The one that got away

Paris walked inside the throne-room with a wide smile onto his lips, and there by the big glass-windows he saw the person he was looking for, the only person he wanted to see at the moment. Chel stood with her back facing him and holding her cellphone with her left hand and the other one onto her hip.

''Of course you can stay a couple of days longer.'' She said to the person she was talking to with a smile. She saw Paris reflecting into the window and turned around to see him standing only a few metres away from her.

''Teddy, I have to go now but I'll talk to you later okey? Yes, I love you.'' She added as her smile faded away and she ended the call.

''Hi.'' She said in a weak voice and squeezed her phone lightly.

''Hi.'' He replied her with a wide smile and walked over to plant a kiss onto her lips. Chel felt like pushing him away, slapping him hard across the face and telling him to go to hell, but she kissed him back for now.

''He's begging to stay now?'' He asked as they broke apart. Chel nodded and brushed a lock of hair behind her ear.

''Yes, I have a cousin about his age, they really found each other it seems.'' She said. Paris smiled and grabbed her hands.

''How is your grandmother?'' Chel looked up at him and frowned her eyebrow slightly. Even if the largest part of her hated him and wanted to send one of her lightening tornadoes at him, a part of her thought that it was really sweet and heart-warming that he asked.

''She continues to fight. She's very weak of course, but my mom and the kids being there helps her.'' She replied him shortly and started to walk away and he followed her.

''You didn't come back with the others last night.'' She asked.

''Yeah, sorry. I was tired so I crashed at the mansion.'' Chel pressed her teeth tightly together and clenched her hands into tight fists. How dared he lied right to her face? Like she didn't already know why he didn't come back to the palace last night.

''I guess that I should congratulate you on your victory yesterday.'' She said as they walked through the halls and into Miguel's study and she went to sit behind the desk. Paris smiled and leaned against the wall, folding his arms over his chest.

''Yeah, it was the best.'' He replied her. She looked up at him slightly before sighing and went back to her paper work.

''I bet it was.'' She said slightly coldly. Paris sighed sadly and went over the desk, standing right opposite her.

''Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a feeling that you aren't happy to see me.'' Chel looked up at him again and sighed. The look on her face, scared him slightly.

''Sit down Paris, we need to talk.'' Those words didn't make him feel any better, but he did as he was asked and sat down onto the chair opposite her.

''You should go back to the mansion, to your old life, to her.'' She sighed and leaned back into her chair.

''What? What are you talking about?'' He spat at her angrily, even if he didn't mean to. It was just that he could understand what he was hearing. Yesterday everything was fine, and today this.

''Lets be honest Paris, this isn't the life that you want. You want to be free.'' She said smiling slightly trying to hide the pain that she was feeling in side. She stood up and walked over to him as she took her ring off and slides it back on his little finger.

''It was maybe meant for me once, but it's not anymore. Go Paris, go and be free.'' She whispered into his ear before leaning down and kissed him one last before walking back behind the desk and sat down. Paris just sat and starred down at the ring she had given back to him, before looking back at her in disbelief. Had she just given him up? Just like that?

''But…'' He said but stopped not really knowing what to say. Chel could herself tearing up and if she started crying in front of him it would make this whole thing a lot more difficult.

''If you don't mind, I have plenty to do here. I suppose that you have too.'' She said and kept her eyes onto the paper she was writing on. Paris starred down in disbelief as the knot into his stomach grew larger and larger.

The sun peaked inside through the large glass windows and Amazonia opened her sapphire eyes. For a second she thought she was dreaming, it wasn't until she could feel Tulio's warm breath on her neck and his left arm around her waist. A mischievous smile crept across her lips as she slowly turned around to face her sleeping husband. She leaned in closer and placed a soft kiss onto his lips and soon he opened his violet eyes and let out a groan before closing his eyes again but pulled a giggling Amazonia closer to him.

''Good morning.'' She whispered and planted another kiss onto his lips.

''If this is a dream I never want to wake up.'' He said with a smile and embraced her tighter into his arms.

''Well, it's about time you do. We can't spend the entire day in bed.'' She giggled. Tulio opened his eyes and frowned his eyebrows and grinned towards her. Being her together with her again, was a huge relief.

''I want you to know something, during my time in imprisonment, I was all alone and terrified. It was horrible.'' He said and brushed a lock of hair from her face.

