Today wasn't the kind of day to talk about the weather. It wasn't bright.
This day, Celine woke up late expecting the crown prince Alexandro to have finished breakfast. She came to meet him sitting,arms folded and waiting for her.
" It's late, the food must have ran cold", she said not looking up at him. Sitting down she felt it was still warm.
" It wasn't long they set breakfast. You had a really terrible day yesterday so I knew you'd wake up late", he said. That explained it.
They began eating, why was this prince stealing glances at her. Last night was messed up and so she drank till she was swimming in an ocean of self pity and disgust.
The lady Gwen had told the queen about the fall, and how she couldn't swim. How the crown prince Alexandro had saved her and wanted to kiss her.
Kiss me? Ha! He was trying to revive me.
She cursed the lady Gwen. At least there was someone else to curse at.
The queen had summoned her before the entire court and humiliated her. She couldn't swim, she was trying to steal the future king's heart, that she was a har...
Shut up! Don't think of anything concerning yesterday.
Just to brighten up the mood, she looked at him, crown prince Alexandro and began playing with her food.
He stared at her for a while, then back at his food. He smirked. " Do you do that to irritate me? Well, I think I like it when you do it", he said and she stopped.
Celine frowned, this prince wasn't the prince she used to know. Everyone knew about the crown prince Alexandro who knew no woman, who was the rising sun of Cilia. Bestowed upon him, the name "warlord".
Though he won in only two battles. Those battles were the deadliest and bloodliest battle that ever happened in Cilia.
" Since you don't battle with women, teach me archery", she said looking serious.
The maids chuckled.
The guards stifled their laughter.
The crown prince Alexandro smirked.
"I apologize, lady Celine, but every woman, lady, I mean should be able to do that", he said and she scoffed.
"I grew up as a dirty runt before a prestigious family took me in", she said and he let out a groan indicating she was talking bullshit.
" That does not in anyway make you an exception", she said and she rolled her eyes. "By the way, you could do that in your former life, if you focus more , I'm sure you'll be good in no time", he said and stood to leave.
If she didn't get him to teach her, her day would be as lonely and silent as the Mary Celeste.
" It was then. You saw how I played, it was awful. Please", she said as he was walking out. She rushed over to him expecting to hold his hands, she held his waist from behind.
The maids gasped. This was the final step to death... She was dead.
" If you do that more often Celine, you might have to wake up in my bed for the third time", he said and she left him quickly.
Wait. He called me Celine.
He had never called her by her name without adding the title of lady.
"Please, your highness. I'll do anything for you", she said.
Wrong move.
What the hell and heaven am I thinking.
The crown prince Alexandro turned to face her once more intimidating her with his height. "Anything, sweetheart?" He asked.
That voice clearly spelt danger.
"Not really", she muttered. He nodded. "If you get it, you make that food you made the last time", he said.
Wow. Bless my dirty mind.
"Okay, your highness ", she said and he led the way.
Wait! I'm not dead.
She thanked her stars.
***
Once again, they stood and she boasting about her former life probably to drive home her point that she wasn't lying.
" If you're going to do this, then you should teach me instead ", he said.
And the only thing that was heard at that moment was the sound of a crow.
"You should have a good stance", he said positioning his body so she could see. She tried, but, stood immediately. It was tiring.
After all she didn't learn to fight and gamble by going for classes.
" May I?" He asked and she nodded without even knowing what he was asking if he may do.
The crown prince Alexandro held her waist and shivers ran down her spine. Her body was misbehaving again. She pushed him. "Just tell me how to stand", she said and he nodded.
Celine wasn't getting it. So she gave up. " Do whatever you want to do to me, I don't care", she said carelessly and he scoffed.
It didn't take long, she was getting a hang of the stance. "You owe me, sweetheart", he said.
Thump.
Her heart beat. Why was her heart betraying her. She no longer trusted herself. If she could betray her own self...
Traitors.
"It's just posture. The real game has not started", she said. The crown prince Alexandro closed his eyes.
" Let's begin"
***
" Come on, I hit the bull's eye everytime", Aiden said holding his arrow checking out the sharp edges . " You always want to do a rematch. I'm beginning to think you use it to practice ", he said and Seth laughed.
" Maybe, but even if I wanted to play, there's no other person who would play with me", Seth said. He had no other friend.
" Or I should play with that Alec. He's cute ", he said and Aiden frowned.
"I won't " . They laughed.
" Teach me so I could be better than you ", he said and Aiden rolled his eyes. "Why should I? No one teaches his mate so he could better than him", he said and Seth laughed.
"Just kidding. But, I want to pass you just once", he said and held his hands. They were smooth.
"Why do you even grow those nails?" Aiden asked. " A proper prince does not grow his nails. It looks like the lord marcuse's own", he said and Seth shrugged.
" Whatever. Teach me", he said reverting to the former topic.
"Okay, sweetheart"
***
"You're good in no time. Just focus at your aim and shoot", Alex said and she nodded. Celine played and lost balance, he held her.
"Don't you tell anyone I'm your teacher if you turn out this bad", he said and she smiled.
He helped her up and she turned to him. "Mr crown prince, you're and will always be my archery teacher", she said and he moved closer to her.
"Say that again and I'll dominate that lips, sweetheart".
Thump thump.
She hit her chest.
Damn you, traitor.
Just then, like before, the lady Gwen came . She greeted the crown prince Alexandro and nodded to Celine. "Playing archery?"
"No, you mock me, lady Gwen, you know I don't play well", she said turning away from them.
"My bad, please accept my apologies, Lady Celine", she said.
"But, his highness decided to teach me". She looked at him and he frowned.
What did I say about telling people that I'm your teacher?
He said with his eyes and she replied.
You're and will always be my archery teacher.
He scoffed.
" I'll see you at dinner, lady Celine "
To talk business.
"Okay, see you, your highness "
Please don't kill me, though I'm a step near death.
And they left. They left so that she, lady Gwendolyn would play alone...