The Next Day...
Heather and the rest of the girls was at the bridal shop, being fitted for the dresses for Alejandro and Mirissa's wedding. Heather didn't like it one bit, seeing the man she love marry one of her worst enemies.
The traditional bridesmaid's dress was a flannel shirt with a brown belt around the hips followed by a long white flannel skirt that brushed the ground. The shirt had dark golden sequims that decorated the breast and torso in a pattern that had the royal crest. The shirt was low cut as well as the sleeves were short length and ruffled a bit. The belt was golden brown with circular belt loop, vines making the circle of course. The skirt was not too thin but not too fat. Towards the hem of the skirt, it curled outward a bit.
The girls like the dresses and the idea of being at the wedding of the prince. Everyone except Heather, Bridgette, Gwen, and Courtney.
Bridgette had been there when Alejandro chose Mirissa as his wife. It's not like she didn't like the prince. She didn't like that he was marrying the girl who teased her and Geoff as kids, and not her best friend. After hearing what happened with Heather's life eversince her father went missing, she thought that Alejandro was the ticket to her best friend's happiness and love. But she thought wrong when he made his decision. What Bridgette wonder was...what went wrong? Alejandro seemed alright with Heather a few days ago. Maybe she was kidding herself. Of course he was being nice. Heather rescued and saved his life from the Aphrodites.
Gwen and Courtney noticed that Heather did have some feelings for Alejandro and didn't want the wedding to happen. So did they. Heather had been through so much in the past. More than any child and teenager could bare. They remembered back in middle and high school they would find Heather in the washrooms, crying her eyes out. Either if Gwen and Courtney was by themselves or together, they would always comfort her. One time, they even heard Heather said that she was going to kill herself because everyone she loved was being taken away from her. First her father, then Bridgette, Mother and finally Damian and Amanda. But Gwen and Courtney talked her out of it. Told Heather that she was destined for great things and that she hasn't lost Geoff or them. After that, Gwen and Courtney became great friends with Heather and talked about girl stuff. Stuff that Heather wouldn't tell Geoff. Gwen and Courtney was also great friends with Bridgette before she went missing and now that she was back, that four girls can be friends together and be there for each other.
Right now, Gwen, Courtney, and Bridgette need to be there for Heather more than ever because Heather was yet having another person she loved taken from her...
The queen was with them also. She watched as the girls chatted about meeting guys at the wedding or dancing with their man at the wedding. Her two daughters-in-law was with them also. Queen Maria was puzzled because Luncida and Gabriella has not tried to talk to her ever since they've been here. They would always conversat with the queen after the princes proposed to them. Even before that, they would always talked her majesty. But now...they don't. Maybe they feel ashamed that they took the two of the three princes out of their kingdom. Maybe they thought they were better than the queen of Desembarcar. The queen shook her head at the thought. Luncida and Gabriella weren't like that at all. Gabriella was a bit cocky and had an attitude like her husband, Prince Jose, but she wouldn't think that she was better than Queen Maria. Something must have happened to her daughters-in-laws before the wedding that made them leave, along with her sons, and be uncomfortable around the royal family.
Mirissa stepped out of the dressing room in her wedding dress.
The dress was eggshell white that was laced with lace. The shirt was plain white shirt with a white floral-patterned lace over the breast, torso and up to her shoulders, and down her arms. The skirt had a white floral-patterned lace over a couple layers of white under-line skirts, and the skirt was puffed out a bit wider than the bridemaids dresses.
Mirissa smirked as the girls was in awed with the beauty of the dress. Only Heather, Bridgette, Gwen, and Courtney wasn't in awed because they personally knew Mirissa and her little attitude. They looked away and had glares plastered across their faces.
"Wow, Mary," Lindsay exclaimed. "You look beautiful!"
Mirissa rolled her eyes and examined her nails in confidence.
"I know," Mirissa said cockily.
Heather glared even more. Thinking that Mirissa sounded a bit arrogrant and she would not get married with that attitude. Then, Heather reminded herself that Mirissa was getting married to the prince that she rescued. Heather clutched her mother's neclace to hold her anger.
