Lucas and Prince Edward walked Phoebe and the rest to the house. "Thanks for a fun time." Gwen said. "It'd have been so boring with just the three of us."
Chad and Phoebe looked at her but they knew she was lying so they didn't take it to heart.
"It was fun to be with you guys. It's getting late. We will see tomorrow?" Lucas asked.
Before Gwen could say yes, Chad covered her mouth and pulled her inside. Gwen keep muttering words that couldn't be heard. Lucas and Prince couldn't stop smiling.
"Think about what I said." Prince Edward told her. She nodded and went inside.
The Prince and Lucas went to their house. "What did she say?" Lucas asked. "Did she agree?"
"She said she will think about it, let's just hope she agrees." The Prince answered him.
They sat on the sofa and stretched out their tired muscles. It has been a long day for them.
"I wonder how mom and dad are doing." The Prince said.
Lucas looked at him before looking away. "I am pretty sure they are doing fine, just waiting for us and the girl." After some time, Lucas got reminded of Xenia. "I can't believe I forgot about Xenia."
"Was she someone you intended to remember?"
Lucas rolled his eyes at the Prince because he knew the Prince was just trying to tease him. "How could I have forgotten about her just like that?"
"I am sure your girlfriend is fine, there is no need to panic."
"If my girlfriend is Xenia, then yours is Chloe."
Prince Edward laughed. "May the guardians forbid that I choose that lunatic."
"Phoebe then?" Lucas asked. He was expecting some kind of a tantrum from the Prince but the Prince was silent which made Lucas very surprised. "Wait! You are Choosing Phoebe over Chloe? " The Prince was silent again. After examining his expressionless face, Lucas burst into laughter. "I thought you hated her."
"Hated... Past tense," the prince answered.
"So the present tense is what?"
"Not the present tense but the opposite."
Lucas couldn't believe his ears. "This is quite shocking!" he folded his arms and stare at the Prince. "What did you two talked about when we left? Are you sure that you both discussed about the kingdom or something else?"
"Like what?"
"I don't know, maybe you told her to marry you..." he paused and used a minute to reminisce all that happened and the words Phoebe said before she went in, made him believe they didn't talk about the kingdom but something else. "... I am sure you asked her to date and that's why you told her not to forget what you told her and she was like, 'I will think about it'" He mimicked her voice.
The prince shook his head and stood up but Lucas followed him and was asking him to spill out the truth but the Prince refused to say a word and left him to think what he wanted to think about.
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"It's surprising to see you three come this late, what happened?" Claudia asked.
"Eric and Damian came with us." Gwen answered.
"I see." Claudia dished out their food. "Would you like to bathe now or after eating?"
"I will shower after eating." Phoebe took her food and ate.
"I will bathe now," Chad left to his room while Gwen joined Phoebe at the table and ate her food too.
"So what did you all do today?"
Claudia asked.
"We ate ice cream, talked..." Gwen said with a smile on her face. "...and Phoebe and the Prince talked without the both of them pulling each other's hair out."
Phoebe choked. She took a glass of water and drank it all but the cough didn't stop. After a while, she was okay. She gave Gwen a weird look, wondering why she can't just shut up for some minutes.
"Is that true?" Claudia asked Phoebe.
"Um, yeah."
"And what did you both discuss about?"
Phoebe turned to look at Gwen only to find her eating her food in peace. Before Claudia could tell she was hiding something, she told her he talked about his girlfriends.
"His girlfriends?" Claudia was surprised.
"He said in his kingdom, a lot of ladies were given to him by the king and queen. He couldn't count how many they were. There were girls with dark skin, melanin, white and they come with different shapes and sizes. He said he didn't understand why he wasn't interested in any of them."
Gwen and Claudia were shocked.
"I guess royalties get to have as many girlfriends and wives as they want." Gwen said.
"Yeah but it's a shock to me when he said he didn't like anyone. At a point I thought he was gay until he told me he knows how to kiss a girl."
Gwen smiled.
"I'd like to have my bath now. Thanks so much for the meal mom."
"You are welcome."
Phoebe took her plates and went to her room. She went to the bathroom and took off her clothes. She brought out her brush, added some toothpaste and started brushing while singing Bruno Mars - just the way you are.
She was staring at the mirror and dancing but all of a sudden, she stopped singing and looked behind her but there was no one there. She looked at the mirror again but just as she was about to sing, a reflection appeared in the mirror in a flash and she couldn't make out who it was. She turned back to see if she would find anyone but no one.
She wasn't enjoying this. She quickly brushed her teeth and entered the bath tub and took a quick shower. Her plan was to stay in the shower for a long time but with what she was experiencing, she couldn't.
She rushed out of the bathroom, bumping into Gwen by mistake. "Geez! What's chasing you?"
"I think there's something inside the bathroom." she pointed. Gwen gave her a weird look and went into the bathroom to check what was there but she saw nothing. "Are you sure you are okay?" she asked after scanning the room.
"There was a reflection in the mirror but I couldn't see who it was." she explained but Gwen doubted her.
"I heard some shoutings." Chad came into the room.
Gwen looked at Chad and at Phoebe. Chad understood and turned back for Phoebe to get dressed.
"I don't know why I am turning back. I was the one that changed her diapers when she was little."
Gwen and Phoebe smiled. "I am no longer a kid... Dad." Phoebe said earning chuckles from Gwen. "You can turn around now."
Chad turned around and saw her dressed in her polka-dot nightgown. "So what was the noise about? "
"Phoebe said she saw some reflection in the bathroom while she was looking at the mirror but she couldn't make out what it was."
Chad went to the bathroom to spectaculate but he saw nothing. "Are you sure?"
"I am sure. I know what I saw." Phoebe answered.
It was enough for Gwen to think she was seeing things but not Chad too. Or was she really seeing things? She asked herself.
Chad noticed her amulet was blinking so he asked. "Is the amulet supposed to do that?" he pointed at her amulet.
Phoebe looked down and saw that her amulet was blinking. She brought it out but it didn't stop blinking.
"Do you think your parents could be the reflection you saw in the mirror?" Chad asked and when Phoebe thought about it, she could tell that there was a possibility but how would they find out?