A Chance Romance?

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The green, tall, leafy trees brushed past them as they travelled through the dirt paths towards the nearest village, their “old” lives seem so far away now, the further they got, there was nothing to go back for now, unless they had death wishes as they slowed down as they edged closer to the village, “It’s so smaller than the last village” Natalie commented, her brown eyes looking around at the villagers wandering around as Nicole squealed, “Oh, look, they do have a small church here!” looking over at Natalie, with slight wink as Ewan groaned in disappointment but hid it well, “Yes, it is” he replied, in a tone of disinterest as Hayden just laughed at his friend’s lack of interest in Nicole’s screams of excitement as Natalie joined in as Hayden helped her down carefully as Mischa held onto Ashley on her hip, “Well, then how about Nicole and I take Ashley to check out the church, while Hayden and Ewan take Natalie and go find some supplies” Mischa suggested watching her brother slip his arm around Natalie’s waist, “Good idea, well be careful. We won’t be too far from the church. Trust no one” Hayden reminded them as Mischa laughed, “Oh Hayden, you worry too much. I’ll handle everything, after all, I handle myself well before the attack on our village” she pointed out, seeing Hayden glare coldly at her, “I just want to look out for you now” he snapped back before he angrily stormed off in the opposite direction followed by Ewan and Natalie.

Brushing their way through the crowds of villagers, Mischa, Nicole and Ashley turned towards the church’s direction as Nicole leaned over and spoke out, “I think you might have gone a little too far” as Mischa only brushed her hair behind her ears, holding her grip on Ashley, “I know he wants to protect me but he needs to know that I can take of myself while he was off rescuing Natalie” she snapped back as Nicole answered back, “But he’s your brother and you’ve been through so much” as Mischa refused to look towards her, “I know, but he refuses to think that I took care of myself after he took off to rescue Natalie and I had to take care of myself and even Ashley from when we were attacked” she snapped again, as Ashley looked up, almost in tears at Mischa, badmouthing their brother, turning her head back over Mischa’s shoulders, wondering if her brother knew that he would provoke an attack on them by going after Natalie.

Finally catching up with Hayden, Ewan and Natalie looked concerned with how he had handled the situation and conversation with his sister, both seem so angry with each other and it was over the most silliest thing, “Hayden, I think you need to talk with Mischa when we meet up with them” Natalie spoke up not expecting Hayden’s reaction, almost knocking off her feet, causing Ewan to catch her in his arms, “I need to talk to her!?! She should talk to me! She snapped back at me!” he exclaimed, startling both Ewan and Natalie, who had never seen Hayden angry before, watching him storm off towards the store, they just simply stared at the now swinging door in the wind, Natalie slowly turned back round to Ewan, “I’ve never seen him so angry before, he can get violent and frighting” she whispered, her voice shaky as Ewan gently rubbed her shoulders together, “Don’t worry, it’s just sibling rivalry. He didn’t mean to come off so violent but brother and sister fights can be tough, give him some” he assured her, before leading her into the general store where Hayden was already in, looking at some children toys as Natalie moved over to where, placing a hand across his back, “Hey, is everything all right?” she asked softly, as he continued to stared at the small toy, “My father gave me a small toy exactly like this one” he spoke, moving another hand across Natalie’s tummy, “I only hope that I will be here when our baby is around” he went on as she gasped, “Don’t talk like that. Of course you will. Why would you say that?” she asked him, he didn’t get time to answer as Ewan came running down the aisle, “Hey, I think we should leave” he suggested, “Why?” Hayden asked, as Ewan moved his eyes over to the counter, “Cause that guy has been staring at me, suspiciously ever since we walked in here” he replied as Hayden quickly understood, without asking further questions, escorting Natalie out, followed by Ewan just as the shop assistant’s helper strolled up to the counter.

“Is that who I think it is?” the helper asked, in a low, barely audible whisper as the assistant shook his head, “I’m not sure, I recently heard she was killed in a village not too far from here and the boys as well” they informed them, as the helper moved over to the half cleaned, glass windows, “I don’t know, it sure looked like them, but they spent their time in the children section, so maybe they’re just parents who bear a striking resemblance” he suggested as the helper gave a small laugh, watching the figures converse through the window, “I don’t know, I would hate to be right and miss out on the big reward” he replied, his yellow, greyish grin flashing.

The King and Queen were coming here, here to the palace, Rachel thought, grabbing her most elaborate grown and headdress and changing, as if this place didn’t need more grief and she still had not bothered to call her two young maidens back after the siege, thinking that this was all a horrible trick and they were alive and well but seeing everyone running around in array, she knew it was very real and her plans for becoming Queen would have to be put on hold as she brushed past her servants and out in the hall, falling into line next to Jude, “Didn’t think you would show your face to them?” she smirked as Jude laughed, “I can’t let my grief stand in my duties. I am King and I need to be there when they arrive” he snapped back as the huge double wooden doors opened to a line of soldiers marching down the sides, the white, hot glare of the sun shining through, some of the only light the castle had seen since the attack began, taking their seats in their royal, plush cushy red thrones, Rachel held her gaze high, fixing it upon the two figure who had just arrived.

The greyish walls, the giant pillars, the long coloured carpet was nothing like they had imagined nor the image of the man they had imagined would marry their daughter and seeing the younger brunette next to him, the King was beginning to suspect foul play was at hand as a smile crossed the King’s face, “Welcome, your majesty. An honour to meet you, unfortunately not in the best circumstances” Jude informed him, his face was white, pale and he felt like he was dead, but Jude knew he had to be strong and remain in charge, “Indeed, I was hoping to be have been informed of my daughter’s arrival here in the first place, however, I find out that she had never arrived in the first place” he fixed his angry glare onto Jude’s pale face, “I am truly sorry about that. It was attacked and someone else ran off with her but she eventually did get back here however she informed me she was in love with some farmer” he laughed as the King remained focused, “The marriage wasn’t for love but a sign of peace between our kingdoms!” he roared, as his wife placed a soft gentle hand on his arm, and he calmed back down, “I am sorry, I didn’t know. They were attacked. Then some of my soldiers who did survive, say the farmer attacked them and stole her” he went on as the King eyed him suspiciously, “No, your knight informed me that this young farmer saved her from being taken by the attackers. He was saving her, he didn’t know where she was heading” he corrected him, stepping forward, “Natalie was right from the beginning, she never wanted to come and I didn’t listen and now she is dead! You are lucky I don’t have you killed for what has happened!” he roared, towering over Jude’s trembling figure as Rachel smirked secretly before moving over to his wife, “Your highness, would you like to view your daughter’s body?” she asked as she nodded, “I would like that, one last time” almost in tears as Rachel slowly began to escort them down the long, corridor on the right, giving one last look at the trembling figure of Jude, now collapsed in a chair, “Maybe, I can convince the King that Jude should be punished severely for Natalie’s death” she thought, with a slight smirk as she led a grief stricken, but fuming with angry King and Queen towards the body of their daughter.

Positioned themselves in the centre of the village by the town’s water fountain, Hayden, Natalie and Ewan waited patiently for Mischa, Nicole and Ashley’s return, Natalie giggling every time Hayden touched her tummy, “I can’t believe we’re going to have a baby” he gushed as she smiled, “I know and I couldn’t think of anyone than you that I would want to be with me” she informed him, sharing a sweet kiss as Ewan rolled his eyes, scanning the villagers for the girls to return, he could not see them at all, until he felt something touch his shoulder, startled he turned around to see Nicole smiling at him, “Surprised, baby?” she asked as he spun her around, “I sure am” he gushed as Mischa and Hayden refused to look at each other, however Ashley was jumping up and down, “Can I tell them, please?” she asked excitedly as Mischa angrily turned her gaze away from the group as Hayden watched Natalie kneel down so she was looking Ashley in her little, sweet eyes, “Tell us what, sweetie” Natalie asked her, as Nicole looked down, her arms wrapped around Ewan’s neck, “I guess, you can” she told her as Ashley squealed in delight, so loud, that several villagers turned in annoyance, “We were at the church and Mischa and Nicole booked the weddings, in three days!” she screamed as Hayden eyes’s nearly fell from his sockets, “What! First you snap at me then you book something behind my back!” he snapped at Mischa, who yelled back, without bothering to turn around, “Nicole suggested a wedding for Ewan and her, so I decided that you should married with them too!” as Hayden was suddenly lost for word, “I…I…just, you can’t just do that! Three days and too much to do” he explained her as Mischa shrugged, “Shouldn’t matter, we already know a dress maker here to help us and the church prepares the food” she replied as Natalie, who had lifted Ashley in her arms, smiled, “Well, I think we can do. It will be the start of something new for all of us” she spoke out, watching Hayden moved towards her, “If some of us learn to act more civilised” he muttered, leading Natalie towards a small inn, followed by Ewan, Nicole and Mischa, who was angrily eying her brother closely, “If that comment was directed at her, he would surely be sorry, he ever said that” she thought to herself.

[Uh oh! Trouble already? Will Hayden and Mischa resolve their fight before the weddings and what did Hayden mean when he hopes he’ll be around for their baby? Also, will Rachel cause trouble in Rome for Hayden and Natalie and how will Jude react when he finds out that Natalie is not in Sydney, will Ewan, Nicole, Mischa, Daniel and Emma reveal their succeeded plan? Stay tuned!]

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Chapter 40

[In this chapter, there are one or two flashbacks, to show just how Jude and Rachel are still in love with Hayden and Natalie. The flashbacks are from back in the earlier chapters]

Everything looked the same, the buildings, the crowds, and the atmosphere, but Rachel felt like a fish out of water as she traversed through Rome, after exiting the airport. After what she had been through here, she thought she would never come back here, especially alone. She glanced up at the outskirts of the city to where the ancient, civil castle stood, it was there where Hayden had taken her on their first night in Rome, before everything fell apart. She can still see herself sitting blindfolded in the taxi as Hayden held her hand tightly, laughing as she would plead with him to tell her where they were going. Now she was alone, heading towards the hotel Jude had told her of, where she would wait. Slipping off her long white trench coat, revealing her sparkling red singlet top, she admired the hotel, obviously because Jude had not officially checked out, the room was still littered with his stuff and some of Natalie’s stuff, including the beautiful dazzling orange and purple Rachel had seen Natalie wear the night of the premiere, flicking aside her long, straighten brown hair, she reflected on one of most romantic nights she had planned for Hayden, so his mind was not on the presence of his ex girlfriend.

Rachel had the most perfect romantic idea to make Hayden fall in love with her and not with his ex again. It was her turn to be romantic and charming for Hayden. He had gone down to pick up some things while she got ready for her plan. She was taking him inside the Roman Colosseum where they had been filming months ago and she had managed, with some help, to plan a special night inside the Colosseum. She combed out her beautiful hair as she looked at a photo on her dresser-of Hayden and her in his hometown Toronto. She smiled as she thought of him. Lost in thought, she did not hear the door open and the figure enter the room, she jumped when she saw a pair of arms around her waist. She spun around to see Hayden smiling down at her “You always do that” she told him, “I like to be mysterious” he smirked as she playfully hit him, and he kissed her, “So you ready for our night out?” he asked, “Yes, but it’s a surprise so you can’t see” she said and wrapped a blindfold around his eyes, she saw him smile, and that made her kiss those beautiful, sweet lips.

She could see the Roman Colosseum in all it’s glory, standing out in the city, it’s ancient structure made the city create it’s ancient beauty, as Rachel remembered that special night she had planned, how she led him inside, his sweet, mischievous smile with the blindfold tightly around his eyes, with his strong arms wrapped around her small waist, she never wanted to let him go, but now, his strong arms were wrapped around another skinny, little brunette who had broke his heart, clenching her fist against the railing, Rachel vowed to make this final attempt to win back Hayden succeed, even if it mean taking drastic measures, behind Jude’s back.

Having felt that their plan had worked, right under Jude’s own nose, the mood in the hotel room, was more relaxed and calm, ordering room service and clowning around with each other, everyone felt like their job was done, Hayden and Natalie were now halfway across the world to Rome, without Jude or Rachel’s knowledge, however over all the laughter and calmness, no one was expecting the abrupt knocks on their door.

All five heads jerked into the direction of the sharp, rapid knocks, before all eyes turned back to look at each other, wondering who could it be, before Ewan slowly rose to his feet, inching over towards the door, not before Nicole could pull him back, “Ewan, are you sure this is a good idea? We aren’t expecting anyone” she reminded him as Ewan gave a laugh, “Don’t worry, guys, I’ll handle them” he assured them, moving over and opening the door sightly, only to see the face of someone he did not want to see, “What do you want, Jude?” he asked, in a tone of disinterest, “Are you following us?” he added as he could see Jude try to push his way through, “My business. I’m just here to see Natalie, is they any harm in that?” he innocently asked, as Ewan pushed the door back, trying to close him out, “It is, when she’s my friend and I can safety tell you she has no desire to see you” he teased before Jude desperately tried to push open the door once more, “Which is why I wish to comfort her” he assured him as Ewan struggled to keep him out, “Well, we’re here and keeping her company” Ewan informed him, looking back at his friends for help, especially as Daniel, who quickly grabbed the hotel’s phone, and dialled Hayden’s number, or rather pretended to, “What are you doing?” whispered Mischa, as Daniel waved his hand, “I’m trying to help Ewan” he replied, moving towards the door, so he was behind it, and in a clear, loud voice, he spoke, “Oh hi, Hayden, how was your flight?” he loudly asked, seeing the shoves of the door stop, “You want to speak to Natalie? Yeah, sure she’s right here, missing you terribly” he went on, beckoning for Emma over, knowing that she could pull it off, as Emma, clearly and loudly, spoke into the phone, in her best Natalie voice, “Hi, honey, I miss you like crazy. Will you be home shortly?” she sweetly asked, as Ewan peered through the crack in the door, seeing Jude slightly go weak, at hearing “Natalie’s” voice again, “You’ll be back by tomorrow hopefully, oh I can’t wait” she went on, handing the phone to Daniel, “Yeah, she misses you and what shall I tell Jude if he’s here”, laughing, “Oh good one. I’ll give him the message” he sniggered as Daniel passed the phone to Emma, who moved back over to Nicole and Mischa as Daniel peaked his head through the crack, “Hayden said to say, if you touch Natalie, he’ll destroy your suitcase and break both your legs” he laughed, seeing Jude become really angry.

Having almost wanted to nearly choke this young youth in anger, Jude violently shoved the white door, slamming it open, sending Ewan and Daniel onto the floor, as Jude and his friends stormed the apartment, “Where is she?” he violently asked, “Where is who?” Ewan innocently asked as Jude’s eyes stared over at Mischa, “You! Just what are you doing here!?!?” he exclaimed, edging over to the three girls, as Mischa showed no sign of being scared, “I’m helping out my friends” she strongly replied as he angrily spat, “You disgust me. Where is she? I just heard her!” he shouted, running through every room, as Daniel and Ewan leaned against opposite creamed coloured walls, “Well, I hate to break it to you, but what you heard, was the disguised voice of Natalie’s good friend Emma” Daniel informed him, as Emma innocently and sweetly waved, seeing Jude become more angry as Nicole’s voice entered the air, “Jude, I’m afraid to inform you of this but you’ve been tricked. Natalie’s not here” she told him, watching Jude look over at all of them, “Well, then, where is she!?!” he shouted, slamming his fist against the wall, as two of his friends grabbed Daniel and Ewan by their loose shirts, pinning them against the walls.

As the large, red and white plane descended down out of the sky, onto the greyish runway, Natalie glanced out of her small window, looking out over the city, it seemed like only yesterday that she was arriving here with Jude, and now she was back in the same city but with another man. She slowly turned her head, tucking her long, brown blond locks behind her ears, leaning closer so she rested her head against his broad shoulder, as he smiled, sliding his fingers through her’s, “So how does it feel to be back here?” he asked as Natalie simply let out a small sigh, “I feel more happier being back here with you then I was with Jude, it’s weird” she informed him as he raised her small chin so she was looking into his gorgeous blue eyes, making her melt, “Maybe you just didn’t feel quite in love with him as you do with me” he teased her as she playfully hit him, “Hayden!” she squealed as he smirked more, “You know you love it” he shot back as passengers around them started to exit the plane, “Come on, the sooner we get this over with, the better” he informed, as they emerged into the long, airport tunnel, Natalie saw Hayden pulling out his cell phone, “What are you doing?” she asked as Hayden just sighed, a hint of disinterest in his answer, “Jude asked me to contact him the second I landed in Rome” he informed her, “What could possible happen during the flight? I just out of the plane?” he joked, and using the phone Jude had given him, from the small black travel bag and dialled Jude’s number.

“So you’re telling me, you cleverly disguised Natalie into pretending she was Hayden’s cousin Kimmy so she could get on the flight with him!” Jude shouted once more after Nicole had explained their succeeded plan, Jude’s friends were scattered all around the room, while Nicole, Mischa and Emma were on the lounges and two extra friends had Ewan and Daniel still pinned to the wall, “That’s what she just said, don’t you listen?” Daniel asked sarcastically as Jude coldly stared at him, “So you had Hayden disobey me and now she’s with him! What is the point of ordering him to obey you when……” he was cut off by the sound of his phone ringing, “What is it now?” he asked out loud, grabbing the phone, he barked into the phone, “What do you want?” he snapped as he heard the reply, “Well, if you’re going to have an attitude like that, I might not retrieve your suitcase” as Jude already knew that voice, “So you got to Rome then?” he asked, “Yes, just landed” Hayden replied but Jude couldn’t hold it any longer, “Now you spill to me, you are a filthy, no good, girlfriend stealing rat, who doesn’t deserve anyone” he started, “Your “cousin” is not there, it’s just Natalie” he informed him as he heard a pause, “What are you talking about? It’s Kimmy, who’s with me” he corrected him, “Don’t play dumb with me, I secretly followed your friends back to their hotel and have gotten them into confessing where Natalie is after storming your hotel room” he told him, “What!?! You broke into our hotel room, you threaten my friends and you call me a liar” he heard Hayden reply as Jude had finally had enough, “Stop lying! She is right there with you, so you listen to me, you continue on with your task, and bring my suitcase back to me” he instructed him, “Try everything funny and this time, your friends will suffer, especially the males, because they have been riding me for too long” he warned him, “You wouldn’t even think about it” he heard as Jude laughed, “Try anything funny and don’t return, and I will” he repeated, hanging up, he turned back to Hayden’s friends, “Now let’s just see where Hayden’s loyalty really lies-will he carry on with what I have asked or will he let his friends suffer” he laughed as Nicole, Mischa, Emma, Daniel and Ewan’s eyes looked at each other-they weren’t out of the clear as they would have seemed.

Natalie watched how Hayden slowly placed the phone back in the travel bag, his face had gone pale and it seemed like a much longer conversation than just informing him that he arrived, slowly starting to stroke his arm, she had to ask, “Sweetheart, what’s wrong?” as he couldn’t even turn to look at her, “Jude secretly followed Ewan and the others back to their hotel, forced himself into their room, forcing them into telling him that you’re with me and now he’s threatened that if I don’t carry on with the plan, he’s going to make our friends suffer” he told her as Natalie’s hands flew to her mouth, eyes starting to fill up with small, clear tears as Hayden pulled her into his grasp, “Don’t you worry, I’m not going to let anything happen. We’re going to get this suitcase, get back to Sydney and save our friends” he assured, leaning in to kiss her, before they emerged from the airport, into a parked, waiting, available taxi before he drove them further into the city, towards the hotel, that Natalie had wished was long forgotten, she tightened her grip on Hayden’s hand, just wanting all this to go away, as she pulled Hayden closer, just to feel his beautiful angelic lips against hers.

“She was in Rome. She was in Rome right now, with his strong, arms wrapped around her tiny waist” It was a picture that Jude did not want to know about, grabbing the hotel’s phone once more, waiting for Rachel to answer, “Come on, come on, answer the phone” he muttered under his breath, as he could hear the screams coming from the next room, Hayden could lie to him so he would lie to him, as he waited to speak to Rachel, he had his friends beating down Ewan and Daniel forcing the girls to watch, a smirk crossed his face, “Oh come on! Just answer it!” he snapped and suddenly the phone picked up, “Well, took you long enough” he snapped at her, “Well, sorry, if I just wanted to freshen up for Hayden’s arrival” he heard her snap back as Jude went on, “Well, now we have an even bigger problem, being that Natalie is right in Rome with Hayden, turns out their friends encouraged them to defy us and disguise her onto the plane” he informed her, “What!?! How dare they defy us! When they get here, I am going to really lay it on them!” he heard her shout as Jude quickly replied, “No, no, don’t try anything until I get my suitcase” hearing Rachel sigh, “Oh, you and your stupid suitcase! I hate it! I will handle them and see to it that you get your suitcase, even if it means having Hayden and Natalie return to Sydney under arrest for stealing of other’s property” she explained as Jude considered this, “Alright, do what you want, just allow them to get the suitcase and return” he ordered her as the sound of more screams echoed through the phone, “What is going on back there?” Rachel asked as Jude smirked, “I’m just having a little fun with Hayden and Natalie’s friends” he informed her, “Do not tell them when they arrive” he warned her, “I assure you I won’t” he heard her say, before hanging up as Jude moved into the kitchen, pouring himself a drink, he reflected on a time where he had questioned his beautiful Natalie about her relationship with her ex and the chance of going back to him:

Natalie and Jude had decided to take a stroll along the beach-she wore her eye-catching pale pink and blue bikini and sunglasses and shoes as Jude held her hand, wearing a pair of shorts and shoes. He was so lucky to have her but yet, ever since last night, something was troubling him, so he decided to ask her, “Are you still in love with your ex?’, she turned to him, stunned by what he had asked her, “Her ex?’ she thought. Hayden was never an ex because they were good friends and always will be, so she looked at Jude-she didn’t want to tell him about all these unknown feelings resurfacing to break his heart so she smiled “No, of course not. Just friends” she assured as he smiled and replied” That’s wonderful” and pulled her in for a dreamy kiss. As he kissed her soft lips, he knew what he would do to rid her mind of Hayden once and for.

She had lied to him, she had said to that they were just friends and nothing else, she lied, she lied to him, it was enough to make him pound his fist into the hotel’s cream wall but he only moved over to the wide, plush lounge, just smiling to himself as the screams of Emma and Mischa could be heard from the closest bedroom.

The taxi slowly pulled to a stop outside the designated hotel as Hayden exited and turned back to assist Natalie, holding her close and entering the hotel, it seemed more bigger than Natalie remembered as they strolled through the hotel lobby, filled with staff members and visiting patrons, “I never realised how big the hotel was” Natalie pointed out as Hayden smiled, “Probably because Jude was keeping you busy in the hotel room” he teased as she laughed, “Ha, ha that’s not funny, because I have you now” she smirked, as the lift ascended up towards their destination, and strolling out onto the floor, Natalie watched as Hayden moved to enter the key into the lock, before she pushed him away, “Hayden, let’s not do this, let’s go home and we’ll say that his suitcase was stolen” she blurted out, clinging to his shirt as he looked down into her bright brown eyes, “Natalie, I would want to do that but we need to check to see if it’s still here for our friends” he reminded her, “I promise I won’t let anything to happen between us or our friends” he assured her, holding onto her tightly as he turned the small, silver key in the lock, before turning the small round knob and they crept through the room, everything was still there, all Natalie and Jude’s luggage, moving further into the room, another voice entered the air-it sounded soft and creepy, “Well, we meet again. You are very brave to defy us” they spoke.

[Now how’s was that for a chapter, hehe, l like to leave you on the edge and now’s here’s another addition of our medieval story, enjoy. Also, watch out for the secret twist that will be revealed in this part]

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Hayden and Mischa had still refused to speak with one another and while everyone else tried to make them talk to each other, they were snap at them, saying the other should make the first move to making up. Hayden would spend most of his time with Natalie and sometimes Ashley while Mischa would work with Nicole and Ewan, who all would try and persuade each of them to talk to one another. Another thing that worried Natalie, was what Hayden had told her when they were in the store just hours earlier, what did he mean when he said I only hoped to be around for my child? Why was he so upset when Mischa had booked not only Nicole and Ewan’s wedding but also their’s, if he really did truly love her, he would want to marry her as quickly as possible, Natalie had to find out why he was suddenly changing.

