Hello to all readers! This will be my first longer story here that is actually connected in a lot of ways lol. So if something feels missing or unfinished it is because this will go on for awhile. Hopefully this is enjoyable and everyone lines. This is dedicated to Ember Reverie (Lilac Shimmer.) This is your request for the first chapter! If anyone has ideas or suggestions leave them in a review!

Summary: When a visiting princess ends up in Avalor and takes an immediate liking to Gabe, Elena starts to feel a little jealous when a nearby princess has feelings for Gabe.

Note: Alright this is posted again because the subplot I had did not seem to fit where I wanted it so I'm just skipping the entire thing. With Olaball already out, I'm not changing some of my other fics around Gabe's family and what not. However, that is corrected in this fic. So Gabe's father is still alive. His mother's name is Blanca and not Dolores. However, some things will still be the same. Like his extended family will still be the same such as Aunt Maya and his cousins Josefina and Veronica unless we are told differently on that front. Also his extended family did get larger when it comes time.

6 Months Earlier

It was a nice and sunny day in Avalor as Elena waited just outside of the castle. Next to her was her family talking to each other. Isabel drawing in her notebook. They were going to meet with a surrounding country about being an ally and trading partner. It was one of the few they hadn't made right away.

Esteban fretted across to Elena as she just smoothed out her ballgown. "Esteban, we're going to be fine," she soothed as Esteban stopped short in front of her. Elena not wanting to hear whatever it was he would rant on about, nodded toward Naomi and her abuelos to step forward. The prince and princess of Cruzan was coming. There was talk of trade and becoming allies as Elena was excited herself.

Taking a breath, the carriage pulled up decorated in a soothing sea green and gold colors.

Elena took in the princess and prince that stood outside the palace. Both of them looked like they were twins with dark hair that looked blue in a certain light and blue eyes. They chatted among themselves as Elena stepped forward to greet them.

"Welcome to Avalor," she asked curtsying. "I am Queen Elena."

"I am Princess Cindia of Cruzan," said the girl as she curtsied as well. Her icy blue dress twirling slightly at her ankles as Elena couldn't help but like her gown. She looked friendly with a spark in her eye.

"And I am Prince Kalen," said the boy with a baritone voice as he bowed to her. His voice not matching his small and slight frame. He took her hand before kissing it. "Also of Cruzan."

"It's a pleasure," said Elena again as she invited them to come into the palace. This was going great as she was pretty much used to it so far. This was her fourth one so far since becoming queen. That was a great track record she liked to think.

They seemed to be impressed with the castle. Everything had been cleaned for their visit which would last a week. Parioso was the only country between the two, so they were going to make a vacation out of it. One week in Avalor and Elena was determined to make it a memorable visit.

Elena showed them all the rooms in the castle including the music room, library, and then their own rooms. Just so that they can get comfortable and they could prepare for dinner. Tonight, her abuela had made some of her tamales and a few other Avaloran goods.

It didn't take long for dinner to come along either. The brother and sister duo had freshened up in their rooms and had come down to the dining room. She had Gabe and Rico escort the two of them down from their room. Everything was going fantastic so far and both Elena and Esteban were pleased about that one.

This is great, we'll seal this deal and they'll have a great vacation, thought Elena as Gabe and Rico held the chairs out for the visiting royals. She looked at Gabe who gave her a subtle hint that everything was going great for them. The two royal guards when to stand attention at the doors to make sure nobody uninvited came in.

"I must say I am very enchanted by your castle," said Cindia. "And I am rather impressed with you Queen Elena. To take the title of queen at such a young age."

"Well I've only been a queen for about six months, two weeks, four days, and sixteen hours but who's counting. Thank you for the compliment," said Elena flushing but sitting up proudly. It was true, and it will have been a whole year in another six months. Things were going fantastic and it could only get better. "I'm hoping tomorrow after you're all rested that we could talk about our kingdoms just to make it even better."

"Of course," said Kalen as he put a napkin on his lap. "Sometime this week I hope to get a chance to know you myself Queen Elena. Perhaps we could go out on an outing together, one day our kingdoms could get even closer."

