Here is the next part, sorry it's a sad one. May want to get some tissues ready.

Several weeks later.

After having breakfast and getting ready Clarisse headed down to her office, going through a few things with Charlotte when her Mother came in.

"Ok, so that's the days plans." Charlotte nodded "Now to other things," She smiled.

"Yes of course," Clarisse said quickly putting her note book out in front of her "Have you talked to the cook about the dinner?" She asked while looking up at her as she nodded "And the person doing the cake?"

"Yep," Charlotte nodded "The cake will be delivered sometime early afternoon, cook knows about it and will put it safe until after the dinner." She smiled while looking at her notes.

"Great," Clarisse smiled while making some notes in her book "What about Amelia's present?" Clarisse whispered while looking back at her.

"Safe in my suite," Charlotte whispered back.

"Thank you," Clarisse smiled and looked towards the door as her Mother appeared "Morning Mother," She looked back at Charlotte "I think that's everything,"

"Yep," Charlotte smiled while closing her note book "Morning Ma'am," She smiled towards Lily.

"Good morning Charlotte," Lily smiled and stood in front of Clarisse's desk "I was just wondering what you have planned for today?"

"Oh well, I am attending a event at the local school," Clarisse smiled while standing up "Then I have a lunch date with Ruth." She smiled.

"Ahh ok," Lily smiled while watching her gather some files up.

"Why?" Clarisse asked while stopping and looked at her.

"Just wondered if you wanted to meet me for lunch but you already have plans." She smiled.

"I do, but you are welcome to join us you know." Clarisse smiled.

"I would love to," Lily nodded while looking down at her hands and gasped while stepping forward and grabbed Clarisse's hand.

"What's wrong?" Clarisse exclaimed while looking down at her Mother looking at her hand.

"Oh it's your Grandmothers," Lily smirked "Sorry about that," She chuckled while stepping back "I see a ring and thought you had got engaged again," She laughed nervously.

"Mother," Clarisse gasped "No," She exclaimed as Charlotte chuckled a little "You are safe it's Grandmothers," She said holding her hand up and looked at the ring "I got fed up of seeing my hand so bare so I put her ring back on there." She smiled while lowering her hand and looked back at Lily "I would of told you if I had got engaged."

"Yeah," Lily nodded "Sorry," She smiled "So where shall I meet you for lunch?"

"I will have a car bring you," Clarisse smiled as Olivia appeared with Philippe "Hey you two."

"Morning Mom," Philippe said walking over while carrying Ava and kissed Clarisse's cheek "Hey Grams," He grinned while walking around and kissed Lily.

"I will leave you too it then and see you later," Lily smiled and kissed Ava's head.

"Yep," Clarisse smiled while watching her kiss Olivia then walk out "Now what can I do for you?" She noticed Olivia looking at Charlotte then back at her "Of course, Charlotte." She smiled towards her as Philippe passed Ava to her for a cuddle "That will be all."

"Of course, Your Majesty." Charlotte nodded and headed out of her office.

"Now what's going on?" Clarisse said while looking at Ava in her arms "She get's more beautiful by the minute," She smiled back up to see Philippe and Olivia staring at her "What? You all do." She smiled and giggled when she saw Philippe grinning.

"Philippe, maybe you should take Ava out while I talk to Mom?" Olivia said looking at him "As I fear we won't get very far with Ava here." She smirked.

"Good point," Philippe nodded and walked back over to Clarisse, taking Ava from her.

"What's going on?" Clarisse asked and kissed Ava's head before Philippe walked out with her.

"I need to talk to you about Daddy," Olivia said while sitting down.

"Oh," Clarisse exclaimed and sat down at her desk "What about him?"

"Well as you know he was planning on coming back today anyway," Olivia said while looking at her.

"Yeah, what happened with that as you never did tell me?" Clarisse asked.

"Well Gabby admitted the baby wasn't his after she had a thing with someone else while they were separated." Olivia said watching her slowly nod "Anyway, he had his flights booked to come here today, only yesterday she handed the girls over to him full time."

"What?" Clarisse gasped.

"She told him she wanted a new life with the father of the baby, gave him the girls and want's a divorce." Olivia said looking at her "Only trouble is, this morning he was having trouble getting them on his flight today." She sighed just as the phone rang.

"Hold on," Clarisse said picking it up "Charlotte, what's wrong?"

"Sorry but Joseph is on the phone and wishes to talk to Olivia right away," She said "Shall I put him through?"

"Yes, put him through." She said looking at Olivia "It's your Father now." She smiled as Charlotte put the call through.

"Hello," Joseph said.

