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Dec 12, 2013 11:35AM
Lucas smiled. "But what a lovely surprise that would be, if you happened to find your way into my room. Now I'm tempted to not show you around and let you do just that." he nudged her playfully. "Anyways, I'm kidding. I wouldn't do that to you. Come on, then." he led her forwards. "There's not much on this floor. The dining hall, the kitchen, and one of the smaller ballrooms."
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Lena blushes and laughs it off, "Yeah, of course you would" she says leaning into him. She follows him int the different rooms, and listens to him tell her about them. He seems genuinely interesting she thought.
Lucas led her up a staircase. "This floor is where the servants reside." he informed her. "We normally don't venture onto this floor; it's specifically for them, so they can have their privacy and I guess somehow some freedom or whatever." he shrugged and continued on. "Here, we have the grand ball room, Matthew's and my room, and a few extra spare rooms. Some bedrooms, some vanity rooms, et cetera. The next floor has the library, our parents room, and some of my fathers room for whatever personal business he requires them for."
Lena laughed when the short tour was over, "You're not that good at talking are you?" she teases pulling away from him slightly and heading into the large, magnificent library and sighed. "This place is beautiful" she mutters running her fingers over the soft spines of the novels, and think books. "Livres au chocolat" she read smiling slightly.
Lucas shrugged. "Sometimes I am. Matthew says that I get really talkative when it comes to something I like or something that interests me." he eyed her carefully. "What about you? You didn't really talk much, either. What's it like back where you live? I'm sorry I didn't come visit with Matthew and mum and dad."
Lena stops walking when she spots another novel and carefully pulls it out, slowly turning the pages. "Oh, um I don't talk to strangers" she replies distractedly then realises what she said and blushes and tries to cover up. "I didn't mean it like that" she stammers clutching the book to her chest. "I-I just don't talk to people I don't know" she says and goes a even darker shade of red and almost drops the book. "No, no, NO, i meant I don't talk?" she says failing miserably. ((( Gotta go eat brb )))
((haha, that's fine. and I'm getting off now for hw, but I'll probably be on this weekend.))Lucas chuckled. "No, you're fine. You talk, but apparently your speech is pretty incomprehensible." he smirked slightly. "I know what you mean, don't worry. Plus, it's kind of cute when you stammer or are confusing." he pulled a book off the shelf, turning his attention from Lena to the book. "Sooooo," Lucas drawled out. "What's going on between you and Matthew? Are you guys alright, or is something wrong? He seemed kind of edgy today when you showed up."
((( Awh. Ok I'll miss you ))). "I don't know, we're fine" she says quickly not quite meeting his eyes, "I don't know what's up with him, why would I? Shouldn't you?" She curses herself mentally at sounding so dumb. OK, smarten up or you'll have no one left wanting to wed you she thinks sighing, and places the book back stepping away from it. "Do you know where Matthew is?" she asks peering out the large bay windows behind her, that let in sunlight to showcase the marvelous books.
((Sorry my replays might be short cuz I'm on my phone but yay I got it back))Lucas shook his head and chuckled lightly. "No, I don't know what's up with him. Recently, he seemed to be in a pretty good mood, and we all, mum dad and I, thought because you would be coming shortly. But he seemed edgy today and yesterday, and a little the day before then. I was hoping you could shed some light on that. As for where he is? I'd most likely say down in the stables or around there. Probably racing or jousting with Phoenix. He does that from time to time when he gets upset."
((( That's fine, have you watched DOS yet? IT WAS SO GOOD. (The Hobbit 2 ) )))"Phoenix" Lena freezes her imagination going wild for a second, and imagining the two of them rolling around in the grass doing god knows what. "Who?" she asks inching towards the door, placing the book back in it's place. She wanted to go find them now, she definitely didn't trust Matthew alone with a girl, and she guessed by his personality that she would be pretty.
((No I haven't I want to uggggh. Hopefully I'll get to see it soon though))"Phoenix." Lucas repeated. "One of the servant girls that works down in the barn and helps out there and in the armory and such. They've developed a nice little friendship over the years since she was first brought here. Why? I can take you down there, if you want." He offered, holding his hand out to Lena.
((( You need to! it's really good! )))Lena nodded, "I would love that" she replied taking Lucas' hand in hers. "Just friends? " she muttered her cheeks redenning with the slight tinge of anger and hatred she felt towards Phoenix. She cleared her mind sighing, why do I care? she thought walking with Lucas.
