I opened my eyes as I heard an alarm go off. I was confused where I was for a second until I heard a groan next to me and got pulled into Edward's arms after he shut off the annoying sound. I turned around in his arms and kissed him softly.

"good morning" I whispered and grinned at him.

"It is a good morning." He hummed and kissed my forehead. "could wake up everyday like this."

"Well I am glad you think that way because I do too." I replied and snuggled even closer. I had to blush when I thought about last night, it had been one of the best nights of my life. The connection I shared with Edward was even stronger after our passionate love making from last night and it was very hard not to start again with him laying shirtless next to me. I let a finger trace his abs which caused him to shurder and Hummed in my ear. He flipped me on my back and hover over me, just staring in my eyes with those mesmerizing green eyes of his and got lost in them. One of his hands cupped my cheek and he caressed the skin softly before he lowered his had and kissed me passionately. I let my hand travel over his back, feeling his muscles move under my fingers. All too soon he pulled away with a cheeky grin.

"what you do to me woman." He said as he pressed against me. "if I didn't have to go to work I would have locked us in this house for the whole day."

That sounded awfully tempting and amazing. I pecked him and his lips and wiggled out of his hold. He pouted but stood up as well. He stood in front of me and let his hands roam of my shoulders and arms before he pulled me into a hug. "I wanted to ask you something last night but I forgot. Let get ready and have breakfast downstairs first."

I nodded against his chest, he gave me one quick kiss on my hair and moved towards the bathroom. I quickly found my clothes that were scattered a cross the floor and changed into them. I laid the t-shirt I wore neatly folded on Edward's bed and waited for him to finish in the bathroom so I could was my face. It didn't take him long and I quickly went in as he would prepare breakfast. When walked into the kitchen he had baggles and different spreads on the table with also two cups of coffee. Edward told me to sit down and that he was almost finished. He put down a bowl of fresh fruit, sat down, I thanked him before we started eating. After a while my brain was constantly going back towards what he wanted to ask me as if he could read my mind he began talking.

"So as I said earlier I want to ask you something." He took a sip of his coffee before continuing. "I know you have to leave just before Christmas so if you can't it's fine…" I waited for him to continue but it seemed that he was nervous about the question. "we always go to my parents a couple of days before the holidays and I would love for you to come a long with me. I know that it's maybe a bit early for meeting my parents but since you have to leave I want to spent as much time with you as I can."

"Edward." I said to stop his rambling. "I want to spent as much time with you as I can too. So count me in and I would love to meet your parents."

The grin that spread across his face was contagious and I could not help grinning along as well. I wasn't sure how I would join him but I promised to myself that I would go no matter what. My time in this wonderful bubble was almost up and I would make the most out of it, consequences be damned. I wanted to tell him about me being a princess but I was scared it would wipe that beautiful smile of his from his face.

After breakfast Edward dropped me off at the hotel and as I walked inside the sweet Angela was waiting for me with a frown on her face and phone towards her ear.

"She just walked in the room your Majesty." Angela bit her bottom lip and held the phone out with on hand over de microphone. "Your mother want to speak to you your highness."

She handed me her phone and walked towards the seating area. Before I said hello to my mother I walked to my bedroom and closed the door behind me.

"Hello mother how can I help you?" I said when I said down on my bed. I was almost sure she would comment on the fact that I was just coming into the hotel but to my surprise she didn't ask where I had been. Maybe Angela didn't tell my mother, I made a mental note to thank her later. My mother's cheerful voice searched my ears as she started talking a hundred miles a minute.

"My beautiful daughter I am so thrilled to talk to you! The last preparations for the Christmas Ball have been on their way and the last guests have let us know they will attend and the royal family of Spain is joining us for the festivities. Oh darling did you start on your speech?" how she got that out with one breath was mind boggling. Oh God my speech I had forgot about it. I wanted to face-palm my forehead, how could I forget that tiny detail. I groaned inwardly at the mention of the Spanish royals. Don't get me wrong they weren't horrible but prince Jacob has always had the tendency to demand my attention whenever he was near. He is a handsome man with his tinted skin and dark hair and maybe a year ago I had swooned at him but now I had Edward I wanted to have nothing to do with the guy.

"It's splendid to hear that the preparations are going well mother." I tried to sound excited for her since the Christmas and new years ball were her favorite events of the year, the ones she actually organized most of and not our staff. "I need to write my speech still but I promise I will start on it today and send it to you later this week so you and father can approve and Victoria has looked over it."

"That is fine darling! So how is America treating you? I hope all is going well and by the way your father was very proud of your proposition regarding the communications between us and the ambasy. I know your father isn't one to share that with you. " my heart swelled at the praise, even though my heart wasn't completely behind my duties at the moment I still felt like a proud child when my parents told me they were proud or pleased since they don't tell my brother and me this a lot.

"I am doing fine Mother I wish I ould stay a bit longer but I know that is not possible." I sighed and had to swollow the lumb that was stuck in my throat.

