LONG LIVE
Chapter 21: I Prayed For Someone like You

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Thank God
That I Finally Found You
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Hope That You Feel The Same Way Too
Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too

You're All That I Ever Know,
When You Smile All My Face Always Seems To Glow,
You Turned My Life Around,
You Picked Me Up When I Was Down

NICK'S POV

It's the sembreak for second year in college and the palace was busy for my mom's birthday ball. I'm in the middle of doing incredibly nothing when I heard a knock on my door.

"Come in!"

I saw my mom come inside the room.

"Nicholas, the ball is in one week, do you already have a date?"

"Nah, I might rather invite Princess Selena."

"Princess Selena isn't available. She's on African tour with her father."

"Oh"

"I want you to invite Miley."

"Miley?"

Is this real? Mom wants to bring Miley here?

"Yeah, invite Demi and Joe too."

"Are you serious, mom?"

"I want to meet Miley."

"The media."

"The ball would be private and no one would notice you or her because you're gonna be wearing masks."

"Masks?"

"I changed the theme into a masquerade ball."

I chuckled, "A week before the ball?"

"Yes, Nicholas, because I want Miley to be with my son on my special day."

I got surprised. She did that just to meet Miley, "But what about the invitations?"

"Wait for it till noon. I got them reprinted because of the change in theme."

I got up and hugged my mom, "You're the best mom ever. I love you."

That night, I asked Miley, Joe and Demi to be online for a video chat. I'm so excited to say to them that my mom invited them to the ball.

I smiled as I saw their faces on my laptop screen.

I greeted them first, "Hey guys!"

They greeted back and Demi was the first one to ask, "So what's the emergency?"

I grinned, "Mark your calendars! On the 18th, you'll be flying here."

Their faces suddenly turned blank, confused.

"There? As in, the palace?" asked Miley with furrowed eye brows.

"Yeah. My mom invited you to her masquerade ball for her birthday."

"WHAT?" they all said in unison.

Demi spoke first, "Really? Oh my God!"

"Wait, does that mean that we're riding your awesome helicopter again?" asked a very childish Joe.

I shook my head, "No, it's the private jet, this time."

He threw his fist in the air, "Yes!"

Demi rolled her eyes, "So, what do we need to wear?"

"I'll shoulder the dresses; I'll take you shopping here."

"That would be awesome," said Demi.

Finally, Miley broke her silence, "Are you sure with this, Nick?"

I wouldn't let her back-out on this, "Yes, Mi. Don't worry, we'll be wearing masks and there would be no media."

"And princess Selena?"

"She won't be there."

"Okay"

Five days later, the four of us were sitting in a limousine. Their plane landed this morning and we're on our way to the palace where they would be staying too.

I held Miley's now cold hand and kissed it, "My mom would love you."

She'd been bragging about meeting my mom since the day I told her that my mom asked for her and it's annoying already, she's lucky that she's cute. They would meet my mom today for a dinner in the palace and my mom on the other hand, is so excited.

We got inside the palace and I introduced them to the house keepers before I showed them their room.

"I know you all requested to be in one room together but we can't add up a bed so we just gave you these two rooms. It has a door inside that would join the two rooms," I said as we walked along the hallway. I have to restrain myself from holding Miley since we're in the palace. We got in front of the room and the maid opened the door. All three of them gasped and said "wow" at the sight of their room.

MILEY'S POV

This must be a dream. I can't believe I'm going to sleep two nights in an actual palace, this is a dream come true. We stepped in the room; I tried to process what is happening. The room is surely beautiful, it's like a five-star hotel room, except that we aren't in a hotel, we're in a damn palace.

We waited as the house boys placed down our luggage before they all left and the four of us got left alone.

"This is awesome," Joe blurted out.

The room was so elegant, there were scented candles lit up, the bed was neatly made, there were expensive stuff everywhere, damn it's perfect. I watched as Joe and Demi left the room to check out the other one so Nick and I got left in the room. I walked up to the bed and I sat on it, Nick did the same.

"God, this is all you. You're a one special guy."

"Yeah l know."

I turned to Nick, "Why me, Nick? Why me? I don't have all of this."

"'A relationship won't matter if two people don't really know each other' that's what my mom told me. I've met many girls in my life, including princesses, but you're the only one I met who didn't brag about me being a prince, you treated me like a normal person and you just get me. You laugh at my jokes; you take care of me and love me. You're the only girl who gets me."

His eyes are so tempting, his lips tempting. It took me just a few seconds to crash my lips on his'. He pushed me down on the bed and he kept moving his mouth over mine. He then kissed the corner of my lips, my jaw, down to my neck. He nibbled my neck and murmured against my skin, "I want to give you your first hickey," he said as he nipped on my collar bone and I laughed.

"No, Nicky, not on my neck, people would see."

He then went down and knelt at the floor with him towering over my lower half. He pushed up the hem of my blouse, revealing my flat stomach.

"You're a naughty boy," I said and he just smiled evilly.

