Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
AN- Notice in that last chapter how the kitten was in her lap one moment and poof! Gone! Yeah... the magic of not having a person reading your stories before you send them in. Help anyone? You'll get magical internet cookies! Btw, this chapter is dedicated to Victoria Humblydum because A: she whined enough to make me realize I hadn't updated in a year, and B: it's a snowy night and I have no homework! Anyway, on with the story!
What the fudge was she to do?
A good two hours later, she heard the door knob unlock and start to turn. Quietly climbing onto her bed, she grabbed one of the larger books from the book shelf and prepared her attack.
The door creaked open very slowly, and a head full of dark hair appeared. She wasted no time.
WHACK!
He collapsed, and rolled over. She realized that was not the Emperor Zeeke.
"Whoops." She muttered, checking to see if the coast was clear and grabbing her kitten, made a beeline for the open door.
Only to run into a familiar body.
"Dammit." She muttered, rubbing her sore head. Emperor Zeeke had barely managed to keep the two from falling on the floor, and was now holding Lily in a way that, well quite frankly she didn't want to be held.
"Are you ok?" He asked, one hand gently checking her head for bruises.
She glared, and stomped back into the room. Stepping over the dude she had knocked out earlier, she settled on the bed and checked over her kitten.
"I am impressed, not many can knock out Lucas with a simple book." He said, dragging Lucas out into the hallway and signaling for a guard to take him to his room.
She ignored him, and stared at the blanket.
"Would you come to lunch? I had the cook fix your favorite meal." He asked.
Lily eyed him before replying, "Only if you agree to my condition."
"What's that?" He asked.
"I get some outside time. Since you've locked me up in here, I've been staring at your garden and decided it looked very pretty." She glanced into his eyes, and gave a very huge pout. "Pleeeease? With sugar and whipped cream and a cherry on top?"
He nearly melted in his spot. "Alright, but I have to be there with you. Agreed?"
She eyed his hand, before putting hers in it. "Agreed."
During lunch…
"So who was that Lucas dude? Your body guard?" Lily asked while stabbing a piece of chicken and shoving it into her mouth.
"No, he was going to tutor you on how to be a queen of this land, but now I doubt he'll come near you." Emperor Zeeke replied, a smile touching his face.
Lily stared at him.
"What?"
"Nothing." She replied, busily selecting some chicken to feed her kitten.
"You're face is red. Are you feeling well?" He asked, looking at her in concern.
"I'm fine." The fact of the matter was Emperor Zeeke had looked rather nice with a smile. Which then sent thoughts of embarrassment to Lily's brain because the dude wasn't suppose to be nice.
"Okay."
Lily ate the rest of her food, and then jumped up. "So now are we going to the garden?"
Emperor Zeeke raised himself out of his chair. "On one condition. You have to give me a kiss on the cheek."
Lily stared at him. "What? That wasn't what we agreed upon buddy. There is no way in hell I'm doing that."
"Then no garden."
"Fine! I'm going back to my cell then. I will see you at dinner!" She replied, scooping up her kitten and stomping off to her room.
Emperor Zeeke was smart, but he wasn't smart enough to realize that Lily would take apart her window just to get outside. She spent a good two hours working on the window, until finally it popped out. She climbed out onto a tree branch that was just outside her window, and climbed down.
Then for the rest of the time before dinner she enjoyed the garden. She especially loved smelling the roses along the path, and sitting at the edge of the fountain playing with the little fishes that were swimming in it.
She didn't realize he was watching her.
Time ran out though, and thirty minutes before dinner she shimmed her way back into her room, and placed the window back in its place so that she could open it but it looked like it was firmly shut.
He brought her dinner, and waited for her to finish eating before he said anything.
"Do you need anything?" He asked.
"Not at the moment. I noticed everything was clean when I came back from lunch."
"Yeah, I hired cleaning moles for that task. They do a better job than any human can, and they wont steal anything and only want lettuce for payment.
"…Lettuce?"
"Don't ask me, that's all they requested and so that's what I give them. Well, goodnight Lily, hope to see you bright and early tomorrow!"
"Why?" She asked uneasily.
"You're getting a tour of the kingdom." He went to her closet and searched through the dresses. "Wear this one; it matches your eyes the most." He came back and kissed her hand. "Goodnight."
She waited until he locked the door, and then scrubbed her hand under very hot water until she was sure his germs were off it.