"I got a question, though," Sierra asked.
"What?" Mirissa asked the purple-haired girl.
"Who is going your maid of honor?" Sierra asked.
"Yeah, it isn't a wedding with a maid of honor to back up the bride," Katie explained.
"Yeah, totally," Sadie agreed.
Mirissa smirked. She knew exactly who she was going to pick.
Heather got worried. She also knew who Mirissa was going to pick.
"Well, I was going to pick the Queen or one of Alejandro's brothers' wives," Mirissa explained, looking up at the ceiling with her index finger on her chin, "but to thank Heather for saving Alejandro, I'm going to pick. Without her, Alejandro wouldn't pick me for his wife."
Heather's eyes widened as she heard that last sentence from Mirissa. She knew that Mirissa wanted to tortured her with the fact that she was the one marrying the prince. Heather wouldn't have a problem with it...if she wasn't in love with the prince.
"I think that's a great idea!" Beth exclaimed.
"Me too!" Katie and Sadie shouted in unison.
Bridgette, Gwen and Courtney was just as shocked as Heather was. The three girls turned towards Mirissa with confused faces, staring at her.
"Heather, I need to ask a favor," Mirissa called out to Heather.
"Yes?" Heather replied, turning towards the cold-hearted bride with an eyebrow raised.
"Can I borrow your necklace?" Mirissa said as she modeled in the mirror, not bothering to look at Heather's expression. "It would go great with my dress..."
Mirissa looked at her arm, examining the skin pigment.
"...and my skin. Scratch that. Can I have the neckalce?"
Bridgette, Gwen, and Courtney got worried looks as they turned towards Heather.
This wasn't going to be good...
Heather got mad with rage. Mirissa wanted her necklace? Her mother's necklace that she gave her on her deathbed? Heather could handle Alejandro's pick for Mirissa as his wife. She handle the wedding of her worst enemy and the man she loved. But Heather could not handle Mirissa wearing her mother's necklace for life.
"No," Heather replied firmly, not an ounce of rage or anger in her tone.
Bridgette's, Gwen's, and Courtney's eyes widened as Heather's outburst. As well as everyone else did too, except for Mirissa.
Mirissa paused in her modeling and stare at her 'maid of honor'.
"No?" Mirissa scoffed.
"No," Heather repeated firmly again.
"And why not?" Mirissa asked.
"My mother gave it to me," Heather explained firmly.
Bridgette worried what if Mirissa's reply was going to be one that would send Heather over the top.
"Well, she can give you another one," Mirissa replied nonchalantly, turning to the mirror and fixing her hair.
Yep, something like that worried Bridgette.
Heather was filled with rage and anger now. She couldn't control her words...or her emotions.
"She can't!" Heather shouted. "She gave this to me on her deathbed! She's gone and this necklace is the last thing I have of her. So no I can't give it to you!"
Heather had tears in her eyes now. Her three best friends came up to her and hugged her.
The others except Mirissa, including the queen and the other princes' wives, were shocked at her outburst. They had no idea that happened to her. They all looked at her with sympatheic eyes, especially the queen.
"Oh, Heather," Mirissa chuckled, causing the others to look at her confused, including Heather. "When are you going to stop telling that sob story?"
The others were shocked at this. Mirissa thought Heather was making this up?
"What?" Bridgette asked as she, Gwen, and Courtney released Heather to look at Mirissa.
"Heather, none of that's true," Mirissa explained.
"Yes, it is!" Heather shouted, with tears escaping her eyes.
"No, it isn't," Mirissa replied.
"Why would she be making this up?" Gwen questioned, trying to get the answer to why Mirissa.
"Because, Gwen, she would get attention," Mirissa responded.
"Heather's never liked the attention," Courtney exclaimed, glaring at the blonde bride.
"Yeah," Bridgette and Gwen agreed in unison, also glaring at her.
