4-Love Works in Funny Ways

"Hey, sexy." The teen girl walked over and planted the roughest kiss anyone could give on Thomas' lips. She had waist length black wavy-curls. Her dress was short and strapless, a baby pink, but there was nothing innocent about her.

"Hey sexy yourself." Thomas purred, pulling the girl down onto his lap.

"I think I'm gonna throw up..." Jenifer gagged.

Rosie rolled her eyes, getting to her feet, "Come on guys." She turned away. "Let's leave the weirdo love birds alone." She started walking off and everyone started to slowly follow suit. No one really wanted to be around Thomas and Olivia for too long.

"If that girl isn't hot, I don't know who is..." Tiger smirked, taking one last peek behind the group as they walked off. Scott didn't seem to be disagreeing with him either.

Olivia was hot. There was no doubt about that one. But Olivia was off limits. Olivia was Thomas' girlfriend, no one else's. Stealing another man's girl, especially if he was your best mate, was wrong. That rule was one that everyone understood.

Jenifer held her hand out and slapped Tiger's arm.

"I-I mean..." Tiger cleared his throat, stopping the drooling. "She's alright." He shrugged it off like it was nothing, wrapping his arm around Jenifer's shoulders. "But you are absolutely beautiful."

"Nice try." Jenifer replied, rolling her eyes at her boyfriend.

"You've got to agree though..." Scott mumbled, thinking about Olivia himself.

"Like you even stand a chance!" Rosalinda gave Scott a shove, knocking him from his fantasy and into a garden wall.

No one ever stood a chance with Olivia. It was a total shock when Thomas never struck out when the lovely lady had asked him to the girls choice dance at High school (Yes, Thomas did eventually manage to persuade his mother to let him into public school).

"Olivia's got Thomas." Abigail reminded the boys. They already knew and were totally jealous. Of course, Tiger wouldn't have traded Jenifer for anything in the world. Scott, on the other hand, could have done with a girlfriend.

The group continued to walk, right up until they reached the palace gates. They opened as Carmen typed in the code and they all entered into the massive garden. It was their second hang out spot for when they couldn't get hold of their fountain.

They all sat down around the garden bench, thinking about their own little things. Most were still in denial about the fact that they were never going to be able to spend so much time together again. It still made their hearts burn with fury at the thought of growing up whilst growing apart.

"You're quiet, Carmen." Rachel said. She rested her head on one side of the bench, turning to face Carmen who was sat on the opposite side. "What's wrong?"

"HUH?" Carmen almost yelled, coming back to her own senses. She had been lost in her own thoughts.

"Yeah, what's up?" Rosie asked.

It was un-Carmen like to not have spoken this entire time. Carmen was a talkative girl, she always had been and everyone assumed she always would be too. So how come she was so distant all of a sudden?

"It's nothing..." Carmen sighed. "Just Princess things..."

The talk that Carmen had, had with her mother had really gotten to her. To Carmen, being a Princess was now the worst thing in the world. If marrying some douche bag was what it took to become Queen, she wasn't quite sure she wanted it as badly as everyone thought.

"We're here if you wanna talk about it." Annalise reminded her. Having friends was the most important thing to them all at that moment. Without friends, life just was not worth it.

"YEAH, WHATEVER, DAD!" Carmen slammed the door shut and turned away in frustration. "I hate being a Princess..." She mumbled to herself. Things just weren't getting easier for her at all.

Thomas sighed, placing his hands behind his head as he stretched out on the sofa. He always did it. The palace was his second home, after all.

"Your life is like school." Thomas told his cousin as she angrily threw herself down on his legs. "IT SUCKS!"

Everyone smiled, even Carmen cracked a smile.

"Life's good when you're me." Scott answered, copying Thomas' position on the other sofa. Carmen rolled her eyes and threw a cushion at his head.

"That's because you're not some Princess who's engaged to a Jackass Prince so you can become Queen!" She snapped, not even realizing what she was saying. "You don't have to attend every life draining event that goes on around here!" Her words were getting harsher and harsher with one. "You don't have parents who have their own kingdom and take more pride in it than YOU!"

"Yeah...Your life sucks."

Everyone was used to Carmen's random, mad outbursts. She did it to relief the stress. What they weren't used to was her pouring her heart into it.

"D-Did you just say you were engaged?" Thomas asked, jumping up so he could see Carmen properly. Now she was wishing she hadn't opened her mouth and let her anger get the better of her like it usually did.