Elena coughed a little as Esteban made a gesture for her to accept the invitation. It was rude to deny him an answer and she couldn't help but just question how to answer this properly. To be honest a date never crossed her mind with the prince.

"An outing would be great," said Elena unsure how she felt about the young and charming prince. The twenty-year-old gave him a week smile. No, she thought, as she looked over him trying to think of a good reason to get out of this. However, it was important to please their guest.

Her hesitance seemed to prompt a response from her cousin of all people. "Oh, it will be supervised of course," said Esteban noticing his cousins slight discomfort. Of course, Gabe would go with her. "Captain Nunez would go with you."

The prince and princess shared a look with each other as they seemed to be talking with their eyes. Elena had seen her parents do that before, especially when something came up that she and Isabel didn't need to hear. "We could make it a double date," said Cindia, "get to know each other."

She sent her brother a look that Elena could only mean what are you doing. At least this was not the intention of coming, just the alliance was. Elena just nodded grateful for that. And Gabe was there if things got too awkward. She didn't have to turn around to know that he'd be okay with that plan.

"We'll make it for dinner tomorrow then," said Elena as Esteban nodded in relief. Just one outing wouldn't hurt, would it? Esteban changed the talk to trade as Elena could only think that she had a date tomorrow, just great. She could only hope that Gabe was okay with spending time with Princess Cindia.

The next day after her usual rounds and some royal duties. This included meeting up with Dona Paloma of all people for some reason. She stood in her closet trying to find something to wear. Elena searched for a dress that, honestly, was kind of plain. It wasn't that she wouldn't impress the visiting prince it was the fact that she didn't want to. Of course, one day she'd like a spouse and someone to love, but she didn't even spend a year ruling by herself.

Might as well make the most of it as she slipped on a pastel pink dress with black trim. Her thought went to Gabe who probably wanted nothing to do with a visiting princess. If anything, he was going to find this pretty boring. She felt bad for him as she went to the carriage to find Cindia and Kalen talking. The unmistakable feminine voice spoke first.

"I don't mind spending time with the captain. He's handsome and I bet a really good kisser."

Hearing this Elena stepped back a little to hear that Cindia looked forward to the date. And the fact that she called Gabe handsome and good at kissing. Elena would admit that she found him attractive with a powerful build and expressive brown eyes. But never had she thought of him as a good kisser. She never even thought about kissing him.

Then putting a smile on her face, she made her way over to them. Neither of them seemed to have noticed that Elena might have heard their conversation. Thankfully they were still talking nice about her when she wasn't around. Then Elena could see Gabe coming up behind her, dressed for a date.

"Well this will be fun," said Cindia as they got into the carriage. Since Gabe was with them, Euan was driving. "It'll be like one big date."

The carriage soon stopped in front of Angelica's café which was her normal spot. All four went in as people parted for their queen. Carmen smiled brightly at them as she tried to clear a table for the four of them. They stood there for a minute before Carmen came over to them.

"Well I'm able to get two tables back to back," she said brightly. "I'm sorry that I can't get two together."

She gestured for them to follow as Cindia linked arms with Gabe. Elena just brushed it off as Kalen held out her chair for her. Smiling at him Elena sat down as Gabe held out the chair for Cindia. Alright this was going well. Everyone was polite with each other. The brother and sister pair were back to back then Elena could easily see Gabe and vice versa.

Not paying attention to Gabe or Cindia, Elena turned to talk to Kalen about himself. She smiled as she looked him over seeing that he went rather overboard for the date. He had on a rather outlandish outfit as if he expected her to put on her ballgown. This wasn't going to be good.

"How do you like Avalor so far Prince Kalen?" asked Elena brightly, before wincing. She should have asked him about his night. Elena scolded herself very well knowing that she should ask about his first night.

"I like it very much Queen Elena," he said as she got a little happy hearing that one. He picked up and played with his napkin before sitting it on his lap. "Now if we forget about the trade we could talk about commissions on…"

At this Elena found herself zoning out on this conversation. Oh great, he didn't seem to have to have anything in common with her. His first starting point went on to talking about art commissions. He just seemed to drone on about art and painting. While she did enjoy those activities, it wasn't something she could feel passionate about. Then the fact that he did just talk. Granted she let him talk.

