Are We Happy Yet?

As soon as he got through the door he ordered Neil to start packing.

"Why? Are we leaving?" Neil asked.

"We have to. If we don't Briar's going to come back and he doesn't belong here. I got you back and that's what I asked. I'm not doing what he wants because it means losing you and I don't want to. Pack what you need to bring. We have to leave, and soon."

"Why did you leave him?" Neil asked after a long silence. It was out of pure curiosity.

"Is this really the time to be asking questions?"

"Why did you leave him? I want to know. I want to know why we're running."

"Ok. But keep moving as I tell you. I was dating Briar through college for 4 years. We'd been friends before that so I knew him really well. I knew then that I loved him and I thought he was the one. I proposed a while after that and he said yes. About two months I met you and we became friends. I realized that I had started to have feelings for you. I didn't know what to do so I played it off as some attraction thing. Like when you see a cute guy in a bar and you never see him again. But it turned out to be more. My feelings for you started to build up even more and I told him that I loved someone else. He was broken and you could tell. He didn't understand that after all the years we had been together that I could love someone else. I told him it was complicated and he gave me back the ring and left. After that it was really hard on him. He was always mad and he was distant. He told me he would get revenge but I never believed him. Now I know it was true and he found the way to do it. That's why we're running."

I finished my rant and we were driving in a car to a hotel about thirty five miles away. When we got there it was 12:30. We checked in and got a room. About fifteen minutes later when we got settled in there was a knock on the door. And then came a call.

"Zac oh Zac, please let me in, you made a promise, please open the door for me."

It was Briar. He had followed them and made it to their hotel room. He had no choice but to open the door and let him in. But he didn't do it. Instead he opened the door and slammed it back in his face.

"Go away! I want nothing to do with you. I don't need you and you don't need me. Get away!" Zac yelled at him.

"Why is he here?" Neil asked, "I thought we were running from him, not getting followed."

Then the second call came. But this time it was louder and more clear.

"Zac oh Zac," he began, "You promised to love me, and you must keep it, now open this door, please let me in."

"Open the door. Do what you have to. You've helped me enough. Now you have to help him. I'll be fine. Just don't forget me." Neil said while fighting back tears.

"I'm not opening that door. He's making this harder already. I wasn't sure if I was fully in love with you then and I'm still not sure. I can't deal with this now."

"I know. You never fully loved me. That's why I'm letting you go." Neil said. "Now open the door and let him in."

Zac obeyed what he was told and let Briar in. He sat down at the table and stared to complain.

"I'm hungry. Go order me some food." Briar said. Zac couldn't believe that he was going to boss him around. He surely wasn't going to obey him.

"No," he said, "Go get it yourself. I'm not your servant."

"Do what he says. Just listen to him. You made a promise and you can't break it." Neil said.

With an unhappy sigh, Zac got up and ordered room service. When he sat back down he said that it was already coming. When the food came he let Briar eat as he pleased. When he was done he started to yawn.

"I have eaten and am tired," he said, "Sleep with me tonight."

Zac felt so lost. He never wanted this. He thought he made the right decision to leave Briar long ago but now he wasn't so sure. Neil wants to let him go to make him happy. He doesn't know if it will make him happy and he doesn't want to be alone. Briar had changed. He's harsher now. He doesn't know what's good for him, and he surely doesn't care about anyone else.

"I will most definitely not sleep with you tonight. That wasn't in the deal. I don't want to sleep with you because I don't love you," Zac yelled, "I use to be in love with you but now you've changed and you're different. It can't happen."

"Oh but you must" he challenged. "You see, you promised to love me and that means you must sleep with me. You never agreed to individual tasks but to one as a whole. And when you love someone, you do as they ask. Now you will sleep with me but first you must kiss me like you use to."

Zac kissed Briar just like he use to. He felt something different. Like everything was a trick. As if something had to be done, but not because of a threat. Like a threat was his way of getting it done, and he did. He made something inside him change and everything's different. It was almost as if Zac made that change because he wanted to, not because he had to. They both felt a shock of electricity bolt through their veins and they knew that Briar was back.

He stopped the kiss and looked at Briar. He felt a feeling of love when he looked at him. He looked at Neil and he knew that if it wasn't for him, Briar wouldn't have ever been back to normal. Ever since he left him, Briar changed, and now he was back because Neil told Zac to go.

Neil knew that Zac had always loved Briar and that would never change. He couldn't bear breaking someone's heart but he only broke Briar's by being in the way. Now Zac loves Briar and Briar loves Zac and everything is back to normal. But what if Neil still loves Briar?

ok im done with this story. it was supposed to be the fairy tale "the frog king". it was changed to have the same story line but nothing else. did i do ok or should i change things. feel free to correct me or give suggestions! thanks for reading xx