Chapter 7: The Steps We Take
CeCe P.O.V
Dear Diary, you couldn't believe what happen to me in the past few weeks. Okay, so maybe I haven't been writing in my diary like I always do weekly. But I have my reasons and that's why I'm here today. Almost a month ago I found out my father is sick and was diagnosed with cancer. I was happy to see him for the very first time, but also upset. Then, he tells me all about taking over the throne as queen of Sweden. The worst part about this story is that I found out about being engaged to Gunther Hessenheffer. Who is supposed to be there future king. I was overwhelming by the sudden news my father broke to me. Now I have to marry this slightly annoying, self-center prince, who I think only cares about this throne. We don't always get along and the only reason why I agreed to this was because my father asked me to. Sadly, I may be catching feeling for this snotty blond, prefect jerk and this is all base on one passionate kiss. Which he ruined because we fell in the fountain getting all soaking and wet. We ended up being in the morning paper to my dismay and my father wasn't upset about it because he thinks where making progress. Any' who, I'm still waiting on lover boy to take me out on our first date which he still hasn't done yet and he promise we would go tonight. So wish me luck, because lord knows I'm a need. Yours truly, CeCe.
"CeCe!" Tinka shouted walking in my room. She opened up the drapes and pulled the blanket off. "Cecelia Jonasson, will you please get your tushy up out of bed?"
I glared at Tinka with sleepy eyes, "No, no I can't Tinka. Because somebody kept me up to 4am this morning giving me lectures on how to become a successful queen!" I shouted at her throwing the pillow over my head.
"Hey! Don't get antsy with me you grouch. I'm just trying to get you ready for your first date tonight and since you want to have a cow, I won't help you at all." Tinka taunted.
"What's going on in here?" Rocky asked walking into the room. "Tinka why was you yelling?"
"I was not yelling Rocky! Miss grumpy pants over here doesn't know the definition of respect!" Tinka shouted looking over at me. "See, now I was yelling." She said looking over at Rocky now. "You don't know the differents between talking and yelling."
Rocky pointed to herself in shock, "Hey, how does this all fall on me now?!"
"Well, I don't know. Maybe it's because you don't know how to mind your own darn business!" Tinka replied loudly.
"I was just trying to check if everything was alright in here, but since my presents isn't needed here then I'm gone!" Rocky yelled.
"Okay, you know what?" I said taking the pillow off my face and sitting up in bed. "How about you both leave and don't let the door hit you on the way out!" I shouted pointing to my door.
Tinka mouth open in shock, "How dare you? This is the second time you disrespected me CeCe and I won't take anymore crap from you, I'm leaving!" she said slamming the catalogs on the floor and marching out.
"She's right, I'm not taking any more crap from you either and I won't be your lap dog anymore." Rocky said leaving the room and slamming the door.
Tinka P.O.V
"I can't believe her, that ungrateful little –"
"Tinka, are you alright?" Ty asked standing in front of me. "Because you're standing here talking to yourself."
"Everything is just peachy! There's nothing Tinka Hessenheffer can't handle." I replied slamming a perfectly good plate on the floor. "ARGH! I just want to ring CeCe neck sometime. She could be such a b –"
"What you say girl? Shut your mouth!" Ty said sarcastically with chuckle. I glared over at him. "I'm sorry Tink, continue."
"I do so much for CeCe and what do I get? A pie to the face. Sometimes I just feel like giving up on her all together."
"You have to understand Tinka. This new life is a lot on CeCe to handle. She the type of girl that wakes up in the morning and all she wants to do is dance and have fun. I would know that, because CeCe not a big fan when it comes to school and this new way of life is like school all over again. Her father sick, she just found out nearly a month ago that she has to run a country."
"But she not running a country all by herself. Gunther will help her and be there for her every step of the way."
"That doesn't even matter, CeCe just found out she been in an arranged married since before she was born. That's a lot to take in especially when you got Aina up her back every 5 minutes. If I was her, I would run like the wind back to Chicago and never return back again. CeCe stronger than that, she knows you guys need her help and she always there to lend a friend her hand."