Natalie, Nicole and Mischa had spent most of the morning, discussing wedding plans and the dresses when they decided to take a small break, Ewan and Hayden had taken Ashley round the village to look around and play so it allowed the girls to have little girly chats, Natalie slowly took a deep breath and spoke, “Have any of you noticed Hayden’s strange behaviour since we got here?” she asked as Mischa scoffed while Nicole laughed, “Why do you ask that?” she asked her, “Well, when I was with Hayden in the store, he said something like he only hoped to be around the baby and also, his outburst when Mischa said she had booked our wedding” she pointed out as Mischa just moved off, “I have no desire to talk about him” she scoffed once more as Nicole realised something Ewan had told her, “I think I might be able to help” she replied, seeing Natalie eyeing her curiously, “That morning we left for this village, Hayden wanted to talk to Ewan about something, and Ewan had to tell someone so he told me, please don’t tell Hayden I told you” she begged, “I promise, please tell me” Natalie pleaded as Nicole went on, “Well, Hayden is truly in love with you and is very excited you are marrying and carrying his child, however, deep, deep down, he has this nagging thought of how it’s not going to work and something will break you guys apart. It’s about how you’re always a Princess and he’s just a farm boy who was lucky to save you” seeing Natalie’s hand fly to her mouth, “He really thinks that?” she asked, “Yes, he feels that it was luck and something will happen and he will lose you” she replied as Natalie shook her head quickly, “Well, I promise that it won’t happen” she assured her as Nicole slowly nodded, “I hope you’re right” she told her.

The village was a little bit bigger than the last village but not as big as Hayden’s, however it had a nice family touch to it as Ewan and Hayden watched young couples and families brush past them, and into the shops and taverns to grab something to eat, they also watched how Ashley, was not afraid to explore outside of the village, darting around the trees, they had to run to catch up with her. Once they were in an open field, Ewan took the time to ask more of what Hayden had told him, “So you still think that your wedding to Natalie won’t work?” he asked watching Hayden starting to swing across tree branches, “I don’t know, I mean I love her so much and everyone thinks we’re dead, I just have this feeling that something is not right and is going to take it all away from each other” he replied as Ewan just laughed, chucking a red, round, rosy apple that had been lying a few feet from him straight at Hayden, “You worry to much, you’re suppose to be dead and you’re getting married in a few days. She’s a princess yes, but it also makes you a Prince by marriage” he informed him as Hayden almost fell from the branch he had been standing on, “What!?!” he exclaimed, “How do know that?” he asked as he only saw Ewan laugh, “You forget, that I am a knight and I worked around all the royalty and saw that kind of thing happen, it’s history” he explained seeing a smile cross his face, “You know how to make a situation better” Hayden replied just as Ashley was running towards them, a beautiful bunch of flowers in her tiny hands, “Look! I picked some flowers for Natalie and Nicole to carry at the wedding” she informed them as Ewan and Hayden exchanged a glance together, “Well, they’re going to love these flowers, good job, but you forgot one little person” Hayden pointed out as Ashley looked confused, “No I didn’t. I also found some for Mischa” she answered as Hayden still shook his head, “No, someone else” he went on as Ewan started to laugh as Ashley looked curious, “Who?” she asked as Hayden moved towards her, lifting her into his arms, “You!” he told her, lifting her up into the sky, as she started to giggle.

Rachel had spent most of the afternoon with Natalie’s parents, grieving over their daughter, and it also seemed that her father was keen to spill revenge, all too perfect for Rachel, slowly moving towards the grieving man, she spoke, “You know if you’re looking for revenge, I know who to blame and who needs to punished” she whispered as he looked straight into her deep brown eyes, “What are you saying? If I recall, you were the one who had me send my daughter here” he spoke, “Yes, but I also said you would receive full updates from Jude and did you, no” she replied, “He wanted to you out of the loop, he said that once she arrives, that’s the last you’ll hear from the parents. He let her slip from his grasp, not once but twice, leading her to her death” she replied, “So, you’re saying that he is the one, he never informed me of where she was or had she even left the castle for his” he pointed out seeing Rachel adjust her sparkling diamond headdress, “I’m afraid so” she spoke, now in a low whisper, watching the King stand tall, “Then I will have him removed from his post and you will take his place. You were always the rightful Queen, my darling daughter. You have done your job well” he informed her as she smiled, “I only wanted to serve the best, Natalie had dreams of a life far beyond her reach, she fell in love with a peasant” she pointed out as she watched him stroll from the quartes as Rachel moved towards her mother, “Mother, I have done this to avenge my sister, to be the daughter you’ve wanted” she informed her as the tears were still felling down her mother’s white pale cheeks, “I know, I just wish your sister was still here” she cried just a knight waved Rachel over, rolling her eyes, she moved over to them knight, “What?” she hissed, “Your highness, one of your maidens returned just now, and have an interesting report. It’s not official and could be just look a likes but she claims there were sighting of three people who looked almost like your sister, a knight and a farmer” he spoke, he was a close friend who came with her so he knew of her true heritage, “What? Are you serious? Round up your men and get over there with my maiden. Find out if it’s true” she ordered, “I’ll stay here and handle things around here” she added, watching him move off, while she moved back towards her grieving mother.

When Hayden and Ewan emerged back into the hotel, with a giggling Ashley in their arms, the first ting that shocked the girls were all the flowers around them, Mischa only glared while Nicole gasped, “What’s with all the flowers?” she asked, in complete surprise, “Well, we were out walking and Ashley decided to be the official flower girl of choosing flowers for the wedding” Ewan replied as Natalie echoed Nicole’s surprise reaction, “They’re beautiful, you’ve done well, Ashley” she added, seeing her blush as they laid the array of flowers onto the table before Hayden scooped Natalie right up into his arms, “And we have another surprise, we thought we get married in three days, how about tomorrow morning, so we stopped by the church and he had an opening and the dressmakers are stopping by tonight” he informed her, sealing it with a kiss as Natalie blushed, “Oh Hayden, you really do love me” she cried as he laughed, “Of course, I do. I’ve told you that over a thousands time already, that I do, you’ve known that” he informed her as she wrapped her arms around his neck as Ewan spoke up again, “Also, I came up with the idea, that we use false names at least and complete disguises that the dressmakers will help us with” as Nicole gave him a sweet romantic kiss, “Oh, of course, I want to marry you and I will do anything to make that happen” as Mischa decided enough was enough, so she had to make the first step, breaking the romantic atmosphere, “So I guess the tension between us is over then?” she asked as all eyes turned in her direction.

Hayden slowly placed Natalie back on her feet and walked towards his sister, his light blue eyes focused on her’s as he tucked a piece of stray hair behind her ear, “Mischa, I should have never caused such a fight. I should have remembered you handled yourself while I was off rescuing Natalie, you protected our younger sister, you fought well, until you were captured” he told her, seeing her give a little smile, as he went on, “But you’ve stuck by us and helped us a lot, and I must admit I was shocked that they could do weddings in so little time, I am sorry for my outburst and any troubles I’ve caused” he finished, lowering his head as Mischa tried to hold back the tears, before flinging her arms around her brother, “That’s alright. You’ve been through the same as me and I am sorry” she cried as the two siblings embraced as Natalie, Ashley, Ewan and Nicole watched on as Nicole playfully nudged Ewan, “What was that for?” he whispered, “That was for saying that things would never be normal again between them” she replied, as he spun her into his grip, passionately kissing her as Natalie led Ashley towards Hayden and Mischa where Mischa turned and suddenly embraced, “I guess I should say, welcome to the family” she cried as Hayden pulled Natalie into his strong arms, placing one hand on her neck, looking down into her beautiful round brown eyes, “She’s one of us now” he smirked, as they leaned closer and shared a beautiful, romantic, sweet kiss against each other’s angelic lips.

[Now, how’s this, huh? It may sound like it will be longer but it is at a close soon, how will the weddings go? Can they pull it off before the knights arrive to follow up on their report? Will Jude be overthrown and Natalie’s sister takes his place? Plus, will Hayden and Natalie manage to escape Rachel at the hotel, and return back to Sydney with Jude’s suitcase before their friends suffer more? It’s crunch time now and it’s getting close!]

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Chapter 41
[Okay, I know by now, that the girls have not had a lot of time to show themselves and have been made out as the helpless girls who always need to be rescued. Well, then this chapter is a surprise for you! Now it’s role reverse and the one question: what happens when the guys are in need of rescue? Also, for your consideration, if you need any help to visual the fights, think girl fights like in Kill Bill [except without the bloody end], girls fighting in Star Wars, Pirates, Harry Potter Also, the film reference to Troy, was use to illustrate my point and I had also read a Fanfiction recently about Star Wars and Troy crossed together]

From the very moment that Hayden heard that soft, voice as he stood in the hotel room, he knew that Rachel was here, without evening moving or turning around, he slowly replied, “Rachel, what are you doing here?” he asked, with a hint of innocence in his reply while the only reply he heard was laughter, “I could say the same for that scrawny little thing you brought with you, you no good, backstabber!” she spat, seeing Hayden simply shrug, “I don’t know what you’re talking about” he simply replied, hearing no reply, until she had crept up right behind him, pulling him back by grabbing the collar of his white shirt, “Don’t lie to me! You’ve been doing that ever since you met up with your ex! You disobeyed us, you brought her here. So where is she?” she spat, having been too interested in seeing Hayden to notice the smaller figure beside him, “Like I’m going to tell you” he laughed, as Rachel pulled his shirt more, until he felt like he was being choked, “I am not afraid of hurting you, so tell me where she is?” she asked once more as he shook his head, struggling to breathe, “Alright then” she laughed, pulling his shirt, seeing him squirm until Natalie couldn’t stand it anymore, “Stop it! Stop it, please!” she screamed as Rachel moved her eyes over to where she stood, “Oh you are here. I would have thought that Hayden made sure you stayed downstairs” she replied, letting go of his shirt and roughly pushing him onto the floor as Natalie ran over to where he layed, where he was trying to regain his breath, throwing her arms around his neck, kissing his neck and lips before Rachel snapped, “Oh stop, you make me sick. You are both pathetic” her furious brown eyes piercing through Natalie’s, “You, for stealing my boyfriend and him, for lying, not listening and running off with you” she added, with a rough, kick to Hayden’s right leg as Natalie suddenly realised, “Hang on, you also lied to us, you said to Hayden that you wouldn’t be here when he got here and yet, here you are” she pointed out as Rachel just laughed, “Oh please, I’m surprised you weren’t expecting us to trick you not the other way around” she shot back, turning over to her small bag she had brought with her, “Now I’m not finished with both of you and so, we’re going to have some fun” she smirked, grabbing Hayden, once again, by his shirt, towards the edge of the small coffee table in the living room, as Natalie watched in horror, as Rachel produced a silver pair of handcuffs, cuffing Hayden’s left wrist to the table’s edge, before giving a smirk back to Natalie, “As for you” she started as Natalie was quickly on her feet, “You don’t want to touch me, because you may think that I can’t handle myself but I can” Natalie warned as Rachel laughed, “Don’t make me laugh, you handle yourself, I can’t believe it. Try not to break a nail” she told her, edging closer and closer until she was almost close enough to grab her arm when Natalie violently shoved her back, watching as she nearly tripped into the vacant armchair, “I warned you” she repeated, throwing off her jacket revealing her violet singlet top over her hipster jeans and black tall boots, seeing Rachel simply jump back him, “Oh yeah, well bring it on!” she screamed, charging straight for Natalie, who simply pushed her back, and with a swift kick to her legs, Natalie watched Rachel fell down not before Rachel pulled her down while Hayden could only watched as the two rolled around almost scratching each other’s eyes out, while chairs were flying.

It was almost unbearable to watch any more of their friends being beaten, how could they do this? They wondered, as Emma screamed over to Jude, who simply stood there, a bright smile across his face and his arms folded in front of him, “Why are you doing this!?!? You only warned Hayden that we would suffer if he didn’t return, why are you hurting them then!” she yelled over to him, watching as he simply clicked his fingers and seeing his friends stop, while Jude turned to Emma, “You want to know why I am breaking the rules?” he asked, “I’ll tell you, I came to this hotel to find my girl, only to find her gone, I was tricked and you helped her onto the plane and so I thought, if Hayden can lie about his “cousin”, then I can too, I said, you would suffer if he didn’t continue with his task, but I lied” he smirked, clicking his fingers, his friends resumed the beatings as Emma couldn’t stand it any more, looking to Mischa and Nicole, both with looks of worries on their faces, her eyes met theirs, “Okay, time to fight back” she whispered, reaching behind her for a small round object that had been knocked to the ground, she held it in her grasp, looked at her friends, then with all her might, heaved it directly at one of the men beating Daniel, clipping him to the right of his forehead, causing him to stumble back, while Mischa heaved another object at another beating Ewan, causing him to fall back, Jude suddenly looked around, wondering what was happening when Nicole jumped onto him, wrapping her long legs around his waist, momently distracting while Emma raced over to the other men bear Daniel, handling them as they tried to overpower her, while Mischa, surprising Emma and Nicole, handled herself bravely, overpowering the men near Ewan, who through all the beatings, could only managed a look of awe, while the girls fought back, avoiding dodges from their opponents while Nicole had pulled Jude from the room, knocking him to the ground, almost out of breath, she managed to speak, “You think she’s going to just run back to you after what you’ve done” she spat, slapping his face before she yanked him back by his dark hair, “Face it, you’ve lost and it’s over” she added, reaching over for a scarf that had been flung round, before he had shown up, she pulled his hands back behind his back, tying them together, “It’s all over and if you think, you can sink any more lower, you just have!” she spat, with a hard, rough kick to his legs, seeing him squirm, she raced back to help her friends, simply to find the room filled with men lying on the carpet, and a breathless Emma and Mischa standing over them, smiles crossed their faces, “Where’s…Jude…?” Emma asked as Nicole laughed, “Outside, in the……living room” she replied, before running over to Ewan and Daniel, “Oh, what have they done to you?” Nicole asked out loud as Ewan managed a joke, “What do you think? You saw it!” he laughed back while Emma threw her arms around Daniel’s neck, who winced in pain, trying to return the embrace, “Oh, I am so glad you’re alright” she told him, and with all of Emma’s, Mischa’s and Nicole’s strength, they helped Ewan and Daniel onto the bed before moving into the adjoining bathroom to grab some cold, cool washers to clean up their wounds.

“Smash!” went the light yellow lamp on the table as Rachel threw Natalie sliding across the now, ruined, almost destroyed carpet, both girls were sporting cuts to their lips, faces and arms but their eyes showed intense fire burning of hated for the other, Natalie knew she had to win this, seeing Hayden lying nearby handcuffed to the leg of the small coffee table, was breaking her heart, she had to overcome her, so pulling herself back to her feet, she just smiled, as Rachel observed, “Huh, you are a trickster, you take beatings and you can just smile about it” she told her as Natalie laughed, “Yes, but also I am going to beat you” she replied, leaping through the air, she brought her long, skinny leg right up to Rachel’s stomach and knocked her onto her back, before Natalie grabbed one of Jude’s worn out white shirts, she dragged Rachel towards the bed’s edge and roped her left wrist around the post, bending low, Natalie harshly slapped her across her pretty little face, “You’ve lost, it’s all over” she spat, reaching in her pocket for a small, almost lost key, “Thanks for this” she laughed, with one last slap, she raced over to Hayden, uncuffing his wrist from the table’s leg, and helping him up, she threw herself into his hands, as he lifted her up, “I have to say, that was some impressive moves, you certainly showed her” he smirked, sending Rachel a cold, frosted glare before he lifted a finger up to her cut on her soft lips, “Sorry, about all the fighting you had to do” he smirked once more as Natalie giggled, “I had fun, it felt really good to show off my fighting skills” she assured him as Hayden suddenly spied what they had come for, the silvery suitcase, lifting it into his strong hands, he spat, “This, this is what we came all the way for” he told Natalie who’s brown eyes looked on with concern for what Hayden might do, “What are you going to do?” she asked seeing Hayden place the suitcase onto the large, now roughed up bed, “I think we deserve to check everything there” he cheekily smirked, unlocking the locks on the side of the case, opening it back further, gasping as Natalie raced over, “What? What’s wrong?” she asked, looking over his shoulder before she too, gasped, it wasn’t only just filled with money like Jude had blurted out, it seemed like Jude was planning an escape, there was rope, ascension guns, money, priceless photos of Natalie, small, gold and silver bullets next to a small hand held black gun and small white pills, which Hayden recognised as sleeping pills, looking at Natalie, confused, he spoke out, “Why would Jude want all this?...Unless…” his sentence went unanswered when the front white hotel door banged open with the hotel manager and several security men rushed in, “Don’t move! Step away from the suitcase now!” the first officer said as Hayden looked confused, “What’s going on?” he asked, as Rachel, who had managed to pull herself into a sitting position laughed, “You didn’t think you would just walk in and out of this place in one piece did you?” she asked before the first officer went on, “Assault against another, attempted kidnapping and murder while attempting to commit a robbery, you’re both under arrest” he informed them, “What!?!” Natalie and Hayden exclaimed, “You should not have come back to Rome” she smirked as Hayden, still holding the ascension gun, starting to back further towards the small, open balcony, with Natalie, “This is crazy, we are innocent!” Natalie exclaimed, as the manager laughed, “From what she’s told me, you’re not” he replied as Hayden politely informed them, “Well, we’d love to come along with you but we are innocent and must go now” aiming the ascension gun up to the roof, “Until next time” he smirked, with a firm grip on Natalie’s slim waist, they all watched as they disappeared from sight.

Rachel simply glared up at the officers, her face turning sour and angry, “Well, why are you still standing here!?!” she yelled, “After them! Find them and bring them back here!” she exclaimed, and with that, the officers all scurried out of the hotel room while the small, intimated manager untied Rachel’s wrist from the bed post and gently helped her up, “Well, I appreciate that” she told him, glancing over to the now open suitcase, “Well, it seems that Jude has another hidden agenda for them” she muttered, before ushering the manager away from the room, “You may leave now and don’t come back until you have caught them!” she shouted through the door, before she turned to the long, mirror hanging on the cream wall besides her, “Oh, I look terrible. I need to tidy up first” she muttered to herself, fleeing into the bathroom.

Having shot way up onto the rooftop of the hotel, Hayden gently loosened his grip on Natalie, who let out a small gasp once finding out exactly how high they were, “Oh my, this is really high” she told him as he simply gave a cheeky smile in return, “Yes, I know but we should be safe for now” he informed her, seeing her move slowly past him, “What’s wrong?” he asked as she sniffed, “I don’t know, it’s just, what do you think that suitcase meant? I mean, he said it was full of his money but it wasn’t. Do you think he has something else planned?” she asked, starting to shake in fear as Hayden walked over to where she stood, holding her close to his strong body so she heard his gentle heartbeat, “I don’t want to say but I think you’re right. It doesn’t add up. Why is he still trying after all this time, when you’ve told him it’s over so many times?” he asked out loud, as she gave a slight whimper causing him to look down, raising her head with two fingers, “I promised nothing will happen to you or us and I never break my promises. I am going to finish him off once and for all” he assured before looking her over, from her torn denim jeans to her now one stringed top to the cuts over her arms and face, “But first, I think we should get you cleaned up” he added as she looked at him, confused, “How? The police are probably looking everywhere for us” she pointed out as Hayden looked out over the brownish rooftops, “Then, I guess we’ll have to be really, really secretive then, won’t we?” he asked, another mischievous grin crossing his face.

“You really took quite a beating didn’t you?” Mischa asked, dabbing another cold cloth across Daniel’s face as Ewan spoke up, “Yeah, and why did you wait before you intervened?” he asked, as Nicole gave a serious look, “It’s not that we didn’t want to step in, we didn’t know how we could help, until Emma spoke up then decided to take action” she informed them, looking over to Emma, giving her a slight wink as Emma started to feel embarrassed before Daniel reached out and slowly touched her soft hand, “Good thing you did, haven’t seen you fight that before” he joked, as Emma playfully hit him, “I’m just glad to see you taking it easy and not suffering in pain” she pointed out as Nicole added, “Don’t worry, Jude is securely held down” she smirked as Ewan put in, “Like he should be” bringing the room, some much needed laughter after what had happened.

Acting on his orders from Jude, to remain outside in the hotel hallway, by one of the hallway’s exits, he was starting to feel uncomfortable, no one had come out and this was starting to drag out into the night, once more, looking up and down the hall, he slowly and carefully, crept up to the hallway towards the slightly opened door, to where he met his own eyes with Jude’s now furious angry dark eyes, “Get over here now!” he hissed, in a low voice as he heard more voices, before racing over to where Jude layed, “What happened?” he asked as Jude grunted, “They overturned us and they will definitely pay” he assured him, pulling himself to his own feet once his hands were freed, “Grab that bag that was dropped earlier, we’re taking drastic action” he informed him, moving over to the bedroom that was slightly ajar, and flipping his small, handheld black gun into his hand as his friend moved back over to where he stood, “Okay, let’s get them, one, two, three!” he exclaimed, kicking open the door as Emma’s Mischa’s and Nicole’s eyes all flew over to where he stood, “I thought I had you held down” Nicole pointed out as Jude laughed, aiming the gun towards them, “Well, you’re wrong, I had another friend who helped me and now I am going to make you all pay” he snarled as Ewan and Daniel each pulled themselves up, still wincing from their earlier pain, “I’d like to see you try because they’ll just kick you down again” Ewan teased as a bullet flew about their heads, “Next time, I won’t miss” he smirked, “You, get the rope, and you three, down there, get up and drag them out in to the living room” Jude yelled to his friends, who quickly scrambled to their feet, grabbing a fighting Nicole, Mischa and Emma off the bed as another two violently grabbed Daniel and Ewan, pushing them out after Jude, and into the living room.

Having being able to use the back alleyways of Rome to make their way to a less busied medical centre, where afterwards, Natalie and Hayden continued proceeding back to the airport, when Natalie started to feel strange and stopped, “What’s wrong?” Hayden asked turning back to see if she alright, before she just simply broke down in tears, onto her knees on the gravelled alleyway, “What’s going on? Why can’t run away from all this. I don’t want to go back and see him again” she cried as Hayden held her close, “I want to run away to but we have to rescue our friends” he assured her, then suddenly an idea came to him, “Hold on, I have an idea” he told her, grabbing his phone, he quickly rang up Ewan, relieved to hear his voice, he quickly went on, “Ewan, what a relief to hear your voice, Jude is really annoying, he had Rachel meet up with us in Rome and now she ordered Natalie and my arrest but we have a plan” he informed him, “We’re going to grab the next flight out of here, you need to get out of the hotel and meet us at the airport where we can stop Jude once and for all” he finished, waiting to hear his reply only to hear a voice he was hoping not to hear, “You never stop planning don’t you?” they asked, as Hayden felt the blood boiling underneath his skin, “Jude,. What are you still doing there?” he asked, “I’m here until you get back here and I have to say this new plan of yours, could be very damaging to your friends health” he informed him, “What have you done?” he asked, clenching through his teeth, “Not much but I’m just warning you if you do carry out with your little plan, it could spell disaster for your friends” he reminded him, before ending the call as Hayden placed the phone back in his pocket as Natalie continued to look up at him, her bright brown eyes concerned with fear, without asking, Hayden spoke, “Well, it looks like that plan’s ruined” as Natalie shook her head, “Why?” she asked, as Hayden turned to look into her eyes, without even a blink, he simply replied, “Jude’s going to kill our friends if we finish him off” seeing Natalie gasp, too stunned at what she had just heard.