After Carmen had taken their order she looked over at Cindia and Gabe as she saw them getting along. In fact, Cindia seemed to be laughing at something Gabe had said. Something in her bubbled as she let out a sigh. She was just a little jealous that Cindia was having a better date then her. Not that she was jealous of Cindia.

Steaming a little she turned and tried to pay attention to him. It was hard to pay attention to what he was saying. This was only a half hour into the date and it was just so-so because she allowed it. Yet, she wanted to remain polite to him before breaking into the conversation.

Julio arrived with the food as she took a bite. It was silent between the two of them as Gabe and Cindia chatted on and on.

"Prince Kalen," she said as he finally stopped to eat some of his food. "Maybe we could talk about something else. Do you like fencing, kids maybe, horseback riding, music, or something outdoors?"

"Oh," he said swallowing as he shifted not comfortable with those ideas. "I'm not an outside person. I like indoor activities, I like to play some music though. Do you like the tuba?"

Tuba music? Her eyes grew wide as she thought about tuba music being pleasant to her ears. Before she could even explain, Prince Kalen coughed a little again. Maybe he had a frog in his throat?

"I'm afraid that we don't have much in common Queen Elena. However, I'm not going to let this get in the way of our agreement," he said as she turned her complete attention back to him.

"That's alright Prince Kalen I'm happy that we'll have at least each other as an alliance and trade partners. Should we be getting going?" asked Elena as she looked over at Gabe and Cindia. They looked like they were having fun. Gabe even laughed at something she said.

"Sure," he said getting up as she watched them.

That feeling in her stomach she brushed off before going to the carriage. By the end of the week both would be gone for her feelings to even matter. Her face fell a little as she saw Cindia reach over to hold his hand. She would just talk to him about his date when the visitors went to bed.

Elena sat down in the carriage as she tried to get next to Gabe. Instead, he was sitting next Cindia. Kalen looked at her before sitting next to her. Being okay with Kalen now, Elena tried to pay attention to Gabe's conversation. They were talking about fencing and his leaping stag move.

Finally, she couldn't take it. "You know Gabe showed me that move before," she said. "It's because of that I won the swordsman cup."

That seemed to catch Cindia's ear. "Really? That sounds fun, you sound like a good teacher Gabe." Then she looked at Elena. "And you won congratulations. Do you still fence?"

"Yea, I love fencing my mami and I would fence," said Elena as Cindia started to talk to her.

It was natural as the conversation seemed to flow between the three of them. Gabe tried to get Kalen involved but he just wanted to watch the scenery. Elena felt a little bad that she didn't talk more to Cindia before. They got along well, and she liked that Cruzan was so close that they could talk sometimes if they wanted. Now all she had to do was talk to Gabe about his date.

Upbeat she went to go talk to him. Just talking to him about Cindia would be enough at least she hoped. He had a room near her own in case and his main bed in the barracks. She made her way there as she heard some giggles. She turned and saw something that she never thought that she would see. Turning her head back to look at Gabe with Cindia. Cindia looked like she was visiting Gabe in his room.

She just decided to head her to own room as she felt her stomach turn. Cindia was just getting a tour probably, even though they already had one. Maybe he was just showing her where he was, so she could find him late at night in case of an emergency. Elena felt her head spin before she waltzed on over to the pair.

"Captain Nunez, may I speak to you alone?" she asked pointedly in front of Princess Cindia. "I'm sorry Princess Cindia."

She shrugged before giving him a small hug and bounced on her heels off. Elena watched her go before turning back to Gabe. It was just the two of them now as Elena smiled at Gabe. It was nice just the two of them as she flushed.

"Queen Elena is everything alright?" asked Gabe as he bowed to her slightly, just in case Kalen was around and noticed their rather informal way with each other. Elena smiled up at him as she wondered what she would say to him about the foreign princess.

