Sonny Monroe and Tawni Hart were cruising down a back country road on their way to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, where Sonny grew up. Green grassy fields were visible for miles. So Random had wrapped filming two weeks early, so their scheduled month long vacation turned into a seven week vacation.

"Oh no." Sonny said with wide eyes as white smoke flooded out from under the hood of the red sports car she was driving.

The car shut off as Tawni screamed and whined . "My car!" as her brand new Ferrari California, yes Tawni purchased the car partially for it's name, continued to slow it's pace. "I let you drive for five minutes and look what happens!" she shouted at a panic ridden Sonny. In reality Sonny had been driving for a little over four hours.

Sonny's eyes were still wide as she licked her lips nervously, and peered out her side window at her surroundings, grass, grass and more grass.. She had tuned Tawni out because Tawni's constant whining was making her panic even more, and Sonny knew she needed to stay calm. The sports car came to a slow stop and Sonny could see a sign off in the distance. She squinted her eyes and leaned forward over the steering wheel to read it. "Welcome to Wisconsin." she read and felt a small sense of relief wash over her. She wasn't that far from home. Before Sonny could tune Tawni back in, Tawni hopped out of the car waving away at the thickening smoke. Sonny followed suit and undid her seatbelt and got out of the vehicle.

"Fix it." Tawni demanded.

"Fix it?" Sonny questioned. "I don't know how to fix cars!"

"Now would be a good time to learn!" Tawni shot back. "I wanted to fly but noooo." she said waving her hands in the air. "We had to drive because Sonny likes road trips!" Tawni exclaimed angrily, and Sonny shot her a glare. Sonny maybe sweet but don't let her fool you, she has a bitchy side hidden under all that sweet.

Truth be told Tawni didn't even want to go to Wisconsin to visit the Monroe's, but she thought it would be better if she hung out with Sonny instead of Nico and Grady. Grady's brother was coming to visit the So Random set, and that was the last person Tawni wanted to see. No one knew it, but she had shacked up with the frat boy the last time he came to visit.

Sonny tried to rationalize what she should do at a time like this. She went back into the car to retrieve her cell phone only to see that she had no service. "Tawni check your phone for service." Sonny commanded and Tawni did as she was told.

"I don't have any service out here." Tawni said with a pout. Sonny huffed and put her hands on her hips as Tawni's pout lifted to a smile. "But Chad called an hour ago."

Sonny rolled her eyes at the mention of Chad's name. The two were paired up for a PR romance to get more people to watch their shows since they were owned by the same network. Chad however was taking the whole thing way too seriously. He actually seemed to have feelings for Sonny, but Sonny didn't feel the same way. Sometimes she wondered why she didn't like the guy that every single girl in America seemed to be in love with.. Then she would remember that Chad Dylan Cooper was a complete jerk who thought he was the king of the world or something, then it all made sense as to why she didn't find him appealing. "Yeah, he called me a few times too." Sonny said, not even bothering to hide how annoyed she was with the young over arrogant actor.

"I don't get why you wont just give him a chance." Tawni was always curious about this. Sure she knew Chad was stuck up, but he was rich and cute. In other word he was Tawni's type.

Sonny huffed and explained for the millionth time why she didn't like Chad Dylan Cooper. "He's not the kind of person I want to be with." she began. "I want someone who cares about more than just themselves!" Sonny was becoming quickly annoyed with all the Chad talk. She didn't like having to attend events with him, because every time they would hook arms or hold hands, kiss each other on the cheek, or when he rested his hand on the small of her back, she would inwardly cringe. She did not like his hands on her one bit.

"Oh Sonny look! There's someone over there." Tawni said excitedly as she jumped a few times and pointed in the direction behind Sonny. Sonny turned around to see a wooden fence, and behind it was bright green grass with black and white cows roaming the field. "Go talk to them." Tawni ordered as she began pushing Sonny in the direction of the now mooing cattle, as the far away rancher entered a barn.

Sonny struggled against the pushing and faced Tawni. "What? You go talk to them." Sonny said suddenly feeling weary about talking to a stranger.

"No. You're from here, you go." Tawni replied becoming quite nervous herself. After all they are two attractive girls broken down out in the middle of nowhere with no cell phone service.

