"What are you doing here, Charming?! And how did you get here?!" Fiona exclaimed with a concerned look on her face.

Arthur rolled his eyes, and he asked, "And how did you even know that she was looking for me?"

Charming smirked and slightly chuckled. He slowly walked up to Fiona, and Fiona slowly backed away from him. "Well, whenever I was embarrassed at your newlywed party, I went to the ship and stayed there. Well, I went to the Poison Apple first, and I was not allowed there. So, I've basically been in the ship you happened to take here for the past couple weeks."

"So you followed me here?! You stalker!" Fiona cried.

Charming let go of Arthur and he told him, "Please stay here, Arthur."

"Why should I? I do not want to become a king at sixteen-years-old!" Arthur said. He started to run away, but Charming caught him by his shirt collar. Arthur sighed, and moaned, "Fine."

Charming smiled at Fiona, and he said, "Let me help you, Fiona. I know about your break-up with Shrek and about your pregnancy, and I want to help you."

Fiona frowned, and she replied, "I don't trust you."

"Me neither," Donkey said. They all looked at him, and he asked, "What?"

Charming took Fiona's hand, but then she brushed it off. He said, "Let me hold your hand, Fiona. Please."

Fiona shook her head, and Puss said, "Don't do it, seńorita."

Charming continued to reach for her hand, and then she let him hold it, but she wanted to squeeze his so he could feel the pain she was feeling. However, she did feel a chill come up her spine.

"I know Shrek is not going to come back to you. He wouldn't have left you if he truly loved you. He would be where I am right now if he cared about the baby and you. As of right now, I care about you and your baby, and I am serious about helping you. You don't have to marry me or anything and I'm not asking to become the king of Far Far Away. All I am asking for is for your trust and for you to let me be with you for right now until Shrek finally comes back."

Fiona wanted to cry whenever he mentioned Shrek because what he said was true. If Shrek truly did love her, he wouldn't have left her like that. He would be where Charming is… right next to her helping her get the future king of Far Far Away.

Fiona said nervously, "I don't know. I hope you are not tricking me."

Charming chuckled, and he replied, "I'm not this time, muffin cake."

Arthur asked, "Can you guys hurry up? I need to go get all my stuff from my locker and tell the principal that I am leaving."

Fiona looked at Donkey and Puss, and she asked, "Guys-?"

Donkey smiled and said, "We got you, Princess. Just meet us at the entrance."

Puss jumped on Fiona's shoulder and whispered, "Be careful with him." Charming frowned at the cat as he walked away with Donkey and Arthur.

Charming put his hand on Fiona's cheek, and they continued to stare into each other's eyes. "Please trust me, Fiona. That's all I'm asking for."

Fiona sighed, and she said, "You're dead if I find out that this is a trick."

Charming smiled, and exclaimed, "Ah, thank you, darling!" He then gave her a kiss on her cheek.

She gasped slightly, and she said, "Don't push it. We are not going to kiss each other, marry each other, hug each other, or even touch each other. Understand?"

Charming nodded, and he said, "Yes, of course." Then, he let go of her hand, and he said, "We should go find them now."

Fiona slightly smiled, and she said, "Yeah, we should do that." Then they were on their way to go find Arthur, Donkey, and Puss.

It was the middle of the afternoon, and Shrek was in the middle of his mud bath… as a human. He didn't care that he was alone. He didn't care that he was dirty. He didn't care that he was smelling bad. He didn't care that Fiona wasn't with him.

He enjoyed the alone time and he surely missed his swamp. He still wished that he turned back into an ogre, though. He opened his eyes, and breathed in the smelly air.

"Man, how I missed this," he said. He looked over to his house, and he asked, "Fiona, will you go-?"

Then, he faced the other side of him, realizing that Fiona was not with him. He sighed sadly, and he said, "Oh… right."

I can't tell if I am missing her right now or I am just used to her being on my side, Shrek thought.

Then he smiled when he thought, it's better than having her and a baby on my side.

But then his smile faded when he thought of his first meeting with Fiona in the tower. It made him start to think about how hard it was to believe that she wasn't there next to him.

…..Flashback to the tower…..

"Wake up!" Shrek yelled as he shook Fiona to wake her up. He thought it was weird how she looked like she was going to kiss him.

"What?!" Fiona exclaimed with surprise. She didn't expect her rescuer to be this harsh already.

"Are you Princess Fiona?" Shrek asked with a slight frown. He was, yet, surprised by her beauty.

Fiona replied calmly, with a smile, "I am. Awaiting a knight so bold as to rescue me."

Shrek replied sarcastically, "Oh, that's nice. Now let's go!"

He started to head towards the door, but Fiona's concerned voice stopped him. "But wait, Sir Knight. This be-ith our first meeting. Should it not be a wonderful, romantic moment?"

