Undercover Princess

Chapter Twenty

So yeah it's the twentieth chapter so I'll try to make it a bit special

Still Thomas' pov

News: So now that it is common knowledge that Princess Charlotte and Prince Thomas have gone missing we would like everyone to keep an eye out for them both.

"Normal peasants are so boring, why do you care so much about us? Oh wait you don't you just have to pretend to" As I said this, the door bell went. "Not again I hate people who want to be sociable it reminds me of Charlotte and that just makes me angry."

"You're the prince right?"

"No, but I get that a lot so I understand"

"Oh that's a shame can I have your autograph anyway?" I thought about it for a second but then decided he could easily compare the two signatures and find out that it was really the prince he was talking to.

"No" And with that I slammed the door in his face.

"Maybe it's best that find Charlotte before anyone else does, because if they find her then she will say that I tried to kill her and show them where I live but when I find her I can keep it a little secret and everyone will believe that she is still missing or even better DEAD!"

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Charlotte's pov

"You didn't really get kicked out by your parents did you?" J said in that understanding tone that would make anyone want to spill their darkest secrets to.

"No"

"And your name isn't actually Amy is it?"

"No"

"So... Are you going to tell me or should I just tell you what I know?"

"Okay, okay. As you probably already guessed I'm not Amy I'm Charlotte or Charlie as some people call me"

"Princess Charlotte don't you mean?"

"Shhhhh, I don't want everyone to know because... because then Thomas will find out and then he'll actually kill me this time"

"Kill you?" J said slightly too loud for my liking

"Yes now you know why I ran away and keep it quiet I don't want everyone to know"

"Whatever you say but you know you can talk to us here we're not going to hand you over to him."

"One question: How did you find out who I was?"

"We have a TV and it was on the news that you and your husband had gone missing and I just recognised you straight away."

"Please don't call him my husband I don't want anything to do with him ever again. Not after what he did to me."

"Okay sweetheart" with that she left, well after her winking at me and shutting the door quietly.

I wonder why Thomas felt the need to punish me for simply loving him. Was it just me or has he tried to or even murdered someone before?

These were the thoughts than managed to keep me awake long into the daylight hours. 12pm, 1am, 2am, 3am and 4am passed until I must have drifted off. I must have only been asleep for a small amount of time or drifting in and out because I soon woke up to everyone busying around me.

"Guys I love you and everything but why are you in here at this time in the morning?"

"Well we have heard that you have been having secrets with members of this community, and although we don't mind private things this is not something to keep a secret from us." Said a middle aged woman with bright pink and blue hair, she looked so free, even her face looked beautiful without make-up.

"What!" I shot J an evil glare.

"Yes you guessed correctly J was the person who told on you" I shot her another glare. How could she do this to me? She said that she wouldn't do anything about it, not without telling me anyway.

"Hey it's nothing to worry about Amy, it's only your birthday, it's not like we're going to kill you or anything" I know she only wanted to make me laugh by saying that she's not going to kill me but that was slightly too close to the line between jokes and hatred for comfort, it was also too soon.

"I know, I know but I just don't usually celebrate my birthday" I was getting good at this lying business

"What you don't celebrate your birthday? But it's the most important day for you."

"That's what I said but she was adamant that she didn't want anyone to know." J was also good at this - two could play this game.

"Why did you tell them J?" I asked looking at her with my puppy dog eyes. For a moment she did nothing but stare into my eyes.

"We don't keep silly secrets here and anyway they kind of knew I was hiding something so I had to spill." She stayed staring into my eyes as if looking for an answer. Well she wouldn't find it there.

"We should have a party!" Jamie - the nosy boy from the other day exclaimed excitedly.

"Really there's no need it isn't a big deal"

"Stop right there, how old are you going to be?"

"Um... I'm going to be seventeen". I would have said sixteen but then I'm sure that Jamie would have clicked that I would have been underage when I supposedly had sex. And to be fair I'm nearly sixteen as it's my real birthday next month. I didn't want to get married until I was at least sixteen but my mother kept insisting the sooner the better. Well I have proved her wrong there and now she's probably lost me for a while now.

"As you don't celebrate your birthday you mean you never properly celebrated your sixteenth birthday?" Jamie asked
"No I didn't but that..." I didn't get to finish my sentence but that didn't seem to matter to anyone else.
"We are so celebrating it." He started running around like a headless chicken. "Stay here I'm going to make you breakfast" and with that he ran off with the free flowing woman trailing behind me whilst humming the happy birthday tune.

"I'm sorry about the bad lying" J admitted. "I didn't want to give away the actual reasons so that was the best I could come up with."
"That's fine, and thanks for not giving it away"
"You're not even sixteen yet are you?" I was stunned. How did she manage to find that out? My face must have given her all of the answers that she was looking for because she just looked at me and laughed. "Charlotte we may not have very good food but we're not idiots and we do still have wifi." I mentally face palmed myself.
"Of course you do, anyway you better get ready for my party"

So yeah I've decided more is happening in the next chapter but votes and comments are something that Charlotte really needs right now.