"oh Darling I know you made great friends. Hopefully you can see them again. Anyways Queen Sarah and King William will arrive a couple days before the ball with their children. I think it would be a splendid idea for you to spend sometime with Prince Jacob."

"Mother I will arrive home a two days before the ball…" I couldn't finish my sentence before mother talked again.

"Nonsense, you need to be here a lot earlier darling. There is so much to be done and I know Jacob would love to spend time with you. Maybe after the Ball you two can court and bring our two nations closer together, wouldn't that be wonderful?" my mother talked on excitedly, while I was frowning at nothing in particular. She wanted Jacob to court me? That sounded so old fashioned ad way to close to being engage to the guys. As if she could read my mind mother started talking about that subject. "I know you two need to get to know each other better but I am sure everything would work out like the arranged marriage between your father and I. It is time for you to pick a husband soon Isabella."

"Mom please I don't want to marry Jacob. I know it would be good for our country but I can't." I pleaded desperately through the phone.

"Don't say no just yet darling. Jacob is an amazing guy. I have to go but we will talk about this when you get home. Bye darling I will talk to you soon."

"but mother!" when I heated nothing on the other end of the line I looked at at the phone and saw she hung up on me. I let out a frustrated groan as I let myself fall backwards on the bed. I laid still for minutes thinking about the conversation I just had. My mother was a force to be reckoned with and most of the time wouldn't accept no to something she expected me to do. She wanted me to get married preferably with Jacob Black that was for sure. I wouldn't get help from my father on this one since I knew he would be thrilled if I married his best friends son. Yes the kings of Manovia and Spain were best friends and even though I had seen them through out my whole life I didn't know them that well. I played with Jacob when i was little but hadn't had a decent conversation with him since years. My thoughts went to Edward, my secret boyfriend whom, when I think of it, was perfect for me and I could picture being married to him in the future. God my mother had now successfully let me think about marriage… ugh… it was too soon to think about that with Edward, but if I had a choice right now I would marry him in a heartbeat.

My mother wanted to have me home earlier than we had agreed on and that made my stomach jump nervously. How was I going to pull off the trip to his parents? One thing I was determined on was going with him and I would go no matter what. I started to form a plan which I knew my parents would be angry at me for but I didn't care. There was a knock on my door and I told the person to come in. Angela came walking in and sat down next to me. Her eyes roamed my face.

"Are you alright?" she asked worried.

"I wil be fine." I handed her her phone back and looked her in her eyes with a smile. "thanks for not telling my mother I wasnt here last night."

"I tried holding it off for as long as I could. I was relieved to see you coming in the moment you did because I couldn't have lasted longer." She smiled back and got up from the bed again and put her phone in her pocket. "There is a Rosalie in the lobby asking for you. Do you give permission for her to come up?" she asked with an all business tone.

"Uhm yeah you can say she can come up and could you bring her here?" Angela nodded and walked away. What was Rosalie doing here? Minutes later there was a knock on my door again, Rosalie walked inside with a scowl on her beautiful face and when her eyes met mine they narrowed.

"You" she said accusingly and I watched Angela's eyes widen at Rosalie's tone.

"You can go Angela" I smiled at her and closed the door when she was out of the room. I turned to Rosalie, who had still the same expression on her face, and walked towards the two chairs in my room. I sat down and patted the one next to me. Rosalie huffed but sat down. "What's wrong Rose?"

"What's wrong! You lied to us!" she threw her hands in the air out of frustration. I was taken aback by her words. How did she find out? I tried to play dumb to see if that was really the case.

"What are you talking about?"

"don't play dumb Bella I know you aren't so why did you not tell us you were a fucking Princess. No wait THE fucking princess of Manovia?!" she kept glaring at me with her icy blue eyes. I could see the hurt she was trying to hide behind them.

"Rose please calm down." I tried.

"I will calm down after you explained why you weren't honest." She stood up again and began pacing from one side of the room to the other.

"Rose I wanted to tell you guys but I was scared." I started as I followed her movements with my eyes. She turned to me abruptly.

"Why would you be scared about that? We wouldn't have treated you differently." She hit the nail on the head with that statement.

"Well I wouldn't be sure about that Rose! Everywhere I go I get treated differently! People always agree, always tell me things they think I want to hear and most don't tell when I am wrong. I wanted to be just Bella for once and I thought this would be the perfect time. I am sorry if I hurt your feelings by not telling you."

"Would you have told us eventually?" she asked calmer.

"I think like to think I would have. Probably after I told Edward." I admitted and her eyes soften a bit as she sat down next to me again and faced me.

"You know he would love you even if you tell him the truth." She let out a sigh and smiled at me for the first time today, which gave me the feeling the worst of her anger was gone. "Emmett told me not to get angry with you and explained to me why you did not tell us. I have to admit if I would have been you I would have done the same thing, but it still hurt that you didn't trust me enough to tell me."