Rachel was angrily pacing up and down the hotel room, listening to the officer’s report, “They can’t have just disappeared, they do not just disappear and they are too stupid to use any other way out of the city!” she snapped as her phone beeped, indicating another caller, “Hang on, officer I have another call” she informed him, ending his call with the next call, “What!” she yelled into the phone as a familiar creepy voice replied, “Well, nice to hear from you, maybe I won’t inform you of my plans” they snapped, “Jude, shut up, and talk. I am very busy, Hayden and Natalie escaped the hotel room and now I have the police after them and btw, thanks for tipping me off about what was really in that suitcase!” she shot back, “That was my business and what, the police, I said no police” he reminded her, “Yeah, well too bad, now what is it that you want?” she barked again, “I have their friends in my hands and I can make Hayden and Natalie do what ever I want or their friends get it” he replied as Rachel suddenly got an idea, “I’m listening” she ensured him, “Hayden rang to say he had a plan but I assured him that if he continued with his plan, his friends are dead” he went on as Rachel started to smirk, “Ah, very good, idea. This could work to both of our needs” she assured him, “I’ll talk again soon” she added, hanging up the phone, she called back the officer, “Okay, any process?” she asked as she flopped into a nearby armchair with a small drink in her hand.

Jude simply clicked off the phone and sent it bouncing across the room, before turning back to his prisoners, who were now tied down to each other, Jude waved one of his friends over with his hand, “Go to the airport and wait for their friends to return. Do not let them escape your grasp” he ordered watching him nodding in agreement and sweeping from the room, before he waved another friend over, “As soon as Hayden and Natalie return, kill their friends” he informed him hearing them gasp as Emma screamed out, “You’re an jealous, obsessive monster!” as Jude just laughed once more, “And you’re just an annoying little girl, who sticks her nose in everyone’s business” he shot, walking towards her, he raised his hand, slapping her across her right cheek, Daniel was starting to feel his blood boiling more, “You’re going to wish you hadn’t done that” he told him as Jude noticed what was going on here, “You love this girl? You shouldn’t because she’ll break your heart” he pointed out as Ewan laughed, “Yeah, I doubt that. You’re just saying that because Natalie left you” he spoke out as Jude pulled back, towering over the group, “She didn’t leave me, your friend drove her from me, kidnapping her, just like a movie” he told them, as Ewan just laughed, “What? Are you comparing real life to movies? You think that this is just like Paris stealing Helen of Troy right from under her husband’s nose?” he laughed seeing Jude about to respond but didn’t. As much as he hated his friend, his friend raised a point, he was the husband of that story, Helen was Natalie and Paris was Hayden, the scum bag who stole her, wanting time to rest, he slowly walked off, not before he gave his orders, “I am not to be disturbed unless it’s an emergency and if they try anything funny, shoot them” hearing the shocked gasps as his friends began to laugh, while they prepared their weapons, maybe they could have some fun while Jude was away.

[Usually in the story, I have never done this, but that film reference in that last paragraph gave me another idea. It’s only a dream that Jude has but it is based on the movie Troy with our characters]
Jude observed the room, smashed with glass everywhere, blood stained into the cream coloured carpet, torn shirts disengaged on the floor, cold cloths left dripping water marks on the beautiful satin bedspread, this wasn’t how it was meant to be, he was suppose to have been married to Natalie by now, hopefully starting a family but no, he had turned into this obsessive, crazy, kidnapping man, sending his “partner” halfway across the world, to try and arrest his girlfriend and her lover. It was all wrong and not going to plan, it was all too much to handle, he needed to lie down and get some much needed sleep, which is exactly what he did, his eyes were the last thing to finally shut down as his head hit the softness of the white pillows, despite the coldness the cloths had made earlier.

The wide, brown doors barged open into his chambers the following morning, just hours after the Princes and their men had left, his wife was no where to be seen, only his wife’s maid, Mischa was there, tidying up her jewels and dresses, violently grabbing her arm, in a fit of rage, he couldn’t even be bothered to see her fear, “Where is she?” he barked, while she did not reply, either she didn’t know, or she was hiding where she really was, “I will ask you again, where is she?” he snapped again, as she began to tremble, “I…I…” she stuttered before another one of his men spoke up, “Your highness, she has left sir, with the young prince, this morning. A local fisherman spotted her secretly boarding the ship with him” he informed him, watching Jude release his grip on the young maiden, “They have defied us, they have stolen from me and they will pay, give me an audience with my brother now! So we may plan an attack to bring her back” he ordered, brushing past them all as his men were quick to follow. There was no such thing as trust anymore between cities anymore.

It was all so real, like a modern day version, he had lost her because he stole her from him, Jude became so angry, that from the corner of eye, he spied a photo of Natalie and Hayden, dressed in their wedding outfits, his arms firmly around her waist, her smile bright as ever, it made him furious, and so, with all his strength, he heaved it at the cream wall, watching the glass from the centre smash onto the carpet as the larger pieces from jagged edges around the photo, Jude simply looked down, and with one big step, smashed it more, with his foot, the sound of glass spattering made music to his ears.

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Once again, Ewan tried rubbing the ropes which dug into his wrists, against Nicole’s, but it was not use, they were tougher than ever and no use of escaping out of them, “This is hopeless. We’re as good as dead” he held Mischa say as Ewan nudged her hard in her shoulder, “How can you say that? We’ll find some way out of this or Hayden will” he assured her, hearing her scoff, “How, you heard him, Rachel placed an arrest out for them and that means that there are only two ways out if Rome, by sneaking onto the plane or coming back in cuffs” she pointed out as Nicole spoke up, “I don’t believe that, Hayden and Natalie have outwitted Jude and Rachel all the way from Paris to Sydney before they were found out, they can do it again” she assured them as Emma started to whimper, “I’m beginning to think Daniel and I should have left you when we had helped you escaped the first time” she cried as Ewan couldn’t believe what he was hearing from each of them, “The only person who is being positive here, is Nicole, she’s on to something and she’s right. They’ll help us, you’ll see” he reminded them as Daniel spoke out, “Then why does it seem like hope is all lost” as no one could answer as Emma looked up to see Jude’s friends watching them, her brown eyes met with one of them men, and they told her that he would not hesitate to hurt her if he had the chance as small tears once again, fell down her pale, soft cheeks.

“What are we going to do? We’re wandering around Rome, always watching our backs, our friends are held captive back in Sydney, there was no money in the suitcase except for some and weapons and Jude is more crazy than ever” Hayden pointed out as Natalie just listened, walking along side him as they past the Trevi Fountain, the rushing sound of the crystal blue water filling the air, “There’s not many way out of Rome without being spotted except for sneaking and stowing away” she muttered as Hayden agreed, “I know, this looks bad but there is always a way. We’ll will get out of here on our own and back to Sydney, without them knowing, hopefully giving us the elements of surprise” he informed her, taking her soft hand and spinning her outwards before spinning her back in, to the warmth of his body, where she gazed deeply into his eyes, “No matter, what happens, I trust you, my hero” she smiled as he placed a strong hand on her cheek and pulled her in for a passionate kiss, sounded perfect right? Except for, “There they are, get them!” they heard as their eyes flew towards the advancing group of officers, “Here we go again” Hayden muttered, and with her hand tightly clasped through his’s, they both sprinted through the crowded plaza, in an attempt to lose their pursuers.

[Ah ha! I love cliff-hangers, don’t you? Not! What will happen to be discovered later but for here’s another instalment of my medieval story, enjoy!]

The hotel, though small as it was, didn’t take long for it to be overcrowded with dressmakers, hair stylists and hotel staff, although Hayden wouldn’t know how it was going, for Ewan and him had been kicked out into the next spare room across the hall, because they had made it perfectly clear that the grooms cannot, under any circumstances, see their brides, but if it wasn’t for Ashley, they were be left in the dark, she would rely messages back and forth about what was going on, and the lack of sleep on everyone, was starting to show, they were now hours away from the weddings and now the tiredness was starting to show.

“Oh Natalie, you look absolutely stunning, you truly look like a princess” Mischa smirked, seeing Natalie blush as she once again twirled around, in her thin strapped white dress, with sparkling white heels, as the door to the bathroom opened and out stepped Nicole, in a flowing strapless white dress with sparkling heels, with her long, red hair falling past her shoulders, she smiled over at Natalie, and gushed, “Oh, you look so beautiful” she told her as Natalie laughed, “So do you” she replied, trying her hardest not to cry, before she placed a hand over her tummy and turned back to the mirror, “I am so happy, a baby and a wedding. This is just what I’ve wanted” she cried as Mischa smiled, “You deserve it, because I’ve never seen my brother so happy” she told her, seeing her blush just as rapid knocks came at the door once again, “Oh, those boys, can’t they learn that they are not coming in tonight?” she asked out loud as she stormed over to the door, while Natalie and Nicole sucked around the corner as the door open as Mischa found Hayden and Ewan smirking back at her, “Is now a bad time?” Hayden asked as she huffed, “As always yes, especially now, because they are in their wedding dresses which you cannot see” she informed them before another voice popped up, “Can I see them?” they asked as Mischa smiled down at the small form of Ashley, beaming up at her, “Of course, you can, and you need to try on your dress, go on” she replied, ushering her inside, “Meanwhile, you need to turn around and get some rest because in the morning I will come down on you faster than you can come down on me” she warned them as Hayden only smirked, “Can’t we have just a little peak?” he asked, trying to get through, before Mischa pushed him back, “No, it’s not the tradition” she told him, pushing them back out into the hall and slamming the door as Hayden and Ewan only shrugged and turned back to their room, their attempt to see their beautiful fiancés was another failed attempt

Rachel watched her friend sped off with his soldiers towards the place where a reported sighting was reported from, her sister might be still alive, but now, Rachel thought that she didn’t want her sister back, she wanted her to be happy, she remembered the look the young peasant sent her as she was dragged into her quarters, that was love, he loved her and her sister loved him, it was all love. Yet, now she had allowed her friend to seek out the reported sighting, however, Rachel would tell them not to intercept them if it was them, she would allow them to escape, because bringing her sister back here, would cause her heartbreak and Rachel’s jealously to soar once again. She would meet with her, if it was her and tell her to go back to their parent’s castle; you go with who you want to go with, not because you’re ordered to. Rachel’s mind was made up, she would give her sister happiness if she was alive, after all, it was just a reported sighting, it was not use wishing for what she wanted. Although sometimes at night, she lay asleep in her luminous warm four poster bed, she would dream that her sister was alive and well, with her new friends, starting a new, better life than she had before. As Rachel turned back into the castle, she froze, there a few spots ahead of her, was her father, with a kneeling Jude, who seemed to be begging, a slight smirk crossed her face, it seemed that her father was going to make Jude pay once and for all, ducking behind one of the grey stoned pillars, she was almost close enough to try and ears drop on their conversation:

“I…meant…to…inform you but I didn’t want to……to……worry” Jude stuttered as the King laughed, “Ha, worry, that’s right, you say that now but you know what you meant. My daughter is now dead because of you and she fell in love with someone else so you forced her back her when she didn’t want to come back because her feelings were for someone else” he spat, slowly raising his sword, “I should you kill you right now for what you have done but then I would sinking just as low as you” he spat, “So am I going to say this, that I intend on staying here a little while longer and finding out as best as I can, what has been going on and if I find out that you are responsible for everything, even, as I have heard, attacks on one village, killing many innocent people for your own reasons, I will no hesitation to ruin you and have you over throned” he threatened as Jude suddenly felt very terrified, as this King, no longer showing signs of grief but pure revenge, towering over him, “I assure you that you will not find anything to have me step down” he spoke, still slightly trembling, as the King bent down lower, “I am sure I will, so you just be on the look out and I hope for your sake that village that burned down, wasn’t your doing” he finished before strolling off down the hall, not knowing that Rachel was hiding behind one of the stoned pillars, “This could work out to my advantage” she thought, peering from the pillar again, she saw Jude regain himself and head off in the other direction. Of course, no doubt, he would have his friends lie and say that nothing has gone wrong, but Rachel had her trusted soldiers and they would ensure her that they would tell the truth to help her.

Hayden, nor Ewan had not slept at all, during the night and early hours of the morning, wondering what their beautiful fiancés looked like and if this would work. Mischa had been telling them to sleep but they were too nervous to sleep, and every time they would close their eyes, they kept seeing Natalie and Nicole in beautiful white dresses and from Ashley had described to them, they were going to be like floating angels gliding towards them. Lost in another daydream, they nearly fell off their beds as the loud, rapid knocks at the door got louder and louder and would not away, so Hayden decided to answer the door, finding Mischa standing there with an impatience look across her face, “What are you doing!?!” she exclaimed, “You were suppose to be over at the church getting ready an hour ago!” she yelled as Hayden shrugged, “Why does it matter, if we have to be there early?” he smirked as Mischa slapped his arm, “Because, you wanted these weddings today and if you don’t leave to get to the church now, then that means we can’t leave the hotel because you will see them all dressed up” she explained as Ewan leaned across the door’s frame, “Really? I think we might stay if you don’t mind” he smirked as Mischa shot him a cold glare, “Oh no, I do mind, you’re leaving now!” she informed them, and with that, she shoved their clothes into their arms and pushed them down the long hallway and out onto the gravel stoned street, “Now get over there now!” she shouted, “it’s almost time” she pointed out turning back on her heel, she heading back into the hotel as Ewan and Hayden shrugged and turned towards the church, lucky enough not to see the legion of horses riding into the village at the other end.

The village was small, smaller than any other village they had been to, how could they have been sighted here, they saw them die, they had their bodies back at the castle, why would they be here? Probably some tale, they all thought as the first jumped off his horse, “Come on, we’ll start at the place where they were first “sighted”” he informed them, turning into the small general store, and seeing the shop keeper eye them suspiciously, “Can I help you?” he asked, trying not to show his fear to him, “Yes, I believe you can, a report came from this village about an alleged sighting of Princess Natalie and two male companions” he informed him as the keeper glared over at his assistant, knowing he had something to do with this, “I was under the impression that they were dead, heard they had been killed not too far from here” the keeper informed them, “Well, a report came from here, have you seen anyone that might look like them?” he asked, seeing the keeper paused to think, “Now that I remember, I do remember three people dressed in simple clothing, that looked an awful lot like them, although one of the men hanged around near the toys and I think the girl may have been pregnant” he told him seeing the soldier look back in shock, “May have been pregnant? Must have been just a false report” he assured him, just as the sound of loud, ringing bells echoed throughout the town, “What’s going on?” he asked as the keeper smiled, “It’s either a wedding or a special church occasion, that’s the only reasons why those bells ring. I’d say it’s a wedding because I would have known earlier if church was on” he informed them as the soldier eyed him curiously, “Mind if we stick around to see who the lucky couple is?” they asked as the keeper waved them off, “Sure, we always welcome any visitors to our village” he smiled, watching them exit the store, before he strolled over to his sneaky assistant.

“Okay, I know you had something to do with them, now what’s going on?” he asked as the assistant just laughed, “I was only doing what I thought was right” they replied as the keeper looked confused, “The people they’re looking for are dead so how cold those people who were in here before, be them” he pointed out as the assistant shrugged, “I was just doing my civil duty, reporting any thing suspicious” he informed him as the keeper suspiciously looked at him, “Just make sure you are absolutely sure it’s them because you call in the royal guards” he snarled, turning back to his counter, watching the larger crowd forming in the centre of the village.

Having made it secretly to the church, Natalie was starting to feel nervous, “Now the whole village knows about the wedding” she whispered to Mischa as she laughed, “Wouldn’t they have known any way if you were still a princess?” she asked as Natalie only smiled, before something caught her eye, something that shouldn’t have been there, “Oh no” she gasped, “What is it?” Mischa asked, “What are they doing here?” she asked as Mischa followed her gaze and saw the group of strong, burly soldiers in the middle of the village, “You don’t think that they found out about the whole plan do you?” she asked as Natalie sighed, “I hope not” she muttered as a knock came at the door, and an older, smaller woman crept into the room, “We’re ready to begin” she smiled as Nicole shrieked and Natalie felt like she wanted to be sick, “This is it, we’re finally getting married!” she cried as Mischa held Ashley’s tiny hand and smiled, “No turning back now” she told them as Natalie laughed, “I don’t think I want to turn back now” she assured her, before she proceeded behind Mischa and Ashley with Nicole, towards their handsome leading men.

The nerves along with the tiredness, had started to kick in as Hayden and Ewan, now dressed in black and white suits and their hair had been neatly tidied back, waited for the girls to emerge, the sound of the church’s pianist began to play and Hayden smiled as his littlest sister skipping down the aisle, flowing from her small, weave basket, small, white and yellow flowers onto the white coloured carpet as Mischa followed in her simple, yet stunning light violet dress, then the nerves did take over as the music became louder than it had been, Hayden’s eyes lit up with amazement as Natalie proceeded down the aisle, she was absolutely stunning, in a thin strapped long wedding dress, her smile was as bright as ever, as her eyes met his, while Ewan’s eyes gazed behind Natalie towards the gorgeous red haired woman in the stunning strapless white dress, her smile beaming towards him, finally reaching them, Hayden took Natalie’s small, soft hands in his’s while Ewan took Nicole’s in his’s, their eyes never left one another, even as the priest took his place and began the ceremony.

[How mean am I? lol, Does this mean a happy ending after all, maybe! You’ll have to wait and see, but it is drawing to a close and perhaps there is light at the end of path for our heroes, of both stories. Will Rachel convince her father that Jude is the wrong king and she’ll take his place as Queen while our newlyweds start their new lives together and will Hayden and Natalie escape Rome without the cuffs to go with it to save their friends! To be revealed!]

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Chapter 42

Just when you thought I had enough characters, I remembered an earlier character that kind of went away for a while, they’ll prove helpful but then, well, you’ll just have to see!]

Pushing their way through the swarms of locals and tourists, Hayden and Natalie did everything they could to stay one step ahead of their pursuers, they were not intending to get arrested and dragged back to Rachel, they wanted to get as far away from her and the police as fast as they could, running and worming their way through all the alley ways of the city. They finally ran into a supposedly empty apartment complex, stepping back into the shadows, the darkness providing them with enough cover, to be able to see and hear the police running past them shouting orders to each other to find them and do not let them escape this area, and Hayden and Natalie knew that they were surrounded and it would be even harder to sneak out.

Natalie slumped against the wall, before she slid down and placed her head on top of her knees, she tried to hold back the tears now swelling in her dark brown eyes, however Hayden had heard her begin to sniff and spun round to see her sitting on the cold, dark floor, with tears beginning to swell in her beautiful eyes as he moved over to sit next to her, “Don’t worry, everything’s going to be alright. We’re going to get out of this. Trust me, I am not going to let anything happen to both of us” he assured her, holding her close to him, as he felt her small, wet tears damping his shirt, “I trust you, baby, but it’s just……just” she was lost for words, “Are we never going to be left alone” she cried as he consoled her, “I mean, who knows what Jude is doing right now at this moment” she pointed out, as she continued to cry into his strong chest.

Jude smirked as he looked down at his five prisoners all tied to one another, they didn’t even bother to return his glare, obviously trying to show they were unafraid of their situation, “Well, it looks like the tide has turned and I am in charge now” he smirked as Ewan let out a laugh, “Yeah, that’s for sure but not for any longer” he shot back at him as Emma spoke up, “Yes because once Hayden and Natalie get back, you’re going to wish that you hadn’t been born” as Jude moved over to her and slapped her hard across the cheek, “You should learn to keep your pretty little mouth shut” he informed her as Daniel coldly looked up at him, “You are going to definitely wish you hadn’t been born” he spat as Jude laughed, followed by some of his friends, “And just what are you going to do to me, if you’re all tied down?” he laughed as he walked over to where Mischa sat, “You know, if you just say you were undercover and helping us the whole time, I will let you go” he told her as Mischa, didn’t even look p, but shook her head, “No, because these are my real friends and I will stay with them” she informed him as he shook his head, “Then I’m afraid you will die” he laughed viciously, moving over to the door, “Well, I’m off for a little drink, boys…” he started, as they looked up at him, their eyes full of hated, as he gave a small nod, “Have fun” he smirked, before he exited the room and the men edged closer to the now, terrified group, one simply laughed, “By the time, we’re through with you, you’ll be begging for us to shoot you” he snarled.

Rachel was growing impatience with every minute that Hayden and Natalie were not found, it’s not like Rome was a big city and they could easily escape because she had almost everyone in the entire police force after them. She knew that shortly they would be found and she would have the pleasure to bring them back in silver handcuffs, back to Sydney, where the final plan would commence and everything will come crashing down, well, for them at least. She knew that the end was near and nothing could be done to change the tide of the plan.

Deciding on another plan, Hayden continued to paced up and down in front of Natalie, then it suddenly came to him, like lighting has struck his brain, “I got it!” he exclaimed, as Natalie looked up at him, “What?” she asked, tears still falling from her eyes, as Hayden crouched down beside her, “This is going to sound crazy and unbelievable but you have to trust me okay?” he asked as she looked into his gorgeous blue eyes and knew that he had a plan, she nodded “I trust you” she replied, pulling him in for a sweet, passionate kiss, seeing him smile his cheeky smile, as he pulled away, “Okay, I’m going to call Rachel and inform of her of our whereabouts” he started seeing Natalie looked shocked, “However, these whereabouts will not be our real whereabouts just whereabouts to lead her and the police down a false trail while we make our break for it, into a cab and to the airport” he informed her as Natalie understood, where he was going with this, before she flung her arms around his neck, “Oh, Hayden, I knew I could trust you!” she cried as Hayden wrapped his arms around her, “I told you wouldn’t let you down” he replied as the two shared a warm, loving embrace in the darkness of their hide away.

Rachel sat on the small, squared seat in the hotel room, combing out her thick, luscious brown hair, just thinking of the time when she would be seeing Hayden and Natalie in handcuffs, and she would be allowed to do what ever she wanted, maybe she might passionately kiss Hayden in front of Natalie and they could do nothing because their hands were cuffed. Smirking at the idea, she was startled when her phone began to chime, hoping it was the police with good news, she moved to answer it, unfortunately it was a voice she was not expecting to hear, “You’re very brave to call, aren’t you worried, I have this line tapped” she pointed out, almost wanting to kick herself as wondering why she had not consider it, “You don’t sound very surprised for someone who wants us arrested?” she heard him ask as she smiled, “Well, I let’s just say I had a feeling you would call” she simply replied hearing him a give a small laugh, “You wish, anyway I am here to inform you of our whereabouts” he informed her as she almost went silent, “Giving up already, are we?” she asked, “Only because we just want to get this over with, so here it is, we are down by the docks, thinking about boarding a ship out of here, when we saw more of your friends and we thought the one way out is to turn ourselves in, so we are here and waiting right outside the ships, by the shops” he finished as Rachel smirked even more, “Okay, we’ll be there. Hope you like silver, because you’re getting them” she assured him, shutting the phone off, she re-opened it to dial again, “Captain, we have their location, meet me at the hotel with your team right now. Tell the rest to assemble at the docks” she ordered, “As you wish, we’ll be right there” he replied as Rachel moved for her long trench coat and her small pistol, “Jude, can play his games, I’ll play by mine” she smiled, swiftly moving from the door.

Hayden listened for the sound of voices and footsteps, before letting out a slight laugh, “Ha! She brought it, they’ve left. Come on, before they realised they’ve been tricked” he added, grabbing Natalie’s hand, he pulled her out of the small, dark room and into the back street, now almost deserted except for the occasional wanderer wandering by, Natalie let out a whisper, “I can’t believe she brought it” as Hayden smiled back at her, “She only wants what she needs and if that is what made her strike again, then that is what we did” he replied, pulling her in closer before they emerged onto the wide, opened side walk and hailing for a taxi, Natalie carefully looked around, as she held close to Hayden, what he had told her did help her relax more but there was something deep down, that kept troubling her, like they were walking into danger that they wouldn’t be able to escape from, she shook her head from these thoughts as she slid into the taxi next to Hayden, watching the traffic hurry past them, worried that the taxi was too slow, Hayden spoke up, “Hey, do you mind going a bit faster? We’re kind of in a hurry here” as the driver snarled back, “Look, buddy, I don’t want to receive a speeding ticket just for you, so I go my limit and you sit back and enjoy the ride” he shot back as Hayden dug deeper into his pockets of his loose wearing jeans, where he found some spare money or in this case, some of Jude’s money from the silvery suitcase, “I’ll double your fee, if you can speed faster” he assured him, waving the money in front of the small, black rear view mirror, seeing the man’s eyes slowly and eagerly follow, “Alright, but this better be worth it” he informed him, and with a hard foot to the accelerator, Hayden and Natalie were forced to hold onto the sides and each other as the taxi, now sped, it’s way down the busy bustling road of Italy.

