Phoebe got up from bed early that morning with not being able to sleep.
"Good. you are up before I was." Victor stated seeing Phoebe at the table waiting for breakfast.
"I couldn't sleep."
"Really? Are you excited about tonight?" Victor asked sitting down.
"No, not really. What if I didn't marry Jason?"
"What are you saying?!" Victor harshly asked.
"I was asking an IF questioned, what if I didn't want to marry Jason."
"There is not questioning it anyway... You are going to marry him."
"I don't want to marry him." Phoebe said.
"What?!" Victor yelled slamming his hands on the table making him stand up and walked towards Phoebe. "Why do you always have to be the complicated one out of this family. You are going to marry Jason even if I have to drag you to the alter next week. I made a promise to my friend and his son is going to marry you."
Phoebe got out of her seat and started backing away from her father, "But I don't love him."
"Love? who is he?" Victor asked knowing that she wouldn't mention the word love if there wasn't a guy.
"No one. I am just telling you how I feel." Phoebe looked at Victor with fear in her eyes and touching the wall.
"Don't you lie to me." Victor started grabbing Phoebe's arms. "I know how to read you!!"
"There is no one."
"Stop lying to me." He said harshly shaking her, her back kept slamming to the wall with each shake, "You don't want to do this, You're not going to survive. I will put out and then you will have to eat trash, and become a whore to have any kind of money. you'll be a sorry sorry girl. NOW TELL me who is he?"
"Stop!!" Phoebe yelled at Victor out of pain, and tears streaming down her face. "I swear... There is no one."
"Victor. What are you doing?" Patty asked trying to pull him off Phoebe. "Stop."
Victor pushed Phoebe onto the floor and looked at Patty. "I can't look at her, if she wants to finish talking you can talk."
"What did you say to him?" Patty asked Phoebe helping her up.
"I don't want to marry Jason."
"Why on earth would you tell him that?"
"Because that is how I feel."
"Phoebe you are a woman you have no say in anything you do, You are going to marry Jason next week and that is it end of conversation. And stop setting off your father's temper." Patty told Phoebe rolling her eyes at Phoebe and walking off to Victor.
"Are you okay?" Bridget asked stepping next to Phoebe.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Phoebe huffed, "I'm going take care of Bella before I have to get ready."
"Are you sure that is a good idea?"
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"Because of the stable boys are there."
"Bridget I am going to take care of Bella and that is it." Phoebe firmly told Bridget. "Now let's go."
"Hey Phoebe,"Cole said placing his hands on her hips and kissed neck, "I thought you and I would go riding together."
"Get off of me." Phoebe said pushing him off, "I hope you know you had an audience." Phoebe pointed at Bridget.
"What is your problem?" Cole questioned.
"Just don't talk to me anymore." Phoebe snapped walking Bella outside.
"Did I say something wrong?" Cole asked Bridget walking over to her.
"Phoebe and Her father had a huge fight, because she told him that she doesn't love Jason."
"But that is a good thing? We be together now."
"No she is still going to marry Jason, and she saved your job."
"Well I didn't need her to save me." Cole told Bridget.
"Well she did."
"Phoebe I think we need to talk." Cole ran up to Phoebe while she was sitting on Bella.
"I told you to stay away from me." Phoebe snapped.
"I know you're scared now, but..."
"I'm not scared." Phoebe cut Cole off, "I just see things clearly now, you were a waist of my time. I can't fight I am suppose to do."
"I don't believe what you are saying."
"Well believe it and if you come near me before I get married. I will tell my father and you will get fired."
"You are serious."
"I haven't been any more serious in my life." Phoebe stated riding off with Bella.
Cole walked away to his bunk, with Bridget following him.
"What are you doing?" Bridget asked.
"What does it look like I am doing? I'm going home. I've had it with this place. I don't like cleaning or having such a small bed. I definately can't stand her. She acts one away with us not even being able look at each other and the other way where should be all over each other. GOD" Cole said shoving his clothes in his bag.
"Cole you can't leave. I can't believe I am one to say this, Phoebe loves you."
"Well she has a funny way of showing it, and if I want to deal with girls like this I can just leave."
"Where?"
"What?"
"Leave where?"
"To my place."
"And where is that?"
"Demark."
"Why did you come all the way here if you live in Demark."
"Because I needed a breather from my parents."
"But you told Phoebe that your mother works here."
"Not evenclose, My mother and Father are probably setting up a ball to have me find a bride." Cole replied sitting down. "Because I won't do an arrange marriage."
"The only people who do that are like rulers. Oh my gosh Cole this could work." Bridget said grabbing his hand to walk outside.
"Bridget I don't want her to know." Cole said pulling his arm back.
"Why not? If you tell Phoebe that you are a prince maybe her father will cancel the wedding."
"Because this was the whole reason why I did this. I want to find a girl who like me for me, not for what I have and what I could give to thier family."
"Cole, she loves you for you, or she would have never fornicated with you. She is just scared right now eventhough she does want to admit it. Victor threaten her this morning, while he had slight violence."
"What do I have to do?"
"Well the ball is a masquerade, so go."
"No my parents will be there."
"Okay do you not want to face your parents and never try to get through to Phoebe, or loose Phoebe." Bridget explained.
"Okay even if I go what if she still doesn't want to speak to me."
"I'll talk to her."
"Okay."
Phoebe was laying on her bed with Cole's shirt that he forgot the other night in her arms.
"Phoebe, can I talk to you?" Bridget asked walking into Phoebe's room.
"What?" Phoebe questioned sitting up and shoving the shirt under her pillow.
"Are you okay with how you left Cole?"
"Yes, I am. I told him to not push this when I first met him and he did, and now I am stuck in a spot where I never wanted to be. Jason is a great man,"
"And you know that is all can say about him, unlike Cole where you two have something between you."
"You have no idea what you are talking about, Jason and I kissed yesterday." Phoebe stood up defending herself.
"Really, and who were thinking about when you kissed him?"
"Him." She replied knowing that response could go either way.
"That's what I thought."
"Why are you all over my case, weren't you the one that was telling me to stay way from him I was going to get myself hurt. Well you were correct I got myself hurt, but it wasn't by Cole now was it?"
"I know you're afraid, but..."
"Why is everyone telling me that I am scared, I'm not scared!"
"Phoebe we have known each other almost our whole life. I know that you are scared but you have to trust me, I talked to Cole today while you..."
"You talked to Cole? Why?"
"Because he was very upset how you treated him, and I wanted to make sure he was okay."
"And what did he say?"
"I can't really tell you, but you will find out tonight."
"I'm not talking to him, and there is noway I am going to see him tonight I have the engagement ball to attend to."
"Phoebe you heart is telling you that this isn't right."
"Bridget if you are such a big Cole fan go marry him yourself, now I have to get ready the ball, and you two better not be at the ball." Phoebe commanded.
I hope you like it. and I couldn't think of any other country for Cole to be prince.: I know Demark is one of the over users. lol I know it is kind of Disney. Please please review.