10-Love?

Carmen was in a total state of shock as her and Drake walked out the back doors and into the palace gardens. They spread for miles and miles, many colorful flowers and home-grown fruits and vegetables everywhere to be seen. It was beautiful. It really took Carmen's breath away at the sight of it.

"This place is better than where I live."

"I'd give anything to get away from it..." Drake mumbled. He had lives in the palace his whole life; it was quite draining after a while. "But I guess I am leaving it all behind in a few weeks' time."

"Do..." Carmen tried to think of the right way to phrase the question. "Do you want to get married?"

That was a tough question for anyone. It was even harder for Carmen and Drake because they were already engaged by force.

"I...Don't know..."

"It's okay." Carmen smiled, trying to lighten the mood as the two lingered on the marble staircase, basking in the sun's rays. "You can tell me if you don't wanna...I don't really wanna get married myself right now..."

"Don't wanna get married?" Drake questioned. "Or don't wanna get married to me?"

Carmen bit down on her lip. Maybe she had screwed it up already. Maybe she had made her future husband hate her after only a few minutes of talking.

"Drake..." The Princess sighed. "We only met two minutes ago and we have to get married within the next two years!"

Drake smiled, laughing at his fiancée.

"You sound soo excited about that."

"I know I do!" Carmen replied. Drake smiled some more, starting to walk down the rest of the stairs.

"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit..." Drake told Carmen.

"At least I have wit." She replied with a smirk, following after him and down to the green grass.

Drake stopped again just before the last step. He smiled up at Carmen, as if taking in all of her beauty. Carmen felt a little awkward as he continued to stare. Sure, she was used to people staring at her, but she hadn't expected a fellow royal to do so.

"What?"

"Nothing..." Drake mumbled, shaking his head ever so slightly. "You're just...Different to all the other Princess' I know."

"Different in a good way, right?"

"Yeah..." Drake continued to smile. "Definitely a good way."

Carmen's whole body turned straight to jelly as Drake's smile hit her heart with a great force. She had never seen anything so perfect in her whole life; she couldn't believe that he was now hers.

Thinking back on it, Carmen had found herself to have been judgmental of Drake. He was nothing she had expected him to be. He was much, much better. Drake was definitely someone Carmen could find herself to relate to, to get along with.

The blonde teenage girl found herself leaning her head in, getting closer and closer to Drake. The Prince found himself doing the same thing. It was just a spur of the moment thing, but it felt right to do so now.

"DRAKE!-Sorry...Am I interrupting something?" A teenage girl, a little younger than the two, had appeared by the back doors to the Indicenta palace. She sort of looked like Drake in a way, but yet her appearance differed from his in every aspect.

"Yes, Cami, YOU ARE!" Drake snapped.

"I'll come back later then." She smirked playfully, winking once and then retreating to the palace.

Drake turned back to face Carmen, but she wouldn't turn to look at him. Her gaze was on the floor, an awkward moment for the two of them had now arisen.

"Sorry about that..." Drake apologized. "That's my sister Cami; she's just determined to ruin everything good in my life."

Carmen silently nodded and Drake could sense something wasn't right with her. He rested his ice cold hand on her bright pink cheek, pulling her tanned face towards his.

"What's wrong?"

Carmen had never noticed before but Drake's eyes were a perfect lime-green color. They stood out against the rest of his darkened features like a ray of sun in a midnight sky. Beautiful was the only word that Carmen could think of to describe them. Pure beauty.

"N-Nothing..." Lie. Carmen pulled Drake's hand away from her face, trying to struggle a smile from her body. It wasn't happening. "I'm just..."

"Carmen." It was Arianna's turn to disrupt the happy couple. "Rosie send a message, said it was urgent."

Carmen turned to face her mother, trying her best to read her facial expression. Rose really had sent a message, but what could have been that important.

"It's something to do with Thomas." Carmen's eyes went wide as she slowly nodded her head.

"Y-Yeah, I'll be there now."

There was something dreadfully wrong with Thomas. Everyone who knew Thomas well knew that he was emotionally hurt. For all Carmen knew he had tried to kill himself or worse, he had tried to kill someone else. He could have gone completely insane during her absence; she needed to get home immediately.

"Not cheating on me already, are you?" Drake asked, smiling as he tried to lighten the mood. Carmen gave him a playful punch to the shoulder, smiling herself.

"Thomas is my cousin!" She told him. "We're a...Very close family."

"Okay." Drake replied with a smirk. "I'll believe you this time."

"I'd better go." Carmen told Drake. She sounded quite disappointed about that, and she was. Being with Drake for the past few hours had really made her mood lighten up a lot. He saw the world in a way of his own.

"DRAKE!" Came Karia's high-pitched scream. She poked her head out of a window on the second floor up behind Carmen. "GET IN HERE N-!"

Drake managed to shut his sister up by ignoring her and pulling Carmen's closer to his body. The gap was closed completely as Drake forced his lips to hers.

Carmen was in a state of shock. Her eyes were wide, but she soon melted into it. It was her first kiss after all; it had to be special somehow. So, she wrapped her arms around Drake's neck and personally deepened it, trying to act as if it wasn't her first kiss at all.

"Guess I'll see you around..." Drake smirked, resting his forehead against Carmen's. She nodded; her breath had been swept away from the kiss. Drake was perfect in all ways.

"Yeah..." She replied, slightly dazed from the experience. "But next time you're coming to see me."

Drake gave Carmen a gentle peck to the lips, "I look forward to it."

A/N: WHOOP!

Good chapter...

Hmm...Wonder what's wrong with Thomas now then? hehehe...LOL!

There's also something going on with Annalise...I'm not quite sure when that bit comes in though ;) LOL! So you can just wonder about that one on your own...LOL!

Okay...I'm tired...It's only 9:09 AM and I was awake at 6...IT'S SUNDAY! Why would my body wake me up that early? Grr...

I've also got an injured foot...I think I've pulled something or...something...It hurts like mad! I mean it...Grr...

I can't stop thinking about Harry Potter! The last film was soo good! I can't stop thinking about it...I watched the first one yesterday on TV and then there was a behind the scenes thing on after it for Deathly Hallows Part 2...It was EPIC! Seriously...LOL!

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