Deciding that they had already had their fun with Daniel and Ewan earlier, Jude’s friends decided it was time for Nicole, Emma and Mischa to have a taste of pain, seeing how most of them, still remember the kicks, punches and objects thrown to their heads earlier, so leaving Daniel and Ewan still tied down to each other, they had some fun with the girls.

“Smash and Crash” as one of the men had thrown Emma across the moderated sized dinner table, smashing into the beautiful decorated centrepiece in the middle as another grabbed Emma by her arms, and ripped the straps off her sparkling top, pushing her into another man while another had grabbed Mischa up against the cream coloured wall, pinning her tightly, unable to move as he whispered into her ear, as she struggled to turn away, “You should have taken Jude up on his offer to join him” he informed her as she tried to move, “Like……I want……to help him again” she coughed out as he just laughed, before he bent down, low, ripping her beautiful long red skirt so now it was high above the knees while two other men had Nicole, pushing her into the small open kitchen and down onto the smooth, hard surface of the bench where one had smashed a unattended tall empty bottle, now trying to aim for her sweet, face as she struggled to fight back while the whole time, Daniel and Ewan, was struggling not to watch their friends, by subjected to this kind of hard pain.

“This is horrible, we have to do something” Daniel spoke out over the whole commotion trying to turn his head around to look at Ewan, or at least the back of him, “Are you listening to what I am saying?” he asked, “Not now, I am trying to cut these ropes” he shot at him as Daniel looked confused, “How? You already tried that earlier and you said the ropes were tied tight” he pointed out as Ewan gave a small laugh so no one else had heard him, “Yeah, but really they’re not too smart” he replied as Daniel, still not following him, had to ask, “What do you mean?” as Ewan sighed, “Remember when they first cut the ropes around all of it, to drag the girls out to the front?” he asked, “Yeah” he replied, trying to block out that part, “Well, one of them, had dropped a small pocket knife from his front pocket” he informed him, “What does have to do with this?” Daniel asked, as Ewan rolled his eyes, in a frustrated tone, “So remember when I pretend to fall and they had to roughly drag me?” he asked as Daniel slowly nodded, eager to know where this was going, “Well, I had grabbed the pocket knife into my closed fist and now I am working on freeing ourselves” he informed him as Daniel let out a smirk, “You always continue to amaze me” he informed him as Ewan laughed, “Now you sound like Hayden” he told him, before he heard a snap of brown thick rope, “Alright, it worked” he muttered, hearing the ropes falling to the carpet, before he started to cut through the ropes around his ankles before turning to Daniel, and freeing him, looking around at the nasty situation, “Okay, we have to be careful and quiet and help the girls like they helped us” he informed him Daniel, who nodded once again in agreement, as they each manoeuvred their way around all the broken, sharp pieces of glasses spatted over the floor, hoping that they were able to give the element of surprise.

Finally arriving down on the docks, port side, where all the large ferries and ships docked, Rachel and the roaming groups of police officers, disembarked from their vehicles and began to spread out amongst the docks, Rachel was making sure that they spoke to everyone in the nearby shops, cafes and docking crews in case they also sighted the runaway duo. Rachel had strolled right up to a close knit group of young males standing nearby, not even bothering to act polite, she snapped “Have any of you seen these two?” she asked, ripping out from her small, red bag, two pictures: one of Hayden and one of Natalie, one of the males, smirked, looking her over, “I’ll tell you my answer if you go out with me” he smiled as Rachel rolled her eyes, “Oh please, I’m already taken, and I need your answer. Now have you seen them?” she snapped once more, as another gave a suggestive wink to her, but she pretended not to notice their immature behaviour, spotting, perhaps the only sensible male in the group, “You, there, at the back. Perhaps you can answer me” she informed him, seeing him try to avoid her gaze, “I…I…I can” he stammered as Rachel sighed, he looked sensible but obviously shy around girls, she observed as Rachel strolled over to him, “Yes, I think you can” she replied, grabbing him by his collared light blue shirt and locking her lips onto his’s as his friends stared in shock, watching her pull back, stroking his arm, “Now you were saying?” she asked sweetly, as he became loss for words, glancing down at the pictures she was still holding, “I will say that my friends and I haven’t seen them around here, because I can assure you if we did, my friends would hit on the girl there” he pointed out as Rachel eyed him over, “So you haven’t seen them, anywhere here for sure?” she asked once more as he slowly nodded, “Yes, we haven’t seen them” he repeated as the first guy spoke up, “Although, we did see two people like them, at a shady medical centre a few hours ago” as Rachel smirked, “Really, shady you say?” she asked, as he went on, “Oh yeah, a friend of mine works there and we were talking with them when we were there and I noticed two shifty people enter, real close. Tried to talk to them, wouldn’t talk to me only a “doctor”” he informed her, as Rachel pulled him over to him, “Interesting, show me this place and you just might get a little reward after all” she assured him, seeing him smile, leading her down the paths and away from the scattering police officers.

Not even waiting for the taxi to pull to a stop, Hayden and Natalie sprang from the vehicle and straight through the double glass doors of the airport, dashing over to the counter, where Hayden pulled out their tickets and passports, he had kept them in his back pocket in case of emergency, seeing as the bag was now back amongst the ruins of the hotel room, with their original flight, not due until tomorrow morning at 9.00, Hayden wondered if there was a way to trade tickets and get out on a flight right now. Almost out of breath by the time they reached the counter, he could barely think of what to do say, luckily Natalie decided to take over, “Excuse me, we have our two tickets for a flight to Sydney tomorrow morning and we were wondering if we could change that time and day for a flight to Sydney now or coming up?” she asked as the attendant smiled politely at her, before taking their tickets and passports and thumbing away through her computer, anxiously looking over his shoulder, Hayden wondered what could be taking so long, until finally she spoke again, “Well, I do have two business class tickets available on our next flight to Sydney, leaving in an hour from Gate 8B” she informed them as Natalie smiled up at Hayden, “Thanks so much, we’ll take them” she replied, “Can we exchange the tickets and pay the additional price?” she asked as the attendant smiled again, “That seems perfect. The additional cost is $250” she announced as Hayden and Natalie stared in disbelief, “What? It can’t be that much?” Hayden asked as Natalie looked worried, “How much do we have?” she asked, as he looked down at her, “$150” he informed her in a low voice as she looked away, “What! We’re stuck here until tomorrow then?” she asked, trying so hard not to cry before another voice spoke up, “Natalie! What’s wrong?” they asked as she spun round, trying to find the voice, until she saw a young woman, with long, straight brown hair moving over to her, as Natalie tried to remember her, she answered her own question, “Natalie, it’s me Jessica, Jude’s friend. I was with you in the bridal shop in Paris” she reminded her before her eyes moved over to where Hayden stood, “Who’s this? Where’s Jude? He left me in Paris and running off with this other girl” she pointed out as Natalie smiled proudly, “Oh, Jessica, this is Hayden, and Jude and I are no longer together” she informed her as Jessica looked upset, “Oh, that’s no good, anyway, you need help with tickets somewhere” she observed as Natalie suddenly snapped back to their situation, “Yes, we need to get back to Sydney, but we’re $100 dollars short of the price” she pointed out as Jessica smiled, “I’ll be happy to help you out” she informed them, just as an announcement rang out through the airport, “This is the first call for all passengers boarding the flight to Sydney Australia at gate 8B” they announced as Natalie spun back around, “That’s us. We’ll take those tickets” she snapped to the attendant as Jessica handed the extra money to Hayden, who quickly handed it over to the attendant in return for the new tickets and passports, “Enjoy your flight” she smiled to them, as Hayden started to pull Natalie away, not before Natalie could thank Jessica, “Thankyou so much for this. Hope to see you again” she told her as Jessica smiled back, “It was the least I can do” she smiled, watching them dash through the crowds and through security towards their plane.

Jessica hated to hear that Jude was no longer with Natalie, it just seemed un true and that other, tall, handsome man, Hayden, she remembered Natalie telling her, was so charming and protective of her, she saw the arm around her waist. Then a thought hit her, he wasn’t the man who Natalie ran off with in Paris now was it? wanting to hear more, she quickly whipped out her phone and decided it was time to call her friend, to see how was coping with his “break up” from Natalie.

The hotel’s bar was surprisingly empty at this time, as Jude silently sat at the bar, sipping another glass of elegant wine, smirking at the thought of having let his friends take advantage of their free time, bringing pain to Natalie and Hayden’s friends, of course, he was startled at the sound of his phone, because he wasn’t expecting anyone, well, perhaps it was only Rachel, he picked up his phone off the smooth surface of the bar and answered it, “Hello?” he asked, “Well, it has been a long time, if you’ve forgotten my voice” the figure pointed out as Jude remembered, “Jessica, what a surprise, sorry about leaving you in Paris like that” he replied, “It’s alright, I was just calling to ask how you are feeling about your break up with Natalie?” she asked as Jude became confused, “My break up? What are you talking about?” he asked, “Well, I’ve just arrived in Rome again and I bumped into Natalie at the airport and she had a new man and that you and her were finished” she answered as Jude started to tighten his grip around his half empty glass, “What? A new man, was his name, Hayden, by chance?” he asked, teeth now clenching, hearing Jessica gasp, “Yes! You know him?” she asked as Jude tried not to seem angry, “Oh yes, I do and the airport you say. Did she mention where she was going by chance?” he asked, “Uh, Sydney, she sounded like it was urgent to get there” he heard her reply, as Jude remained calm, “Okay, well great to talk with you again and thanks for the information” he replied, hanging up, he chugged down another drink, he opened his phone once more and decided to change the plans, first, he called his friends at the airport, telling them to move into the lounge where the flight from Rome would land, then he called the hotel room where his friends were, telling them to stop their “fun” and have their friends freshened up, and lastly, Rachel, and perhaps he shouldn’t have, as a sharp reply answered, “What is it now?!” she snapped as Jude snapped back, “Hayden and Natalie are at the airport and now on a plane back to Sydney right now” as he just heard a scream through the phone, “What! He called me to say they were at the docks!” she exclaimed, as Jude laughed, “Well, he was playing you! Get to the airport and try and stop them, if not, I want you on the next flight here immediately” he ordered, shutting the phone down, slamming it onto the surface, and storming off towards the hotel room.

Thinking that they would be able to surprise their attackers, Daniel and Ewan were not expecting two lonesome friends, to catch them before they could act, having just received their new orders from Jude, before grabbing Daniel and Ewan by their now, ripped shirts and pants, “Just what did you think you were doing?” one asked as he spoke up, “Okay, that’s enough. New orders from Jude” he informed them, as they all stopped, and looked over at their friends, “Hayden and Natalie are on their way here and Jude would like their friends to be cleaned so that they don’t expect any foul play” he ordered as Daniel and Ewan struggled in their grasp, “So, you two, take care of her”, meaning a now, bruised Emma, “You take care of her” meaning a fighting Mischa, “And you two, care of her” meaning Nicole, “And we’ll take care of these two” meaning Daniel and Ewan as everyone nodded in agreement, before moving into separate directions of the room, lined with smashed vases, tables and over turned chairs.

Having been able to push their way through the crowds, Hayden and Natalie finally arrived just seconds before they were closing the gate to their plane, as the attendant had informed them, “You were lucky to have made it on time. Proceed down the tunnel and Rebecca will show you to your seats” she smiled as Hayden and Natalie, understood, too out of breath, to speak, speeding down the tunnel and directly into the plane where a young, red haired woman, greeted them politely, before issuing them to their seats where they simply slumped into them, where Hayden cheekily turned over to Natalie, “We made it” he smirked as she smiled back, “We sure did” she echoed his response, before her soft lips met his’s in a tender, romantic moment, as his fingers ran through her’s while she rested her head against his strong shoulder. Hoping that it would be all over and done with, leaving this disaster behind for a happier finish.

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[Now, does that grab your attention? It should! We’re coming in for a rough landing! What will happen when Hayden and Natalie land in Sydney? Will they suspect Jude of foul play while they were in Rome and will Rachel make it back to join them! You’ll have to wait and see, but for now, here’s an addition of our other story. It’s shorter this time because it’s almost finished but also, the main story was much longer this time. Remember, in the wedding, they will using different names]

Hayden stared deeply into Natalie’s beautiful brown eyes while Ewan stared into Nicole’s sweet blue eyes as each clasped each other’s hands while the priest started the ceremony, Ashley and Mischa looking on, it was perfect. Seeing each couple never take their eyes off each other, Natalie and Nicole’s flowing dresses behind them, listening to the priest, as he spoke, of course, it was confusing for him, having to repeat some lines four times, “Michelle, do you take Scott to be lawful husband, in sickness and health, till death do you part?” he asked Natalie, who smiled happily, “I do” she smiled as he turned to Hayden, “Scott, do you take Michelle to be your lawful wife, in sickness and health till death do you part?” as Hayden simply smirked, “I do” as Natalie giggled, before the priest turned to Ewan and Nicole, “Joanna, do you take Matthew as your lawful husband, in sickness and health, till death do you part?” he asked as Nicole, trying not to cry, “I do” in a utter whisper, “Matthew, do you take Joanna as your lawful wife, in sickness and health, till death do you part?” he asked Ewan seeing him smile, just as Hayden had, “Of course” he replied, as he went on, until finally the moment had arrived, “The vows have been said and the rings have been given to each other and it give me great pleasure announce you all husband and wife, and you may now…” he stopped, as Hayden had pulled Natalie in closer and Ewan pulled Nicole in, “Continue kissing the bride” he announced as Ashley giggled seeing the two couples shared a long, beautiful passionate kiss together, as Mischa had to ask, “Now how do we avoid the town people?” as both boys looked confused, “What? The whole town’s here?” they asked in disbelief, as Natalie smiled, “Yes and some surprised guests” she added as the priest stepped in, “There is a back entrance if you want to avoid the front entrance” he informed them as Hayden looked around, “That might be best” he spoke up, quickly leading the others all towards back exit not before he stopped, scooping Natalie into his strong arms, as she laughed, “What are you doing?” she asked, as he pointed out, “Well, we did just get married and this is what they do” he pointed out as she giggled, “Oh Hayden” she smiled as he carried her out the exit, where Ewan only smirked, “Show off” he muttered before turning over to Nicole and lifted her into his arms, as she laughed, “Well, this is a surprise” she informed him as they crept along the back of the village towards their hotel rooms, unaware of the unsuspecting eyes carefully and quietly observing them.

“I want to say it’s her but the shop keeper said that the girl matching that girl’s description might have been pregnant and if she was alive, I just don’t think she would be pregnant, given that it hasn’t been a long time” the guard spoke to his soldiers, “Anyway, they are suppose to be dead and we can’t really confirm it’s them, anyway” he went on as another spoke up, “But don’t you think that it did look awfully lot like her” he pointed out as the first rolled his eyes, “Well, she did have the long, brown, curly hair and the slender figure but I can’t say because heaps of girls could look like that and may I remind you that she was pregnant!” he exclaimed once more, starting his soldiers, to jump back a few steps, “Now, this arguing is pointless, we need to remain here for a long as possible until we can confirm a possible identity of the group, so we need to split up, I will take you three and we’ll head into the church to speak to the priest, you three search any of the hotels while the rest of you, try talking to the villagers and shopkeepers to see if they know anything” he informed them, as they all agreed and turned in their respective directions.

Meanwhile, far away from the small village, in the luxury of a huge, warm, filling atmosphere of a castle, Rachel silently smirked to herself, having been entertaining her parents all day, she been able to spend some time with herself, thinking over a whole new plan to get rid of Jude. Having remembered the conversation she overheard, she knew what she could do. It was Jude who ordered the surprise attack on the ruined village capturing the two girls in order to lure the three back to the castle, and he had told her father that he hadn’t and that it had nothing to do with him. It was just a regular attack between hunters on villagers, but Rachel knew more and would prove that it was his knights and it was for his personal trap and when she did, that would finally give Rachel and her father the power and proof to remove Jude from his throne and Rachel will take his place. Deciding to take a simple, quiet stroll through the palace gardens, she threw on a simple, elegant see through grown over her dress, she moved out from her quarters, to the lush, green peaceful tranquilness of the gardens, it was one of her favourite places to be, since she was very little, as she moved further and further through the gardens, she stopped, hearing a very faint, low cry, like someone was here, crying, so, almost tiptoeing around the corner, she was startled to find her mother, with a gorgeous array of red and pink flowers in her shaking hands, knowing why she was still crying, Rachel slowly moved over to where she sat on the stoned cold bench and sat next to her, “I just can’t believe I’ve loss her” her mother cried as Rachel remained quiet, listening to her, “She was my little girl, one of my youngest, still a baby when she left. I was against it but your father said it was to maintain peace between our kingdom and his’s but why Natalie, she’s so young” she cried as Rachel spoke out, “She also fell in love with someone else, who rescued her from the attack that happened on the way here” as her mother cried more, “I would have been so happy for her, I didn’t want her to marry Jude but someone she truly loved” she cried as Rachel continued to console her mother, as a small breeze started to brush past them, as small piles of green, shaped leaves brushed past them as for the first time, since seeing her sister die, Rachel allowed her emotion to overcome her and she turned in her mother’s shoulder, as she felt small, clear tears fall from her deep brown eyes down her pale white cheeks.

Having been able to secure three separate rooms, Natalie now curled up to her handsome, sweet husband, as he twirled her long curls through his fingers, as she giggled, threading her slim fingers through his’s fingers, they were all along, with Mischa taking care of Ashley and Ewan and Nicole spending some happy moments together leaving Hayden and Natalie to spend their time together, as Hayden suddenly grabbed Natalie by her slender waist and pulled her on top of him as she giggled, “Oh, my so strong” she smiled as he smirked cheekily, “Of course, anything for my new wife” he told her, as she leaned in, and he felt her precious sweet angelic lips against his strong lips, her hands running down his face as he slid his hands down her slender figure, and across her tummy, “A wife and a baby, it’s more than I expected” he pointed out as she laughed, “It was a certain surprise for me, because I found the man that I truly love and want to be with” she informed him, giggling more, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling to the right, so he was looking down into her soft brown eyes, “You are truly my angel” he added as she whispered, “You’re my knight in shining armour” she told him, as he smiled cheekily once more, before he leaned in for another passionate kiss as the stars outside, sparkled in the shimmering navy blue sky above.

[Well, now how’s that? An ending, maybe! You’ll have to see. Will they be discovered before they escape the village to live happily ever after? And will Rachel finally become the queen she’s always wanted to be? Only time will tell, stay reading!]

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Chapter 43

Time was fast approaching, Hayden and Natalie will be touching down in Sydney very soon where they would immediately appended and brought to him, he would not go down with one final fight for her love, even if he would turn against his word against her friends, just thinking about it, made him smirk, to see Natalie once more, her slim, tiny figure, her bouncy brown curls and her deep brown eyes, with her hands clasping tightly onto Hayden’s arm, well that was about to change, because he knew the one thing that will break them apart and he was going to use them to fight back for what was rightfully mine.

Trapped in the small, hotel bedroom, they had all been tidied up to show that Jude and his friends had not touched them for now, looking around, Emma saw no way out, except she had found one, small damp cloth lying nearby, and with her boots, she carefully slid her boot over the cloth, slowly dragging it towards her, before she rubbed away some of the make up on her right leg to reveal one of the larger cuts she had sported while Mischa and Nicole remained silent, Ewan and Daniel did their best at annoying the guards, pointing out everything wrong with their plan, knowing they could not fight back, “You know Hayden and Natalie ain’t dumb, they’ll see right through this, because they know that Jude won’t keep his word and that he’s being sneaky” Ewan smirked with a slight wink at Daniel, who smiled back, before adding, “Yeah. He’s right, they’ll have a plan and then you’ll be the ones who will be sorry” before he looked around the room and found Emma, acting strange, so he moved away from Ewan, sitting next to her, “What are you doing?” he whispered in a low voice as Emma smiled, “I am going to show the flaw in Jude’s plan by revealing more of my injuries. See?” she pointed out, turning her right leg towards him and he saw one of her large cuts, making him smile, “I love you” he laughed as she blushed, “I know, sweetie” she replied, leaning in, they quickly shared a tender kiss together.

Natalie awoke to find Hayden’s light jacket draped over her shoulder and his fingers entwined through her’s, she looked over to find him asleep, his mouth in a small curl to the side as his head rested against the side of his chair, she smiled, just watching him sleep, how she would feel his fingers move through her’s, causing her to stifle a little laugh every now and then, trying to not to wake him up as she ran her fingers down his arm, causing him to move slightly as she smirked, running them up and through his hair, before she found that she couldn’t move them anymore and a voice filled the air, “Hasn’t anyone told you not to disturb someone when they slept?” he teased as she playfully slapped him, “Me!?! You were the one tickling me while you slept” she pointed out seeing him laugh, “I was just stretching my fingers” he innocently replied, now it was Natalie’s turn to laugh, “You were trying to make me laugh” she corrected him as he shrugged, “I can’t help it if you have a sweet laugh” he told her as Natalie felt herself blush, leaning in closer to give him a kiss, “Oh Hayden, you are ever so sweet” she informed him, as their lips pressed together when they heard the captain speaking through the speaker, “Attention, passengers, we are about to make our decedent at Sydney airport, please make sure your seat belts are on and trays are in their up right, positions” he spoke as Hayden and Natalie exchanged glances with each other, “I guess this is it” she muttered as Hayden slowly nodded, “I guess, but don’t worry, we’ll be alright. We’ll get through this” he assured her, holding her soft hand as the plane started to descended from the sky.

Rachel was becoming more frustrated as the hours past by, two planes so far have been delayed due to small mechinal problems, small they may be, it was wasting time and Jude wanted Rachel in Sydney as soon as possible, after finding out that Hayden and Natalie had already departed from the airport, now she needed to get out of Rome. 10 minutes later, Rachel finally found a way out, back to Sydney. They will pay for outwitting her once again especially Natalie, for running off and stealing her boyfriend. She took one last look back at the city of Rome before quickly departing down the airport tunnel towards the plane’s entrance. She had decided to inform the police of her change in plans but not the hotel manager, after all, it was Jude’s room and it was his responsibility to pay for the room, so let him handle it, however she was not going to inform Jude that she had asked the police here to inform at least two police in Sydney to intercept Hayden and Natalie once they land but what she didn’t know, was that Jude did not inform of her, of his own friends, ready to intercept Hayden and Natalie once they land-it seemed that Rachel could not trust Jude anymore than he trusted her, it was everyone for themselves.

As the plane glided to a gentle and steady landing at Sydney airport, the nerves started to overcome both Hayden and Natalie, knowing that they were walking right out into the airport without their friends to usher them out quickly, Natalie had not felt more nervous ever, especially for when she had met Hayden for the first time and seeing him act with everyone else whom she had known from Episode 1, she could felt his arms protectively around her as she held onto him, as they departed from the plane and through the swarms of passengers, while keeping a watchful eye out for anyone suspicious, he leaned in closer to Natalie, “Let’s keep to the back of the airport and not walk straight through the main checkpoint” he whispered to her as she nodded in agreement, unfortunately, they had not seen the two secretly hidden men watching from afar, until they were pushed into a discreet area of the airport, away from the eyes of fellow passengers wandering the airport, “Who are you?” Hayden asked as Natalie tried to recognise the men, “How did you know we were on that flight?” she added as they laughed, “Let’s just say we had a hunch feeling and let’s just say that Jude was not pleased when he found out that there was no cousin and that you were headed to Rome with Hayden” one replied, with a slight touch to her face, “So what has Jude done with our friends?” Natalie asked as the first laughed, “Nothing, yet but you’ll find out soon enough” he informed them as they saw the second men nudge and whisper something to the first, before he turned angry, “Let’s take a little walk this way and if you make contact with everyone, just smile because I ain’t afraid to shoot either of you if you try anything funny” he warned them as Hayden felt Natalie’s hand clasped his tighter, before they were ushered out along the narrow aisle way and toward the exit of the airport as the second man pulled out his phone, and ringing Jude to inform him that they had them and who they had seen at the airport.

