Royals

Lady Liberty

Blaze pulls out her phone typing a message and hits send. A loud swoosh sound indicates that her message has been sent and she eagerly waits for a text back. When her phone dings the message she receives makes her face light up catching James' attention.

"How fast can you walk?" She asks him.

"Pretty fast wh-" Blaze yanks his arm as they walk down the street stepping fast.

After a long walk, the pair arrive at a dock overlooking the water. The lights of the city reflect across the water and a small gust of wind brushes them.

"This view will never get old. I love the city at night. It's like all the imperfections of the city just disappears and all that's left is pure beauty." James couldn't help but look down at her as the lights of the city around them cast a glow on her face. She was beautiful. "You know I can feel you staring at me." She says slowly turning her head to look at James who responds with a smile that she returns before looking back out across the water.

"You know, to be a Prince I'm surprised you don't have security with you. I mean I just took you away from your friends with ease. What if I was a murderer." James laughs and shakes his head.

"Trust me, I am more than capable of handling myself. Besides the point of my security is to be discrete. They've been around watching me."

"Does it ever bother you? Not being able to truly be alone?"

James shrugs. "Sometimes. It's been like this since I was a kid I'm kind of used to it."

"So I assume they'll be joining us on the boat?"

James shakes his head. "Nope. They'll stay where they are. Lucky for me my security isn't overbearing."

Just then a small white forty-five Sty yacht stops at the end of the small pier. Blaze leads the way as James walks behind her. He holds her hand as she steps from the pier onto the boat.

"Thank you so much for doing this last minute. I owe you big time Chase." Blaze says hugging an average height white male.

"No problem. Hope you enjoy the ride."

Once James was in, Chase slowly pulls away from the pier. Once they were away from the pier, James stands up extending his hand out to Blaze and she takes it. They walk to the front of the boat letting the air brush across their faces.

"So I have to ask." Blaze starts. "Why the Statue of Liberty?"

"She's a symbol of freedom. Something I always wanted for myself. But unfortunately for me, being born into royalty took my freedom away. Don't get me wrong, I love my country, and one day I will happily be King, but sometimes I wish I could do whatever I desired."

"I thought Princes did whatever they wanted because nobody could check them."

James chuckles. "Maybe in fairytales but in real life, everything I do is a representation of my family and my country. I've been reminded of that for as long as I could remember. It's a lot of pressure having to be perfect all the time both in front of the world and behind closed doors."

"That must suck. Having to disguise and bottle up any emotions... not being able to display being hurt or angry, especially as a kid. That's unfair. How do you do it?"

"By putting my country first. I would never do anything that makes us look anything less than what we are. Knowing that one day an entire country will look up to me, drives me to do the right thing. But enough about me. What drives you? If you could do or be anything in the world  what would it be."

"If I could be anything in the world, it would be to be happy. My life isn't so bad, but it's also not the greatest but I'm grateful nonetheless. But I want a life where I'm happy with myself and I wake up surrounded by love.  If I could do anything it would be to travel the world. I haven't done hardly any traveling but I know there's an entire world out there that I want to see. I just want the perfect person to see it with... whether it be a partner or a friend I just wanna make memories with someone who's gonna stand beside me for a long time."