"Hi Joe, it's Clari." She said looking down "What's happening?"

"You know?" He asked.

"Yes, Olivia was just in telling me actually." Clarisse said looking at Olivia.

"Well they can't get them on my flight, so it means I have to cancel and travel with them in 4 days." He said.

"What?" She gasped "Hold on," She covered the speaker with her hand and looked at Olivia "They can't get them on his flight, so he's got to cancel his flight and travel with them in 4 days."

"But?" Olivia gasped "He's meant to be here tomorrow for Philippe's dinner and then Ava's Christening the day after." She whispered.

"I know," She removed her hand "Joseph, give me the number of this phone you are calling from."

"Clarisse, it's a pay phone." Joseph exclaimed.

"I don't care, just give me the number will you." She exclaimed while grabbing the pen and a bit of paper and wrote down the number "I take it you are at the airport then."

"Yes," He said while looking around.

"Ok, stay there and I will call back in a few moments." She hung up before he could say anything.

After a few moments she called him back as Olivia sat grinning at her.

"Hello," Joseph exclaimed.

"It's just me," Clarisse smiled at Olivia "You owe me for this, but G1 is on it's way to you and the girls, so go and cancel your flight and wait for it's arrival in a couple hours." She smiled to herself.

"Clari, you really didn't have to do that." He exclaimed.

"I know, but well if I didn't Olivia would of been upset that you couldn't be here," She said watching Olivia nodding "So you owe me Mr Elizondo." She nodded.

"Thank you so much and believe me I will make it up to you," He said looking at his girls.

"By the way, tell the girls that they can have anything they want while on the flight ok." Clarisse nodded "And we will see you all in a few hours."

"Thank you so much," Joseph whispered.

"Not a problem," She said checking the time "I have to go now, so I will see you later."

"Yes you will," Joseph nodded "Goodbye."

"Bye," Clarisse smiled and hung up as Olivia jumped up and ran around to her.

"I love you so much Mommy," Olivia exclaimed while wrapping her arms around her neck and sat on her lap.

"I love you too," Clarisse smiled up at her while wrapping her arms around her waist "We couldn't leave them there and miss all the fun, could we?" She asked and patted her back gently "Now if you don't mind I need to get ready for this school event." She smiled as Olivia stood up.

"Ok, thank you again." She kissed her "I will leave you too it and see you later." She smiled.

"Of course," Clarisse said standing up and watched her walk towards the door.

As Olivia left her to sort out her stuff, she went to tell Philippe what happened then went to feed Ava, while he went to the office.

"Mom," Philippe smiled from the doorway as she looked up "You made Olivia's day, you know that?"

"I know," Clarisse nodded.

"Thanks!" He exclaimed "I'm just popping out with Paul, see you later." He smiled "Have fun at school." He grinned cheekily at her as she smiled back.

"Be careful," She called to him as he headed towards the front doors "I love you."

"I will and I love you too," He called back and headed out the door with Paul.

Clarisse sat smiling to herself and quickly signed a few things when Charlotte appeared.

"The car is ready, but we still have 10 minutes before we need to leave." She said walking over to her desk "Just wondered if you wanted to go over some party things while Philippe wasn't here?" She asked.

"Yes, that's a good idea." Clarisse nodded and got her note book back out.

Leaving on time they carried on going over a few things while in the limo, however when they came to the town they ended up getting stuck in traffic.

"There must of been an accident," Clarisse said looking out the window then back at the papers on her lap.

"Yeah," Charlotte nodded and looked at her "Hopefully we won't be too late." She said looking towards Shades in the front.

"Hopefully not, but if it gets to late I will call them and let them know." He said coming to a stop as police bikes sped past "Must of been a big accident." He said trying to see ahead.

After a short stop they were waved on to pass by a Police man in the middle of the road, only as they were going past Shades gasped, making Charlotte look towards him and noticed he was looking out the side window, making her look out the windows to see Paul stood with his gun in his hands.

"What's going on?" Clarisse said while still looking down "Why have we stopped for?" She said slowly looking up and noticed a Police officer walking over to the front of the car, then looked to see Paul standing over someone "Philippe?" She whispered.

"Your Majesty," Charlotte gasped while trying to grab her arm as she opened the door.

"No," Clarisse said pulling herself free and stepped out the car, standing still for a few seconds as gasps filled the air from the crowds that had gathered. Charlotte climbed out the other side and ran around to her as Shades and the Police officer looked at them "Philippe." She whispered and found herself moving forward, running over to him laying on the floor.

But as she reached them Paul stopped her, and held her back.

"Paul let me go, I need to see my Son." She exclaimed while looking up at him "Please,"

"Mom," Philippe exclaimed.

