Hello everybody! So this chapter will be more upbeat and happy since last chapter was sort of sad and grim but I felt it should be addressed and I've been leading up to it for a while. I would just like to thank everyone for there amazingly sweet comments last chapter not only on the chapter but on my short little story about my brother. Thanks and now the chapter!
Chapter 43: Connors pov It's been two days since Cameron's freak out thing and we've since gotten everything figured out. He was just a scared kid who was being ignored nobody could blame him for that. Since that was all done now I really needed to go on more dates. I haven't been on many and I really need to start wrapping the selection up, as in get married soon. I was walking down the hall to my room thinking hard, I was looking down at my feet while I thought, when all of a sudden my dad comes walking out of my door and says "oh there you are Connor! I would like you to come meet the new advisors, they should be more open and caring then the old group was." I nodded.
Sometime after I woke up dad filled me in that mom had fired all of them and I have to admit that excited me. I really hated those guys. Me and dad walked down to the meeting room together and we had slight conversation. When we were about halfway there the questions had bouncing inside me popped out, I really wanted to know some answers.
"Dad, how did you eliminate girls in your selection? It's so hard! I don't want to hurt there feelings! I know it's coming again soon because there are 6 girls here and I will only marry 1! That leaves me to eliminate 5! I can't do it!" I said a little loud. He chuckled and patted my back while saying "oh Connor, it's never fun and I'm not going to sugar coat it, it will be hard but you have to do it. It was easy for me because I knew that I loved your mother." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Well that's great dad… For you! I don't know who I will marry yet. This is probably the hardest thing ever!" I threw my hands up in defeat and he laughed. After a little more thinking he said "just think about this, who can you see your future with, and who can't you live without for the rest of your life?" That was hard. I thought for a while and we walked the whole way in silence. That was a valid point.
There were at least two girls that I saw no future with but they were so nice and thinking about eliminating them seemed worse then anything I ever could have imagined. It gave me shivers. When we got to the meeting room there was a whole table full of new faces. They all looked relatively pleased to be here so that's good. For pretty much the entire meeting the advisors just introduced themselves. Right before the end however they got a quick recap on the selection and they told me that from the people's view it was going very emotionless. They didn't think it was fast enough but in other ways it was to fast. They also said they know from experience that the people would like to see more of us on the report.
We had refrained from having the girls on each week because it was nerve racking for them and lots more work for us but apparently the people wanted to see how I interacted with them. We planned having them appear for interviews with me the week after they presented there philanthropy projects, which the advisors said was a brilliant move that everyone would love. I like these advisors much more. They weren't so boring and serious, why hadn't mom fired the old ones ages ago? After the short little meeting me and dad walked out together.
"Do you want to do something Connor?" My dad asked. "I feel like I never see you anymore." He said quickly as if it was an explanation. I nodded and we just walked out to the gardens and sat in the fresh air. It was great, but soon dad had to go do some work stuff. I sat there long after he was gone. I was just enjoying the breeze and looking at all the bright flowers, despite it being autumn already they were still just as bright and cheerful.
It would start getting cold soon though and turn into winter. That meant snow which was always a good thing. As I was sitting there, absorbed in my own thoughts someone walked over to me. I looked up very surprised to see Autumn walking with the help of crutches. Looks like she's healing fine. I quickly move over on the little bench and made room for her to sit. She looked very happy. "Hey look at you, how's it feel to walk again?" I asked. She was shining as she said "it's lovely thanks for asking." Wow she was VERY cheerful today she didn't have any of her regular sarcasm or anything.
I started thinking again before I asked "when's you birthday? I assume it's in the fall since your name is Autumn, and autumn is almost over." She grinned a little but didn't say anything. She just sat there fidgeting slightly. "Wait did we miss it?" I asked this made her laugh a little and I realized it was probably today.
"Oh I see its today!" She smiled more and she didn't deny it. After a minute she said "yeah but I didn't want to make a big deal. You royals really love parties and the thing is I'm not a party person." I laughed it was so true. I wasn't either. "Oh come on!" I joked "you could've told me! I would've at least gotten you a gift! It's your birthday and look at that your sitting here without telling no one." I kept teasing her and she just smiled and laughed.
She was in a really good mood because she didn't even have a witty remark for me. That made everything funnier because she was always so snappy. After Autumn walked away I still sat there just staring off into the wilderness. It was so peaceful. After a long while I got up and went back inside. It was starting to get late and I figure dinner is soon. My suspicions were correct because when I walked through the garden gate a guard told me to high tail it to the dining hall because dinner was starting in minutes. I didn't really feel like rushing though.
It wasn't the end of the world if I was slightly late. As I wandered there I stopped to look at some paintings. For some reason I felt I shouldn't be in a hurry. I finally arrived at dinner and much to my mothers dismay I was 3 minutes late. We all are the delicious food and I attempted making dinner conversation. Key word: attempted.
"So, ladies how have your projects been going?" I ask. They look around at each other then they all seem to look around the room avoiding me or they look at there food. Bizarre I guess they just don't want to talk about that.
"Well everyone it's lady Autumns birthday today!" I said excitedly. Everyone looked over at autumn but they didn't all seem happy. My family seemed excited though. There must be a disagreement between the girls. Me and my family didn't know why the girls were being so quiet and of the girls Autumn and Kayleigh seems just as confused as us.
