Lowered inhibitions and underhanded tricks
Chapter 6
A/N: I want to say again that this was a two shot that got out of hand. I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am. We are back to our main man.
Being not any where near decently dressed I had to stay close to the tower. Totally hating myself. I could have been still upstairs naked, wrapped up in her lovely equally naked arms. Sitting in euphoric splendor of post coital. But no, my damn moral character (for which I didn't even knew I possessed) had to go all nobel and blow the one perfect thing in my life. My pride keeping me from returning to her. So now I stand here sans under wear in my slacks and my shirt. I was just going to stew. When all of a sudden I hear clear as a bell
"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS RUN AWAY?!"
I jerked at the scream. She was mad. But she made a point. Whenever things got tough or blunder something up real bad I run. I can't face my mistakes. She knows me too well. And this was one mistake I was terrified to face.
I jump when I hear the door to my tower thrown open. My eyes bug out of my head to see her run out wearing just one of my shirts and nothing else. "What are you wearing?!"
She put her hands on her curvy hips and says "well I couldn't put my dress on by myself so I had to improvise"
"Improvise! If anyone sees you like that they will hang me!" I grab her arm and drag her back inside.
"Will you let me go?!"
"You can't run out wearing just a man's shirt. It screams 'I JUST HAD SEX'!" I was fuming, not at her just at the fact that someone could have seen her so under dressed. And angry that I found her so damn sexy In just my shirt. Her gorgeous legs bare. Her curves not hidden within layers of fabric. I had to mentally slap myself (pull it together man.)
"You didn't leave me a choice. You run out of here like some monster or worst a martyr. We need to talk like adults." I scoff at her use of the term adults. "You don't see me as an adult? That was a pretty adult thing we just did." Grr she had me there. I couldn't look at her. She was just too sexy right now.
"I can't talk to you like this. Will you please put on something?" Sensing the tension in my voice and she goes to the wardrobe and grabs one of my robes and pulls over her body. It was better, but her wearing my clothes was very alluring. She sat on the bed and glaring at me. "What?!" I ask sharply
"Are you going to apologize for running off?" I look at her like bugs started crawling out of her ears. "What?"
"You honestly want me to apologize for leaving. But not for the other thing?"
"We will work our way to that. First you need to understand that when something happens between us that is difficult to deal with. You can't run away." I am so confused
"You want to work on THAT? Why? Don't you want to scream at me for drugging you or my blatant disregard of your maiden hood." She let out a very loud sigh
"First off technically I USED YOU to rid myself of my virginity. And the 'drugging' as you so crudely put it. I'm not upset. I wanted you, you made it so I wasn't afraid to do it." She was making sound like I did her a favor. I still feel like scum though
"You need to apologize to me." Her tone is sharp
"I'm sorry for using a potion..."
"No! You are to apologize for ruining my very first sexual experience. I dreamed of this. And how wonderful if will feel to finally be with you and then to enjoy being in your arms after as we returned to reality. And you spoiled it! You better think of a very good way of making this up to me." If the moment wasn't so embarrassing I would have found it funny. She is berating me as if she is the elder. And it was making me feel childish. But no matter how immature I'm acting, it doesn't erase the fact that I did a bad thing and she really shouldn't be forgiving me.
"I really don't know what to say. I want you to be mad at me."
"Will that make you feel better?"
"No but I do deserve you ire."
"So me being mad, won't make you happy. But you still thinking you deserve it. I know I'm young but this doesn't make sense. Cedric, did you mean it when you said you loved me?" My heart literally skips a beat.
"Yes" I sound morose. She gives me a look.
"Please say it better. I need to hear it"
I knew she was trying to trap me somehow , I just couldn't see it. I sigh "Sofia, I love you more than anything. You are my whole world." She lit up then grabbed my hands and looks into my eyes
"Cedric, I love you more than anything. You are my whole world." The words, even though they were my own still made me feel almost giddy. "Now that that's out of the way. I want you to know, that having sex wasn't what I planned. I wanted to be with you. Tell you I loved you, hoped you reciprocated and then I would have told you I wanted abdicate my title so you and I could be together. The events that happened here was an amazing bonus."
"If you were to tell someone what I did, they would find it morally reprehensible."
"So what?" It was such a simple dismissal. "Who needs to know? It's not like you tricked me into loving you or even into wanting to make love to you. The potion gave me freedom from myself. Do you know that I've been trying to tell you all this for 2 years now? The alcohol last night and the potion this morning helped me get past all the nerves and finally put in my claim."
"Sofia you are so smart, but I sometimes forget how young you truly are. Nothing in life is so simple. You think your parents are going to just let you walk away from your title and let you marry an older man with not much to offer and I will most like lose my job for fraternizing with you. I should have put space between us long ago and not let it get this far, but I couldn't. And now we are in too deep. I love you and can't live with out you. And as you can see will go to great lengths to have you. But that doesn't make it right."
"I didn't say it was right. Besides unbeknown to everyone my mother and I have a long standing arrangement."