Pouring himself another victory drink, Jude was smiling even more as his phone rang once again, a long time in a while, “Good news I hope?” he asked straight away, “Yes, they landed just a few minutes ago and we have intercepted them and are proceeding to our car. We should be at the hotel in a few minutes. However, we have some other news” Jude heard his friend reply, as he gripped the glass, “What! Now she’s pregnant!” he exclaimed, “Not that we know of but someone alerted police because we spied two policemen near the gate way from where they emerged from and were very cautious at us when we intercepted them” he heard him speak as Jude automatically knew who had informed the police over here, “Well, we have them now so tough luck so just get back here as soon as you can” he ordered, shutting them off and slamming the phone down on the bench, before he yelled out to his other friend, who quickly emerged from the room, “What is it?” he asked, as Jude simply strolled past him, “Ready their friends, they are almost here and I want this to go quicker than I expected” he snapped as his friend understood, “Understood, just say the word and we will bring them out on your word” he informed him, disappearing back into the bedroom, leaving Jude to smirk, it was all coming to an end, just as soon as they walked through that very door.

Daniel and Emma watched as the men converse together, wondering what could be going on, hoping it wasn’t what they thought it was, until Ewan slipped over, a concerned look on his face, “What’s going on?” Daniel asked as Ewan looked back at the group, before replying, in a low voice so they couldn’t hear, “I’ve been trying to ears drop on their conversation and I think Hayden and Natalie are back in Sydney and are on their way here” he informed them as Emma gasped, “Are you sure?” Daniel asked, as Ewan shrugged, “I heard something like, when I give the signal you bring them out” he replied as Daniel looked concerned as Ewan was, “I hope they’re coming here on their own and not under escort” he muttered as Emma started hiding her left leg behind her right, unfortunately, Ewan saw the quick movement, asking. “What was that leg movement for?” he asked as Emma bit her top lip, looking over at the group, “I’ve managed to wash away some of the cover up to reveal some of the injuries I’ve received” she replied as Ewan smiled, “That is impressive, one pointer, when they drag you out, make sure you’re last, so that when you’re out there, Hayden and Natalie should see your leg before they do” he pointed out as Emma nodded, “Thanks, I’ll do that” she assured him as he moved back over to where Nicole and Mischa sat as Daniel turned back to Emma, “Do you think Ewan’s right, that they’re on their way?” he asked her as Emma shrugged, “I don’t know, I just hope they don’t have to separate because of us” she blurted out before she threw her arms around Daniel as he felt her crying into his dark coloured shirt.

It seemed to be a much shorter drive back through the city to the hotel, than Hayden and Natalie expected, once they had been ushered into the car, hands clasped tightly together, they had exchanged looks at each other every few minutes, wondering what had happened to their friends, Natalie had longed not trusted Jude anymore, expressing her concerns to Hayden back when they were on the plane, telling him how Jude is not to be trusted, that he has probably lied to which Hayden assured her that he will protect her from him and he will pay if he had lied about not harming their friends until after they had returned, although, he was worried himself, they had brought the suitcase back, but he only didn’t bring it back because of what had been inside and that he had a bad feeling about bringing it back. Brought back to reality by the sudden halt of the car, they were roughly pulled from the back seat towards the service entrance, prompting Hayden to point out, “The service entrance? What, to afraid of being around people and fear of being caught?” he cheekily asked, which only brought a sudden, violent shove from behind, almost sending him off his feet as Natalie shrieked, before the first shoved his friend, “What are you doing? Giving him more satisfaction of teasing you, let him tease you, then you can tease him when they get into the hotel room” he pointed out as Natalie sharply looked to Hayden, after helping him back on his feet, “I don’t like this” she whispered to him as he held her close, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen, trust me” he smirked, as they were led up the service stairs and down the long, carpeted hallway, where another two friends appeared from nowhere, grabbing both Hayden and Natalie and holding them tight, while the first friend started to turn his key into the lock on the white hotel door, until he heard a click and the door slowly opened.

Hayden didn’t even need to look over at Natalie, to know that she was now shaking and afraid of what was about to happen, she was about to meet up again when the man she had tried to forget about and move on from, she had told him that she would never go back to Jude because he was not the man she had first met, the charming, handsome man had turned into the scheming, jealous man she had never seen before, as they were ushered into the familiar hotel room, it was not as they had left it, table and chairs were removed, there were no vases or items on any surface, just a lone figure leaning against the smooth marble surface of the bench top, as they strolled past him, into the living room before they were sharply spun around to face him, as he spoke, “I have to say that I am very disappointed with you, before tricking me, leading me to believe that you were not at the airport when clearly, you WERE!” he exclaimed, seeing them jump slightly in their spot, “Jude, it’s over, tell us what have you done with our friends or I’ll kill you” Natalie informed him, as Jude only laughed, “How I missed that sharp tongue of your’s sweetie” he replied, swiftly moving over to her, spinning her into his arms, as she tried to push him off her, “Let me go, I am not yours anymore. I don’t love you” she told him as Jude only laughed, “I think you will” he smirked, leaning in closer to whisper into her ear, “Not even to save your friends” hearing her gasp as Hayden struggled to break free as Jude clicked his fingers, turning Natalie’s head towards the door, so she saw it open and in strolled all her friends, as Natalie finally managed to push Jude from her, before another figure grabbed her, as Hayden stared over at their friends, seeing Emma staring at him, her eyes moving down, telling him to look at her leg, where he saw a large, painful cut on her left leg, understanding what he happened, he gave a silent wink, laughing, “You’re a good Liarer, Jude” he told him seeing Jude turn and give him the coldest stare ever, “I am stunned that you would say that, as you can see your friends are clearly unharmed, however, if you don’t return Natalie to me, they will be harmed” he ordered him as Hayden laughed once more, “Then explain to the large wound on Emma’s leg, which, I might, add was not there when I left” Hayden smirked as Natalie gasped, screaming, “You filthy Liarer! I HATE YOU!” she screamed as Jude laughed more, as Hayden finally decided he had, had enough, twisting back the arms of the man holding him, he charged straight for Jude, knocking him flat onto his back, Jude’s friend looked at the one holding Natalie, and he started to move around, as she struggled under his grasp, not before Ewan, pushed himself off the guard holding him, straight for him, while Nicole, Mischa and Emma fought back, trying to pry Natalie away, Ewan knocking him off, telling him, “There’s no way I’m letting you tear my friends apart” as Hayden started to overpowered Jude, something had wanted to do, all along.

Frustrated at having no one met her at the airport, Rachel stormed straight from the white taxi and into the hotel, no one was answering her calls and the police she had met with at the airport, informed her that two people matching her description she had told them, left under escort of two suspicious men, only making Rachel fume with anger, she was fuming with anger that she burst through the hotel lobby, causing several patrons to turn in shock as she whipped past them, not even waiting for the lift, storming straight up the stairs, not before she turned to the manager, “You!” she glared, seeing him stand up straighter, “Yes, can I help you?” he asked, as she huffed, “Call the police, tell them that there’re may be a disturbance in Room 312” she informed him, continuing up the stairs as he grabbed his phone, he could not ignore any patron’s request, even if it turned out to be a false alarm.

Jude looked up into Hayden’s angry eyes, he was much stronger but Jude knew what would make Hayden dash from the room, “You are nothing, you know Natalie never loved you, she’s only faking it. She told me she never wanted you to star with her in those movies, she led you on and right now, she’s being taken away from this hotel, just like last time” he smirked as he felt Hayden’s arms holding him down, as he looked up and saw Ewan on top of one, Daniel fighting off another, while Emma, Nicole and Mischa pried Natalie away, as Hayden looked back down at Jude, “You are what Natalie called you, a filthy Liarer. She’s still here” now it was his turn to smirk, just as another voice filled the room, “What is all this!?!” they exclaimed as all eyes looked over at the door, to see a furious, frustrated, tired, worn Rachel standing there, clearly unimpressed at what she was seeing.

Rachel strolled in the room, her hands firmly placed on her slender hips, her deep brown eyes blaring down on the group before her, “So this is why I didn’t get anyone meeting me at the airport or the hotel? Why I informed the hotel manager to call police?” she asked out loud as Jude looked shocked, “What!?! Rachel, I said no police!” he exclaimed as Rachel laughed, “Oh yeah, well, I decided that it was time to bring in a higher authority and it’s a good thing I did” she replied as Ewan laughed, jumping down from the back of the man he had been astride on, “I think it’s a good thing the police are coming, because I can explain to them, how you guys are the villains in all this” he laughed in her face as Rachel shoved him away from her, “And how are we villains in this?” she plainly asked as Ewan smiled, “Hm, let’s see, assault, holding people against their will, kidnapping, attempted to kidnap, stalking…I could keep going forever” he informed her as Rachel looked confused, “Hang on, attempted kidnapping?” she asked as Ewan stared straight at her, “Oh come on, don’t tell me you weren’t in on it? Hayden and Natalie get back to Sydney, with the so called “suitcase of money” that turns out to be a lie, a fight ensures then in the midst of the fight, Jude grabs Natalie and runs off again” he replied as Rachel’s eyes flew over to Jude, “What were you planning on telling me that part!?!” she exclaimed, as Jude struggled under Hayden’s strength holding him down, “I wasn’t, because you were not planning on telling me that you had informed the Italian and Sydney police” he spat as she sighed, “You, jerk, you thought you could use me then blame everything on me, you pathetic fool” she spat once more as Jude had finally managed to knock Hayden off him, sending him onto his back and strolling over to Rachel, “I’m the pathetic food? You are the one who played the innocent girl in all this when you were planning all along to use the police in this” he laughed as more voices entered the room, “Alright, hands up! All of you!” one shouted, as every pair of eyes flew over to the door, to see a small squad of police standing at the entrance with the manager, as Rachel smirked, it was time for her real act to begin.









































































































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[Ah ha! Got you! The final conclusion to this epic story is coming up. What has Rachel being planning this whole time? Will Hayden and Natalie be broken up for good? You’ll have to stay tuned for the next instalment, for now, here’s the second last instalment of the my medieval story]

With the weddings now over, the next step came in deciding where they would to live, however, Natalie still didn’t want to move too far away in case one day she could return home, informing her parents of everything, however, Hayden and Ewan kept reminding her that it would be nearly impossible and there is a chance you could be separated again, but Natalie reassured them that if they didn’t except her new family, then she would run away. With the presence of new soldiers around the village recently, the group wanted to get away as soon as possible, forever and forever. They could go anyway because everyone believed they were dead, but that was about to change.

Rachel, dressed in simple, young attire, stepped out into the palace grounds and over to the stables with her soldiers behind her, “M’lady, I must protest, you cannot do this. You saw them die, it was them, what more do you want?” her friend asked as Rachel shook her head, “Those two kids who came out to greet us, might know something more. I just need closure” she replied, starting to saddle up her beautiful light brown horse, “Closure? For what, we had the funeral, isn’t that closure enough?” he asked as two more helped her onto the horse, “I just need to know, I have this nagging feeling like my sister is alive and well” she argued as her friend understood, “So what happens if you find out she’s alive?” he asked as Rachel looked out over the hills, “I’ll find her, but won’t bring her back” she simply answered, startling her friend, “What!?! Jude will be angry” he pointed out as Rachel shook her head, “If I bring her back, she’ll just be miserable and I can’t have that. She deserves happiness and I need closure” she told him and with a swift kick on her horse, she disappeared beyond the lush green hills of the country.

Natalie once again giggled, as Hayden spun her around, her dress twirling around her before he held her in his strong arms, “I love hearing your small, sweet laugh” he told her as she giggled, running her fingers through his blond, golden locks “And I love feeling the softness of your hair” she added as he smirked, “I think our baby will have your laugh and eyes” he told her as she laughed, “And your hair” she giggled as he started to tickle her before more voices entered the room, “Still acting like you were married yesterday” Ewan commented, strolling into the room with his strong, right arm around Nicole’s slim waist followed by Mischa with little Ashley on her hip, “Ewan, leave them alone, I think it’s sweet and it’s only been a couple of days” Mischa reminded him, handing Ashley over to Natalie, who started to tickle and play with her, as Hayden looked on as Nicole spoke up, “So any idea on where we are going to next?” as Mischa looked to Hayden, who paused until finally answering her question, “I kind of had the idea of going back in the direction of where I use to live but further, to the next village. It’s away from everyone else” he informed them as Natalie stopped playing with Ashley, “Are you sure, I don’t want to lose you” she replied as Ashley’s head softly rested on her shoulder, as Hayden smiled, “I assure you this village is well secluded, near the mountain tops. I use to explore there when I was a kid” he replied as Mischa gasped, “So that’s why you were always gone for long periods making mum and dad worry” she pointed out as Hayden laughed, “Yeah, I was always on the wrong side of the law” he muttered as they heard Ewan laugh, “Was? Ha! You are still on the wrong side of the law” he laughed, with a nudge over at Natalie, which earned him a hard elbow to his ribs by Nicole, who then sweetly kissed him, as he looked annoyed, “Oh, now I can’t stay mad at you” he weakly informed her, holding onto his ribs with a slight smile, as Hayden only rolled his eyes, “We’ll head out by late afternoon before the soldiers realised anything suspicious” he instructed them, with a sweet, romantic kiss on Natalie’s slight cheek.

Rachel rode her horse as fast as she could across the roaming landscapes, the wind against her skin and the trees whipping past her, it was so quiet, however Rachel didn’t have time to stop and admire the land, she was on a quest, to see if her sister was really alive. She could see the small village in view, so she ordered her horse to move around the back, where she quietly entered into the stables, and stepping off her horse, where she donned her light, pale blue hood, hiding her face and moved into the village, luckily for her, it was a busy day in the village so she went unnoticed, and was able to spot her quarry. Near the hotel where the incident happened, they seem to be arguing with an older adult as she edged closer and waited for the adult to move away, leaving the two. She slowly stepped out in front of the young teenagers, who were startled by the stranger’s presence, “Can we help you?” the boy asked as Rachel kept her head lowered, “I need some questions answered about the small incident here a week ago” she spoke as the girl looked at her seriously, “We already told the soldiers everything we know” she pointed out, “No, this is personal. Can we go somewhere quiet?” she asked as Daniel and Emma looked at each other, “Sure, we’ll head back into our room” he spoke, as she followed them in and made herself comfortable on the plush lounge, while they sat opposite her, “Now, tell what is it you want?” Emma asked as Rachel pushed back her hood, revealing her little, sweet face, seeing them gasp, “it’s you! The one who was after them with that King” they both spoke as she smiled, “Glad to see that your memory worked because I need your help” she informed them, taking a deep breath before going on, “I made a mistake, you see the Princess that was in that group, was my younger sister, and I pressured my father into sending away to marry the King then in a case of sibling rivalry, would get rid of both of them, however, I didn’t expect it any of the other events nor her death, plus I have this nagging feeling that she is still alive. I just need to know, I don’t want to bring her back to the King, I want her to be happy and I need proper closure” she explained to them as they sat there, in complete shock, “Sister? You’re her sister!?!” Daniel explained as she looked away, “I’m afraid so. I just wanted to be a Queen so badly, so I figured if the King got married then they were to die, I would step up, but now I have a new plan. Please, tell me, is she dead?” she pleaded as Emma and Daniel exchanged glances, “Oh, this is going to be hard to explain but no, she is not dead. Her friends and her are alive and happy. In fact, we just heard from them, Natalie and Hayden are married and expecting a baby. They are planning on leaving the village before some “soldiers” catch them” Daniel replied as Rachel became surprised, “She’s alive? My sister is alive and married? Oh, you don’t know how happy I am. Please, tell me, what village are they in now?” she asked as Emma looked nervous, “What are you going to do?” she asked, “Just see her one last time” she cried, as Daniel sighed, “You leave this village and ride north, it’s the first village from here” he informed her as she jumped straight up, happily embracing them, before darting from the room.

Emma looked over at her friend, who seemed pleased with himself, “What was that?” she asked as Daniel shrugged, “I believe her, she wasn’t going to hand her over, she just wanted to know the truth” he answered her as Emma sighed, “I hope you’re right because I would hate for us to hear that she lied to us” she replied as Daniel shook his head, “No, she wasn’t. She was a sister looking for her other sister” he simply told her.

Scurrying around the village for the last time, was a sad, upsetting fact that came to the group, but they wanted to live happily ever after and the presence of soldiers wasn’t helping, although, not using their real names, helped. Natalie felt secure and happy with her new family, Hayden was every man she was wanted and more, she smiled over at him, as she disappeared into another store, with Nicole and Mischa while he sat with Ewan, playing with Ashley, who didn’t seem affected by these big changes. She felt like she was with her family, she had her brother, her sister, a new sister and a new mother and father [Ewan and Nicole took it upon themselves to act like the older, watchful adults] Something Hayden couldn’t be more happier with, “Hey, thanks for sticking by me, I know I got you in trouble when you tried to help us first escape” Hayden commented to Ewan as he laughed, “No problem, I’m glad you forgive me, after all, I was the one, who took Natalie away from you, at your house, leading you back to the castle in the first place” he replied as Hayden smiled, “I was angry with you at first but then you changed and helped us out instead” he pointed out, moving over to Natalie and wrapping his strong arms around her waist, “You look beautiful today, glowing” he smirked as she blushed, “Awe, you are so sweet” she replied, with a kiss as Nicole spoke up, “What do you say, we head back to the hotel, eat up and then start packing so we can head off” she suggested as Ewan kissed her, “Sounds like a plan” he replied as they headed off.

The sun was starting to dip below the clouds when Rachel approached the village and into the stables, where she recognised three horses from her own stables, they were still here, but probably not for long as she descended her horse, proceeding out of the wooden barn doors towards the closest hotel, however, she did not count on the small group of people heading inside. Her chance had come, so she shouted, “Hey! Stop!” causing them to turn, staring blankly at her, before one of the girls, stepped away from her male escort closer to her, she seemed so different than the sister she once knew. Glowing with joy, she gasped, before throwing her arms around her, “Oh my god, Rachel! What are you doing here? Are you alone or is he with you?” she asked her as Rachel felt the small clear tears fall, “No, just me and I am so happy for you” she cried, “I’m only here to say that, not to alert anyone” she added as Natalie quickly waved her friends over, who gasped in shock, “What do you want? To turn us in?” Hayden asked as Natalie playfully hit him, “No, honey, this is my sister and she is not going to do that” she assured them as Ashley hid behind Nicole’s dress, “She’s the lady who cut me” she pointed out as Rachel knelt before her, “I am truly sorry. I did not mean that. It was a ruse and I am truly sorry” she cried, standing back up, “I just wanted you to know that. I won’t tell anyone, promise. I saw your face full of joy and know you’re married and pregnant and I don’t want to ruin it” she assured them as Natalie smiled, “Do you want to stay with us, until we leave in an hour?” she asked as Rachel smiled, “I would like that” she replied as Hayden held Natalie close leading her in, followed by Rachel then Ewan, Nicole, with Ashley in her arms then Mischa, still unsure about the sudden arrival of Rachel, the woman who had been out to destroy them.

[What a tease am I? Sadly, the medieval will finish, I’m surprise that it went for so long, in the next chapter. Will there be happily ever afters after all and what will become of King Jude? You’ll have to wait and see!]

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Chapter 44

For this chapter, I’ve decided to try something different just to hook you, not saying anything but you’ll see

Rachel gave a small smirk that no one could see, as the police yelled once again, “Hands up! All of you!” as Rachel spun around, her face showing signs of fear and that she was frightened, “Oh, officers, thank goodness, you’ve arrived. It has been horrible, trapped up here. They…” she trailed off, towards Ewan and his friends, “Have held us against our will for almost 72 hours now” nearly on the verge of tears as Jude quickly added, “Yeah and that boy there, kidnapped my finance two times then had me beaten for hours on end” he pointed out, with a small wink to Rachel as the lead officer looked over at the alleged group, seeing the shock looks upon their faces, then the large, cut on Emma’s leg, “Is this all true?” he simply asked as Natalie pushed herself away from the group, “No, it is all lies, they’re the ones who have been stalking, kidnapping, assaulting, holding our friends against their will and threatening us to do their dirty work” she explained as Rachel fumed with anger, “Don’t listen to her! She stole me boyfriend away from me and she assaulted me!” she shouted as Natalie shook her head, turning towards the officers, “You have to believe me, I was in love with him” she started, indicating Jude, “then I fell in love with another and left because I wanted to leave with him not my first boyfriend, who was forcing me to marry him too soon, then they both followed us across the world and then stalked us until he kidnapped me again and they attempted to ruin our wedding and now, they’ve been blackmailing us to break up” she went on as the officer looked around the room, “Do you have any witnesses to say that you are not lying and they are?” he asked as Hayden took his cue, “Yes, officer we do. We have five people in this room, who can admit that they are lying and they were the ones who have been victims in all this” he replied as Ewan and Nicole stepped towards Natalie and Hayden, “That would be us and these other three” Nicole told him, meaning Mischa, Emma and Daniel as Rachel looked shell shocked, as the hotel manager spoke up, “I was informed by her, to contact police because of a brawl already in process up here” he told them, as the officer moved his gaze over to where Rachel stood, “And just how were you aware of this brawl in this room happening?” he asked as Rachel straightened herself, “I…I assumed that is what was happening” she stammered as Emma snapped, “Oh stop lying! You knew what was going to happen in this room. You knew a fight would happen. While Jude was fighting Hayden, we all saw your friend start to drag Natalie towards the door and if we hadn’t stopped him, she wouldn’t even be standing here!” she shouted, nearly out of breath but still had more to say, “So before you add another lie to your bag already, I suggest you just admit the real story because nothing will stop us from telling the police the truth. We have been chased, assaulted and fearing for our lives and I have had enough!” she exclaimed as everyone stared at her, before the officer moved over into the centre of the group, “So if what this young girl is saying is true, then you two,” he started indicating Jude and Rachel, “Could be facing serious charges and I have to admit it but I am inclined to believe these people over here, because when I first came in here, I saw the injury to her leg and the frustration on their faces as you informed us of your story” he explained as Jude became furious, losing his patience, “This is insane! And getting confusing! I admit that I did those things but only because I am still in love with Natalie and if I could find a way, I would go back to Rome and prevent the chance meeting between Natalie and Hayden happen” he clenched through his teeth as Rachel sighed and the officer stroll over to him, “So you admit that you assaulted, blackmailed and threatened to kill their friends and kidnapping Natalie on one occasion?” he asked as Jude threw his arms up in the air, “Oh come on, they’re obviously suffering from a delusion state of mind, having been stuck up here and those two, are still mad because they were forced to run all around Rome after being sent on a wild goose chase” he corrected them as Hayden laughed before going on, “I knew I should not have agreed to meet you that night at Centrepoint Tower then I wouldn’t have to have gone to Rome in the first place” seeing Jude straighten himself more, “I needed that for personal reasons which by the way, I do not see with you” he pointed out as Hayden laughed once more, with a tone of disinterest, “I left that suitcase in Rome because when I opened it, I immediately knew what was going to happen and was not going to let you do it” he replied as Jude laughed, reaching for his back pocket, “Oh really, you did, did you?” he asked, “Well, then, I bet you weren’t prepared for this!” he shouted, whipping out another small hand held gun, “Now, don’t move. I am not prepared to fire this” he warned as the lead officer simply remained calm, “Put the gun down or it will be forcefully taken from you” he warned as Jude laughed, “No, I am my own plans and to take, a page from Hayden’s book of tricks, I must be off” he informed them, grabbing Natalie in his grasp, he sprinted for the door, where he gave them once final look, “Don’t even follow me or I will make sure even you can’t have her” he added, and with that he was gone, leaving Hayden, Ewan, Nicole, Mischa, Emma, Daniel, his friends, the officers, the manager, even Rachel, totally bewildered at being betrayed once more.

