Chapter 4

As Boomer and Brady made their way down stairs to the party Brady looked at his watch.

"Hey! The party doesn't start for another forty five minutes!" he said

"I know." Said Boomer casually

"Well then why did you call me down here?" said Brady sitting down on a bench looking out onto the party platform outside the gates to the throne room watching the servants make some last minute additions to the party decorations.

"I just wanted to talk to my brother, who I haven't seen for the last year and a half!" said Boomer with a rising voice.

"Oh, I see." Said Brady realising that Boomer missed him and just wanted to spend some time with his brother.

"Listen" said Boomer "I hope you weren't doing anything private in our room?"

"Why is that?" asked Brady.

"Weeeell!" said Boomer in a high pitched voice.

"Well what?" said Brady becoming curious.

"It's just that Mikayla sometimes likes to go onto our roof and look at the sky or something like that. Said Boomer. Boomer saw a look of utter horror cross Brady's face.

"WHAT!" yelled Brady getting some looks from the servants.

"Uh oh!" said Boomer. "What where you doing?"

Brady's face went white. "I….I….I..." said Brady.

"Spit it out man!" said Boomer. What where you doing up there!"

"I was singing!" hissed Brady through his teeth.

"So?" Said Boomer. "Everyone knows you love to sing."

"NO you don't get it! I was singing about Mikayla and how I'm in love with her!" replied Brady, white as chalk at this point.

"OH That Is bad!" said Boomer. Starting to laugh

"What is bad?" said a voice behind them.

The two kings whirled around and saw Boz standing there with a girl by his side.

"Brady just sang a love song to Mikayla." Said Boomer laughing.

"Boomer!" exclaimed Brady. Boomer just kept laughing.

"Wait what happened?" asked Boz. Boomer explained the situation to him.

Boz just said "What if she wasn't there?"

Brady looked up at Boz "I heard a girl squeal when I was singing." He said "I didn't pay attention at the time, but now I know for Shure that she was up there! This is sooo embarrassing!" moaned Brady burying his face in his hands.

"Ok don't worry." Said Boz you can still fix this.

"How exactly?" asked Brady

"I have no idea" said Boz. This made Boomer almost fall off the bench from laughter.

"Seriously Boomer!?" said Brady

"OK, OK I'm sorry." Said Boomer trying to suppress his laugh.

"Who's this asked Brady nodding at the girl who to was trying to suppress a laugh.

"OH how rude of me!" said Boz. "This is Abigail; he said introducing her, she's my date to your dance/welcome home party.

"Brady says hello to Abigail. They all talked about the party as if the whole; Brady freaking out; thing didn't happen.

About Ten minutes before the party was about to start, Mikayla walks out of the palace gates in her white and aqua blue dress. Brady happened to have his back turned to her, while everyone else was facing Mikayla. Mikayla put a finger to her lips signaling to be quiet. Then she signaled for them to leave. Brady apparently didn't notice any of this.

"Well we have to go." Said Boz "we don't want to miss the party."

"OK I'll see you there then." Said Brady.

"I have to go find my date." Said Boomer

"You have a date too?" said Brady

"No I mean I really have to find one." Said boomer looking around trying to find a lone girl.

"Ok see ya." Said Brady.

"well at least I am not the only one who doesn't have a date" Brady Thought as he watched Boomer walk away. Mikayla at that moment was sneaking up behind him.

When she was close enough to Brady, she covered his eyes with her hands and was about to say, guess who?

When her world literally flipped. Her feet where no longer on the ground but over her head. She noticed in the split second before she left the ground that Brady was doing something no one wold ever have expected from him.

Brady was doing the martial arts, over the shoulder throw, instantly Mikaylas many years of training kicked in and she quickly countered his attack by arching her back and at the same time spun in midair to land facing Brady. Before either of them new it, each had the other by the throat. At that point Brady saw who his assailant was and quickly let go of her neck. She in turn let go of his neck.

"I am so sorry!" said Brady backing away from her with a look of horror on his face.

"Where did you learn to do that?!" said Mikayla completely taken aback.

"I am so sorry!" said Brady again.

"What that?" said Mikayla "that was nothing; I go through that all the time." She said. It's part of my guard training.

Brady calmed down. "Oh, that's right I forgot!" he said. Starting to smile. Mikayla felt that weird feeling in her stomach when she saw his smile. Brady noticed Mikaylas dress and her earrings "I see that you got my gifts." He said smiling wider.

"Yes!" she said "I love them she said. She leaned in and gave Brady a hug. "Thank you." She said quietly, and for some reason she had the urge to stay there forever. "What am I thinking!?" she thought "If I don't keep my emotions I place I might lose it!"

"It's my way of saying I'm sorry for everything. "Brady said hugging her back not wanting to let go, and thinking "I could stay this way forever."

"Yea, I read your letter." She said pulling away "Do you really mean all of that what you wrote?"

Brady gave her a serious look. "Yes I do." He said "Mikayla listen, I know I screwed up back then with our friendship, and that you probably can never fully forgive me for all the mistakes that I've made." He said "I just want to prove that I've changed and become a more mature and responsible person. "I realised back then that I was an immature, cowardly jerk who disregarded other people's feelings and I wanted to change all that."

"And that's why you left." Said Mikayla." Now seeing Brady as a person she might actually like to hang out with.

"Exactly" said Brady

"Brady" said Mikayla "I forgave you for everything a long time ago. So please stop beating yourself up ok." She said "I forgive you for everything." And with that she leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek. At that Brady turned beet red.

"Is it hot in here, or is it just me?" said Brady.

"It is kind of warm." Said Mikayla blushing

"By the way, you look great. "Said Brady gesturing to her dress. Mikayla did a twirl as if she were dancing, making her look even more beautiful.

"Thank you!" She said looking at her dress. "You are so sweet for giving it to me. I love it" She said " Which reminds me, how on earth did you know that aqua blue was my favorite color? She asked

"your dad." He said casually

"You know that actually explains a lot." Said Mikayla smiling.

They stood there in silence for a minute watching the party guests arrive. Then Mikayla said "so are you going to ask me to the dance, or are we both going to be dateless.

Brady was taken aback. Did Mikayla just imply that she wanted him to take her to the dance? Brady could hardly believe his luck!

Brady took hold of Mikayla by the hands and asked "Mikayla would you go with me to my dance party.

"I thought you wold never ask." She said dramatically. This made Brady laugh

"Ok then it's a date!" he said. Then they both walked to the outdoor dance floor holding hands.