. Sara eyed her and Jasmine curiously, but Astrid didn't say anything on the matter. Jasmine was laying on Madison's bed, her head resting on Astrid's lap.

Biting her lip, Sara glanced at her brother. "Look at her," Wilhelm snapped, nodding to Astrid.

"He has the video, but he won't release it," Sara reported, "I tried to convince him, but he was getting suspicious. I did try".

"And you broke it off?" Astrid asked. Sara nodded. "What excuse did you use?"

Sara glanced at Simon again. "I told him our dad was in hospital, made up some bullshit that I wanted to reconnect with him and all that. He bought it," She said in a soft voice.

"But he's refusing to release the video?" Astrid continued.

"He said he doesn't want to get in any more trouble".

"You have to be kidding me," Wilhelm said, as Felice swore loudly. Jasmine sat up to see what was happening, as Simon sat quietly by Wilhelm.

"Madison, can I borrow your phone?" Astrid asked, as she rose from the bed. Madison handed over her phone without question. Astrid ducked over to Felice's laptop, as she looked up the phone number for the Dagens Nyheter.

Dialing the number, Astrid waited impatiently as the phone began to ring. She turned to Jasmine. "Who's someone we don't mind throwing under the bus?" She asked.

"I'm sorry?" Jasmine asked, wearing the same confused expression as everyone else in the room.

"Someone you hate, go," Astrid repeated. The phone continued to ring.

"Uh, Ava Thompson!" Jasmine exclaimed, as the newspaper agency finally picked up.

"Nice one," Astrid whispered, as the reporter who picked up the phone began her questions. "Hi, yes. My name is Ava Thompson, I'm from Pine Hill Academy, in the States? Yeah, I have a brilliant story which I think the media will eat up, and I'm willing to hand it over for free if you can ensure it will hit the headlines".

"What the fuck is she doing?" Madison asked, Felice staring in amazement and confusion. Simon watched her with wide eyes, as Wilhelm smiled at her genius.

"So it's actually about the Princess, which will make for an even bigger scandal as she's engaged to the Crown Prince. I know, total shocker!" Astrid continued, in her fake, high pitched voice; Jasmine was absolutely losing it.

"I have a video as proof, the Princess making out with another girl. Oh, I never expected both of them to be gay, but you can't help who you like!"

"This is getting out of hand," Simon muttered, as Astrid wrapped up the call. After hanging up, she turned to the rest of the group.

"We have to make a fake email, send the video to Dagens Nyheter and then erase all the evidence of that email ever being on our computers," Astrid said.

"You understand that you just deliberately threw yourself under the bus, yes?" Felice asked.

"And that you just stole someone's identity, while also giving away their location to forigen reporters," Madison piped up.

"I think we might have broken a couple laws right then," Jasmine added.

Astrid shrugged, "I'm already getting disowned at this point," She said casually, "And I promised I would help take down August. Now, about that email".

So the group, plus Sara, got to work creating the fake email (in Ava Thompson's name) to send off the fake video.

But by midnight that Friday night, the news was everywhere.

Now, both the young royals were in deep shit. 

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(680 words)

Just a quick little update regarding chapter updates;

I'm unsure how many more chapters there will be (I've been writing and uploading as I go) but I have exams coming up and I'm going away this weekend, so there will definitely be no update for Saturday and Sunday. Next week will also be kind of sketchy, but I might be able to update towards the end of the week. 

Thanks again for all the support, we've almost reached 3k reads!