Ana POV

Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I would live in England, let alone for the past 15 years. After Christian's tenure ended as the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Court of St. James we couldn't bear to leave England and after much soul-searching I found us the perfect home, well castle to be exact and of course Christian couldn't say no to me if he knew what was good for him. It was hard at first being across the pond from our children and grandchildren but we never went a few months without seeing them either in the states or here in Cambridge.

Now, here we are waiting for Charlie and Kellan to arrive with Adele so they can get her settled in before she starts college next week. It's going to be strange having another person in the house. For so long it's just been Christian and I, secretly I love that Adele will be staying with us and I know Christian feels the same way. He sees a lot of himself in Adele, but mostly I think she is the spitting image of Charlie.

My only hope is that Adele has a better experience unlike what happened last summer and I thought we would never see her set another foot in Cambridge again.

Charlie POV

I've tried so hard to not cry but the fact that we are dropping my baby off for college is breaking my heart. I guess I've been spoiled having my children stay relatively close to me that I don't know how to react. I guess now I know how my mother was feeling when she dropped Emily and me off at NYU all those years ago. I told my mom how I felt when Adele made the decision to go to college abroad and she just giggled.

I really wish the whole family could have been here to say goodbye to Adele, but with Christian stationed in DC with the FBI, Juliet starting her second year of law school at Georgetown and Tate just starting his junior year in high school, it's just the three of us and maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

I turned this trip into more than just sending my daughter off to college because I'm here to scout out locations for my latest movie that will start production just after the New Year. I can't wait to spend some one on one time with Adele then and of course with my parents. The whole family actually is coming to spend Christmas in Cambridge and I can't wait for all of us to be together. Trying to get all 21 of us together for a holiday is tough being all spread out all over the world but this year mom and dad wouldn't take no for an answer and arranged everything of course.

"Mom, are you going to ever stop crying," Adele asks as I help her unpack her bags.

"You will understand this when you're a mother," I say looking at my beautiful and intelligent daughter wondering where the time has gone.

"I told your mother the exact same thing when she was your age," My mother says coming in with tea and the three of us all laugh. I feel so much better knowing my daughter is in a safe place.

Adele POV

I still can't believe that mom and dad let me move to England to live with my grandparents, so I can attend the University of Cambridge where I plan on majoring in Business. My ultimate goal is to take over for my Aunt Mackenzie who currently serves as the President of GEH, the company started by my grandfather. Ideally I would like to be based in London or New York as I'm not a big fan of Seattle. It's a great place to visit but it's not for me.

This summer was spent interning with my cousin Avery, who just graduated from Harvard Business School, which caused me to determine that GEH needs to have another hub. Avery and I had a series of conversations while I was staying with her this summer in Seattle that she can run the Seattle office while I take on the East Coast and internationally. Out of all 11 grandchildren, we are the only two who have any interest in the family business and that's just fine with me.

To appease my parents and my grandparents who are funding my college education I agree to live with my grandparents my first year at Cambridge before moving out on my own. As much as I didn't want to agree to that, I can't help but love the castle my grandparents live in and they are only a few minutes away from campus which makes it quite perfect.

Tonight is the freshmen fall mixer and I'm excited to meet up with several of my friends whom I've gotten to over the summers that I have spent here in England. I think I was 10 when I spent my first summer here and I really never looked back. I'm glad that my grandparents decided not to leave Cambridge.

The best part of living here is that I have my own wing on the complete other side from my grandparents so it really feels like my own flat.

To really look the part, I put on my navy blue cocktail dress and nude heels. I decide to leave my long mahogany hair curly and a little wild and leave my make-up look natural except for my crazy long fake eyelashes. Stuart, my new driver as of yesterday appears at my door at exactly ten till seven to collect me. I grab my clutch and head out.

When we pull up to the reception I'm suddenly nervous when I see other first years walk inside.

"Miss Harper, is everything all right?" Stuart asks when he opens my door and I freeze.

"Just give me a minute."

I muster up all the courage I can and take Stuart's waiting hand and slide out of the town car.

"I will be waiting for you right here," He says as I wave goodbye.

I sign-in, put on my nametag and walk into the ballroom.

"Adele Harper, is that you?" I know that voice. I turn around to find Poppy Alexander who was my first real friend here, who I met when I was 10 when my grandparents moved close to her parents.

"I have been waiting for you to get here," she says and runs up and gives me a hug.

"I had a mini panic moment but I was able to get myself together."

We are the dynamic duo, well that's what my grandfather has always said when the two of us are together. Poppy plans on majoring in Economics, so I hope that we will have a few courses together.

We spend the beginning of the reception meeting with a few professors before we find a corner and just start chatting.

James POV

I've been desperate to see her again and now after not seeing her in nearly a year here she is standing before me. She is easily the most beautiful woman I've ever seen and I think I've been in love with her since I was 14 when we first met.

I see her standing with Poppy Alexander and I know my luck just turned. I have been friends with Poppy since grammar school so I know I already have an in now if I can only go over there and talk to her just as James William and not as the future King of England life would be perfect.

Instead I find my mate Charles who I'm living with this year in a flat just off-campus who is hitting on yet another co-ed.

