Chapter Eleven
"Joey I-"
"If you want to apologize, Isla then save it." Joseph said, "I should be the one to apologize. On the way I treated you in the past. But I have to tell you, Isla, that I'm not interested. I mean-"
"-I know." Isla said, "I'm going to apologize because I know I crossed the line. And based on how your daughter and Her Majesty reacted, it seems like you're already taken."
She put down her glass and kissed Joseph's cheeks, "Don't give up on her, Joey. But if you do, you know where to call me or nevermind, just call me if you're interested. "
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be home…"
Victoria sighed as she took away the glass shards on the floor, "Someone by the name of Jack told me that you're bad," she took the dustpan full of broken glass as she groaned, "But gosh, I never thought of this bad."
"You're father might-"
"Yeah! Right we have to talk, señora. I can't spend my whole summer with two completely in love but blind and- I don't know- unfortunate, unlucky, problem-magnet people?" Victoria said as she waved her hand in disgust, "But first I think you have to have a bath and some food. You only left like more than an hour ago and you smelled from marshmallows to totally nothing. Is that vodka?"
Joseph groaned as he sat up on his bed.
Headache, damn. Necesito agua, he groaned as he took out the covers and reached for the glass on the nightstand.
As soon as he gained full consciousness, he looked around and thought, I don't remember going to bed. Then he looked at the glass and ran a hand on his temple, Nor having a glass of something in the nightstand.
He groaned as he got out and went straight to the kitchen. Surprisingly, Victoria's not there cooking.
Did she even went back here last night? he thought as he went to the sink and splashed some water on himself. He looked at the fridge and saw a letter attached.
Dad,
What a lovely sight welcomed me when I got here. Part of me was a bit terrified because I came in here late and I thought you'll be livid. I told you that I'll be back before ten yet I came back at eleven. Anyways, you were drunk and you smell like someone who lost on a drinking game when I got here. I suppose you mistook the whiskey bottles as purified holy waters that you drank almost all of your bottles on your stock. Honestly, I have no idea why most of the adults I met waste expensive liquor bottles for some stupid reasons. You can just drink the cheap ones when you're in despair and have the best ones during special occasions but they're your choices to make, not mine. Anyways, I made you miso soup, you can just heat it up. The glass on your nightstand is full of coconut water and I hope you didn't knock the thing off cuz I have enough of cleaning broken shards and also there are two packs of coconut water on the fridge, they're labeled so drink yours. If you want coffee then make it. And I just have to go to a different friend of mine cause he's rushed to hospital at 2am. I heard he inhaled his vitamins instead of swallowing them. I'll be back before 2pm.
Sincerely Yours,
V. Lopez.
PS: Your Queen rented a hotel nearby. She can't go back to Genovia with a broken heart. She wants you Dad. Don't break her.
He flipped the paper and saw a hotel and room number with an another note.
Take a bath, eat and sober up before going there. Goodluck! Love you..
"Hey you're fine?" asked Victoria as she entered her friend's ward.
Her friend nodded as he whistled and wrote something on the paper.
Can't talk. It hurts like shit.
"Yah. I can imagine. What happened?" asked Victoria as she sat on the chair beside his bed.
He began writing again as he whistle.
I swallowed the wrong way. They gave me Advair. I whistle every time I exhale.
Victoria chuckled as she read, "And how long will you be whistling? Hope you'll be fine before your big day at Cora's birthday. She really would be delighted if you do the number,"
He rolled his eyes as he write again.
They say for about two weeks. Now enough about me, how about you? Won't your papá worry?
"Nah I worry more to him than he to me. I'm honestly very chill this summer. I've never thought that meeting my father will be very fun and satisfying at the third person's point of view. Now that I see it." Victoria chuckled as both teenager share some stories.
Clarisse sighed as she thought about what happened last night.
"I have a great ability to listen and understand things behind walls."
She thought deeper to what she have discovered last night and sighed.
"I'm not gonna tell you what to do, your majesty. I'm giving you information that you need to know before you do something. Whatever you do, it will affect you for sure and based on how I see you when I got here, it seems-"
"Your majesty?" she snapped out of the thought as she looked at Jack, "Someone's outside. Wishing to speak to you."
"Jack, if that's Victoria. Just let her-"
"It's not Victoria ma'am." said the young man as he looked back at the man standing at the front door, "It's her father."
A/N: Another update! It's kinda hard for me to write this chapter because I have to not to be that revealing but I already give some hints. Be prepared for CJ moments for the next chapter! And don't worry, Isla will be back. I hope you enjoy and please leave some reviews!