The two actresses stared at each other sternly for a few moments before Sonny broke. "Fine! I'll go talk to whoever's in there." she said angrily as she stomped off down a dirt road that led towards the big barn off in the distance.

Tawni smiled in victory as she watched Sonny trudge off. Realization soon hit when she remembered she was out on a deserted road all alone. "Sonny wait! I'm coming!" she hollered out, running as fast as she could down the dirt path in her high heels, which wasn't very fast at all. When Sonny heard Tawni say she was coming with her, she felt a little better about going to the barn. At least she wouldn't be alone. She really didn't want to go alone, but she was willing if it meant they would get help. She turned around and waited for Tawni to catch up. "Ugh, all the dirt is getting my shoes dirty." Tawni complained and Sonny rose an eyebrow at her.

"That's what dirt does Tawni."

The rest of the walk was silent, the mood was almost eerie. Both girls thought this was all too much like a scene in a horror movie. Two young beautiful actresses, a brand new sports car suddenly breaking down without warning, in what looked like the middle of nowhere quite frankly.. As they neared their destination a low grunting noise could be heard, which was then followed by a thud. Sonny and Tawni exchanged a look at one another. "Go look." Tawni whispered as she lightly shoved Sonny in the direction of the barn's open doors. Sonny slapped at Tawni's hands and tip toed to the entrance at her own pace. She did her best to shake any negative thoughts. She was just being paranoid she thought to herself as she took in a much needed deep breath, and peeked inside.

It was certainly not a sight Sonny had expected to see. She was expecting to see a burly worn of age man, or even in her worst nightmare a crazed lunatic with an axe. In her fantasy it would've been a muscular young man in his early twenties with his shirt off doing something that flexed his bulging muscles, but what she saw took her by surprise.

Sonny watched a twenty four year old Carter Mason lift bundles of hay into horses stables. Carter adorned a black Stetson cowboy hat, a tight white tank top with an open blue flannel shirt over it with the sleeves ripped off, black skinnys that were tucked into her black dirt covered cowboy boots, and black gloves to protect her hands. Sonny opened her mouth to speak, but soon closed it to watch Carter pick up another bundle of hay. Sonny assumed it was heavy do to the groan the mystery girl let out, and the way sweat was glistening upon Carter's toned upper body. Sonny couldn't help but to stare, and she would never admit to it if someone asked, but she found the sweating mystery girl to be very sexy.

Sonny bit her lip glossed bottom lip as she watched Carter make another groaning sound when she dropped the hay into the last horse stable. The hay made a small thud when it hit the solid ground. That was it. Carter had fed the last of her horses, tended to the cows, pigs, and chickens. She was done for the day, and she was exhausted. As she put her hands on her hips she could feel eyes on her. It wasn't an uncommon feeling since it was typical for the animals to watch her, but this felt different to Carter.

Carter turned around and saw the 18 year old So Random actress staring at her. Carter had never seen So Random so to her Sonny Monroe was just some strange girl staring at her. Sonny was at a loss for what to do or say. She opened and closed her mouth a few times but struggled to form any words. Carter furrowed her brow at the young actress. "Something I can do for you ma'am?" Carter asked with her Louisiana accent sneaking into her words, which confused Sonny. Sonny couldn't pinpoint the attractive ranchers accent, all she knew was that it was southern.

Why is there a pretty southern girl on a ranch on the border of Wisconsin? Sonny thought to herself, but what Sonny didn't know was that when Carter Mason's grandfather passed away he left her his ranch in his will. The PPP took the opportunity and used this as a cover life for Carter. Carter followed in her father's foot steps and became an agent for the Princess Protection Program, aka the PPP. She was to live life here as normal until duty called.

"O-our car broke down." Sonny stuttered out. She mentally face-palmed herself for butchering her sentence.

"Our?" Carter questioned carefully. She had never had anyone break down in front of her ranch before.

Sonny was feeling nervous, and it wasn't for the same reasons she was nervous five minutes ago. Then she was nervous that it would be some psychopathic murderer in the barn, now she was nervous because.. Well she didn't know why. "Um.. Yeah, my friend, Tawni and I broke down." she explained. Neither girl had taken their eyes off the other's, brown eyes staring into brown eyes. "She's over here." Sonny said defending herself because Carter was looking at her as if she were crazy. "Tawni come here." Sonny said finally breaking eye contact with Carter, and grabbing Tawni by the elbow to drag her into Carter's line of sight.

