The following week.

Yesterday they buried Rupert. And today Pierre and Clarisse have a meeting with his lawyer.

After Joe was ready he headed to see if Clarisse was awake, upon entering her suite he heard laughing coming from the bedroom, when he reached it he noticed no one was in there and the laughter had stopped. He turned to walk away feeling a little confused, when he heard it again this time coming from the bathroom so he headed over and gently knocked on the door.

Clarisse gasped "whose that Amelia" she smiled as Amelia shrugged "ask who is it"

Amelia smiled looking towards the door "come in" she giggled

"hey I didn't say come in I said, ask who is it" Clarisse chuckled as Joe appeared and Clarisse gasped looking at Amelia again "it's Grampy JoJo"

"yay" Amelia giggled

"well hello you two" he smiled walking over to the bath "are you having fun" he bent over and kissed Clarisse then sat on the stool next to the bath

"yes we are" she smiled watching Amelia "I can never have a bath on my own anymore" she smiled "but I don't mind" she said looking at Joe"good job you didn't plan on staying in my suite last night" she said looking back at Amelia

"why?" Joe asked

"because Pierre ended up falling to sleep on my bed with this little madam" she said passing Amelia her toy duck "and I ended up sleeping on the couch"

"oh dear, you do no I have a bed right?" he asked with a cheeky smirk

"yes, I do" she said playfully tossing some bubbles at him "but I wanted to stay here in case Amelia woke up in the night"

"ahh I see" he smiled and watched as Clarisse grabbed hold of Amelia wrapping her arm around her waist and held her back against her chest tickling her making her laugh out

"god I love this girls laugh" Clarisse smiled watching Amelia as she turned to face her and gave her a hug "aww thank you darling" she smiled and gave her a kiss then looked at Joe "can you do me a favor?" she asked as he nodded "can you take Amelia and get her dry and dressed for me? so I can have a quick shower?"

"me?" he asked as she nodded

"please" she smiled at him

"oh ok" he chuckled "the smile did it" he stood up

"thank you" she smiled as he bent over and kissed her then took Amelia's hands lifting her out of the bath "her clothes are on the chair in my closet"

"ok" he smiled wrapping Amelia in a towel and carried her out to her closet

"Good morning Mom" Pierre smiled as he came into the kitchen and kissed her cheek

"didn't we already said good morning?" she said looking at him

he thought a second "oh yes of course we did" he chuckled getting some coffee "oh by the way, Dad's lawyer can't get here till 1 now"

"ahh ok, thanks for letting me know" she smiled then looked at Amelia as Helen and Charlotte came in "Can I ask you all something?"

"sure" Pierre nodded

"of course" both Helen and Charlotte said with a smile

"do you believe in children you no having that sixth sense?" she asked "being able to see things that we can't and knowing things"

"what a random question" Pierre said looking at her

"I know" Clarisse started "I was reading about it a few weeks ago, and it just came back to mind seeing Amelia now, laughing and chatting to herself" she said looking at Amelia then back at them "and a lot of kids growing up have imaginary friends, and can tell if someone's pregnant or not" she said sipping her juice "it just got me thinking that's all"

"I believe in it" Helen said with a nod "my friend back home, her little girl kept kissing her tummy and saying hi baby and sure enough she found out she was pregnant a few weeks later" she sipped her tea "so I think they do"

"hmmm" Clarisse nodded "excuse me a second, I need to check something" she stood up and walked out as everyone looked at each other

"Amelia?" Pierre said as she looked up "I think you scared your Grammy" he said and sipped his coffee

A little while later Joe needed to ask Clarisse something but couldn't find her anywhere.

"Charlotte" Joe said walking over to her "have you seen Clarisse?" he asked putting his hands in his pockets

"not since earlier in the kitchen" she said checking the time "about an hour and half ago"

"yeah, that's when Pierre said he last saw her" he nodded "ok thank you, if you see her before me please can you tell her to come find me?"

"of course" she smiled and walked of

He stood in the hall for a few minutes when Paul came in.

"ahh Paul, how about you? have you seen Clarisse?" Joe asked

"not since she came into the security office this morning" he answered

"what was she doing down there?" he said confused

"well she wanted Shades to take her somewhere" he said looking at him "not sure where though as she wouldn't tell him in front of me"

"hmm how odd" Joe answered "ok, thank you anyway"

"no worries" Paul smiled and carried on his way

He stood again in the hall for a few seconds then started going up the stairs when he heard voices behind him he stopped and turned on the stairs seeing Clarisse coming in with Shades.

"thank you again Shades" Clarisse smiled as he shut the door

"no problem" he answered as she walked over to the table while taking her gloves of and put them into her bag

"there you are" Joe smiled walking down the stairs

"yes, here I am" she smiled as Shades disappeared

"I have been looking for you everywhere" Joe said walking over and kissed her cheek

"well now you've found me" Clarisse smirked at him "and what can I do for you?"

