Days had passed and every student has been assigned to respected classes, according to their scores. Brianna has secured her place in the career she has chosen, though other options where suggested for her, being the best student In o levels. the
Her and Lawrence haven't talked for days now. She had been doing everything possible to avoid him get close to her. Lawrence couldn't take her silence anymore when she run after her, just after the class was over.
" Brianna, hold on." He called, but she didn't even bother to look back at him.
Michelo made a gesture to him, of wait. "Bri, can't you hear him calling you?"
" What do silent means to you, Michie?" Kept on going, "it means I don't not want to talk to him."
"But I want to talk to you, Bri." Hurried over and stood on her way.
"Stay out of my way!" Push him out of the way. "I'm not interested, you hear!" Walk way leaving him standing idle.
Michie had nothing to say to him, "I'm very sorry Lawrence, l am going to talk to her, right now ok." Ran after her.
Take a deep breath in sadness, "I just want to make things clear between us before I leave, Bri." walking away sadly.
Minutes later after Brianna got in, Michie barge in, "Brianna, what is wrong with you?" Confronted her. " Why do you treat that poor guy so badly?"
"Oh really?" Stood up at her. "Now my friend defend a stranger over me. Tell me something cheelo," move close, "why do I feel that you knew something about this guy? Tell why you keep defending him after every embarrassment he put me through!"
Michie turned away in guilty, "I don't know what you are talking about."
She made her turned, "Michie you can't lie to me, were you aware of this?"
"Bri, he did all that he did, just to save you."
"Save me from what, by kissing me in front of the whole school?" Angrily asked.
" Kissing you was not part of it, Bri. He kissed you to prevent questions from those around." She hold on her hands. " Lawrence found out about the Intention of sir Charles towards you, through the conversation he had with you that day in the office and decided to stop him. After a deeper thought on how he could defend you, without being rebuked by him of Medline in a mare friend's life."
" I'm very sorry, Bri, I swear I didn't mean to betray you."
Before she could say a word, her phone ring. "Dad is calling me." She looked at Michie questionably then she answered. "Hello Papa, how are you?"
"It's your mother. how dare you Brianna, doing that, have you lost your mind, huh?" Angrily spoke. "Come back home, immediately! If I follow you there...
" Give me that." Mr Kumwenda grab the phone from her. "Baby, come back home, we need to talk."
"Papa, what's going on? What has happened that mum is shouting at me?"
"Just come here and you will find out.
"Ok, I will be there very soon." lowly said.
"What happened?" curiously asked.
" I'm needed home." Brianna swallowed hard and grabbed her shoes, putting on.
"For what? is there any problem, I can come with you."
" No. I will go alone, if anything, I will get you posted. Bye. she hurried out, but before she could exit the door, she remembered something, "hand in my assignment, Incase I come late." Walked away.
"He is here your majesty." Temba handed over the phone to him, as soon as he entered the room.
Looking at him suspiciously he answered the call, "Your majesty."
"What nonsense am I seeing on social media of you kissing a random girl, huh! Do you realize the impact of your action this family and the thrown?" Very much angry.
"Your highness, calm down."
"Come back home, right now, the mission already accomplished, but I don't know what you are still doing there!" " I have sent the guards to bring you back here and now!" Cut the call angrily.
Prince Lawrence, immediately switch on his data to check what the king talked about, only to see the photo of him and Brianna kissing with a caption, 'campus love, the prince and the commoner.' In disappointment, he sit back on bed with a sigh.
Temba had already packed the bags before the prince came in. " Sorry my prince, but we need to leave now, the cars will be here soon."
It is noise outside as the students gathered around the royal convoys, everyone curious to meet the apparent hair of great Yashilan, now that the news about him is all over campus. from the window up in his room, he could see everything happening out clearly. "O my God." Sighed, not sure if how he will handle these people.
" Let's go, my prince." opened the door and the guards took over the bags immediately after bowling before the prince in respect. Two of the guards stood on his side, with heads faced down, waiting for him to walk ahead before they could follow him behind, guarding his back.
Every student curious to just take an autograph of him, some longing for a photo with him, the man they had been with all this while without realizing.
"Hey, prince, you are very humble, man." Johnson, the comedian of their class.
"My prince, can I have a photo with you?" Cindy the queen diva of the class.
It is commotion, now that every lady want a pic with the prince. The guards prevented everyone from coming any close to him.
Lawrence looked around and couldn't see Brianna anywhere around, just to say sorry. Before he could enter the car. he saw Michelo who waved at him from a distance. The prince humbled himself and walked to her. Everyone give way in surprise as he walked towards Michie. As he stopped by her, Michie had no word left to say, happiness and shock mixed, she could not believe that a prince of Yashilan was standing before her. "She left. Her parents called for her." She told him before he could ask.
"Thank, Michie." Kissed on top of her palm. " We will talk, now that I have your line."
Walked back, into the car and the driver start the engine. The students, waving at the cars some capturing, others cheering in excitement. Michie remained shocked over the perk. she stood still like a statue, staring at the cars as they disappear, one by one.
Brianna reached home and met her angry mother who pulled her roughly into her room, " what were you doing with the prince, Brianna!"
She landed on bed roughly, "mum I don't understand what you are talking." She crewl herself back
"Are you going to pretend even now, huh?" Grab her by the shirt, dragging her out from bed. " We sent you to school and this is what you decide to turn your life into, giving your body to any man that comes your way?" push her onto the floor hitting her head to the Waldrop.
"Grace stop." Reuben hold his wife back. "What are you doing?" Hurried and helped his daughter up."Are you going to kill our child because of some fake story?" very angry he asked.