"I...Uh...I-UGH!" Carmen screamed in defeat, grabbing the other cushion from the sofa and screaming into it.

"OH MY FUCKING SCARLATINAN GODS!" Rosie yelled out in shock and excitement. No one had seen this one coming.

"Who are you engaged to?" Annalise asked eagerly. Now everyone was interested in Carmen's Princess life.

"H-His names Drake..." Carmen explained. "He's Prince of Indicenta."

She couldn't tell them anymore than that. It wasn't top secret or anything; it was because she didn't know herself. The details were not something she had cared about last night as she tossed and turned aimlessly in her bed, thinking about how her life was now wasted and done with.

"Why haven't you told us about him before?" Jenifer asked curiously. There was supposed to be no secrets between friends. "YOU NEVER SAID YOU HAD A BOYFRIEND!"

"How long have you been engaged, Car?" Rosie asked, now growing more and more interest in this conversation.

"FOR THE LOVE OF-" Carmen screamed into the cushion again. "One question at a time..." Every word was like a slurred and slower version, not making sense when mixed with other words too. "I only got engaged to him yesterday and I have never met him before."

Things were bad. The more Carmen thought about it, the worse it seemed. She had agreed to marry someone she had never even met before. What if they hated each other? They would still have to cope through all the ups and downs and just survive it.

"It's an arranged marriage and I have to go through with it if I am to become Queen." Carmen further explained. "BUT! I do not want to do it."

"OM-, Carmen." Thomas mumbled. His eyes were wide and his voice dry. "OM-"

"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Scott asked. Everyone was thinking the same. They would have found out eventually.

"I didn't want you guys to find out..."

No one could believe what they had just heard. Carmen was the brave one amongst them. Was she really scared to tell her friends that she was getting married?

"And then what?" Abigail asked her. "You come home one day and announce you have a new husband?"

"What a smart thing to do." Rachel smiled sarcastically.

Carmen was having enough of it all already. This was exactly why she didn't tell her friends in the first place. They were not going to be happy about the whole idea, and neither was she. Getting married was one thing, but getting married to someone you had never met was another. Carmen felt dirty. She felt as if she was doing something terribly wrong by doing it.

Though it wasn't all bad. Arianna had arranged a meeting between the two for the not-so-distant future. Carmen wasn't quite sure when because she did not care for the details. However, Arianna had assured her daughter that things were going to be alright. She would not have picked out a Prince who was not suitable for her daughter. This worried Carmen even further than before.

"OH, CARMEN!" Jenifer called out. "Don't cry!" The caramel blonde haired girl jumped up from her space on the floor and onto the sofa by her cousin. They hugged each other tightly. Things were bad.

Carmen wiped her eyes, trying her best not to smudge her make-up in the process.

"I'm sorry." She apologized.

"I'll tell you who should be sorry!" Rosie yelled, regaining her tough girl composure as soon as she had lost it. "This asshole you're marrying because he just got engaged to the wrong girl!"

Carmen smiled, knowing she had good friends to support her through this whole thing.

"Thanks, Rosie."

Maybe, just maybe, Carmen wasn't in this thing alone after all.

The dark alley was making it hard for him to see what he was doing, but Scott still tried his best. He was not going to get an opportunity like this again.

He bit down softly on her flawless skin, earning a gasp from her plump and glossy lips.

"Scott..." Olivia giggled in the night air. She had her body pressed up against his, squishing him up against the wall.

"Not going too fast for you, am I?" Scott whispered sexily. He started moving his lips up her neck with each kiss.

"S-Scott..." Olivia moaned. "SCOTT!" She yelled straight after, pushing her body off his. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? GET OFF ME!

Scott was confused. A minute ago she had been enjoying it, why a change of tune now?

"What?"

"GET OFF MY GIRLFRIEND!" Thomas screamed at the top of his lungs. Eyes were glowing red in the dead of night, fangs exposed and not looking all too happy about catching out his best friend.

"T-Thomas!" Scott coughed, realizing what Olivia was getting at now. "I-I...Uh..."

Olivia ran from Scott's side and straight into the warm arms of her boyfriend. She appeared to now be crying, fake tears pouring down her face as she nuzzled her head further into Thomas' chest. The man himself never took his eyes from his suppose best friend.

"It's okay, babe." Thomas soothed, his eyes narrowing down even further on Scott. "I'm here now."