She just nodded at him noticing that they were alone. "Oh, it's nothing, I just wanted to apologize. I didn't mean for you to get stuck on some date. If it was a bad date you can blame me fully. Was it really that bad?" she asked curious to know herself. Gabe might have just been polite to her. The air suddenly started to feel a little thicker as that feeling in the pit of her stomach came back. This morning probably meant nothing.

Gabe looked thoughtful as he wanted to tell Elena the truth. "To be truthful Elena it wasn't too bad," he said finishing in his mind that Cindia was no Elena. "She's pretty funny and we have a lot in common."

What?! Elena couldn't unhear that that pit in her stomach grew.

"We talked some and she wants to spend some more time-"

Growing a little heated Elena stopped listening to him as he just seemed to sing Cindia's praises when she had nothing in common with Kalen. Taking a breath, she stopped when Gabe was looking at her with a funny expression on his face. Before she could think of a way to politely get out of this conversation she practically spat at him.

"You know what Gabe, just spend some time with her," she said feeling a little too fed up. Why that mattered to her she didn't know. "I'm going to turn in a little early. Good night."

With that Elena turned to head back to her own room. She didn't know what to feel now that she told Gabe to spend some time with some princess. A princess that would be gone by the end of the week. Elena changed into her nightgown and let her hair down. Maybe just a goodnights sleep would help clear her mind as she closed her eyes.

Tomorrow she would talk to him. What happened was just a huge misunderstanding and they'll be just fine. She just kept repeating that Cindia would be gone by the end of the week. She would be gone by the end of the week. Quietly she made her way down the hall to sleep in the same bed with Isabel.

The next morning Elena woke up to do some of her royal duties. She had a long list of people that had complaints from and she would have to see. Elena hated that this was keeping her from seeing Cindia and Kalen today. Least of all talk to Gabe.

After complaints about a village road, another about clap boards at the elementary school, and finally a shipment on eggs to the castle kitchen. Elena went to go find Gabe as she waved to Isabel. She was busy showing Prince Kalen one of her inventions. She saw Gabe coming into the castle from a side door as she saw Princess Cindia with him.

Tapping her foot Elena waited until Gabe was alone. Something in her twitched as she saw Gabe give her a hug. Then her eyes grew wide when she saw Cindia kiss him. From the angle of where she stood she couldn't tell if that was a cheek kiss or a lip kiss. That didn't seem to matter though as it wasn't her kissing him. Instead it was a girl that had long raven hair and a blue dress.

Swallowing Elena turned her head before looking back and seeing that they weren't together. Gathering all of her confidence Elena stalked over to Gabe. He was staring at her retreating form like she was a goddess.

"Gabe," she said going over to him. "What happened?"

Gabe snapped out of his thoughts as he looked at Elena. She tried to read him as he looked relaxed and a small smile on his face. She hadn't seen that look from him before. That part of her that twisted in the pit of her stomach turned into what felt like… anger.

"I just got back from a date. Princess Cindia asked me out," he said carefully picking out his words.

They weren't seeing each other, thought Elena, she and Gabe weren't in a relationship. They were just friends, close friends. Sure, they had their moments together here and there. They had sweet moments and she didn't know what to say to that.

"Elena?" asked Gabe softly as he wondered what she was thinking. "Are you okay? It was just a date it's not like we're getting married or anything. I'll still be your friend, guard, and captain."

Elena wasn't sure how she felt about that. Something in her broke as that is what Gabe was to her. Just a friend. Her guard. Captain of the royal guard. A mixture of emotions she didn't know how to describe just seemed to race through her mind.

"You don't get it, do you?" she said as she felt the blood in her head. This wasn't making any sense, but it was her head ruling over her heart. Elena just felt like yelling at him as she got her own feelings confused with what was coming out of her mouth. "You know what just don't talk to me Gabe."

She stalked off at Gabe just looked really confused his jaw locked, as he didn't follow her. Maybe to give her some space, she thought, honestly hoping that he'd follow her. When he didn't she slammed her door shut.

It wasn't until two days later did she even feel up to talking to Gabe. It just took a while for her head to cool down. He had come to her trying to figure out what was wrong, but she wasn't budging. She didn't even know why she was fighting with him.

