Fate


Written By: Shauna

I'll be formatting this a lot better shortly. I wanted to get the story up though.

It was a sunny day in Windsor as Claire and Heather walked across the long bridge over the river Thames. "Isn't it wonderful?" Heather said to Claire as she leaned over the railing. "Yeah…what time is it?" Claire replied. "1:30, why?" "Aren't you hungry? Why don't we go and have lunch at the coffee shop we saw, and then we can come back to the bridge, I promise!" Claire whined as she held her stomach. "Yeah, I am a bit hungry, I suppose we can, but we have to come back here after, I want to get the most out of this trip!" "OK, I promise, now lets go" Claire said as she dragged Heather over the bridge. Heather and Claire crossed back over the bridge and walked around aimlessly trying to find the coffee shop they had seen earlier, only to find out that they were lost. "Oh great Claire, now look what you have gotten us into! We're lost!" Heather yelled as she waved her hands furiously in the air. "It's not my fault, Mrs. it's not left, it's right! I wasn't the one holding the map upside down!" "Why don't we just ask someone?" "Fine… ask someone," Claire said as she crossed her arms over her chest and tapped her foot on the ground. "Me?!! I was-" Heather knew that there was no point in arguing with Claire, she always won. "Fine!!" Heather yelled as she crossed the street to a large group of boys who were dressed in what appeared to be suits. "umm, excuse me…" she started. The entire group of boys turned around to face her. Whoa! I must've hit hottie central Heather thought as she saw looked at the group of boys who were now facing her. "yes?" a dark haired boy said. "oh…" Heather snapped out of her daydream as she heard the deep British accent. "me and my friend were wondering if you guys knew how to get to 18 Eton High street?" Heather said as she called Claire over. "Of course, we were just heading that way ourselves if you want to walk with us?!" One of the other boys said. "Sure, that'd be great! Thanks a lot!" Claire ran over the street, dodging two cars and caught up with the group as they slowly started to walk down the street "do they know where it is?" "Yeah, they were just heading that way themselves so we are going to walk with them." "OK" Claire said as she put on lipstick. Heather and Claire were now a few steps behind the group of boys. "Hey mate, I think the blonde bird really digs you!" One of the boys said to Harry. "I haven't even talked with her yet. She is really cute though!" Harry said as his cheeks turned red. "Well… make conversation with her man!…..or I will!" "Shut-up Steve! I'll do it…" Harry slowly looked back at the 2 girls who were giggling as they walked. "…I will.." he muttered to himself as he started to get a little nervous. Claire swept her shoulder length blonde hair out of her eyes and pulled a hair elastic out of her shoulder bag. She was 5'7 and very pretty, with green eyes and tanned skin. She wore quite a bit of make-up "just to accent my natural beauty" is what she loved to say. She had now put her hair up into a high pony tail and pulled down 2 strands in the front to frame her face. Heather had short brown hair and hazel eyes, with pale skin. The only make-up she ever wore was mascara and lip gloss- she was naturally gorgeous and had an excellent figure that made many girls jealous. Her hair was always perfectly styled and she had the most expensive clothes. They were both extremely popular. "I think that Harry is even sweeter in person!" Claire blurted out as she stood on her tiptoes trying to see over the group to where Harry was standing. "Claire! You haven't even said one word to him yet! Just because you read about him in the papers doesn't mean you know him!" "Well, I guess I am going to have to get to know him won't I? C'mon, lets go flirt!" Claire yelled as she grabbed Heather by the hand and pulled in front of the boys. Heather reluctantly allowed herself to be pulled in front of the group of boys. "Hey slow down you guys!" Claire said as she walked backwards to face the guys. "NOW's your chance Harry!! Go for it" Steve said as he pushed Harry forward a little bit. Harry went beet red and shot Steve an angered look. He looked back at the girls, "So where are you girls from?" he looked down at the ground. "Canada.." Claire replied. "Oh really? Cool! The skiing there is wicked!" Harry became a little more relaxed and began making eye contact with Claire as they chatted about skiing. Heather found herself with no one to talk to and began to feel quite uncomfortable. "We don't even know your names" One boy in the crowd said as he noticed Heather's boredom. "Oh, my name is Heather and that is Claire." Claire and Harry were now farther ahead