He touched my taut stomach for a while before he dropped kisses on it. My breath hitched as I felt his tongue swirl on my skin. Few minutes later, I found him nipping and sucking on one spot and it made me giggle and moan at the same time as I bit my lip. There it was my first hickey. Nick went up and smashed his lips on mine and devoured my mouth with his.

We four were seated at the Dining room waiting for the Princess. I wore my yellow summer dress and was nervous to meet the Princess. Delicious palace-cooked meals were displayed at the table, waiting to be eaten. The Princess arrived after a few moments and we all stood up.

"Ah! There are my son's best friends!" she sighed happily as she hugged us one by one, mentioning each names. She's so sweet and she looks 28 for a 38 year old woman. She hugged me and whispered, "I'm so glad you came. I'm dying to meet the girl who captured my son's heart. You look beautiful."

"Thank you Princess."

We ate and talked about school and stuff, the princess even shared a couple of untold Nick stories that are so funny. After the dinner, the princess asked me to have a talk with her so I went with her to the balcony. I was nervous but they soon vanished as we started talking.

"Nicholas really loves you, Miley. His father might not approve, that's why he's keeping your relationship a secret. He wants to protect you from the media. I am very supportive to your relationship; I like you for my son."

"Thank you, princess. I love him so much that it sometimes scares me why he's keeping us a secret but I'm doing my best to understand him. I love Nick so much that I can't live without him."

"I'm happy for you two. Thank you making my son happy. It was nice meeting you, Miley. I hope you enjoy your stay here."

"Thank you too! I'm so excited for the ball."

"Yes, it would be a fun night."

Well, that went well. I can't believe I talked to a princess! Not just an ordinary princess, it's Princess Carol! Nick's mom! And she liked me for Nick! It's so awesome!

Next day

Today was something to look forward. Nick is going to take us shopping in the most famous clothing boutiques in the world. I slept very well last night. Demi and I we're supposed to be sleeping on one of the two rooms and Joe in the other, but she ended up sleeping with Joe. But it isn't a biggie since Nick decided to spend the night with me in the room. Yeah, we spent the night together cuddling and kissing until we fell asleep. We had a very tummy-filling breakfast today. I swear that I've never eaten that much in my whole life.

So, Nick took us to a very popular fashion boutique and we went inside through their backdoor. Demi and I picked some dresses that we thought would look good on us, Joe and Nick did the same. Nick and Joe tried on some suits and tuxedos first because we all know that it would take years for us girls to get satisfied with a dress.

I stared at myself on the full-length mirror in the dressing room and lightly giggled because the first dress that I wore was kinda not that occupied on the bust part. Haha I went out of the room and laughed as I showed them my dress. Nick and Joe were sitting on the couch opposite the outside of the dressing rooms to watch us try on our picked dresses.

"This would've been better if I had more stuff in the front," I joked.

Demi went out of the dressing room and I laughed harder because she looked like a walking Christmas tree. The two boys both shook their heads and we went back in our respective dressing rooms. After trying on dresses after another, I finally made it up to the last one. This one is a pink halter dress with a ribbon on the bust part. I went out and found Demi wearing the perfect dress on her. I sighed happily and hugged her.

"That looks perfect on you," I said as I checked her dress, it's a pretty petal pink dress that features a sweetheart neckline on a ruched bodice, accented with a fuchsia side bow.

I looked towards Nick's direction and it looks like he still isn't satisfied with my dress.

"That's too girly," he commented.

"Well, I've already tried all the dresses I grabbed."

"You look good in every dress you wore, but there's gotta be a perfect one. There's gotta be other dresses here," he said as he got up to search for other dresses.

A few second later, he got this boutique person holding a Caribbean blue stunning water dress that features a sweetheart neckline on a ruched bodice, accented with scattered beading.

"This just got in ma'am, it's a new arrival," said the employee and I happily took the gown and brought it in the dressing room. I took off my previous dress and wore this new one. I gotta say that this one looks perfectly good on me. It hugged my curves in the right places and it felt comfortable to wear them. I opened the door and walked out of the dressing room. I saw a smile emerge from Nick's adorable face and I bit my lip as he walked up to me.

"Is this okay?" I asked.

"It's the perfect one," he said.

I went back to change into my original clothes and Nick paid for our purchases. Nick wanted to buy me a pair of shoes too but I told him that I got the perfect pair back in the palace because I brought it with me. I'm sure it would look perfect with the gown.

We got home before dinner and I immediately rummaged through my luggage bag to find the shoes I'm talking about. It's all good. I CAN'T FIND IT. Nick sat beside me as I stared putting all my clothes on top of the carpet, not even thinking if the floor is dirty or not.

"What's wrong?"

"I can't find my shoes. Oh no, I should've just let you buy me a new pair but it's too late," I sighed sadly.

Nick took my hands in his' and looked me in the eyes, "Hey, it's okay. We'll go out and buy it now."

"Are you sure it's okay?"

