Claudia was waiting for Gwen and Chad to start talking but they were shocked. "I am sure I am talking to two adults."
"She went to the market." Chad said.
"She went to meet Erik." Gwen said.
The two of them gave the answers at the same time. After realizing they said different things, they looked at each other.
"She went to meet Erik." Chad said.
"She went to the marker." Gwen said.
They looked at eachother again while Claudia was waiting for them to give her the proper answer.
Gwen signaled to Chad to keep quiet while she answers. "She went with Erik to the market. He said he needed some things."
"Why didn't she discuss this with me earlier?" Claudia asked.
It was Chad's turn to defend their lies. "She didn't want you to know that..." Gwen was already giving him weird looks, wondering what he was planning to say.
"She didn't want me to know what?" Claudia asked.
"She didn't want you to know that she and Erik are in a relationship."
Gwen's eyes widened in shock.
"She said that?" Claudia asked in disbelief.
Chad nodded.
"How can she be in a relationship without letting me know about it?"
"Yeah, I know right?" Gwen rolled her eyes at Chad for giving such excuse. "We talked to her about it and she said she will tell you about it but she's scared of what your reaction would be."
Claudia had had enough. "Tell her to see me when she gets back." she left them and went to her room.
Gwen waited for Claudia to leave before turning to face Chad. "Seriously?" Chad shrugged. "I thought I was the only one with weird imaginations."
"That makes two of us now."
"Phoebe is going to skin us... I mean, you, alive because this was your suggestion."
"The plan is a good one, that way mom won't suspect anything."
"You should have a better explanation for her when she comes back because me, I am out of this."
"No, you are not. It was your suggestion when you said she went to meet Erik."
"Yeah but I didn't mean they were dating."
"I will explain everything to her so she will know how to play the cards with mom."
"Okay! I wonder what she's doing now." Gwen said as she got a fruit juice in the fridge.
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Phoebe was entertained by the Prince and Lucas although they were both shocked to see her.
"You still haven't explained why you came to see us," the prince told.
She handed the glass of juice back to him and thanked him with a beautiful smile on her face.
The prince gave the glass to Lucas and sat next to Phoebe. "Are you going to tell me or should I force the words out of your mouth myself?"
Phoebe rolled her eyes at him and cleared her throat. She was waiting for Lucas to come back so they could have the discussion.
Lucas came back and sat next to her and she began, "The reason I am here is to tell you both that I am..." she paused, glance at the two of them. She almost smiled when she saw how focused they were. "...going to help you restore back your kingdom."
"What?" Lucas and the Prince chorused.
"Are you for real?" The Prince asked her and she nodded.
"But my mother doesn't know I agreed to this and I don't want her to find out about it. If she does, she might take the amulet and hide it somewhere I'd never find it."
"We still need to get the other amulet back, it's the only way we can return to the palace." Lucas told her.
"I will let you know when my mother goes out and we can all search for it."
"Did Gwen and Chad agree to this? Especially Chad." The Prince asked because he knew how much Chad cares about his sisters.
Phoebe nodded. "I told them about it already and they kind of saw reasons with it."
Lucas pulled her close and hugged her. Phoebe was surprised but she gladly hugged him back. The Prince cleared his throat as he watched the scene. Phoebe turned to look at him, opened her arms wide and said, "there's always room." But the Prince refused and folded his arms. Phoebe rolled her eyes at him and hugged Lucas while Prince Edward stared at them.
She looked at the time and it was almost twelve noon. "I guess you have to leave now." Lucas said and she nodded.
She got up on her feet and walked to the door with Lucas and the Prince walking behind her. The moment she opened the door and was about to step out, the Prince pulled her in and hugged her. Phoebe's heart skipped a bit. He hugged her so tightly that she had a hard time breathing. She wondered why his hug felt so warm and she wished she could be in his arms forever.
After she realized what crazy thought she was thinking about, she pushed him away from her and ran out of the house. The Prince wondered what he did wrong but Lucas couldn't stop laughing.
"Did I do something wrong?" he asked.
"You almost choked her to death, your highness." Lucas teased.
I didn't even get to tell her thank you. The Prince said to himself as he watched her open the door of her house.
Phoebe got into her house and she stood behind the door, holding her beating heart. It was just a hug, nothing more. She patted her chest hoping it would listen to her and calm down but it wasn't working. She tried breathing in and out and it worked. "Phew!"
"What are you doing?" A voice said behind her. Phoebe didn't know when she jumped in fright. The heart she was trying to calm started raising again. She turned and saw Gwen giving her funny looks. "What happened in there?"
"In where?" Phoebe asked. "Do you mean my heart?" she asked Gwen but she didn't reply because she knew Phoebe was about to lie. "Let's just say you almost made my heart come out of my mouth. Thanks for scaring the hell out of me."
Gwen rolled her eyes at Phoebe and told her mom needed to speak with her. Phoebe was shocked. "Wait, did you guys tell her?"
Gwen tried to hold her laughter when she remembered the excuse Chad gave. She was imagining how Phoebe would react when she hears it. "We didn't tell her..." she brought her mouth close to Phoebe's ear "...you were going to help the Prince." she whispered. She pulled back and folded her arms.
"Then why does she wants to see me?"
"Um..." Gwen was about to tell her when Claudia called Phoebe from her room.
"Phoebe, is that you?" her voice asked.
"Yes, mom" Phoebe answered.
"In my room, now!"
The tone Claudia used to order her was a tone she has never heard her use before. She turned to Gwen but Gwen quickly left her presence before she could say anything.
Where is Chad when I need him? She asked before going to meet Claudia.