"WHAT THE FUCK, OLIVIA?" Scott yelled at the teenage girl. It was obvious to him that she was fake crying, but Thomas was overseen with love. Olivia was his main priority.

"STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY GIRLFRIEND!" Thomas hissed in anger.

"NO PROBLEM!" Scott roared back. "THAT LITTLE SLUT ISN'T WORTH THE FUCKING HASSLE!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL HER?" Thomas bellowed. His words echoed off the ally walls as he stepped closer to Scott, pushing Olivia behind him so that he had a clear aim for his face with his fist.

"A SLUT!" Scott repeated. "YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM, THAT SKANK IS SLEEPING WITH EVERY OTHER GUY IN THIS TOWN BEHIND YOUR BACK!"

"T-Thomas..." Olivia sobbed, wiping her eyes in Thomas' shirt. "Please don't listen to him..."

Everyone knew it was the truth. Olivia truly was cheating on Thomas with every guy she could get her hands on. It was a known fact. Everyone knew it. Everyone but Thomas, that is.

Thomas moved forward and punched Scott square to the jaw. Scott staggered back a bit, right back against the wall again. His jaw hurt like crazy, but he couldn't let Thomas win this battle. The injured werewolf raised his own fist to strike; only when he tried to move his fist, he couldn't.

Carmen was stood in between the two now, holding Scott's fist in place and making sure that Thomas couldn't have another swing either.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Carmen screamed. She wanted to be heard and she was going to be heard, even if it deafened both boys in the process.

"Just keep HIM away from US!" Thomas ordered his cousin. He took a few steps backwards, slipping his hand into Olivia's and stalked off with her close to him.

Carmen turned to face Scott, curious as to what had just gone on. Scott couldn't face her thought. It was too bad. What he had done was wrong, he knew that, but now Thomas was pissed off at him. It just hadn't been worth their friendship.

"Scott...?"

"Just forget it, Carmen." Scott mumbled. He turned his back and walked down the ally in the opposite direction to Thomas and Olivia.

Carmen was left standing in the ally way alone. Maybe she wasn't cut out for being Queen. If she couldn't get her friends to listen to her, how was she going to get a whole town?

A/N: HEY! HEY!

So...I promised you TWO new characters...Olivia would be NUMERO UNO! Who is number two?

Yeah...So...I would have written this earlier...

I was at the hospital...Uh-huh...I was awoken at 4 AM because of severe stomach pains on the right hand side...Yeah...Appendix warning! Luckily it wasn't my appendix...I don't wanna go into detail on what it actually is...BUT! I'm alright...In a bit of pain here and there, but I'm good now :)

SHOUT OUT TO pomtdwt! A because she a WICKED reviewer who reviews EVERY chapter I write :) and B) Because she asked for a shout out...hehehe!

OKAY! As if this chapter wasn't long enough already, I have TWO chapters worth of thank you's to give :)

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Thank you to;

Chapter 2-

Aaron'sInAMineField: haha! Yeah...You sure enough are ;) LOL! Thank you :)

InstruMental: Yeah...Poor, poor Carmen...LOL! ahaha! Thanks :)

pomtdwt: I KNOW! I was thinking the EXACT same thing! =O! LOL! Awah...She clearly ain't a GLEEK! hehe! Uh...Tom, Jen, Abi and Rachel and LEAVING! Everyone else is staying...I think...YES YOU CAN! :) Thank you :)

XxPurpleChickxX: YEP! LOL! I have NO idea why though...It just came to me ;) LOL! Thanks :)

Pandah N. Reaper: OH NO! I KILLED YOU! hahaha! Yep...Carmen may just have some SLIGHT anger issues going on there...LOL! Thank you :)

Chapter 3-

Aaron'sInAMineField: I AM going on Friday! Abdominal pains or not! I AM GOING! ;) Thanks :)

Pandah N. Reaper: YEP! I LOVE to torture them! LOL! What fun would this story be if I didn't? haha! Ah...We shall have to see about Prince Drake...;) LOL! Thank you :)

InstruMental: Yep...She does...LOL! I KNOW! I wanted to sit on the throne too...LOL! haha! SIX DAYS UNTIL HARRY POTTER COMES OUT! FIVE NOW! Sorry...I may be just slightly addicted...LOL! AWWW! How cute! My sister used to do that...It bugged me too...I think I flushed her barbie's head down the toilet once...Or at least tried to before it flooded...LOL! Thanks :)

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