"Whoa it's a chick." Tawni said surprised.

"Yeah it's a chick." Sonny whispered sternly to Tawni. "Do you have a phone we could possibly use? Our cell phones don't get service out here." Sonny asked sweetly to Carter.

Carter nodded. "Yep. Down at the house I got a land line." She said walking past the two actresses and out of the barn. Carter waved for them to follow. Sonny and Tawni glanced at each other before following the rancher who's name they still didn't know. Sonny was beginning to feel more comfortable with the no name rancher, and couldn't believe she forgot to introduce herself. However, Tawni wasn't feeling comfortable at all. She was a city girl out in the country and she did not like it.

Carter had led them around to the side of the barn where she had parked her Honda Four Trax Rincon ATV. It was woodland camouflage in color, and it was evident Carter liked to have fun on the thing. Dried mud graced the tires and fenders. "The house is about a mile down." Carter said pointing down the dirt road that led into thickening woods. "We can try to squeeze on the ATV, or if that don't work I can take one of you and come back for the other." Neither one of the actresses had ridden on an ATV before.

Sonny being a positive person saw it as a new experience. Tawni on the other hand thought of the nasty mud that would get on her jeans and shoes, but in the end it was better than being left alone. Just thinking about it gave her a chill. "Squeeze!" Tawni exclaimed. If worst came to worst she could always use Sonny as a shield.

Carter nodded once again and walked over to the ATV and hopped on. She turned the key in the ignition and the machine came alive. "Y'all ready?" she asked the two Hollywood girls. Sonny smiled brightly and nodded. "Come hop on." Carter said patting the cushioned seat behind her.

Sonny got on behind Carter. "Come on Tawni." Sonny motioned for her to get on. Tawni couldn't believe she was about to get on some dirt covered cowboy toy. She wasn't happy as she sat down behind Sonny. "Scoot up." She said in a whiney demanding tone.

Sonny did as Tawni asked and scooted forward. Now her front was almost in full contact with Carter's back. "Y'all are gonna wanna hold on." Carter told them. Sonny, being the hugger she is, wrapped her arms around Carter's abdomen without giving it a second thought. She felt Carter stiffen slightly before relaxing once more. Carter couldn't deny that she found the unknown dark haired girl to be attractive, cause she did. She found her to be absolutely beautiful. Growing up Carter could never label her sexuality because the whole concept confused her. It still does to this day.

Thinking that both girls were ready, Carter accelerated. This took Tawni by surprise, giving her a mini heart attack because she wasn't holding onto anything. She quickly clutched onto Sonny from fear she might fall and get even dirtier.

As they entered a clearing, they pulled up in front of Carter's house the two actresses were shocked. Carter lived in a huge white two story house with a big red door. Attached to the front of the large house was a fairly large deck with two patio chairs. A path made of stones led to the steps of the deck, and another led to a shed off to the side of her home. Carter's ranch provided the neighboring towns with its milk, eggs, and pork products. That income added to her salary income from the PPP, made for a fairly good living. Carter got paid good money to risk her life to save the lives of princesses, and her home showed how she put that money to good use.

When Carter shut off the ATV and stepped foot onto the ground, two full grown pit bulls came running and barking from somewhere behind the house. One white, and the other brown with white patches on its chest. Sonny and Tawni screamed in fear at the sight of the dogs. Sonny jumped off the ATV to hide behind Carter, and Tawni scrambled to hide behind Sonny. "Scrappy! Spike! Sit!" Carter commanded. The two dogs quickly stopped barking and sat on the ground in front of Carter, following their orders. "Good girls." Carter said as she patted them both on the head. Sonny relaxed and released her grip on Carter's blue flannel shirt. Tawni's hands were still clenched onto Sonny shoulders. Tawni wasn't good with dogs. "Go on and get in the shed." Carter ordered the dogs calmly, to which her two dogs obeyed and headed off to the shed. Carter then turned to face Sonny and Tawni. "Um.. What did you say your name was?" she asked Sonny as Tawni finally let go of Sonny's shoulders, and Carter removed her gloves from her hands and put them on her ATV. Carter wasn't going to let just anyone in her home. Her line of work rescuing damsels in distress, was a heroic job yes, but it also came with making enemies.