"Everyone also falls for sob story," Mirissa explained, "that's...somewhat like Heather's. She's telling it so the queen will feel sorry for her."
Heather couldn't believe what was happening. What happened to her did happen and Mirissa knew, but the queen didn't. Heather continued to listen to what was being said as more tears flowed down her face.
Queen Maria couldn't believe that this Mirissa girl was lying. After Heather and Geoff left to find Alejandro, the queen did research in the hall of records. Miranda of Ciudad had given birth to a girl named Heather with her husband, George. Five years later, Miranda gave birth to twins Damian and Amanda with again her husband, George. Another five years later, George was reported missing after leaving to work. Shortly after, Miranda had died from an uncurable and untreatable disease, separating the three kids when they were adopted. Yes, the queen did believe Heather, but she couldn't Mirissa would it wasn't true. Then it hit her. Mirissa doesn't like Heather, and was jealous because Heather was the one who rescued Alejandro. Right now, the queen didn't like Mirissa and wished her son wasn't marrying this monster.
"Heather, is it true?" Beth asked. "Are you making this up?"
"No it's not!" Heather shouted, choking on her tears. "You know what, Mirissa? Find yourself a new maid of honor because I'm not coming to the wedding!"
Heather, angrily and sadly, stormed to get her clothes and opened the door.
"Heather, wait!" Bridgette called out.
She, along with Gwen and Courtney, started to walked up to Heather.
"Please don't follow me," Heather pleaded before slamming the door closed.
Heather continued to marched toward the castle. As she did, two servants called Cody and Noah spotted her. Cody started to follow her.
"Heather, wait!" Cody called, as he ran after her.
"Cody, where are you going?" Noah called out to his fellow servant.
"I'm following Heather bacuse she'll need access into the castle," Cody shouted, explaining to Noah.
"But," Noah started, but then sighed heavily seeing as he couldn't stopped Cody.
Back with the girls...
The girls stared at the door that Heather just left through. All except Mirissa.
"Guess she didn't want me to keep her necklace," Mirissa shrugged, going back to the dressing room.
Every girl, including Sierra's friends, offically hated the bride of Prince Alejandro.
Later...
The girls exited the bridal shop, to find the guys already there. The guys included: King Enrique, Prince Carlos, Prince Jose, Prince Alejandro, Geoff, Trent, Duncan, Tyler, and Owen. Not to mention Noah who failed to tell the guys about Heather's and Cody's departure as they waited for the girls.
"Man, you girls take awhile to get ready, huh?" Duncan chuckled.
"Not now, Duncan," Gwen snapped, which surprised him.
Geoff took a look at the girls and notice something was missing.
"Where's Heather?" Geoff asked.
This caused Alejandro to look as well.
"She left early, Geoff," Bridgette explained.
"Left? Where did she go?" Owen asked.
"Cody followed her to, I think, the castle," Noah replied. "What happen in there?"
"She got kind of mad and something else..." Sierra explained, awkwardly, "when Mirissa asked to have her necklace."
"Wait, her mother's neckalace?" Geoff asked.
Sierra nodded. "Yes, she explained...that..."
"Mirissa," Geoff stated angrily, glaring at the bride.
"What?" Mirissa snapped.
"Nothing..." Geoff muttered.
"Geoff," Bridgette started.
"Heather said that she wasn't coming to the wedding," Courtney finished for her blonde friend.
"What?" Geoff asked in disbelief.
Alejandro was saddened by this news. This means that he wouldn't see Heather after tomorrow, the day before the wedding. And it also means that Mirissa said or did something that made Heather not want to come. Her mother's neckalce? Why? This necklace is what Heather had left of her mother and her mother gave it to on her deathbed. He officially didn't like his bride, not that he did in the first place. Sometime that day, Alejandro was going to tell Heather everything. His feelings towards her, his father, everything.
Geoff couldn't believe Heather was not coming to the wedding. One of his best friends was hurt and he couldn't do anything about it. This was all the king's fault. If King Enrique didn't forbide Alejandro from choosing Heather as his bride, then she wouldn't be in pain right now. Then he went back on the question that was on the mind of him and his male roommates. How did the king knew that Alejandro would pick Heather and why did he not want Heather as his daughter-in-law?
