AN: OOOOOOOOH! I love reviews. Thank you, than you! Ok I tweaked with the speech Clarisse made in the last chapter, I felt like it didn't flow and it defiantly needed some flow. Yes Clarisse blurted out the fact that Mia is engaged. I know it created a mess oh can't wait for that chapter. Also I to suffice Melissa's worry. I will never stop I can't I am so addicticed! I love the reviews I try to update quick so I can get your reviews. It makes me feel accomplished. (LOL) alright next chapter. I hope you like please review!

"Clarisse"

"Hmm."

"Darling we should go to our room, you should lie down and relax."

"Yes. I suppose tomorrow will be a big one, the press will be all over the fact that I blurted out that Mia is engaged to Nicholas."

"Oh my dear Mia will take care of it. Come on dear lets go rest"

Joseph and Clarisse left the Session room. Joseph holding her close they walked back to their suite and once Clarisse was placed safely in bed and fast asleep Joe exited and went directly to the security room and found the monitor that had been on the Parliament room he pulled the tape and replaced it with a new one. Quickly turning on his heels he exited and left for the Cigar room, which had been placed there by Rupert for men to gather after parliament sessions and balls. He knew that they would all be there. They always were after parliament. Clenching the tape in his hand Joseph tried to stay calm as he got closer and close to the room. He could feel the blood beginning to boil up. How the hell could he have even dared hit her! Bloody man.

Joe took in a breath and tired to calm himself a bit. He entered the room to see several members from parliament sitting on several leather armed chairs and couches the room was hazed with cigar smoke and sunlight flooding in from the windows. The room fell silent as he entered and closed the door. He walked over to the large man sitting in one of the chairs.

"There it is all there every bit of it!" He through the tape into the Viscounts lap.

"Don't address me commoner."

"You coward"

"Dare call me a coward Joseph."

"You are one you hit a woman! My wife!"

"She should be ashamed!"

(WACK)

That was it Joseph had lost it he punched the Viscount square in the nose knocking him back in to his chair! The Viscount got up and lunged forward attempting to hit Joseph back but missed falling to the floor Lord Palimore had put his foot out ever so slightly just enough to trip the Viscount.

"Get up you fool!" Joseph demanded "Or are you to afraid to fight a man only go after women."

The Viscount got up and once again swung at Joseph hitting him in the eye Joe pulled back but quickly moved back the two were wrestling.

"Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" Clarisse had entered the room and was yelling at Joseph.

"Blasted all Joseph stop it1 this is no way to handle it."

Joseph got up and brushed himself off and stepped back. "Clarisse?"

"Joseph, please don't he is not worth it."

"Clarisse he hit you! He hit you what else did you think…"

"Joseph not here! Viscount Mavbrey you are no longer permitted her at the palace ever!"

"What about my duty in parliament?"

"You will have to work that out on your own, you should have thought of that before you hit me and attempted to take the crown"

with that she left fallowed by Joseph. Once they left Viscount Mavbrey got up and looked around his room as if shocked by the fact that on one had defended him.

"You deserved what you got don't look so shocked! You crossed the line…"

"More like sprinted passed it!" Lord Andrews blurted out.

"Yes you did and I think it time you stepped down and let your Nephew take your position in parliament."

"You what?"

"You heard me very clearly Drake. Your Nephew is to take your place it is for the best, you will do so by the end of the summer or you will be forced to by the body of Parliament."

"You cannot force me to."

"On the contrary we can and will, you made us all look like fools in there today and if this leeks out to the press it will be most embarrassing."

"Very well, this is not the last you will hear of this thought mark my words."

"Tread carefully Drake you do not stronger measures taken by parliament or the Queen herself."

The Viscount stormed out leaving the room in silence for a few minutes.

"Do you really think it wise to have told him that his Lord Nicholas will be taking his place, He is going to marry the Queen."

"Yes but he does not know that. Besides he has other nephews I'm speaking of but he will assume Nicholas. He was way out of line today; quite frankly I was shocked the Queen had held it for so long. He was unbearably brutal today and hitting her? I can't believe he would." Lord Palimore stated as he looked at the Prime Minister

"Yes well I told you all it would end up like this did I not? If the embarrassment leeks out it will not be in my name but those of you who were to foolish to see passed his little ploy."

Just then Mia came bursting in she looked around the room finding Lord Palimore. She took in a breath then coughed slightly at the amount of cigar smoke in the room.

"Lord Palimore…. He hit my grandmother!"

"Your Majesty I can assure you it will not happen again."

"Yes and how exactly do you plan on preventing it? He is no longer permitted her in the palace make that ever from this moment forward!"

