Russian roulette || James Earl Of Wessex

| SWEATER WEATHER |

Isabella

We got back to the Balmoral Palace after Easter dinner. The dinner and the egg hunt were great, I was sad it was ending. I talked to Savannah and her sister Isla. They were nice. They told me a few things about James. Nothing terrible. They did tell me that James falls for girls easily and always ends up heartbroken. I couldn't even imagine hurting someone like James. He's too sweet. 

We were back at the palace and I was packing my stuff. Today was my last night. We leave tomorrow morning. I was honestly so sad to say bye. I love the UK. I also love James. Not like that. I love him as a friend, why would I love him any more than that?

After I finished packing it was about 12:00 am. It was late but I wasn't tired.

I decided to walk outside in the garden for a bit. I love the garden and wanted some time in the garden before I had to leave.

I creeped out of my room and walked down the hall towards the stairs. I made it downstairs and went outside. I walked towards the garden where James and I almost kissed.

I noticed that James was already there.
"oh , James, what are you doing here?" I asked. He was sitting in our spot. "Oh I like to come here at night." he said and i sat next to him. "I don't want to leave," I said to him. I was going to miss all of the UK but I was going to miss James the most. " i don't want you to leave either," he said.

"I won't be able to see you again till my aunt's coronation," I said. It's only about a month from now but it still felt like forever.

A slight breeze hit my skin causing goosebumps all over.  I instantly wrapped my arms around myself. I guess James noticed because he put an arm around me.
"You cold?"
"Very"
He took off the quarter zip sweater he was wearing and gave it to me. "You don't have too James" I said to him. He wasn't wearing much underneath. "You're cold, take it" he said. I was freezing so I took the sweater and put it on. It was a school sweater so I new he would need it back again eventually.

"I'm going to miss you the most James"

"I'm going to miss you more Bella"

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It was the next day and I was already on the plane back to Russia. I'm going to miss the UK so much. Everytime  I visit I want to move there more and more. I was still wearing  James sweater from the night before. I forgot to give it back to him.

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The plane landed and we made it back home. I missed home and i missed my other siblings so much. I also missed the girls back at school. I walked up towards my room and unpacked my things. It was around 9:00 pm. I was late and I was tired so I decided to unpack and go right to bed.

I heard crying in the other room next to me. It was Olga's room. Olga has always been very stressed as a teenager but now as an adult things haven't really changed. She's always had Anxiety issues.

I pressed my ear against her bedroom door and heard her crying even more. I knocked slightly before entering. She was sitting at her vanity crying in her hands. "Olga? What's wrong" I said to her.

She cried more. She wrapped her arms around me. "It's the monarchy, it's changing" she said. I didn't understand what she meant. It's changing? I knew the monarchy was chasing a little bit because now my aunt will be Queen. "That's what's so supposed to happen Olga"

"No bella! It's not that kinda of changing" I still didn't understand what she was saying. All of our positions were moving because of my now aunt being Queen. "Aunt Alexandra isn't taking the throne, she told papa this morning" she said. I was shocked. Aunt Alexandra never talked about the throne but she never seemed unhappy about it.
"Which means papa is now going to be king! I'm the heir!" She said through tears. I hugged her tightly as she cried. We never expected this to happen so Olga never went through proper training for becoming Queen which is why she's probably so stressed.

This also means I'm going to have to be in the spotlight more because my father will be king. This wasn't good. We never thought this would happen, not this soon. Not for a long time...

| so cute🙈🙈 I have much more planned. Also I was thinking about making a playlist for this book but idk. Lmk if I should.

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