"Gush! I haven't thought of it like that before. Your right Ty and I shouldn't give up on her either. It just isn't right, CeCe did agree to marry my brother disciples their differences and I'm grateful for that." I explained looking over at Ty. "Thanks a lot Ty, you're a great guy and you will make a somebody very happy someday." I said bumping his shoulder lightly.
"That's funny because I was kind of hoping that girl would be you." He smiled.
I blushed, "Really? I didn't know you felt that way about me Ty." I said nibbling on my bottom lip.
"Just say the word baby and make all my dreams come true." He replied leaning in for a kiss. I looked over at him and started to lean in to kiss him as well. Then the kitchen door burst open scaring Ty and I half to death.
Lucas eyes widen looking at the both of us in shock, "Tinka bell, what happen in here?" He asked looking at the broken plate on the floor.
"Oh nothing, I was upset and got a bit carried away." I replied.
"Are you sure?" Lucas asked glaring over at Ty.
"I'm sure Lucas. Anyways, what bring you here?" I asked.
"Well I came to visit Gunther, so of course I wanted to come see you afterwards. You don't know how much I missed you Tinka bell. And since Gunther is taking his fiancé out for dinner, I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to dinner tonight also?" Lucas explained.
"Well I –"I glanced over at Ty quickly before looking back over at Lucas. "You mean like a double date?"
"No more like a triple date. Bob is asking Rocky to be his date too." Lucas replied.
"I –"
"She can't go with you because I already asked her to dinner tonight." Ty said stepping in.
"Oh yeah, with what cash?" Lucas asked talking to Ty.
"For your information bro! I got money alright and I don't need to be a cocky rich white boy to show my lady a good time." Ty explained wrapping his arm around me.
Lucas glared at Tinka, "Tinka bell is this true? What do you see in this hoodlum?"
"I got your hoodlum right here." Ty said crumpling his fist and stepping up to Lucas.
"That's enough, we are all adults here. So please try to be civil with each other." I said looking at the both of them.
"You know I will Tinka bell, since I'm the only civil man around here." Lucas said with a smirk.
"Fool! You got one more time to try me and next time, I'm going to rearrange face with my fist." Ty said.
I get in between them, "Guy stop! Ty is taking me out tonight Lucas, so end of discussion."
"But what about us Tinka Bell?" Lucas asked.
"You had your time Lucas, three years we've been together and you mess it up when you cheated on me with some girl that looks like Beyoncé." Tinka explained stomping her foot.
"What?" Ty asked in surprise.
"Tinka bell you know how I feel about Beyoncé when you started dating me. She the sexiest singing prodigy that ever lived. Besides, it was only one time and it will never happen again." Lucas explained.
"I understand your obession for Beyoncé, but sleeping with somebody just because they looks like her is just wrong! I'm sorry but the answer is no!" I shouted.
"And you call me the hoodlum. I think you just got dissed. No, that's not it." Ty said thinking. "You just got played to a whole new level." He said shrugging his shoulders.
"This is not over Tinka bell, I will get you back and that's a promise." Lucas said marching out of the kitchen.
"That was beautiful Tinka, you really told him off." Ty said.
I put my finger on his lip for him to stop talking. "Just kiss me already." I whispered to him. Ty grabs my face and pulls me into a passionate kiss. I felt the fireworks I was waiting for all my life and now I know I finally found my prince.
Rocky P.O.V
I was listening to my iPod trying to block out all the negative energy around me. I can't believe CeCe and Tinka attitude today, they both were completely out of line and I'm through with being push around all the time. I only got 4 more weeks here and I'm just trying to make the best of it.
"Rocky." Somebody called tapping on my shoulder.
"AHH!" I screamed looking over at Bob and almost falling off the bed. "Bob, you scared me! Don't do that." I said putting my hand on my chest.
Bob chuckled, "My apology beautiful." He said sitting on the bed next to me. "I know we've been getting extremely close in the past few weeks and I was wondering if you would like to go out to dinner with me."
"Oh." I replied blushing.
"CeCe and Gunther will be there, Lucas is asking Tinka so hopefully she'll say yes and now I'm asking you." He said waiting for answer.
I nodded, "I would love to go out to dinner with you Bob."