"Yeahhh." Lucas said slowly. "At least, I would assume so." He added by the implying tone of Lena's voice. As they headed down to where Phoenix and Matthew probably were, he attempted to lighten the mood. "For all I know, maybe they aren't friends. Maybe his jousting and sword fighting sessions are just unsuccessful attempts to her rid of her." Lucas realized how incredibly lame that sounded, so he offered Lena a small smile.
((( Have you read the book? )))Lena glared straight ahead as they walked and she deliberately pressed closer to Lucas the closer they got to their destination. "Uh huh" she muttered trying to return his smile but failing. She finally settled for a smirk instead. "So, do you have somebody you like to spend time with?" she asked trying to change the subject and not sound jealous of Phoenix.
((No, actually, I was planning on reading it soon. My sister just finished with it. I didn't know they had one at first. I have a policy that I must read the book before I watch the movie. One of the reasons I haven't seen Enders' Game yet, either.Lucas shook his head. "Besides Matthew, no. Unlike him, I'm interested in and help father out in his activities and businesses of running this country. Matthew could care less about this country of ours. He's selfish like that. I, on the other hand, am concerned about and care for our people. Which is why I will probably become father's successor as king once he dies. Though hopefully that doesn't happen for many more years." he crossed the large section of yard outside until they arrived where Matthew and Phoenix were.
((( Oh. I didn't really like Ender's Game. The book was good but the movie was way too... Cheesy I guess. Yeah Hobbit's really good, the first movie was great too. You should watch them! =) ))))"Maybe I should marry you instead then" she teased a smile on her face. Which disappeared the minute she saw Matthew on top of.. Phoenix she assumed, pinning her to the ground. She cleared her throat and inched closer to Lucas who was right now providing support for her.
((( Temme if you want me to change my response )))
((No, you're fine.))Matthew's head snapped up and he glared at Lena, his cheeks reddening. Surprised, he loosened his grip, and Phoenix grinned and pushed him off of her. They both stood up and Lucas smirked. "Who's that?" Phoenix whispered to Matthew, her head jerking to Lena's direction. Matthew told her, and color rose to her cheeks. She automatically didn't like Lena, but as a servant, she knew se had to show respect to those higher in rank than she. "Pleased to meet you, Princess Lena." Phoenix murmured and bowed slightly in front of her, but not without making a face when he was sure Lena wasn't paying attention. Amusement was written clearly all over Lucas's face as he watched Matthew. "Well, brother. If you asked me, that looked a little more intimate than playful." He nudged Lena. "Am I right, Lena?" Phoenix and Matthew exchanged secret glances. Matthew nodded and Phoenix turned and headed back to the stables.
Lena glared at the ground and the minute Phoenix left she looked up. "I'm sorry if I interrupted your make out session" she said coldly and spun on her heel and started back down to the library. She was annoyed and angry and she hated Phoenix with all her heart. She wondered if any of them would come after her. She took a deep breath calming herself, wasn't she doing the same thing to Matthew? With Alex? No! that's different she tried to convince herself but to no avail. She locked up the thought in the darkest corner of her mind.
Lucas started after Lena, but Matthew grabbed him and held him back. "No, I've got this." He said in a steely voice and took off after Lena. Knowing her, he decided to try the library first. Easy enough. Just as he suspected, he was there. Only, so was Lucas. Matthew heard his footsteps coming up behind him. "Don't worry, you're forgiven for interrupting, Lena." Matthew smirked slightly, which resulted in being elbowed by Lucas. Lucas wrapped an arm around Lena. "Don't worry about it, Lena. Is he seriously worth your time? Come on. You can do better than that. You have Alex and me." Matthew scowled at Lucas. Lucas only grinned.
Lena scowled when she saw Lucas and Matthew and her scowl on deepened when she heard Matthew's snide remark. "I didn't know you involved yourself with lowly servant girls" she said her mouth twisting into a sneer. Her eyes were cold hard, and firy her heart a deep black hole. She wasn't going to let this pass, though she knew to some extent that she was overreacting. "Have you already slept with her? Is that why you were so glad when you left my kingdom, cause you couldn't wait to feel he-" she stopped herself her cheeks reddening in anger and at the thoughts and images that had coursed through her mind just then. She pulled away from Lucas slightly not wanting to hurt him, but not wanting to be touched either.
