p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"Good morning, Heartache/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse went to bed early that night, claiming that she wasn't feeling well. She turned down Mia's offer to stay with her for awhile. She just wanted to crawl into bed and not get up. emStupid, stupid, stupid,/em she thought to herself. How could she have turned him down like that. To her credit, she hadn't been sure what she would say until the words were out of her mouth. Even so, she had pushed away the only man she'd ever loved. For good./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emYou old gloomy sight/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emThought we said goodbye last night/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI turned and tossed/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emUntil it seemed, you had gone,/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emBut here you are, with the dawn/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse woke countless times that night from her restless sleep. At last, she decided to go down to the kitchen for a mug of warm milk. Perhaps that would put her to sleep, so she could stop thinking about the hurt and anger she'd seen in his eyes. Returning to her suite with the cup, she had just reached her door when she heard the sound of another opening further down the hall. Joseph came out of his room, seeming startled to see her standing in the hallway in her pajamas. Clarisse opened her mouth to say something to stall him, until she could form the right words to apologize. He didn't give her the chance though, just turned and walked down the hall./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"She sighed, and entered her room, knowing he had heard her, but knowing that he wasn't listening./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWish I'd forget you/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emBut you're here to stay/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emSeems I met you/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWhen my love went away/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emNow everyday I start by saying to you/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning, heartache, what's new?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse had installed herself in the her office earlier than usual the next morning, determined to work out all the detail for Mia's wedding and keep her mind off of her Head of Security. She was distractedly working on a letter to the Prime Minister of England when she heard someone enter the room. Looking up, she was startled to see him standing before her desk, and single sheet of paper in his hand./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Good morning, Joseph." She said hesitantly, desperately trying to figure out what he was thinking. He only nodded, staring at the picture of herself and Amelia on her desk, avoiding eye contact. She wanted him to look at her, really look at her. Then maybe he'd see that this was hurting her just as much./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I'll be leaving the day after Mia's coronation," His words hit her like a ton of bricks. Surely he didn't mean…? But he did. As he set the paper in front her of, she realized her worst fear had come true. He was leaving her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Joseph…" she cried, mentally grabbing at anything she could think of to convince him to stay. The words didn't come fast enough though./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You Majesty," he bowed stiffly, then fled the room, leaving her world in a million little pieces in his wake./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStop haunting me now/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emCan't shake you, no how/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emJust leave me alone/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI've got those Monday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStraight through Sunday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHere we go again/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emYou're the one who knew me when/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emMight as well get used to you, hanging 'round/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache, sit down/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse paced back and forth in her office, willing herself not to cry. How could he do this to her? After all they had been through together, years upon years of secrecy, Rupert's death, and Phillipe's. He had promised her then that he would never leave her. No matter what. And yet…she had it in writing./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStop haunting me now/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emCan't shake you, no how/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emJust leave me alone/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI've got those Monday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStraight through Sunday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"She wondered if he remembered that, telling herself that he probably didn't, knowing in her heart that he did. He remembered everything; never forgetting her birthday, or even the most insignificant of anniversaries. Joseph had never broken a promise either./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse called Charlotte in and told her that she was going to go back to bed, for the rest of the day. She told her that she wasn't feeling well and wanted to be rested for Mia's wedding the next day. At last, alone in her room, she broke down and allowed herself to cry. Everything that had been constant and comforting in her life had vanished./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHere we go again/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emYou're the one who knew me when/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emMight as well get used to you, hanging 'round/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse woke in the middle of the night crying. She had been dreaming of happy memories, and it was then she decided that she had to corner him, make him listen to her. What they had was far too important to let go of. Mia would be married tomorrow, and the weight of duty would be lifted from her shoulders. He had to stay, he just had to./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache, sit down/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emA/N: Nothing belongs to me, not the characters, not the song. Characters are property of Meg Cabot and Disney, and Good Morning, Heartache belongs