Chapter 34: Prison Talk

Cornelia stood there and thought as the others surrounded her. Will put a hand on Cornelia's shoulder to comfort her but Cornelia pushed Wills hand off and walked out of the room. Cornelia slowly made her way to the prison with determination to convince Nerissa to leave. After a few minutes, she realized that her friends hadn't followed her and was happy they hadn't. This is strictly between her and Nerissa now. She finally reached the prison and walked up to where Nerissa had put herself. "Mom, let's talk." Cornelia yelled and out walked Nerissa.

Nerissa glared at her knowing what she wanted to talk about. "There is nothing to talk about Cornelia. I have made my choice and it isn't going to change. I am staying here whether you like it or not."

Phobos heard this and his eyes grew wide. "You're staying here when they are going to let you go?" Phobos asked and yelled at the same time thinking she is crazy.

Cornelia glared at Phobos and snapped at him. "Zip it Phobos." She knew this wouldn't shut up the evil prince but it she figured it is worth a try. "Now stop acting like this and get out of there."

"No Cornelia, I am not leaving, I want to be here." Nerissa snapped at Cornelia but not very angrily. All she wants right now is to be left alone and she knows Cornelia isn't going to leave so easily.

"Come on mom, get out of there." Cornelia hated arguing at the moment but she couldn't just give this up.

Then Phobos realized something. "Wait, mom?" Phobos asked confused.

"Will you shut up Phobos?" Cornelia and Nerissa snapped at him. Nerissa looked at Cornelia. "I want to be left alone Cornelia, why can't you just accept that. I want to be here." Nerissa tried to get her to leave but everything she tried failed.

"No way, I want you out of there. Besides, don't you want to be out when you granddaughter is born?" Cornelia asked hoping that this would change Nerissa's mind.

Nerissa did want to see her granddaughter but she wasn't ready to face everything all at once even though she has no clue what she would be facing and that scared her more. She still felt the guilt from Cassidy's death and with her alive now, she couldn't face her or her family. Then she almost kills her granddaughter, she had a hard enough time with Cassidy, there was no way she would be able to deal with killing her grandchild. In a way, that's why she really wants to be here. She wants to get away from it all and not have to face it. She knows that she is being a coward by doing that, but she just couldn't face it. "I can't just act like nothing happened Cornelia; I killed my best friend and almost killed my granddaughter. I just can't take that chance." Nerissa almost broke down into tears from all the bad memories that are haunting her now and any bad memories that she could have but haven't had yet. The thought of her killing her granddaughter killed her.

"You don't have to face those memories alone mom, you can get help with that. We can help you if you let us." Cornelia tried to reason with her but nothing seemed to be sinking through.

"No Cornelia, I have to deal with this alone, at least for right now. I want to be able to be me again. I want to be the person that I was before the heart of Kandrakhar. The only way for me to deal with this Cornelia is to be alone and think about what I have done. Just like a child when the child gets in trouble. You send them to their room to think about what they have done." Nerissa lowered her head sadly as she let the tears flowed.

"Just go Nerissa, we don't need you here." Phobos said and then got glares from Cornelia and Nerissa.

Cornelia then snapped at Phobos. "Will you shut up already?" Cornelia yelled at the evil princes' constant interruptions. "He is right though, you are of no use here Nerissa. Staying here will just make you waste away into nothing just like Phobos." Cornelia got a glare from Phobos.

"No Cornelia, I will not leave. I am going to stay here until I can feel comfortable enough to be able to leave." Nerissa knew that this arguing couldn't be good for Cornelia and the baby but she just didn't feel like she could leave until she got things figured out in her life.

"You will never feel comfortable here mom, you know it, you're just coming up with some excuse to stay." Cornelia is now getting really frustrated with Nerissa which is just hurting her more.

"I will feel comfortable to leave soon enough Cornelia, I just need time." Nerissa hoped that she would just let it go and to her relief, Cornelia said what she was hoping she would say.

"Fine then, be stubborn and stay here. You can't do this on your own and you know it but if you want to stay so bad, then stay here and rot for all I care." Cornelia didn't mean that but she walked away angrily anyway.

Nerissa watched as Cornelia walked away angrily and sighed. Then she heard Phobos comment again. "She must not" Before he could finish his sentence, Nerissa cut him off.

"One more word out of you and I will rip out your throat right here and now, got that Phobos." Nerissa snapped at him and then walked into the back of the cell. Phobos shut up immediately.

Back in the castle, Cornelia arrived about an hour after she had left. "So things didn't go to well?" Will asked and said seeing Cornelia's angry face.

She is so stubborn; she insists that she needs to think about things alone without any help whatsoever." Cornelia yelled and then calmed down. "Let's go home everyone."

A/N: sorry I didn't update yesterday, I got sick with a migraine and didn't feel like doing anything. I still am a little sick though. So here is chapter 34. Thanks for the reviews and please continue to read and review. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.