Love Story

Chapter 8:

"Father, I'm off," Richard informed. "And I'll not be back until midnight."

"So confident?" King Bruce smirked.

"Whatever..." Richard rode his white horse and left the palace.

King Bruce sighed, "That boy... He'll not... Forget it... It's better if he does not know..."

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"Pss... Raven..."

"Hey! Rae...? You in there?" Richard glanced at the dim-lit room.

Richard scratched his head, "Don't make me climb up..."

Silence.

"You're so going to get it," Richard rolled up his sleeves and began climbing up the tree. "That's stupid... She's only at the second storey, how could she not have heard me..."

All of a sudden, Rachel's head poped out of the window and smirked, "Calling who stupid?"

"Rae...? Ah..."

"What the...? Are you alright?" Rachel glaced down at Richard who was crouching on the floor rubbing the back of his head.

"Hey! You've have to pay for this..." Richard pouted, teasing her.

"Oh yea... Aww... How is my Richard feeling? Oh gosh... Mummy will help you," Rachel mimicked his voice and laughed.

"Hey you!" Richard climbed up the tree again and pulled Rachel out of her room.

"Wha... What in the world are you doing?" Rachel shrieked and clung to Richard as he carried Rachel and swooped down the tree. "Ahhh...!"

It ended that Richard lost his balance and fell, bringing Rachel on top of him.

"Oww..." Rachel scowled. "Don't ever do that again."

"Hey, if you haven't noticed, I fell two times and this time, you're on top of me. You really haven't sustain any injuries."

Rachel blushed as she looked at the position they were in. She was sitting on his lap, with him lying down. He was wearing a white shirt and she herself was wearing a blue spagetti strap shirt and a pair black beach shorts. [1] Richard blushed too as he came to the realization.

She quickly got up and offered a hand. "Gee, thanks, who knows that the princess of Azarath can be so— "

"Hey! I snuck out just to see you. At least appreciate my kindness," Rachel said dramatically.

"More like I pulled you out of your room..."

Suddenly, heavy footsteps could be heard. Rachel covered Richard's mouth and peeked out, just to saw three guards patrolling the garden, "Sshh... they'll hear us. We've been so loud just loud just now. I think they are checking on us now."

"Hey... Rae—"

"Keep quiet, we'll be dead if they catch us."

The shuffling of footsteps faded, "I was wondering if you wanted go out to the forest."

Rachel looked at Richard as if he had two heads, "Me? Like this? I don't flaunt myself."

"Who told you to wear so little to cover up yourself. Come on," Richard went out through the back gate and climbed up his horse.

Rachel hesitated. "Come on, there's no wild beast out there to eat you. Even if there is, I'll protect you."

Rachel pouted as Richard hauled her up his horse. "Ohh, I'm protected. I feel so safe," her voice dripping with sacarsm.

Richard laughed. Rachel gripped Richard waist as the white horse gallop past the meadows towards the forest. She shut her eyes tightly as it sped past. Richard turned back just in time to see how cute Rachel looked as the wind blew her silky violet hair. He smirked.

Once he was there, he turned round and noticed that Rachel had not loosen her grip yet. "Are we there yet?"

A nasty thought came into Richard's mind, "Hmm... Nope. I... I think we're lost."

Rachel flung open her eyes, and look around her, just to find out Richard lied to her.

"Got you," Richard whispered in her ears.

"You... You! Lier," Rachel crossed her arms. "And wipe that smirk off your face!'

"You know, you look cute when you're mad."

"What?"

The adolescents' eyes met. The stared at each other.

"I... I er... kind of like you...'

"W... What?"

[1] Yea, I know this is like in the middle age era thinggy, but a princess really wear a dress everytime? I mean, for their whole life, they only wore dresses? Who knows what they wore at night. So I made Rachel wore clothes OTHER THAN A DRESS. And who kows, may be they were the ones who invented spagetti straps shirts and beach shorts.

So? Told ya' I have a suprise for you. *winks*

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