"Ladies what's going on?" I ask. Haven, Annie, Midna, and Emmalee were all starring daggers at each other. What happened? After my question Haven asked if she could be excused and I let her leave. They were obviously upset about something. Soon after she left we all finished the main course and dessert was about to begin when Annie, Midna, and Emmalee all asked to leave. I allowed them to. I was extremely confused.
When I looked back over there was only a confused Autumn and Kayleigh left trying to figure out what went wrong. I couldn't even finish my dessert. I was so worried and confused at the same time and eventually I gave up trying to eat and I excused myself as I set out to find out what happened. I walked to the girls rooms and I knocked on Havens door since she seemed to start the glaring.
Nobody answered for a while but soon a maid came and answered. She looked quite surprised to see me. "Hello" I said kindly. She smiled a little and I asked "is lady Haven in here?" She nodded quietly and moved out of the way of the door. The room appeared to be empty until I noticed the balcony door open. I walked over and saw Haven sitting on the lounge chair she looked disheveled and upset. "Haven what's going on?" I ask. She looks up. She almost said something then thought better of it and she closed her mouth. Dear lord why are girls so confusing?
"Are you okay?" I ask. She just sat there and said "I'm fine" I highly doubted that but I didn't want to press into it. She sat there pouting for a while before I got up and just left. I needed to find real answers not just sit here while she's upset. She seemed even more upset I was leaving and I didn't know what to do. She wasn't even talking!
After I left Haven alone I decided my best bet was Emmalee. She was usually upfront about stuff. When I knocked she answered and looked sorta mad. Maybe she wasn't a great choice since she would most likely be aggravated. "What's happening" I ask carefully. She glared at me and but she finally told me. "There was a.. disagreement between the girls. Kayleigh was in her room with a headache and Autumn was off flirting with you." I ignored the comment about Autumn and asked "what kind of disagreement?"
She looked annoyed by this but answered. "We just realized it was a competition for once okay? Nothing more to it." I was still completely confused but I have at least an answer now. Well sort of. I left there because she still seemed heated from whatever the heck happened. I knew everyone would be done with dinner and dessert by now so I didn't even bother heading back to the dining hall. I went straight to my room. I really didn't know where else to go.
If I went to the gardens it was very probable that I would run into one of the girls and I really didn't need more drama now. I sorta just want to ignore them right now, I feel bad for doing that to the two who didn't do anything but right now I just need some space from them all. I just spread out on my bed like a starfish and thought for a moment. I thought about what Emmalee had said and I found myself imagining some strange scenarios where the girls got mad. It got weird.
Eventually I got bored of living inside my own head so I went to see the only teenage girl I knew that wasn't caught up in any of this mess, Aubrey. As I came down the hall I noticed her door open and I could hear conversation. I couldn't make out the whole thing because they were being sorta quiet but I got some information from it. When I got closer I heard everything more clearly.
"my dad would throw a fit Danny." Aubrey said. Danny? Well that's new. What are they talking about?
"Oh come on your dad loves me." Daniel said in reply. I tried hard to stifle my laugh because I could picture the cocky grin on his face. Ah something Daniel would do.
I could hear Aubrey laughing at this as well "my dad almost killed you! I don't necessarily call that love!" She laughed I knew she wasn't serious about it and it was really funny. I still had no idea what they were talking about. "Come on I can't stay away from home for much longer, my father is getting upset that I'm not home. I'm still crown prince you know." Oh so this was about Daniel going home for a while. It seemed odd to think about he just kind of became someone that stuck around.
"Yes I know it just doesn't seem right. I can't just leave either, it doesn't seem comfortable." I heard Aubrey say. Wait so he was trying to get her to come to Notenson with him. I felt very conflicted about this. On the one hand I was happy for them and they were great and all but on the other hand I wouldn't be there to be able to watch them and make sure no funny business happens. I also don't want my sister to leave just yet, I still need her help.
"Just think about it." Daniel said and I heard a bunch of rustling so I realized he must of gotten up. Uh oh he's going to see me eavesdropping! Oh well he should know by now that I'm everywhere… Not true but I seem to be in the right places at the right times (except that one time when I was ambushed by three people that hate me, but that ended up making me regain my memory is so I guess that's a win as well) He walked out of the door and was surprised to see me crouched by the door, I was just sitting there waiting for him to say something.
His expression was priceless I must say. "Connor? What are you doing?" He asked. As if its not obvious already. "you want Aubrey to go to Notenson?" I ask. He nodded and just seeing the confirmation made me shiver. Aubrey heard us and she walked out of the room as well. We all stood there quietly not knowing what to do. Finally Daniel told me everything "my parents want me back home soon because I've been away for to long. I don't want to leave her." He said.
He looked like he was pleading with me. Daniel? Pleading? What has become of him? He seemed changed now, and I think it's for the better. After a while I just walked away. I'm really awful at handling these situations. It's just not my strong suit. Add that to the list of running, making conversations, being romantic, and walking in general. I'm so talented wow.
Alright guys so thanks for reading again sorry this is so late but… School. Sorry! Anyways hope you liked this chapter and please review and tell me what you thought!
1.) What exactly do you thing went down with the girls?
2.) What do you think Aubrey will do? Will she go to Notenson with "Danny" or stay home?
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