He's Past, Her Future

Chapter Two

Thursday roles in and I prepare for work.

Once I head downstairs I see Danny asleep on the couch and my mom,dad, and granny eating at the table.

"Morning" they all greet.

"Morning" I greet back.

I sit down and grab myself a pancake and sunny side up.

"What happened to Danny?" I ask them.

"He's tired because of his job" granny answers.

"Doesn't he just work in Starbucks?" I ask.

"Yeah" my dad says then whispers "His actually doing a great job there, but he feels like his failing Starbucks".

I look at my mom and she nods in agreement.

"IT'S BECAUSE" Danny says as he stands up from the couch then joins us on the table

"Sometimes I add TOO much whip cream on the drink, sometimes I place TOO much powder and milk, and I just can't. The measurements aren't even at ALL" Danny rants.

We all chuckle a bit because customers like extra things on their drinks, but Danny, he always wants things in exact measurement. Not to small, not to big, just right.

"Danny that's fine" I tell him.

"But it's not! It's not the exact measurements sis" he says.

I finish up my breakfast and kiss my mom, dad, granny, and Danny a goodbye as I leave for work.

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I arrive at the company and as I head for the elevator someone calls me from behind.

"Ms. Rose!".

"Oh! Good morning Sir Liam" I greet him.

"Good morning as well" he greets "Athena I actually made a mistake yesterday, you see, your flight isn't tomorrow. It's actually today".

"What?" I ask him.

"But don't worry, your flight is still tonight. So you have time to go home and pack your things, and also, I'm letting James come with you" Sir Liam says.

I look at the lobby to find James sitting on the couch with his luggage ready and everything.

"Now Ms. Rose, you need to head back home to pack your things alright? James has the tickets, and he also has the questions you need to ask Prince Philip and the equipment, alright? James!" He calls him.

"Hey Athena" James greets me.

"Now both of you go leave now, cause your flight is tonight" Sir Liam says.

He pushes us out of the building and reminds

"Remember, make our company proud!".

The company door closes and I and James look at one another.

"So he dragged me into this" James says.

"What do you get for doing this?" I ask.

"Besides from getting to flirt with hot guys and girls outside the country? Well Sir Liam says that he'll make me your secretary if you ever become the company's Vice President" James answers.

I help him with his luggage and grab a cab to head back home.

"So did you do any research on this Prince Philip?" James asks.

"Well, I did. And he seems to be like any other royalty. I don't understand why the people would spread rumors of him" I tell him as we enter the cab.

"Well maybe that's because you haven't seen this" said James.

I take a look at his phone and it's an article, an article about Prince Philip. I grab James phone and continue to read the article.

The dead body of duke Hemmington was found in the forest around the palace, and with the dead body of the duke was a crest, a crest of the royal family, and the only person who wears the crest is Prince Philip.
Count Luke, the uncle of Prince Philip says that his nephew has nothing to do with the murder at all, and he is sure that Prince Philip is innocent.

"Whoa" I say to James "This is one heck of an article".

"Yup" said James as he takes his phone back.

"And our job is to discover whether it is true or not" I tell him.

"But" said James "But Sir Liam wants it to be true, so that it's scandal".

"But what if we find out that he didn't do it at all? Wouldn't that be great as well? Letting the entire world know that M.Corporation was the one to discover that the Prince is innocent" I tell him.

"Or not" James added.

We arrive at the house and James pays the cab driver. I open the door to still find Danny ranting about his work, while everyone else is keeping the things on the table.

"Hey Mrs. Rose, Mr. Rose" James greet.

"Hey James! What are you doing back here Athena?" Dad asks.

"I have to keep my things" I answer as I head up the stairs.

"Why?" Dad asks again.

"I and Athena are going to Middleton, to write an article about the rumors people have been spreading about their Prince" James answers.

"Ooo a Prince" mom says.

They all chatter downstairs as I prepare my things.

"Alright, let's see what to pack" I say to myself.

I bring out my luggage from my closet and start placing in my shirt, sweater, dress, shoes, camera, money, and my diary. Can't live without my diary.

As I continue to pack my things James walks in my room.

"Do you think Prince Philip will look even more handsome in real life?" He asks as he sits on my bed.

"I don't know, and I wouldn't care. We're just going there to know if the rumor is true, and we have a two week deadline, so we have oi be snappy when we arrive" I tell him as I make my luggage stand.

"Well Sir Liam already booked us an hotel, a restaurant to eat in everyday, we have our allowance, a tour in the palace, so everything is basically prepared when we arrive" James says.

"But we need a way to talk to the Prince, to get him alone" I tell him.

"Will figure that out when we arrive in Middleton" he says.

I bring my luggage downstairs and I and James grabs another cab to head to the airport.

"Bye mom! Bye dad! Bye granny! Bye Danny!" I say to them.

They wave me a goodbye and I close the cab door behind me.