Lena pov

I'm currently wrapped up in a blanket while reading a book. Selena and I took off a couple of minutes ago and she decided she's sleep it off. I can't sleep. U can't dare fall asleep close to her. I'm afraid I'll have another nightmare and that I'll wake her up. Like I do to Chris. She put on some headphones and was out like a light.

Scarlett texted me, wishing me luck but I didn't reply. I just left her on seen and continued on with my day. I don't want to pay any attention to her. She can go and forget about me for all I care. That is something I would say if I didn't feel anything for her. But, I do. I think I always will feel something.

The flight was spent in reading this book I picked up at the airport. It is a random ass romantic novel. This is not the type of theme I usually read. I don't like stereotypical tropes and misogynistic comments authors sometimes make in these novels. They make me want to rip out all of my hairs so I avoid them most of the time.

We land in London and I go to wake uo Selena. She just nods and starts packing up the things she had into her bag. We are welcomed by Mark in the black Range Rover.

"Nice to see you again Agnes." Mark says taking the bags from my hands.

"Same goes to you. How's the family?" I ask

"The're good. They kept on asking about you."

"Well tell them I said hi." I say smiling at him.

"Miss Gomez do you want any help with your bags?" He asks her and she just nods. Looking at me like she's seen a ghost.

"You're gonna have to get used to this darling. We'll be going straight to my house now." I say smiling at her now.

"O-Okay." She says and gets into the car. I just chuckle at that and sit beside her in the backseat.

"Marcus called Lena, he wants to visit." Marks says

"Can he come tomorrow?" I ask him

"Sure. You're the boss remember?" Mark says chuckling

"Alright." I say looking through the window.

"I'm surprised it's not raining" Mark mutters.

"I hoped it wouldn't actually." I say calling Miriam.

"hello darling." Miriam answers

"Hi. Can you prepare a guest room please?" I ask not looking at Selena.

"Of course who will be coming?" She asks.

"Just Selena and I. We'll stay for a few days only." I say calmly.

"Selena? As in Selena Gomez?" She says excited

"Yes Miriam." I say

"I am giving her the best room in the house. Oh my God. Did you hear this Richard. Bloody Selena Gomez is coming over!" She shouts at who I presume is Richard.

"The're a bit excited." I say hanging up.

"Who's they?" Selena asks.

"Miriam and Richard."

"Her maid and cook." Mark says and Selena's mouth falls open.

"I.. You live a completely different life over here." She says in shock.

"I guess? You can say it yeah." I say putting my phone into my bag.

We drive in comfortable silence and when we arrive through the gate Selena's eyes go wide. I thought they were about to pop out of her head.

"I feel like this is the place where the princess diaries were filmed or something." She says getting out of the car. She looks around and just can't process all of this.

"Your house. If you could call this a house is just..wow. Look there is a fountain as well. Oh I love this already!" Selena says looking around. Mark chuckles as he helps me with the bags.

I carry hers into the foyer and as soon as I open the doors Miriam comes running.

"Lena!" She says hugging me tight.

"Miriam! Hi."

"Where is she?" She asks excited.

"Where is who?" Selena asks walking in.

"Oh my god it really is you. I'm sorry for freaking out. You're just a big deal." Maria says and Selena laughs sweetly.

"I don't remember you freaking out about Chris like this." I taunt.

"Oh shush Lena. My name is Miriam.I am the maid of the house." She says offering her a hand to shake.

"Nice to meet you Miriam. I have to admit the place is beautiful." She says looking around.

"And who do we have here?" Richard says walking up to us.

"Richard." I drop my bags and go to hug him as well.

"Oh my sweet Lena. How was the flight?"

"I'll talk to you about that over tea. This is mu friend Selena." I say introducing her.

"I'm Richard. I'm the cook around here." He says shaking her hand.

"Nice to meet you."

"Let me go put the kettle to boil and I'll bring in some freshly baked biscuits." Richard says walking out.

"I'll show Selena to her room while you carry your things into your bedroom." Miriam says picking up Selena's suitcase.

"Oh you don't have to do that. Lena can help me."

"Don't be ridiculous! I'm honored to." Miriam says and they walk off. This will be interesting for sure.

I walked up to my room and put everything down. I don't feel the need to unpack yet and I want to see where Lena is situated. I walk down the hall, following voices when I walk into one of the master bedrooms. This is the biggest guest room we have. And we have a lot.

"Nice one. I'm down the hall. The door at the end. Next to the portrait." I explain.

"Okay. I will probably get lost here." Selena says looking around.

"I get it. Well I'll head down to help Richard with the tea. Join us when you two can." I say and close the door behind me. I can hear them talking and I don't want to be annoying so I let Miriam ask her whatever she wanted in private.

I walk into the kitchen and sit at the counter. I just sit watching Richard put biscuits onto a plate.

"Now you have some explaining to do young lady." He says. I raise my eyebrows silently asking him what and he motions to my hand.

"Oh this.. this is nothing."

"Is it broken?" He asks

"Well.. kind of." I say scratching the back of my neck.

"Lena.. what happened?" He asks, his tone going soft.

"I..It's a long story."

"If you don't want to talk about it. That is fine. Just tell me did someone else do this or was it self inflicted."

"Option number two."

"Lena!"

"What? I got angry and I punched the mirror, and the shower door, and well.." I say looking away.

"You know that is not a way to handle rage." He says taking my cast into his big hands.

"I know." I say in a tone that makes me sound like a little kid.