"I see that you spotted Adele, are you ever going to talk to her? You know the start of any relationship comes with being able to speak to them."

"I'm waiting for just the right time."

"And will that be tonight?"

"Fine, but come with me, you know Poppy too, it will make it easier."

"Whoa, Poppy looks different from the last time I saw her, I think I need to take her out."

That's perfect. I could play it as a group outing and not as a date.

For the life of me I have no idea why she makes me so nervous, I'm the future King of England and I should be able to talk to her. What is it about her that makes me this way? I will never know.

Adele POV

"Do you know who hasn't been able to keep his eyes off of you since he came into the room?" Poppy says and I look around and I don't see anyone. "Come on, he's right there."

I look over and see James standing there but he's not even looking in my direction.

I don't give it a second thought. I know James as I've met him on a few occasions but I don't think we've ever spoke more than a dozen or so words in all the time I've known him. I knew he would be attending University here but I never thought I would ever actually see him.

"Look he and Charles are coming over here," Poppy says and I get nervous as I see the two of them laugh as they walk in our direction.

The last time I saw James was when he and his parents and little sister came over to my grandfather's for a summer BBQ last summer. I mostly spoke with Elizabeth who is two years younger than I. She was really nice and asked about America and where she should go visit while on holiday.

As normal customary in the presence of a member of the Royal Family you always bow of curtsy so when James stops right in front of me, I curtsy along with Poppy and then you wait for him to address you before you speak.

When I look up I smile and see James smiling at me and I feel my hair stand up on my arms. I don't know why that is but I'm nervous just like when I arrived home, maybe even more so right now. He does look quite dashing in his charcoal slacks and crisp white shirt with its top two buttons undone. His blonde hair is shorter than I remembered and his sparkling green eyes are so mesmerizing.

"It's nice to see you again Adele," He says and I don't know what to say back.

"You too James."

And that's all I say and I can't believe those three words came out of my mouth.

"So James and I were thinking about hitting a pub after this."

I'm not sure what I want to do, I really want to go out but I don't think I could handle everything that comes with hanging out with the future King of England. I learned my lesson last summer when my face was splattered all over the tabloids claiming I was James' secret girlfriend, where in actuality he helped me off a horse being the gentleman that he is. But after being chased by paparazzi I decided to head back to New York early. I never spoke or saw him after that day.

"I should get back," I say and hug Poppy who gives me that look like there is no way I'm skipping out on her.

I say my goodbyes and walk toward the exit when I hear my name being called.

"Adele, please wait up." I turn around and see James trying to catch up to me.

"I should apologize and I know why you don't want to come out with us. About last summer, I am so sorry about what happened. I should have said something when everything happened but then I found out you went back to the states I didn't think you would want to talk."

"James, you have nothing to apologize for. I just wasn't ready for all of that; I don't know how you do it day after day."

"Then please come out with Charles, Poppy and me, I promise nothing bad will happen," he says and who can say no to that beautiful smile.

Charles finds a booth in the back of the Pub so the four of us file in and I find myself sandwiched in between James and Poppy.

I feel his thigh touch mine under the table and my heart starts to beat rather quickly. I don't know what's happening. It doesn't help that I've had a few shots at the bar before we sat down so I'm feeling pretty good. Poppy and Charles make their way back to the bar to get another round of drinks so it's just James and I.

"So why did you decide to come to study here rather than stay in the states?"

"I've always loved England and my grandparents are here," I say. I can't stop staring into his eyes.

"Well, I'm glad that you decided to come to Cambridge, it's nice to see you again."

His words have so much more meaning and it doesn't help the way he's looking at me.

"Me too," I say and I feel his hand graze mine when he hands me my pint.

When Charles and Poppy return, I'm glad that James doesn't shift, in fact he leans closer to me and then I could feel his hand on my back and it feels nice. I knew that if I looked at him he would see my very flushed face.

Over the course of the next two hours, the four of us just talked about nothing of importance and finally it felt natural and casual.

James kept his word about nothing bad happening but as I looked at my phone I find a text from Stuart letting me know that he was waiting for me outside.

"That's my ride, I have to go," I say finishing my pint.

"Don't go," Poppy says taking my hand.

"It's late."

"Can't you stay for a few more minutes, I could give you a ride home," James said.

"I wish I could but I should go," I say and James slips out of the booth and offers me his hand to help me up.

"Let me walk you out," He says. I can feel his hand touch my shoulder to help guide me but then he quickly removes his hand when I turn back to him.

"Thank you for making me come out tonight I had a good time," I say as we both look at each in the crowded entrance of the pub. Luckily, no one has bothered us and it feels like just the two of us.

I really want James to ask for my number, I know that I can't just come out and give it to him or ask for his digits. Now if I was my sister she would have already planned their future wedding and started naming their children and that's why she's engaged to Brody Martin, a FBI agent that works with my brother and she's only been engaged for less than a month.

We just stare at each other and I'm waiting for James to say something but then I feel my phone buzz in my hand and it causes me to break up our little staring contest.

It's Stuart asking if I was coming or not.

"That's my ride, I have to go," I say and don't wait for him to respond before I'm out the door.

On the short drive home I can't stop thinking about how I left things tonight with James and if I could go back and do everything all over I would but it's too late.