''But I have never felt more alone or terrified as when you weren't with me.'' Amazonia wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face into his neck and her fingers into his flaming red hair.

The minute Paris got back from the palace, he walked went to the tool-shed.. He stood there for a few seconds and looked around with a huge knot into his stomach. The minute he closed his eyes, he could see Chel in front him. In anger, he clenched his fist tightly together and before he knew it he started to throw and break anything that he could get his hands on. In that moment, it was like he had a giant black hole inside his chest and it wouldn't stop growing.

''Hey, hey! What are you doing?!'' Jack ran inside and took a grip of Paris's shoulders and pushed him down onto the only chair that miraculous had not been turned into firewood. He still hold a firm grip of his best friends shoulders, as Paris breathed heavily for a few seconds before dug his fingers into his brown hair. Jack crouched down in front of him and waited patiently until Paris finally looked up again.

''Chel broke up with me.'' He said in a weak whisper. Jack frowned his eyebrows and shook his head in confusion.

''What? Why?''

''I don't know. She said something about going back to my old life, going back to her.'' He spat angrily and sighed.

''Zandra? Why would she want you to do that?'' Paris shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

''You want to? What do you like about her?'' Jack asked. Paris looked up and thought for a second.

''Zandra? She's amazing. Her charisma, her strength, but mostly her confident. I remember the first time I saw her. She just walked into here with her head held high and so sure of herself.'' Paris smiled slightly at the memory the first time Zandra and Nick had come to the mansion. She had walked through the main-doors with her auburn hair floating in the wind and a sparkle in her honey-coloured eyes. She was untouchable.

''But?'' Jack asked and Paris's smile faded away immediately.

''But… she's not Chel.'' Paris sighed and folded his arms across his chest.

''She's the one that got away.'' He added sadly before looking down at the golden band with the engraved eagle onto his little-finger.

Amazonia, Tulio and Musa sat into the kitchen talking. The main subject was why they had seen Paris storming outside from the palace only an hour ago without even saying hi.

''I just don't understand what happened? He was on top yesterday.'' Amazonia said concerned and rested her head into palm. Musa was just as much in shock as Amazonia was. Tulio on the other hand, had a good feeling why Paris had been acting the way he had. Hopefully, Chel had come to her senses and made the right decision by breaking up with Paris.

''It's not just like him.'' Musa added and shook her head in disbelieve.

''I talked to Chel yesterday, and for what I understand she was thinking about breaking off the engagement.'' Tulio said and took a sip from his water. Both of the young women turned directly to look at him.

''Are you sure? Why would she want that?'' Amazonia asked. Tulio shrugged his shoulders innocently and turned his attention back to his sandwich. Nothing made any sense, until Musa remembered the conversation she had with Chel the day before. Still, there was so unexpected and it wasn't like Chel to think things through completely. But Musa soon snapped out of her thoughts when Amazonia started to rub her temples and in-and-exhaled loudly.

''Baby, what's wrong?'' Tulio asked worriedly and stroke his wife back softly. Amazonia shook her head and took a sip of her water.

''I'm fine. I just… I just got this head-ache.'' She said and ran a hand through her long brown curls.

''Maybe you should go and lay down for a while.'' Musa said. Amazonia nodded and stood up and was going towards the door. Tulio was about to follow her but Amazonia turned around.

''I'll be okey.'' She said shortly before leaving the room. Tulio looked surprised after her before turning back to Musa.

''What the hell was that?!'' He asked.

Riven walked along the palace corridors whistling happily after coming home from a long sitting with the higher counsel in his father absent. He walked inside into Miguel's study where he found Chel still working. She looked up at him for a second before turning back to her papers.

''How did it go?'' She asked as she put her signature on one of the papers and took another one. Riven sighed and sat down on the other side of the desk.

''Long and dull. How our father has last twenty-four years is a mystery to me.'' Chel smiled and put the pen down and leaned back into the chair.

''Well you better get used to it. It's soon time for you to take over.'' She said with a smile. Riven growled and ran a hand through his hair.

''I rather just stay prince for a few years.'' He said before leaning over and grabbed a pen of his own and was about to help her.

''You know what, I'm almost finished. You go ahead and spend some time with Musa.'' She said and snatched the pen back from her. Riven frowned his eyebrows.

''Are you sure? You must have been sitting here all morning.'' He asked her and folded his arms across his chest. Chel nodded and sighed sadly as she took another document and put it in front of her.