"Fantastic! Now let's seal the deal with a kiss." He said leaning in to kiss me on the lips. He will never be Deuce but he was a really good kisser. We pulled away from each other lips and blushed bashfully.
David walk into the room, "I'm sorry to interrupt you Miss Blue, but there someone here to see you."
I looked at him oddly, "That's funny… I don't know anybody out in Sweden."
"We will just have to see now don't we?" Bob said taking my hand and pulling me up.
David escorted us down stairs to the main entrance where the mystery guest was. When we got there, I saw Gunther laughing and talking to somebody about something.
"What's going on?" I asked.
Gunther turned around to look at me and step to the side. I saw Deuce standing 6 feet away from me with a smile on his face.
"Hey Buttercup." Deuce greeted.
"Deuce, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"CeCe said I was more than welcome to come here any time, so here I am." He replied taking a step closer. "Baby I missed you so much."
"Don't come any closer! You don't get to do this! I have every right to be mad at you. So for once, why won't you let me?" I asked with tears in my eyes.
"I know I messed up really bad, but I was hurting inside too and I didn't know what else to do anymore. CeCe said it was fine to come down here and make things right between us and plus she said I needed the break." Deuce explained.
I shook my head and glared at Gunther, "Why did you let him in?!"
"What? How is this all my fault all of a sudden? I'm not the door man here, so leave me out of this!" Gunther shouted.
"He right miss, if you're going to be mad at somebody then be mad at me. I didn't know you had problems with the young gentlemen and I was only doing my job." David explained.
"Sorry David, it's not your fault and I shouldn't have took it out on you like that." I explained.
Gunther pointed to himself, "Oh! But it's all Gunther fault?"
"It's not your fault either Gunther and I'm sorry." I replied.
"Apology accepted." Gunther replied.
"Rocky, can we please at least talk about it?" Deuce asked.
"There's nothing to talk about Deuce and I've meet somebody else." I replied taking Bob hand in mind.
"What? This decoy of Gunther? You gotta to be kidding me?" Deuce asked.
"Hey, I take that very offensive!" Gunther said. "Plus, everybody knows I'm the better looking Hessenheffer around her." Gunther said with a charming smile.
"Gunther it doesn't matter! Rocky has already spocking and there's nothing more to say on the matter." Bob said.
"I don't believe anybody was talking to you Ken." Deuce taunted.
"Are you talking to me?" Bob asked.
"That's what it looks like right?" Deuce replied.
"Listen you hairy eyebrow, hobbit. Stay in your place, before I skin you like a fish you are." Bob explained pointing down to the ground
"Did he just make an eyebrow joke and a short joke?" Deuce asked looking over at Gunther.
"Slightly yes and he meant every word of it." Gunther replied.
"David, hold my luggage." Deuce said passing his suitcase to him.
"Sir there will be no fighting in the palace." David explained.
Ty and Tinka walk inside the room giggling and carrying on. "Deuce, when did you get here man?" Ty asked giving him a pound and a hug.
"About 20 minutes ago." Deuce replied.
"You knew about this too Ty?" I asked.
"I knew he was coming too visited but I didn't know what day. Besides, CeCe paid for his way here." Ty replied.
I was furious, how could CeCe do this to me? Especially, when she knew I would feel some type of way about this? I'm going to give CeCe a piece of my mind.
"Rocky, where are you going beautiful?" Bob asked.
"I am going to talk to my best friend." I replied walking up the steps.
CeCe P.O.V
I felt the sun hitting my face again and I was hoping it wasn't Tinka bothering me because I wasn't in the good mood. I slowly open my eyes to see who it was and it was no other then my best friend Rocky with an evil smile on her face. And believe me I was taking back by this.
"How did you sleep CeCe?" Rocky asked.
"I slept well Rocky. Thanks for asking" I replied yawning and stretching out my arms.
"Good." She replies grabbing a pillow and started hitting me with it.
"Hey! What do you think you are doing Rocky? This isn't funny!" I shouted.
"How dare you invite Deuce to Sweden without asking me first!" she shouted hitting me with the pillow some more.
