A Royal In the Making

Chapter Nineteen: The Last Date

Good evening! Happy Sunday! A new week is upon us! I am dog sitting for over a week for my parents while they are on their anniversary trip. They've been married for 25 years as of this coming Tuesday which I find amazing! Layla, our puppy, has been very good so far. We're only on day two though. She is patiently waiting for mommy and daddy to come to take her back but I am her favorite so she loves being with me. I bonded with her first and trained her. Anyway, I have found time tonight after caring for her to update my story! I could've earlier but every time I thought about it my computer was too far away and she was sleeping on me. One thing you can't do is wake her otherwise she's a demon. Anyway...I hope you enjoy this next chapter!-expressionwriter

I spent the day going over the changes with my grandmother. She explained in detail why she made the choices she did. I understood even though there was one change that she made that I would have done differently. It was too late though but it wasn't that big of a deal for me.

Charles was doing well in avoiding me. There were times where we saw each other and he ran in the opposite direction. I felt a little bad because I know he misses me. I missed him but this was for the best.

As I was looking over the planner for tomorrow, I felt someone wrap their arms around me and lift me up. I was terrified. Then I looked to see the princes around me. Frederik was the prince who was lifting me up.

"Aurora! You're here! We missed you so much!" Adrian greeted.

"Hi! You know, I missed you too." I said. Frederik put me down but still kept his arms wrapped around me. "You scared me, Frederik."

"Sorry baby. But I think you scared me more. How is your mom doing?" He looked worried. I put on a brave face. Grandmother told the princes that I was going back to the States because of an emergency with my mother. She also informed them that Charles was going to his home too. 

"Um, she's doing better. She's cleared to come to the party so that is good. Rather get my mind off of what happened."

"Of course." I didn't want to give out specifics because I don't even know what the excuse would be for me going home. "You okay?" 

"Yeah. I'm okay. Just thinking about the party."

"Well, tonight you get a break. We're whisking you away." Augustus said. He pulled me out of Frederik's grip and carried me away. 

They escorted me back to their castle where we ate food and drank champagne. It was delicious and I hadn't eaten since this morning.

It was nice seeing them after being with just Charlie the last few days. But I knew I made the right choice in picking Charlie. We are more compatible and we'll help each other grow into who we are meant to be.

Tomorrow will be my last date with them. We will be going on individual dates all day long. After that, I will be spending the rest of the week completely focusing on the party as well as the interview.

I invited all of the princes to have breakfast with me after my run. They were very happy about the invitation. I did make it known to them tonight that tomorrow will be our last date. That was something important I wanted to inform them.

As I was heading back to my castle, Charlie came into view. I had to pass him to leave. There was no other way around it. He didn't say anything and continued walking past me. But I stopped and turned around.

"Charlie?"

"Yeah?" He whipped around at the sound of his name.

"You're invited to breakfast in the morning but we won't be going on a date after."