''I don't mind working. I rather do it, it keeps my mind of Paris.'' She said sadly and rested her head into her palm.

''What? What happened between you and Paris?'' He asked her.

''We broke up, I broke up with him.'' She whispered quietly. Riven's chin dropped to the floor and he frowned his eyebrows as he stuttered, unable to figure out what to say.

''He would go back to Zandra anyhow, it was better to rip of the bandage right away.'' She added and looked down into her lap.

''He's going to work with her every day, sooner or later it would happened. I just have to realise the fact that I have lost.'' Riven shook his head in disbelief.

''What are you going to tell Teddy?'' He asked. The question hit her like a rock into the back of her head. She didn't know yet. All she knew was that he was going to be devastated.

''I'm just worried about you.'' Tulio said as he followed Amazonia into the kitchen. Amazonia stopped and turned around

''I'm fine, never been better.'' She smiled and planted a soft kiss onto his lips before going to the sink and poured up a glass of water. Tulio frowned his eyebrows and looked after her worriedly.

''You don't think that we should go and look it up?'' He asked. Amazonia turned around and took a sip from her glass and raised her eyebrow.

''Tulio, I got an head-ache. It's not the first time in history that has happened.'' She replied him and put her glass down at the counter before walking over to him. Tulio sighed deeply and looked doubting at her. He adored Amazonia, everything about her. But sometimes her stubbornness drove him insane. He was going to drop the subject for now, but he would keep an closer eye on her.

Back at the mansion, Zandra and Paris sat together into Zandra's room watching a movie as loud music could be heard from downstairs. As they sat together on the two-seated couch, they discreetly kept on glancing on each other. Something that Paris admired about Zandra was that in no matter in situation in real life she was in, she never showed any sign of fear. But horror-movies was a weakness to her, and in that moment she let out a soft yelp and pulled her legs in closer to her chest. A small smile crept across Paris's lips as he wrapped his arms around Zandra's shoulders. Surprised she looked at his hand and smiled slightly. She would be lying to herself if she didn't admit that her old feelings for Paris had started to resurface. And when nothing further happened, she was slightly disappointed and her smile faded away. The thought that he and Chel broke up only a few hours ago didn't even cross her mind. When he didn't do anything further, even after she planted a soft kiss onto his hand, Zandra decided to take matters into her own hands by turning his face to hers and kissed him. To her joy and surprise he replayed the kiss and soon they was laying down onto the couch. They rolled down onto the floor and Zandra was now positioned on top. They kissed for a few more seconds before Zandra sat up with one leg on each side of him, and pulled her top above her head.

''Hold on, what are you doing?'' He said surprised and slightly irritated. Zandra grinned and shrugged her shoulders.

''You have never turned down sex before.'' She replied him before leaning down and was about to kiss him again before Paris gently pushed her away.

''Well, things were different before don't you think?'' He spat and grabbed her wrists and turned her over to that he was on top.

''I just thought…'' She began but Paris rolled his eyes and stood up.

''Oh my god.'' He whispered and walked straight for the door and slammed it shut after him. On his way back to his own room, Paris took out his cell-phone and started to dial Chel's number. He battled with himself for a few seconds before sighing and put the phone back to his pocket.

Late in the evening, it was the day before Teddy would come back home. Chel sat alone onto the bed and tried to figure out how she would tell him about the break-up between Paris and herself. Teddy absolutely adored Paris, and he was going to be crushed when he found out. Suddenly, out of no where, she just got the urge to throw up. She barely made it to the bathroom before she vomit inside the toilet.

''I really need to lay back with the work for awhile.'' She said to herself as she grabbed a paper towel and wiped the corner of her mouth. It had been a few stressful last couple of days, especially the last two ones. Then for a slight second, she had this crazy idea that there might be something else.

Happy 100th chapter! Haha, just joking ;)

Chel and Paris breaking-up? Paris and Zandra reunite? Will they ever find out the truth about Tulio's lie? And if they do, will it be to late for them to get back together?

What's going on with Amazonia? Was it only a simple head-ache or could it be something more to the story? Speaking about health issues, what's wrong with Chel? Could it be stress or is it possible that it's something completely different?

Next time, Zandra's plan to Jack's life miserable begins, strange things keeps on happening to Amazonia and Chel gets some shocking news.