Sonny felt horrible for not properly introducing herself earlier. That's not how her mama raised her. She was raised to be polite. She immediately stuck out her hand. "Sonny.. Sonny Monroe." the black haired beauty said finally introducing herself, giving Carter a bright smile.

Carter shook Sonny's outstretched hand. "Carter Mason." she said with a small smile of her own gracing her full lips. Carter tipped her hat to Sonny, a gesture Sonny found to be quite charming. Carter then turned her attention to Tawni. "You got a last name?"

Tawni took note of the dreamy look on her co-star's face. She rolled her eyes as she looked over to Carter. "Hart." she said simply. Now Tawni finally understood why Sonny didn't like Chad. It wasn't because he was a jerk. It was because he's a boy.. Well, wait. Sonny did like that vampire boy not too long ago.. Tawni was significantly confused over Sonny's preferences.. Maybe Sonny is bisexual. Either way Tawni knew from Sonny's face that she had a crush on this dirty rancher woman named Carter.

Carter only needed to know one more detail about these girls in front of her, that were standing in her yard. "Where y'all from?" she asked. She wasn't going to let her attraction to Sonny Monroe distract her from getting information on the two. Soon she would run a background check on the two girls to make sure everything corresponded with what they told her.

"Well I'm originally from Wisconsin, but I moved out to Los Angeles a little over two years ago." Sonny told Agent Mason with her trademark smile. Carter is a trained professional, but every time Sonny would flash her big smile, Carter found it hard not to smile back. Carter nodded, trying with all her might not to smile, but she lost that battle as the corners of her mouth twitched upward into a small grin. Sonny's smile widened at seeing Carter grin, for some reason making Carter smile made Sonny feel accomplished.

Carter then looked expectantly at Tawni. "What about you?"

"Born and raised in L.A." she replied monotone. Tawni didn't care about Sonny's little crush. Tawni wanted out of this place, and she wanted out now. She wanted to wake up and find herself in a 5 star hotel suite with an in shape cabana boy feeding her grapes.

Just as Carter was about to turn around and lead the two Californians into her house, a bell rang out though the patches of woodland near Carter's home. Carter loved the sound of that bell. She looked off in the direction the ringing was coming from, a full smile gracing her features causing a warming sensation to shoot though Sonny. Carter looked back at the actresses in front of her, only to see them with confused expressions. "Sounds like Ms. Swift is done cookin'. Would you ladies like some dinner?" Carter asked politely.

Even though Tawni wanted to desperately get out of here, Sonny seemed to be enjoying the wilderness around Carter's home, and the fresh air at Carter's fields full of cattle and other livestock. "We'd love some." Sonny spoke cheerfully before Tawni had the chance to get a word in.

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The three woman walked along another dirt path. This one was much smaller. One that an ATV couldn't fit on. Carter led the way, while Sonny and Tawni walked behind her. Tawni was about to ask Sonny what was up with the way she was staring at the rancher during their conversation, but when she turned to look at Sonny she caught sight of what Sonny was looking at.

Sonny was admiring Carter's small yet perfectly proportioned butt as Carter took her steps. Tawni's jaw dropped as she smacked Sonny in the arm. "Ouch Tawni! What was that for?" Sonny whispered yelled.

"You were starring at her butt!" Tawni whisper yelled back.

Sonny's eyes widened slightly before she shhh-ed Tawni. "I was not." oh but she was, and what she didn't know was that Carter could hear every word the two were saying. Carter was a good six foot ahead of the actresses, but once again Carter is a trained professional. In fact she's the top agent the PPP has. Something Carter was extremely proud of herself for achieving.