"Yeah, so I don't have to get involved with bratty, self- obsessed bitches like you." Matthew shot back, his eyes narrowing at her and his face turning even redder. "I'd say I thought you were jealous, princess.""Whoa, whoa. Calm down." Lucas placed his hand on Matthew's shoulder but he shrugged it off. Lucas firmly gripped Matthew's elbow and hauled him away from Lena and out of the library. "What are you doing?" He hissed. "You can't ruin this. Quit being such a prick to her."
"Me?! Being the prick? I'm not the one starting things. She's upset for some reason about me and Phoenix. We didn't do anything."
"Well it didn't look exactly like 'nothing' to me. You shouldn't be getting involved with Phoenix that way."
"What?! I can't believe you're siding with her." Marthew sneered the last word 'her' like a curse.
Lena eyes teared slightly and she turned around counting to 5 to calm herself. The minute Lucas and Matthew stepped out of the room, she ran through the other door and out into the castle. She wasn't sure where she going, but she knew she wanted to get as far away from them as possible. She finally found her way out of the castle and into the giant garden. She headed to the forest part of the yard, and entered it the sunlight dimming almost instantly. Her dress caught on a tree and tore and she kept going, deeper and deeper until she reached a little warm stream in which she practically lay down, her head resting on some dry moss. She decided to just sleep, and hopefully never wake up. I'm not a bitch, he's a dick she thought as she closed her eyes.
((Aww thanks. That really just made my day since I've been having a crummy one recently. c: ))"Hey." Phoenix dropped a waded up ball of ripped cloth that belonged to the girl's dress on her face. It was Lena, right? She nudged her with her toe. "You ripped this." she said sardonically. "Wasn't sure if you'd want it back or not. A shame if you wasted that pretty little dress." Phoenix dropped to a crouch and eyed Lena warily. God, she hated when people got dramatic and emotional. Probably one of the most annoying things ever, in her opinion. She bit her lip, unsure of what to say. She felt empathetic for this girl and wanted to sympathize with her or at least try to make her feel better, but anything along those lines or emotion of any sort was something she was never good at. Probably one of the reasons she loved Matthew so much. He just made everything make sense. And she felt like she could open up with him and show emotion. Sometimes. Somehow. Of some sort. Phoenix smiled at the thought of Matthew, then pushed the smile away.
((( AWH! I hope you feel better
((Thanks. & Awww I'm sorry to hear that. :c I'll, um, pray for you?
Lena looked up at the girl surprised and any sign of tears disappeared from her eyes and she sat straighter. "Thanks" she replied coldly, prodding the strands of cloth that looked like tendrils of black smoke. Lena was tired out of her mind, and she didn't really want to deal with Matthew's sex partner right now. She had never before been this emotionally damaged, usually she was a stone hard person. "Phoe... Nix?" she asked hesitant though she knew her name perfectly. "What are you doing here?" she asked pushing her back against the tree so she was slightly higher than before. Her hands were pulling at her dress not knowing what to say. She didn't want this situation to get awkward, that'd be the worse. She decided to keep silent, and let her do all the talking. Lena didn't want to bother.
】fallen【 ♠ 】angel【 wrote: "((Thanks. & Awww I'm sorry to hear that. :c I'll, um, pray for you? I'm not a Christian, but not an Atheist either, so I pray every once in a while. Especially if a friends' loved one dies.))"Yay "friend's" lol. Yeah I know what you mean =D
Phoenix's lips curled into a sneer. "Just making sure the prince's future wife is alright. Wouldn't want to get that pretty little perfect princess face all messed up now, would we?" she paused. "It is Lena, right?" Phoenix asked, studying her. Yeah, she was pretty, but Matthew could do better. Even Lucas could, and she wasn't exactly what you would call 'fond' of him. She smirked when she noticed Lena's uncomfortableness and uncertainty of the situation. Well, for someone who she assumed would have no problem of taking control of a situation and turning it to her advantage, being the person who made the other person(s) in the situation uncomfortable and unsure, Phoenix was slightly disappointed, but slightly relieved. She swallowed, hard, and looked up at Lena. Yeah, she was positive it was Lena. Her curiosity got the best of her, so she asked, "So what's up with you and Matthew? Are you into him or not?" If she replied with a 'yes', Phoenix wouldn't be too surprised. But neither would she be with a 'no', either.
