here's a short little chapter enjoy! thaks for reviewing and reading
love
-az
Chapter 14
-Simba's point of view-
"We're here! We're finally here!" I said in an overly dramatic voice while collapsing in to the floor of the jungle
"Yes, Simba we're here" Nala giggled
"I don't think I've ever walked so much in my entire life I don't ever want to get up from here" I said still on the ground
"Oh come on, we have to go explore this place, look for refuge, food water, make sure that-" she started sitting down next to me
"shhh" I said putting my face between my paws
"Did you just shush me?" she asked
"I think I just did, you need to relax Lala, no one likes a stick in the mud" I said trying to hold back my laugh, but failed when she slapped my arm, I looked up at her "hey! what's with the violence?" I asked
"What's with your mane?" she said putting her paw on my tousled head of hair
"My mane is of the many things that make me unbelievably handsome" I said with a grin
"Pfffft. says who? Your mom?" oh she likes to tease
"Yes and many other young and beautiful lionesses" I said with arrogance
"Oh I see so the rumors about the philandering golden prince were actually true" she asked with a humored grin
"What did you hear?" I asked curios
"You know, just that you are known to have a 'way with the ladies'" she said with a shrug. Okay, where is she going with this? Is she coming on to me?
"Guilty of charge" I said proudly
"What do they see in you anyways?" she asked laughing. Oh okay never mind it was not a come on
"Well, they say I'm complicated!" I said laughing too
"You're just spoiled" she said shaking her head
"And you just love to give me a hard time don't you?"
"Someone has to" she smiled at me
"And what about you? Any romance?" I asked truly wanting to hear the answer
She laughed "I was actually about to get married" She said looking away from me
"WHAT? To whom?" I asked shocked
"Zambra" she sighed
"ZAMBRA? From the Aduli pride? Why would you want to marry him? Sure he's a prince but still he's- " I started ranting
"I didn't want to marry him Simba! my father betrothed me to him!" she interrupted. Oh okay I knew that if she wanted to marry a 'arrogant, philandering prince' I would have been her first choice
"But I thought you and I…" I started but chickened out half way
"Huh?" she turned to look at me
"Never mind go ahead" I said, maybe she doesn't remember what Zazu had told us years ago
"All these years, I've done what was expected of me, to obey my mother and father, but when he said I had to get marry, I just couldn't do it " she said tilting her head back "I didn't wanted to be trapped in a marriage, never tasting freedom"
"So that's why you ran away?"
"Yes" she said looking down at her paws
"I was afraid you would bite my head off if I asked before" I said making her chuckle
"Well now you know" she shrugged
"But why was your father forcing you to marry him?"
"Royal exchange, my father needed land, Bayot needed a bride for his son"
"Wait a minute!" I said getting up "your father is the king? And you didn't tell me? Nala you are a princess!" I started walking back and forth
"Only by birth" she said looking at me "why is this important?" she asked
"It is important Nala! They are going to kill me! Your father and mine! They'll say I kidnapped a princess"
"Simba you didn't kidnapped me" she laughed "and plus you're a prince too, they can't do anything to you"
"Oh yes they can Nala, I'm nothing but a rogue now, my father took away my title when he exiled me" I was panicking
"If you're a rogue I'm a rogue, I practically exiled myself" she said standing up and walking towards me "so, as you said earlier, relax! No one likes a stick in the mud" she said with a sly grin "but now that you're up, I say we go explore!" she said pushing me towards the jungle
I can't win with this lioness, but at the same time I wouldn't trade her for anyone