Royally Romanced Chapter 14: Not Alone, a glee fanfic

So I have a question. You know how people thought that Harry and Pippa were dating after the wedding… should I add some Jacob/Kurt romance in here? I've pondered it ever since I designated Kurt as this fic's Pippa! Lemme know what you think!

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I love you guys for all the love and reviews you've given me. I've written on another account (as well as this one) and this is my most popular fic yet! Also, BriyerRose, what exactly happened will be explained soon, to Mercedes. That will probably be in the next chapter when they're back at Julliard. Whether or not Blaine or Rachel, or both of them, will tell the story to her is yet to be seen!

Chapter 14: Not Alone

Rachel didn't leave her room at all that night. When Kurt went in their room around 10, she was sound asleep. After Blaine had left his room and fixed his appearance a little, he went straight to his father's suite next door and didn't return until 11:30. He asked Kurt to have Rachel ready for a 10 o'clock breakfast with his father and then he went to his room and to bed.

The next morning, around 7:30, Kurt wondered why Rachel would be having breakfast with Prince Michael. He had a suspicion, especially after last night, but he didn't want to say anything until those suspicions were confirmed. He sighed and poured Rachel's coffee. He wasn't looking forward to waking her up; he had really thought that she would be awake by now. She always woke up at 5 am sharp, and she had gone to bed fairly early- even for her! There were only a handful of times in his life that he had ever had to wake her up, and they never ever ended well.

"WAKE UP RACHEL!" He said, walking into the room. She groaned and turned over, trying so hard to make him go away without actually moving.

"NO!"

"You're getting up now, Rachel Barbra Berry! Prince Michael of Wales wants to have breakfast with you. So you have 10 minutes to shower and then we have to figure out what you're going to wear. NOW GO."

"Go away Kurt!"

"Come on. You only have 9 minutes now. GO."

"FINE."

It was about 10:15, but Rachel was still in the taped off area of the breakfast room by herself. She considered leaving, but she knew that Kurt would have her head if she did. Besides, she still didn't know what was going to happen with Blaine. She didn't want to give his father any reason at all to hate her, or the road ahead of her might be even rockier than it already was.

"Good morning Miss Berry!" She stood immediately and curtsied the way Blaine had taught her too just prior to coming. Kurt, apparently, had been on the right track… but she'd take Blaine's advice. He was, after all, the one who had dealt with this all of his life.

"Good morning, Your Highness," she replied after sitting.

"I apologize for my tardiness. I hope you were alright."

"I was fine sir." They began eating the pre-set breakfast. Rachel had never felt so self-conscious in her life. That wasn't say much, as she was never really one who was self conscious at all, but this was one of the worst feelings ever.

"Now I suppose you are wondering why I asked you here this morning."

"Yes, sir."

"My son came to me last night and told me that you were upset at him because he had delayed telling you about his days at Dalton Academy."

"Yes sir, that pretty much sums it up," She mumbled.

"Miss Berry, I'm going to be honest. There is only one woman in the world that I could say that Blaine has ever really loved and that was his mother. My mother has never even come close to the amount of love and affection he had- and still has- for his mother. The same could be said for Margaret's mother as well. He felt something for that boy he was with; the depression he went into afterwards proved that but Miss Berry, he really feels something for you. The way he spoke of you last night while we were speaking last night… the only person he has ever spoken of with as much adoration for was, in fact, his mother. To be honest again, he did not tell you because he was afraid it would even hurt you or cause you to walk away. He doesn't like hurting others, but he's also afraid of hurting himself."

"But sir," Rachel argued, "If he didn't want to hurt me, shouldn't he have told me sooner?"

"I'm not going to argue that, my dear, but what I'm trying to advise is that you don't let whatever you're feeling at this moment- hurt, jealously, anger or whatever- cause you to lose someone who absolutely adores you and someone that you clearly adore as well."

"Thank you, sir," She whispered.

"You're quite welcome, Miss Berry, and for the record, if you're as wonderful a girl as Blaine says you are- and I'm thinking that you are from what I saw last night and this morning- if and when you ever meet my mother, she'll approve of you no doubt!"

"Thank you once again."

"You're welcome. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go see my wife now. Will you be attending the Valentine's Party tonight?"

"I don't think my brother will let me skip it, sir."

"I'll be in attendance as well, for a little bit at least. I'll see you later tonight. Good day, Miss Berry."

"Good day, Your Highness." She stayed for a while, thinking. It wasn't until they all but kicked her out that she left, mind still racing.

Blaine was nervous. He'd never done anything like this before; he just hoped Rachel would appreciate it. He knew she would… but there was that shadow of doubt that loomed over his head.

"This better work!" Jacob said, "I like Rachel too much so if he doesn't work I might just go after her!" Blaine just glared at his brother, who took that as his cue to shut up.

"It'll work, Jacob. It has too!"

"… And the whole world will see if it doesn't…"

"GO AWAY JACOB!"

"You know I'm teasing you. You'll be fine."

Rachel wasn't enjoying herself. Puck had been nice enough to escort her so Kurt could flirt all that he wanted. Puck did have Lauren and wouldn't be flirting with anyone. That, of course, didn't work out well. Puck spent the evening switching between Rachel and about four other girls. And unfortunately, Rachel got the short end of the stick.

"Hey girl!" Someone yelled behind her, "You want some company?"

"Not really," She replied. This guy, wearing a red shirt and blue jeans with bushy hair, just laughed and pulled up a seat next to her.

"The name's Daniel. What's yours?"

"Rachel." She couldn't help but feel incredibly over dressed. Most everyone else was dressed like Daniel, with jeans and white or red tees. Kurt, however, had forced her to wear a white flowy dress and red heels, which happened to be killing her feet.

"Oh! I bet you're just here to see the princes…"

"No."

"I hear the older one's planning something for some chick."

"What?"

"Yeah. They met at Julliard or something."

"Excuse me," She said, getting up and trying to push her way through the crowd of people.

"Where ya going?"

"To find my boyfriend."

She didn't find him in time. She was almost to the stage when the DJ announced him. Then she saw him at the piano that had been at the edge of the stage all night. She stopped, dead in her tracks. What in the world was he going to do?

"Hi everyone," He said into the microphone, "I just wanted to sing a song to my girlfriend, Rachel Berry. I recently messed up and I was hoping she would forgive me." He started playing the piano then. She recognized the song instantly; it was a song by that guy from those Harry Potter musicals that Wes had forced her to watch… Darren Criss, right?

I've been alone
Surrounded by darkness
I've seen how heartless
The world can be

I've seen you crying
You felt like it's hopeless
I'll always do my best
To make you see

Baby, you're not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through

Now I know it ain't easy
But it ain't hard trying
Every time I see you smiling
And I feel you so close to me
And you tell me

I still have trouble
I trip and stumble
Trying to make sense of things sometimes
I look for reasons
But I don't need 'em
All I need is to look in your eyes
And I realize

Baby I'm not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna take us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through, ooh

Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
You know our love is all we need
Our love is all we need to make it through

By half-way through the song, Puck had found Rachel and escorted her to the edge of the stage, right next to Michael and Juliana. When he was done, she couldn't help it… she ran onto that stage and flung her arms around her. Then, surprisingly, he kissed her.

The camera flashes were all around them. Some from the innocent guests of the resort, and other from the paparazzi that had snuck into the hotel when they got word that Prince Blaine had something planned for the evening. Blaine and Rachel didn't care.

They were public… and both of their worlds were about to change.

This had been the chapter I'd been anticipating the most. I really hope that you guys enjoy it! And I couldn't help it... Not Alone is, in fact, one of my favorite songs.

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