The shining gold gates of Solaria greeted Brandon at the front of the realm. He knew that the princess in there would be his future wife forcibly. He never knew her, never saw her, and never even talked to her. The gates slowly swung open and he took shaky steps forward.
"Daddy, I'm not marrying anyone!" Stella exclaimed.
"Stella, darling, please be reasonable." Kind Radius' worry lines penetrated his tender skin.
"I'm not marrying anyone I don't know!" Stella's voice rang through the Solarian hallways. Brandon stopped in his tracks and froze. That strong voice was the voice that he would have to exchange I do's with. When he peered over the corner, he saw her. A peach face and waist length blonde hair and golden brown eyes girl was protesting with her father. She yelled a final no before running away.
"You don't even know his name!" Radius called.
Brandon put his luggage to the ground and watched her teleport to Magix.
"Magix," Brandon said while pressing a single button on his Red Fountain levaboard and was gone off of Solarian territory.
"Ugh! I can't believe my father wants me to marry some guy that I don't even know," Stella exclaimed to Bloom. "Maybe he's a hunk and your just passing up this opportunity," She said sipping coffee. "Bloom," Stella tried to reason.
Brandon took a deep breath and walked up next to Stella and Bloom who were sipping coffee at the bar part of Starbucks. "One black coffee please," He said smiling to the girl with curly dark green hair. "Right up," She smiled flirtatiously. Brandon turned his gaze to Stella and her eyes met him. Stella smiled weakly and bit her lip.
Stella saw a handsome brunette look at her with a smile. His chocolate eyes melted into hers. His muscles protruded boldly through his shirt. His smile had sass to it and yet it was innocent and sweet.
Brandon finally got a good look at her. She had soft peach skin, amber gold eyes that shimmered and long flowing blonde hair that curved into the bottom of her skirt. Her smile creaked at the sides of her mouth.
Stella looked back down at her coffee and stirred it with her straw. Bloom saw the exchange of smiles and excused herself to the bathroom. Brandon watched her walk away and then looked back at Stella. "Um hi," He said reaching for his coffee and smiling back at her. "Hi," She smiled quietly. "I'm Brandon," He said looking into her eyes again. "I'm Stella," She said patting the seat next to her. He grinned wider and sat next to her.
"So, do you go to school here?" He said sipping his hot coffee.
"Yeah, its winter break but I go to Alfea," She said smiling.
"Really, where are you from," He said sitting straight up.
"I'm the princess of Solaria," She said happily and proud.
"That's really cool," He said looking at her.
"Do you go to school here?" She said smiling into eyes again.
"Yeah, I do." He said nodding his head, "Red Fountain," He added.
"Yeah," She said nodding hers.
He sipped some more of coffee and saw Bloom walking back.
"So Stella, whose this?" She said excited.
"Um, this is Brandon," She said lazily pointing her finger towards him.
"Hi," He said smiling.
"Hi," Bloom said happily. "I have to go see Sky, sorry Hun, but you two have fun, nice meeting you!" She called, lying out the door.
They stayed and talked for a good 2 hours and Brandon glided around his marriage.
"I've just been really stressed lately," Stella said sitting back. They got a booth.
"Why," He said poking at his empty coffee cup.
"My dad wants me to marry some royal dude and most of them are snobs and only care about their hair and stuff." She said upset. "Unlike you," She smiled.
He blushed and glanced down at his watch. "Wow, we burned time," He said scratching his head.
"I should get back," She said standing up and looking out the window. "Wow, it's dark." She said nervous.
"Do you want me to drive you home?" He said concerned.
"You would do that?" She said smiling thankfully.
"Yeah, I'm a safe driver." He said twirling his keys around his finger and then clasping them.
Stella hoped up onto his levabike and huddled into his back as the cold air wiped against her cheeks, rashing them. He pulled up to an apartment complex that was upscale and classy. "You live here?!" He said kicking down his kick stand. "Yeah," She said getting up off of his bike. "Wow," He said helping her off.
He walked her to the front doors and hugged her goodnight. "Maybe we could see more of each other," He said with an anxious smile. "That would be great," She smiled and bit her lip. "You free Saturday?" He asked curiously. "Yepp!" She said eagerly. "I'll pick you up around 6?" He offered. "Sweet," She smiled. "Awesome, goodnight Stella," He smiled and walked back to his levabike.