"Of course it is."

He helped me put back all my clothes in my luggage bag and pulled me up before we left the room. We met Princess Carol on our way out and I greeted her.

"Where are you two heading?"

"Miley thought that she brought with her this certain pair of shoes but it turns out she left it at home, so we're going to buy her a new one."

"But there's a storm out there. What's your shoe size?"

"Eight," I replied, confused.

"Oh, I know what to do. Come, you two."

Nick and I got confused for a minute but we just followed her anyway. We got led to the princess' room and into her walk-in closet.

"Here, choose a pair of shoes and you can borrow it."

"Really?" I said as I turned to see if the Princess is joking.

"Yeah, I mean, some of them aren't even used even once."

"There's hundreds of them," Nick said as he pointed to the lined up shoe racks.

"Are you sure?" I asked the Princess.

"Yes. Well, how about you show me your dress and I'll help you pick the right shoes."

"You'd do that?" I asked dumbly, still surprised about everything.

"Of course I would. Now, go and change."

Nick and I went back to my room and I changed into my gown. I opened the door of the bathroom and smiled as Nick as he stared at me.

"You look more beautiful in that gown," he said as he leaned and kissed my lips gently.

"Thanks for picking it for me."

"No problem. I am an expert on choosing ladies' dresses," he joked and I just laughed at his small antics.

We walked back to the Princess' room and she sighed happily when she saw me, I didn't think that was possible.

"Oh, look at you, darling! You look so beautiful," said the Princess.

Nick proudly said, "I picked the dress for her."

Princess Carol pinched his cheek, "Good work!"

The princess pulled my arm towards the closet and she rubbed her chin as she looked on her collection of shoes. She picked up some shoes, almost ten pairs of them and shoved them all in Nick's arms. I laughed.

"Go put try those on her, I have a meeting with the Duke of Cornwall," said the Princess to Nick.

I said goodbye and thank you to the Princess and got left with Nick and ten pairs of shoes. He pulled a chair and let me sit there. He happily sat on the floor holding a pair of shoes. He put it on me and I stood up to check it in the mirror, not comfortable enough. I tried on other pairs but they would be too high, too small, too big, or not comfortable. Nick was going to put the eight pair on me but a certain shoe box caught my attention. It was blue and sparkly so I thought that maybe the shoes are blue.

"Nicky, would you check that shoe box for me please?"

"Sure," he went after the shoe box and placed it on the floor beside my feet. He opened it and it revealed a pair of light blue glass shoes. It is so beautiful.

"I didn't even know that glass shoes are real," said Nick.

"Maybe your mom is preserving that, just put it back there."

"But you haven't tried it on yet."

A knock on the door interrupted us.

"Come in," said Nick.

The princess' assistant came in to view, "Oh, you already found the glass slippers."

"Huh?" we both said in unison.

"The princess sent me here to tell you that there's a pair of glass shoes on a blue sparkly box in the second shoe rack."

"Oh, yeah we found it already, thank you."

She left and Nick smiled at me, "See? Mom just forgot about it, no you gotta try it on."

Nick put the glass shoes on me and I was amazed at how perfect it was for me.

"There you go, Cinderella," he said as he got up and took my hand with him. He led me to the mirror.

"There, all done!" he pulled me in and crashed his lips on mine.

At the ball

Joe, Demi, Nick and I went to the ball together. Here I am wearing the perfect blue gown with the perfect glass shoes and my air curled and loose on my back, pinned by the barrette Nick gave me when we first met, the princess also gave me the necklace which is a pair of it; she told me that it's her gift to me; she also gave me the glass shoes. I don't know how to thank her enough for all that she's given me. Anyway, I wore a glitter-covered purple mask that only covers half of my face; Nick wore a blue metallic colored half-mask; Demi wore a red glittered half-mask and Joe wore a pink metallic half-mask. We walked through the doors unrecognized with our invitations for identification.

No one really recognized Nick and I'm really happy without it because the last thing I need is drama.

Nick asked for my hand, "Can I have this dance?"

I smiled and he took my hand and led me to the dance floor as a slow song started playing.

He wrapped his arms around my wait and he pulled me close as I rested my hands on his shoulders. We started swaying to the music and at the middle of the song; he whispered in my ear, "Are you having fun?"

"Of course, I'm with you," I said, our lips just a few centimeters away.

"You're my Cinderella," he smiled that adorable smile of his'.

I smiled back and I felt the butterflies in my stomach. I never thought I would feel this way when he would call me Cinderella, I really love it.

"And you're my prince charming," I said before I leaned in and kissed him. We spent the night chatting with Joe and Demi, and then dancing until our feet went sore.

AN: Thanks for reviewing. I hope you all liked this chapter, it's a bit long. hahaha Also check out my epilogue for THE PROMISE haha!

I laughed after reading the hickey part. it's so cheesy haha. I' gonna maintain the T-rating of this story and I wont be making love scenes YET. LOL I'm goin to save that for later. hahaha

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