Ok here is another C&J story. I would just like to thank everyone would reviewed my last story! It meant so much to me! Ok the song is "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston. The part in italics is the song!

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, they belong to Disney, and Meg Cabot. I also don't own the song either. But I do own the storyline lol.

I will always love you

"Wait Joseph you have to know why. It's the monarchy, Mia, my duty as queen."

"You were never just my queen Clarisse, you were the someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with."

With that Joseph left Clarisse in the grand hall. His world falling around him.

Clarisse tried, she tried so hard to will her tears away but she couldn't. She was in her suite drinking her nighly tea. Usually Olivia stayed to turn down the bed and fill the bathtub with hot water and bubbles. But as soon as she set the tea down Clarisse curtly dismissed her. She needed to be alone tonight.

It didn't matter anyway tonight she had showered. She had needed the cold water to rinse down her body and cover up the tears. The didn't need to be turned down, she would hardly sleep tonight.

How could she have this to him. He was the only man she ever really loved. He had been there for her, since she was crowned queen. The night her husband betrayed her, the day she found out she was pregnant, the night Phillipe died, he was there. He held her at times when she cried so hard she never thought she would be the same again. He was the only one who really knew her, everything down to her favorite color or kind of ice cream. He made her smile and laugh and forget who she was. To him it was just Clarisse.

He made his decision. He was leaving. He couldn't be around her knowing she would never be his. Mia's wedding was tomorrow and it would be the last time he saw her. He didn't know what would be harder for him, leaving and never seeing her again or staying and watching her from afar. He sat down at his desk and wrote her a farewell letter.

She woke up at 6'clock the next morning in her bed. The pillow still moist with cried tears. She got up and went to the bathroom.

Her reflection stared back at her. Underneath her eyes it was dark and puffy. Her wrinkles today seemed more defined. Her face was a little pale and with sudden horror she noticed she looked old. For years she had beautiful skin not needing to wear much make-up. Today would be a different story. It was Mia's wedding and she needed to look perfect. But even though she had some of the best make-up available nothing would bring back the blue sparkle that was missing in her eyes.

He had finished the letter. It took him the better part of the morning and now he must get over to the church before the Princess and her majesty did. He grabbed his leather suitcase from the floor and looked around the room once more. The room he had lived in for the last 30 years. He had left little signs that he was ever there. The bed was made perfectly and his small belongings were already packed away.

He walked out the door and down the corridors to her office. He knew she wouldn't be in there today and that is the reason he went in. He knew she wouldn't see the letter until tomorrow until he was on a plane somewhere half way around the world.

The room was quiet and empty. He crossed the floor to her desk and set the letter on her desk. He took one last look around and memories flooded his mind. The late night talking about security plans, the stolen kisses, the sweet nothings he used to whisper to her when no one was around.

It was all a lie now and soon he would never see her again. He stepped out of the door his heartbreaking for the millionth time in twenty four hours.

She was ready and ready early. It was only 9 in the morning. She had done the best she could and she did look presentable she thought as she stared at herself in the mirror.

Knowing that her and Mia wouldn't leave till eleven, she decided that she would go to her office and sign the remaining papers she had left from last night.

She walked down the corridors to her office. As her heels clicked on the marble she looked around. The sun was shining beautifully outside and she knew it was going to be warm today. She admired the paintings on the walls of past Renaldi's and finally coming to one of her, Rupert and the boys. She noticed how happy they all looked but them again it was on a paint picture.

She made her way into her office. She quickly crossed the floor and sat down in her chair. She noticed it right away. It was his writing, he loopy cursive.

Clarisse

She picked up the letter a lump forming in her throat.

My dearest Clarisse,

If I should stay I would only be in your way

This is my letter of resignation. I have decided that I can not continue to work as your head of security. I have found my emotions are in the way of my duty.

So I go but I know I'll think of you every step of the way

I simply can not stay knowing how much I care for you and knowing it is not returned. You have always been my everything and always will be. From the moment I met you I knew I couldn't live with you by my side.

And I will always love you

You are the most beautiful woman I have ever met. Years of watching you at balls and at social events has only proved that too me. But the time when you were at your most beautiful was last night. I will never forget a detail of your face or the outfit you were wearing from last night. It has been forever branded in my mind.

Bittersweet memories that is all I am taking with me

I still remember the night we spent together dancing under the stars a few months ago. You were like a dream. Memories have flooded me, the day I met you, the moment I feel in love with you, the late nights in your office, our first kiss, the afternoon we spent in the vaults, the day you told me you loved me. I will never forget them, they mean everything to me.

So goodbye, please don't cry, we both know I am not what you, you need

After years of watching and loving you. After many sleepless nights I now know what I should have in the beginning. You need to be with someone else other than me. I can't believe I am saying this but you don't need me, you never really have. The heart does things for reason that reason can not understand.

My dearest Clarisse I will miss you everyday, your smiling face, your enchanting blue eyes. I will miss you, more than you ever know. But its not meant to be.

I will always love you,

Joseph

Clarisse put down the letter with a shaky hand. Tears were streaming down her face. Her heart was breaking again. He was really leaving her.

Ok there is one more chapter to come after this if you want to. Please review if you liked it. Thanks so much!