"It's alright," Clarisse exclaimed as Paul let her go "I'm here," She ran to him and knelt beside him, noticing he had blood all over him "What happened?" She said taking his hand.

"I got shot," He whispered while looking up at her as Shades and Charlotte made their way over to them.

"Oh my god," She whispered while looking down as a lady police officer lent over him, putting pressure on his side, then looked back at him as she moved closer, lifting his head up and rested it on her lap.

"Thank you Mom," He half smiled while closing his eyes.

"It's ok," She held onto his hand again while pushing his hair back "Everything's going to be okay," She said watching him and looked back at the police officer "Why isn't an ambulance here?" She snapped.

"They are trying to get here, the nearest one was 20 minutes away." She answered and looked at her as Clarisse closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Mom," Philippe whispered and watched her open her eyes and look down at him "I need to tell you something," He whispered as she nodded and lowered her head a little "I know that he still loves you," He said reaching up and cupped her cheek, getting a bit of blood on her cheek "I know you still love him too, please don't deny your feelings for one another anymore." He whispered "You can do it." He added and closed his eyes.

"Philippe," She whispered and put her hand up placing it on his wrist as he kept his eyes closed "Come on, everything's going to be alright, you will see." She whispered and kissed his hand before holding it against her chest "Please, open your eyes."

"It hurts," He whispered and slowly opened his eyes, looking up at her "I love you Mom, you know that right?" He whispered as she nodded "I love you all so much," He said closing his eyes "Please, will you tell Amelia that I love her." He said as he opened his eyes and looked up at her "Please make sure she knows that,"

"Darling she knows, and I won't need to tell her as you can tell her yourself." She whispered as he just looked up at her "Philippe, please." She said trying to keep it together "I can't lose you too," She whispered "It's your Birthday tomorrow, we have a dinner and party planned." She whispered as a couple tears escaped her eyes "Amelia sent a surprise over too, I know what it is but I can't tell you." She said kissing his forehead "You have to pull through to see it, you will love it I promise." She stopped as the ambulance pulled up behind them, making her look over her shoulder "See look, help is here now." She whispered while looking down at him "Everything's going to be okay," She whispered while looking at him "Philippe." She whispered while rubbing his chest a little "Philippe?" She exclaimed through crying "No," She exclaimed while lowering head "Please wake up?" She cried.

Shades and Charlotte looked at each other, knowing what just happened she started crying. Shades had tears in his eyes too and put his arm up, hugging Charlotte as he looked back at Clarisse crying over Philippe.

"NOOOO," She screamed while tipping her head back looking up into the sky as it started raining, after a moment she looked back down at him and lowered her head, whispering something in his ear as she cried.

The crowd all looked down, some crying at her reaction, all knowing that the Prince of Genovia was gone.

Rushing down the corridor towards Charlotte and Shades, he stopped when they stood up.

"Where is she?" Pierre asked.

"She's in with her Doctor at the moment," Shades answered and watched Pierre put his hands up onto the back of his head.

"What happened?" He exclaimed.

"He was shot, Prince." Shades answered and watched him start to walk away then stop, turning back to them "Paul is out helping the police track the man down."

"I just can't believe it, he's really gone?" He said looking at them as they both slowly nod and looked down.

He went to say something else when the door opened, making them all look as the Doctor came out followed by Clarisse.

"Mom?" Pierre whispered as she slowly looked at him "I'm here now," He said stepping forward and hugged her as they both started crying.

Not long after they headed home, walking through the doors the girls appeared and both rushed over to them, hugging Clarisse as they cried together. Pierre stood back while looking down, leaving them to hug for a few moments.

As Clarisse headed up to her suite, to be alone for a bit Pierre called Helen back in America, only to get her answer machine, he left a voice mail message then made a few other calls. Not long after the Prime Minister arrived and together they made the announcement to the public to confirm that the rumors they had heard of Philippe's passing were true.

He headed up to check on his Mother after, and stood in her door way for a few moments watching her as she stood at the french doors, arms folded, just staring out into the distance.

"Mom," He whispered while walking over to her as she turned her head a little then looked back out the window.

"Thank you for telling everyone and the press for me," She whispered as he stood beside her "I would never of been able to do it." She said looking at him as he looked at her "I saw it on the news," She reached up, cupping his cheek with one of her hands "Thank you."

Putting his hand up onto hers "It's ok," He whispered and watched her lower her hand and turn back to the windows.

"They've all left flowers," She whispered as he looked up at her "We will have to use the other gates to get out now." She said shaking her head a little.