"Talk to me when you're ready. You know I'm a good listener." He says putting a strand of hair behind my ear.

"I know."

"You seem to know everything, don't you?" He says laughing.

"Let's go. I want to chat with THE Selena Gomez." He says putting everything onto a tray and walking out without me.

To say that they held an interview would be an understatement of the century. Those two were coming up with questions I would never ask. They even asked about how Chris and she met. They wanted to know everything. I just sat back and drank my tea. I threw her a few apologetic looks but I knew I couldn't help her. It's not negotionable by now.

I went to my room before it was dinner time. I wanted to at least get something out of my suitcase. I didn't pack a lot. I actually brought a lot of things to leave here in England. I can't drag it all the way back to New York with me.

"come in." I shout after I hear a knock on my door.

Selena comes and observes my room.

"I swear your house is like something out of a fairytale. It is absolutely gorgeous." She compliments.

"Thank you. I get that a lot." I say putting things into my wardrobe.

"Is this your closet?" She asks

"Mhm"

I turn to see her walk inside while I'm crouching down next to my bag.

"You have two closets the side of a sudio apartment full?" She asks with hands on her sides.

"What I have a lot of clothes. Besides this is not my only wardrobe. There is a special one with gowns and suits from my dad." I say looking away.

"You really are filthy rich?" Selena asks

"I hate that expression..but yeah." I say shrugging my shoulders.

"Did you grow up in this house?" She asks sitting on the couch.

"Yeah. This was my old room." I say taking the last but of stuff out of my suitcase.

"Wow."

"But I was here only during the summer time. I went to a private school most of my life." I say

"Of course you did. How was that?"

"What private schools? They were awful. I went to private christian schools and let me just tell you. I'm not religious for a reason." I say sitting down on my bed.

"I remember one of my friend talked to me about it. Her experience was nothing but great. I guess it depends on the school as well." She says

"I guess it does. So you came here. You met those two. You're very ahead of Chris right now."

"Yes." She cheers and smiles at me

"I'm sorry about Richard and Miriam, the're not usually like this." I apologise

"No need. I loved their company. They remind me a lot of you." She says

"The've been working her for as long as I remember." I say.

"Why do you keep them here? If you're in New York half of the time." She asks

"Because they have no where else to go. They have been living here for over 20 years. I pay them like I usually do, but they stay here.

"All alone? In this castle?"

"They are not alone, there is Mark oh and there are the Gardening twins as well. They all live here." I explain.

"Who's Marcus? I heard Mark mentioned him in the car."

"He's one of my oldest friends. Who just so happens to work for me." I say.

"I like Miriam." She says out of the blue.

"She's so nice. Reminds me loads of my mother." Selena says right after that.

"Hm." i just hum nodding my head. Miriam is more a mother to me than Abigail ever was, but I am not about to trauma dump on her.

"Can you give me a tour to the house?" Selena asks.

"Of course follow me." I say offering her a hand.

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"And we end this tour with the huge family painting by the library." I say joking around, trying to sound like a tour guide.

"Oh look at you. You were so tiny." She says looking at the painting.

"Yeah. Thats one of the rare paintings you'll see me in." I say smiling at it.

"How so?"

"I was out of the public eye for most of my life so my parents were very careful when it came to my identity." I say

She doesn't say anything. She just stares at the wall before walking into the library; my favourite place. Inside there are bookshelves that are basically surrounding you. From the floor to the ceilings. There isn't any space to fit any more books so we had to make some new shelves. There is also a desk in the middle with chairs around it. It makes it look like a real library. I turn on the chandelier and Selena's eyes sparkle as she looks around.

"This place is magical." She says

"With that I agree."

"Lena are you two hungry?" Miriam asks from the hallway.

I turn to Selena to see her uncomfortable to answer this question. So I answer it for her.

"We could eat. Tell Richard to set the table. We'll be down there in a minute." I say and with that Miriam leaves.

"I'll go to the bathroom first. You can go right ahead." she says and I nod and leave the room.

I walk into the kitchen to see Miriam and Richard standing there.

"Where is Selena?" Miriam asks

"She's in the ladies room. She'll be down soon." I say sitting down.

"What happened with your arm honey?" Miriam says sitting down next to me.

"I got angry and.. I didn't.. I wasn't careful." I say

"Did you hurt anyone else but you?" She asks carefully.

"No... I just hurt myself." I say looking away.

"Does this have to do with that Scarlett girl?" She asks

"How do you even know about her?" I ask

"I may be old but I am not blind Lena. Besides, Marcus told me all about her." She says

Snitch.

"Yeah. Me and her had a.. falling out and I got angry." I say

"Is there something we can do?" Richard asks sitting down next to me too.

"No. I talked with her yesterday actually. She apologised and we.. I guess we want to start over. She does at least. I don't forgive her still. I can't." I say.

"Well whatever there is please tell us. We care for you and we want only the best." Richard says putting a hand over mine.

"Thank you, both if you." I say and they both smile at me.

Selen soon arrives and we have a fun time. Of course we didn't talk much but we enjoyed each others company. It was very lovely. Selena and I walked up the stairs ready to part. When she stops me pulling on my hand.

"Thank you for bringing me here. It really means a lot that you trust me enough to let me meet one of the most close people in your life." She says

"You're welcome?" I say uncertain.

"I had a wonderful time today even if we only lounged around the house." She says

"Just wait for what I have in store for you tomorrow." I say and she smiles at that.

"Good night Selena." I say

"Good night." she says and we go to our separate rooms.