None of these characters belong to me, they belong to Meg Cabot and Disney.
So sorry for the cliffy, it just had to be done but I figured I should update cos, if I had been reading this I would have shot me as well, TierraL! Lol, thanks for all the kind reviews.
Joe took his wife's arm, and pulled her towards the door.
"hurry up, darling we are seriously late!", he said moving her towards the door.
"Joseph, I haven't put on my lipstick yet", she moaned, resisting his lead.
"they have mirrors in cars, sweetie! Now come on!", he said more than a little agitated. She was always late but as she said, "fashionably".
He rolled his eyes and stopped walking while she paused in front of the mirror in the lobby to apply her lipstick.
"how do I look?", she questioned.
"gorgeous and very sexy", he teased. She blushed furiously.
"oh Joe, I'm all red now, I'll kill you", she moaned.
"what, you can't kill a man for telling the truth!", he laughed.
"no I suppose you can't but do you really think so?", she smiled.
"defiantly, my dear."
Mia ran in, looking rather agitated.
"come on you guys, we're soooo late!", she said, making for the doors.
"tush", said Joe, imitating his wife. Apparently it was not so easy for a man with a Spanish accent, " the queen is never late, everyone else is simply early," he continued, much to Mia's amusement.
"well, Joseph, it's true, it's also true that you, my darling are Spanish and should never try to imitate me, it's ludicrously bad," she laughed and got into the red limo.
Joseph pulled shades to the side for a moment before joining her.
"everything is ok with security Shades?", he questioned.
"yeah Joe, course. We've got Lionel, Frank, Antoine, 15 other guys and the policea are there as well", he rhymed off.
"good but watch them Shades, ok?"
"yeah, Joe of course I will".
"thanks, I'm sorry. I just worry for their safety. And another thing, if that jackass Mabry is there today make sure he's no where near Clarisse, ok?"
"of coarse, Joe", smiled shades reassuringly.
They pulled up to the centre. Children where everywhere, holding balloons, eating pear drops and candy and riding the carousel. Amelia, Clarisse and Joseph were greeted by the manager.
"your majesty, Your Highness, Sir Joseph", the burly man greeted them in turn.
The public watched from behind security barriers. Clarisse, Joseph and Mia shook hands with some people and made small-talk.
Janus stood in the crowd, gun in hand, feeling guilty about what he was going to do. He watched the man, the way he held his wife's back, the way he protected her. Janus knew it was a complete waste of his life but he had made a promise to the Viscount and he would keep it, unfortunately for the loving husband he had too. He shook his head and apologised to the man under his breath.
It began to rain lightly and the manager informed the waiting crowd the opening would be brought forward. This was Janus's opportunity.
Joseph, Clarisse and Mia made there way to the entrance smiling and waving.
Janus cocked the gun, he had perfect aim.
Suddenly a shot rang through the air, causing everyone to be silent and watch as Sir Joseph fell to the floor.
The blood spilled out of his abdomen onto the carpet. He felt himself fall and seen Shades run into the crowd. He felt himself grow cold, it was raining heavily now and the sky was dark. The last thing he seen before he lost consciousness' was his beautiful Clarisse, her face contorted with fear, falling to her knees by his side and the last thing he heard were her screams of "no!", piercing the air. Then everything went dark.
Ahha, what did you think? Was it sad? Please let me know! don't worry there's more to come!
Yours,
m