3. Chapter 2
Casey was pacing around her room in her castle. Today was the biggest day of her life. It was the day that she turned sixteen and decided whether or not she and Derek were to be married.
'Today's the day, the day that I have to decide my future.' She said pacing back and forth over and over. 'I have to decide if I love him or not. I know I don't like him. He's SO egotistical and narcissistic and... caring and loving.' She mused and sat down on her bed.
'He's so much fun to fight with and I just wish he was like that more of the time. He has those big brown eyes that I could get lost in for days…'
Then she snaps herself out it. "But I can't marry him!" She said a little too loud.
'He doesn't love me; why would he!?! Even if he does it's only because I'm beautiful not for any other reason, and I know I don't want that.
" UGH!" She again groaned out loud.
'Why did I have to fall for him? I'm just going to tell everyone that the wedding is off. I'm going to tell everyone I don't love Derek and that's that.'
'It's not like I would be breaking his heart. I would be doing both of us a favor. Right? Uh, I don't know.'
With that she put her head in her hands flung herself onto her bed.
She heard a soft nock on the door; which startled her. She turned around to see who it was.
It was Paul, her father's closest adviser and her confidant.
"Princess Casey? I don't mean to disturb you, but it's time to leave."
Casey just nodded and walked to the carriage. It was the longest walk of her life.
This was the shortest ride of her life. She didn't want to have to make this decision. She knew she was doing the right thing, but she wasn't sure if she would live through it die.
As Derek waited for Casey to arrive his heart was racing.
He kept pacing and walking around sitting and then standing again. He didn't know what was going to happen. He was afraid Casey didn't love or want.
He wanted her so much; he thought he would die if she didn't want him. No he didn't think; he knew.
'What am I going to do? If she says no I'll die. I have to tell her how I feel I need to. I hope and pray she feels the same way. If not I don't know what I'll do.'
"Uh!" Derek groaned out loud.
Just then a knock came from his door. It was soft but in his current state it still startled him.
"Yes?" Derek said staring at the door. It was one of his mother adviser; Edwin.
"Prince Derek? Your mother told me to get you. Princess Casey and her father have arrived."
Derek's face went pale as he nodded and followed Edwin down the stairs.
He didn't know what was going through his head as he walked down to the meeting hall.
He knew he loved her but he couldn't figure out how to tell.
'I have to tell her. But what if rejects me? I'll be crushed. I don't know if I'd be able to hide my feelings if that were to happen.'
Thoughts along these lines kept going over and over in his head.
As she waited for Derek to come down from his room Casey's heart started racing.
Her mind kept going a hundred miles a minute. It was the longest wait of her life.
She knew what she had to do but she didn't was to do it.
What was she suppose to do? Tell him how she feels and be crushed by him rejecting her? No!
She was going to tell that she doesn't love him, that the wedding is never going to happen.
Just then she heard footstep and all her previous thoughts disappeared.
It was Derek standing in front of her.
She had such butterflies in her stomach; she felt like she was going to fly away.
'I walked through the door and there she was. I couldn't help but smile. She gets more beautiful every time I see her.'
'I couldn't believe it. He must be lest a foot taller than when I saw him at Christmas.'
'I don't know what to do. He's smiling at me. The look in his eyes is making me melt. I love him so much. How could I tell him I don't?'
They started walking towards one another. They couldn't explain it but there an invisible force pooling them together.
The closer they got, the bigger Derek's smile grew. He couldn't believe it.
'I don't know what I'm feeling. I'm kind of afraid to hope. Is this real?' He thought as he and Casey grew closer.
'Oh, God please don't let this be a dream. I'm so scared that I'll wake up. His smile is making my heart melt. Please let this last.'
As they grew closer and closer their worries grew more and more.
Then the moment came when they were face to face only inches away from each other.
Casey looked up at Derek and said, "Is this a dream?" as she said the she was breathing heavy and shallow.
"If it is I don't want it to end." Derek said taking her hand.
They both leaned in and kissed. It only lasted a moment but it was what they both had dreamt of for so long.
"I love you. You're so beautiful." He paused for a long moment.
Then Casey spoke. "What else?"
"What?"
"I said what else. Tell me what you love about me. Please?" She said in a soft endearing voice.
This caught Derek completely caught off guard though.
"What else is there?"
Casey's heart sank. She knew it. She knew that's the only reason he loved her.
She ripped her hands from his and ran to the room that was hers when she was here.
Derek didn't know what just happened.
He loved so much about her that he didn't know what to say. As a result he said the worst thing possible.
'How could I be so stupid!?!' He ran his fingers though his hair.
"I have to fix this."