"And that is?"
"That even though I was becoming a princess, it didn't mean I had to stay a princess." I was kind of shocked that her mother would give her an out.
"I seriously doubt HE would let you, the shining glory of Enchancia, just walk away. Especially for someone like me. I don't know if you've ever noticed he doesn't have highest opinion of me."
"And I told it doesn't matter. My happiness is key. I'm not royal born therefore I could easily walk away. I never gave any of the princes I know any indication I wanted them. Because I've been totally wrapped up in you." It was a very great thing to hear, but her naïveté was in full swing.
"You have spent the better of your life becoming a proper princess. Can you tell me that you can't see the scandal that is lying at our feet?" She looks at me like she was going blow steam out her ears. I hope she will finally see the mistake we've made and see me for villain I am.
"I could care a less about the propriety of things. I will walk to the castle, straight into my father's den dressed like this" opening my robe showing herself in my shirt "scandal be damned."
"You wouldn't?!"
"No of course not, unless it would put it through your thick skull that I don't care what lead to all of this. Just that I'm happy it's all finally out in the open." She starts to gather up her clothes "now will you help me get dressed and you too." I am stupefied. But I guess my body is at her control because I help her. Like on autopilot in no time we were dressed. She grabs my hand and starts to walk toward the door. Then the realization of where she is leading me to, hit me. I try to ground my feet, but a very undeterred Sofia is freakishly strong. Before I could make an argument she has us outside. We trail through the garden. I'm dragging my feet trying to slow her down. But it's not working. Great now I am a child. Our scene is dragged by The castle steward and the gardener. He gives us an odd stare.
"Oh hello Princess. And to you too Mr Cedric."
"Hello Baileywick, do you happen to know where my mother is?" I can only imagine my face of terror.
"Yes, she is in the parlor. Oh Mr Cedric may I have a moment of your time?" And for the first time in my life I was glad to do what ever little task he wanted of me. Anything to free myself from the impending doom. As I was about to answer, Sofia cut me off
"Sorry Mr Cedric is currently indisposed." Not stopping she continues to drag me. I look toward Baileywick and he gives me a knowing smile. And says
"Indeed he is." The bastard wasn't going to help me. I have always thought he was possibly clairvoyant or omnipotent Since he knew the happenings of every nook and cranny of the castle. And now for the life of me he looks amused and not surprised I was being dragged by the tiny princess.
"Sofia, please just stop. We don't need to do anything rash."
"Quiet you." She pulls my reluctant form through the hallways until we reach the door in question. She enters the room without a knock. And sitting in the room alone drawing on a pad of paper was the queen.
"Sofia, my dear. You gave me fright. Is everything ok?" She drags me in and puts me front and center.
"Something pressing has come up and I needed to talk with you as mother and daughter." The Queen looked between me and Sofia several times, trying to determine what was the cause of the conversation. She put her pad down and looks at her.
"You have my attention"
"I would like to call in on our promise." It appears the queen had to think on what her daughter meant. When the realization reaches her eyes. She glares at me some.
"Sofia that is a very extreme. Are you sure you know what you are asking?"
"Of course mother." She kneels in front of her. "You told me when you meant dad that you believed in trusting in your heart. That when you find the one, that they should be worth changing everything in your life for. I've decided I don't want my life without him." Up until this moment we've all decided to ignore my presence. I start to fidget, when the queen finally looks my way.
"As the elder I would assume you've explained the ramifications of her decision."
"Y-yes. But you know Sofia." She lightly chuckles at my comment.
"Yes, yes I do. And what is your thoughts on everything."
"I-I uh." I took a deep breath. But before I could say anything the queen holds up a hand
"Sofia will you give us a moment?" She looks a bit upset but nods and walks out of the room. "Continue"
"I care a great deal for her. However events of last night forced the situation." She pins me with a serious stare
"Events?"
"Things accelerated due to too much alcohol,her not me and lose of control, me not her."
"And I hope that this was the first and only time you've 'lost control'?"
"Ooh Oh yes ma'am. I mean I don't think I would have ever acted on my feelings, otherwise." I toyed with the idea of confessing. But for someone reason the lady of the castle was being far more understanding than I could have ever imagined.
"Sofia!" She proclaims loudly. And anxiously she comes back in. "I will accept this." My eyes bulged out of my head, 'seriously' I thought. "However I'm warning you this isn't going to be one those easy to accept things for Roland. It WILL be very difficult to convince." Sofia squealed and hugged her mother. "And as a sign of good faith you" addressing Sofia "we'll have Cedric go through the proper courting routine. So you'll need to explain it to him." She directs her attention to me. "I am just going to say for the record. That there should be no more 'lose of control' moments." I blush and Sofia stares at me mildly betrayal evident in her eyes. Sofia grabs my hand and starts our erupt pace back to my tower. Again we pass Baileywick
"Hello again, is there a chance I can have a word with Mr Cedric?" Sofia quickly chimes back
"Still busy." And we walk on. I swear I heard him chuckle.