Besides she had this whole ruling thing to do. Prince Kalen and Princess Cindia were set to leave soon and maybe things would get back to normal. She just had to find the right time to talk to Gabe and clear everything up. She just needed a reason to explain what happened.

Taking a step back she stopped when she saw Prince Kalen in their music room. He must have been waiting for her abuelo since he was meeting with all her family eventually. Yesterday she even saw him in the kitchen with abuela. He waved to her as Elena went into the music room to sit at the piano bench. He was busy looking over their selection of woodwind instruments.

"Hello Kalen, how have you been today?" she asked. "I'm sorry that I haven't been able to spend time with you since our date."

"Oh, it's alright I understand that you still have your duties as queen. And I've enjoyed spending time with your family. Your sister is really creative and your abuela makes excellent food," he said with a grin. "Although I doubt your abuelo will keep me from my precious tuba music."

Both Kalen and Elena laughed a little at that one. Francisco was one stubborn man and who knew how he felt about tuba music.

"Are you enjoying your visit?" asked Elena carefully not to mention his sister.

"Oh yes, I'm enjoying it very much," he said as he rattled off some of the many things he enjoyed about Avalor. She smiled as Elena knew that she could tell Isabel that Kalen enjoyed having her around. If he wasn't seven years older than her, she would have encouraged him to pursue her romantically. "And I can see my sister has too. Cindia seems to be quite taken with your captain."

"So, I've noticed," she said remembering her spat with Gabe. "I hope she has a chance to enjoy Avalor at her own pace however."

"Knowing my sister, she'd have already done it while he works," said Kalen shaking his head a little with an eye roll. "However, they seem to have a lot in common. She'll probably be planning their wedding soon enough."

Wedding? Elena didn't think that they had become that close in a little less than a week. She had to go and talk to Cindia. Now. She didn't know what she was feeling toward Gabe, but she didn't want a wedding to happen.

"Wedding," she said a little amused as she laughed a little.

"My sister does like to jump ahead," he said amused as he waved.

Her abuelo came into the room as Elena kissed his head before going off to find the princess. No way, Gabe was too smart not to jump into something like that. And she had no idea what she was feeling toward Gabe. It could just be jealousy over the fact that Cindia was taking her friend away. Or the fact that Gabe would leave her.

Elena went looking for princess Cindia who was somewhere in the castle. Since it was raining she couldn't be out on some date with Gabe. Not only that but she did see Gabe with Higgins, Ricco, and Damion about their rotating schedules.

Then she heard a soft whistle from someone behind her. It wasn't familiar from someone she knew before realizing that it was Princess Cindia. The person she was looking for. She was heading toward the library as Elena caught up with her.

"Princess Cindia, could I have a word," she asked as they had the same stride now.

"Of course, we could talk in the library," said the raven-haired girl with a smile as she opened the door for the both.

Together the two girls walked into the library as they found a nice quiet space. She held her chair out for her as Cindia sat down first and then Elena. She could only hope that Cindia would be nice about this. Elena took a breath as she just smiled at her.

"Could I ask you something first?" asked Cindia. "It's about Gabe." Elena a little nervous nodded as she hoped it wasn't about marriage. "Listen, Elena I really like him. I think he's a nice guy and-"

"You want to marry him," interjected Elena remembering the conversation from earlier with her brother.

Cindia had a surprised look on her face as she flushed. "I know I can move fast if I wanted to. Elena, I think he's great. Sure, he's a bit socially awkward and such but with enough training and learning, he could be a great king one day. I wanted to ask you if you were okay with us being together. Gabe said that you were fighting about something and wanted to talk, but figured that you would need your space."

Elena wanted to say something but held her tongue. It was quiet between them as Elena struggled for what she wanted to say.

"Listen," she said reaching out for a hand. "I'm a crusader of a good spontaneous love. I can tell that Gabe likes me, but I think he also really likes you. I have a proposition. I'm not going to pursue him romantically I want you two to have a chance. If nothing happens in a year, I'll come back. Until then I think you two should explore what you have. Plus, you'd be adorable together. What is it you wanted to talk to me about?"

