I practically skipped down the hallway with Eadlyn as we headed to my room. Neena brightens up as she sees Eadlyn but her happy face turns into a smirk when she sees who she dragged along. "Good afternoon, Eadlyn," She said suggestively. Eadlyn smiled at her with a daring look in her eyes as if to tell her to quit the teasing.

"Good afternoon, Neena." She said with slight tension in her voice. "Could you please alert the staff that Sir Kile in I will take lunch in my room today. Thank you."

She gave me an evil eye along with a smirk and then curtsied before leaving the room. The second she shut the door to Eadlyn's room, I found my lips crashing against hers. I wrapped my large arms around her tiny waist and held her close to me. She laced her own arms around my neck and molded her small frame into mine.

She pulled away but kept her nose against mine and whispered, "Ki, there's someone watching us, I can feel it."

"What?" I asked, "Who would be watching us."

"The balcony is open. I can feel someone staring into the back of my head. Please just look over the balcony. I can feel it." She said. "Be discreet though."

I pulled my face up from hers; she rested her head on my chest, giving me a chance to see what this feeling was about. I kept my head looking down at her before I nonchalantly looked up and out of the balcony. Sure enough, Hale stood in the gardens below, looking at us. His stare was more menacing than I could have ever imagined possible from him. He looked vengeful, he looked murderous.

I lifted her head up towards me and kissed her so softly I felt her dip a little. I held her up against me and said, "There's no one there, Eadlyn."

A moment later, a knock sounded on the door. "Eadlyn it's me, Neena. Is it okay if I come in now?"

"Yes of course, Neena. Come in." Eadlyn said, a small blush rising in her cheeks. Neena trailed in, suppressing a smile with a tray of lunch for both of us. She set it down and then curtsied before leaving us again. Eadlyn dashed to the tray and shoved some fruit in her mouth faster than I could blink. She sat down; her eyes closed, and enjoyed her food. I smiled at her; I loved how comfortable she felt around me. Like she didn't have to be Miss Perfect all the time, and she didn't have to be that, not with me.

"Please, eat with me," She said with soft eyes, "Don't make me look like a bigger pig than I already am right now." She took another bite of her croissant sandwich.

I sat down next to her and began to eat just a little bit. I had some wine but wasn't feeling too hungry. We ate in silence, allowing the sound of our mouths chewing and sipping to fill the awkwardness.

The second we finished lunch, Eadlyn walked away and into her bathroom. She shut the door without speaking a word to me and I laughed a little to myself. How had I gotten here? Eating lunch and making out with the Queen to be of Illea? Two weeks ago, I found myself dying to get away from her. But now, I couldn't stand the thought of being away from her. Other than the fact that kissing her was complete bliss, I didn't want to say goodbye to that sweet personality I loved so much. I wondered to myself how I thought she was sweet, but then I realized she was sweet all along. She had a sweet, gooey center protected by a bitter and hard shell. She didn't let many people into that gooeyness. But she let me in.

She came back out of the bathroom a minute later and came back out. "Want to go see a movie?" I asked. The first thing that came to her mind when I said movies was Jack. I know it was hard for her to go back there so soon, but I wanted to erase the memory of him and replace it with ones of me.

She looked worried, almost scared when I asked that. "Um… sure." She said softly and hesitantly.

I immediately stood up and walked over to her. I towered over her, her head ending just before my chin. I kissed her forehead slowly and grabbed her hands. "It's okay if you don't want to."

"I know, but I do." She said sternly. "I want to go with you."

She took my hand and squeezed before running with me out of the room and down the hall. She giggled along the way as we went down flight after flight of stairs. I laughed with her, easily keeping the pace that I could see she struggled with in heels. She stopped and took them off, but I swept her up into my arms and continued down the stairs with her. She laughed harder and harder as we descended and as I stumbled. We finally reached the underground floor and I headed into the movie theatre. I knew where it was, considering I grew up here. I carried her all the way over to the row of seats I knew she liked best, she like to put her feet up on the metal rail. She smiled affectionately as I set her down in the plush red cushion and pecked her cheek before surprising her with a long kiss on the mouth. "Stay here." I said quickly. Without letting her say anything I dashed to the projector and looked for a movie to put in.

"And why did you think that leaving me back there alone after that kiss was a good idea?" she whispered in my ear. I ignored her for a second, acting as if I couldn't hear her. "Kile!" she laughed and punched my arm. "Hey, mister!" she squealed.

I continued to ignore her, an inevitable smile creeping on my face. She poked my stomach, kissed my neck, and stuck her face in front of mine. "I told you to stay there!" I said, whipping around to her and kissed her forcefully. I remembered her awful associations with the theater and then stopped. I wanted to be gentle with this, not anything like Jack had been. I kissed her one more time, gentler and softer though.

I cupped her face with my hands and then kissed her hair. She kept her eyes closed then jumped onto me for a hug. I held her close, holding her to me with my hands on her back. A deep breath sounded from her as she took me in. I transferred one of my hands to the back of her head and ran my fingers through her hair. I knew she was probably frightened that this date would turn out like the last one she had here. I just wanted to be there for her the way no one else was.

"I love you." She whispered so softly I wouldn't have been able to hear it if she wasn't literally on top of me.

"I love you too." I said a bit louder, ensuring that she heard it. Tension in her released and she tightened her grip on me. We stood for a minute like this, not leaving each other's embrace. We finally decided to watch the movie and oddly enough, she picked a horror movie. I don't know what possessed her to do so because she hated horror movies, but she insisted that we watch it.

I finally understood why she chose it, half way into the movie. The horror movie gave her an excuse to stay cuddled up against me the entire time. It gave her an excuse to snuggle into my side if something scary happened.

I looked down at her, she was lost in me, I couldn't see her face and assumed that she fell asleep. She hadn't moved in forever and didn't jump like she usually did when something scary happened. I stroked her soft, dark hair and her face. She was so beautiful, why hadn't I seen it before now.

I heard a soft, "Ahem," to my right and looked over at a shadow in the dark.

The lights turned on and the movie paused. Hale stood with a menacing look plastered on his face as he stared at Eadlyn. "What are you doing here Hale?" I asked.

"I could ask you the same." He said with a grimace.

"I am on a date with Eadlyn right now." I said cautiously. I carefully stood up, trying to keep Eadlyn asleep. "Like I said, what are you doing here Hale?"

"Oh, I wanted to talk to Eadlyn. I was going to surprise her outside of her room in the gardens but she was…busy. I'm sure you know what I mean." He said suggestively. I felt anger boiling over in me, he had no right to be spying on us earlier.

"She's asleep right now. And like I said, we're on a date, so if you could please leave." I said, gesturing to the door.

"Tell her I need to speak with her. It's important." He said oddly. He then left the theater abruptly. I lifted Eadlyn into my arms as she slept and left with her in my arms.

"Is he gone?" I heard her faintly whisper.

"Yes." I said sadly. I didn't want her to know he was there.

"Good."