Round, round and round we go
When it stops you say you don't know
But each time I try to stop this ride you say it´s not time
"Let Me Go"- David Archuleta
Chapter 1
The weather was cold outside; Cair Paravel was surrounded my snow, the trees were covered with white snow. Edmund could have had a better day if it weren't for his girlfriend's annoying presence and her ridiculous "sensitivity". He had to put up with it because he loved her. He detested the fact that she was easily disturbed and her mood would change a lot. It was like a roller coaster being involved with her. Edmund didn't know what to do sometimes. He believed that things always got worse before they would get better; but this? But Ed still put up with it all. Peter even mentioned about that too! He remembered his conversation with his brother a few nights ago.
"I just do not understand when it comes to your relationship with Lady Marlie."
"What do you mean?"
"She would be impossible to work with; but that's just me. We are different people, Edmund."
"Marlie has her ups and her downs-" Edmund was cut off by Peter again.
"But that happens all of the time! I believe she is more of a self-absorbed woman if you ask me," he laced his arms across his chest and groaned.
"How dare you say that about her."
"It's true, Ed. If you do not want to believe me, so be it. But I am just trying to give you advice."
Which is..." Edmund turned to his brother expecting him to continue.
"Just...Just watch out, alright?" There was something about Peters blue eyes that made Edmund want to believe him. But he was too resilient to. Edmund was just too stubborn by the looks of it.
Marlie felt a small ball of snow hit her arm; she turned towards Edmund and scolded him. "That hurt," she frowned and looked up at the sky.
"Fine," Edmund took in a breath; he didn't really want to hurt her feelings in any way. He felt as if he was on thin ice. "It was meant to be a joke, Marlie. You have to understand that." He smiled at her helplessly. "I like seeing you smile, it feels nice."
"That's nice to know, Edmund." Marlie kept her head high and marched past him pushing him slightly. She watched him fall to the ground and laughed to herself and rolled her eyes. "You can pick yourself up, Ed. Don't want you getting cold, now do we?"
"Ha ha," Edmund rose from the white ground and rushed to her. "Are you alright?"
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, you seem...erm...you just seem tense." She was shrewd person and it was hard to keep up with her a lot. Sometimes for the wrong reasons why she was shrewd. She always worried about the littlest things, that made him upset occasionally. Edmund truly felt he was climbing this hill where he would never reach the top. Marlie had this effect on him, and she loved every minute of it; watching him like that didn't make her feel guiltly or sad. "I wanted to know if everything is alright with your family. It doesn't hurt me asking, does it?" His brown eyes gazed into her green emeralds. They were unreadable and impossible to make out.
"Things are fine; but that really isn't any of your business or your concern. If you excuse me, I would like to bathe in my bedchambers." Marlie whispered absent mindedly.
"Go then. You shouldn't be kept waiting," and with that he let her walk away without him. Edmund watched her from the staircase until she was out of site. When was this cycle going to get better? Better yet, when was it going to end?
He walked into the Dinning room and saw Lucy and two of her friends in a circle... sitting indian-style, giggling and smiling. It looked like they were playing a game of some sort because there was a deck of cards in the middle of the circle.
Lucy saw him and waved. "Hello there, Ed!"
"Hello," Edmund replied softly, not as enthusiasticly as Lucy was.
"What's wrong, Ed?" She got up from her feet and went to him.
"It's nothing, Lu." He shook her off of him and sat himself in one of the chairs near the girls.
"It does not look like it is nothing," one of the girls pointed out. She had ash-blonde hair and it was tightly braided. Her bright brown eyes looked at him concerned; her name was Ivanna. Ivanna was wearing a ruby color dress.
"You can tell us what is bothering you," the other one said softly. This girl has short brown hair, a bob styled hairstyle and freckles. Her name was Geogina. Georgina's blue eyes wondered from Lucys to Edmunds. "It musn't be as bad as you think." Her dress was gold.
"She is right, King Edmund," the last girl spoke up. Her name was Madison, and she was the palest of them all. Madisons long dark brown hair flowed down her back, her bangs covered her forhead and her eyebrows. There was something exotic about her: her eyes. They were blue and gray fused together with a green human iris. She played the the trim on her pale pink dress.
"Let us help you with whatever is on your mind?" Lucy said cheerfully. "We can help, right?" She turned her head back to her friends. They smiled and nodded.
"It's just my affair with Lady Marlie."
"Oh," Georgina said softly. "The girl you are with a lot. Is that her? Your girlfriend?" Edmund nodded.
"What's wrong?" Madison grabbed a chair and pulled it close to Edmund. "I love giving advice!"
"What do you know about romance?" Ivanna asked.
"My sister is with a Duke, she told me how to kiss a boy and how to do it right." Madison smiled while Edmund rolled his eyes.
"You really aren't helping, you know," Ed mentioned.
"That is not my point, Ed. But just tell us what's wrong?"
"You girls are young; you aren't even teenagers yet."
"What is a teenager?" Ivanna looked at Lucy confused.
"It is a point in your life where you aren't a little kid anymore," Edmund acknowledged. "I am a teenager. I am soon to be an adult. Only in just two more years until I am one."
"That's nice to know," Lucy chuckled.
"Have you kissed the girl? Marlie, I mean..." Ivanna spoke up. The others leaned in.
"Of course! She's my girlfriend," Edmund commented. "I have kissed her on her cheek."
"We aren't talking about that kind of kiss-" Ivanna was cut off.
"Have you given her the most passionate kiss that you could have ever given her?" Georgina sighed happily and wrapped her arms around Lucy. The two girls laughed and danced around. "Have you ever kissed her in the rain? Kissed her under a rainbow or anything such as that? Is it a fairytale?"
"Alright, stop with the questions girls." He got up from his chair and made his way through the hall and outside towards the stable. Edmund needed alone time. Maybe Phillip would help instead. It would have been embarrasing enough to confess to the four girls that he had not had his first kiss yet.
A/N: Hey! I know I haven't introduced Melody in the first chapter, but I don't want the whole thing revolving around her and only her and her and him. I don't want to rush this story and rush into any romances. One of my resolutions is to not rush into anything hahaha! Let me know what you think. If it needs improvement, let me know. I'm open for comments and contructive critizism, but it has to be professional and fair obviously!