Alejandro's brothers, Carlos and Jose, didn't know what was happening. Their brother's bride made the girl who rescued him mad enough not to come the wedding. Their wives, Luncida and Gabriella, weren't like that. Well, Gabriella might but not mad enough to not make someone do what Heather did. And Heather's mother's necklace? Maybe it was so important to her that she refused to give it anyone. But why? Maybe her mother's the only person to love Heather or she died or something? Carlos and Jose didn't understand it, maybe they'll ask their pregnant wives.
"Maybe we should go to the castle," Gabriella spoke up, though she was nervous in the presence of the king.
"Yeah," Luncida said in agreement, she was nervous as Gabriella was, "so she doesn't anything that will hurt...her..."
All of them, excluding the king and Mirissa, nodded.
They all made their way to the castle, wondering if Heather was alright.
As they entered the castle's corridor, the king and Mirissa went their separate ways, not wanting to check on Heather.
The queen was surprised by her husband's behavior. He had always acted hatred towards Heather ever since he had met her. Queen Maria shook her head at the surprised by her husband's behavior thought, knowing that the thought was the caused of the previous thought of the king's hatred for Heather. In fact, Enrique acted like this towards Luncida and Gabriella when Carlos and Jose introduced them to the king and queen. Wait, why would her husband did act that way towards Heather when Mirissa was the one Alejandro? It didn't make sense to her.
Noah left also, not wanting to see the drama behind all this.
Alejandro led the group towards Heather's room at the castle. When they had arrived at their destination, they heard soft sobbing behind the door. Geoff knocked gently on the door.
"Who is it?" Heather sobbed, loud enough for the crowd outside the door.
"It's us, Heather," Geoff replied firmly. "Mirissa's not here with us."
"Go away," Heather sobbed. "I need some time to myself."
"But.." Geoff started, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him.
Geoff looked at the owner of the hand and saw that it was Bridgette.
"She needs time to herself," Bridgette said gently. "She'll calm down after awhile."
Geoff stared into Bridgette's olive orbs and realized that she was right.
The group started to dispearse, one by one. Everyone left until Alejandro was the only one left. He wanted to be there for his savior.
Hours passed, Alejandro waited by Heather's door, making sure she stopped crying before he enter. Servants and maids would passed by, looking confusedly at him, before continuing their jobs.
Finally, after hours of waiting, he heard Heather who had stopped crying made her way to the door...
Heather was going to tell Alejandro how she felt. She didn't care if he rejected her because she wasn't coming to the wedding. As she opened the door, she was surprised to see Alejandro sitting on the floor, legs up to his chest and his light green eyes looking at her.
"Hi," Heather whispered.
"Hey," Alejandro replied, standing up, not taking his eyes off hers.
For a girl who was crying for hours, Heather didn't look like it. No puffy eyes, no red face, nothing.
"May I talk to you?" Heather asked quietly.
"Yes," Alejandro replied automatically.
Heather opened the door wide enough for Alejandro to enter her room. Alejandro's eyes never left Heather's as he walked in and sat on her bed. Heather closed the door and walked towards the bed. She sat a few inches away from Alejandro. Her eyes was never taken off his.
After a few moments of silence, Heather spoke.
"I'm not going to your wedding. I just can't do it."
She spoke with a tone that she was on the verge of tears again.
"Why?" Alejandro asked softly, with a tone of sadness in his voice.
"Seeing you marrying her," Heather replied. "It will kill me..."
"Heather, I love you," Alejandro responded bluntly.
Heather continued, not really listening to what he said.
"And then you having-"
She then realized what he said.
"W-what?" Heather stuttered.
Alejandro scooted closer towards her, taking her hands into his.
"Of course, I don't want to marry Mirissa," Alejandro explained, "but I have to. My father told me."
"Your father? The king? Why?" Heather asked.
