𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐬

xɪɪɪ || ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴꜱ

Jasmine had wandered off with Felice and Madison - the two Hillerska students claimed they had very important questions to ask the American girl - as Simon, Wilhelm and Astrid headed back to the dorms. Astrid knew she had to come clean about Sara's participation, and she knew that Simon wouldn't take it well; she was still unsure about Wilhelm.

Once they were in the safety of Simon's dorm room, Astrid locked the door tightly as the two boys settled themselves on the bed. Astrid's eyes flicked to the curtains, "I see we've learnt from past mistakes," She said, nodding towards the window.

Wilhelm chuckled lightly. "Yeah, I guess," Simon said, clearly on edge, "What did you need to talk to us about?" Wilhelm watched his friend carefully.

Astrid ventured further into the room, rubbing her hands together anxiously. "It doesn't directly involve you two, not like a scandal or anything," She began, hoping to calm their nerves slightly, "or more so, not a new scandal. The other scandal, the sex tape and all that..."

"Astrid," Wilhelm prompted; She had a tendency to let her nerves get the better of her, which leads directly to excessive word vomit.

"Sara knows about the tape," Astrid blurted out, "And by that, I mean she knows August was the one to release it".

"Sara knew?" Wilhelm exclaimed, as Simon said in unison, "August released the tape?" Astrid fell quiet, looking at Wilhelm, as if to ask "You didn't tell him?"

"I was getting to it," Wilhelm said, with a bit of defense, "I just hadn't figured out how to just yet".

"Wait, you knew?" Simon exclaimed, "you knew he was the one to release it and that she was working with him to do it?"

"No! Felice figured out before the term was out that August released it through like dead pixels from his phone or something, I don't completely understand," He admitted, "But I had no idea that Sara was involved in that, I swear it".

"She wasn't exactly involved," Astrid cleared up, "But she does know that August released the video, and I think she might be helping him cover it up".

"The Queen knows," Wilhelm supplied, "As does the Headmistress. It isn't hard to cover it up," He sounded angry, and frankly, Astrid couldn't blame him. Simon took Wilhelm's hand into his own.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Simon asked, "How long have you known?"

Astrid's anxiety began to build. She couldn't figure out if Simon was mad or just curious to know details; he appeared quite calm at that moment. "A while now, almost a week?"

"So you've known for that long, and decided it wasn't important for me to know that my own sister, my sister, was involved in all of this? That she was partially responsible for it?" He was definitely angry.

By this point, Simon had risen from the bed and advanced on Astrid, who had taken a couple steps backwards. She had known before coming into this conversation that Simon would most likely be angry with her, but she stood by her decision to not tell, and she wouldn't apologize for it.

"I don't believe that she is responsible, and before you ask, when we take down August I'm planning on doing everything I can to protect her from the fallout. I don't plan on letting her take the fall for any of this. She made a mistake, Simon. She doesn't know who she's dealing with," Astrid explained.

"That doesn't explain why you decided not to tell me!" Simon shouted. Wilhelm looked taken aback by his boyfriend's reaction, but didn't say anything against him.

"I was trying to preserve your relationship with her! You're telling me that you wish you didn't know?" Astrid asked, "I was trying to save you the disappointment, Simon. You won't look at her the same way again, and all because of one little mistake she made".

Simon was absolutely fuming. Wilhelm was by his side now, his arms around Simon's waist; he leant his head against Wilhelm's shoulder. "She won't go down for this?" Simon asked in a small voice.

"Not while I'm still breathing, she won't," Astrid promised, "I was always going to protect her".

Sniffling, Simon stood up straight again. Wilhelm's arms were still around him, with his arm around Wilhelm's shoulders. "How are we taking down the son of a bitch?"

Astrid smiled mischievously. "We're going to need some help with that," She said, "Luckily, I know just the people".

*         *        *

(750 words)

So we've officially hit 10k words on this story, so that's pretty cool. Didn't mean for it to be this big, though, it was only supposed to be a shorter story (I was aiming for like 5k to 7k words). Oh well. 

Also! We've made it to the top of the young royals tag! Thank you!!

Votes and comments are appreciated.