Ivan's POV
Me and Max were walking back from the hunt we had just went on with Urey.
"So, you and May?" I said.
"Yea."
"How is it going?"
"It's been great. She is an amazing woman Ivan."
"Are you guys serious?"
"Yes."
"How serious?"
"Well…" he said stopping.
"What?"
"I want to marry her."
"Seriously?"
"Yea. She is the most amazing woman in the world. She is passionate and caring and has a pure heart. She is just…"
"Perfect?" I said.
"Yes."
"Well I am happy for you man." I said slapping him on the back.
We continued walking until we reached the castle grounds as the sun set.
We looked and saw the girls in the hot tub laughing.
"Having fun ladies." I asked as I bent over and kissed Tanya.
"Yep, we are just catching up." May said as Max kissed her.
"You two should join us." Tanya said.
"Maybe after I get in a shower and get the smell of the forest off me."
"Why, I like when you come back from hunting smelling like that." Tanya said looking at me with 'that' look.
"Ok, how much have you guys drank."
"Not much." May said giggiling.
"Tanya?"
"Ok, a bottle between the two of us."
I looked over at Mikhail who was standing outside watering the garden.
He just laughed and held up 2 fingers.
"Just one?"
"Okay maybe two." Tanya said laughing.
"Okay." I said taking the glass out of Tanya's hand. "Lets get you girls out of here. Being in a hot tub this long and drinking that much is not a good combination." I said helping her out.
Max helped May out but neither of the girls could walk.
"I think you girls had too much to drink." Said Max trying to keep May steady.
"No we didn't." May said. "Watch."
She ran out into the middle of the lawn and did a backflip.
"That is nothing."
Now Tanya went out after her and handstand.
"Ok girls, let's get inside." I said.
"You got to catch us first." Tanya said running around.
"If you say so."
Me and Max chased after them until we finally had them cornered.
"Now lets go inside."
"ok." May said going inside with the help of Max.
"Tanya?" I said holding out my hand.
"Im having too much fun."
"Have it your way." I picked her up and tossed her over my shoulder and went inside where I sat her down in our room.
"Come on. Lets get you in the shower." I said taking her into the bathroom and started the shower.
After stuggling to get her in the shower and changed I managed to get her into bed where she finally passed out.
"No more alcohol for you…ever." I said kissing her on her forehead.
I turned out the light and went to get something to eat.
I walked down the hall when Max came out of the spare room.
"She asleep?" I asked.
"Yes, she passed out as soon as she hit the bed."
"Same with Tanya. You hungry?"
"Starved."
"How about we go into the kitchen and grab something."
"Sounds good."
We went into the kitchen and grabbed something to eat and talked a while before we headed to bed.
Tanya's POV
I woke up to the light shining in my eyes.
"Ugh…" I opened my eyes but regretted it instantly.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" I looked over and saw Ivan showered and dressed.
"Like crap. What time is it?"
"Its almost noon. I was just coming to wake you up."
"I am never drinking again." I said laying my head back down.
"Don't worry I don't feel like chasing you all over the lawn again either." He said laughing a little handing me a glass and some pain killers.
"Thanks."
"Are you hungry?"
"No, I don't think I can eat anything."
"Ok, well get up and get dressed ok."
"Ok. O how is May doing?"
"She is up and about. Seems like she can handle her alcohol pretty well…at least hangover wise." He said laughing a little.
"Seriously?"
"Yep."
I leaned back in the bed again.
After I got up and showered I felt a little better.
"There you are Tanya." May said running over to me.
"Not so loud."
"Sorry...hangover?"
"Yea."
"Come with me. I have just the thing." She said leading me to the kitchen. "Here." She said handing me a glass with some drink in it."
"What is it?"
"It is my secret weapon against hangovers. Drink it."
I took one drink and it was horrible.
"God…what is in this?"
"Not telling but it works great."
I finished it and put the glass in the sink.
"Okay, I finished it. Now what?" I asked.
"Just give it about 10 minutes for it to work."
By the afternoon I was mostly back to normal.
"Ivan, have you heard anything from the villages?" I said walking into his office.
"Yea, everything is going great. Why?"
"I just wanted to make sure I didn't make anything worse."
"I told you. What you did made them realize what they were doing was wrong." He said smiling at me. "Where is May?"
"She and Max went out on a date." I said sitting in a chair.
"O…" he said looking back at his work.
"Can we go on a date?" I asked.
"Tanya…I want to believe me but everything is still pretty crazy." He said not looking up from his desk.
"Of course…sorry. We just haven't been on one since we got married. I will let you get back to work." I said leaving the office.
I went back to our room and sat in the bed and started reading a book about the economics of Sanct Sybil.
At the end of the week May and Max left to go back to Charles Kingdom.
"Bye May." I said hugging her.
"Bye, call me later ok."
"I will. Bye Prince Max." I said bowing to him.
"Seriously, enough with the prince and bowing. Come here." He said hugging me.
"See you later man." Ivan said giving him a handshake.
"Yea. Next time I will beat you at fencing." He said smiling.
"In your dreams."
We said good bye again and they left.
"I'm going to go lay down." I said walking toward out bedroom.
"You feeling ok?" Ivan asked.
"Yea, just didn't get much sleep when May was here." I said smiling and walking into the bedroom.
"Ok. I will be in my office if you need anything." He said kissing me.
I just nodded my head.
I heard the door close as I fell asleep.
"Tanya…Tanya."
"Huh?"
Ivan was calling my name and shaking me awake.
"You have been asleep all day. You need to get up and eat."
"I'm not hungry." I said closing my eyes again.
"Don't make me carry you to the dining room." He said sternly.
"Alright." I said getting off the bed and walking to the dining hall.
The next day Ivan went to Noble Michael for a meeting with the princes and I stayed home and slept all day.
"Princess Tanya."
I opened my eyes and Mikhail was standing in the room.
"What is it?" I said sitting up.
"You have been asleep all day. It is almost 3 in the afternoon. Iva will be upset if I don't make you eat." He said walking over with a tray of food.
One look at the food sent me running into the bathroom.
"Princess Tanya?" Mikhail said running in with me.
"Can you call Dr. Emerson for me please."
"Of course, I will also call Ivan and…"
"No!" I said louder than I expected. "I don't want to worry him."
"But Princess Tanya…."
"Please." I said begging him. "I will take the blame if he gets mad."
He just nodded and left the room.