Not even bothering to address the officers, Hayden dashed from the crowded hotel room, leaving Ewan to speak to them, “Well, what are you waiting for? He has taken off with the man’s wife again and you just stand here! Go, after them!” he ordered them, seeing them rush from the room and the manager, leaving Ewan, Nicole, Mischa, Emma and Daniel with Jude’s friends, “As for you lot, I swear that if Jude touches Natalie in any harmful way, I am going to break all your legs and toss Jude into jail for life” Ewan threatened before he ran from the room as Mischa looked at her friends, “Well, we better go after them. Who knows what both of them could do when they are angry?” she asked, out loud, quickly exiting after Ewan.

Natalie struggled under Jude’s strong, hard grip on her, throughout the hotel lobby, her screams causing patrons and staff to look but unfortunately, Jude was yelling at them to back off, aiming his gun at everyone in the lobby, “Jude, you let go right now or you’ll be sorry” Natalie warned as Jude laughed, “Not a chance. You can scream all you want, but I have the gun and no one is coming near you, while I am here” he silenced her, as she whipped her head around to see the officers running towards them followed by Hayden, who whipped the gun right out of the closest officer’s hand and fired, right over Jude’s head, hitting the corner of the entrance, making him spin around, and Hayden saw Natalie’s terrified face staring straight at him, “You, again, I warned you about following me and I never go back on my word” he assured him, wrapping his arm firmly on her waist, he pushed the small gun against her right temple, “Now, if you don’t want to see her dead, I would advise that you let us leave this hotel, with no followers” Jude ordered as Hayden never lowered his gun, “I can’t let you do that. She doesn’t want you and you have to accept that” he replied as Jude shook his head, “Wrong answer” he shook his head, clicking the gun, moving her closer to him, as she gave a slight whimper, as Hayden clicked his gun, “I am not afraid to shoot you before you shoot her” he warned as Jude laughed, “You don’t have the guts to go that far” he taunted him as Hayden could feel his anger boiling, “I will do what I must to prevent you from hurting her” he snapped back, “Then, you’ll shoot me and risk getting thrown into jail, knowing I could take her back right under your nose” he pointed out as Hayden stopped, he had a point, but then, he could say that he shot Jude to save another, “No, because she knows who she wants” he replied as Jude shook his head, “No, she was happier with me” he argued, “Now, say goodbye to your little sweetheart” he taunted, as his fingers moved towards the trigger. It was make or break time.

Meanwhile, having being able to head in the opposite direction, Ewan, Nicole, Mischa, Emma and Daniel were now observing the scene high in the rafters of the luxury hotel, Ewan having managed to “borrow” a sniper rifle along the way, was now ready to aim straight at Jude, “You’re not going to kill him, are you?” Mischa asked as Ewan laughed “And let him escape proper punishment, I don’t think so” he assured her as Emma clenched her teeth, “Well, you better act fast, it looks like Jude is inches away from shooting her right in the head” she informed him as Daniel looked down at Hayden, “And before Hayden fires at Jude before he does” he pointed out, as Ewan adjusted the sight once more, so he was aiming for his arm, “Okay, here it goes. This is for all the trouble you have caused my friends” he whispered, as he began to pull back the trigger on the sniper rifle.

Patrons remaining in the hotel, quickly looked around, trying to see what was happening, only seeing two grown men aiming guns at each other and a terrified young lady trying to squirm away, “I am not letting you take her away once more” Jude informed him, and just as he started to pull the trigger, he stopped and Natalie felt his strong hard grip loosen around her, turning to watch him fall back, against the cold, marble surface on the hotel floor, and red, cold blood oozing out of a small bullet sized wound in his right arm, Natalie looked down, frozen to her spot as Hayden lowered his gun, moving over to Natalie, her eyes locked with his’s, “Do you realised what has happen now?” she asked, her lips quiving as Hayden simply shook his head, his arm stroking her’s, “I didn’t fire the gun. I am just as stunned as you” as police officers started to move towards the stunned, shocked pair, issuing an order for paramedics as Hayden and Natalie looked down at his fallen form, wondering the same question as everyone else: “Who fired the shot that saved Natalie’s life?”

[Uh oh, I’ve done it again, will they find out that it was Ewan and does Rachel have anymore secret plans? Still turned!]

Rachel followed her sister into her small, cramped hotel room, nothing like they had endured when they were growing up, but cramped it may have been, she could see Natalie’s smiling face and all her friends, including her new husband, who was keeping his distance from Rachel, still remembering what she had done to them in the first place. She watched them all run around, busily trying to pack what little they had with them, Rachel wanted to do something, so she quietly pulled Natalie over to aside, giving a small smile, she started, “I know I haven’t been the greatest sister ever and I have tried to force you into things that you have argued against and now you’re giving that look” she trailed off, “What look?” Natalie innocently asked as Rachel went on, “The look of ‘oh no, is she going to try and force me back to the castle?’ look. When I am not, I am going to give you something, think of it as a wedding present from me to you” she informed her, placing a small, white piece of cloth into her hands, “Open it” she added, watching Natalie slowly unfold the cloth, and her eyes lit up, “Oh, Rachel, you shouldn’t have. This is too much” she gushed as Rachel shook her head, “No, you deserve it. I deserve to give you something you need. Use it, go and buy them equipment you need and a beautiful house and raise your family. Just promise me something” she informed her, trying to hold back her tears, “Anything, Rachel” Natalie assured her, holding Rachel’s hands in her’s, “Don’t shut me out and when you are ready, inform mum and dad of the true story. I assure you that Jude will not trouble you no more” she smiled as Natalie threw her arms around her sister, clearly overcome with emotion, “I would love to have you still be my sister and I will not shut you out and that is a promise” Natalie smiled, beckoning Hayden over, who had been assisting his sisters and Ewan, “What is it?” he asked as Natalie tried to control her tears, “Rachel has just given us all this money, for us to have a new life” she cried as Hayden eyed her over, “Surely there must be something suspicious about all this” he questioned as Natalie appeared shocked, “Hayden! Rachel’s trying to help us. How could you say something like that?” she asked as Rachel laughed, “He’s a keeper, Natalie. Now that you mentioned it, I could use a favour” she shrugged, as Hayden felt his anger rising, wrapping a grip around Natalie’s waist, “We’re not going back with you” he informed her as she laughed, “Not that, I’m over that. I want my sister to be happy and she is, however, I have a new plan and you might just be able to help me. Bring your friends over here and we’ll talk” she smiled as Hayden’s eyes never left her face, “You better be right about this” he replied, before moving off towards his friends.

Although the room was small, it managed to hold everyone, Hayden and Natalie had positioned themselves on their cushy bed with Ashley quietly sitting on Hayden’s lap, while Mischa sat on a nearby chair with Nicole and Ewan and Rachel sat near Natalie, but where she could face everyone, “Thanks for allowing me to stay longer. I trust this will work out for the best” she smiled, “Let’s speed this up we have a lot of ground to cover by nightfall” Ewan reminded them as Rachel waved her arms around, “No, this is not going to take long so I’ll cut to the chase” she started, “I have a new plan to become Queen which involves dishing the dirt on Jude’s dirty tricks” she paused before going on, “Now I know about how it was his men who destroyed the village and captured your sister and your finance, however Jude is denying it, saying how it was probably an accident by hunters” she continued, this was just enough, Mischa jumped to her feet, “Accident? Hunters, rubbish, I saw them with my own eyes. They were knights. They came to our village saying that we were charged with holding royalty against their will and we would be punished!” she shouted as Rachel snapped, “That’s what I need. However, if you were to come back, Jude would kill you, so all I want is, Mischa, Nicole, Ewan’s if he heard anything before they left and maybe little Ashley” she smiled as Ashley buried her head into her brother’s shirt as Natalie rosed to her feet and over to where Rachel stood, “I’m sure they would be happy to help you. Though, I’m not sure Ashley is quite ready” she smirked as Rachel smiled, “I’m not forcing anyone. I’ll just take what they tell me and you’ll be off” she assured them as Hayden moved over to where Natalie and Rachel stood, Ashley clinging tightly to his shirt, “Then let’s get this over with” he informed her, “We’ll back at the stables when you’re done” he assured them, taking hold of Natalie’s hand while maintaining a strong grip on Ashley, he proceeded from the room.

Rachel turned to looked the three remaining friends left in the room, “This won’t take long, I assure you. Then you can proceed to your new life and I can be Queen once and for all” she smiled, as Mischa spoke up, “How do we know that you won’t come after us once you’re Queen?” she asked as Rachel laughed, “Did you not hear me before. I want my sister to happy and I know that she is happy right now, without riches. So help me and I’ll let you go off on your way” and with that, Rachel began to question her sister’s new friends.

The sky was beginning to turn a faint orange as Natalie paced up and down the stables once more, Ashley sat astride on their light brown horses as Hayden secured the bags once more, “This is wrong, it does not take long to take statements” Hayden pointed out as Natalie whipped around, “What are you saying? That my sister has tricked us and lied and she’s taking our friends away?” she asked, nearly in tears at even saying these words as Hayden shrugged, “No, not that. I’m just saying it’ hard. I don’t want to lose you again” he replied as she smiled, “You won’t. I love you. I’m having your child” she cried as he held her close, just as Ashley’s voice piped up, “There they are! They’re back!” she squealed as Hayden and Natalie followed her eyes and sure enough there they were, strolling towards them with Rachel in tow, finally stopping in front of them as Rachel spoke, “ Thanks very much for your reports. I will not use your names and now you can go” she assured them, watching them move towards their horses as Natalie moved towards her, embracing her, “Thank you, for keeping your word, so I will keep mind and as soon as everything I settled, I will contact you and our parents” she breathed before she moved over to her friends as Rachel watched Hayden help Natalie onto their horse, and within the blink of an eye, the horses were gone, roaming across the green, lush hills as another figure approached the young woman.

“Your highness, what have you done?” they asked as Rachel slowly turned around, the tears now falling down her brown eyes, “What is right. I will be Queen and my sister will be happy” she replied, strolling over to her horse, she stopped, “Do not tell your men of what has happened here. Call your men and leave this village for the castle. King Jude is going down and my sister will live happily ever after” she announced, and was gone, back towards the castle.

Okay, I know I said this was the last part but I was wrong and might add an additional ending, for now, here’s a surprise]

Nicole and Mischa could not contain their excitement anymore, embracing Ewan, “You did it, Ewan! You saved her!” Nicole exclaimed as Ewan smirked, “Well, I couldn’t let anymore tragedy happen around here” he pointed out as Emma smiled, “Well, come on, let’s go down there and tell the them the news” she informed him, starting to walk towards the door before she gave a frightened gasp, and Daniel pulled her towards him, as the figure entered into the room, “I should have known that Hayden could never shoot anyone, that someone else would fire the gun for him” they spoke ass Ewan glared at them, “Rachel, what are you doing?” he asked as she laughed, “All part of the plan: with Jude out of the way, their friends suddenly disappear then his wife and then I’m back in his life forever” she spoke, watching them back further along the edge, she fired a shot, hitting Ewan directly in his left arm as Nicole fell to his side, Daniel gripping Emma’s arm, unfortunately, neither saw the small gap, large enough for someone to slip though, and Emma’s foot slipped, her scream causing Daniel to whip around, struggling to her and pull her back.

Once more the hotel was filled with loud, piercing screams as everyone’s eyes darted around, trying to find the source, and after a few seconds, they did, there high above them, was a young teenage girl, as another struggled to hold on to her, her screams got louder and louder as another gun shot was heard, police scrambling through the building as Hayden and Natalie stared up in horror, “Oh my god” Hayden breathed as Natalie added, “It’s Emma” as she and Hayden looked at each other, both not wanting to answer each other’s thoughts, “You don’t think it’s Rachel, do you?” Natalie asked, however, her question went unanswered as she saw Hayden dash for the stairs before she quickly sprinted after him before it was too late.

[Ah ha, what will happen now? Will Hayden and Natalie make it to their friends in time? Will Rachel’s plan succeed? All in time, but remember, always a silver lining at the end]

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Chapter 45

Daniel struggled to hold onto Emma as he felt another shot fly right by his ear, though he remained determined not to let go of Emma, as he looked behind her, to see thousands of eyes staring at them, as Rachel’s voice screamed at him, “I already told you let her go or the next shot will be aimed for you” she informed him as Mischa stood firm on her feet, staring straight at Rachel, “Rachel, why are you doing this. Hayden is not going to come back to you” she told her as Rachel moved her weapon over towards her, who startled back, “Mischa, shut up! You have no right to say that, nor do I want to talk to you. You tricked me, you turned on me, helping strangers instead of your best friend” she cried as Mischa looked around, “No, and I helped those who I knew were right. Sometimes things happen, and you have to let them go” she spoke, seeing Rachel, trying her hardest not to cry, fired her weapon, which hit Mischa in her arm, as Nicole shrieked and Rachel laughed, “That’s two almost out of the way, soon Emma will slip from Daniel’s grasp then it will be Nicole and Daniel’s turn” she smirked, as the sound of rushing footsteps filled the air and Rachel evilly smiled, “Or maybe I should just hand you all over to the police, with your real plan all along” she suggested as Daniel, holding onto Emma, yelled over his shoulder, “Nice try, but I don’t think the police will believe you!” as Rachel inched over to where he was, before a familiar voice stopped her in dead in her tracks.

Almost out of breath by the time had reached the small room, Hayden and Natalie was stunned to see what they were seeing, Nicole was positioned in the middle of Ewan and Mischa, both with wounds to their arms while Daniel was struggling to hold onto Emma, while having dodged several bullets, “Rachel! What are you doing!?!” Hayden exclaimed as Rachel allowed a smirk to cross her face, before turning around, “Ah, I see that I will be able to accomplish my entire plan in the one room” she informed them as Hayden looked stunned, “What are you talking about?” he asked, moving Natalie closer behind him as she laughed, “I should have known that you could never fire at gun, that someone would have to the work for you” she told him, “What are you talking about?” he asked as Rachel laughed even harder, “You mean you don’t know by now who fired the gun?” she asked as Hayden grabbed Natalie and ran past Rachel to where Daniel and Emma were, as Natalie looked straight at her, “It was you, wasn’t it?” she asked as Hayden helped Daniel to pull Emma back into the room, “Oh, no, it wasn’t me and I see that your friend did not let your other friend fall, so I’ll take care of them” she informed them, moving towards the foursome, as Hayden inched closer to her, “Rachel, stop! This is crazy. You have let Jude wrap your mind, turning you into a crazy, psycho!” he pointed out, “You are a good person and you’re not the Rachel I fell in love with before. Now you need to move on and accept that fact that it’s over” he explained seeing her lips being to quiver and her eyes swell with tears, “No, it can’t be over, because I love you and I want you” she cried as Hayden simply looked at her, “Rachel, I still want you to be a friend but I fell in with Natalie again, she is my true love” he confessed as Rachel felt the tears fall from her eyes, “No, no, I won’t allow this to happen!” she shouted, and before anyone could blink, Rachel fired several bullets at random, not caring if she hit anyone, as Hayden leapt for Rachel, to grab her weapon as he heard Emma gasp, so he quickly spun around to see Daniel holding onto Natalie, who’s hand was clutching her side, blood beginning to seep through her top, as he turned back to Rachel, “You little sneak, you knew that you would hit her!” he shouted as she only smirked, just as more footsteps could be heard, Hayden looked up, seeing the police officers arrive, “Take care of her and we need help right now!” he barked towards them as he leapt off Rachel, sprinting over to Natalie, taking her in his arms, “Natalie? Natalie? Please stay with me!” he pleaded, holding her in his arms as Daniel and Emma looked on, “She should be alright” Daniel tried to reassured him as police scrambled through, calling for more assistance as Hayden sank down to his knees, holding tightly onto Natalie’s slim figure, crying out for help, as it all became a blur.

Daniel and Emma slowly opened their eyes, remembering that they were in the hospital’s waiting room, it was nearly empty except for two other people and the nurse at the counter, Nicole had decided to head to the hospital’s cafertia, while Ewan and Mischa were being taken care of, replacing the amount of blood each had loss while Hayden was remained in Natalie’s room, while she slept. Once she had arrived at the hospital, she was whisked along with Ewan and Mischa to be look after immediately, although, they wanted to take great care, with Natalie, to ensure that the bullet had not done great internal damage to any of her organs. Daniel and Emma decided to remain in the waiting room, for their friends, Emma decided to break the silence between them, “Some day, huh?” she asked before going on, “Life threatening situations, huh?” she asked as Daniel agreed, as Emma looked over, “Thanks for not letting go, even though it put your life in danger” she added as Daniel gave a small smile, “I had to, I couldn’t let you fall. I couldn’t lose you” he informed her, moving closer, he placed his arm on her slim neck, as they shared a tender, sweet kiss before another voice entered the room, “Excuse me, are you with the group who was rushed in 3 hours ago?” they asked as Daniel and Emma both raised their eyes, and saw a man, dressed in a while, long over coat and carrying a clipboard, hoping for good news, they leapt to their feet, “Yes. Is everything alright?” Emma asked as the doctor smiled, “Yes, they are all expected to make a full recovery. In fact, I ran into another friend of yours, and informed her that two of your friends are already up, talking and eating, although, it was expected of them, since they only suffered arm wounds and blood loss, however, your other friend is still asleep but expected to be recover as I have told the young man who is still in her room” he explained as Emma and Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, “Thank you, doctor” Emma replied before adding, “Could we go see them now?” she asked, as he nodded, “Of course, this way” he told them, moving from the waiting room, with Daniel and Emma in tow, clasping each other’s hand, Daniel smirked, “See, I told you everything was going to be just fine” he pointed out as Emma simply rolled her eyes, smiling over at him.

Hayden awoke, his eyes feeling heavy and weak, squinting, as the bright light hit him, finding himself in the same white chair that he had sank into when he first entered the room, Natalie, still asleep on the bed, hooked up to drips and machines and bandaged around her waist, her top had been removed along with her pants, replaced with a white, long hospital grown, her other wounds from her vicious fight with Rachel had been properly attended to, cleansed. He simply watched her, breathing peacefully, her soft eyes closed, with her long, brown curls with blond streaks, tightly pulled back into one ponytail. He couldn’t believe what had happened, how he came close to losing her, he remembered it all, struggling to keep her conscious, and remembering how she did slip unconscious and paramedics ushering him out of the way so they could work with her. He thought that he had calmed Rachel down, but every time, he closed his eyes, he could hear the gun firing, Emma’s frightened grasp and Daniel, holding Natalie in his arms and Rachel’s wicked laugh. Quickly shaking away these thoughts, he was startled by the surprised voices entering the room.

“It’s a relief that everything’s going to be alright, isn’t it?” they asked as Hayden slowly turned to see the two tired, worn, weary figures of Daniel and Emma, looking at him, as he nodded, “Yeah, I guess it is” he whispered as Daniel went on, “You guess? You guess?” he asked, stunned, “Natalie is alive! She’s going to alright!” he exclaimed causing Emma to give him a slight nudge, seeing Hayden’s somber expression across his face, before he lowered his voice, “Sorry, I just wanted to reflect on the good news” he added, as Hayden looked away, “It’s alright. I appreciate that. I just can’t believe I could have lost her” he replied as Emma slowly approached him, “I know, it was unbelievable, but luckily Ewan saved her the first time” she pointed out as Hayden quickly spun around, looking confused, “What? Ewan shot Jude?” he asked as Emma looked stunned, “Yes, we ran the other way towards the rafters and hid there, Ewan grabbed a sniper rifle and aimed it for his arm, so he couldn’t die, thus escaping proper punishment” she quickly explained as Hayden looked stunned, “Oh my god, I can’t believe it! When I was helping Daniel pull you back up, I heard Natalie ask if it was Rachel and when she didn’t say no, I assumed it was her” he pointed out as Daniel shook his head, “No, she said no but she didn’t say who it was or if she did, I don’t think we heard her because we were both helping Emma up” he replied as Emma shrugged, “Maybe Natalie heard her” she added as all three looked over, jumping slightly as they saw movement, but she was only moving her head, to the side against the softness of her pillow as Hayden turned back to Emma and Daniel, “How’s Ewan and Mischa?” he asked, “Nicole’s with them, right now, and they arr already talking and eating but their wounds were only minor, in the arm, while Natalie’s was in her side and doctor’s said that that it was almost close to a important organ” Daniel answered him as Hayden swallowed the lump forming in his throat, “I can’t believe Rachel did that” he blurted out as Emma laughed, “She’ll get what’s coming to her” she assured him as Hayden couldn’t help but let out a little laugh.

Having already been informed that her “partner” in crime was recovering under police guard in hospital, made her laugh, she thought at the beginning that he was her partner to help her win back Hayden but towards the end, she dismissed him at the end, for what he was turning into-nothing but lies upon lies as she sat alone in the small, singular room, waiting for more officers to come alone, questioning her, with questions like “Why did you shoot her?” “Why did you team up with your partner?” and “What were your future plans for your victims in the end?” Just some of the questions that had already been asked already and already she maintained her innocence. She had been tricked by “that” man she called him, maintaining that he was not her partner and never was. It was different for her because she was madly in love with Hayden. As the door once again, creaked open, she coldly glared at the officer who had entered, along with another, who took his place opposite her, returning her gaze, she huffed, “I’ve already told my story, can I go now?” she angrily asked as the officer leaned back, “Shortly, we just have a few more questions before we release you on bail” he explained as Rachel couldn’t handle it anymore, “Bail! For what! I was tricked into this. Jude’s the whole mastermind in this!” she shouted before she calmed back down, “So you have told us, however, we want to know why you held them hostage 3 hours ago, injuring three, one requiring serious treatment, who apparently turned out your lover’s wife” he informed her, having not been told that her lover had split with her a couple of months before, “I didn’t mean to shoot her. I fired the gun randomly, in anger and didn’t know I hit her until I heard a gasp, as for the other two, one had shot Jude, and I assumed the other assisted him” she explained as he sighed, “You do realise though, that you are facing charges and your friend is facing serious charges than you for his little hostage situation in the hotel lobby and room, allowing five to be subjected to torture” he explained as Rachel held up a finger, “Ah, I did not know that would happen. I was out of the country for the duration of that time, only arriving back an hour after everyone was at the hotel” she explained as he went on, “Okay, that will not be held against you, but you’re saying you didn’t know how it would be played out in the end?” he asked as she coldly looked at him, “No, sir, I didn’t know about his tricks at the last minute” she replied as he rosed to his feet, “Thankyou for your cooperation. Please follow me, there are some matters to work out” he added, following her from the room.

