Chapter 10: Making Christmas Interesting
All guests at the Christmas ball were dancing in perfect but boring sync and Isabelle couldn't help but mentally groan but she smiled when a shy Liam approached her,
"Miss Isabelle... About what I said earlier... I'm truly sorry" he told her and Isabelle smiled softly, placing her hand on his shoulder,
"Liam, your frustration and anger were justified so I don't blame you for what you said" Isabelle assured him gently and he smiled relieved as Isabelle turned back to watching the people waltz,
"So... Are royal balls always so..." she tried,
"Grand?" Liam suggested,
"Boring" she corrected and Liam snickered,
"Well... Kind of but it can't be helped. Every one expects the royal family to be so prim and proper all the time" he grumbled and Isabelle smiled looking around the room and smiled softly at the sight of Killian greeting his guests by shaking their hands and Liam noticed her expression and smiled brightly,
"You should ask my dad to dance" he encouraged and Isabelle looked at him shocked,
"What?... Oh no, no, no, no, no. I don't dance and besides there are many noble woman here whom I'm sure are far more worthy of dancing with your father" Isabelle said quickly and Liam smirked, having an idea before making a two toot whistle with his fingers causing his siblings to come running and giggled at the same time,
"What's happening?" Amber asked excitedly and Liam smiled,
"Forget the book of fairy tales. We're writing are own story this time. The Christmas Princess" he said and all the siblings giggled as Isabelle looked at them confused but curious,
"What are you all up too?" she asked accusingly and was stunned as they all began pushing and pulling her out of the ballroom.
The children lead Isabelle up to the attic and she couldn't help but giggle,
"What are we doing up here?" she asked and Liam smiled brightly as he threw open an old trunk,
"Grandma has loads of old dresses in here that you can wear. We just need to find the right one" he said enthusiastically as he began rooting through the dresses,
"Liam, Liam, Liam" Isabelle said walking over to him with a light giggle before placing her hands on his shoulders,
"What's all this really about?" she asked and Liam looked at his siblings whom looked at him encouragingly with smiles on their faces,
"I... We... We all want you to be our mother, ok?" he told her quickly and Isabelle looked stunned,
"I... You all..." she tried before looking at them all and Liam nodded in confirmation,
"Yeah, we all agreed on it. It's operation Christmas wish and it's all about bringing you and dad together so that you can be our new mother. You love us and we love you so we were hoping you could love our father too" Liam explained with a bright smile on his face and Isabelle slowly sat down on an old chair as she slowly absorbed everything she had just heard,
"I... I think I should speak to your father about this" Isabelle said and the kids frowned slightly,
"Don't you want to be our mother?" Lily asked,
"I would be so proud if I could be your mother but... I need you all to understand that love is a very complicated thing and it just can't... magically happen no matter how much you want it too" Isabelle explained and little Colin frowned,
"Don't you love our papa?" he asked causing Isabelle to look down slightly,
"I... Your father is... The most amazing man that I have ever met and... It really doesn't matter what I want because one day your father will find a princess worthy to stand by his side and sit beside him on the throne when he becomes king" Isabelle tried,
"That's not what Colin asked... He asked if you loved our father" Liam encouraged with a frown on his face and the children watched Isabelle sigh before standing and she placed a comforting hand on the young boy's shoulder,
"I think you all know the answer to that question" she told him with a soft smile before leaning forward and pressed a soft kiss to his forehead,
"One thing you all need to know is that I will always be here and I love you all as any mother loves her children... But you must also understand that your father does not feel for me the way you want him too. I know you wanted a fairy tale but the thing is... My happy ending is knowing that you all love me the way a child loves their parent and that is the greatest happy ending I could ever ask for" she told them before heading back to the staircase,
"Come on now, Let's get back to the party" she encouraged and the kids sighed but followed; However Liam was determined that he was not giving up.
The next morning before sunrise found Liam sneaking out of the castle and ran all the way to the village and entered the apothecary; The bell above the door ringing and the shopkeeper looked up and smiled in surprise,
"Why good morning, Prince Liam. What can I help you with? I hope you are not ill" the shopkeeper said and Liam shook his head,
"No I... I need your help... I've heard rumors in the village that you've dabbled in magic" Liam said quietly and the shopkeeper chuckled,
"What is it you need, Prince Liam?" he asked,
"I was wondering if you could make me a particular potion" he said, placing a piggy bank on the counter and the man smiled,
"Oh I can definitely help you. Now what potion do you need?" he asked with a curious smile on his face and Liam also smiled as he began explaining to the shop keeper exactly what kind of potion he needed.
Uh oh. What is Liam up too now? Review for chapter 11 in order to find out!
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