Eleanor learns that Jasper is going to be fired. Will she do something about it?
(Remember that this story doesn't follow the show but is inspired by it)

Eleanor was just contemplating the view. The new house was really amazing, probably even more beautiful than the last one. She daydreamed about living there far from the palace and from all the spotlights that unveiled every second of her life. She missed her family and friends and one in particular but she really felt comfortable with Sebastian and with all the craziness that was their days. The contractors, the sellers, the choosing, the colours. She had never made so many choices in such a short period of time but she was loving every minute of it.

A ring interrupted her thoughts forcing her to look for her phone that was somewhere lost in the middle of new fabric samples. When she finally found it the caller had already hung up. She tried to see who it was but the battery died.

The day continued with her running from fabric samples to tile decisions and she totally forgot about the phone call. Around dinner time she went to look for her phone, that she had left charging in her bedroom and saw that she had two more missed calls. All from her brother Liam.

With a deep breath, she called him back.

"Liam I'm sorry, but today was a very busy day!" She said as soon as she heard a mumble from the other side.

"It's ok Len I... Well I wanted to talk to you... because ... well..."

"Liam spit it out, you're rambling!" She demanded, starting to feel an uncomfortable chill in her stomach.

"Robert fired Jasper!" He informed her making her sit back trying to stay focused.

"Why? What did he do?"

"Well I will not tell him that you have him in so much higher consideration but he actually didn't do anything besides watch my back when I went to my fights. Robert accused him of treason because he allowed someone to beat the prince while he stood and did nothing."

"But that's crazy! You do that to yourself, Jasper just goes with you to make sure that you survive and to help you bring your crazy ass home!" She justified, pissed already walking around the room nervously.

"Exactly and I tried to reason with him, explaining exactly that, but Robert is not Robert anymore, as he so not kindly reminded me, he is the King now and he can't allow this kind of behavior from one of his security. I think you should come here, Len. If Jasper is accused of treason he will not find a job again."

Liam sounded desperate and Eleanor sat at the edge of a chair staring at the window and trying to clear her head. She was not ready to face Jasper yet. She missed him like hell and she had decided that as he asked her, she would not leave them behind, but she really needed this time to try to forgive him. To try to understand why even now that they had such a good, comfortable and friendly relationship he ended up to turning his back on her and went behind her back to try to solve unsolvable problems.

"I don't know if I can leave this right away Liam!" Her voice was rough and she felt a pain in her chest because she wanted to solve this problem.

"Len, Robert is out of control!" Liam informed her. "Try to come please, Jasper has orders to leave the palace tomorrow!"

She did the math mentally, they were in the north of England right now and if Sebastian allowed her to use his plane she would be home in a couple of hours. And suddenly she was breathless. She felt a chill taking over her again, not a worried one like when she saw Liam's missed calls. This time she felt nervous because if she went back home, she would meet Jasper again, and she wasn't ready to face him, as she wasn't ready to not kiss him, not hug him and not feel his gentle and sweet touch on her. She wasn't sure she would be able to resist all the love and regret that his eyes carried the last time they spoke, and mostly she didn't know if she would be able to confess that she didn't leave them behind and that he was on her mind every single day and night that they had been apart.

Eleanor landed around midnight and the driver took her straight to the Palace. Sebastian gently offered to come with her but she knew this was something that she had to do alone. Facing Robert and seeing Jasper was something that she wanted to do without witnesses.

When she crosses the Palace gates the chill on her lower belly came back and stayed with her until she safely closed her bedroom door, hoping that no one had seen her. She would try to sleep in her own bed again and she would try to solve this situation with her brother, the King, in the morning before Jasper was forced to leave.

But off course, someone had seen her. There were too many cameras in the palace, and minutes later Jasper was standing in front of her bedroom door shifting his weight between his legs, trying to decide if he should knock or not. He was so surprised when he saw her on the security cameras that he almost jumped from his chair to come meet her, but now standing at her door knowing that this time she was inside, he was not so sure that he should be there.

