6 Weeks have passed. Clarisse and Amelia have been really busy in the Royal World. So busy in fact Clarisse hasn't been able to spend much time alone with Joe. And knowing she needed a break he made arrangements for them to go to Paris for the weekend to be alone and together for the first time in weeks.

But before they can leave Clarisse and Amelia need to have a meeting with Parliament, and after sleeping in Clarisse had a quick breakfast then packed the rest of her stuff and quickly put it in the suite before jumping in the shower. After she came rushing through the bedroom and into her closet while pushing the door up Joe sat up then walked over to the door.

"why are you rushing around?" he asked while stood watching her

"because" she said doing her shirt up "me and Amelia have an emergency meeting with Parliament this morning"

"but didn't you have one last night?" he said folding his arms

"yes we did, but they called another one this morning" she sat down and started doing her hair and make up

"what time did you actually get to bed last night?" he asked

"just after 1" she answered

he checked the time "so your going on how many hours sleep?"

"I will be fine" she said looking at him "I can sleep a bit when we get there" she carried on doing her make up

"thats not the point, you are going to be finished in time aren't you?" he asked

"yes of course" she nodded

"I hope so, as we do have a plane to catch" he said watching her jump up and rush around "please stop rushing"

"I can't help it" she said trying to find a skirt "I don't want to be late" she took one out and held it up "that will do" she said slipping it on and tried to do the zip up

"don't do it like that, you will break it" he said as she did just that "see"

"oh for god sake I don't have time for this" she said taking it off and found another one

"let me do it up this time" Joe said walking over as she pulled the skirt up

"ok" she said as she let him zip it up "thank you"

"you are welcome" he watched her rush around again "please stop you are making me feel dizzy"

she chuckled while sitting in her chair "sorry" she smiled while slipping on her shoes "I promise I will be ready in time"

"ok" he watched her brush her hair again

"ok" she said rushing over to him "love you" she kissed his cheek and started rushing off

"wait a minute" he said grabbing her arm and made her come back in front of him

"Joe" she sighed "I really don't have time for this" she sighed again as he wrapped his arm's around her waist "Joe"

"Joe nothing, you may be rushing around all morning but you can spare just two minutes with me, right?" he said kissing her a couple times

"that's not fair" she said softly looking at him "you no when you do that it melts me" she put her arms up around his shoulders

"I know, that's why I done it for" he smirked and kissed her jaw while holding her closer than before

"Joe..." she moved her arms around his neck as he nuzzled her neck she couldn't help but laugh "please not now" she sighed as he kissed her neck "this isn't being fair" she arched her back as he groped her ass and she kissed him

After a moment he stopped and looked at her "you better go for your meeting, or you will be very late" he smirked

"that's really not fair, you teased me Mr Romano" she stood and straightened out her shirt and skirt

"don't I always" he winked and stepped to the side

"Don't worry, I will get you back" she smirked as she left the closet

"that was the plan" he said standing in the door way to the closet as she stopped and looked back at him

"watch your back Mr Romano" she smirked at him "trouble is brewing" she winked and left the bedroom pulling the door up behind her.

As she left and headed down for the meeting Joe laughed and grabbed a shower and got dressed. He had breakfast with the girls then took them to school.

But by lunch time they was still in their meeting, he ate lunch alone and got a little bit angry. When he wondered into the hall he noticed Clarisse's office door was slightly ajar, wondering over he saw her stood in front of her book case and Amelia sat at the table.

"whats going on?" he asked pushing the door open as Amelia and Clarisse looked over at him "have you remembered we are meant to be going to Paris today? at some point?"

"oh Joe" Clarisse said looking back at her books "I have, but right now I have to attend to an important matter that can't wait" she answered as he walked over to her desk

"I don't believe this" he exclaimed as she wondered back over to the desk with a couple books in her hands "you knew about this weekend for weeks now" he watched her put the books down on the desk

"yes I no, but others didn't" she looked at him "I am sorry but we may not be able to go today, but tomorrow I promise" she said looking at him as Amelia looked down

"Clari" he whispered "we have been waiting for this for ages" he said looking at her

"I know, and tomorrow we can still do all the things we planned" she whispered "it just starts a day late, that's all"

"yes but will make it one day less" he said looking at her "forget it" he said heading over to the door "I will cancel it"

"Joe" Clarisse stood watching him walk out the door "Joseph" she said holding her glasses with one hand and her other on her hip

Amelia looked up at her "maybe you should go after him"

Clarisse looked down at her and shook her head "no, if he can't understand that this needs to be done before I leave then let him get mad" she said pulling her chair closer and sat back at her desk "he should no the job by now" she sighed putting her glasses back on and started going through a book.

After an hour or so the Prime Minister arrived for another meeting, when it was finished Clarisse and Amelia came out into the hall and stood talking with Shades for a bit, when Sasha Clarisse's stand in assistant came into the hall.

"Afternoon Sasha" Clarisse smiled

"good afternoon Your Majesty" Sasha smiled

"is there any messages?" Clarisse asked

"yes, just one" she smiled "Joe wants you to meet him up in your suite after you have finished"

"ok, thank you" she said checking the time and looked at Amelia and Shades "I am going up to see him, we need a break anyway"

"we have another meeting in half an hour" Amelia said

"I know and don't worry I will be back" Clarisse nodded and headed upstairs

When she walked into the suite Joe looked up and turned the tv of

"you wanted to see me?" she asked shutting the door behind her and walked over to the couch
"I did" he watched as she slipped of her shoes and sat on the couch next to him "I just wanted to apologize" he said looking at her as she brought her legs up onto the couch

"no it should be me apologizing not you" she said rubbing her ankle "I am sorry that work got in the way"

"and I am sorry for getting mad, I understand when things like this pop up it can't be helped" he said taking her hand "I just got mad as I let myself get excited, that's all"

"I'm sorry" she said moving closer and snuggled up to him as he put his arm around her shoulders "did you cancel?"

