A/N: Hey everyone! How's it going? This is a new story in collaboration with A New Look. All of their stories are amazing so you should definitely check them out! I am still writing my other story: Take The Key And Lock Her Up in Alexei's POV, but I will also update this regularly. So here it is folks, "Once Upon A Cheater". Read, ENJOY, review and pm us!
CHAPTER ONE And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, Is a cheater!
'Oh, Jamie I am going to kill you!' I wake up to the sound of six alarm clocks, all blaring, and all blaring at 5 O'clock in the morning. If there is one thing my brother knows, it is that I am NOT a morning person. And if there is one thing that I, know. It is that I am going to get revenge.
At last, it's Spring Break. And finally, I get to sleep in at least a little. So, Jamie is going down. And he is going down hard.
'Grace is everything alright?' Julie says, as she comes through my door. The great thing about having a maid is that she is always there when you need her for something. The bad thing is that she always feels the need to check up on you after every little disturbance. I shouldn't complain though. After all, Julie is one of my best friends.
Julie has been the personal maid to the Royal Family of Adria for 2 years now, but I have known her since I was born. She is the daughter of Sarah, who was the maid to my family for years before my brother and I were born. 2 years ago, Julie turned 20, and she was obliged to start her duties. Julie is like a sister to me. Plus, she always helps me get back at Jamie, which is a definite bonus.
'Yeah, everything's fine. But, Jamie, decided to give me a few spare alarm clocks this morning.' I say. And she smiles mischievously.
'Well, Alexei and Noah stayed over last night, and they were playing the XBox. What do you say we delete their game data?' She says quietly with a laugh.
'I say let's do it!' I try to hold back a giggle.
We sneak out of my room as quietly as we can and make our way through the palace hallways. Alexei and Jamie have probably gone out for a run, or to the gym. But knowing Noah, he will still be asleep is in Jamie's room, so this is going to be a difficult mission.
As Julie and I come around the corner, I am stopped by a voice.
'Grace, Julie. What are you two up to?' My mother, Queen Caroline asks. I spin around to face her and smile innocently.
'Getting revenge.' I say with a sweet smile, and she laughs.
'Oh goodness, I can only imagine what that means. Jamie and Alexei went for a run, but Noah's still asleep in your brother's room.' She says knowingly. Julie and I nod, giggle, and run around towards Jamie's room.
I pull on the handle and the door creaks open. Luckily, Noah is a very deep sleeper. He wouldn't even bat an eyelid if the palace went up in flames around him. I walk inside silently, to check that everything is clear, and when I beckon for Julie to follow me, she quickly walks over the threshold and closes the door behind her.
I make my way around the bed, where Noah is snoring like an elephant. Julie walks over to the Xbox and turns it on, flipping through the settings, and erasing all of the game data for GTA. I wait by Noah, urging her to work more quickly. After a minute or two, she's all finished, and we slowly tip-toe towards the door.
'Megan.'
I turn around quickly, as I hear Noah say my best friends name. I hold my breath, thinking we're busted, but he's just talking in his sleep.
'Megan!' He says again, this time nearly yelling. This is too funny, and I can't resist the urge to pull out my phone and video him.
'Megan, stop it! That tickles!' He says with a giddy giggle. I burst out laughing and send the video to Megan, making sure to save it into my snapchat memories. Julie yells at me to come, but I can't miss this. Noah pulls a pillow to his face and starts making out with it. I am doubled over with silent laughter, until I feel a pair of muscular arms grab my waist from behind and hold me up in the air.
'Something funny Gracie?' I hear Alexei ask from behind me.
Busted.
'Let me down you weirdo!' I say laughing. I nudge him in the ribs with my elbow and he drops me.
'Ummmm. Ow!' He says, with mock pain etched on his face.
'Where's Jamie?' I ask him, looking over his shoulder.
'He's downstairs talking to your father. What were you doing in here?' Alexei asks with a small laugh.
'Sorry, but I have to go.' I say, making for the door. But Alexei is too quick, and stands in the doorway, blocking my path. I sigh and look down at my phone, seeing that Megan has sent me a snapchat. It's a photo of her bed, with a very masculine looking pair of legs tangled in the sheets. SHE DIDN'T! I quickly send her a photo of Alexei standing the doorway, and when he lunges towards me, I duck out the door.
He chases me down the hallway, and when we get to my room, I dive onto my bed, and he jumps on top of me, tickling me until I have tears in my eyes. It is only that he stops when we hear a small cough coming from the doorway. By this point, he is basically on top of me, so it might look slightly inappropriate. And of course… it's Jake.