Natalie still had not woken up and Hayden was becoming worried, she should have at least been awake by now and Daniel and Emma were trying to get him to at least come and get something to eat, “You haven’t eaten since the plane. You have to be hungry” he pointed out as Hayden shot back, “I am not hungry! I don’t want to leave this room until she is awake” he informed them as another voice entered the room, “What’s with all the yelling? Some of us are trying to rest?” they asked as Daniel, Emma and Hayden all turned to see Ewan walking into the room, with Nicole and Mischa not far behind, they looked like they had been untouched, except for their arm in slings, “Sorry, guys, we’re trying to get Hayden to eat something” Emma pointed out as Ewan smirked, “You haven’t eaten, what’s wrong?” he asked as Hayden answered him, “I’m not hungry. I want to stay here” as Ewan replied, “She’s asleep, she won’t know if you go” earning him a playfully slap from Nicole, “Ewan! Don’t joke around. Hayden, if you’re not hungry, we won’t force you to eat. You take your time. You’ll eat when you want to” Nicole pointed out, as Emma, who had moved over to where Natalie layed, gasped, “Uh, I think someone’s waking up” she pointed out as Hayden rushed over to where Emma stood, and sure enough, she was right, as slowly, Natalie’s deep, brown eyes open, a hand raised in front of her, to block out the light, looking around, she gave a small, sweet smile, “There you are. I missed you” she whispered as Hayden smiled back, leaning in to give her a light kiss, he replied, “I missed you too” as she started to pull herself up, so she was looking around at everyone, “What’s wrong?” she asked as Ewan spoke up, “Nothing, just convincing your lover boy here to eat something while you slept” he smirked as she smiled, looking over at Hayden, taking his strong hand in her’s, “That’s because he loves me too much” she smiled, as she rested her head against his shoulder, just as the doctor was entering, “Well, well, it’s good to see you up. Your friends were very worried for you. You are fortunate to have friends who care for you” he informed her, moving over to check her over, “Monitors reveal everything is stabilised and functioning properly and your wound seems to be healing in time. Should be allowed to go home as soon as tomorrow” he informed her, “Right now, visiting hour is over and I’m afraid it’s time for your friends to leave” he informed them, looking over at Ewan and Mischa, “The last check up, I gave you two ,you were healing fine, just make sure you keep your arms in those slings but you can go home for tonight” he informed them, turning back to Natalie, “I’m sorry, to inform you, that due to your injury, you will need to stay here overnight for extra care” he told her as she quietly understood, exiting the room, as Hayden leaned over, whispering into her ear,

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back first thing in the morning” he promised her, as she smiled, “I know you will” she replied, with a romantic kiss, they all said their goodbyes and left the room, down the long, white hospital corridor, however they were unaware of the lone, figure, looming at the other end of the long corridor, just waiting for them to leave. He had cleverly convinced his police guards to let him tale a wander, although if they really knew where he was going, he would be not allowed to go, as he slowly crept down the hall, itching to see the one person he had fought hard for.

Propping herself up against her soft pillows, Natalie could feel herself starting to miss her friend, mostly Hayden, his looks, his eyes, his grip on her, she felt different without him, as she reached over, switching on the television in front of her with the small remote, she was startled to hear another voice in the room, “You still look beautiful, even in hospital” they spoke as Natalie pressed herself further into her pillows, her eyes never leaving the figure as they crept further into the room, “What are you doing here? Get out now before I call someone” she warned as he slowly raised a hand, “No, please, I just want to talk” he begged as she coldly looked at him, “I have nothing to say to you. You lied about Rome, you secretly sent Rachel there to meet us, then you stalked our friends back to the hotel before you held them hostage, then you thought you could kidnap me again and think I would go back with you. I have told you too many times. I don’t love you anymore. I married my true love and I don’t want you anymore” she pointed out as Jude stood gob smacked, as she spoke, “Natalie, you are obviously suffering from your pain, so I’ll forget you said all that and willing to take you back, because you were drugged to marrying him. He doesn’t love you, I do” he replied as Natalie stared in horror, she couldn’t believe what she was hearing, but allowed a small smirk to cross her face, “I’ve just hit the assistance button and once they enter this room, you’ll be sorry” she told him, now it was his fault to wear the shocked expression, “What! Natalie! Please, listen to me, I love you” he pleaded as she turned a blind eye to him, “Well, I don’t love you, I did but I changed” she replied, hearing the sound of more footsteps coming towards the room, followed by voices, “You’re not supposed to be here! You’re supposed to be under guard! I have orders by this young lady’s husband and police to ensure you are not to be near her!” screamed the head nurse, “Sorry, for this, miss” she added, turning to Jude, she simply grabbed him by his gown, out the door, as Natalie relaxed more, reaching for her drink, in front of her. She had said what she had wanted to say and hoped that she would not him anymore.

Arriving back at the hotel, Hayden, Daniel, Emma, Ewan, Nicole and Mischa had been informed that Daniel and Emma’s room was closed off, as it was now a crime scene for police, but the manager had allowed them to return for their things, then Nicole suggested they return to her place for the reminder of their stay, to which they all agreed. Quietly entering the hotel room, they found it, still a mess but swarming with police, who continued with their work as they all moved around, retrieving their belongings, where after 1 hour later, they all departed. Hayden had not spoken since they left the hospital, he hated leaving Natalie alone but knew she would be safe in the hospital with the doctors and nurses, he would keep his promise and return in the morning, hoping he could leave with her, however, it seemed that tomorrow was everyone’s last day together. Daniel and Emma had to continue their work commitments, Mischa had new commitments to attend, Ewan had being lined up with new work along with Nicole, however, they all agreed they would never lose touch, all celebrating special occasions together-because that’s what friends do. They reached Nicole’s house, quietly, they found it empty because Nicole’s husband was away on business, still they felt glad to be away from the hotel for good.

The door creaked open, and they were met with darkness but it didn’t matter, as Ewan joked, “Oh, does it feel good to be out of the room” as Hayden laughed, “Yes, but we’ve already been here, remember?” he reminded him as Ewan smirked, “Well, I was going to get to that, I was just expressing how great it feels to finally be in a different place” he shot back as Hayden only rolled his eyes, moving upstairs as Mischa followed him while Nicole moved into the kitchen with Ewan, leaving Daniel and Emma alone, to admire the beautiful, gorgeous décor, however, something was troubling Emma, and she couldn’t speak to anyone but Daniel about it, she watched him move around the hall but she spoke, “Daniel, I need to talk to you” in a tone that expressed her worry, seeing him stop, “What’s wrong? Are you okay?” he asked as she nodded, “I’m fine. It’s about Natalie and Hayden” she replied as Daniel looked confused, “What about them?” he asked as Emma decided to confess what she thought, “When we were in Natalie’s room at the hospital, I noticed something on the machines and how the doctor looked when he spoke to her” as Daniel remained silent, so she continued, “Daniel, I think Natalie’s pregnant” she finished as she saw Daniel’s jaw drop in shock, “What!?! Are you sure? Are you sure it was something else?” he asked as Emma shook her head, “No, there was something about how the doctor spoke and I saw something that striked me as curious. They found something and we hiding it until they were sure and I’m sure it’s that she’s pregnant and they wanted her to stay over night to ensure that nothing was wrong” she explained as Daniel looked toward the stairs, “Should we tell him?” he asked as Emma quickly shot back, “No, because it could be just rumours or something else. We should wait until we know more” she told him, brushing past him, she continued up the stairs to freshen up and rest before Daniel followed her silently.

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[He, he, was that? Wasn’t expecting that! A nice way to tie up the story, it’s not the end because the medieval story is finishing now and here it is!]

The three horses whipped across the grass plains of the country, before they could see the outline of the village, with it’s residents living just outside the shopping village, it was nothing like none of them had even seen before. However, Hayden had already set his sights on the house at the very end, it was big enough for all of them and he knew it was empty because it was newly built then the last time he was here. Equipped with it’s own stables, gardens and play area, it was perfect as they finally came to a stop, gazing in awe at the house, “Oh, Hayden, this is amazing!” Natalie gushed as Hayden helped her down, “I know. It’s perfect, for all of us” he told them as Ewan looked shocked, “How did you know about this place?” he curiously asked as Hayden simply smiled, “I have a friend who knew about this business, knowing that no one had brought it but wanted to place something on the land” he replied, seeing his friend pulling up to the house, “And here he comes” he added, as all eyes turned to see a young man, around the same age of Hayden, arriving, moving to greet them, “I knew you would be back one day” he told Hayden as Hayden laughed, “Like I could forget this place” he replied as his friend looked over at the others, spying Mischa and Ashley, “Whoa, I can see that you’ve grown from the last time, I saw you” he smirked, lightly kissing Mischa’s hand, as she blushed, “Oh James, you were always making me laugh” she pointed out as he spotted Natalie, near Ewan and Nicole, “And who is this beauty?” he asked as Hayden stepped over to her, “James, this is my wife, Natalie” he informed him as James couldn’t believe his ears, “You’re married! You dog! And what a keeper” he smirked as Hayden laughed, wrapping his arm around her waist, “I know, and this is my good friend Ewan and his wife, Nicole” he added as James greeted them, commenting, “Why is it that all the beautiful girls are taken early?” he laughed, moving over to Mischa, who blushed further, “Are you still with your boyfriend?” he asked as she shook her head, and he smirked more, “Alright, now allow me to take you on a tour of this house then you can tell me if you are interested” he instructed them, leading them through the front door as Natalie and Hayden remained in the front yard.

Natalie slowly looked up at Hayden, confused at what he told him their names, “Why did you tell him our real names, I thought we were using false names?” she asked as Hayden lightly kissed her, “Sweetheart, James doesn’t care for news about royals or deaths. Every time I would talk to him about that, he would shrug me off, discussing something else more interesting. He doesn’t care. Did you see how his face didn’t change when I mentioned your name or Ewan and Nicole’s, not even a second glance, although I think he may be more interested in Mischa” he explained as Natalie moved closer to him, “I hope you’re right. I love you” she replied as he swept her in for a passionate kiss, “I love you too, and our child” he assured her, escorting her into the large house, to where their friend were already inside.

Rachel finally arrived back at the castle, with a relief washed over her face, she had the evidence she needed from her sister’s friends, except she wouldn’t say their real names, they weren’t important, it was what they had said that was. She slowly emerged from around the stables, when she saw her mother, darting towards her, a look of fright on her face, “Rachel! Oh thank goodness, there you are!” she exclaimed as Rachel looked confused, “Yes, what’s wrong?” she asked as her mother answered her, “Your father’s gone mad. He’s saying he’s finally got information about Jude that cane knock him off the throne” she went on as Rachel gasped, “Oh no, I’ve got personal accounts from witnesses of the attack” she informed her as her mother quickly her, into the central throne room, where Rachel saw her father bearing down on Jude, terror striked his face, full of anger, “I warned you, that if I found any evidence that you burned down that village for your own needs and I have found several pieces which all point to you” the king informed him as Rachel took her cue, “Actually, father. I have more evidence, they are actually personal eye witness accounts from three villagers who witnessed the attack” she clearly spoke, moving towards them, as her mother stood back and all soldiers were carefully watching her, she could feel Jude’s eyes piercing her’s, saying ‘how-could-you-do-this-to-me?” but she ignored him, handing over the parchments to her father, who studied them carefully before looking up at his daughter, “Are you sure these are genuine? I heard that all villagers were killed” he pointed out as Rachel quickly answered him, “Oh yes, father. These people say they were lucky to just survive as they were out in the fields and were returning to their home when they saw the soldiers attacking the village and recognised them as King Jude’s army” she finished before quickly adding, “They even told me that the men even killed four men who tried to defend the village” with a slight smirk as Jude continued to look gob smacked at what Rachel had blurted out, he trusted her and she was betraying him as her father spoke once more, “This is very serious reports. All because you wanted to bring her back to the palace where you would have probably killed the two who escaped with her, another two for your tally” he informed him as Jude tried to speak, “Well, I only was doing it because I was promised your youngest daughter’s hand in marriage! I sent them to the village to try and meet up with the her once they reached the village” he protested but this time, it was Rachel who cut in, “Natalie was not even close to arriving at the village when the soldiers arrived. You told me minutes before she had escaped, you had sent soldiers to his village, to capture his sister and the fiancé of one of our own. They had left before he arrived” she corrected him seeing him freeze in his spot as the King gave a heavy sigh, “This is serious, very serious. You allowed innocent people to be murdered, for your own gain. What happened to the two you captured?” he asked as Rachel answered him, “They escaped when Natalie and her friends returned once more” as Jude froze, “I want justice for my daughter and clearly, having you as King is a bad idea” he spoke as Rachel smiled, seeing her father turn to her, “Rachel, sweetheart, you are the temporary Queen until it is made official while Jude is removed from his post” he stated as Jude turned violent, “You can’t do this to me! I am King of my own kingdom and you will not do this to me!” he shouted as several soldiers were told to restrain him as Rachel’s eyes watched it unfold-she had done it. She was Queen, and her sister was living happily like she had once told her.

James emerged from the house, followed by Hayden and Natalie, “So I take it that you liked the house?” he asked hearing Hayden’s laugh, “James, we just gave you the money and the contact, we love it” he replied as Natalie wrapped her arms around his waist, “It’s gorgeous! Everything we need it right here, for all” she added, with a hand moving to her tummy as James caught the movement, shocked, “Don’t tell me mate, you’re married and expecting a baby?” he asked seeing them smile, before he added, “My boy’s all grown up! I remember when we were younger, we would talk about how single, and wild we would end up” he joked before moving down to the path, “I’ll be seeing you around. Enjoy your new place” he pointed out, before departing from sight as Hayden turned around, spinning her around, before he stopped, staring into each other’s loving eyes, Hayden spoke, “Well, I told you I would marry you, didn’t I?” he asked as she smiled, “From the very first day you came into my life” she agreed as they heard Ewan yelling out to them, “Hey, what is taking you so long? We’re having a celebration, come on!” as Hayden and Natalie simply sighed, returning to the house, where they quickly joined in, toasting to their new life and house, also a surprise announcement-not only was Natalie pregnant, but Nicole had just discovered prior to leaving the previous village, that she too was pregnant and everyone was delighted, no one more than Ashley who couldn’t be more happier, than she wouldn’t be the youngest any more, causing everyone to laugh. It was a great atmosphere, finally, everyone was happy, as Mischa added that she had a date with James, to which Hayden couldn’t be more happier for, he knew it was time for her to be happy and James was perfect for her and without them knowing, Rachel was staying true to her word.

Standing outside the front of her castle, Rachel watched her parents prepare to leave. Stunned that they were leaving already, just as Jude was removed from his throne, they were trusting her to become a sensible Queen, to rule like they had being doing. Rachel had assured them that she would not fail, she had worked hard and did not want to give this up. With a final goodbye, Rachel watched the horse drawn carriage depart as her trusted friend came up to her, “Why didn’t you tell them what happened at the village?” he asked as she continued to watch the carriage drive down the path, she replied, “Because I assured my sister that she would tell them when she is ready. If I told them now, they would immediately search out the plains for her. When she is ready, she will inform them” as he spoke, “I have to admit your sister and her friends are clever. While we were in the village, they used false names, both at the hotel and for the wedding” he informed her as she let out a small smile, with a small, clear tear falling down her cheek, “Everything to avoid returning here” she simply spoke, before she turned on her heel, “Come now, we must address the court and issue new laws around her” she informed her, brushing straight past him, he couldn’t help but smile, it seems that she was born to be a leader.

The small, white stars twinkled in the navy blue sky as the group decided to spend the night outdoors, having just seen Mischa off, on her date with James, they were watching as Ashley ran through the gardens and around in the play area, Natalie couldn’t help but comment, “Ashley sure does have a lot of energy, doesn’t she? I only hope that our child is not too wild” hearing Ewan laugh, “If it’s anything like Hayden, you’ll be in trouble” as Hayden sent him a cold glare causing him to shy away behind Nicole as Hayden burst into a smile, playfully punching Ewan on the arm, “I can’t stay mad at you. You’re the one who risked your life to keep us together” he pointed out as Nicole giggled, “He sure did” with a light kiss on his cheek as Natalie snuggled close to Hayden, her head resting on his strong shoulder, “Life is just like the fairytale I always dreamed of” she pointed out, as Hayden pulled her onto his lap, arms around her waist as they shared a passionate kiss under the night sky. It was too perfect, the life they’ve been wanting since they met under those faithful circumstances.

Epilogue

That one faithful day that Natalie had landed in Hayden’s arms, seemed so far away, when in fact, it was five months ago, when that royal carriage was attacked and she was almost kidnapped, had Hayden not threw that spear at the attackers, it was all worth it. Sure, it had caused heart ache and tragedy alone the way but it brought friendships together as one big family and changes in leadership.

With both Natalie and Nicole’s growing pregnancies, everyone was taking care, making sure they had enough rest; of course, they also found it harder to deal with the two pregnant women. Of course, they found their own tasks to work with-like completing their baby shopping or planning Mischa’s wedding. It was exciting to hear at the time, seeing as how Mischa and James had only been going out for just five months, of course, as Natalie pointed out to Hayden, it only took him a matter of weeks to decide that he was going to marry her and Ashley was growing up too fast, already taking charge of Natalie and Nicole, ensuring that they were well looked after by Hayden and Ewan, who was taken aback by her rules to them, which found them escaping to the village’s local bar for drinks with James and more new friends.

Rachel on the other hand, was living the life she too had dreamed of. She had been officially made Queen after it was discovered that Jude had been abusing his powers for his own good, having more secretive motives for his arranged marriage to Natalie, more darker, to which he was instantly removed and had retired to the quiet life, with a new girl in his life and starting his own family. At first, he despised Rachel and her whole family but once he had met Elizabeth, he settled down, washing his past away. He had forgotten about the dead princess he was keen to marry, knowing that Elizabeth was his future. However, Rachel knew that there was one matter that her sister needed to address but when the time comes, she will do it, for now, she would just rule her own kingdom, liked she’s always dreamed of, with her own family. Having met a charming young prince in the last two months, Prince Jayden, who had been smitten by her charms, now agreeing to marry her, so Rachel could have her own ever after.

Growing bigger every day, Natalie prepared for Mischa’s wedding, it was hard to find dresses for Nicole and her but they managed along with Ashley’s beautiful flower girl dress, Ewan was going to a groomsman while Hayden had two jobs, James wanted him to be his best man while Mischa wanted him to walk her down the aisle since their father was not here for this day. Agreeing to both tasks, he didn’t realised how hard it was, but he was determined to make it though. As the big final arrived, Natalie and Hayden managed to steal some quiet moments together,

Having watched her straightening her beautiful light blue dress, with sparkling heels, her hair adjorned in curls, Hayden moved closer, wrapping his arms around her, causing to jump slightly, “Oh, sweetie, you shouldn’t startle me like that” she informed him as he whispered into her, “Sorry, it’s a habit, but do you realised how beautiful you look today?” he asked as she gushed, “Thankyou, it’s a lovely colour, although, the kicking doesn’t help” she informed him, as he looked shocked, “I didn’t kick you” he corrected her as she playfully hit him, “Not you, the baby” she answered him, placing his hands on her growing belly, seeing him smile, “I can see what you talking about, that’s a strong kick” he laughed as she smiled, “Yes, now I’m going to see if Mischa’s ready, you go speak with James then meet us in the hall” she instructed him. They had decided to have the wedding out in the beautiful garden wedding, which would be divine.

Over 2 hours later, James now stood with Ewan, his brother and other best friend at the alter in front of their family and friends, waiting for the bride’s party to emerge. Feeling the nerves, James was startled from his thoughts, by the sweet music starting up and the back glass door sliding open and out came Ashley dressed in a sweet light blue dress, an array of flowers in her basket before being thrown as she made her way down the aisle, followed by Nicole, Natalie and James’s sister Ava, their dresses looked dazzling on them, flowing down the aisle as everyone waited for the next person to enter.

Having waited for his sister, Hayden stared in astonishment at how she looked now, her beautiful white flowing strapless grown complete with see through veil, matched her perfectly, along with her white bouquet of flowers, Hayden smiled, taking her hands in his’s, “You look beautiful” he told her before adding, “Dad would be proud” seeing her eyes water, “You know, it was only this morning that I realised that they aren’t here to see us like this” she cried as Hayden moved over to embrace her, “Mischa, I think that they are watching down on us, smiling upon how our lives have changed, making us happy” he replied, wiping the tears off her cheeks, as the music became even louder, as Hayden smiled down at her, “You ready?” he asked as she smiled, “As I’ll ever be” she told him as he took her arm through his’s, and out into the garden, where all eyes were on them, and Hayden watched how James smiled brighter than ever, at his sister while Natalie was beaming at him as they proceeded down the aisle, and finally to where everyone was waiting, as Mischa moved over next to James, her hands clasped tightly in his’s as Hayden moved to the other side of James where Ewan cheekily nudged him, “Are you crying?” he teased as Hayden gave a small laugh, “No, I have something in my eye” he commented as Ewan teased him more, “You’re crying” as Hayden shot him a cold look, before turning back to the centre, where the priest had began the ceremony.

By the end of the ceremony, there was not a dry eye in the house, especially when it came to the vows, and the first kiss between the newly married couple and the reception started, inside the huge, dining room and adjoining tents leading outside to the dance floor set up, all talk was towards Mischa and James, as Hayden and Ewan stood off to the side, each with their arms around Natalie and Ewan, while Ashley was off playing with James’s younger siblings and cousins, they watched how James led her onto the dance floor, dancing the night away, it called for comments, “I’m so happy she’s found happiness, after all the tragedies” Natalie spoke up as Hayden started to kiss her neck, “I think, we all, found happiness” he replied, looking around, as Ewan spun Nicole round, so she was looking into his sweet eyes, “I know I did” he added, passionately kissing her before Mischa and James wandered over, “Why are you guys standing over here? Come, join us on the dance floor” she ordered them as Natalie and Nicole quickly agreed, “All right, we’ll join you” they replied, before they dragged Hayden and Ewan onto the dance floor, where the music had changed from fast to slow, so Hayden, James and Ewan all held their girls close together, no one more than Hayden, as he looked deeply into Natalie’s shimmering brown eyes, he smiled, risking their lives for love was tough, but in the end, it was all worth it, they were together, starting their own family, with their friends, no scratch that, with their family. Hayden spun Natalie out before bringing her back in, holding onto her waist as her arms moved closer around his neck, he leaned in, and Natalie and Hayden shared a striking, elegant romantic passionate kiss around their family.

[The end. Well, for that story, at least, how did you like it? Did everything wrap up nicely like you expected? Now our attention wanders to how the Hayden and Natalie will end up in our main story: is she pregnant like Emma suspects? Will Rachel work her way out of trouble by blaming it all on Jude? Stay tuned!]

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Chapter 46

Hayden had tried all night to try and sleep but all he could think of was Natalie, alone in her hospital room, he wanted to be with her, to hold her and keep her close, but he would have to just wait until early in the morning. Having only had 3 hours sleep, Hayden decided to move downstairs, where he didn’t expect anyone to be up, but he found that others were refusing to rest, finding Ewan snacking out in the kitchen or watching TV. Deciding to make some noise, he made a slight cough, which caused Ewan to turn around, “Didn’t expect you to be up so early?” Hayden asked as Ewan closed the fridge door once again, “Could say the same for you. You looked like you could use the rest” he replied as Hayden slid into an vacant armchair, “I did, but not much, because I can’t stop thinking about Natalie at the hospital” he confessed as Ewan laughed, “Would you relax? She’s fine. She was up and talking before we left and if something was wrong, they would have contacted us” he assured him, handing him a drink as Hayden gave a small smile, “If only it was that easy. I could have lost her twice” he pointed out as Ewan laughed, “Twice! Come on, it was more than that. First there was Rome to Paris, then at Bondi and now at the hotel” he explained as Hayden shot him a glare, “I didn’t want to remember that” he replied as Ewan stepped back, “Okay, I was just stating the facts” he added, as Hayden only laughed, taking another sip of his drink, just as another voice entered the room, “Must be a guy thing for all of us to be up” they spoke as Ewan and Hayden turned to see Daniel entering the room, grabbing a drink, “Glad to have the company. Join us” Ewan motioned as Daniel moved into the living room, not knowing of another unexpected surprise to happen.

Browsing through his patient’s files, especially the file of the young lady who was rushed in suffering a bullet wound to her side, she would make a steady recovery but it was something us that he had discovered that he was sure that the girl or her partner were sure of. Everything was going to be fine but he needed to talk to the girl and her partner before their friends joined them. Reaching over for his phone, he dialled the contact number that their friend had given them, in case they weren’t allowed back in their hotel room, waiting for a response.