I let out a sigh of relieve and smiled apologeticly at her. "I do trust you, Alice, Jasper and you, I really do but I guess I was so deep down in being someonelse for once that I didn't trust my judgment to tell my secret. I am going to tell Edward soon and your brother and Alice as well. I have to say I am not thrilled with Emmett by telling you this. He promised not to tell you guys but I guess that was before he met and got to know you."

"I hounded him for the truth. He almost didn't tell me by the way. He did not want to break your trust and I am sorry if he did by telling me. I just felt something wasn't adding up and ever since my relationship with Royce I don't like secrets between me and my boyfriend. In hindsight I think I was a bit harsh on him." She let her head fall in her hands and started to circle her temples with her fingers like she wanted to rub a headache away. I stood up and gave her a hug.

"Rose it's okay, I am actually glad you dragged the truth out of him I actually feel a lot more relaxed now you know my little secret." I squeezed her once and let go of her and sat down on my chair again. "just go back to the boyfriend part." I grinned at her as a blush crept on her cheeks. "and what happened with your ex, if you want to share of course."

"Well Emmett asked me to be his girlfriend just before our conversation about the whole being honest thing. I could not say yes before the feeling I had was gone and thankfully after he cleared everything up I wholeheartedly agreed to be his girlfriend. Not because he is a prince.." she eyed me and I just smiled and nodded for her to continue. "I really don't know what I am doing and how this all will work out."

"I don't know if this comforts you but I have no idea how to do it either, but if I know I let you know." I laughed and she let out a small giggle as well.

"I will too when I know." She turned serious again. "So I never told you what happened with Royce… I do want to share it with you so you get why it hurt me that you didn't tell me sooner or maybe because Emmett told me and not you…" she took a deep breath and continued. "I met Royce in college and we hit it off right away. We dated for two years and everything was perfect. One day we went to a frat party his house organized and the first part of the night was amazing and fun. It was late and more and more people started to leave and Royce began to act differently, he started ordering me around and the stupid girl I was than did what he wanted. We went to his room and he started acting aggrasive and mean. I think the only people that were left were the guys living at their house and some of their dates. I was put off by how he acted towards me and wouldn't put out. He went livid and started to say how I was his girlfriend and I belonged to him so I should do what he tells me. I had enough of the ordering and told him no. I wanted to leave but he threw me on the bed and stormed out of the room. I quickly scrambled to my feet and tried to run away, when I reached the stairs Royce was coming up with 5 of his friends behind him. I tried to move past him but he wouldn't let me and I pleaded with his friends to help me get out of that house. They just laughed at me and helped him… they took me to his room and… and…" I could see Rose struggle with the next part and I had a feeling I knew what had happened.

"Rose you don't have to tell me more I can guess what happened next." I felt incredibly sad about my friends fast and took her hand in mine and squeezed it to comfort her. She swallowed hard and met my eyes with her watery ones.

"One of my friends could have stopped it. She walked in on them in the middle of it all but didn't do a thing. When I pleaded with her to get help she just shook her head and smirked and I knew from that moment that she never was truly my friend but a cold hearted bitch. After that night I packed my things and moved back home to finish college." I was staring wide eyed at her, shocked that they would have done something like that and I was livid at that so called friend of hers. "Ever since then I am very careful to befriend someone or to even date…. You brother is the first guy who I have dated since. Thanks for listening Bella and sorry for storming in like I did. "

This time she stood up and gave me a hug and I gladly returned it. "it's okay Rose. I am just glad you still want to be my friend."

"of course Bella you know before I always had a feeling something wasn't completely right and now I truly say one of my best friends is a freaking Princess." She joked and nudged me with her elbow playfully.

"As long as you don't mention it we are good." She lifted one of her blond eyebrows at me and I rolled my eyes at her. "I promise I will tell them the truth before I leave."

"Good because do you know how hard it is to keep something from that pixie." She laughed. "that girl smells secrets from miles away and believe me she noticed somethings about you but she can't put her finger on it. It's a good thing she didn't Google you because everything comes up on the first place and yes after Emmett told me I googled your ass."

"well I hope it was all the truth because you can't always believe the internet." I winked at her and relaxed as I sat down on my bed feeling a bit of the weight on my shoulders lessen. Rosalie had given me the courage to tell my tale to Edward now I only have to find the right timing.

Author notesI hope you guys liked the last couple of chapters. I had inspiration today so I decided to post two chapters. Thank you all for the reviews I really enjoy reading them! If you guys want certain things in this story let me know and I might add them.Anyways the next chapter needs some adjustments and maybe I will post it today or otherwise tomorrow. Are you guys ready for the big reveal to Edward because it's coming your way in the next chapter. I have also written a chapter in Edward's POV, I hope you guys don't mind him telling his version of events in chapter twelve. I didn't plan on writing it and was planning on sticking to Bella's POV, since she is the one telling the story to her grand daughter but of course she wouldn't tell all the details to the little girl because they are not meant for children's ears hihi. Also what are your thoughts about Lemons I never written them out always hint at them but if you guys would als I would try to deliver. Anyways I hope you have a great day until the next author note.