"Mary" Robert gasped

she looked at him then back at Joe and Clarisse "may I have a word with you, outside?"

"gladly" Joe answered and left with her

"sorry about Mary" Robert said as Clarisse moved and sat down with a sigh "your nervous, aren't you?" he asked as Clarisse nodded "there is no need to be" he tried to reassure her "we don't bite" they both chuckled

"you would think I wouldn't be with being a Queen and all" she answered looking at him

"I will admit, I am a little surprised" Robert answered "but then at the end of the day, you are just like everyone else" she looked over at him with a questioning look "your human after all" he nodded and sipped his drink

"that is true" she nodded sitting back in the chair, feeling less nervous

After a little while Joe returned.

sitting on the arm of Clarisse's chair "I see you and Dad are getting on fine" Joe asked looking at Clarisse

looking up "yes indeed" she looked passed him "wheres your mother?"

"oh she's just gone to wash her hands" he answered leaning over and grabbed his drink

"is she ok?" Robert asked

"I think so" Joe answered and put his arm down placing his hand on Clarisse's back

"so I was thinking, maybe we could all go out to dinner tonight?" Joe asked "so you can get to know Clarisse a bit more?" everyone looked as Mary came back in

"what a lovely idea" Robert smiled and looked at Mary as she sat down "isn't it dear?"

"yes, lovely" she said looking at Robert as Clarisse looked up at Joe

"great, I will go and make the plans" Joe said standing up "but first" Mary and Robert looked at him "I will show you to your room"

"great, I need a lay down" Mary nodded standing up

"oh you always need a lay down" Robert answered standing up too as Mary looked back at him "show us the way then, son" Robert smiled looking at Clarisse "nice meeting you again, we will see you later on"

"of course" Clarisse smiled as she stood up and watched them walk out then looked at Joe "is everything ok?" she whispered

"just great" he answered and kissed her "I will be back down in a bit" he said walking out

Clarisse watched him leave and pull the door up then she sat down with a sigh and finished of her juice, wishing it was something much stronger. Pierre came and kept her company for a little while then Joe returned and they sat talking in the lounge for a while when his Father returned and joined them.

Leaving the men to talk Clarisse headed upstairs for a little lay down herself, after having a rest she had a quick shower and searched for something to wear to dinner tonight. When Joe appeared he noticed she looked sad.

"whats wrong" he asked walking over to her

she looked at him "why do I have to come to this dinner tonight" she asked

"because I would like you by my side" he answered watching her pull out a dress then put it back "there is something else, isn't there" he watched her

she sighed "your Mother" she said looking at him "doesn't like me does she?" she looked down for a second then carried on trying to find something to wear

"hey" she looked at him "it doesn't matter if she doesn't, its me whose dating you, not her" he answered

"I know, but I wanted us to get on" she whispered "I know she loves me as a Queen just not as someone dating her son" she sighed and moved sitting on the chair in her closet

"oh Clari" he moved and knelt in front of her "it doesn't matter" he said putting his hands up cupping her face "you love me right?"

"oh of course I do, you no that" she answered looking into his eyes

"and you no I love you, right?" he asked

she nodded "I do"

"and one day we are going to get married?" she nodded "and one day in a few months" he moved one of his hands down placing it on her bump "we are going to have a mini us" he watched as she smiled "if she can't accept the fact that I love you and will marry you, then she doesn't need to be in our life's"

"oh but..." he stopped her with a kiss "Joe, don't do that" she said firmly "she's your Mom, I really don't want to come between you"

"the only one coming between any of us is her" he moved between her legs and gave her a hug resting his chin on her shoulder "you still want to get married, don't you?"

she pulled back and looked at him in surprise "how could you even ask me that? you no I do, I have done since we was 17"

he smiled "good, then she will just have to put up with that, won't she" he said giving her a kiss them smiled at her "she needs to accept it" he gave her another hug

"It just seems" she said looking at him "people don't want us to be together" she sighed "there was my parents when we was 17, then Rupert and now your Mom"

"we are stronger then them and can over come anything Clarisse, I promise" he whispered and kissed her a couple times "and tonight" he smirked pushing a bit of her hair back out of her face "I will show her just how much I love you, she will get it then" he winked as she raised her eyebrow at him "if you get what I mean"

she realized what he was talking about and started laughing "Joe that's naughty"

"well why not?" he shrugged with a smirk as she playfully slapped him "they are staying in the room right next to ours so I think a little fun is in order"

"Joe I can't be any part of this" she answered

"oh you will be once I get started" he winked wrapping his arms around her as she laughed "I love it when you laugh, you are so cute" he smiled looking into her eyes

"thank you" she smiled pulling back and looked at him "now find me something to wear" she chuckled "just kidding"

"I don't mind" he smiled standing up and started looking for her

After he found something for her to wear he went and had a quick shower and got ready himself while Clarisse got ready. When everyone was ready they left for the restaurant. After dinner and dessert they went to a wine bar, where Joe's Father, Robert sat amused as she took the time to talk to a few people she remembered meeting before.