Lena's eyes narrowed and she got up suddenly straightening her dress and stepping away from her. "Yeah no, wouldn't want my face ruined" she muttered looking away from the girl. "Lena" she replied confirming Phoenix's guesses. She was growing more and more sure of what she wanted to do from now on and she stood straighter because of it. "Why are you here?" she asked again turning back to face Phoenix again. "How does it matter?" She answered, the question more rhetorical. "I have to do what's right for mycountry, my mother's very ill and she might die any minute now, and my father's being overwhelmed with stress" She paused catching her breath and regrouping herself. "I am going to be Queen of one of the most powerful places in all of the world, and all my decisions need to fall back on that one goal. My country before myself' Lena wondered if she should leave with a dramatic exit but she knew she'd down too many already and decided to fall with a sigh and a lean trying not to smirk at her thoughts.
((( SOWWY of the late reply, I had to eat )))
"Are all sophisticated royals obligated to give answers like that? A simple yes or no would have been fine, you know." Phoenix rolled her eyes. "Not some drawn out explanation that didn't answer anything for me as to where you and he stand. As to why am I here? Well, I live here. I can venture around where I want to on these grounds, you know. And though you may be a 'princess', you have no control over me here. I just happened to cross paths with you." Phoenix thought about what Lena said and frowned sympathetically. Life must suck as a royal. Sure, there were perks, like having servants wait on you hand and foot, not having to worry about what you were going to eat that night, if you were going to eat anything, having enough clothing, et cetera. Stuff like that. However, she didn't think she'd be able to stand all the obligations. How your life wasn't really your own. As a servant, it wasn't, but in some ways she felt it offered more freedom than being a royal to a certain extent.
ṩᾄвʀἔἔᾗᾄ ђἔʀὄᾗḋᾄłἔ ṩђᾄᾧ wrote: "((( SOWWY of the late reply, I had to eat )))"((No problemo. I gtg in ten minutes anyways :c ))
"How does it matter to you anyway? Am I threatening your place in his heart?" she asked putting her hands up in mock defeat. "Oh I'm sorry, I'll just back off your man then" she replied a sneer working it's way onto her face. Phoenix was starting to irritate, sure she was pretty, and... Lena cleared her head, no she wouldn't compliment her even if it was only in her head. "I might not have control over you yet but I soon will" she said finally. Lena started slowly walking backwards making sure she had her footing so she didn't fall. What did she think she was doing? A servant with a royal? It wouldn't ever work, but... She was doing the same with Alex wasn't she? Alex was a Prince of nowhere now, even though his country had been powerful once upon a time. She tried for a smile, and managed to keep it on her face. "Do you... Do you have feelings for him?" she asked tilting her head slightly even though she already knew the answer.
"Who, Matthew?" Phoenix asked and raised an eyebrow at Lena. "Of course. I thought you already witnessed that for yourself. Honestly, Lena. You seem like a smart girl. That was a pretty stupid question." She decided to let Lena's comment about having control over her slide. That wasn't the point right now. Right now she wanted to talk about Matthew. "And yeah, you kind of are." she mumbled under her breath. She'd seen the way Matthew looked at Lena. Less of lust, more of love and desire. She knew she couldn't- wouldn't- ever compare with Lena. Phoenix shrugged. "Anyways, what does it matter to you, anyways? It's not like I pose a threat. Not really. Like you said, I'm just a 'lowly servant girl'." she quoted what Lena had said to Matthew when she had caught them. "Ouch. You seriously aren't good at offensive comments. Is that the best you could come up with?"
Lena took a deep breath, calming herself and trying to defuse the flame that had risen within her. Sure she wasn't one for emotions, but her anger rose above all else. She clenched his fists slightly and released then repeating it over and over again until she could look at Phoenix without disgust in her eyes. "No, I just wanted to hear you say it" she says smirking full on now, she leave against the tree counting the leaves above her and not bothering to look at Phoenix. "I didn't want to make you cry in front of your boyfriend" she added not letting anything she said anymore affect her. She wouldn't lose her temper, not now, and definitely not with her. "It does affect me, you don't understand I don't want to be forced into a marriage with somebody who doesn't love me" she replies sighing. "He." she stops herself, no she wouldn't give her the pleasure of knowing how threatened she felt by her.
Phoenix winced and cursed inwardly at the power she had just given Lena. "If you weren't worth any value in anyone else's eyes- because you certainly aren't in mine- you'd be the one crying right now." she threatened, balling her hands up into little fists. It took all her self control not to haul off and hit Lena right now. A satisfactory smirk crept across her face as she imagined doing just that. "Oh, does poor Princess Lena want my sympathy? Is life so hard and terrible for her that she has to marry someone totally out of her league she doesn't want to marry? Awww, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles." Phoenix said mockingly.
