A/N: As always; thank you for reading. You´re donating your precious time to read my silly work, and that means the world to me!
Princess Bella- Chapter Six
Alright, his looks were… dashing, I had to admit that. And yes, he did have a pretty smile and yes, I did fancy his hair and his eyes.
But this was still my betrothed. My horrible betrothed! And I had to sew a freaking suit for him!
Well, I had to sew it because I ran away, since my paper rabbit was gone and no one could see her otherwise I would get punished. Oh well, same thing, I guess. Same thing.
¨Why don't you come inside, Prince Edward. We can have some tea,¨ Mother sighed.
Being the gentleman he is, Prince Edward agreed and followed us. I desperately tried to find Jake in the hallways, but I was sure Father gave him something to do, so he and I couldn't cause some more trouble.
Which was exactly what I wanted to do if he were here. Shit.
Mother and Prince Edward entered our tea room and I sat down in the empty chair. I had always detested the tea room, as it was simply too formal. Mother frowned.
¨Princess Bella, why don't you join Prince Edward on the couch? He IS your betrothed, after all.¨
I swallowed hard and tried to find a way to escape the next hour. But, I had already run off once. Sophia sat safely in my hair. And I didn't want to sew anymore. Please God, no more sewing. So I obeyed and sat down next to him, as far away as humanly possible.
¨How was your journey?¨ Mother asked. I almost sighed in relief. Since Mother was so social all the time, maybe she could keep the conversation going and Prince Edward wouldn't have to notice I didn't say a word.
¨Quite long, my Queen. I'm sure you can imagine.¨
Jessica came to the tearoom and served us some local tea. I smiled at her, and hoped she needed me somewhere, anywhere. Just so I could leave. But Jessica didn´t see it, or ignored it.
Mother nodded in agreement and ignored Jessica. ¨It's a long journey, but you´re always welcome here. We are thrilled that you have decided to visit us.¨ She giggled. ¨And I'm sure Princess Bella is definitely glad you´re here.¨
I forced a smile and nodded. I couldn't care less about him, and Mother knew that.
¨It´s entirely my pleasure, Queen. But I'm afraid I came here for a reason.¨
¨Oh?¨
¨Yes, I would like to have a word with my betrothed, if that's alright with you?¨
I sniffed. If it´s alright with Mother? Mother would be pleased if Prince Edward and I spent at least a few minutes together! But couldn't that obnoxious boy ask me instead of my Mother? Because I wasn't fond of the idea of being here alone with him.
My eyes begged Mother. Please don´t leave me alone with him, Mother, please. But I could see that she practically already heard the wedding bells ringing.
¨Of course, Prince. And she will behave this time. Right, Princess?¨ Mother gave me a knowing look and I tried to look as angry as possible, while pretending to be obedient. It was hard to fake all that.
Before I could prevent it, Mother already left the room, leaving me alone with Edward. I sat still and hoped that, whatever it was he wanted to tell me, would be over soon. It was already horrible he was here, but being alone with him was much worse than I could ever imagine.
Because I started to blush.
¨Quite a large castle, isn't it?¨ Prince Edward asked.
I made the mistake of looking up and got caught in his eyes for a second. ¨I suppose.¨
He looked around him, and nodded at the guards at the door who were watching us. ¨My castle in Chicago doesn't have that many servants.¨
¨Jessica isn´t a servant!¨
¨Oh?¨
¨She's my friend,¨ I defended her. She was the only girl I could talk to, if Mother didn't need her all the time.
¨Wouldn´t a friend help you get away from your awful betrothed?¨
I looked at Prince Edward, but he didn't look angry. He seemed rather amused, which confused me even more.
¨How did you...? I mean… How?¨ I was lost for words.
¨Word travels fast, Princess,¨ Prince Edward winked at me. For once, I was absolutely speechless.
¨You don´t mind?¨
His crooked smile appeared again and I was glad we were sitting. ¨Princess, you -and I- didn´t ask for any of this. But it is our duty to get married, so it would help if we could get along in the meantime.¨
He smiled again, and dare I say, if this was how Prince Edward would react, I could get used to the idea of us marrying.
¨And if you could sew a bit better, that would be great.¨
No, no. Screw him.
Just as I opened my mouth to cuss him out, so I would have to sew for the rest of my entire life and we could never get married, Mother arrived.
¨Oh, see how well you two are already bonding. How adorable.¨
I bawled my fists and counted down the minutes until I could leave. Sophia bit my hair but I ignored her.
I had other things to think about, like how annoying Prince Edward really was with his stupid crooked smile.
But I made the same mistake twice. I ignored Sophia again and she didn't want that. She bit my scalp harder this time and I bit the inside of my cheeks, so I wouldn't scream.
¨Princess Bella, are you alright?¨ Edward asked me and I nodded.
Sophia walked around my scalp, which itched a lot. I tried to scratch my hair, and silence her but she ran away.
She jumped out of my hair, into the cup of tea in front of me.
¨Princess Bella, tell me this is not what I think it is!¨ Mother yelled and I knew I was in big trouble.