These characters belong to Meg Cabot and Disney. Hope you enjoy and thanks for my reviews.

They pulled up to a large farmhouse, a few miles from the village. It sat high on a hill, surrounded by orange groves and trees. Joseph turned off the ignition and turned to her. She was truly enthralled, it was beautiful!

"Oh Joseph! It's beautiful, is it yours?", she said, getting out the car.

"yes", he laughed at the sheer, innocent delight on her face, " it's mine…and yours".

"I love it!", she exclaimed, turning to him.

"I should give you the grand tour", he laughed, taking her hand and opening the wooden door with his keys.

It was cool and dark in the lobby, the air conditioning hummed lowly as she scanned the room in wonderment . He showed her the kitchen, sitting room, dining room, bathroom and finally he took her outside.

"and this is my swimming pool", he said with an over exaggerated flourish of the hand. She beamed at him and walked around the pool.

"we'll have fun in here", she laughed, raising an eyebrow.

"what are you suggesting?", he grinned.

"oh…", she whispered, " just you wait but first you have to show me our bedroom". he laughed and took her hand.

"so do you like it?", he questioned leading her through the lobby and up the old oak stairs.

"oh I love it", she smiled.

He stopped at the double door right at the end of the hall, he opened them and lead her inside. The room was light and airy and surprising feminine.

"this is our room", he said, " the bathrooms in their", he continued, indicating to a door on the far wall. He advanced forward to a set of French doors and opened them, letting the mid-day sun seep into the room. He motioned her forward;

"and this is the standard balcony", he said, offering her his hand. She let out and "oh!" of excitement as she seen the view. It looked right over the sea and into the village, It was by far the most beautiful thing ever.

"oh Joseph! It's wonderful", she whispered as he wrapped his arms around waist and she leaned against him.

"yes it is, isn't it. This is why I bought it, it's a view fit for a queen, I hoped someday I might bring my queen here", he whispered in her ear, making her shiver.

"and did you?", she laughed gently.

"I think I can safely say I did", he smiled, tightening his arms around her.

"Joseph, what's happening tonight?", she wondered, remembering Dominic's comment.

"oh it's great fun", he said like an excited child, "its' the middle of summer so the village get together in the town square and have a wonderful party. Dancing, singing, as much wine as you want…..", he added with a grin.

"mmm, sounds fun", she smiled, " can we go?".

"yes. I intended on taking you anyway, a good way to surprise my family", he answered.

"what should I wear?", she started. He rolled his eyes.

"you can pick later on but frankly my dear, I had that bed in there ordered a few months ago and I haven't had the chance to test it out….", he suggested, dropping a light kiss on her neck.

"oh! Are you tired?", she questioned with mock innocence. He looked at her puzzled for a moment and then laughed;

"that wasn't exactly what I had in mind", he said, spinning her in his arms to face him.

"no I didn't think so", she laughed pushing him through the French doors, he pushed her jacket off her shoulders, she undid a few buttons on his shirt and he slipped it over his head. He grabbed onto her hips and fell backwards onto the bed, pulling her to lie on top of him.

" so this is what you had in mind!", she said raising an eyebrow.

Hope you liked it! Please R&R. it's the village party next!

Yours,

M