and Heather started making conversation with the other boys. "What are your names?" "Steve" "Chris" "Andrew" "Charlie" "David" "Vince" Heather's eyes darted around trying to match each name with the face. "Do you guys live in Eton?" Heather questioned. "Oh no, we just go to school there. We go to Eton College…that's why we are dressed like this!" Steve said as he motioned to his uniform. "How long are you guys here for?" Another boy asked. " 5 more days…. And then we are going to stay with my grandmother in London" There was a brief pause. "….I love your accents, they are so cool" "Thanks, I would much rather have yours though" Chris said. "No way! I think I sound like a loud mouth American!!" " Rather that then a proper Englishmen" Steve replied as he straightened up his back and began to walk with his head held up towards the sky. This made Heather burst out laughing. They came up to a large building, which was very old, yet very beautiful. Harry and Claire were already there. "Man you guys are slow!" Harry said. Heather noticed a tall figure walking towards them. He came up behind Harry and grabbed him by the shoulders. "Boo!" He said. Harry jumped. "William, that is not funny!" Harry said as the other boy bent over laughing. Heather couldn't help but giggle. "Well, aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?" The boy said as he regained his composure. "Oh yeah, well, you know the guys, and this is Claire and Heather, Claire, Heather, this is my annoying brother William" Harry stressed the word annoying. "Hi!" Claire said, not taking her eyes off of Harry. "Hello." He replied back, then he shifted his gaze to Heather. "Hi!" Heather said. "Hi…" William said as he stood there spellbound by her beauty. She is so amazingly gorgeous he thought to himself. "Well we had better be going.." Claire said "Here is my number Harry, don't forget to use it" "I won't" Harry replied eagerly. William and Heather hadn't taken their eyes off each other. "Hey! Wills….Wills…Wills!!" Harry yelled at his brother as he snapped his fingers in his face. "Huh?! Oh….yeah?" William replied, giving Harry a side-glance before returning his gaze to Heather. "Aren't you going to say good-bye? They're leaving now!" Claire was pulling Heather by the arm. "Come on Hezz!" Heather was pulled back into reality as Claire jerked her back and forward. He is so good-looking! She told herself. "Bye guys…Bye William" Heather said. "Bye Heather" William said, secretly hoping she would've stayed longer so he could have been able to at least talk with her. Heather followed Claire who had already started to leave and glanced back at William who was still looking at her. Why did she feel so strongly for him, they had only just met! She forgot about it and began to listen to Claire tell her about Harry, and how she hoped he was going to call her. It was going to be a long night she thought to herself. "Who was she?" William demanded as he pushed Harry into his room. "Who?" "Heather…how do you know her? Where is she from? Does she have a boyfriend? How old is she?" William spilled out all his questions as Harry stared at him dumbfounded. "umm, I just met her on the street when she asked for directions, she is from Canada, I don't know if she has a boyfriend, and she is 16. Is that all? What did you think of Claire?" Harry said as his eyes began to glaze over with the thought of her. "There was something about her, I was instantly attracted to her. I have to see here again…when are you seeing that other girl again…what's her name?" William said as he snapped his fingers trying to remember, but he couldn't, his mind was filled with thoughts of Heather. "Claire!" Harry snapped angrily. "Yeah, that's it, when are you seeing her again?" "I don't know, I have to call her." "Well, call her tonight and ask if she wants to go out sometime. Then you can say "oh but what about your friend?" and then act like you can't think of anything and then say "well, I could always ask my brother to come with us, I think they would get along" William said as he paced the room, going over the plan in his head. "Wait a minute, so basically all you want me to do is to set up a double date with me and Claire, and you and Heather, and pretend that you aren't begging me to do it!?" Harry said with a smirk appearing on his face. William sat on the edge of Harry's bed and thought to himself for a minute. "yes." Bring! Bring! "Ugh!! What the hell?" Heather said groggily as she reached over to the nightstand. "Hello?" she said in her best morning voice. "Claire?" a British voice replied over the phone. "…..No this is Heather…who is this?" she said, sitting up in bed. "Oh hi Hezz! ….It's Harry" Heather rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "Oh hey…hang