...Continued.
Clarisse looked at Sofia as she sat looking at her "well you are on the pill, aren't you?"
"yes" Sofia nodded "but you no as well as me Mom that they don't work half the time, my best friends older sister was on it and still got pregnant" she said wiping her eyes
"that's right" Clarisse nodded
"Mom" Sofia whispered as she looked at her "I'm scared"
"don't be" she said hugging her "if you are we will deal with it" she said looking at her "come with me?" she said taking her hand
"where are we going?" Sofia asked as she followed her Mom
They left her room and headed to Clarisse's suite and bathroom, locking the door behind her then got on her hands and knee's looking for something in the cupboard under the sink.
"Mom" Sofia asked sitting on the chair
"hmmm" She answered still looking
"what are you looking for?" Sofia asked
"A ha" she exclaimed and sat back and stood up holding a box "found them" she said taking something out and handed it to her
"um" Sofia said reading what it said then looked up at her "what are you doing with a box of pregnancy tests?" she asked
"well with all the women in this house and with you getting a boy friend, I thought it would be easier to get some" she said sitting on the edge of the bath "and as Charlotte and Pierre have been trying again and since she came to me before I thought it would be safer to get some in" she nodded looking at her
"I see" Sofia answered
After doing three tests and still worried, Clarisse took her to see her doctor. He confirmed that she wasn't pregnant, making them both sigh in relief. Afterwards they headed home.
"thanks Mom" Sofia said hugging her
"no worries" she smiled and watched her rush of upstairs then noticed her office door was open so she walked over and peered inside "so its you in my office, is it?" Clarisse smiled pushing the door up
he looked up at her "of course" he smiled watching her walk over "where did you disappear too?"
"oh well, Sofia changed her mind about some shoes so we headed back over to get them" she said standing next to him "but when we got there, they didn't have her size"
"oh that's a shame" Joe said sitting back in her chair and smirked at her
"sorry we haven't spent much time together today, with it being our Anniversary and all" she said while looking down at him "I will make it up to you tomorrow?"
"oh don't worry" he said putting his hands on her hips and guided her onto his lap "I am just glad that you are home where you belong" he said putting his arms around her
"oh well I am glad to be home" she whispered putting one of her arms around his shoulders and the other on his chest "but I promise I will make it up to you" she smiled looking into his eyes "I missed everyone, and have missed so much" she sighed
"I know you have" he nodded as he moved one of his hands on to her thigh as he kissed her
They sat kissing for a few minutes then he buried his face in the crook of her neck making her laugh while running his hand up her thigh.
"why" Olivia exclaimed as both Clarisse and Joe looked up in surprise "do you have to be so flirty all the time" she said coming over to the desk
"its called being in love, darling" Joe smiled at her
"what can we do for you?" Clarisse asked leaning to the side resting her arm on the table
"I am just hear to ask again if Marla can stay?" she asked then smiled "pleeeeeease"
"ok, I will give her parents a call and check for you" Clarisse smiled
"yes" she said
Clarisse made the call and chatted to Marla's mom for a bit before hanging up.
"well?" Olivia asked putting her hands together praying she said yes
"she said that's fine, and to pick her up at 6" she smiled at Olivia as she started jumping up and down
"thank you so much Mommy" she moved around and hugged her then looked at Joe "can we go and pick her up then?" she asked "pleeeeease"
Joe looked at Clarisse as she looked at him then he looked back at Olivia "sure"
"yay" Olivia smiled and hugged him too
"listen Livy" Clarisse smiled "you better go and tidy that room of yours first"
"ok" she said rushing out the room "Love you both" she called back
Clarisse and Joe looked at each other for a few seconds then laughed before kissing again.
"oh" Joe exclaimed making Clarisse stand up "wait right here?" he said rushing out her office, returning a few minutes later and put something on her desk "now come back here" he said putting his hands on her hips again guiding her onto his lap and started kissing her again
After a few seconds she looked at him "what was that all about?" she asked feeling his hand go up and down her back
"I went and got your present" he smiled leaning forward and picked it up "Happy Anniversary" he smiled and kissed her then handed her his gift "I hope you like it?"
she opened the gift and read what it said "8 tickets to Australia" she looked back at Joe
"read the dates" he smiled
"18th December to 8th January" she looked back at him "really?"
he nodded "Christmas and New Year with your parents and sister and her family" he smiled
"oh I love it" she said hugging and kissed him then looked "but 8?" she asked
"yes, You, Me, Sofia, Olivia, Pierre, Charlotte, James and Amelia" he smirked at her "I have talked to all of them and they are up for going out there with us, hence the 8 tickets and yes its on our own plane, but I thought if I could arrange the tickets it would look more official" he smiled at her
"oh I love it, thank you so much" she kissed him then gave him a hug before looking back at the tickets "I'm really going to see my Mom, Dad and sister again?" she asked as he nodded "oh I am so happy" she looked at him "thank you" she whispered as tears pricked her eyes
"hey come on, don't cry" he said giving her a hug as she did just that "Clari"
"I'm sorry" she said lifting her head "I can't help it, I'm just so happy" she looked at him
"I understand" he nodded and wiped away her tears
"I'm going to put these somewhere safe" she said standing up and walked over to her hidden safe and unlocked it, placing them inside and grabbed his gift "I have yours here, but its nothing like what you got me" she said locking up the safe and walking back over to him
"if its from you no matter what it is" he said putting his hand on her thigh "I will love it no matter what" he took her hand while standing up and led her over to the couch
"well, Happy Anniversary" she said handing him her gift to him as they both sat down
He opened it and looked at her in surprise for a second
"what?" she asked
"the watch?" he looked at her as she nodded "thee watch?"