It wasn't much longer when they reached another clearing. Another white house sat in the middle of it. This one was two stories, and had a deck like Carter's home, but this home was smaller and lacked the stone pathway to the deck. The door of this house was yellow, and so were its shutters. The two eighteen year olds followed Carter up the steps and through the bright yellow door. "Carter take your boots off!" a voice emitted from the kitchen. Another southern accent, this one was a Tennessee accent. But still Sonny couldn't pin point it's origin, this one was ever so slightly different from Carter's, and Sonny wondered what so many southerners were doing in Wisconsin.

Carter removed her dirty black boots with a sigh. Every time she came for dinner she would get yelled at as soon as she walked through the door to take her boots off. "Take your shoes off before she has a fit." Carter mumbled to the two behind her.

Sonny and Tawni removed their shoes as well. Sonny couldn't help but wonder why they were here for dinner. Who was Ms. Swift in relation to Carter?

Once everyone's shoes were removed from their feet, Carter hung her hat and led the girls through the home and into the kitchen. In the kitchen was a rather tall curly haired blonde woman stirring something on the stove. "Hey Tay." Carter said getting the blonde's attention by planting a small kiss on her cheek.

Taylor turned around to greet her. She was always happy to see Carter, probably because she had a small crush on her. "Hey." she said wrapping Carter in a warm hug. "Who's your company?" she asked, once the hug was broken, looking very confused when she saw two women she had never seen in her life standing in her kitchen.

Carter had started reaching for a glass in the cabinet, then turned her attention back to the women. "Oh, um. They broke down outside my ranch. So I gave em a lift to my house so they could use the phone, but then your dinner bell went off.. I hope you don't mind two more." Carter filled Taylor in on the situation as she opened up Taylor's fridge to fill her glass with sweet tea.

"Oh no that's fine. The more the merrier." Taylor said with a genuine smile. "Well it's sure nice to meet y'all. My names Taylor." she said introducing herself, extending her hand politely to show her southern hospitality. Ms. Swift is a sweetheart through and though. A woman always known to take the high road.

"Hi. I'm Sonny." Sonny replied, willfully shaking Taylor's hand. Carter watched Sonny introduce herself to Taylor and couldn't help but find Sonny Monroe to have an irresistible quality about her. Something about that big bright white smile and those big deep dark brown eyes. There was something about Sonny that made Carter's knees weak.

"Tawni." the other actress said flatly, but still shook the other blonde's hand. She liked the blonde better than she liked Sonny's girl crush, little miss dirty rancher.

Taylor got one look at Tawni and could tell she wasn't from here. She could spot a city girl a mile away. Sonny on the other hand confused her. She knew she wasn't a country girl but she looked a little too happy to be the kind to rule out country life all together. "Dinner will be on the table shortly." Taylor told the two strangers in front of her. Taylor would never let a stranger in her home, but if Carter was willing to trust them enough to bring them here then she would allow it too. Taylor turned her attention to Carter who was sipping away at her sweet tea, and watching Sonny with lustful eyes. That was the way she wished Carter would look at her. "Show them to the table then help me set it, will ya?"

Carter tore her eyes from Sonny Monroe to answer her friend. "Sure thing Tay." Carter said, waving for the actresses to follow her into the dinning room.

Carter pulled two chairs out from the table for the girls to sit on. "Thank you." Sonny said to Carter, making sure to make eye contact.

Tawni rolled her eyes when Carter smirked at Sonny and gave her a nod before heading back into the kitchen. "I cannot believe we break down and you end up with the hots for a chick rancher." Tawni said completely annoyed with the whole situation.

"I do not have the hots for Carter." Sonny said with her voice becoming higher pitched then normal.

Tawni was quick to shoot her a look of 'oh really?' but Tawni knew how to get to Sonny. She had been working with her for over two years. She learned how to get to her. "Well she was totally checking you out."

"Really?" Sonny couldn't help but to ask. She had never had a crush on a girl before. She wasn't even sure if this was a crush, but she knew she wanted to be near Carter as much as she could.

Tawni nodded. "Mm Hmm. She totally was." at that Sonny had a small blush grace her cheeks.

While Tawni was trying to crack Sonny to admit her feelings, Taylor was doing the same thing with Carter in the kitchen. Carter was getting four plates out of the cabinets while Taylor was taking the chicken out of the oven. "So.. You like the black haired girl?" she asked as she put the oven mitts back in their rightful drawer.