She had a beautiful smile on her face that Shrek seemed slightly fascinated by, but he then replied, "Yeah, sorry lady. There's no time."

….End of Flashback…..

For some odd reason, Shrek felt tears come up to his eyes. He had no idea why he was so mad at Fiona.

Then, he screamed as loud as he ever had in his life, right in his mud bath. His tears fell down his face as he screamed, and his screams led right to crying.

He was crying like a baby because he missed his wife… the love of his life… his Fiona.

"I can't believe I let her go. I can't believe I let her go," he cried in between sobs.

His eyes were wet, and the tears continued to fall. He looked at his house and his swamp around him, the original loves of his life.

But nothing can beat the love he has for Fiona. I have to go back to her. I just have to.

He got out of his mud bath, and wrapped a towel around him. He brushed off the mud, exposing his human body to the empty swamp.

Shrek ran inside his home, and threw on his clothes he had on when he arrived. He ran into his room to fix his hair, even though it looked exactly the same as before.

He wiped the tears from his face, and he said, "I'm gonna go get her. I'm gonna make her mine again. I'm gonna… I'm gonna forgive her."

He immediately sprinted out of the house, but then he stopped himself and stood in the middle of the swamp. He asked himself, "But how am I going to get her?"

He couldn't get an onion carriage or a dwarf to come pick him up. He sighed and groaned.

I gotta walk. It's my only option, he thought.

Shrek took one last breath, and then started to walk a quicker pace than he usually does. His shoulders were back and his head was held high. He felt proud of himself to go back and get his wife.

The only problem is that he doesn't know that she is on a different part of the world… with Charming.

Back at Worcestshire, Charming and Fiona were still searching for Arthur, Donkey, and Puss. Charming wanted to hold Fiona's hand, but Fiona was not going to let him.

He could not brush off the smile on his face because he was into her… for real this time. Ever since he had kissed her, he could not get Fiona off his mind.

Fiona glanced over at Charming, and for some odd reason, she smiled… slightly. She asked him, "What are you looking at, Charming?"

Charming replied with a question, "What are you smiling about, Princess?"

She let out a small chuckle, but then she immediately stopped smiling. When they reached a hallway, they saw a tail sticking out from the corner.

It was an orange tabby tail that looked like Puss's tail, and Fiona followed the tail. When they reached the tail, Puss, Donkey, and Arthur were standing right there.

"There you guys are. We were looking all over for you," Fiona said with a smile.

"Yeah, sorry. I went to go get the stuff from my locker and say my goodbyes… to the zero friends that I have," Arthur replied.

Donkey asked Charming, "You didn't do anything with Fiona did you, Charming? You didn't kiss her, did you?"

Charming scoffed, and replied, "No, I didn't. We were just walking around finding you guys. I didn't touch her at all."

Puss jumped on Charming's shoulder, and said, "Well, let's go back to Far Far Away. Your kingdom is waiting for you, Artie."

Arthur exhaled a long breath, and he said, "I'm… I'm so nervous. What if the kingdom doesn't like a sixteen-year-old kid running their kingdom?"

Charming tried to encourage him by saying, "Listen, Arthur-."

"Call me Artie, not Arthur," Arthur replied.

"Artie… look, being a king is not that hard," Charming mentioned. Fiona thought, where is he going with this? For once, she was actually curious about what he had to say to Arthur.

"And how do you know? You were never king!" Donkey said.

Charming rolled his eyes, and he replied, "You have to believe me. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else but Far Far Away because King Harold kept everything under control. He still had time to do the things he loved, which was spend time with his wife and daughter. He has the best kingdom in the world, and it's because he cared about us. So, if I could give you any helpful advice, do not stress or worry about it. Just be yourself. Don't let anyone try to take over the kingdom, which if you ever need help taking over, just give me a holler. If anyone ever tries to judge you, just don't listen to them because you are going to be the best king Far Far Away has ever had, damn it."

Charming's speech made Arthur smile, and he came up to him and hugged him. Fiona was smiling as she watched her cousin hug her slight enemy. Wow… he's great with children…

Then, she said, "So… we should probably get back on the ship and go back to Far Far Away. The kingdom is waiting for you, Artie."

Charming then looked at Fiona, and they were smiling at each other. Fiona mouthed to Charming, "How did you do that?"

He chuckled at her, and he mouthed back, "Talent."

Fiona giggled, and then Puss jumped on Fiona's shoulder.

"Let's vaminos!" he happily yelled. Then they were on their way back to the ship.

However, on the way back, Fiona felt her hand moving closer to Charming's… and then they started to hold each other's hands.

I can't believe I am doing this... Fiona thought. She was smiling as she was holding his hand because it felt better than holding Shrek's hand. At this point, she felt as if she didn't care if she was married to Shrek.

She knew that he was not coming back for her, so why should she even care what Shrek would think about her holding Charming's hand?