I'm sorry if you guys had to wait a long time, but two words; Writer's block.

Chapter 2

The next day, the gang and I were sitting around in the Candy Bar, sipping milkshakes. Mine was chocolate, so was Cindy's, Sheen's was strawberry, Carl's was pistachio, and Libby's was vanilla.

"So, guys," I drawled lazily. "What's up?"

Libby and Cindy shrugged and went right along with gossiping about the latest trend, while Sheen began a long, prepared speech about Ultralord.

"And yesterday's episode was the bomb! Did you know that Robofiend..."

The sound of Sam's jukebox drowned out whatever he was talking about. Then a man in a black suit entered the Candy Bar and surveyed the crowded shop. He approached me quickly.

"Prince Robert, you must come with me."

They all stared at me. Not just Libby, Sheen, Cindy, and Carl, but everyone who heard the man say 'Prince Robert'.

I shrugged and whispered in Cindy's ear. "I'll explain later. Go on AIM tonight."

I stood up and followed the man outside. There was a white limo with the flag of Monaco hanging on the antennae.

"Ummm... Why do you want me?" I asked the man in black. He glanced my way through pitch black sunglasses and jerked his head toward the limo.

"You want me to get in the limo?"

He nodded, but looked annoyed as he held the door open for me. I stepped in, and threw my backpack to the side. I wasn't impressed at all by the interior, because I could have made anything in there.

I heard the front door open and close and the limo began moving.

"What the hell does he want now?"

It turns out that my so-called grandfather wanted me to talk to my 'cousin' from Monaco. Supposedly, he had to fly here urgently last night so we could meet.

They are so bullshitting me.

So when we, as in the stupid bodyguard and me, got back home, this dude who was wearing this tux rushed me to the living room.

"What did you want, Grandpa?"

And I stopped immediately in my tracks. Why, you ask? Because it turns out my cousin is a she, not a he.

"Is this him, Grandpere?" she asked politely. The quiet looking girl was clad in a flowery summer dress, not too revealing, but not too childish either. She had bright red hair, and her eyes, and as surprising as it is, were the same shade of blue as my eyes.

The old man nodded and sipped his tea, or whatever he was drinking, delightedly.

So the girl looked at me and made a face. "I see no family resemblance, Grandpere, is it really him?"

I sat down and scowled at the smirking girl. "You shouldn't be talking about your future king like that."

She scowled back, an equal amount of scorn in her expression.

"You shouldn't be talking to your family like that."

I shook my head and began digging around in my backpack.

"Robert," said my supposed grandfather. "Will you please act civil to your cousin?"

I pouted at him, but put on a fake smile for her. Then I dropped it almost as quickly as I had put it on.

"What's your name?" I happened to be very civil right there.

She still had the smirk on her face. "I am Monique Julianne Drake of the Monaco royal blood line."

I snorted as she said this and hastened to cover it up. She noticed, obviously, and glared at me with all of her friggin' might.

Whatever.

"So, Monique, why are you even here?"

She was still glaring as she replied. "We're here to discuss matters of business, Prince Robert."

"Hmm... You're not going to run the country, so why discuss any issues?"

More glaring.

"I happen to be second in line, thank you very much!"

Snorting, I glanced at her once out of the corner of my vision before munching on a scone that was laid intricately on a tray in front of me.

"So?" I asked after I managed to swallow the large chunk of buttered scone I had bitten off.

Again, the glaring.

"So?" Her nostrils were flaring now. "If you happen to die, I have to take over the throne!"

I took another large bite of the scone. It was now half gone. "As if I would die anytime soon."

"You could."

"But I won't."

Monique frowned quickly and stood up. "I'm leaving, Grandpere."

She strode out of the living room, leaving my grandfather, and apparently me, shocked.

Shaking my head, I faced my grandfather. "She isn't a happy person, is she?"

After a brief talk about being civil toward family members with my grandfather, I was finally granted permission to go to my room.

I threw my backpack in the corner and sat at my computer. As it booted up, I thought of what had happened in the last two days.

With a beep, the computer was done loading. I sighed and clicked on the little yellow man on my desktop. A pop-up appeared, a small rectangular box showing me an enlarged version of the little man. Where it said screenname, mine was already saved onto it. It read GeniusBoy4ever.

I typed in my password, which just so happened to be cindyneutron. When it was done loading, I heard three door opening noises.

I double clicked on PrincessAurora. Another small box appeared this time, except there was a large portion of it converted into typing space.

GeniusBoy4ever: hey cin

PrincessAurora: hey

PrincessAurora: wat hppend todai>

PrincessAurora: ?

GeniusBoy4ever: well...

PrincessAurora: wat?

GeniusBoy4ever: its nothin

PrincessAurora: it cant b nothin

GeniusBoy4ever: it is. can we drop it plz?

PrincessAurora: fine. wanna join in a chat room with lib and sheen?

GeniusBoy4ever: sure

I exited out of the browser and clicked on Join when another browser opened up suddenly.

GeniusBoy4ever: sup guys

UltralordLover: hey, sup Jimmy

MusicIsLyfe: hey

PrincessAurora: whats up sheen. hey libby

MusicIsLyfe: heygurl

UltralordLover: hey

GeniusBoy4ever: so... how r u guys?

MusicIsLyfe: finbe

UltralordLover: great, i just watched ultralord! it wz awesme!

GeniusBoy4ever: ...

PrincessAurora: shut up shen, nobdy wantz to hear bout ultrageek

UltralordLover: dont call hm tht!

MusicIsLyfe: shes onlky jokin sheen

PrincessAurora: no i wasnt

MusicIsLyfe: shuit up cin

GeniusBoy4ever: guys! shut up!

PrincessAurora: you shut up nerdbomb!

GeniusBoy4ever: dont call me tht dorktex!

MusicIsLyfe: you bth nwed to shutup!

UltralordLover: ...chill pills!

GeniusBoy4ever: whatev

PrincessAurora: eh.

MusicIsLyfe: geez, u guys r goin at ech orherz theoats lyk crazxy

GeniusBoy4ever: i think im goin to turn in for the night... bye guys.

Without even bothering to wait for replies, I signed off and turned off my computer. I walked lazily over to my bed, collapsing on it without a moment's notice.

"Life sucks."