"Oh I'm sorry drama queen; I didn't know I needed your permission to have my friend come visit me!" I yelled picking up a pillow and hitting her back with it.
"But it would of still been nice if you asked me first and now everything all screwed up because of you." She said hitting me with the pillow one more time. She drop the pillow on the bed and started to sob really loud.
"Rocky are you crying?"
Rocky glared at me, "What does it look like I'm doing? You knew I wanted to get over Deuce, heck you even supported me on this decision."
"I didn't agree on anything. Deuce is my friend too and I would never pick sides like that. I want to see you both happy and its obvious you're not happy."
"I am happy, I'm dating Bob and he's the best guy in the world."
"No Rocky, you want him to be the best guy for you. You can't replace a piece to a puzzle if it's already broken. You and Bob may seem like you guys are great together, but that will never change how you feel about Deuce. Now the decision is yours, but I still want my best friend Deuce to stay here for my engagement party, that's in another week from now."
"That's why you invited him here?" she asked looking over at me.
"Yes, I didn't just invite him to work things out with you as friends; I brought him out here because I wanted him to be here for my party."
"I am so sorry for taking my problems out on you CeCe." She said pulling me into a hug.
"It's okay, I love you." I replied.
"I love you too CeCe and I'm going to try to work things out with Deuce, but only as a friend. Besides, I got a date with Bob tonight." Rocky explained.
"I can't argue with that." I said with a smile.
"Rocky." Gunther said walking inside the room. "Can I talk to my fiancée for a second?" he asked.
"Yeah sure, let me give you guys some privacy." Rocky replied leaving the room.
"Did you sleep well Cecelia?" he asked me.
"Yes I did, why do you asked?"
"Because I wanted to make sure you were well rested before tonight date."
I nodded, "I am, where are you taking me tonight?
"I'm taking you to this 5 star restaurant that I made reservations for, I can't tell you the surprise afterwards, but we will be alone trust me."
"So where doing the triple date first then afterwards your taking me somewhere special?" I asked.
"You are correct! You should probably get out of bed and get in a shower. You have guest downstairs waiting for you."
"Aw, but don't you like how I look Gunther? I think I got the sleepy look down pack."
"Yes you do and now is time to put on something decent."
"Make me bay-bee!" I yelled.
Gunther chuckled, "I don't think that's a good idea, especially for a princess and prince to act out in that type of way." He said as his eyes widen. "CeCe, what are you doing?" I walk over to him in my short and sexy nighty Tinka picked out for me. Gunther quickly looked away and closed his eyes. "CeCe, please cover yourself it's not polite for a male to see a lady like this without her permission."
"Then I give you permission." I replied.
"I still won't look, not at least to after where married." He explained to me.
I rolled my eyes and sighed, "God, you're so old school!"
"I rather be old school then take advantage of people."
"What are you talking about? You do take advantage of people. Gunther, you date girls and sleep with them but you don't officially make them your girlfriend. Now how is that not taking advantage of somebody?"
"Remember when you said I was old school?" he asked.
"Yeah, because I said it just a minute ago."
"Well it's true, I'm really old school." He said looking at me with those beautiful blue eyes of his.
"Oh my god! You're a virgin?" I shouted in surprise.
"Yes I am." he sighed.
I laughed, "I would've never guessed that."
"Why would you, it's not like I haven't been saving myself for you into after we get married." He said seriously.
"I am so sorry Gunther, I didn't know. If it means anything to you then I'm a virgin also."
"You never had sexual relations with Ty before?"
"No I haven't, our relationship never got that far. I always wanted to give my virginity to the guy I fall in love with."
Gunther felt relieved and chuckled, "Great, so where both on the same page then?"
I blushed, "Ah, yeah, I guess you could say that."
"So you get dress, so you can go shopping with Tinka and Rocky and I'll go keep Deuce and Ty company." He explained with his hand over his eyes trying to walk out of my room. He bumped into my dresser before completely walking out my room. I smile, shake my head and closed the door behind him.
"Tonight is going to be a long night."
A/N: That's it for now guys. Date Night will be in the name of the next chapter and we will dig deeper into each relationship. I'm very excited to write it because I have so many idea's.
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