"I don't know, but the only thing I could do," Alejandro paused, "is tell you how I fell about you."
"Alejandro, I don't want to say except," Heather replied, pausing before continuing, "that I love you too."
Alejandro and Heather smiled at each other. Slowly, they leaned in, closing their eyes, and placed their lips on each others'. Alejandro wrapped his arms around Heather's waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Alejandro soon deepened the kiss by gliding his tongue on Heather's bottom lip. Heather opened her mouth, accepting his access, as she deepened the kiss. Alejandro rubbed his arms up and down Heather's back as she ran her hands through his brown silky hair.
Heather couldn't believe how many sparks and fireworks exploded in her mind as her tongue tasted his and entertwined with his. She also couldn't believe that she was feeling happy, the happiest that she had felt in long time since her mother died. She forgot about their status in society, Mirissa, the wedding, and everything else as she got lost in their own world.
Alejandro was amazed with how much passion and happiness he felt as he continuing to kiss the girl that invaded his mind and haunted his dreams. He continued to forgot about his father, Mirissa, the wedding, and everything else as he got lost in his and Heather's own world together. He finally had her and he never wanted to let her go.
The two continued to kiss with as much passion they mustered. Every once in a while, they would released each other's lips and stared at each other with smiles on their face. Then, they'd pecked each other's lips before starting the kiss with passion again. Sometimes, Alejandro brought his hands up to caress her faces before returning to her back. Heather guided them both down to lay on the bed she slept in the night before. Heather brought her legs up on the bed as Alejandro did the same.
The two continued to kiss in that position until both pulled away, realizing that the wedding is in a few days. Alejandro got off of Heather and sat at his original position on the bed.
"Heather, what are we going to do?" Alejandro asked.
Heather sat up and sat next to him.
"The wedding, I can't say no," Alejandro explained. "My father is the marriage official."
"Then when he says speak now or forever hold your peace," Heather explained as Alejandro looked at her, "I'll say, 'I object to this union!'."
Alejandro looked at her confused.
"Mirissa really doesn't want to marry you," Heather explained. "She just seems like that to make me jealous...and it worked."
Alejandro chuckled as Heather looked down. Heather, then, looked back at him with an embarrassing smile.
"I should be going to my chambers," Alejandro groaned, getting up.
Heather stood up as well, but she was sad as well with Alejandro leaving. She wanted him to hold her all night, but he was right. It was night time.
Alejandro leaned in and gently kissed her. She kiss back before he pulled away. He walked toward the door and then he turned back.
"Hey," Alejandro called out. "I love you."
"I love you too," Heather replied, with a truly happy smile.
Alejandro smiled back. He opened the door and closed it, leaving Heather happy for once in a long time.
Unknown to the two of them, someone watched their confessions from when Alejandro first step into Heather's room through a looking glass.
The king was this person. He wasn't angry that his son gave him away, but he was happy.'
Finally, now I can make my move...he thought with an evil smirk.
And do-
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The next morning...
Everyone, which included: the queen, the princes and their wives, Sierra's friends, the folks from Ciudad, and Alejandro, sat in a dining room. This dining room had grey stone walls and a long brown table.
Mirissa was beside Alejandro. She sat by Duncan, followed by Gwen, Courtney, Trent, Geoff, and Bridgette. Alejandro sat beside his mother, followed by her oldest son and his wife, her middle son and his wife, Sierra, Izzy, Lindsay, Tyler, Beth, Katie, Sadie, and Owen.
Heather had not arrived, disappointing most of the people at the table.
"Miss me?" a voice rang out. Everyone looked to see Heather in her regular outfit of burgandy tunic with brown pants and brown felt shoes.
Everyone was relieved by her appearance. Everyone except Mirissa.
"I thought you left after what happened yesterday," Mirissa called out.
"You think all these years, I'm going to let you get what you want, huh?" Heather asked.
Heather sat down by Bridgette.
"Well, not this time. Besides something did changed my mind."
Heather looked up at Alejandro and looked away quickly before anyone could see.