Lena laughed an annoyed laugh. "No, you're the one who can't be with the guy of your dreams" she replied smirking. She starts pacing the length between two trees gazing at the stream keeping her cool. "I may not have much choice, but my choices are gorgeous" she adds moistening her lower lip slightly.
((( Sorry for the extremely short reply )))
((you're okay no need to apologize))Phoenix's eyes flashed with anger and she bit her lip to keep from saying anything she'd end up regretting. Okay, point taken. Her fists unclenched and clenched repetitively as she watched Lena lick her bottom lip. The desire to bust it for her was overwhelming. She wouldn't be laughing, then. "Sad, how unfortunate it will be for your 'choice' that you decide to choose that you can't reciprocate the same beauty. Internally or externally." she shrugged.
Lena smirked and was trying very hard not to show off some off her combat skills and punch the life out of her. Though she didn't, "I don't think Matthew had a problem with my appearance when he had his hand up my shirt" she replied. She could almost taste his lips again and turned away slightly from Phoenix. She knew that what she had said wasn't exactly nice. She sighed turning back, "Hey listen I'm not here to bicker with you" she finally muttered.
Phoenix's cheeks reddened with anger. "Yeah, whatever." she muttered back and stormed off, not trusting herself enough to keep her self control and not beat her up or harm her in any way. Matthew wouldn't like or approve of that, for sure. Matthew. Ugh, again. She needed a break from him. If she kept thinking about him, her, them, together, she would never be able to let go of him, and she really needed to. Now that he was practically already Lena's. She didn't bother to wait for any reply from Lena. Lena could go screw herself. Or have Matthew do it for her. Agh! Why was it so hard to keep her mind of him?
Lena laughed and made her way back to the castle. She was still going to ignore Matthew and probably Lucas too for good measure but she didnt want to stay here. Specially after Phoenix stormed off. She left the Forrest and had to hold her dress up so it didn't get worse. She had no idea where her room was, whether or not shed run into Matthew or what Alex was off doing. She sighed and starting walking aimlessly into the castle.
As she hurried away from where she had her confrontation with Lena, Phoenix ran smack into Matthew's chest. "Sorry, sorry." she mumbled and looked up at him. Her frown turned into what could have passed as a smile. "Hey." Matthew said softly and gripped her wrists, pulling her into him. "You seem worked up about something. What's wrong?" he asked. He sounded almost genuinely concerned. Maybe because he was.
"Nothing." Phoenix shook her head and waved her hand in the way as if to wave the problem away. "Don't worry."
Matthew tilted his head curiously at Phoenix, but decided to let her little lie slip. "Okay." he said and kissed her softly. Phoenix kissed him back, hungry for more. She slipped her hands up his shirt, but he pushed them back down. Her face fell, but she maintained her composure. She wasn't going to act like that bothered her. "Not here." he whispered. "Maybe later tonight?"
"Yeah, later." Phoenix echoed. "Love you."
"Love you, too." Matthew grinned. They parted and Matthew headed up to the library to meet Lucas.
Lena walked through a large set of doors and laughed when she realised she was in the library again. Her feet had led her home, as usual. She let her dress fall, her wrists tired of holding it up. It was torn a little around her upper stomach flashing some skin, and it fell down one shoulder too lazy to put it back up. Lena sat down on the bench like sofa beside the giant bay windows, a place shed come to love. "I hate my life" she muttered putting her face in her hands. She was too unemotional to cry about it so she just sat there glaring at the floor.
As Matthew suspected, Lucas wasn't there. He had probably grown tired of waiting for him, seeing as he was supposed to be in here almost fifteen minutes ago. But his trip to the library wasn't a letdown altogether. He spotted Lena and headed over to her. He joined her on the bench and sat down next to her. "Something wrong, princess?" he asked. There was more annoyance than concern and sincerity in his voice. First the drama with her earlier today, and Lucas, and Phoenix, who seemed upset about something. Whoa. Too much to worry about. He turned to look at her. The corner of his mouth tipped up into a grin as he studied her features. He had already done so several times before, yet somehow he didn't grow tired of doing so.
((( Back!! Miss me? lol )))Lena glanced up at him part surprised, part annoyed. She sits a little straighter mainly out of habit, and pride. "Well for starters, you called me a bitch, Phoenix practically punched me" she paused counting on her fingers. "My dress is torn, and I can't find my room to change and even if I did I wouldn't be able to unzip it and I don't want to talk to my maids" she said finally finishing and taking a deep breath. "Though those are just my rich girl problems" she added leaning back against the window, pulling up the sleeve that was half way down her shoulder again.
