Russian roulette || James Earl Of Wessex

| THE TSAR |

Isabella

I woke up to my alarm clock at 5:30 to get up for school. I live in St. Petersburg in Russia, I go to an English boarding school here in Russia. It basically means we learn proper English and we must read and write in english.

I hated learning english when i was younger, i also struggled with it a lot. My grandfather is the king of russia and wanted my siblings and i to learn proper english, he always told us it would help us out one day.

I got up to go brush my teeth and actually start getting ready for school. I walked into the kitchen to see one of my roommates already eating and doing her homework.

"Good Morning,Tess" I said, getting a bowel out from the cabinet. "Good Morning Bella" she said, not looking up from her textbook. "Did you finish the work from Mrs Petrov's class?" Mrs Petrov was our science teacher. She wasn't too bad but gave out way too much homework. "Yeah i finished it last night, it's on my desk" i said to her. "Thanks belle" she said walking down the hall towards my room.

I poured myself a bowl of lucky charms and sat on the sofa. I have 6 roommates, Tessia but we just call her Tess, Emmline but we just call her Emma, Natasha, Carolina, Hope, Ada. All my roommates get along well, which is nice. It's like having 6 sisters with you at all times.

Hope came into the living room placing her bag on the floor. "Morning Hope" "morning Bella" she said in her thicker russian accent. "Want the rest of my cereal?" I asked and she thanked me. "I forgot I had to meet Mr. Sokolov an hour before class to talk about the test I missed," she said, stuffing her mouth with soggy cereal. Hope's accent was a lot thicker than the rest of ours, she's never been to an English school till two years ago. Her English is still very good, but she struggles a bit more.

My English was very bad when I was younger. My parents had me in all kinds of english classes when i was younger but no matter what i wasn't improving. When I was 6 they sent me to a school in America. I was there for about 6 years. It seems like a long time for a 6 year old but I always went home for summer and holidays and it always felt like I was with my parents a lot. I'm happy I got to spend 6 years in America, it's how my English got good, now I'm almost fluent.

Hope left the dorm rooms in a rush and I went back to my room to get changed. I packed my bag and walked out of the buildings with the girls. The girls dorm building is only a 10 minute walk from the school.

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Half way through the school day, I was sitting in my science class with Tess when the phone started ringing. As Mr Petrov got up to get the phone Tess whispered in my ear. "Are two atoms of the same element identical?" she asked. "No,two atoms-" "Miss Ivanov and Miss Romanov! Quiet down!" Mrs Petrov interrupted me.
We both muttered an apology.

"Miss Romanov, you've been signed out for the week. Head back to the dorms and get your stuff." Mrs Petrov said. I was confused. Almost no one got signs out by their parents. I probably got signed out the most out of everyone though, for royal events and royal duties that needed me, but my parents always told me ahead of time. They hadn't said anything to me about being signed out of school to go home.

I said bye to Tess and went back to the dorms to get my stuff. I packed a few of my things and called my Mama.

"ey, mam, vse v poryadke? Mne tol'ko chto skazali, chto menya vypisali na nedelyu"

{hey mom, is everything okay? I was just told that I was discharged for the week.}

"shofer skoro budet, Izabella, my soobshchim tebe, kak tol'ko ty vernesh'sya domoy"

{The driver will be there soon, Isabella, we will let you know as soon as you get home.}

My mama hung up after that. I didn't feel too nervous, my parents normally sign me out when it's good news but i just don't understand why they wouldn't tell me on the phone?

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Our chauffeur came to pick me up in our smaller car. Papa used to have us drive in the limo but it attracted too much of the paparazzi so now we have a private driver.

I started to feel nauseous as we got closer to my house. I couldn't help but think the worst. Our driver dropped me off at the front doors. My house was huge and very old. My Dedushka, the Tsar of Russia, gave all his children a big old house after they got married. My parents always told me it was an anniversary present, but I think it's because Dedushka knew my parents were going to have lots of children.

My eldest sister, Olga, opened the door for me. By the look on her face, I knew something was wrong.

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After a long talk with my parents and even more tears. I was told that my Dedushka had passed away last night. They wanted to tell me as soon as possible because soon the news would be out to the public. My Dedushka was the Tsar, the leader and king of russia. He was a good man and always helped his people. He was an even better Dedushka. He was always making us laugh and always buying me gifts.

He was 97 and everyone knew he was going to pass soon. My babushka passed away in her sleep about 2 years ago. It was hard for my Dedushka after his wife's passing. It was even harder seeing him struggle.

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I went to my room and cried the entire night. I didn't want to believe Dedshuka was gone. He was my favorite person to be with or to just talk with. I knew that in the morning it was going to be weird. Knowing that he was gone. It's also going to be hard because we have to see him on every news channel in the world. His death was going to be announced tomorrow morning. I didn't even want to think about his funeral and how hard it's going to be.

| hey guys! This was the first chapter, and I know James isn't even in it yet but I feel like this chapter makes the book make sense. Also I know the translation in this is definitely not accurate so feel free to correct me😭 I hope you guys liked the first chapter so far!
~ lots of kisses 💋