Young royals 2

Chapter 3

I was pretty tired when I got in the black limousine. The driver asked me a few things, he always did, but this time I couldn't listen. I nearly fell asleep again as the car stopped infront of a big building. The walls were snow white. It seemed like a noble palace. Only then I noticed the students standing in front of the school and staring expectantly in my direction. So this was it. This was my new school. I got out of the car and walked slowly towards the entrance. The big door seemed like a white gate, decorated with a golden doorknob.

The time passed quickly and a few hours later I was driven back home. But of course there were several appointments waiting for me. And so I had to give interviews before I could finally disappear into my room. I wanted to text Simon again. But he was probably having lunch at Hillerska right now, so I didn't. Instead I looked at our messages from this morning. I just couldn't forget him. Why does this have to be so fuckin' hard?!, I asked myself. Why is everything so hard? Tears started to run down my face again. I screamed. I screamed all the pain away. Just like I did after Eric died.
"Prince Wilhelm? Are you okay?", Malin asked through the door. Malin was one of the servants who have surrounded me all my life.
"I- I'm okay. Thanks for asking", I answered. But I knew that I wasn't. I wasn't okay and I had to change that. I had to be the crown prince they deserve. I just had to. If not for me, then atleast for Eric.

My mother's voice interrupted my thoughts. She said something through the door but it was difficult to understand what she said.
"I don't understand you when you whisper!", I told her.
Without even asking my mom came in and closed the door behind her. Then she explained to me what was going to happen in the next few weeks and what I had to do about it. In a serious tone she told me that in two days we would be visited by the Crown Princess of Finland and that I should try to become friends with her. She didn't say it but I knew exactly what my mother tried to get at. She didn't want me to be friends with another royal, she wanted me to start a relationship with her. Everything in my stomach contracted. I didn't want to, I knew that for sure. Still, I nodded silently when Mom finished her sentence.
"See. I know you don't want to do this, I can see in your eyes how much you hate me for the things I've done. But sometimes you have to do certain things, even if you don't like them. As the Crown Prince, it's your responsibility to do what's best for your people."
She was right. I had to do it. I had to become an adequate replacement for my brother. My mind accepted that, but I felt my heart struggle against it. It felt like everything inside me was screaming. Like everything was begging me not to obey my mother's words. I was torn between listening to my mind and listening to my heart and that gave me a bad headache. In the end I decided to just let it rest until the princess comes.
I went to bed very early and for once in my life I quickly fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, a saturday, passed pretty quickly and after hundreds of interviews and photo shoots, i fell exhausted into my bed. And ,as almost always lately, I woke up in the middle of the night. It was 03:34am when I opened my phone. Without even thinking about it I texted Simon. I needed him yo know that whatever happens tomorrow, it was fake.

I closed our chat and put my phone away. Then I tried to go back to sleep again but it didn't worked and the last thing I remember is looking at my phone to see that it was already 05:13am. I must've fallen asleep after that.
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