Ewan, Daniel and Hayden all turned slowly in the direction of the constant phone’s ringing, all too afraid to answer the phone, the ringing grew and grew louder, till Ewan grabbed the phone, “It can’t be that bad” he assured them hearing the doctor speak to him before he handed the phone to Hayden, who felt a small lump forming in his throat, “Something wrong?” he quickly asked as he heard a small laugh, “No, everything is fine. I just was calling to ask you if you would come into the hospital earlier than you planned and I’ll meet you in the waiting room before we join your wife” he heard the doctor explained as Hayden slowly nodded, “I guess it will be okay. What time will that be around?” he asked as he heard, “Around about 7.30 or 8.00” as Hayden felt relieved, it was more than okay, he was planning on arriving there around that time anyway, “No problem, I’ll see you then” he replied, hanging up the phone, he looked over at Daniel and Ewan, “Looks like I’ll be going to the hospital earlier than expected. It’s all good so far” he told them, taking another sip from his drink, Ewan smirked, “I told you everything would be alright” he told him.

Natalie had not had a good night’s sleep, being constantly worrying about if Jude would try and sneak back into her room and being sick. She assumed that being sick was just part of the anaesthetic wearing off so the nurses would tell her, she was feeling pale and tired from being sick and wondering if Hayden would visit today, made her think more of him. She decided that she needed some more sleep while she wasn’t being sick, so she flopped back against the softness of the white pillows and allowed her eyes to close.

As the orange yellow rays of the sun began to peak through the front windows of Nicole’s house, the mood inside, was quieter than expected, with Nicole, Mischa and Emma all still asleep, Hayden getting showered and ready to return to the hospital while Ewan and Daniel hanged out in the lounge room, rummaging through dvds that Nicole had. Ewan was already complaining about his sling. “Ewan, you have to leave it on. That’s what the doctor said” Daniel reminded him as Ewan winced more, “Yeah, but it’s so annoying and it gets really itchy” he told him as Daniel laughed, “Just be lucky that it was just your arm and you’re still here” he replied as Ewan moaned, “Yeah okay” he quietly muttered just as more footsteps could be heard rushing down the stairs and they could see Hayden, dressed in jeans and a open shirt with a white singlet underneath, causing Ewan to point out, “Are you trying to get the nurses all flustered?” he asked, with a laugh as Hayden rolled his eyes, “No, this is for Natalie” he replied as Ewan laughed once more, “Whatever, you’ll turn all female heads dressed like that” he added as Daniel rolled his eyes, “So you going over there now?’ he asked as Hayden shook his head, “I don’t think they’ll let me in at this time so I’m stopping off for some breakfast before heading over to the hospital” he informed them as Ewan laughed more, “Dressed like that, you’ll probably get your breakfast for free” he smirked as Daniel only rolled his eyes, “Don’t worry about him, he’s jealous that he’s got no one here to love him” he added as Hayden laughed, “Have fun, I’ll be off now” he told them and with that, he was out the door, leaving Daniel and Ewan to continue with their early morning antics.

Frustrated that she had been kept out on bail, with strict instructions not to go out of the city, Rachel was just relived that she was not spending the night in a cell or under police guard like Jude was. Already he was breaking his rules, she had overheard while signing forms at the police station, which made her laugh. He just never learnt. She was trying to get over it, she missed him so much but she always remembered what he told her at the hotel: You are a good person and you’re not the Rachel I fell in love with before. Now you need to move on and accept that fact that it’s over” “Rachel, I still want you to be a friend but I fell in with Natalie again, she is my true love” She still wanted him as a friend and wasn’t about to become who Jude was. She was going to be keep being friends with Hayden and in time, learn to accept Natalie as friend. Deciding to stop by the hospital, she needed to talk to Jude, tell him that it’s over and he’s on his own. She still wanted a friendship with Hayden and she came so close to losing that, but she might have already after she hit Natalie, but hopefully she could change that as she strolled through the double glass doors of the hospital, it was very quiet and empty but she found that she was still not allowed to see anyone, so she simply flopped into one of the hospital chairs in the waiting room, quickly hiding behind a magazine as two officers strolled past, chatting amongst themselves, she didn’t want to be seen by them because it might aroused suspicion as to why she’s here so she decided it was best to remain out of sight.

With the sun fully risen, Ewan and Daniel was distracted with their own games that they had not heard or seen Emma, Mischa or Nicole descend the stairs, still dressed in their sleepwear, quietly looking at each other as they observed the boys antics, where after a few moments, they decided to make their presence known, so Emma tiptoed over to Daniel, slipping her arms around him, seeing him almost jump out of his skin, turning around, he smiled at Emma, as she smirked, “Good morning sweetie, having fun are we?” she asked as he looked away, “Well, I thought you would be still asleep and we kind of got bored” he explained as Ewan spoke up, “Come on, Daniel, it’s your turn to……” spinning around, he stopped, seeing Nicole, Mischa and Emma looking over at him, not pleased, “Sorry, just having fun” he muttered as Mischa looked around, “Where’s Hayden? Is he still asleep?” she asked as Ewan moved back towards the lounge, “No, he got a phone call from the doctor at the hospital and he left over an hour ago, to stop off for some breakfast and then over to the hospital” he explained as Nicole gasped, as Emma looked over at Daniel, as Mischa replied, “Oh, I hope everything’s alright” as Ewan waved a hand, “Don’t worry, I’m sure it will be” he pointed out, switching on the TV.

Rachel was thumbing through her magazine when she heard the sound of giggling coming from the nurses over at the front desk, looking up, she followed their gaze to the front door, where a cute handsome blond haired man, wearing jeans and an open shirt with a white singlet underneath, strolled in and Rachel, wanted to sink herself lower, it was none other than her ex boyfriend, she couldn’t believe but she wasn’t that surprised that she didn’t see him here.

Strolling into the waiting room, Hayden could not believe that Ewan was right, in saying that he would get giggles with what he was wearing, but he didn’t care, he felt more relaxed in his clothes, looking around, he made his way over to the front desk, where he was about to ask for the doctor when another voice entered the room, “Ah, there you are, good to see you’ve arrived” he spoke as Hayden turned round, to see the doctor walking over to him, clipboard in hand, Hayden ignored the giggles from behind him and moved towards the doctor, “Is everything all right?” he asked as the doctor smiled, “Yes, everything is alright. I just need to ask you a few questions” he replied as Hayden listened, “Have you noticed anything different about Natalie lately?” he asked as Hayden looked confused, “Different how? Just very worried and frightened about this whole ordeal” he explained as the doctor gave a smile, “I can imagine she was, but different like, sick in the morning, eating less” he replied as Hayden shook his head, “No, she’s hasn’t eaten much but that’s because of all the trouble we’ve had apart from that, she’s seems fine” he told him as the doctor listened, “Just checking, but we’ve discovered something yesterday and we thought we should tell you in private but also your wife, so if you’ll come with me, we’ll go see her and I’ll tell you what we’ve discovered” he explained, moving down the long, white corridor.

Having been watching their conversation over her magazine, Rachel slowly rose to her feet, and carefully making her way down the corridor, careful, she wasn’t seen, she trailed after the two conversing figures.

After a quiet, peaceful sleep, since she was sick, Natalie slowly opened her eyes, pulling herself into a sitting position, she reached over for her drink, as she heard new voices edging closer to her room, wondering who it could be, her eyes lit up and a smile crossed her face, when she saw the face of her sexy, gorgeous husband, smiling at her along with the doctor, who moved over to the foot of the bed as Hayden smiled over at her, moving over, he leaned in and they shared a romantic tender kiss together, her arms wrapped around his neck, “Miss you” she whispered, as he smirked, “Not as much as I missed you” he replied as the doctor cleared his throat and they both became embarrassed, before turning their attention to him, “So, what’s going on?” Hayden asked as the doctor opened up his clip board, “Well, everything’s fine. One last check up and you should be home by this afternoon, however there is some more to talk about and it’s good news” he explained, before going on, “While we were attending to Natalie yesterday, we discover something quite surprising and after running several tests we can confirm it” he finished as Hayden looked more concerned than ever, “Confirm what?” he asked as the doctor smiled more, “Natalie’s pregnant” he informed them, seeing them both gasp in shock, tears falling down her face before he lifted her up out of the bed, spinning her around, the doctor smiled, and quietly stepped out into the corridor.

Placing her back onto the bed, Natalie couldn’t stop smiling, “Oh, isn’t this wonderful?” she cried, “We’re going to have a baby” she added as Hayden pulled her closer to him, “I can’t believe it. This is a dream come true” he went on, as she looked up into his bright blue eyes, as he wiped away the tears off her soft cheeks, “I thought it was something else, not this. This is just perfect” he added as she nodded, before gasping, “That’s why I was sick last night” she spoke out seeing him stared at her, before she went on, “Last night, I was a little sick and the nurses would just tell me it’s just normal for a person in my situation” as he smirked, “As long as nothing else was wrong” he replied as Natalie bit her top lip, should she tell him about Jude stopping by? No, she wouldn’t he was long gone and forgotten about, she had all she wanted right in this room-her true love, leaning in, they shared another passionate kiss, before-

“Why is it that every time, I walk into the room, you have to kiss!?!” the voice exclaimed as Hayden and Natalie quickly turned their heads to see Ewan standing at the entrance with Nicole, Mischa, Daniel and Emma behind him, before pushing through, as Hayden had to laugh while Natalie looked over at him, “Well, for your information, we were sharing some rather excellent news with each other” she informed him, looking over at Hayden, “Do you want to tell them or should I?” she asked as Hayden smiled, wrapping his arm around her slim shoulders, “I’ll allow you” he replied, looking around at their friends, all wearing the same confused looks Hayden and Natalie were, as Natalie took a deep breath, “Everyone, Hayden and I are having a baby!” she exclaimed, watching all their friends faces change, into sheer screams of excitement, rushing over with replies of happiness as Emma looked over at Daniel, giving him a look of I-told-you-something-was-going-to-happen-like-this, as he only smiled back, before he followed Ewan and Hayden out of the room, proceeding down the corridor, he didn’t know where they were going, just assumed that they were getting away from all the squeals before the headaches came on.

Nicole, Mischa and Emma could not stop gushing about Natalie’s news, it was something positive coming from all their troubles and they could see the joy in her eyes, “I can’t believe you guys are having a baby” Emma gushed as Natalie smiled, “I know. I couldn’t believe it neither” she replied, “This is something I’ve wanted” she added as Mischa spoke up, “And I know Hayden does too, I saw the look on his face when you told us. He was trying to hide the surprise but I knew something good was happening” as Nicole had to laugh, “Yeah, and you weren’t home to see what Ewan, Daniel got up to this morning” she blurted out as Natalie looked confused, “What happened now?” she asked as Nicole waved a hand, “You don’t want to know, just guys stuff. So let’s just talk about your happy news” she told her as Natalie smiled, while Emma spoke up, “So, have you decided what are you doing after this?” as Natalie shook her head, “Because of Rome, the hotel and now the hospital, we haven’t had much time to talk yet” she explained seeing Mischa look around, “Speaking of which, where did Ewan, Hayden and Daniel go?” she asked as Natalie shrugged her shoulders, “Maybe they went to have their own guy’s celebration” she suggested, but oh, how wrong she was.

The glass clinked together once more, as Ewan, Hayden and Daniel celebrated the news how they wanted to, “Hayden, I have to say, I couldn’t be more happy for you” Ewan informed him, after sipping his drink as Hayden smiled, “Yeah, and after all this, I’m heading back home with Natalie and we’re going to finally have time to ourselves” he replied, hearing Ewan snigger, “Oh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that” he muttered looking over at Daniel, who joined in the laugh as Hayden looked confused, “What’s going on?” he asked as Ewan snigger more, unable to answer, so Daniel felt it was up to him to fill Hayden in, “Ewan has decided that we’re going to be frequent visitors to Natalie and you so you don’t forget us” he spoke as Hayden simply laughed, “Oh, come on, that’s not necessary, we won’t forget you guys” he told him, taking another sip of his drink, Ewan added, “Well, just in case, we’ll be around so you don’t forget us” as Hayden rolled his eyes, and sipped more of his drink before leaving the bar, heading back to the hospital.

“You went to see her, after you were ordered not to!” Rachel exclaimed, she was standing at the foot of Jude’s bed, in his room, with two officers standing watch outside, waiting to take him to the station this afternoon, he simply shrugged, “I thought I could change her mind” he muttered as Rachel laughed, “Oh my god, you never learn do you? She’s married and happy, I saw that, just today, I realised that” she replied as Jude looked shocked, “What do you mean?” he asked, “I was waiting in the hospital waiting room, when I saw Hayden entered the hospital, talking with the doctor then moving down the corridor to Natalie’s room and I listened to their conversation and I heard something that ends my hopes of getting back with him” she went on, seeing how he didn’t reply, “She’s pregnant and I know he’s the father and he told me at the hotel he still wants to be my friend, but not like this” she concluded as Jude was gob smacked, “She’s pregnant? I have lost her” he muttered as she flicked her long hair behind her ears, “Finally! Leave them alone! You’re being charged with what you’ve done. She still might want you as a friend” she pointed out as he shrugged, “I don’t think so” he muttered once as Rachel wrapped her coat around her, “Do what you must, but I’ve had enough” she confessed and with that, she was gone from the room.

Natalie sat on the edge of the hospital bed, now dressed in a short skirt and beautiful light blue halter neck top and light blue heels, watching the doctor check her over, before he gave her the all clear to go. He had already provided them with their first ultrasound picture of their baby and any documents they might need. With one last glance down at his clipboard, he smiled, “Well, I can say that you are all cleared to leave. Just remember to look after your recovering injury and any problems, you can contact us and we’ll attend to your problems” he told her as Natalie relaxed more, “I sure will, thank you for all your help” she replied, as he exited the room, she jumped off the bed and throwing her arms around Hayden’s neck, and sharing a passionate kiss together, “Now can we start our lives together?” she asked as he smirked, “We sure can, come on, Nicole and the others all left an hour ago, back to her house and told us that we’re going out for dinner once last time” he told her, wrapping his arms around her waist, he escorted her from the room, down the hospital room, into a waiting taxi and down the long, winding, bustling road.

Nicole’s house was packed with noise and rushing around, with their idea to spend their last night together as a group out in the city, of course, Mischa and Ewan needed some help, seeing how they only had one arm free to work with, so Emma and Daniel, decided to take it upon themselves to help them out as Nicole rushed into Hayden and Natalie, who were just arrived back home. “That was quick, we weren’t expecting you back for another hour” she informed them as Natalie smirked, “Well, we just couldn’t wait any longer there” she giggled as Hayden lead her upstairs, “We’ll meet you back down here, once we’re ready” he informed her as Nicole smirked, “Whenever you’re ready, we’ll wait for you” she shouted back, before going to check up with the others.

As the yellow orange sun began to set from view, the lights in the city began to cast a sprinkle of small white lights across the skyscrapers, with the nightlife starting to open up, as Nicole, dressed in a dazzling flaming long red dress with red sparkle heels, Ewan, dressed in a handsome black and white suit, Mischa, dressed in a short, light blue dress with matching heels, Emma, dressed in a strapless violet dress with little black strappies, with Daniel’s arms around her waist, dressed in black pants and navy blue collar shirt and last but not least, Natalie, dressed in a deep green dress with Hayden’s arm around her slim waist, dressed similar to Daniel, expect with black satin shirt. Everyone was trying to hold back the tears, that this was the last time they’ll see each other, as by tomorrow morning, Nicole and Mischa will have left early. Shaking those thoughts off, they all entered into Nicole’s black car and proceeded down the road, joining the growing number of cars, heading towards the restaurant.

Watching the groups of people moving along the footsteps, as they arrived at the restaurant, opposite the beautiful gardens, Hayden pulled Natalie over towards them, longing to have some quiet romantic moments together, Hayden looked her over, she was dazzling from head to toe, in her stunning green dress and sparkling heels, he took her hands in his’s, smiling, he started, “Natalie, when we broke up, I couldn’t believe it, then seeing you in Rome, all my feelings kept coming back for you and I knew I needed to be with you, you are my one true love and now, we are married and expecting our first child. This is one of the happiest moments of my life” he told her, choking back on the tears, Natalie placed a hand on his cheek, “I’ll always be with you, I realise I made a mistake and I fixed it and now we have the rest of our lives together and I am truly happy” she cried, as he spun her around, hearing her laughing, before he brought her down, staring longingly into each other’s eyes, they shared a lovingly, romantic kiss, against the back drop of the gorgeous array of flowers before proceeding towards the restaurant, smiles painted across their faces, nothing was going to take that away from them.

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Epilogue

It was hard to believe that it had been seven whole months since the incidents in Rome, Paris and Sydney, everyone had not seen each other since their last night celebrating as a group, due to everyone’s hectic schedules, although it seemed that Hayden and Natalie were the only ones who spent the most time together, spending most of their time on Hayden’s farm in Toronto, they were also preparing for the arrival of their first child, still not wanting to know if they were having a boy or girl, they continued to act like newlyweds on their honeymoon. Natalie was growing each day and she continued to have a beautiful pregnancy glow about her.

Their friends were eager to see them, however, time had kept them from travelling to see them-Ewan had immediately flew back home to his family before starting a new project, while Nicole had flown further into Australia for a new film while Mischa found a quite a numerous amount of projects and Daniel and Emma, well let’s just say that afterwards, Daniel and Emma told each other for the first time, that they loved one another, both very seriously about it, which made things quite interesting around their friends.

Rachel had been let off bail and she immediately left Sydney for her close personal friends, for comfort, not expecting Hayden or Natalie to call her, telling her that they would like to be friends, in fact, Hayden and Natalie decided to change things, and have two sets of godparents-Hayden wanted Ewan and Rachel while Natalie chose Emma and Daniel, while Ewan, Mischa, Nicole, Daniel and Emma were stunned by Hayden’s choice, he stated that Rachel was still his friend and he believed that she was tricked by Jude. At first, Natalie was sceptical about having her, but it was Hayden’s decision, and he assured her that he would never leave her, so she relaxed more, hearing that Rachel was both stunned and surprised by the decision and couldn’t believe what they were saying.

While Jude seemed to be not quite so lucky as Rachel, seeing how he was the main ringleader in the whole plot, he copped most of the charges, however, due to his bargaining, manage to avoid jail time, but received hours of community service to make up for not going to jail, $2000 fine and an order, which stated he was not to make or go anywhere near Natalie and Hayden, unless he wanted to see a jail cell. He was heartbroken at this decision, but Rachel had been right in the hospital, she had officially moved on and he just needed to accept that. Straight after he had everything cleared up in Sydney, he had immediately flown straight back to London, where he spent time with his friends and his children, which helped him ease the pain and take his mind off things, cause if someone asked about his arm, he would lie and say it was just an accident and that’s all.

It was fastly approaching their first Christmas together as a happily, lovingly married couple, with Natalie due in the next month or two, they were busily preparing the house for Christmas and their baby’s new nursery, but some surprise visitors will help them out.

Dressed in a comfortable, knee length light violet dress, Natalie made her way around the living room, filling the room with beautiful, dazzling Christmas decorations, her baby bump quite visible, with people already taking sides on it being a boy or girl-Hayden’s sisters, Hejsa and Kaylen were telling them and others it was a girl, along with Emma and Rachel, while Ewan, Nicole, Daniel and Hayden’s brother Tove were arguing it was a boy, but they could argue all they want, Natalie and Hayden were waiting till the birth, but already had some names picked out-Adam or Simon if it’s a boy and Marissa, Lisa or Holly if it’s a girl. Natalie moved over to the fireplace, where she placed some beautifully decorated photos of them taken a week before, when she felt another small, kick from the baby, which brought a smile to her face, as Hayden was coming into the room, “What is it?” he asked as Natalie turned around, “The baby’s kicking again” she replied as he smirked, and moved towards her, placing a hand on her belly, “It seems like they’re getting bigger every day” he teased as she playfully hit him, “Hey, some are quite hard” she added as he softly kissed her, “I’m kidding” he assured her, looking over at their beautifully decorated tree, with gorgeous array of ornaments, she leaned on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her, “It’s beautifully, isn’t it?” she asked as he agreed, “Truly is” he replied before adding, “Well, I’ve just finished touching up the nursery and I want to show you, but it’s a surprise, so no peeking” he told her, as she slowly closed her eyes, leading her out of the room and up the spiralling staircase, which had been lined with red, green and blue Christmas tinsel, towards the nursery.

“Okay, so no peeking” he warned her one last time, as she giggled, “I’m not, I promise” she assured him as she heard him the small door knob opening, and he led her into the room, “Okay, now open them” he told her and as she did, she was stunned-it was beautiful-the walls were painted with a soft yellow cream colour with sheer see through cream curtains hanging on either side of the windows, where a beautiful baby’s crib stood, with the changing table off to the other side, there were toys and clothes lining the shelves and closet, a small table and chairs in the middle and just next to another window, was a rocking chair, Natalie was taken back, “Oh, Hayden, this is gorgeous. I love it” she cried as he smiled, “I wanted it to be perfect for our child” he replied as she turned to him, “It already is” she told him, leaning in for a kiss, they were startled by some sudden shouts, “Surprise!” they exclaimed, and Natalie looked around, to see Emma, Daniel, Ewan and Mischa popping in, smiles on their faces, “Oh my god, what are you guys doing here?” she asked, as Emma replied, “We all had time off so we came to see you. We arrived yesterday but Hayden wanted it to be a surprise” as Natalie playfully hit Hayden on his arm, “Why did you do that?” she asked as he smirked, “Wanted another surprise” he cheekily replied as she rolled her eyes, wrapping her arm around his strong waist as Mischa commented, “I can’t believe how big you’ve gotten, Natalie. You look like you’re due any day now” as Natalie laughed, “I hope not, I’m not ready right now. I still can’t believe you guys are here” she told them as Ewan laughed, “Well, we felt like we needed to see you and it is Christmas” he pointed out as Hayden spoke up, “Well, come on, there’s a lot to talk about, so let’s go downstairs and have some drinks” he smirked, leading them out of the nursery, back down into the living room/dining room.

Everyone had something to talk about-Natalie and Hayden’s preparation for the baby and their life together, Emma and Daniel’s growing romance with each other and their work and Ewan and Mischa’s growing amount of projects they had. They had informed Natalie and Hayden, how much Nicole wanted to come, but she was already tied up in her commitments and family life, she just couldn’t, but at least, they had them to spend time with, as Ewan kept pointing out, before the arguments started about the baby.

“I say, for the 50th time, it’s a boy” Ewan shot back at Emma who shook her head, “No way, she’s having a girl!” Emma exclaimed as Daniel shook his head, “I’m with Ewan on this one, it’s a boy” he piped in as Ewan laughed, “Ha! In you face, even your boyfriend agrees with me” he teased as Mischa put in, “I hate to burst your bubble, Ewan, but I’ve seen pregnant women and judging how Natalie looks, it’s a girl” she informed her as Ewan looked startled, “Why do you do this to me! I know what it is, it’s a boy!” he exclaimed as Emma shouted back, “It’s a girl!” back and forth, all the while, and no one saw Hayden or Natalie quietly slip out of the room and onto the back porch.

“They’re not giving up, are they?” she asked as they took a seat on the two seater seat swing on the porch, as Hayden laughed, “I’ll agree to that. It’s funny seeing them argue like this” he added, as she leaned on his shoulder while he interlined his fingers with her’s, “Life’s changing all the time, isn’t it. I mean one minute, we’re broken up and spending time with new partners and the next, we’re jumping from country to country, back together” he explained as Natalie smiled, looking out at the farm, “It sure is, but I’m glad I found you that day” she pointed out as he smirked, “And I’m never letting you go again” he assured her, looking deep into her dark, brown eyes, she felt his soft, tender lips against her luscious lips, as they shared a beautiful, long, passionate kiss together.

What a Story! It’s all over, now I’m sad, hehehe! It was a long and hard time but worth it and I hope you all enjoyed it. However, look for a surprise afterwards. It’s only small but something new I’ve thought of for the story.