on, I'll get Claire" "..Claire….Claire.." Heather whispered in her ear. "CLAIRE!" she yelled. "huh? Wha- ugh!!" Claire sat up suddenly in bed looking around the room. Heather was laughing. "What was that for? It's only 9am!" Claire said as she punched Heather in the arm and prepared to go back to sleep. "Harry is on the phone" Claire shot up and started to comb her hair with her fingers. "He can't see you through the phone y'know!" Claire shot Heather an annoyed look, she grabbed the phone. "Harry! Hey what's up!?" "Sorry about waking you up but the only time I had to call you is between my first and second period. " "Oh that's OK, don't worry about it. So what did you want to talk about?" "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight" "Sure! I'd love too…oh but what about Hezz?" Heather was now in the bathroom brushing her teeth. "ummm .…" 'This is perfect! This is exactly what William said would happen!' Harry thought to himself. "my brother could come with us…kind of like a double date?!" Harry crossed both his fingers. "That's perfect!! I saw the way he looked at her yesterday did you?" "Tell me about it" Harry mumbled. "What was that?" Claire said. "huh? Oh, nothing, I was just agreeing with you, they both seemed really interested in each other. I think they will get along great! So we'll be at your hotel around 7 tonight? Oh yeah…make sure you dress fancy, we are going somewhere special!" "Where? Where!?" Claire yelled into the phone! "You'll have to wait and find out" Harry replied mysteriously. "Oh fine, your so mean! So we'll see you then!" "Bye" Harry said as he hung up. Claire hung up the phone. Heather walked out of the bathroom with toothpaste foam around her upper lip. "Did I just hear you say WE will see you at 7? I don't want to just tag along-I'll feel like a moron, I'll just stay here and watch TV." Heather said as she started back into the bathroom. "Your coming…and you will have a date!" Heather swung the bathroom door back open. "Who?! Who did you set me up with?" She yelled as she playfully attacked Claire. "William." The word hit her with a thousand stones. She stopped wrestling. Could the hunk that she had felt so connected to actually be coming!? "Hezz? Hezz? Is that OK? I thought you said you liked him!! Hezz!" Claire yelled at Heather as she stared blankly out the window. "It's fine.." Heather started "I didn't say I liked him, I said I felt connected with him" Heather said defensively. "……wait a minute, are you sure he wants to come and he isn't just being forced by Harry?!" "I'm sure, you saw the way he looked at you…you'll make a darling couple! Trust me!" Heather looked at Claire with a disbelieving look on her face. Claire ignored it. "Come on, we've got to go shopping, we have to find something to wear!!" Claire and Heather got ready to go shopping. "What did she say, what did she say?" William said as he grabbed Harry from the lunchroom line. "Whoa! Calm down, I will tell you after I get my lunch" Harry knew how much he was bugging William and he intended on making the most out of it. "Tell me now!!" Will yelled, starting to get angry. "Fine, Fine………….she said….." Harry paused. "what? What did she say?" "what? Oh yeah, she said…gees….I'm sorry man" Harry was really having fun bugging William. "…..she said YES!" "Yes!!!" Will yelled as he ran through the lunchroom. "Wait! Wills! Where are you going?!" Harry yelled to him as he was darting past people in the lunchroom. "I have got to find something to wear!" "Meet me at your room at 5!!" Harry yelled. William burst into his room. "Whoa mate! What's with you?" His room mate and best friend Chris asked him. William was looking at himself in the mirror. "she said yes" "who?" "Heather, the girl I met yesterday" "You asked her out? Good for you mate!" "Not really, I'll explain it to you later, right now, you have to help me to find something to wear!" LATER THAT NIGHT…. "How did I get myself into this?" Heather asked herself as she took her hair out of the rollers. She had on a spaghetti strap silver evening gown on, with a matching shoes and a purse. Her short brown hair had been straightened to perfection with butterfly clips holding back her bangs with style. "You look so amazing!" Claire said as she looked at Heather who was now applying mascara and lip gloss. "Yeah right!! You're the one who is going to steal the show tonight! Harry is going to love you!" "I hope so! I think William is going to love you in that dress!" Claire said. "Y'know, there's something that I should tell you…." "What?" Claire said as she sat on the edge of the bathtub facing Heather. "When we met William…I already liked him…. Well I thought he was good looking and there was something about him that…." Claire interrupted Heather "I knew it! I saw the way that you two looked at each other!! I knew it! Why didn't you tell me in the first place?" "Well…I…. uh….I wanted to hear about you and Harry, and then I just forgot" "Oh,!?" Claire said as she rolled her eyes. BRING BRING! Claire ran to get the phone. "Hello?" "Ms. Reynolds?" The man at the front desk asked. "Yes?" "There are two young gentlemen waiting for you in the main lobby" "Oh thanks! Tell them we'll be right down!" Claire hung up the phone. "Heather! They're waiting downstairs! Come on let's go!" Claire yelled to Heather who was still in the bathroom. "Coming!" Claire grabbed their jackets and turned off the TV. She looked at herself in the mirror by the door one last time and grabbed the room key. Heather stumbled out of the bathroom, trying to get her high heels on. Claire burst out laughing. "Shut-up" Heather yelled as she stood up straight with the help of the table. "You know how much I hate high heels!" They locked the door and walked into the elevator to go down to the lobby. "I am so nervous!" Claire said as she looked at herself in her compact. "Your nervous? I've never even talked to the guy that I'm going with tonight!" "Oh, yeah, I guess you have it a little worse than me!" Heather rolled her eyes. "Where are they?" William said as he paced the lobby. "They are on their way down! They are on the 10th floor you know!" Harry said calmly as he adjusted his cufflinks. William was dressed in a dark gray designer tux with black shoes. His hair was perfectly styled with pieces that fell over his forehead. Harry had a navy blue suit on with matching shoes and his hair was combed neatly into place. "Why did I do this? How did I get myself into this! She probably doesn't even know who I am! What was I thinking?" William said as he flung his arms up in the air. "You were thinking of how much you liked her and how there was something about her that you loved, remember?" Harry said as he shook William by the shoulders. "Now get a hold of yourself, they will be here any minute!" William took a deep breath and sat down beside Harry. "This is it!" Claire said as they stepped out of the elevator. "Nervous?" "Yeah…" Heather said as she rubbed the back of her neck; something she always did when she way nervous. "You'll be fine! I know he'll just love you!" Claire said encouragingly. Heather took a deep breath. "Don't worry, I'll be with you the whole time, I won't leave you, I promise!" Claire gave Heather's hand a caring squeeze and proceeded to drag her around the corner to the lobby. "Here they come!" Harry said as he sat up. All of William's fears vanished when he saw her. He was stunned by her beauty and watched her as she nervously walked towards him. 'She's gorgeous' he thought to himself. "Hey!" Claire said as she walked up to Harry. She hugged him. William and Heather blushed as they just stood there looking at each other. Heather broke the silence, "Hi, I'm Heather" she said as she stuck her hand out. "I'm William," he shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you William." "Oh please, call me Will" "Ok…Will, you can call me Hezz." They were still shaking hands. Claire and Harry exchanged a knowing glance. "Well, shall we be off?" Harry questioned. William and Heather broke out of their trance and let go of each other's hands. "Yeah! Of course" William replied. Harry and Claire led the way out, while William and Heather followed behind. They all got into the limo. Harry and William sat on one side and Heather and Claire sat on the other. "So, where are we going?" Claire asked. "You'll see!" Harry replied as he winked at the 2 girls. Heather giggled at William rolling his eyes. "What's so funny?" Claire asked. "Nothing." Heather replied as she glanced at William who was trying not to laugh as he looked out the window of the limo. "Here we are!" William said as he got out of the limo. "Oh my God!" Heather yelled as she saw where they were. "Is this what I think it is?!" Claire yelled as she grabbed Harry's hand to get out of the car. "Yep…the Ritz Hotel, we rented it out for the night" Harry said proudly. The girls just stood there, mouths open and eyes wide as they stared at the magnificent sight. There was a graceful fountain to the right with a bench for two in front and a rose garden to the left. The actual building itself was the most gorgeous thing Heather and Claire had ever seen. "Shall we?" Harry asked. Claire linked her arm in Harry's and Heather linked hers with Wills. They were seated by the window and given their menus. Heather and Claire sat together and Harry and William sat across from them. Heather lifted the menu up to cover her face. "Everything is so expensive!" she whispered. "I know!" Claire replied as she covered her face with her menu. "Is there a problem?" Harry asked. "Oh, no, but everything is so expensive here!" Claire said as Heather turned beet red. "Claire!" Heather said as she elbowed her in the arm. William and Harry looked at each other and laughed. "What's so funny?" Heather said. "Nothing, it's just so funny to hear you 2 girls bicker" Wills replied. "Oh.." Heather replied as she felt her cheeks go red. After they had all finished eating, Harry and Claire went off for a walk, leaving William and Heather all alone. The 2 of them were very nervous and stood there looking at the ground. 