Chapter Twelve
"Are you really sure you'll do it? I'll tell Cora about your- incident.. I'll make sure she understands." Victoria asked as her friend just shook his head. Using sign language to tell her:
I'll be fine, don't worry too much. I'll do it.
Victoria just nod as she finally let the nurse shoo her off the room.
"¿A qué hora finalizan las horas de visita?" she asked politely.
The nurse looked at her in a malicious way as she said, "Ya pasaste la mitad del día aquí. ¿No me digas que también gastarás el resto?"
Victoria looked at the rude nurse and sneered, "Solo pregunto por el horario de visita. No es asunto tuyo si me quedo todo el día aquí."
The nurse was about to answer when Victoria groaned walking away, "Nah.. no importa, le preguntaré a alguien más"
Victoria groaned as she rolled her eyes to the nurse, What the heck is her problem? I'm only asking about visiting hours.
She saw someone familiar and stopped on her tracks. She was about to hide when that someone spotted her and called.
"Hey little bitch! What are you doing here?"
Joseph and Clarisse looked at each other as they waited for Jack to leave the room.
Clarisse asked Joseph first, "How did you know that I'm here?"
Joseph sighed as he looked at Clarisse who's trying to look straight to him.
"Someone surely gave me a piece of her mind along with your location." Joseph said as he thought of Victoria's letter and what she said.
She can't go back to Genovia with a broken heart.
Clarisse just nodded at what he said, Victoria… she thought as she took a sip of her tea, She reminds me of Mia.
Joseph breathed as he began to say the things he wanted to say, "Clarisse I- I don't know how to say this but I want you to know that I only got the information about Victoria on the day of Mia's wedding."
"I know." Clarisse said as she look down to her cup, "I also know that her mother's dead and you're about to bring her to Genovia to talk to somebody that she- I mean, I assume will be me."
Joseph blinked as he nod, "Oh- okay.."
Victoria, he thought as he sighed.
"I'm sorry," he said as Clarisse's head snap up to look at him as he continued, "I should have waited. I should have given a proper farewell and- I'm sorry for what you saw last night-"
"Joseph.." Clarisse called as she stopped him, "If there is someone who should apologize, it should be me. I realized that I've hurt you and- I should have-"
Joseph got up as he sat up, sensing that Clarisse is on edge of tears, and sat down beside her. Clarisse automatically got closer to him as he held her in his arms.
They both stayed there in a warm comforting silence as they just sat there.
Clarisse managed to break the spell as she mumbled, "I missed you."
Joseph smiled as he kissed her forehead, "I miss you too my darling."
He sighed as he stroked Clarisse's hair, "I know there are a lot of questions in your mind, mi querida. And if you want to ask them now. I'm going to answer them with full honesty."
Clarisse looked at him and partly smiled, "I know, my darling."
"So are there any?"
"There's only three questions in my mind," she answered as she spoke the first one, "And the first one is, when did Victoria happened?"
Joseph sighed, he expected this question and he have to answer truthfully, "Remember the night in London when his majesty sent me out and you agreed with him."
Clarisse nodded with a frown as she remembered that day clearer than the skies, I regretted agreeing with Rupert that day…
"Well, you know me then. Upset on things such as a small break. So I went to a pub near the hotel we're staying. Then Courtney approached me and she have this short blonde curls that kinda looking liked your style during Christmastime. And I'm afraid I got really drunk and then- you know." Joseph uncomfortably finished as he remember that day dreadfully.
Clarisse just managed to nod as already know what must have happened next, Victoria happened..
"Okay…" she said as she thought of her second question, "Am I the someone you wanted to talk to? When you got back to Genovia?"
Joseph nod as he spoke, "Yes.. well not only you of course. I also have to explain to Mia and probably to Charlotte too. I know I got both of them either worried, disappointed or upset but mostly you. I- I have to explain, to apologize, to apologize and to apologize."
Clarisse nod again as she now straighten up and asked the third question.
Here it goes… she thought as she took a deep breath.
"Dear Joseph, am I too late to ask you to accept my hand in marriage?"
A/N: another update before I go to bed! I'm afraid I'm kinda cheesy when doing fluff stuff and I really am that *zzzzz when I tried to put some angst so probably the hardest chapter I've ever written, except for the first few, will be this. I don't know how to put emotion or anything and I really do hope it doesn't look as cheesy as how I see it. Clarisse proposed and I guess we all have an idea already on what's going to be Joseph's answer on that *hfjdhdhd. I hoped you enjoy and please leave some reviews!