"yea" he answered looking at her

"I am sorry" she looked at him while putting her hand on his chest "I promise I will make it up to you" she kissed him and rested her head on his chest

"don't worry about it" he said rubbing her arm "it's no big deal after all" he said with a sigh

she looked up at him "Joe I will make it up to you, I promise"

"when then?" he asked with a shrug "you always seem to be busy since you got back from Oz, we haven't even been together since Valentines night which was 6 weeks ago"

"Joe please" she looked him in the eye "I have been busy with Amelia and the girls"

"yes I no" he whispered "no time for me, I guess like how it was when Philippe and Pierre was young"

"Joseph" she exclaimed while sitting up

"why don't you look in your diary and pencil me in on a date, and I say pencil because you never no you may have to change that date too" he said shaking his head

"I don't believe you" she snapped while sitting up and slipped on her shoes

"oh Clari, I didn't mean it like that" he watched her walk towards the door "Clarisse, I'm sorry"

She carried on and left him in the suite, slamming the door behind her. Heading downstairs and into her office and slammed that door too, scaring Pierre and Amelia.

"Mom?" he asked while they watched her walk over to the books

"Grammy" Amelia said softly

She didn't answer any of them she just grabbed a book and walked over to the desk and slammed the book on the table in front of her, then looked at them while slipping her glasses on.

"Amelia, tell me something" she said looking at her over her glasses as Amelia nodded "do you have a boyfriend?"

Amelia shook her head as Pierre raised his eyebrow "no" getting a bit scared

"then let me give you a bit of advice, don't ever get one" she said looking down at the book as she opened it "men are a complete waste of time, just good for one thing and even now a days you don't even need a man to get that"

"MOM" Pierre gasped as Amelia pulled a face

"what" she said looking up "its the truth" she answered

"oh my god Grammy" Amelia exclaimed while covering her face in horror

"oh Amelia we are all adults here" she said looking at her then at her book as she sat down to shocked to move and Pierre walked out

Not long after they went for their other meeting as Pierre sat in shock in the kitchen when Joe came in.

"Afternoon Pierre" he said and grabbed some coffee while waiting for an answer "Pierre?" he said standing next to him

he looked up at him "hmm? what?" he said

"I said afternoon" he said while sitting at the table "whats wrong?"

"what happened between you and Mom?" he asked looking at him "she seemed really annoyed earlier"

"yes we kind of fell out" Joe answered "you look terrified everything alright?"

"oh just something that Mom said earlier, its kind of stuck in my mind" he said covering his eyes "something I really don't want in there, to be honest" he sighed "but it don't seem to wanna disappear" he said sipping his drink as Amelia came in and got some coffee

Joe looked at Pierre then at Amelia "you two both look haunted"

"oh we are" Amelia whispered

"ok" he stood up "well I have some stuff to do so I shall see you later on"

"ok" Amelia and Pierre both whispered

Joe shook his head while walking out and headed to do what he needed to do.

Coming into the bedroom Joe saw Clarisse sat in bed, reading a book and writing in a notebook, he started getting undressed and looked at her.

"Clarisse" he said slipping of his shoes as she looked at him "you've brought your work to bed with you now?"

"yes because it needs to be done" she answered and put her glasses on top of her head "what is the time?" she asked and turned her head to look "wow its that late"

"well yes, because I am coming to bed after all" he answered and walked into the bathroom as she watched him

She sat taking notes while he had a shower and came out ready for bed.

"are you going to be long?" he asked pulling the sheets back

"I don't no" she shrugged while looking up at him "as long as it takes, you no this"

"I do unfortunately" he sighed and sat on the edge of the bed "shame really" he said taking of his watch

"what is?" she asked while putting her glasses back on

"that at this moment in time we was meant to be in Paris having a damn good time" he said turning his head sideways while placing his watch on the bed side table

"Joe I have said sorry about that, I even told you I would make it up to you then you got all funny and told me to pencil you in"

"yeah because that's how you work these days isn't it?" he said turning to look at her

"Joseph" she exclaimed "look" she took a deep breath "I am sorry once again that we couldn't go to Paris, this was important and it needed to be dealt with right away, I couldn't leave Amelia to deal with it the poor girl doesn't even no what to do with half of this stuff and I am trying very hard to get her up to date with everything and show her the ropes so that I can hand the crown to her so I can be free and spend time with my family"

"that day can't come quick enough" he said looking at her then looked down

"Joseph I am trying very hard to sort this out, I am doing all I can" she whispered "I'm sorry its not fast enough for you" she said while shaking her head and looked back at her book with a sad sigh

"it's not that your not doing it fast enough, you can take all the time in the world, I just wanted one weekend where we could be alone, and together" he looked at her as she looked up "I miss you Clarisse"

"I miss you too, but this needed to be done Joe, please try to understand" she sighed "I can't just drop it at the drop of a hat to please you" she answered

"oh I understand alright" he stood up getting annoyed as Clarisse took her glasses off

"Joseph, I am exhausted ok and I don't need this from you right now" she looked at him "I need your support not hassle because we didn't go away just so you could get your leg over" she looked at him as he gasped "you knew the deal when you married me, well long before that actually" she sighed and watched he grabbed a pillow "now where are you going"

"to sleep in the suite" he said and walked out

Clarisse sat with her hands up on her face for a few moments then with a sigh put them back down and put her glasses back on and carried on with the work that needed to be done.

To Be Continued...