"I just wondered if you wanted to have lunch with me? before your meeting" he said putting his hand on her back

"of course, I would love to" she smiled and slipped of her coat

"so where did you go?" he asked with a curious look

"oh no where important" she smiled turning to face him "I am going to go and get changed" she kissed him then walked passed him

"are you ok?" he asked watching her as she stopped and looked back at him

"of course, why wouldn't I be?" she answered

"no reason" he watched her walk towards the stairs "I will sort out lunch then?"

"of course" she nodded and carried on upstairs

After lunch she stayed in the kitchen with Joe, talking and laughing remaining close to him and even shared a couple kisses too. Pierre appeared at the door, not wanting to disturb them and watched as Joe whispered something in Clarisse's ear then gave her a kiss.

He took a deep breath and coughed to make his presence known "sorry" he walked over to the table as both Clarisse and Joe looked up

"its ok" Clarisse smiled as Joe rubbed her back

"I just wanted to let you know that Dad's lawyer is here" Pierre said looking at them

"ok, well I will be there in a few minutes" Clarisse answered and drank some more of her juice

"Ok, we are in your office whenever you are ready" he nodded once and left

"well I better get there and get it done with" Clarisse said standing up "see you later" she smiled stepping behind her chair and pushed it in as he stood up

"I can't wait" he said putting his hand on her side and kissed her making her smile

"god I love you" she said putting her hand up and gripped his chin and kissed him back

"and I love you" he whispered against her lips then watched as she stepped back and walked out the kitchen, he chuckled and cleaned up their lunch stuff

She headed to her office, walked in and shut the door behind her.

"ok" Clarisse said walking over to her desk "lets get this over and done with" she said standing at her desk as Pierre and Steve came over taking their places "remind me again why we have to have this meeting today?" she asked putting her glasses on

"as that's the Kings wishes, your Majesty" Steve answered

"very well" she answered and sat down, followed by Pierre and Steve

Steve read out the will then stopped when he got to Clarisse's part, feeling a bit scared to carry on, he took a deep breath and carried on.

"and now for your part, Your Majesty" he paused then continued "he leaves you everything else, which includes the houses that you bought and shared together over the years, the Palace... the crown" he paused "and the remainder of his accounts, which sums up to a fair bit, Your Majesty" he looked at her "and he states that if anything happen to you, he knows it will be passed down to Pierre when he takes over the crown, if he does" he said quickly looking at Pierre then back at Clarisse as she takes of her glasses "if he doesn't, then Amelia when she's old enough"

"can I see that a moment?" Clarisse asked as Pierre sat thinking

"of course" he lent over and passed it to her

"something don't make sense" Pierre said looking at him then at Clarisse

"hmmm" Clarisse started while looking over the will then looked at Steve "I have a question"

"of course" he nodded

"how come" she said putting the file on her desk "he has left me all of this if we weren't together and divorced?"

"ah" Steve said getting really nervous "about that"

"what do you mean about that?" Clarisse said looking at him

"as far as I am aware, he didn't sign the forms" he said not looking up

"what?" she exclaimed "how can he not sign the forms, you was there with him"

"I was yes, but after you signed the forms and left, we got talking and then he got called away for a meeting with the Prime Minister" he said watching her "he said he would sign the forms later and give them back to me, and he has never given them back to me"

"what" she said again "you are kidding right?" she questioned as he sat there and shook his head "right of course your not kidding, why would you be kidding" she looked at Pierre "go and check his office to see if you can find these forms"

"of course" Pierre said and left the room

While he was gone Clarisse and Steve sat in silence, not saying a thing to each other. After a few minute's Pierre returned with the forms.

"I'm sorry Mom, he never signed them" he said walking over to her

"let me see those" she said taking them and looked at them as Pierre sat down "so I'm not divorced?" she asked looking at Steve as he shook his head "so this last month or so since signing these papers, I have thought I was divorced but I actually wasn't?" she asked

"that is correct" Steve nodded "I am sorry"

"why are you saying sorry for? its not you who had to sign them is it?" she said banging the forms down on the table as she gasped "oh my god" she looked at Pierre

"what?" Pierre asked

"oh my god" she said again

"what?" he asked

"I'm a widow" she whispered

"that is correct" Steve nodded "I am sorry"

"shut up, please" Clarisse said looking at him then looked at Pierre "oh my god"

"what was that oh my god for?" Pierre asked

"I will tell you later" Clarisse said looking at him then at Steve "have you finished reading the will?"

"yes" he nodded

"good then I think this meeting is over, Pierre will see you out" Clarisse answered

He went to say goodbye but Pierre stopped him and saw him out, while he was gone Clarisse held her head in her hands with her elbows resting on the desk in front of her. After a few minutes Pierre came back and stood in front of her at the desk.

"Mom" he whispered

"hmmm" she answered not looking up

"what was that oh my god for?" he asked

she slowly looked up "I think I may be in trouble" she whispered

"how so?" he asked

"I am a widow?" she asked and he nodded "but I may be a pregnant widow"

"oh" Pierre said

"what?" Joe answered as Pierre spun around and Clarisse lent to the side to look past Pierre "what?" Joe asked again and fainted

To Be Continued.