But someone did see.
Geoff smiled and he thought,
Thank you, Prince Alejandro...
Later...
Heather needed to talk to the king. One of the servants told her that she find him in his study. And that's where she was headed.
She came up to a large door and knocked on it.
"Come in," a voice called out.
Heather opened the door and entered, closing the door behind her.
The king's study was large with stone walls to the left and right of the room. Book-filled sleeves were behind a large wooden desk with papers and items neatly placed and stacked. A large red rolling chair was turned away before.
"Your highness," Heather said, before bowing.
"Heather," the king called out, smirking.
He had been expecting her.
"What do you need?"
Heather rose to look at the king.
"I need you to talk about Alejandro," Heather replied, firmly.
"Aww, yes," the king responded, getting up. "You want to know why I made Alejandro not pick you as his bride."
The king had this perverted smirk on his face that froze Heather on the spot. He walked up to her until he was too close to her for comfort.
"Uhh...your highness," Heather said, nervous about his distance. "You're too close."
The king chuckled as he gripped her hips. This made her eyes wide and let a gasp of surprise.
"Heather," the king whispered, "you're just...so...sexy..."
He kissed the top of her neck softly, up to her cheek, and then on her lips. She pushed him away but she stayed in his strong grasp. SHe attempted to get out of his grasp but she couldn't get out of it.
"You're married," Heather grunted, trying to escape.
"Doesn't matter," the king whispered darkly.
Heather continued to struggle out of his grasp, but stopped when he leaned down and bit into her neck. She squealed out in pain as the king's teeth broke skin. After he released his teeth from her neck, the king continued to suck and kiss Heather's neck.
Heather didn't realized what he was doing; she was still stuck on the king's bite. She snapped out of it when she felt hands pulling her shirt down from her shoulders. With that, she pushed the king away with all of her strength. The king stumbled back in surprise but he collected his composure.
"I'm telling-" Heather started, but the king interupted her.
"That's what Luncida and Gabriella said when I did the same thing to them," the king chuckled.
Heather's eyes widened.
"You did this to them, too?" Heather asked.
"Yes," the king replied. "and if you tell anyone or say 'I object to this union' at the wedding tomorrow, I'll kill Alejandro."
"You would kill your own son?" Heather asked in disbelief.
"Only if you tell," the king said simply.
Heather couldn't believe this was happening.
"I did the same thing to Luncida and Gabriella the day before they married my sons," the king explained. "I threatened to kill their grooms if they told anyone. That's why they left right after the wedding and they're afraid of me."
Heather couldn't handle it anymore. She ran to the door, opened it, and took off running toward her room.
As she did, she passed Luncida and Gabriella.
"What happened to her?" Luncida asked.
"Oh, the same thing that happened to you two," the voice that made the two pregnant women shuddered as they turned towards it.
"Who did you threatened to kill this time?" Gabriella asked.
The princes' wives knew of what happened with their alone time with the king. They knew he threatened to kill their respective husbands.
"Alejandro," the king replied, leaning against the doorway of his study. "and if you tell anyone that you knew what happened with Heather or interupt the ceremony tomorrow, the threats still remained: I'll kill Carlos and Jose."
The two nodded before scurrying away from him.
The king couldn't believe that he had attempted to rape all of his sons' lovers.
And done!
Will Heather, Luncida, and/or Gabriella tell anyone of their alone time with the king? Will the king keep his threats and kill his sons? What will happened if the queen found out? Will the wedding of Mirissa and Alejandro be interupted? Will Heather and Alejandro get together and tell everyone?
Sorry about the late update, but here's a long chapter to make up for it.
Just completed my 'When a Child Wants Guitar Lessons' story and the sequel, 'When a Group of Kids turn Thirteen', will be on Fanfiction in December 2012.
Just two more chapters on this story and that's it! No sequel or prequel or anything!
Also, more updates after next week because school is officially over for the summer! I survived my first year of high school! Hooray! :) I just need to take my Honors History semester test next Wednesday and I'll be free! :D
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