to Gretchen Wilson./em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse went to bed early that night, claiming that she wasn't feeling well. She turned down Mia's offer to stay with her for awhile. She just wanted to crawl into bed and not get up. emStupid, stupid, stupid,/em she thought to herself. How could she have turned him down like that. To her credit, she hadn't been sure what she would say until the words were out of her mouth. Even so, she had pushed away the only man she'd ever loved. For good./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emYou old gloomy sight/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emThought we said goodbye last night/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI turned and tossed/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emUntil it seemed, you had gone,/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emBut here you are, with the dawn/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse woke countless times that night from her restless sleep. At last, she decided to go down to the kitchen for a mug of warm milk. Perhaps that would put her to sleep, so she could stop thinking about the hurt and anger she'd seen in his eyes. Returning to her suite with the cup, she had just reached her door when she heard the sound of another opening further down the hall. Joseph came out of his room, seeming startled to see her standing in the hallway in her pajamas. Clarisse opened her mouth to say something to stall him, until she could form the right words to apologize. He didn't give her the chance though, just turned and walked down the hall./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"She sighed, and entered her room, knowing he had heard her, but knowing that he wasn't listening./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWish I'd forget you/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emBut you're here to stay/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emSeems I met you/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWhen my love went away/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emNow everyday I start by saying to you/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning, heartache, what's new?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse had installed herself in the her office earlier than usual the next morning, determined to work out all the detail for Mia's wedding and keep her mind off of her Head of Security. She was distractedly working on a letter to the Prime Minister of England when she heard someone enter the room. Looking up, she was startled to see him standing before her desk, and single sheet of paper in his hand./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Good morning, Joseph." She said hesitantly, desperately trying to figure out what he was thinking. He only nodded, staring at the picture of herself and Amelia on her desk, avoiding eye contact. She wanted him to look at her, really look at her. Then maybe he'd see that this was hurting her just as much./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I'll be leaving the day after Mia's coronation," His words hit her like a ton of bricks. Surely he didn't mean…? But he did. As he set the paper in front her of, she realized her worst fear had come true. He was leaving her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Joseph…" she cried, mentally grabbing at anything she could think of to convince him to stay. The words didn't come fast enough though./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You Majesty," he bowed stiffly, then fled the room, leaving her world in a million little pieces in his wake./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStop haunting me now/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emCan't shake you, no how/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emJust leave me alone/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI've got those Monday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStraight through Sunday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHere we go again/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emYou're the one who knew me when/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emMight as well get used to you, hanging 'round/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache, sit down/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse paced back and forth in her office, willing herself not to cry. How could he do this to her? After all they had been through together, years upon years of secrecy, Rupert's death, and Phillipe's. He had promised her then that he would never leave her. No matter what. And yet…she had it in writing./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStop haunting me now/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emCan't shake you, no how/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emJust leave me alone/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI've got those Monday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emStraight through Sunday blues/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"She wondered if he remembered that, telling herself that he probably didn't, knowing in her heart that he did. He remembered everything; never forgetting her birthday, or even the most insignificant of anniversaries. Joseph had never broken a promise either./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse called Charlotte in and told her that she was going to go back to bed, for the rest of the day. She told her that she wasn't feeling well and wanted to be rested for Mia's wedding the next day. At last, alone in her room, she broke down and allowed herself to cry. Everything that had been constant and comforting in her life had vanished./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHere we go again/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emYou're the one who knew me when/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emMight as well get used to you, hanging 'round/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Clarisse woke in the middle of the night crying. She had been dreaming of happy memories, and it was then she decided that she had to corner him, make him listen to her. What they had was far too important to let go of. Mia would be married tomorrow, and the weight of duty would be lifted from her shoulders. He had to stay, he just had to./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGood morning heartache, sit down/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emA/N: Nothing belongs to me, not the characters, not the song. Characters are property of Meg Cabot and Disney, and Good Morning, Heartache belongs to Gretchen Wilson./em/p