Carter got down three glasses then turned around to face Taylor. "What makes you say that?" Carter was wondering if it was truly that obvious she happened to be taking a liking to Sonny.

Taylor shrugged. "I don't know.. Just the way you were looking at her. I guess." she said walking passed Carter to put the food on the table. Carter followed and placed a plate and glass and everyone's seat, while Taylor brought the rest of the food into the dinning room. After everything was set out Taylor asked what the girls wanted to drink. "I've got fresh lemonade, sweet tea, apple juice and water. What would you like?"

"Water." Tawni spoke.

"I'll take water also." Sonny said. "Please."

Taylor took their glasses and headed to the kitchen to get their beverages. Sonny watched Carter scoop up mashed potatoes on to her plate, followed by a good sized helping of carrots and green beans, chicken, two biscuits and a piece of corn on the cob. It all smelt delicious, but Sonny had never seen a girl eat so much. Surely Carter's eyes were bigger than her stomach.

Carter glanced up to see the two Californians staring at her, and her over stuffed plate. "What?" she asked curiously as to what they were staring at her for.

"Do you know how many calories all that is?" Tawni asked shocked that a woman would eat so much.

Carter simply shrugged. "Enough?" she said as Taylor came back into the room with the girls drinks. Carter worked long and hard days, she always ate like this when dinner came around.

Sonny was baffled. "How do you eat so much, and stay in such fantastic shape? You're body is amazing." the words flew out of her mouth before she could even process them. When she realized that she basically admitted to checking Carter out, she flew into rambling panic mode. "Not that I was looking or anything because that would be weird if I was checking you out. Not that you're not hot enough to check out because wow you are, I mean have you seen yourself, you're really hot, but I just don't go that way, but if I did I would totally be all over you, cause like I said you're just wow, and I'm gonna shut up now."

The table was silent. "Smooth Sonny. Real smooth." Tawni whispered. Tawni was becoming less annoyed and more amused by her friends antics.

Carter let a grin slip over her features as she began to eat her dinner. Taylor cleared her throat. "Your cousin Rosie called for you before you came over Carter." she said and Carter dropped her silver wear at the mention of Rosie's name.

"When?" she asked as she wiped the corner's over mouth with a napkin.

Taylor began putting food on her plate and passing the dishes around the table for everyone to get their share. "Around five or ten minutes before I rung the bell."

Carter stood from the table. "Excuse me ladies." she said then casually walked out of the dinning area and into the living room, put her boots back on, and out the front door. She reached down in her boot and pulled out her PPP sanctioned cellular device. This thing got signal anywhere. She held down the '2' button and Queen Rosalinda Maria Montoya Fiore's cell phone number was dialed.

Way over across the world in Costa Luna the queen was seated at her desk reading through a proposal for a new railroad when her cell phone rang, but it wasn't just any ordinary ring tone that emitted from her cell phone, it was a special one to let her know Carter was calling. The James Bond theme music was heard coming from her desk drawer. She quickly opened it, happy to hear from her far away best friend. "Hello? Carter?" she said excitedly into her phone.

"Hey Rosie." Carter said happily pacing up and down Taylor's deck.

"How are you Carter?"

"I need you to run a background check on Sonny Monroe and Tawni Hart in the PPP's database."

Inside at the table it was quiet. Thanks to Sonny's rambling Taylor now knew that Sonny and Carter both had mutual feelings for each other. But, Taylor isn't the kind of girl to hold a grudge so she decided it be best to try to lighten the mood with some small talk. That and it wasn't like Sonny would be here long, just for dinner. "I love those earrings Tawni." she complemented the blonde across from her.

Tawni was beginning to feel better about being here. First she found Sonny's crush on Carter to be annoying and pointless, but now she was finding the whole scenario hilarious. And, maybe if she was lucky Taylor would be the kind of girl that liked to talk fashion. "Thanks. Their Extasia earrings."

"Don't lie to me Carter, you fancy the younger actress. Don't you?" Queen Rosalinda spoke into her phone after she had given Carter the results of the background checks. She knew Carter all too well, and could tell in an instant if she were lying. "From what you tell me, she most likely fancies you as well. Which makes me ask what happened with Taylor. Do you not fancy her anymore?" Rosie asked generally curious.