'So much for promising not to leave me alone Claire!' Heather thought to herself as she clenched her fists. "Wow! This is awkward" William said as he broke the silence. "Yeah I know" Heather agreed. "So where in Canada are you from?" William asked, trying to get a conversation started. "I'm from Edmonton, Alberta…don't worry I wasn't one of those crazy girls in Whistler last March!" 'She knows who I am and she doesn't treat me any differently! This is great!' William thought to himself. "Oh, " he started to blush "I wasn't sure if you knew who I was" "Of course I do. Oh wait! Am I supposed to treat you differently? Have I done something wrong?" Heather said as she started to panic. "No, no, not at all, I like being treated like a regular guy" "Oh good," "So tell me a bit about yourself." William said as they sat on a bench in the garden. "Ummm, well, my whole family is British, my brother and I are the only Canadians, lucky me! I get stuck with the awful accent!" "I love your accent!" William said as he thought about how beautiful she was. "Thanks, but I still hate it." "So your parents let you come here by yourself?" William asked, "No, not really, Claire and I are allowed to stay in Eton for 4 more nights, by ourselves, and then if we find someone our age, who is willing to let us stay with them…. And my grandma says they're OK, we can stay here for the rest of our 3 weeks, otherwise, we will go and stay with my grandma in London." "Met anyone to stay with?" "No, not yet, I am hoping though, I really like it here and … I would like to… see more of you." She said shyly. 'Ugh! Why did I say that! How could I be so stupid? He probably doesn't even like me!' Heather yelled at herself. 'She likes me! She really likes me! This is great' William said to himself. "I'd like to see more of you too! I'll try to find someone for you and Claire to stay with" "Thanks so much!!" Heather said as she reached out and hugged him. "Oh, I'm sorry" she said as she pulled away quickly. "For what?" William said. "For hugging you like that when I only just met you" Heather said, embarrassed. "Don't apologize, I wanted to do it myself." "Really?" William shook his head. "Well, in that case..." she pulled him close to her and he held her in his arms. 'Man! I am totally falling for this girl!' William said in his head as he held her closer. 'Heaven!' Heather thought to herself. "Wow, they seem to be having a good time!" Claire said to Harry as they hid behind a tree. "I know, I think that they are perfect for each other!" Harry replied. "You want to know who else I think is perfect for each other?" Claire started as she slipped her hand around Harry's waist. "Hmmm, who?" He said playing dumb. "Us, silly!" "Oh yeah.." He said as he held the back of her neck and pulled her in for a kiss. LATER THAT EVENING… "Aaaahh!" Heather screamed as William splashed water from the fountain at her. "You're going to pay for that!" she yelled as she ran after him. "Oh yeah!? Try and catch me!" He yelled. They ran all around the grounds laughing and screaming. "Ha Ha!" William laughed as he turned around to face Heather, but she wasn't there. "Heather?…Heather?" no answer. He started to get nervous. All of a sudden someone grabbed him from behind and pushed him into the fountain. When he surfaced, he rubbed his eyes to see Heather bent over in laughter. "Th- th- that was so funny!" Heather said between laughs. "Oh yeah?…" William grabbed Heather around the waist and pulled her in with him. They playfully dunked each other in the water until they were both extremely tired…and wet! "ahhhh" William sighed. "That was the most fun I've had in a long time" "Me too" Heather said as she swam over to him. "Oh no! Is my mascara running?" Heather said as she rubbed under her eyes. "I must look awful!" "You look beautiful" William said as he brushed the wet hair out of her eyes. 'I'm in love' Heather thought to herself as she reached up to take a hold of his hand. 'This is amazing! I've never felt like this before.' William thought as he felt her hand come over his. They both leaned in closer…closer…closer…until their noses were touching…and then they… "Hey you guys!!" Harry yelled. William and Heather jumped as they quickly pulled away from each other. 