Elena only looked a little stunned. She didn't expect this. She didn't think that Cindia would be that nice or sweet about it.

"Thank you," said Elena as she thought about it. "And I was really just wanting to see how you were enjoying your vacation."

"Oh, well I'm loving it and actually going to see what your sister is making. Would you like to come join us?"

"I think I need to find my abuela, but I'll see you at dinner."

They nodded at each other before hugging it out. Elena couldn't help but feel grateful toward her for being nice about this. She didn't even have to say much of anything. Now all she had to do was find her abuela who was bound to be in the kitchens. Luisa seemed to be there at all times of the day.

Elena found her there just baking away. The head cook was talking with her about the grocery list for the castle that they needed to order in bulk. The older woman must have saw her as she excused herself and told the cook to just step out.

"You want to try some of our empanada's?" asked Luisa brightly as she saw her face. "We can eat while we talk."

Then Elena spilled everything about what was going on. She left out her queen duties as that wasn't really the problem. It was Gabe as she told her what she was thinking. Her thoughts were there as she felt that weight on her lift.

"And why shouldn't she like Gabe? He's sensitive, warm, loyal, open, friendly, and actually really smart," said Elena. "Either Gabe is like that puppy I always wanted, or I have very real feelings for him." She sighed as she didn't know what to do. She couldn't focus on a relationship right now like Cindia could. "Abuela? Gabe said he was always with me. Why do I want to cry?"

As soon as she said that, she felt her voice crack. Oh no, she wasn't going to go and cry over a boy although the pit in her stomach started to grow. Elena wasn't going to get upset over Gabe meeting with Princess Cindia. She felt her abuela's arms around her as she hugged her tightly. Luisa separated but kept her arm's length. As they were the only ones in the kitchen they didn't have to be quiet about their talk. Elena didn't dare tell her about the ultimatum.

"I think you need to talk to Gabe. Even if you don't feel something strong right now you do feel something."

"I can't tell him! They're really happy together and if I admit I like him and it doesn't work out and she's with someone else I've ruined his happiness and destroyed our friendship."

"Oh mija," said Luisa as she hugged her granddaughter hoping and thinking there was an easy way to help her. It seemed as if it didn't seem like a very easy fix. "Just talk because honesty always works."

Elena hugged her again as she promised that she would come and help make the last breakfast with their guests again. Now all she had do to was find Gabe. Something told her that it would be easy to find him though. And there he was right there talking with Cindia and Isabel about testing some invention together.

"Captain Nunez may I speak with you?" she asked with a small smile. The girls nodded as Gabe followed her off to the side where nobody could hear them. It was that comfortable silence that she liked so much between them. They could talk all they wanted as she sighed. "Listen Gabe I didn't mean to cause a fight with you."

"I'd imagine the stress," he said agreeing with her. "If you'd like to talk you could just come and find me. I can imagine being queen is hard along with having guests."

Elena wanted to tell him about her struggling feelings for him. It doesn't sound like Cindia said anything to him about what was going on. With that she was a little relieved about it.

"I think I will," she said remembering what Cindia said. Gabe might make a good king all she had to do was hear what he had to say. "I'd like to hear what you have to say. Anyway, there's something else I wanted to talk to you about. I was kind of jealous of all the time you were spending with Cindia. It's been awhile since we had done something together and I'm sorry for acting out."

He was quiet as a grin was on his face. Elena didn't want to tell him about feeling about romantic stuff about him. At least not yet.

"I think we shoulddo something together this weekend," he said, "I know you're not busy since Naomi is coming back from her vacation with her parents. But you, me, Mateo, and maybe Isabel."

Elena gave him a small grin okay with that. Then laughed as she put a hand on his shoulder. "I'd like that," she said hugging him. Gabe hugged back as she felt his strong arms around her. Now all she had to do was sort out her feelings, not now but soon.

"I'm buying the ice cream," he said as Elena scoffed she could just do it herself. Then again it'd be free ice cream.

"Deal. It's free for me."