"yes, thee watch" she smiled "and look at the back" she watched as he read what it said
"I love it" he lent closer and kissed her a couple times "thank you" he said looking back at it
"and did you notice" she pointed to the face of the watch "its got JR engraved on the front?" she asked with a chuckle as he gasped
"no I didn't even notice that" he said putting his arm up around her neck and moved her closer to him "its the second best present I received today" he smiled looking down at the watch
"oh really" Clarisse asked watching him as she put her hands up onto his arm "and what is the first best present?"
he looked at her "waking up with you" he kissed her "seeing though you wasn't meant to be back till today, waking up with you on our Anniversary was the best present ever" he smiled and kissed her a couple times
"ahh actually, you slept in and I was already dressed when you was awake" she smirked at him
"I don't care about that, just having you there and seeing your beautiful face when I awoke is enough for me" he smiled at her then kissed her softly
They snuggled on the couch for a bit then Olivia came back down.
"ok" she jumped over the couch landing on Clarisse and Joe making them jump "is it time to go yet?" she smiled
"Livy there is other seats in here" Clarisse gasped
"I no" she smiled "but I wanted to do it" she laughed "can we go and get Marla now?" she asked with excitement
"is your room tidy?" Joe asked
"yes, of course" she smiled at them
"ok come on" Joe said watching her climb of them "I will be back soon" he whispered and kissed Clarisse
"ok" she watched him bend over "I may be up getting ready for the party when you get back"
"ok" he said taking her hand and kissed her
"come on" Livy called from the door seeing them kissing "yucky" both Clarisse and Joe laughed
"ok ok" Joe said standing up as Clarisse sat up and watched him walk over to the door
"see you later" she smiled as Olivia waved
"wish me luck" Joe smirked back over at her as she laughed
She watched him walk away from the door then she slumped back on the couch before heading upstairs and got in the bath trying to relax a bit.
"Mom" Sofia knocked on the door "can I come in?"
"of course" Clarisse answered looking towards the door as she came in "are you ok?"
she pushed the door up and wondered over to her "I have been thinking" she moved and knelt next to the bath "I am so sorry for what I done" she looked down while putting her hands on the edge of the bath "I no it was stupid of me and if it got out would put shame on the Crown"
Clarisse looked and noticed a tear fall from her cheek "darling look at me" she said moving to the edge of the bath and put her hand under her chin "its ok" she gently lifted her head "it won't ever bring shame on the crown darling, I promise you that" she lent closer and kissed her forehead "it was a silly thing to do yes" she watched as she started crying "do you regret doing it?"
"yes" she nodded and looked up at her "it was a stupid thing to do, I understand that now" she wiped away her tears "Dad will kill me if he found out"
"he won't find out if you don't want to tell him as I won't tell him, what we talk about stays between us" she whispered and moved her arm around her shoulders giving her a hug for a second then looked back at her
"can I get in with you?" Sofia asked slowly looking up at her "like we used to?"
"of course" Clarisse nodded "but lock the door first"
"ok" she said standing up
She locked the door, got undressed and climbed in the bath with her back to Clarisse.
"no matter how old you get you will always be a mommy's girl, won't you" Clarisse chuckled putting her arms up wrapping them around Sofia's shoulders
she chuckled and put her hands up on Clarisse's arm "I guess you are right" she smiled
Clarisse smiled and sat back taking her hair in her hands "I can't believe how long your hair actually is when its down" she said brushing it back with her hands "reminds me of my hair when I was your age" she smiled to herself
"Mom" Sofia asked
"yes darling" Clarisse replied
"can you do my hair tonight, like how you used to?" Sofia asked turning so she could see her
"of course" she nodded
"great" Sofia smiled as someone knocked on the door "who is it?" Sofia asked as Clarisse smiled
"its me, is your Mom in there?" Joe asked
"yes I am but we are busy" Clarisse replied
"oh ok" Joe answered and walked off as Clarisse and Sofia laughed
After a little while they got out, dry and as Sofia wore Clarisse's dressing gown Clarisse wore Joe's that was hanging on the back of the door. Having some more girly time they went and sat on the bed and after painting her nails, Clarisse painted Sofia's nails.
"ahh you are finally out the bathroom" Joe smirked standing in the door way
Clarisse looked up "yes we are" she smiled
"are you having fun?" he asked walking over to the bed
"we are" Sofia smiled
"good" he nodded
"did you pick up Marla ok?" Clarisse asked
"yes I did and the girls have already made her room look like a bomb has hit it" he chuckled
"already" she said watching him walk into the bathroom then she looked back at Sofia "that's you done" she smiled and watched as she blew on her nails
"thanks Mom" Sofia smiled
"you are..." but before she could finish they heard a crash coming from the bathroom
"damn it" Joe exclaimed
"what happened" Clarisse called out
"I knocked over the bin, sorry" he called back
"did you hurt yourself?" she asked looking at Sofia and remembered something "uh oh"
"what?" Sofia whispered as Joe appeared they both looked at him
"um Clarisse" he started "I know its not you, but why are there 3 pregnancy tests in the bin"
Clarisse looked at him as Sofia looked towards the tv her heart racing
To Be Continued...