So I am not going to be updating as often. I am going back to school tomorrow and my schedule will be busy again. So I will be updating every Wednesday night. It will be late in the night. Also I live on the east coast so keep that in mind. I will upload tomorrow just because I am prepared. I have been getting a few reviews so keep it up. This chapter is a little shorter. Sorry. Enjoy.

That Tuesday I was walking down to lunch when I saw him…

I ran down the grand staircase towards him.

'OMG what are you doing here?'

'I missed my best friend too much so I came a day early' I realized that he looked a bit more muscular and older as I ran into his arms.

I hugged him so tight. I wrapped my legs around his waist. Ty started to sway a bit. I nuzzled my head into his neck as he did the same. I started to cry, and Ty pulled back and set me down. He held me at arm's length.

'Hey what's the matter, I thought you would be happy' He said that as he wiped my tears away.

'Believe me I am. I just missed you so much. This is the longest I have been without my best friend. What are you doing here early?'

'I called your mom to tell her that I wanted to come early to surprise you.'

'Thank you' I said as I hugged him again.

We pulled away and I saw Bella and Eli talking with the biggest smiles on their faces.

I leaned over to Ty, smiling, and whispered,'They are going to make a great couple when they are older'

'What! They are just friends. They are like us'

'No, they try not to show it, but I'm betting you they like each other.'

'My little sister is not old enough to be liking someone' He pouted and then grinned.

'Don't worry about that for a while, they are too shy to show it let alone say it.'

I grabbed his hand and pulled him up to my room to talk. We talked about everything. We had a year to catch up on.

We ended up eating dinner in my room. My mom came in at around 10 p.m. to check up on us. She immediately came up and hugged Ty.

'Hey Ty. I missed you. But not as much as this one here. How are you guys doing?'

'Good' Ty answered.'I think we are almost done catching up'

'I don't see why it took so long for you too to catch up, you talk almost everyday. Don't stay up too long.'

I just shrugged as she left the room.

'Hey how is Matt feeling about the Selection?'

'He is nervous, but you gotta give it to him, he is going to be picking up a life partner. Hey speaking of which, aren't you looking for anyone? You do need one to ascend.'

'Ugh' Ty threw his head back.'I don't want to think about that my parents have been having girls over to meet me and I can't stand it anymore'

I rubbed his arm. I felt so bad for him. I would never have the pressure to marry someone because I'm not heir.

'Hey just think about it, the second you do find somebody you are off the hook'

'Hey I'm gonna head off to bed. I want to get to bed before I become to tired. I mean I have to walk all the way down the hall' He flashed me one of his famous grins.

'Goodnight Ty'

''Night Charlie'

The second I closed my door my maids opened up the door.

Emma was the first to say something 'So… how did it go?'

'It went great, I missed him so much. We had so much to catch up on. We talked for hours.'

'So you guys just talked?'Ava pipped in.

'Of course what else would we do' They were starting to scare me. They smirked and looked at each other.

'OKAY, what is going on? You guys keep looking at each other and smirking every time Ty comes up.'

'We just thought that you two are an item,'

If I had been drinking I would have spit it out.

'WHAT!?'

'Well everybody just thought that you and Prince Tyler were dating. I mean you two are so close' Sophia said quietly.

'Omg, omg, OMG. Umm I'm going to go to bed. That's a lot to take in.'

After they left, I got myself ready for bed.

'WHAT?! They think we are couple. I have never thought of you that way'

Ty reacted the same way I thought he would when I told him what my maids told me.

'I know, same. They said a lot of people think that.'

'I think we should just ignore this, and go on. We shouldn't care what everybody else thinks. We are just friends.'

'Yeah, I guess. Now come on, we have to go help Matt.'

We spent the rest of the afternoon helping Matt with the details for the Selection. He wanted to get as much done ahead of time so he could have time to get to know the girls(through their profiles).

'So Matt how am I going to help you out with this? I know how I'm going to be helping out Charlie. But I'm not a therapist'

'Well I thought that you could… aaah… you know what I have no idea. I never thought through this. I guess you could just do whatever you think would help me. I mean you know the stress.'

'Yeah I guess, but I'm not really the one to ask, I'm here to spend time with my best friend. And I have never picked somebody.'

'Wow thanks, now there is nobody to help me.'

'Hey Matt, why don't you just ask Dad for advice.'

'I guess I could, but he and Mom were love-at-first-sight so he might not be much help.'

'You never know, well we got to go Matt, see you later.'

'Charlie, where are we going?'

'Just follow me Ty.'

Ty followed me as ran down the hallways.

'Charlie, where are we going?'

'I wanted to spend time alone with my best friend.'

'Oh Charlie.'

'Come on, we are going down to the stables. I had a picnic prepared, we are going to the waterfall.'

The waterfall is my favorite place on the palace grounds. Most everybody knows it, so everybody stays away. Ty and I have been going there since we were 7 and discovered it. We were just running around in the forest and found it. It has been my favorite place since.

We are always prepared to go swimming when we are there. Today, Ty was just wearing a button-up, so he just took that off and just wore his underwear. When he took off his shirt, I noticed that he has been working out a lot. His chest was chiseled. Wait, I am not be thinking this. Ugh. Nevermind. I had just stripped down to my tank top and underwear. Just as I had finished, Ty grabbed me and threw me in.

'TY, AH, OMG.' I launched forward and grabbed his hand and pulled him in. He came up out of the water and swept his hair out of his face. He launched back at me and pushed me under. Once I broke the surface, I screamed again. I splashed his face. We just swam and played in the water for about a half hour.

'Hey we should get back. We have to get back for dinner. Since you have been here we haven't had a meal with the entire family.'

'Fine, you go get dressed, I will get the basket and blanket.' We went our separate ways and collected everything and started back. Once we were back at the palace we separated again to go get showered and ready for dinner.

My maids got a shower ready for me. I got out and they started on my hair and makeup. They got out a high neck, halter top, sleeveless coral dress. It had a diamond belt, and ruffles for the skirt. When I was zipped up, I looked in the mirror and saw my hair was simply down in curls. And my makeup was natural. Once I was all done getting ready, I heard the knock right on time.

Hope you enjoyed. Don't forget to review.

~cari