"Yes your grandmother has stated the same thing. I have every intention of making sure that he will retire from his position in parliament. His nephew will be replacing him at the end of the summer."

"Lord Palimore I'm wondering if you truly listened to all that she said today? Did you not hear that I'm engaged to his nephew Lord Nicholas?"

"Yes I did and congratulations on that you two will make a fine pair! I'm speaking of his distant nephew also your cousin Countesser Bartholamue,"

"You mean I'm related to that man."

"Only very distantly and it is very tricky on through marriage on your grandmothers side through her cousin who married his brother."

"Right well as long as he is not involved or even given the slightest chance to do something like that again."

"Yes your Majesty."

Mia left the men behind and headed off to Clarisse's room she had not seen her nor spoken to her since the incident that morning finally reaching her grandmothers suite she saw the door ajar slightly and heard her grandmother nearly yelling. Slowly she pushed open the door and to see the sitting room was empty and that her bedroom too was empty they were in their bathroom, Joe was sitting on her vanity chair while she was attempting to clean his face he had taken a pretty hard punch to the eye and his fists were a bit banged up from the scuffle.

"Joseph what on earth possed you to do a thing like that? What did you think would be accomplished by hitting him? Hmm."

"Clarisse for hell's sake he hit you that is what I was thinking. He should be shot for what he has done."

"Hardly he may have hit me but that does not mean he should be shot for it."

"I was referring to the fact of all he has done to you. Him hitting you was the cherry on top of his masquerade and now he needs to be taught a lesson."

"I can assure you he has learned it you knocked him to the floor." She tried to keep a laugh back but failed, remenicing in the new memory of seeing him crashing to the floor.

"I'm sorry to have upset you dear but I was just so angry. I failed to protect you today, I failed my wife."

"Joseph you did not fail me. You never have and never could I love you too much. Now hold still this might sting a bit."

"Oww! Son of a…"

"Joseph hold still." Clarisse as laughing and so was Mia she could not fight it any more it was just hilarious.

Clarisse heard the extra laughter and so did Joe the two turned a bit to see whom it was.

"Oh I should have known Mia."

"Why grandpa has grandma been roughing you up? That is a nasty shiner."

"No Mia… Did you call me grandpa?'

"Yup! I figure it is only suiting since you have been such a grandfather figure to me and now all the better reason to call you that because you are married to my grandmother. If it is alright with you?"

"Yes Mia darling it would be perfect and I do not rough any one up, he fought with Viscount Mavbrey."

"Oh wow did you get a good swing at him?" Mia burst out.

"A few,"

"A few darling you knocked him to the floor!"

"Wow that must have been a sight to see."

"It was but I was more angry at him for doing that. He should have been civil about it and we could have done quite a bit of damage that way."

"Oh but it was probably one heck of a shock to see him go down though."

"Yeah and it felt great too!"

"Mia quit egging on your grandfather."

"Alright, alright well what am I to do about your little blurp today? I have been on edge all day waiting for the phones to begin"

Clarisse turned around to face Mia. She paused and took in a breath. "well Mia which out burst are you referring to? My confession about Rupert and I or your engagement?"

"Well and explination to it would be nice, but I know you love jospeh and are happy with him so I can wait for that one but it is the fact the I denied all rumors only a weeks ago about Nick and I and now we are engaged. It will be all over the news."

"well Mia what you denied was tats you two were already married and that you were with child not that you two are engaged."

"oh I see."

"besides I have a felling not much of what happened in parliament today will leak out. If so the only thing to do so would be your engagement. Which will be handled with no problem Mia."

"easy for you to say." Mia said sarcastically.

"There darling all cleaned up." Clarisse bent down and kissed him on the lips.

"Ughh… you two should get a room." Mia tried to hold back laughs

"oh but we have one but it seems to be occupied by a third party." Joe said with an air of sarcasim. Then returned to kissing Clarisse.

"I get the point wow please stop? Oh never mind grandma when you two can stop come find me. I need you r help with th never ending paper work!"

Mia got up and left in a hurry. Clarisse and Joe still sharing passionate kisses were left alone.

"My dear we are alone and with nothing to do…" Clarisse silenced him with another kiss. Joe pulled her in closer and the two fell to the soft bathroom floor. She gave a soft moan as he he continued to kiss her up and down her jaw line and down her neck and finally making it back to her lips. Breaking only for breath.

"Oh Joseph I love you."

AN: Alright I love my reviewers truly do I love reviews yes I do! Her is chapter 13 I like this one it is and in between chapter that I had too much fun with really sorry it took me so long to update I have the real next chapter almost finished and oh boy are you all gonna love it!

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