Behind the Curtains

Chapter 1

Wilhelm was the first of many to return back to school, as he was moving back in he had be back before classes started. He didn't know if this was a relief or just another storm of anxiety heading his way. He just wanted to be rid of his mother, that and he desperately wanted to escape the pressures he had to ender while home. Every new duty he had to learn while at home and every fake appearance he made felt like an added weight he may or may not be able to carry. The queen followed behind him into his old dorm to sit on the bed with him, "Will you leave us for a moment." The guards nod and walk out shutting the door behind them with the queens request. 

"Please Mom, I don't want anymore of your speeches." Wilhelm spoke as he was already picking at his fingers. He knew his mother wanted to say something about how he cannot see Simon and how the crown cannot have another scandal like the last. He couldn't see him even if he wanted to, he knew Simon didn't want to see him. 

"Let me say this then, I hope you have a good semester here." She patted her son's leg, "I hope not have to have an emergency visit like the last time." She was going to stand up and walk away, and Wilhelm breathed like he was about to say something, but he stopped himself and nodded. "Tell me, what is it?" She was ready for an argument, ready to give him another important lesson of the crown.

"I hope you don't have to show up here either." Wilhelm said this for two reasons, he didn't want her here, and he too didn't want something like the last time to happen. The queen wanted to have the last word, but hesitated before stating a simple. "Goodbye, see you in the summer."

"Goodbye." The two parted ways and he was once again alone, but in a new room without the anxiety that his mother brings him, but soon whenever the choir performed their school song for welcoming day, a boy would bring him a feeling he had been trying to ignore. He laid in bed rubbing his chest trying to ease the pain, grabbing his phone for a distraction.

Little did he know that innocent scroll of distraction would become.

The Princess of Parties Busted Again!

"This will not be accepted! I know my daughter can do better and that is why she is immediately going to my old boarding school, Hillerska." Her mother said on the page. It was a rather well known family, quite like August's, except she wanted to model and be an influencer. She used the name of her family to do so and it worked in many ways, but I guess her mother had enough of what she did when she wasn't around. Her name was Victoria Andersson, she had red hair, blue eyes, and was clearly not the type to go to boarding school, but I guess she would be here soon.

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"Come on man!" Ayub says, "We need to get you loose or something before you go to do your welcome song thing tomorrow. You know you'll see him then."

"Or I can just choose not to look at him." Simon replies simply. "I've gotta go to practice, I'll see you later okay."

"Call me if you change your mind." Ayub says before Simon gets on the bus to go to choir practice to rehearse a song he's probably sang a thousand times at this point. He made it to the school and started walking in, but as soon as he did he ran into August. 

"Welcome back to campus. You ready to get back to rowing?" August said with a smile and Simon just ignored him while he continued to walk, he didn't even know if he wanted to continue that just yet. He would have to see so much of Wilh- There he was, standing in the hallway. Simon stood there staring for what felt like forever just looking at him. This was worse than on TV, way way worse. He couldn't breathe anymore and it was like his heart had broken all over again. He was trying so hard to walk down this hallway, it was the way he needed to go to get to the choir room, but his feet wouldn't move. Finally, he was tapped on the shoulder.