"sorry about that" she smiled sitting down next to Joe

"its ok" Joe smiled taking her hand under the table

"you know your people don't you Clarisse?" Robert asked

"of course" she nodded "I try my best" she smiled and took a sip of her drink

"I like how they warm to you" Robert smiled as Clarisse nodded

"they always do" Joe smirked sitting back in his chair "she has a way with people, everyone seems to love her no matter what happens" he said looking at his Mother

"that is true" Robert answered also looking at Mary then looked back at Joe

After a few minutes the bar entertainment started singing a familiar song as Joe looked at Clarisse and whispered something in her ear, then led her to the floor. As they started slowly moving to the song Joe wrapped one arm around her waist, taking her hand with the other and rested them down against their sides as she smiled putting her arm up around his shoulders placing her hand on his back and slowly moved it to his neck as she rested her cheek against his and he whispered the words of the song to her.

Robert hummed along to the song as he and Mary watched then he looked at Mary "why can't you see that they love each other, and her people are happy with them being together"

"because he can do better" Mary snapped and turned her back on him

"you are stupid if you think that" he snapped back and carried on watching them dance

Clarisse let go of his hand and put her arm up, locking them around his neck as he put his other hand on her back gently moving them up then down as she smiled.

Joe kissed her cheek and carried on singing the song to her "I feel wonderful, Because I see the love light in your eyes, And the wonder of it all, Is that you just don't realize, How much I love you" he looked at her as she slowly lifted her head and shared a romantic kiss with him.

After the song finished they returned to the table, leaving not long after. While Mary went straight up to bed, Clarisse stayed downstairs a little while then headed up to their suite leaving Joe and Robert downstairs, being joined by Pierre also.

Clarisse sat in bed reading for a little while but decided to give up and try to get some sleep, once she got settled she lifted her head to check the time then rested it back down as Joe watched from the suite. He decided to get undressed in there then go into the bedroom.

When he reached the bed he slipped of his boxers and climbed into bed next to Clarisse and kissed her shoulder.

"whiskey and cigars" she said turning onto her back

"yes indeed, that is correct" he smiled

"you look sexy with a cigar and I missed it" she chuckled lifting her head and kissed him while moving her hand onto the back of his head

"mmm" he smiled looking at her "I will have to remember that" he smirked and kissed her again while running his hand down her side and thigh then rested his hand on her knee as he looked at her

"what are you thinking?" she asked as he started running his hand down her inner thigh "uh Joe" she waved her finger at him "no, I told you I wasn't going to take part in your plan"

"oh come on" he smirked and kissed her then started kissing her neck as he slipped his hand in her panties "I want you Clari" he whispered between kisses

"ahh Joe" she whispered "ooh" she buried her face in the crook of his neck while placing her hand up on the other side of his neck as he pleasured her.

Meanwhile in Mary and Roberts room next door.

"I really can't see why you can't accept her" Robert said watching as Mary stood rubbing cream into her hands "he obviously loves her and she obviously loves him"

"as I said to you earlier, he is to good for her" she said looking at him "I believe he can do much better, shes a Royal elegant lady" she continued while climbing into bed "who is a Queen and whose husband died not so long ago" she looked at him "its not right"

"why do you always have to be so negative?" he asked watching as she turned her lamp of "as Joe told me, they have been together over a year and she wasn't with the King"

"yeah but still she lived here, it's a bit odd to me" she said laying down and turned her back on him "it won't last"

Robert sighed "it will, they are having a baby together remember"

"that means nothing these days" she snapped

"I think you need to stop with this, and just accept it" he answered and went to reach for the lamp "what was that?" he asked looking at Mary as she turned and looked at him "and then?" they lay listening for a moment "someone's getting lucky" he smirked looking at Mary

"oh for god sake" she said laying back down and grabbed the pillow pushing it up to her ears

"god he's really going for it" he said turning the lamp of with a laugh "that's my boy" he laughed a little

"oh Robert that's disgusting" Mary said "just ignore it"

"how can you ignore that? they are making to much noise to ignore it" he said looking at her

"then cover your head with a pillow" she snapped and covered her ears with the pillow again.

"poor woman won't be able to walk tomorrow" he chuckled knowing it was winding her up

she turned and looked at him "that's disgusting Robert, that's your son doing that to her"

"that's my boy" he simply smirked "she is very lucky to have him in her life" he chuckled

She huffed and turned back on her side with her back to him.

"well, she's not very elegant with the stuff coming out of her mouth right now" he laughed while snuggling up to her "so Mary, what do you say?" he smirked "fancy some of what they are having?"

"no" she simply answered and turned her back on him again

he laughed laying back on his back.