Ash was wondering through photos. William was such a cute little boy! She loved looking at pictures of him in a kilt. She would look at it, start laughing, and cause William to blush. William could just tell he wanted his family to meet Ash, but he didn't know how to come about doing so. Laura's parents were already friends of the family. That was easy to get the family to meet her, but how would he do so with Ash. Just then, all his questions were answered. "Hello William!", said Harry, who seemed very happy. "Hello Harry, what's going on?" "Oh, just visiting for today. Shouldn't you be at soccer?" "No, that's already over and done with." With all the commotion, Ash came up to them. "William, are you going to introduce us?" Harry gave Ash and odd look, "Yes William, weren't you?" William looked uneasy. He knew that it took forever for the whole family to really like Laura, and now he finds a yank, who seemed like the love of his life.
Ash looked at William and noticed a wierd look on his face. She didn't know why, but she let it go. William was wondering when he should introduce her to dad and grandmum. He couldn't predict their reaction, but they were gonna have to find out sooner or later. They still thought he was still seeing Laura! That was a very hard breakup for him, hoping something like that doesn't happen to Ash. "William?", Ash asked. "Yes, Ash, what is it?", he snapped. "I was going to ask you when I was going to meet your father." William didn't really know what to say. "As soon as possible." "Ok, cool." Just then, Charles walked into the room.
"William, who is this?" "Papa, this is Ash. Ash, this is my papa, Prince Charles." Ash went to shake his hand, not really sure if she should curtsey or not. "Hello Prince Charles", Ash said. "Lovely to meet you, Ash", Charles said. Ash had the biggest smile on her face, but Charles had a straight face, not even a smile. This made Ash frown. "William, could I speak to you privately for a second?" Yeah, sure papa." Charles and William left the room. Ash wondered why Charles didn't seem to be happy to meet her. Harry didn't seem to enthusiastic either, maybe it's a Windsor thing.
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Charles had brought William to his study across the hall. "William, who is that sitting in the sitting room?" "Papa, that's Ash. I met her today. She is extremely sweet..." "Where's Laura at?", Charles snapped, cutting William off. "Laura and I broke up." "Why? The relationship with her was perfect. He parents are friends of the family, and she wasn't a commoner! How could you do this to me?" "Me! It's my life! I don't have feelings for Laura, I never did! You seem to like her a whole lot better than I ever did!" "William..." Papa, I feel like I've known Ash all of my life. She's special, and I want to date her. I don't care if she's a commoner. She's a sweet and innocient girl. The only reason I dated Laura was to make you happy, while inside I was miserable." "Well, I guess your mother's influence rubbed off on you." "Don't bring mother in this, or we can start talking about Camilla, if that's what you want..." "Fine, we'll drop it. I just have to wonder what your grandmother will think." "Well, I guess will see at dinner tonite..." "William, you invited her to dinner?? Without my permission!" , Charles snapped. "Well, I have it now. I think everyone will like her, if they don't judge her like you just did.", William answered.
Ash just waited outside wondering what all was said. She could hear William rasing his voice, but didn't exactly know what happened. Just then, William emerged from the room. "Ash, I'd like to invite you to dinner tonite. It will be formal, so you should wear a dress." "Alright, will I be meeting more of your family?" "Well, I hope so! You've definately need to meet my cousin Zara. She's got a personality a lot like yours." "Oh, well, I better get moving out of here so I can change!" "Alright, be back here by 8:00 on the dot. I'll be over by the staircase, ready to escourt you dinner." "I can't wait! See ya in 3 hours then." Ash walked over to the door, and opened it, and saw paparazzi coming towards her. She immediately shut the door. "William, I need another way out of here." He was gone. 'How odd' Ash thought. She found her own way out. It took her thirty minutes to get out of that place! She then had about 2 hours to get ready. She got a taxi and hurried back to her father's place.