Chapter 13

Asha

Jennifer and I were walking around the palace one day, bored out of our minds. Our bodyguards were following us. At least mine was hot; Jen's was extremely big and...hairy. He definitely looked more threatening than Jonathan. Mmmmmm, Jonathan. He was a cutie.

"So, Jennifer, how's it going with your Andrew?" I asked. "I'm surprised you're not with him right now. You too are normally inseperable."

She laughed. "We're doing great. We can live without each other, Asha. Unlike you and a certain someone," she eyed Jonathan.

I glared at her. "It's not my fault that Sam and Phil eloped and I have to have a bodyguard now. It's his job to be inseperable from me. I'd worry if he wasn't."

"Don't you get annoyed by him following you everywhere?"

I thought. "Actually, it's not that bad. He keeps all the pervs away from me; plus, he's someone nice to talk to." He's also GREAT eye-candy, I thought silently to myself.

As we rounded a corner, I spotted one of the messengers running towards us. "Princess Asha, Princess Jennifer," he gasped. I bowed, perplexed.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I have a message for the two of you. The Lord Phillip Deveroe, Princess Samantha, Princess Bethany, and an unidentified stranger have been spotted heading towards the castle."

We didn't stay to listen to the rest of the message. Jennifer and I were out of there in a flash, bodyguards following us. We ran through a corridor, across a courtyard, to the front doors. I tripped over my dress and almost fell, but Jonathan caught me. I gazed into his blue eyes. "Thanks," I said.

"No problem, princess," he said in a husky voice that made my heart beat even faster. He lifted me up, but was still holding onto me. We leaned forward, I closed my eyes expecting a kiss.

"Asha!" The spelll was broken as we pulled apart. "Jennifer!" I looked up to see my long lost sisters running towards us.

I ran towards Sam and almost knocked her over. "You're back! I missed you a bunch!"

Bethany, Samantha, Jennifer, and I all gathered in a group hug. "Spill it! Who's the guy?" Jennifer asked.

Bethany gave a nervous laugh. "Well, he's my husband."

"What?" Jennifer and I yelled at the same time.

"It's a really looooong story. Can I tell you about it somewhere else? I don't want this to be any more scandalous than it has to be."

I nodded. "Sure, but can we have introductions first? I am extremely curious."

"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. My manners have left me. Well, this is Nick." Bethany pointed to the unidentified stranger. Nick was pretty good looking, if I must say. "Nick, these are my other sisters. Jennifer and Asha."

We all exchanged our hellos and such. I grabbed Bethany, while Jennifer grabbed Sammie. "Come on, girls. We're need to talk."

Jonathan started to follow our little group. I gave him one of my evil glares. "Jonathan, stay with all the guys. This is a girl's only conversation."

He looked helplessly at me. "But, Princess, it's my job to protect you."

I sighed out of exasperation. "It's not gonna hurt you to have a little fun. You're not going to get fired. Just come check on me in an hour or so." I left before he had a chance to say anything else.

Two hours and a roll of cookie dough later, I learned everything that had happened. To make a story short this is how it went. Sammie and Phillip decided to elope, but Bethany "accidently" was picked up instead of Sam. When Phil had realized his mistake, he left Beth with his hot hermit friend, Nick. While Sam and Phillip were enjoying the honeymoon, Beth and Phil were quite enjoying their time together. Apparently, they were caught in a compromising position. They were just going to play it off and hope that no one mentioned the "other" marriage law. They weren't that lucky; a reporter had taken some pictures. The only way to cover was to say they had been married all that time...so VOILA, get married they did. They kept it quiet and said they'd been married ever since Sammie and Phillip were. It's was working so far. You'd be surprised what people are willing to do for a princess.

"So, are you two enjoying the married life?" Jennifer asked with a wicked grin.

Sam just laughed. "Heck yes! I still feel like I'm floating on a cloud. I'm sure it will end sometime...but for now I'm going to enjoy the "honeymoon" feeling."

I looked at Bethany. Her face was beet red. "Beth? Do you enjoy being married?

She blushed even more. "I...I suppose so. It's actually quite nice. I just hope Mom and Dad approve of Nick. He's so nice and sweet." Her eyes took on a far away look. "Well, umm...how's it been with you guys?"

"Way to change subjects!" Sam said. "But how are you guys doing? I'm sure it was so hard to live without us." She let out a dramatic sob.

Jennifer and I just rolled our eyes. We were used to this behavior from Samantha. It was definitely nothing new for us.

Jennifer gave me an impish look. "Oh, ask Asha about Jonathan. That's been quite interesting, hasn't it? BAHAHAHAHHA!"

I smacked her arm. "Jennifer! Why did you have to bring him up? Why can't we talk about Andrew?"

"But they already know about Andrew. They know nothing about your little bodyguard."

"Time out!" Whoo, I was off the hook. Sam grabbed Jennifer's hand. She was wearing a plain gold band on her left ring finger. As Samantha turned the ring around to face us, we all gasped. "What is this?"

This time, it was Jennifer with the red face. "Andrew proposed to me! We decided to keep it quiet and I wanted to tell all of you at the same time."

It was really a pretty ring. There was a large diamond in the center surrounded by several smaller ones. "It's so pretty, Jennifer," Bethany gushed.

"Thanks! I can't wait until we get married!"

As happy as I was about Jennifer's engagement, I couldn't help but realize that I was the only one without someone to actually call my own. True, I did have Jonathan, but he wasn't royalty. He's the only one I would actually consider to marry. I was so confused about this situation. My one true love was someone I couldn't marry. I had no idea what to do.

My sisters were so excited that they didn't even notice when I slipped out the door to go find Matt. Maybe he could help me shed some light on this situation.

Jonathan started to follow me down the hallway. Just looking at him was hard to do. I didn't want to but I knew I had no choice. "Jonathan, stop. This is one time I don't need you to follow me." I left a very confused bodyguard as I ran down the hallway.

AN: Long time, no write. I hope you liked this chapter! Hopefully Asha will be able to decide what to do. I don't know when I'll update next: I have an extremely busy week. Two band competitions and then my boyfriend's band has a show. Woot-woot badoot! Well, thanks for reading and please review. (or read and review one of my other stories)

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