Their Royal Highnesses- British Royal Family Fanfiction

Meeting my love

  University Of Southern California 

   January 1st, 2001

  (---- Story is starting in character POV's from now on----)

 Alastair's POV

  I had decided to go to the United States for university unlike my brother, William who decided to take a gap year after we graduated from Eton before he started at St Andrew's in September of this year. I had decided that I wanted to start university as soon as possible which for me was in September of last year, nearly 3 months after I graduated from Eton. I also wanted to study somewhere abroad somewhere and had the options of the United States, Jordon, Sweden, or Japan. I didn't like Jordon and Japan as possible university options for himself. I loved both Sweden and the United States as great options but decided that I wanted to get away from any royal family business and often press photo's because my family often visited those countries and decided that the United States was the best option. 

  Now I had many options about which university I wanted to go to but I knew that I wanted some place that was sunny and that had water. I thought that California was a good option and soon decided that Southern California was my choice. But I couldn't decide which university I wanted to go too, so I picked ones that would be good for what I wanted to go to university for and then asked my brother's to help me limit down his choice too 3 university which were University of Southern California, Pepperdine University, and University Of Redlands. 

  After I finally had his three top picks for university, I had to show them to my father, grandparents, and great grandmother because they had to approve my choices. My family had their own opinions of my university choices, my father wished I would attend school in the United Kingdom still but sort of liked Pepperdine University, my great grandmother had liked University Of Redlands, while my grandparents liked University Of Southern California. I decided that he would let my family check into University Of Southern California and Pepperdine University as my final choices. My family came to the agreement that University Of Southern California was the best option for myself, and I agreed with them.  

  I was glad I decided that going to the US was a great option for university because I didn't really need to worry about the press as often and a decent amount of students didn't know who I even was, they didn't know I was a British royal family member and future king to the United Kingdom. But I had a close friend group that knew about me but kept my secret calling him Alan so if the press was around they wouldn't know who they were talking about. My group of friends included three boys and two girls. The guy friends were brother's two being twins and one being the year older brother, the twins names were Mark and James with their older brother named Lucas and they all had brown eyes and blonde hair. The girl friend's were best friends who decided to go to the same university together, one girl was a red haired girl with blue eyes named Carly with her best friend being a green eyed, blonde haired girl named Micah-Jane or MJ as she preferred. 

  I had met the twins and Carly my first year at the welcome meeting for first year students and became friends with them, Mark had also been my roommate that year so they were slightly closer, but I met MJ and Lucas in December of that year. They then became a close group of friends and were often seen with each other. Only MJ was in my program or degree so I mostly spent time with her as they were in nearly all the same classes. Since I moved onto campus in August, I got my driver's license and got a temporary car. Girls had a serious interest with me but I never really liked any of them and rejected them quite often, giving me the heartbreak boy since they didn't know he was a prince. 

   I was rushing down the hall trying to make it to the main hall for breakfast before it was over, when suddenly I was on the ground slightly dazed from my fall. I quickly got up and helped the person off the ground. " I am so sorry" I replied as I helped the person pick up their books. The person stands up with their books in hand and I saw the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, she had beautiful slightly wavy brown hair with these bright and doe-like chocolate brown eyes. " No, it's my fault, I'm Mckayla, Mckayla Fontana by the way" the girl now named Mckayla Fontana apologized. " Don't apologize, it's okay. It's nice to meet you Mckayla Fontana, I'm Alastair Wales" I said to the girl. She had finally looked up and I saw her gasp quietly. " I'm guessing you know who I am?" I asked her as she began to blush lightly. She nodded her head with her blush brightening up. " Yes, your Prince Alastair Fredrick James Phillip of Wales and future king of the united kingdom" Mckayla muttered, smiling shyly at me. " You can just call me Alastair or Alan to not attract the press, or even Ala as that's what my family calls me" I said. " I'll call you Freddy if that's okay with you?" Mckayla asked me, still shy. " Hmm, I like that, you can call me Freddy" I stated, smiling at her. She said goodbye and soon left and I continued my run. 

  A few hours passed when MJ finally seemed to remember that she didn't ask me about my being late to breakfast. We were in our text studies for production as a part of our Acting for the Stage, Screen, and New Media (BFA) when she asked me a question. " So why were you late to breakfast this morning?" MJ asked. " Oh, I accidently rain into a girl named Mckayla and we got talking" I announce before shushing her and listening to the lesson again. 

  It was lunch time now and everyone had meet up outside the fountain in between our different classes locations. " So this girls name is Mckayla?" my friend Mark asked as soon as we sat down with their food trays. " Yes, but why did you tell them MJ, I only bumped into her" I whined, pouting at her as she smirked at me. " You were more than 20 minutes late when it only takes 10 minutes from our dorm to the main hall here" Mark claimed, a smirk also appearing on his face. " I woke up late and was 11 minutes behind, so I was running here when I bumped into her" I argued, playfully glaring at him. " Why did you wake up late again?" MJ asked, confused. I blushed slightly, because I had slept threw all but one of my alarms like always, but I would never tell them that. "He slept threw most of his alarms this morning!" James laughed, smacking the table with his hand. "No I didn't!" I stated, blushing in embarrassment and anger. "You did and we all know it" James replied, causing me to throw my hands up in the air as a sign of me giving up. 

    "Hi, Freddy" A voice replied from behind me. I turn and see Mckayla right behind me, standing right where I threw my hands in the air. "Oh, god, I didn't hit you did I?" I asked her, worried. "Nearly, but you missed by an inch" she laughed, moving a piece of hair from her face. " Well, I'm sorry for almost whacking you with my hands" I apologized to her. "So, can I sit here, please?" She asked me. I quickly nodded my head and everyone else started to laugh. "Damn, you looked like one of those bobble heads that people sell!" They all yelled, laughing until tears appeared in their eyes. I huffed and started to pout at my friends. "How could you be so mean to me, your friend?" I dramatically questioned them, as they still laughed at me. 

  --- Later that day---

 "So, when are you going to ask her on a date?" Carly asked, sitting on my bed with me as I did homework. "Carly!" I yelled, a blush painting my face. "What, I saw the look on your face, you like her" Carly commented. I was happy that it was Carly to ask me that because everyone else would tease me about it, well except Lucas, I knew he wouldn't tease me but he would be brutally honest with me. "Okay, Yes, I like her, but I only met her today, so I probably won't ask her out for at least a week or two" I replied, honestly. "That's good though, I'll tell the other's not to tease you or anything about her. For the record, I like her too and I think we'll be good friends" Carly responded. "Your the best, thanks Carly" I thanked her as she stood up and left my room.