So this chapter is the first from Ty's POV. I hope you enjoy it. I have been trying to pick up from where I left off at the start of each chapter.

Chapter 3

Once I was done getting ready for dinner, I walked down the hall to Charlie's room. I knocked on the door, and one of her maids opened.

'Hey Ava how are you?'

'I'm good Prince Tyler. Just getting her highness ready for dinner.'

'Great, is she almost rea-'

I was cut off by Charlie walking towards the doorway. She looked absolutely stunning. Ever since I had arrived, I had noticed that she looked different. And now she was standing right in front of me in a gorgeous coral gown.

'Wow, you look great' I managed to get out.

'Thanks, you too.' I smiled and offered her my arm, and she gladly took it. I heard her maids whisper something to each other. I didn't hear but obviously Charlie did when she said,

'Shut up'

I was confused, and wondered what that was about. But I just went with it. Once we got down to the dining hall I was greeted by Uncle Maxon with a handshake. He sat down at the head of the table with Aunt America on his right and Eli next to her. Obviously, Bella was next to him, so I went and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Then headed to my seat next to Charlie, who was next to Matt, who was on the left of Uncle Maxon.

During the duration of dinner, we discussed the Selection. Matt didn't enjoy that. He looked like he was just going to storm out. Eli and Bella had their own discussion, not even bothering with the discussion of getting married. They still thought that the other gender was as they say, ew. Except for each other. They are just like Charlie and I were.

After dinner, Charlie and I decided to bring Eli and Bella into Angeles for a little bit before they had to get to bed.

'Make sure you wear normal, casual clothes' Charlie reminded us as we quickly went to go change.

Matt would be coming with us, but Aunt America and Uncle Maxon didn't want to risk him getting caught right before the Selection. Even though we wouldn't like to be caught, we are still allowed because we aren't apart of the biggest event of the year. But just in case we will be taking palace guards dressed in normal clothes as we were.

We all met in the corridor by the entrance to the palace. Bella and Eli looked so cute in their clothes. But the second I saw Charlie, I tried to keep my mouth closed. It was autumn, so she had on a scarf and jacket, and she looked beautiful. No uh she uh looked pretty good.

We all got into the car. The drive was only 15 minutes to the center of the city.

Bella and Eli skipped dessert so we could get something in the city. They both decided on ice cream.

We walked around town for a bit. We settled on the fountain and sat there.

'Hey Bella and Eli, would you guys like to make a wish' They both jumped at that and ran over to Charlie to get a penny. She took out her wristlet and gave them both a penny, then took out two more. And handed one to me. I gave her a look.

'What, you are never too old to throw a penny into a fountain and make a wish.'

We both made our wish and threw our pennies into the fountain. I wished for the pressure of finding a partner would contract.

'What did you wish for?' Charlie smiled at me. I gasped at her dramatically.

'I cannot tell. That will make it not come true.'

She just shrugged and turned to watch Bella and Eli do a handshake. One of the guards told us that it was getting late and we should be getting back. So we rounded up the kids and got back. The kids decided that they wanted to have a sleepover in Eli's room. So with the help of maids, Charlie and I set up for them to have a goodnight.

'Don't stay up too late. We don't want you two to be grumpy tomorrow morning' I reminded them. They just nodded and went back to their fun.

'Come on, let's go watch a movie'

I was confused of why she wanted to watch a movie. We had probably watched every movie that had ever existed.

'Okay'

Charlie pulled me along until we got to her room. I was confused of why we were going there instead of going to the movie theater on the first floor. Then I noticed that there was a flat-screen TV on the right side of her room. She sat on the couch and faced me.

'I thought that maybe we could stay here tonight. I'm not in the mood to leave.'

'Something up?' She was always the one that wanted to have an adventure and stay out late.

'Yeah, I just started my period.'

'Ah, do you want me to order you anything? Chocolate?' We were always very open. We had some boundaries. But I didn't mind knowing about that, I would have to deal with that once Bella was older. And I hope that she would be open about that with me.

'Nah I'm good, I just want to sit here and watch a movie.'

I walked over to her and put an arm around her. She snuggled into my side. I pulled her closer. We watched the movie, The Notebook. I know that it is cheesy, but Charlie always watches it when she is on her period. She fell asleep about three quarters threw the movie. I didn't want to disturb her, so I eventually fell asleep next to her.

In the morning, I heard voices and felt Charlie starting to stir. When I opened my eyes, I saw Charlie's three maids whispering. Charlie opened her eyes, and saw them too. She sat up right away.

'OMG, Stop please.'

I knew exactly what she was talking about. And I smiled because again, I could never think of Charlie that way.

'Come on sleepy head, let's get you ready' The smallest maid, Emma said and grabbed Charlie's hand.

'See you later Ty' She yelled over her shoulder. I just laughed and went to my room to get ready for the day.

That day, Charlie and I, of course, spent the day together. We ate, talked and helped Matt with the preparations. We did the same on Friday up until the Report. Charlie left right after dinner to go get ready for the Report. As always I knew that she was going to be late.

I went to go pick Charlie up. As I walked up to her room, I heard screaming. I knew that she was running late as always. I opened the door, as Charlie ran out. I saw that she forgot her tiara.

'YOUR TIARA' She made a dead stop and grabbed it out of my hand. She sprinted away with me catching up fast. She was wearing heels.

I sat down in my guest throne next to Bella. Everybody was settling down as I heard the producer say,

'5...4...3...2...1' Then Gavril said his line,

'Hello Illea and welcome to the weekly Report. Today we have a very exciting Report. First of all, we have Prince Tyler and Princess Arabella of Italy with us here today.' That was mine and Bella's cue to smile and wave at the camera, we did just that.' Also our very own Prince Matthew will be announcing his Selected!' They crowd went crazy.

'Prince Matthew, please come up here' Matt walked up to the seats where Gavril was sitting.

'Now how are you feeling about this Prince Matthew'

'I'm nervous to go through this but I'm excited to meet my lifelong partner.' The audience clapped.

'Now Queen America, do you have any advice for the Selected?'

'I got great advice when I was selected and I would like to pass on the same advice. Be yourself. My son is looking for a partner and I'm assuming that he would want to be picking the girl he sees and not the one that is being presented.'

'Wonderful advice my queen. Now the 35 ladies that will be competing for our handsome prince's heart.' Gavril walked away clapping.

Matt walked up to the basket of 35 envelopes. He started to name the girls that would be competing for his heart. I noticed that he looked nervous. To anybody else, you would see a prince that is excited. But anybody who knows him could tell that he was on the verge of freaking out.

As the girls were named the camera was focused on Matt and no one else, so Charlie and I made faces at each other. She did pay attention a little bit, she knew that one of these girls was going to be her new sister.

Over the next week, Matt tried to memorize as much as he could about the girls and who is who. Charlie was running around the palace making last minute preparations. She was the one organizing this entire thing. I felt so bad, but as her best friend, I tried to give her confidence and a helping hand. While I was taking a vacation here, I wasn't doing any work. I spent a lot of time hanging with Eli and Bella. I also tried to calm Matthew down. Then finally the day came where… the girls arrive.

So hoped you enjoyed this POV. There will be a couple like this every few chapters. Please review and hoped that you are liking my story line.

~cari