Betrothed (The Selection series and Red Queen Fanfic)

Chapter 15 - Poolside

The meeting ended well and I'll tell you, I'm bored to death. Sitting there, listening to random stuffs from Cal, Tiberias, Father, Mathew, and the Generals. Sucks....

Mathew stormed out of the door because of the Kings overlooking his ideas. I followed him, knowing what he can do if he's furious.

"Mat! Mat! Mathew!" I called out ruining after him.

"Am I that easy to overlook?... Del! Tell me!! TELL ME!!!" He screamed, gripping my arms so tight, making me whine.

"No. You're not that easy to overlooked" I grunted under his burning eyes and smoking head. We both have that, though.

He dropped me and I covered my red arms. Then on the corner of my eye, I saw Maven and Amielle ran towards us.

"Brother, you need to calm down" Amielle says calmly but Mathew pushed him away.

"Are you alright?" Maven asked me, helping me get on my feet.

"I'm alright!" I replied.

"MATHEW! FOR GOODNESS SAKE, CALM YOUR ASS DOWN!!!" Amielle yelled making Mathew stopped pacing around.

He was shocked as I am. Amielle was always the cool one, he always has this calming nature that affects us when we have tempers. He never raises his voice, not to anyone, or whatever the situation was. He's always CHILL.

"Look what you've down to her!" Amielle yelled a little softer than a while ago.

Mathew looked at me and his eyes soften as he saw me holding my painful arms.

"I-I'm sorry, Del.... I-I don't know what got into me... I'm sorry" He apologizes.

He hugged me tightly and whispering sorry's at my ear.

"It's fine... I'm fine, It's just going to be red for a while" I assured him.

"It's not fine.... We promised to protect you and not to hurt you. Physically, Emotionally or even Mentally.... You're our only sister left" He says softly, his blue eyes filled with guilt.

"I know... But sometimes, I also need to protect and to care of my brothers... Not always me being spoon fed" I answered.

"We have to make sure your wound won't be there for the ball. It will ruin your dress" Maven suggested.

"But how?" Mathew asked quickly.

"We brought some blood and skin healers in case of emergencies.... We can tell them to heal her" Maven answered.

"Let's go!" Amielle clapped his hands.

Maven led our way towards one of the guests rooms. Several people are busy doing some stuffs.

Maven talked to a white-haired lady. Then pointed at me, they walked hastily.

"Where is it, Your Highness" She asked.

I pointed at it and she healed it quickly. It only took twenty seconds each.

"Good as new.... Choose wisely princess" She says, whispering the last words.

I nodded my head and we all emerged from the guest room quickly. So that no one will see us.

............................

It was still early for us to prepare and early to stop working. I decided to swim around to wash off the night's stress. I changed into my swimming outfit and dived the pool. I swam and swam to my hearts content.

Wendy's departure still haunts me. We always swim together or have dance-offs as our bonding time. But I guess that was before, she's married now an soon it will be my time.

My almost seventeen year-old sister was married and I'm left here all alone. If she's here, she can give me advices who to pick. The next time I will see her if it's time for me to walked down the aisle towards one of the three Princes with us.

This was my last chance to pick because if I don't pick anyone of them, I will be forced to marry a guy that the advisers would pick.

"Nice swimming skills!" Someone spoke behind me.

Kieran.

"Kieran! I thought...." He cut me off

"That I will run away? Give you up? No! Because I know you will pick me" He says in a serious manner. His silver-grey eyes was darken by competition.

"Why are you so confident about it?" Somebody asked.

Cal.

"Because the princess has feelings for me! And not to you, MONSTER!" Kieran shot back.

Cal ran towards him and pushed Kieran. They began fighting and I quickly jumped out of the pool and pulled them away.

"STOP!" I yelled but they're still fighting like wild cheetahs.

My blood boiled and reaches my brain. Suddenly, someone's voice is in my head. My brain re-acted, The voice is not British, Instantly, Cal's childhood memories flooded my mind. I'm in Cal's brain. This is the power Elara's been telling me.

I focused on speaking in his mind.

Cal, stop it. You need to stop before I'll let you obey me

I spoke in Cal's head and he stopped, pushing Kieran away from his body. Kieran was about to launch a punch when I commanded Cal to threaten him with his powers. Cal's face looked like a robot and he held out his palm, his bracelet sparked giving him fire.

I let go of Cal's mind and focused on Kieran.

Kieran, Run inside the palace. Don't fight with Cal or Maven.

Kieran reacted quickly and ran for his life. I faced Cal and he has a confused look.

"You were inside my head?!" He exclaimed.

I nodded, wrapping my wet body in a bath robe.

"You commanded me to use my ability?... You saw my childhood?.... And you commanded him to run?" He asked, taking measured steps towards me.

"Yes. I did all of  it" I answered quietly.

"Y-You can use your ability? That's cool!!!... I'm so proud of you Delancy!!" He says, lifting my body and spinning me like I don't weigh anything.

"CAL!!! PUT ME DOWNNNN!" I shrieked.

He's happy for me, he's smiling from ear to ear as he land my feet gently. My body against his, I'm looking up to his brown eyes. Our laugh and his cheers died down, replaced by an intense stare and his twitching pinkish lips.

He gently held my cheeks as if I was made of glass and slowly closed the distance between us. It was very light not until I kissed back. My head spun as we kissed, his gentle hold was replaced by a hard pull, pulling me even closer to his body.

I run my fingers through his silky hair, Sentinels stopped when we saw us and quickly retreated. My hands betrayed me by sliding themselves down on Cal's muscled body, making him flinched a bit.

His once cold body was now igniting with heat from being a burner. We pulled away quickly, smiling as we ran towards our rooms, dodging the maids and butlers walking peacefully.

Our hands are locked and our feet ran down as quickly as it can. We stopped at my door. I'm steadying my heartbeat and breathing, our ran was nothing to Cal.

"I should be preparing now" I said.

"Me either... It was great having our time at the poolside. I'll see you later, Del" He replied but before running down, he kissed me one more time. We didn't even noticed my room opened.