"Let me kill her so that she get to respect herself! This is not how I raised her!" Struggling to get a hand on her, but she hid from the father's back crying.
Daniel drop a tear, listening from behind the door. He did not expect his mom to hit Brianna like that, over a mare photo spread on social media.
"Get out, right now. Allow me talk to my daughter alone, since you can't control your temper."
"You better put some Sense in that girl." She yelled as she walked out. Daniel run to hide as she heard her coming.
"Papa, I did not kiss a prince, I swear. where would I even see him?" She cried.
"Calm down, my sweetheart, you know how tempered your mother can be at times." Made her sit on bed. " Now, I want you to tell me, what happened, why you kissed him, if he forced himself on you, I will understand."
"You too Papa, What are you saying? I did not kiss a prince!" raise up angrily.
"Honey, calm down."
"Show to me the same photo you are talking about, I wanna see it papa."
"Here." hand over the phone to her. Brianna could not hold her tears when she saw the photo of her and Lawrence, posted on social media with such a caption.
"But dad this must only be a look a look alike of the prince. He isn't a prince, his name is Lawrence, my classmate who kissed me against my will." She fell on bed helpless.
The Dad sit with her calmly. "I do believe you my daughter, but this man, is really an apparent heir of Yashilan kingdom." Calmly explained.
"But that's not possible, papa. What will a prince be doing at an ordinary University, mingling with the ordinary people, like us?" In disbelief, she questioned.
"There is a rumour that is going on that, female students are being abused in these universities and the prince is the one in charge of Education sector at higher level. Being a humble young man, he may decide to take it upon himself to investigate this matter."
Michie's story of him helping her now make sense after recalling all she told her. " So it's indeed him that saved me from that man's selfish desires towards me?"She spoke in a low tone to herself, but Reuben is too sharp in listening that he heard her.
"What did you say, honey?, Did those bastards try their abuse on you?" Curiously and nervously questioned her.
" No Dad calm down." made him relax, by helping him sit down. "He came just on time, relax. I came out the best student, papa, not knowing who helped me, until Michie told me about it, though I didn't believe her." Stood up and face the window sadly staring at the sky.
"Tell me about everything sweetie, daddy is ready to listen." He moved close, beside her.
"Daddy, you know I wouldn't do anything that will bring shame to you and mother, right?" wiped a tear.
The father nod in agreement.
She went on and on, explaining what happened to the father who emotionally got touched that his Princess was almost abused. He pulled her in his arms, holding her so tight with a fatherly love. Brianna could see her mother, who was standing at the door way, from her father's back. when eyes met, Madam Grace walked away avoiding looking at her daughter once more after the things she saw about her.
At the palace, prince Lawrence walked in only to meet the furious queen Emmah. He could not avoid her, but to explain himself. "Your highness, my apology, for having lied to you. I know you would be worried about me, if I had revealed the trip about my journey z, I'm really sorry."
"Son, what you did was not right! At least you could have tried me to see if I can support you or not." "What about the kissing of that commoner, was it also part of your plan, huh?"
He breath out , he doesn't know what explanation to tell his mom, the queen. " No, my queen, that was actually a mistake. Her and I, just bumped into each other, but the cameras made it to look like a kiss. oh come on my queen, you are a modern queen, moving hand in hand with the world and technology, you know these things." Pull her into a hug, "I missed you, so, so much." Tightly hold her, just to fool her as he usually escape her punishment since a little boy.
The queen is not very hard to convince, especially by her son, whom she loves so much and always want to see him happy. She doesn't care about his choices and whom he mingle around with, much less, social statuses, with her, all people are equal and deserve equal rights and treatment. She is a blessing both to her son and the husband and the kingdom at large.
"Enough of your bribe." pull out from the hug. " Please becareful next time. You shouldn't take such risks all by yourself, you know that this world is not really safe for your status." She talked to him like a mother and he listened like a good son.
"I'm very sorry, my queen. It won't happen again." Apologized with a kiss on top of her palm.
"Silly boy, now go meet his majesty in his royal chember, he has been waiting for you."
"Sure, excuse me, your highness." With a teasing bow to his mother, as he usually does it when he wants to make her smile, he excused himself.
"Quite excused, silly boy." She responded with such a big smile.
The king pacing up and down in await, when he got in with an apology, "Forgive me for having kept his majesty in such a long waiting. I am so very sorry, your highness." Bow head slightly.
The king turned quickly and unexpectedly. "privacy, please." Ordered the guards and his advisor out of the room." What came over you, son? Did you forget of who you are when you decided to kiss that woman in public? Or has my son stopped thinking of what the public would gossip about his careless actions?" Furiously asked, demanding for answers from him, but he remained silent.
"Speak up, prince." Turned an angry stare at him. " If your behavior turns out to be this careless, then you will not make a good king of this kingdom and this kingdom will end up into a mess! Think before you do anything son. You are wise, this i know for sure, but if you fail, then your young brother will have to take over from you." Sighed.
"It won't happen again, my king. I apologise." bow once more l.
The king quickly pardons a mistake committed once and twice, but a deliberate mistake sin repeated over and over he doesn't forgive. He is always fair in his judgement kind towards his people, Always conscious when it comes to giving Justice and because of this he has gained a lot of respect and love from his subject as well as neighbouring kingdoms. Every year, the people gather at the palace for the anniversary of the kingdom, on this day, everyone has the right to eat and celebrate within the palace. during this, people does different kinds of performances just for entertainment. The king even give presents to the best group or person, just to motivate hardwork.
On the mid month of the year and during Christmas, the royal family visits the orphanages for donation of things. It has been this way since yachi became the king.