'Damn you Harry!' William said to himself. "What are you guys doing in the fountain?" Claire asked as she helped Heather up. "Nothing…" Heather said as she glanced at William and smiled. "Heather and I are going to go to the Ladies room if you don't mind…" Claire said as she pulled Heather. "We'll wait here," Harry said as William got out of the fountain. The two girls walked back into the restaurant leaving the two boys alone. William waited until they were out of sight until he punched Harry playfully in the arm. "What was that for?" Harry asked as he held his arm. "You know what that was for, I was just going to kiss her and you ruined it!" "Oh yeah, sorry" "That's ok, how are you getting on with Claire?" William said as he attempted to dry himself off. "Great! She's so nice and sweet and pretty, I've never felt this way before." "That's the same way I feel about Hezz. I think I'm really falling for her!" BACK IN THE LADIES ROOM… "So…what do you think of William?" Claire asked as she handed Heather a brush. "He's great! Sweet, charming, handsome, I think I'm in love!" "That's the same way that I feel about Harry…but what were you guys doing in the fountain?" "We were just goofing around…and he was about to kiss me until you two came along!" "Oh, sorry" "That's OK, what were you and Harry up to?" "We just went for a long walk and kissed under the moonlight" Claire swooned. Heather laughed. "What's so funny?" Claire asked. "And we kissed under the moonlight" Heather mimicked as she held her hand over her heart. "Shut-up!" BACK IN THE GARDEN… "What do you think they are talking about?" William questioned. "They are probably telling each other all about us." Harry said as he bent down to tie his shoe. "I hope it's all good!" William said. "Don't worry…I'm sure it is!" Harry reassured. "So…" William started, "How much do you like Claire?" "A lot! She's perfect. What about you? How much do you like Heather?" "I've fallen for her." William replied as he sighed. IN THE LADIES ROOM… "Can I borrow some of that lip gloss?" Claire asked Heather as they stood in front of the mirror. "Yeah, sure," Heather said as she rummaged through her purse. " Trying to soften up your lips for a late night kiss?" Heather teased. "Maybe…" Claire said as she handed the gloss back to her. "We had better get back out there, we've been in here for like 10 minutes, they must be wondering what is taking us so long" "Yeah, OK" "…. Oh I almost forgot to ask you" Claire started. "What?" "How's it going with William?" "Oh," Heather said blushing. "Good, he's really sweet" "hmmmm" Claire said mischievously. "What is that supposed to mean?" "You'll see…" The two girls had one last look in the mirror and headed back outside. "well, here they come" Harry said as he stood up. "what took you two so long?" "Girl talk" Claire said as she grasped Harry's hand. Heather rolled her eyes at William, he smiled. William stood up and Heather nervously reached for his hand. He eagerly accepted. "Harry, lets leave these two alone" Claire said as the two rushed ahead. William and Heather blushed. They walked over to the bench that was in front of the rose garden and sat down. They looked each other longingly in the eyes, their heads, slowly tilting to the side. They got closer and closer, their lips met, they kissed, first softly and then harder as they get more into the moment. After awhile they broke the kiss, panting. "whoa" Heather said as she touched her lip with her index finger. "My sentiments exactly" William replied as he reached for her hand. "I've wanted to do that all night" William said. "I've been waiting for you to" "I hope I wasn't going to fast for you" William said nervously. "No, not at all, I felt attracted to you from the first time I saw you, something special, y'know?" William paused and thought to himself for a minute. He was in shock, could this girl have felt the same force that he had felt? "Fate" he said. "Excuse me?" "Fate. We were destined to meet. I felt the same thing when I saw you, it was like, something was trying to tell me something about you, that I shouldn't let you go." They smiled at each other. They talked for another 3 hours under the moonlight about their families, school, friends, and their likes and dislikes. At 11pm, Harry and Claire returned, Harry with lipstick on his face and Claire with very messed up hair. William and Heather laughed at them as they tried to hide what they had been doing. The 4 of them laughed and joked around as the limo sped through the streets of London, and arrived back at the girl's hotel in Eton. "I had a really nice time tonight" Heather said to William as they stood outside the hotel.

PART TWO