The Right Fit

Chapter 26

“hello”

“hey baby I didn’t wake you up did I?” Harry asked with a small grin

“yeah, what time is it?”

“your time it’s a little after 11”

“oh damn, I’m up”

“so how was last night?”

“it was good, I had a few drinks, but Susanna was pretty toasted”

“well I mean after all it was her birthday”

“I know, and I was happy to take care of her”

“did you break me?”

“what?”

“my bank account” Blakely chuckled lightly

“no, not even close”

“I’m glad you girls had fun, but speaking of fun” Blakely rubbed her eyes and sat up in her bed “you made the front cover of every news paper and tabloid here”

“WHAT?” she yelled, Harry chuckled lightly

“yeah, I can’t go anywhere without seeing your face”

“oh god! No!”

“yeah, you look stunning by the way”

“what do the photos look like?”

“they aren’t bad darling, just you walking with friends, you have your head down in majority of them”

“good” she said taking a deep breath

“my favorite is the one of you laughing with your friends, you look so happy and its candid so you didn’t know it was being taken…..I might use that as my phone screen savor” he said with a slight chuckle “you did really good with the paps”

“did anyone else see them?”

“everyone, Zara is the one who called and warned me about them”

“Zara Phillips?”

“Tindall, but yes that would be her….my cousin” he said matter of factly

“your dad?”

“he saw”

“your” she took in a deep breath “your gran?”

“yes, im actually meeting her for tea in the garden later”

“oh”

“I will let you know what she says”

“joy” she replied with a eye roll, Harry chuckled

“I love you”

“I love you too”

“I gotta get to my meeting, I will call you later”

“ok, have fun”

“bye babe”

“bye” she said hanging up, she took in a deep breath and rubbed her face before crawling out of bed and walking to the livingroom

“good morning”

“I didn’t expect you to be up already”

“after a night of drinking, I can’t really sleep” Susanna said with a shrug

“want to go get breakfast?”

“yes, please”

“I will go shower, leave here in like a hour?”

“sounds good” Susanna replied rubbing her head. Blakely turned and walked back to her room, she took a hot shower letting the water roll down her back a little longer than usually before stepping out. She dried off and changed into shorts, a T-shirt and her Nike’s. She decided to fix her hair and put on a little make up in case the paps where still hanging around. She didn’t want to look like a slum in case pictures made it back to Buckingham Palace. “I will drive” Susanna said reaching for her keys off the counter. Blakely walked out of her room with her purse and cell phone. Susanna placed her sunglasses over her eyes and took in a deep breath

“ready to face the sun?”

“absolutely not but I’m starving” she said with a smile. The girls walked out of the house, locking it up behind them to see paparazzi on the beach “the parasites have made their way” Susanna groaned, Blakely put on her sunglasses and waved before walking down the stairs to the cars “don’t wave”

“I have to be nice”

“why they aren’t nice to you” Susanna complained as she got in the drivers seat of her car, Blakely shut the door behind her and buckled up before looking at her best friend

“we don’t have to go”

“it’s fine, I’m sorry I don’t mean to be rude, I’m just tired and slightly hung over”

“you sure you don’t want me to drive?”

“no it’s fine” she said, Blakely nodded and sat back in her seat as Susanna pulled out of the driveway. They both groaned as the flashes began “they have the house surrounded, you really need to tell Harry”

“I will, he’s going to a meeting, then he is having tea with his gran, I will tell him when he calls tonight”

“Tea with the Queen? When are you going to have tea with the Queen?” Blakely chuckled

“probably never”

“yeah right, she is going to want to meet you eventually”

“I don’t even want to think about that right now, thinking about it makes my throat close” she said rubbing her throat, Susanna giggled

“eventually it’s going to have to happen” she said looking in her rear view mirror

“I know, I will get to that bridge when it has to happen” she said nervously, Susanna nodded and pulled into the restaurant. The girls stepped out of the vehicle not noticing the paps who were snapping pictures from a black tahoe several spaces over. They walked into the restauraunt side by side before Blakely turned to the door and made eye contact with the camera, she raised an eyebrow and turned around to follow Susanna.

“2 please” Susanna said with a smile, the hostess smiled and grabbed 2 menus, when she turned around her mouth dropped at the sight of Blakely

“rig….right this way” she said nervously, Susanna turned to look at Blakely who shrugged her shoulders

“isn’t it weird that people gawk over you?” she asked as the hostess walked off

“I try not to pay attention, Harry said its better to just act completely normal even when others treat you differently” she said opening the menu

“when are you going to see him next?”

“I don’t know, I looked up flights the other day to maybe surprise him in a few weeks. I have 6 days off from the hospital so if his schedule matches up I would like to go to London”

“that will be fun”

“yeah, I think so” She said with a smile, “so want to explain whats going on with you and my brother?” Susanna stopped drinking her coffee and looked across the table “and be truthful”

“Blake”

“I’m not stupid you know, and I know he is single now…..and you sent him a picture yesterday soooooo…..?”

“I don’t know, I mean right now we are just keeping in touch” she said digging into her eggs

“he’s a great guy”

“I know” Susanna said as a blush crept onto her cheeks “but he is newly single and lives in Africa”

“you should go visit”

“that’s what he said” Blakely smiled and took a drink of her orange juice “do you think eventually you will move to London?”

“I don’t know, I mean I guess it depends on what happens between us, I don’t want to think too far into it right now” she said with a sly shoulder shrug

“I see it happening sooner than later”

“really?”

“yeah, I mean he loves you and it’s clear you love him” the girls looked up as the waiter brought them their check, Blakely dug into her bag and grabbed her card “using your card today?”

“yeah” she said with a smile, she handed the waiter the black pouch and wiped her hands on her napkin

“you’re going to have to learn etiquette” Susanna said looking across the table

“I know, but I did a pretty good job when I met Charles” she said shrugging her shoulders again “ready?”

“ready” Susanna said standing up, the girls thanked their waiter and began to walk to the doors “wait” Susanna said stopping in her tracks

“what?

“something doesn’t feel right”

“what do you mean?”

“I don’t know, were we being followed on the way here?”

“not that I know of” Blakely said with a shrug, Susanna took in a deep breath and shook the thoughts out of her head

“alright, let’s go home” Blakely smiled and followed her out, looking at the tahoe that she had previously saw as they entered the restaurant. She quickly got in the car and buckled up locking the car door as Susanna started the engine “what’s wrong?”

“you just have me paranoid that’s all” she said with a small smile, Susanna smiled and pulled onto the road. Blakely sat back and looked out the mirror, not to her surprise she saw the black tahoe pull out behind them. “Susanna?”

“yeah?”

“I think we are being followed”