Carter sighed. What kept her from Taylor was Carter knew that she would have to tell Taylor about her real job, and life. "I don't know Rosie."

"Well here's what I know." Rosie spoke confidently. "You need to hurry and marry one of them already so you may come here and be head of my Royal Guard."

"Its not that simple." Cater said rubbing her temples. "When are you and Alex gonna get married?" Carter asked strictly to change the subject. She had only met Rosie's fiancé Alex once, but Alex seemed like someone who would treat Rosie right, and that's all Carter really cared about.

Rosie was not flattered by Carter's quick change in subjects, but still answered her question. "Alexandra won her family wizard competition even though she was set on giving up her powers. I encouraged her to stay in the competition, and now we are fighting a legal battle at wizard court against discrimination to wizards who wish to marry mortals." This would've shocked Carter if she didn't already know Rosie's fiancé was a magic wielding wizard. Strange yes, but Rosie trusted that Carter would keep her mouth shut, and Carter did just that. "We've set the date for October 1st. So keep your schedule clear. You are my maid of honor after all."

"Ok. I'll be sure to request the week off." Carter replied. "But you caught me at dinner time so I have to head back inside soon."

Just as Rosie was set to reply back to Carter, Alex Russo walked in her office. "Babe tell you're Royal Dress Designer's assistant to stop being such a Royal pain in my ass!" Carter chuckled, hearing every word though the phone. "Literally, the kid keeps stabbing me win pins." Alex continued to complain.

Rosie was taken back by her sudden burst into her office before giggling at Alex's antics herself. There wasn't one thing about Alex that Rosie didn't love. "Have Mr. Elegante come to-" she stopped mid sentence when Mr. Elegante himself came into her office. "Good to see you Mr. Elegante." Rosie greeted, while Carter listened intently on the other line.

"Good morning your majesty." Elegante said taking a bow to the queen.

Rosie cleared her throat. "Anyway, as I was about to say. Mr. Elegante would you please take over making Alexandra's wedding dress. Your assistant is not to her liking, and most likely needs more training."

"Thank god!" Alex huffed, relieved she wouldn't be getting jabbed at any longer.

"Perhaps your young assistant can prepare Carter's Royal Guard uniform when she finally accepts the offer." Rosie spoke more into the phone than to Mr. Elegante. Elegante saw he was no longer needed after he received his orders, so he nodded to the queen as not to disrupt her phone call, and exited her office. He liked both Carter and Alex, but deep down he liked Carter just a smidge more. Rosie then turned to Alex. "Oh and I am no god. Just the queen of Costa Luna."

Alex grinned at her queen. "Who you talkin to?" she asked flirtatiously, and pecking Rosalinda's lips. That was Alex for you. Lazy as can be, but an insanely high sex drive.

The queen couldn't help but return Alex with a smile. "I am on the phone with Carter."

"Hi Carter!" Alex yelled.

Rosie put the phone on speaker and set it down on her desk. "Hey Alex. Keeping the queen safe and happy?" Carter asked as she took a seat on a bench Taylor had on her front deck.

Carter was happy that the two, Rosie and Alex, were so happy together. "Always." Alex replied.

"We shouldn't keep Carter on the phone. She was in the middle of dinner." Rosie spoke. "And she happens to fancy not one, but two of the girls she's dining with tonight." Rosie teased.

Alex looked at Rosie dumbfounded. "Damn Carter I didn't know you were a player. Get it girl!"

Carter couldn't help but laugh at Alex. She sure did have a good sense of humor. "I'm no where near player status, but if you ladies will excuse me I do have to get back in there."

Shortly after they all said their goodbyes Carter headed back into the Swift household. "So you've never been into a Gucci store?" Tawni questioned Taylor in disbelief as Carter sat back down at the dinner table.

Taylor shook her head no. "No, I've never been." Carter found the subject matter to be odd, and Sonny didn't care for the conversation at all. All Sonny could think about was her embarrassing moment of rambling. Taylor turned to Carter. "How's your cousin doing?"

