Disclaimer: Let's be honest... Mark Schwahn is a genius! ? First he gave us "One Tree Hill" and Brucas. Now he is giving us "The Royals" and Jaspenor. I stumbled across these Brucas scenes when cleaning out an old laptop and thought that they worked perfectly because of the current state of Jaspenor. I hope that you enjoy and I welcome your feedback.

The Royals - Jasper Frost & Eleanor Henstridge

How I Spent My Summer - Prologue

Six months... That was how long it had been since the Privy Council had met and ruled on the future of the British monarch.

Six months... That was how long it had been since the Coronation to crown Robert the new King of England.

Six months... That was how long it had been since Jasper had poured his heart out to Eleanor, admitting that he loved her and that he was going to fight to win her back.

Six months... That was how long it had been since Eleanor chose herself over love and family.

But now that six months was coming to an end.

Eleanor was currently seated on the private jet with Sebastian Idrisi, which was in route to London Heathrow airport and the waiting limousine. They were returning from their nationwide tour of designing (Eleanor) and opening (Sebastian) a chain of hotels for Idrisi Industries. It had been completely out of Eleanor's comfort zone, having rarely left the confines of the palace for anything other than binge partying at the hottest European nightclubs.

But when all was said and done, even Eleanor could not deny that her time away had been a very therapeutic experience. That it not to say that she did not miss her family, or a certain blonde-haired blue-eyed bodyguard.

One thing that Eleanor was certain of... She would never have expected the turn of events that occurred after she stepped through the threshold of her bedroom.