Almost every day since she had been gone he passed by that door and stood in front of it. Somehow he dreamt that she was still there. Today she was really there and he was afraid that she didn't want to see his face, making him feel even more of a loser that he was feeling right now.

Jasper turned his back to the door deciding to leave but something stoped him and he turned back, knocking immediately before he regretted it. He smiled when he heard her complaining on the other side. Just hearing her voice was good for him.

"Of course someone had to see me! What?" Eleanor asked, opening the door with a not very friendly face. Seeing that it was Jasper she turned around and headed back to bed leaving the door slightly open giving Jasper the sensation that she didn't want him to enter, but he decided to enter anyway after some hesitation. "Of course its you!" She added, already in her bed. "What do you want Jasper?"

"I noticed you were back and... I ... Well, I wanted to see you!" Jasper answered. not facing her because as always she was half naked and he for sure couldn't resist the woman that he loved and missed every single day since she left. He dreamt of her every night, half naked in the bed that used to be theirs.

"Ok! You saw me! You can go now!" She said sarcastically.

He fought his urge to leave but decided to stay. "I'm leaving tomorrow! The King said he is going to accuse me of treason!"

She sat up on the bed facing him, she noticed his tone, he sounded defeated. "I know!"

He nodded . "Liam?"

She nodded back.

"It was good to see you, Len... May I ask why are you here?" Jasper tried to make conversation but she didn't answer. "Len? Why're you here? Is it because of my situation?" He asked hopefully.

Eleanor sunk deep into the bed leaving Jasper with the feeling that she was going to ignore him but she finally answered him. "No! Maybe! I think so! You know I don't like injustices and as much as you as a boyfriend totally sucks, you are the best security detail I know and you don't deserve to be treated like that when you were just trying to protect my brother and your friend. And also I want to thank you for that!"

While she spoke he approached her and sat as close as he thought she would allow him. When she finished, he was holding her hand and she was allowing him to. "I miss you, Len! So, so much!"

She turned her face away from him because they were now so close that she almost kissed him when he said he missed her, because she had missed him too, so, so much.

"This changes nothing, Jasper!"

"I know it doesn't, but did you miss me at all? I just... I know you don't trust me but... Like I said when you left... I'm the one for you and I don't know the status of your relationship with Sebastian but..."

"There's not a relationship between me and Sebastian!" She cut him off. "We are friends and he is an excellent companion by the way!"

The silence filled the room. Jasper regretted that he mentioned Sebastian and Eleanor fought with her self to tell him that she had missed him too, but her pride and stubbornness were winning unfortunately.

Eleanor moved like she was going back to sleep which left Jasper with only one option, and that was, walk away. He turned back and walked to the door. Eleanor heard him reach for the door and got up, again facing his back, she wanted to tell him that off course she had missed him and that she misses him even more now that she saw him. But it seemed like the words were stuck in her throat and she wasn't able to talk. Right before he closed the door behind him she finally spoke.

"I missed you too Jasper!" Her voice sounded hurt and sad.

Jasper turned to face her. She could read hope all over his face, and he got the gaze in his eyes, that gaze that made her feel like she was loved, the gaze that she also had missed because, that gaze made her feel amazing, made her feel worthy and made her feel that she belong to someone in a way that she had never belonged to anyone.

Jasper reached for her hand again. "But that doesn't mean nothing Jasper!" She said.

He just nodded again and kisses the top of her head. "I know! I can leave if you want, but I would love to stay!"

She smiled at his grin. "You can stay if you want, it will be good to sleep with company for once!"

Jasper took off his shoes and his jacket and as a perfect gentlemen he lay on the bed next to her but on top of the sheets that were covering her. They cuddled like they usually did when they slept together.

Jasper felt her body relaxing at his touch and smiled, kissing the top of her head again. He missed this so much that it almost hurt.

"Jasper?" She asked.

"This means nothing I know Len! I'm just glad that we are here!"

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