Rosie wasn't blood related to Carter at all, but the two shared an unbreakable bond all thanks to that time in high school when Carter's dad came home with a princess. Whenever Carter would get called off to a mission she would tell Taylor that she was going to visit one of two people. Either her dad, or her 'cousin' Rosie. "She's doing great." Carter smiled. "Just bought her girlfriend a new dress."

At the word 'girlfriend' Sonny perked up. She had read somewhere that sexuality could be in a persons genetics. "Like girlfriend as in girl who's a friend, or girlfriend as in dating?" Sonny asked taking a sip of her water.

Carter resumed eating her dinner. "Dating. They've been together for four years now."

"Oh my gosh. That's so cute." Sonny said as she watch Carter eat. Her words taking double meaning. Yes she found Carter's cousin's long term relationship to be cute, but she also found herself thinking Carter was cute when she ate.

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Dinner was over shortly, and the dishes were placed in the kitchen sink. All the girls remained seated at the table. All except Taylor. She went to fetch the phone book, so Sonny and Tawni could call for a tow truck. "Here you go girls." Taylor said as she entered the room, placing the phone book and her home phone down by the Californians.

Carter watched Sonny flip through the pages. Then Sonny's eyes met Carter's. "There's only one tow truck service here?" she asked. The PPP agent nodded her head. It was a very small and spacey down. Carter owned 11 archers out here, in the town of Beloit, Wisconsin.. Sonny picked up Taylor's home phone and dialed Pete's Tow Truck Service. She waited as the phone rang, and rang. No one picked up. Instead Sonny got the answering machine. 'This is Pete's Tow Truck Service. We won't be in service for the next three days. Please give us a call back on Wednesday if our services are still needed. Thank you.'

Sonny felt her heart drop, then hung up the phone and put it down on the table. She sat there staring at it. She couldn't believe there was only one tow truck place in this place, and on top of that it was closed. "What did they say?" Tawni asked.

Sonny looked around at the girls seated at the table. "There closed for the nest three days." then she looked at Tawni. "Where are we gonna do?"

The two actress stared blankly at each other. "Carter you know a thing or two about cars. Why don't you see if you can fix it." Taylor suggested before either of the actresses could drift into panic mode.

Carter knew a little, not a lot about cars. She knew a little about a lot of things but she wasn't sure if that knowledge would come in handy or not right now. "What kind of car do y'all drive?" Carter questioned.

Tawni cleared her throat before she spoke. The thought of not getting out of here made her throat run dry. "It's a Ferrari California."

Carter had only driven a Ferrari once, and that one time was on official PPP business in Italy. "..I'll take a look at it." Then she turned to face Taylor. Last year for Christmas, Carter had took it upon herself to buy Taylor her very own ATV. It was pink, and she got it for her because sometimes Taylor would walk out to the fields and talk to Carter while Carter tended to her livestock. Instead of walking, which took a while, she could now ride out there in no time at all. Not to mention Carter found ATV's to be fun to drive. "Would you mind driving your ATV out to the barn, so we won't have to squeeze onto one…" she trailed off when she noticed how dark it was outside. The sun had set, and it was pitch black outside.

The other girls noticed Carter was staring at something, so they all turned to see the darkness of the night through one of Taylor's windows. "I didn't realize how late it had gotten." Taylor said before looking down at her watch, yet another gift from Carter. This one was for Taylor's birthday. "Carter can I talk to you in the kitchen?" Taylor asked politely.

Carter nodded and stood from the table, following behind Taylor into the kitchen. "What is it Tay?"

"What are we going to do about them?" Taylor whispered. "You cant just leave them out in the cold."

"I know." Carter said leaning back onto the marble counter top. "I guess they could stay with me. I mean they seem harmless, and I've got like 5 guest bedrooms." Carter shrugged.

"You don't know them, and you're going to let them sleep in your house?. Why don't you put em out in your garage for the night?" Taylor asked, feeling jealousy spark inside of her.

Carter looked at Taylor for a moment before responding. "I've never seen you jealous Tay." Carter chuckled out.

"I am not jealous." Taylor stated, crossing her arms over her chest. "I just don't think it's safe for you to let two strangers into your home over night."

"Taylor, relax. It'll be fine." Carter said as she pushed off the counter. Then she walked back into the dinning room to tell the girls about her offer to them since they had no place to go.