A/N : I can't believe I got seven reviews in less than two days! Thanx to all of you who reviewed.

To Slytherin Chick & Azkaban Canuck & Cassandra Anthemyst (& the anonymous reviewer) - you'll have to keep reading to find out what will happen!

To BowlfulOfWisdom - sorry, no Lars/Jackie stuff in this chapter but there should be some later in the story.

To KrystinePotterLover & ndblue123 - hope you continue to like the story.

I hope you all continue to read and enjoy the story. I think this is the longest chapter I have written in a long time so I hope you like it, I certainly enjoyed writing it!

(Disclaimer : see chapter 5)

"Hey, Diana" Phillippe called to his fiancée.

"Sshh" she scolded, closing the door carefully behind her, "Your sister has just fallen asleep"

"Oh, sorry" he grinned, "Good news though, Aunt Lilly and Uncle Boris are back together"

"That's great" she smiled back at him, "I know how much they mean to you"

"Well, we're going out to celebrate, so I have to go and get changed. You'll be okay here with my cousins and the baby, right?"

"Er, yeah" Diana was disappointed but determined not to show it. She was not invited. It hadn't even occurred to Phillippe that she might actually have wanted to go. As much as she tried to smile, Phillippe saw the sudden sadness on her face.

"It's kind of a family thing, y'know?" he tried to make her feel better about it, but she felt like she was part of the family, and this only went to prove how unconnected she really was to the Genovian Royal Family.

"Of course, your parents are coming, because Lars has to come anyway and my Mom couldn't not invite your Mom, y'know what those two can be like together..."

'Even my parents were invited and I wasn't?' Diana thought to herself, 'Don't I feel special?' her silent sarcasm would have loved to escape but luckily the young prince had quickly kissed her cheek, said 'see you later' and disappeared into his bedroom before she had a chance to start an argument.

Diana inwardly screamed 'what about me?!' and probably would have done it for real if it wasn't for the baby asleep in the next room. Instead, she stormed through the nearest living room door and slumped down on the sofa.

"I swear sometimes, I am invisible!" she said to herself, putting her heads in her hands in frustration.

"Hey, Di, where's the boyfriend?" a voice called from the open door. She looked up slightly and in her anger, snarled at the young man she saw there.

"Get lost, jerk!"

"Woah, harsh words from a future princess!" James wandered into the room, with a grin on his face, and his hands up, in mock surrender,

"I'm sorry," Diana sighed as her fiancés cousin sat down next to her, "It's just, it's like everyone has a life to live and a reason for being here and then there's me, just stuck in the middle of it all"

"I know what you mean" James sighed.

"How can you?" she asked, not even looking at him.

"Why do you think my parents fight all the time?" he answered with a question of his own, and she looked up at him, with an expression that said she didn't understand. "It's all because of me" he shook his head as he told her.

"How is it your fault?" she was curious now.

"I don't know" he lied, and turned to gaze out of the window, "I just get the feeling that life would be better for everyone if I wasn't around"

"Yeah," She wasn't sure if she really knew what he meant but she at least wanted Jay to think she did. He just didn't seem as confident as he had earlier and Diana doubted he would tell just anyone how he was really feeling.

"I don't think anyone would even notice if I wasn't around" Diana told him.

"I would" he answered immediately, without actually turning to look at her.

"You would?" she laughed, humourlessly, "You don't even know me!"

"I know enough to know that, no matter what anyone else does or doesn't think, you are a special person, Diana" he turned around quickly as he spoke, "You're beautiful, you seem intelligent and sweet and...well,..." realising he might have said too much he continued more carefully "everyone's life matters - except mine" he added bitterly, "If I dropped off the planet tomorrow, no-one would care"

"Oh come on, your parents would care and your sisters and the rest of your family and your friends..." Diana tried to convince him, but he just laughed, sadly.

"I don't have friends, not real ones"

"What about a girlfriend?" she asked him, not daring to look him in the eye when she did so, "You must have one of those"

"Not really" he shrugged, then a devilish grin appeared on his face "Why were you so certain I would have?"

"I don't know, just because, well..." Diana rambled, uncomfortably.

"Are you telling me engaged girls notice guys other than their fiancés?" he smiled sarcastically but she was not impressed.

"You are impossible to talk to!" she yelled, getting up and turning towards the door.

"Oh, come on, Diana. Look, I'm sorry, okay?" he said genuinely, grabbing her arm as she turned to leave.

"You're not the only one with problems, Jay" she said, turning back, but trying not to look at him. Her eyes focused on his hand on her arm and she was pretty sure that's where his gaze was fixed too.

"I know that, and like I said, I'm sorry" he said, quietly, finally releasing her arm,

"Then, let's just change the subject, okay?" she half smiled and sat down again, and he copied.

"It's a deal. So how did you end up with my cousin anyway?" James was curious to know.

"Well my father is Lars, Mia's bodyguard" Diana explained, "so when I came over here to meet my Dad, I met Mia and Michael and Phillippe too"

"That doesn't explain why you're engaged to the guy" James wasn't satisfied.

"He was there for me when I needed someone, and he was a good friend and..." the girl struggled with further explanation.

"And...?" James wanted more of an answer than that, "You thought he was good looking?" he asked, which was obviously a loaded question.

"Well,..." he was making her nervous now.

"Does that mean no?" James tipped his head to make eye contact with her but she refused to look up at him, her eyes fixed on her hands in her lap.

"I love him, okay" she said abruptly, starting to get annoyed again.

"That's not what I asked" he pointed out.

"Well, not everyone can be as gorgeous as you!" she yelled and stood up in exasperation and immediately regretted what she'd said. She kept her back to him as he spoke to her.

"Where did that come from?" James wasn't sure how to react to that. He didn't mind hearing it but it was a little unexpected.

"I didn't mean it the way it came out..." Diana tried to cover, but it was too late.

"Oh I think you did" James smiled a little too much and reached out for her hand. "Come on, Diana, I'm not blind. I saw the way you looked at me earlier. You know you are wasted on a guy like Phil"

"I told you, I love him" she spun round, yanking her hand from his grasp.

"Have you ever dated anyone else?" he was curious to know, almost positive her answer would be no.

"Well,..." she paused too long and he knew immediately what that meant.

"I'll take that as another no"

"That doesn't mean I don't love him!" she said almost in tears.

"Oh, would you stop!" James stood up again and took Diana by the shoulders, "Who are you trying to convince?" he spoke more quietly now, bending down to her level, "Me or yourself?"

"I, well,..." Diana was suffering from severe loss of speech, and a distinct lack of brain power, due to the closeness of his face to her own.

"Diana, you're beautiful girl. You don't have to settle for anything better than the best, and believe me, I can show you the time of your life..." he almost whispered his words as he lent down and covered her lips with his.

She didn't pull away, instead she wrapped her arms around his neck as he slid his own around her waist.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

A screaming voice forced them to break apart suddenly, and they both turned to see, a shocked and appalled, Nina Pelkowski, in the doorway

A/N : Please don't hate me! If you know anything about me and my fics you will know that if a problem gets caused in a story it usually gets solved eventually. Please review so I know what you think (although I'm sure that I really want to know what you think after what I have done, lol) and I will update very soon (if you still want me too!)