'Hey J.' I say, sheepishly, pushing Alexei off me.
'Uh… Hi Grace.' He says to me, but he only has eyes for Alexei. The two glare at each other as Alexei moves off my bed.
'Well, Gracie, I'll leave you two alone.' Alexei says, and he looks… Disappointed? I don't know. I have always had a bit of a crush on Alexei, but we're too good of friends to have any kind of relationship. Alexei is easily one of my best friends, and I am kind of sad as he disappears out the door. Anyways, I'm with Jake, and I am just about the happiest girl alive.
He comes over to me, and kisses me hard. He is literally lying on top of me. I pull away slowly and look up at him.
'So… what do you want to do today?' I ask. He furrows his brows and looks away for a second, before turning back to face me.
'How about we go to Jimmy's and then go down to the beach?' He asks me, starting to kiss me again. I wait another couple of seconds before pulling away again.
'Okay.' I say, smiling up at him. 'Just let me get changed and I'll meet you downstairs.'
'Okie dokie.' He says, and he walks out of my bedroom.
Jake is the stepson of the English Ambassador. I am friends with his stepbrother Mark. Jake has super cute green eyes, and dirty blonde hair. He's about 5.8, and he's well-built and muscly. He's super funny, and just about the sweetest guy ever. I'm so glad that we're together. We've been dating for about 7 months now. It's good, because he's just another one of my best friends, and we tell each other nearly everything.
I change into a high-waisted black denim skirt and a nude bodysuit. I chuck on my high-heeled black boots and quickly put on some mascara. I walk down the stairs and see my father, sitting in front of the television, watching the football. He's the king-consort of one of the most powerful countries in Europe, but he still enjoys a good game of NFL. When he married into the Royal Family of Adria, he made a special request that the palace get all of the American sports channels, much to my mother's annoyance.
'Hi Daddy,' I say, sticking my head through the door.
'What are you up to today sweetie?' He asks me, pausing the game.
'I'm going out with Jake. We're going to get some breakfast and then go to the beach. Oh shoot, I forgot my swimmers!' I tell him, and then blow him a kiss. I race back upstairs to get my swimmers. I reach into my drawer, and pulling out the bikini Alexei gave me for my birthday a few weeks ago. They are a very nice pair of swimmers. The top is a plain white tube top, and the bottoms are high-cut lacy white material. I put them into a small tote bag, grab my purse off my dresser, and then go back downstairs, to find Jake having a conversation with Jamie about some sort of assignment Jamie has over the holidays. I link my arm through his, and drag him away.
'Come on J, we'd better get going. I'm super hungry!' I say, smiling sweetly at him.
'Okay, let's go babe.' As we walk out the private exit, and into the palace gardens, he calls over his shoulder, 'Talk to you later Jamie.'
We walk to Jimmy's with our hands intertwined, and on the way many citizens said hi and asked for autographs and pictures which I stop to give out. We waited for a few minutes to be seated at Jimmy's but when we got our food, ohhh, I was a happy soul.
The minute I saw the steaming hot pancakes in front of my mouth hung open and started watering and I dig in. The bell chimes and I see Frankie Harvey walk in and go sit in a booth with her friends, but a few minutes later she gets up to go to the bathroom.
Jake kept making funny jokes about this TV show we're watching together and I'm just dying. A few minutes later he get up to go the the bathroom and I continue eating my pancakes.
In between bites of pancakes, I stared out the window towards town center of Valencia, though it's not really in the center because it's close to Embassy Row and the beach. While looking out I saw Evan, the football captain at our school and waved at him.
After a few minutes consisting of eating and saying hello to people, I decided to go look for Jake since he hadn't come back yet. I put down my fork, rubbed my hands quickly on a napkin, and then got up.
When I turned the corner into the hallway with the bathroom, my life shattered. Jake had Frankie pushed up against the wall and was making out with her. Tears started to weld up in my eyes, but then I wiped them away and marched towards the A-list assholes. I tapped Jake on his shoulder, and in a very annoyed tone he turned around and said, 'What,' but when he realized who I am, his eyes widen.
I raised my eyebrow, 'What? Well, let's see. One. You're an asshole. Two. Your reputation is going down the drain when I'm done with you. Three. I'm done with you, and you'd better hope you never see me again for your own good. Goodbye!' With that I turned around and walked out of Jimmy's, the tears already racing down my cheeks.
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