"I know, Shades and the team will take care of that, don't worry." He said looking at her "Are you hungry?" He watched as she shook her head "Cook is making everyone some dinner."

"I'm not hungry," She whispered and closed her eyes for a second, blinking away tears "I keep seeing his face Pierre," She said looking at him while opening her eyes "I just can't believe he's gone."

"I know, neither can I." He whispered as she started crying again "Come here," He whispered while putting his arms up around her shoulders as she cried on his chest "We will get through this Mom, I promise." He whispered while holding her tight and started crying himself.

An hour later they were sat up in her suite, talking about a few things when her phone started ringing, Pierre lent over and answered it.

"Hello, Pierre speaking." He said as Clarisse took hold of his hand.

"It's just me," Helen said "I got your message, sorry I didn't call before, I just got home."

"It's ok, I take it by this time you have heard." He asked.

"Yes, I saw it on the news earlier." She said sitting down "I haven't told Amelia yet, she's up in her room playing." She whispered "I took her out of school before she found out about it that way."

"You did the right thing," Pierre said "If you want and if it helps, we can tell her together if you like?" He said looking at Clarisse as she nodded.

"Yeah," She said "That would be better I think," She whispered "How is everyone?"

"As well as can be expected," He replied.

"I understand," Helen answered "I will go and get Amelia, be right back."

"Ok," He said putting the phone on speaker while she was gone "Mom, are you going to be ok?" He asked.

"Yeah I think so," She nodded while looking at him.

"I'm here anyway if you need me to take over," He whispered.

"Thank you," She looked at him.

"Ok, I'm back." Helen said over the speaker "And it's on speaker here too."

"Hey Grandma," Amelia smiled.

"Hey sweetheart, are you ok? Are you being good?" Clarisse asked.

"Yes," She smiled "I miss you, how's Daddy?" She asked as Clarisse gasped and put her hand up to her face.

"Um..." Pierre answered as Clarisse stood up and ran to her bedroom "Grandma just had to go and do something real quick."

"Uncle Pierre," Amelia smiled at her Mom.

"Yes sweetheart, It's me." He said closing his eyes "We need to talk to you about something real important, it's about your Daddy ok?"

"Ok," Amelia nodded.

"You remember how Grandpa Rupert is up in the sky, looking over us?" He asked.

"Yeah," Amelia answered.

"Well Daddy is up there with him now, he's up watching over you." He said trying to keep himself together.

"He's in heaven?" She asked.

"Yeah, with Grandpa." Pierre answered.

"And my cat?" Amelia asked.

"And with your cat, yeah." Helen answered.

"Amelia, do you remember what Grandma told you about when it gets dark and you see the brightest star in the sky," Pierre started.

"Yeah," Amelia replied.

"It's not just Grandpa now, it's Daddy too." He said as Clarisse stood in the door way watching him "Will you remember?"

"Yeah," Amelia said while looking at her Mom "Am I ever going to see Daddy again?" She asked sadly.

"I'm sorry sweetheart, but no you won't." He answered.

"Ok," Amelia whispered and rested against Helen.

"We are here though if you ever want to speak to us ok?" He added.

"Ok, I love you and tell Grandma I love her too." Amelia said.

"I love you too, sweetheart." Clarisse called out as Pierre turned around.

"Amelia, did you hear that?" He asked as Clarisse nodded at him.

"Yeah," Amelia nodded.

"Okay," Pierre said looking back at the phone.

Several moments later they hung up, and wanting to be left alone for a bit Pierre headed downstairs to find that Joseph and the girls had arrived.

"Joe," He exclaimed as everyone looked at him "When did you get here?"

"A little while ago," He said standing up and walked over to him "The girls told me what happened," He hugged him "How are you holding up?" He asked while stepping back "And how is Clarisse?" He asked.

"As well as can be," He said looking at him "We just had to tell Amelia," He whispered "That was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do." He said looking at Olivia and Erica "I mean how do you tell a 5 year old that her father is up in heaven?" He asked.

"How's Mom?" Olivia asked.

"She's having a lay down," Pierre answered and looked at Joseph "I know she would love to see you though, if you want to go up and see her?"

"Yeah," Joseph nodded and looked at Olivia and Erica "Keep an eye on Cara and Rose."

"Will do," They nodded and watched him walk out.

Taking a deep breath he headed upstairs and knocked on her door, waiting for an answer, but was taken by surprise when the door opened instead.

"Joseph," Clarisse exclaimed as they stood looking at each other.

"Pierre said it was ok to come up?" He said and watched as she started crying again "Oh Clari," He whispered while stepping forward, pushing the door up behind him and wrapped his arms around her as she cried on his shoulder.