I couldn't believe I was here right now. All Angela and I ever thought of was the system and how we could correct the flaws. This was about Plan L on our list: teach the prince of our beliefs, which isn't the most likely option, of course.
Alice was staring at me with a glint in her eye. I saw Edward's lips turn up the smallest fraction at the sight of Alice. His eyes lit up a tiny bit too. His gorgeous emerald eyes. It was like looking directly at the jewel, sunlight glinting off the edges with a dark pupil resting in the center. I just longed to- what was I thinking?! I was here to set slaves free, not flirt with the prince. I shook my head, as if to clear the thoughts from my mind.
I felt his gaze on me, causing my cheeks to flame. I stared out the window and tried to distract myself by thinking about other topics.
I ended up thinking about Renee and to avoid further thoughts, I tried to fall asleep. I really did, but sleep doesn't come very easily to me during the day. Besides, I knew I would end up saying something extremely embarrassing.
My thoughts wandered and ebbed before they were halted, along with the carriage. I saw a wrought iron gate with a large, burly guard at the front. He looked very intimidating, but at the sight of the carriage his face lightened up. Now he looked like a very large stuffed animal.
"How's my best friend?" he asked the prince in a deep booming voice.
"Fine, I guess. Have you and Jasper gotten into any trouble yet?" Edward asked back.
"No. But by my calculations, we should any minute now." He turned over his shoulder to look at the castle. "I have no idea how Esme puts up with us."
"Don't test her today, alright?" The guard peered his head through the door, to look at me. I felt my cheeks flame and he gave a booming laugh. He was handsome but in a very different way from the prince.
"I see you've finally gotten yourself a girlfriend!" My cheeks flamed even warmer. The guard continued "Did you do anything 'bad' with her? Is that why you don't want me to get Esme mad?" He winked at me.
My cheeks were definitely scarlet by now, but the prince continued as smoothly as if he hadn't said anything of importance.
"Emmett, just let us inside."
"Fine, but are you denying me information for a reason?"
Alice slammed her hands on the seat and yelled "Just let us through the stupid gate!"
"Fine, fine. I don't know how Jasper can stand you anymore. You're not fun." The pixie-like girl sitting to my left lost control and jumped out the door.
"I'll show you fun!!" She started to chase Emmett, and Emmett feigned a look of terror.
"Is that all the fun you've got? Come on!" Alice caught up with Emmett, jumped on his back and started to tickle his sides.
"No! Please! No! Get off!" He managed to say this before he choked in laughter. Alice was looking for something while simultaneously tickling him without getting thrown off. She emerged holding a key. She walked back to us and opened the gate.
She ran back to where Emmett lay on the ground and started to wrestle with him. It was easy to see why Emmett was beating Alice by a landslide, but she escaped him many times with her grace and speed.
The door to my right swung open and Edward extended a hand to help me down.
"We usually walk from here. There are good sights." I tried my best not to fall on the road but I still managed a few tumbles. But what surprised me was that the prince helped me up every time. I was most certain that he would be a stuck-up person like most royalty.
Curiosity got the better of me and I said "Why?"
"Excuse me? I didn't quite understand." Again with the manners.
I realized that my question wasn't very descriptive and tried again "Why do you help me up? I'm pretty sure that it gets tiring after the first few times."
"I guess old habits die hard. My mother and father always exceeded that manners got you anywhere in life. Do you want me to stop helping you?" He kept his gaze with mine as he spoke, unlike the boys in my village that kept their eyes on other "things" as you talked. And frankly, I liked it. It made me feel like the center of attention, though, and as any klutz knows, that is the worst case scenario. I broke his gaze a little too abruptly and continued to walk along. I felt a small smile tugging on my lips and let it get through.
Then I realized that he asked me a question previously "No, it's not that. It's just that most guys at my village would just walk along like nothing happened or laugh." My smile got wider as I remembered all the instances involved with Jacob.
In my peripheral vision I saw the prince's eyes widen in surprise and confusion before he said "You have a beautiful smile, you know." My gaze fell to the ground to think about how many boys have probably said that to me. Mike, Tyler, and Eric were at the top of the list. I didn't understand. How could anyone fall for someone as ordinary as me? Plain brown hair, plain brown eyes, and freakishly pale skin, although compared to Alice and Edward it was more of a peach.
"Thanks." I murmured. We kept walking and we were about five yards from the entrance when I tripped on the first step, managing to bang my head against the cold, hard steps.
I saw Edward before my vision started to blur and get darker. He was waving something, a hand perhaps, in front of my face, but all I felt was the light breeze while it passed as darkness clouded my vision.