Break my chains

Chapter 30

I have my head on his shoutlder as he presses keys on the piano. He stops and sighs.

"What you thinking?" he asks. I lift my head.

"My dad. I dont know if he fully approved of you and me." I say.

"Good. You should see what my mom says tomorrow." he continues playing the piano. My eyes widen.

"Tomorrow?" I never met anyone in Pane's family except Jayce. Pane nods happily. I'm so nervous my hands are shaikng. I hold them down.

"Are you okay?" he asks.

"I don't know, Pane. I nevepr met your mother before and tommorow. You never told me that is tommorow." I say. He just rolls his eyes and pulls me up.

"You know, you are very stubborn. You can save this whole city from an asteroid but you cannot confront my mom." he shales his head. I roll my eyes and walk sloppily out the door. He mumbles something under his breath and smiles.

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I'm standing in front of Panes mothers door and I'm already freaking. I'M SO NERVOUS! What will she think of me. She amswers the door and gives a slight gasp. A smile grows on her face.

"It is very nice to finally meet you," she embraces me first. I glance at Pane who is winking at me.

"The same to you." I play along. The goes and gives Pane a kiss on the cheek. We all come in. I see there is sometjing like a piano. I only see keys though, it's not like any regular piano. Doesn't look like a keyboard either. I keep walking as she leads us to the couch. She sits fown and I can study her features more closely. She has bouncy curls with yellow-orange eyes and a straight nose just like Pane. They also look much alike.

"I never knew that there would be a possibility between soneone so royal with my son. Even though you really dont drees like it. The dresses are uncomfortable aren't they?" She must be trying to joke.

"Somewhat." I shrug.

"And your family?" she raises her eyebrow.

"Yes, um, they're fine. Pane met them yesterday. He seemed pretty uncomfortable. I don't blame him.
My father can be . . . . . . . . pushy sometimes." I say. Pane nods sharply in agreement.

"Well, I can't beleive he is so comfortable with you. I tried to mate him up with a young woman, but it didn't end well." I give a fake laugh and and lift an eyebrow at Pane. He blushes in embarrassment. The only decent talk we have was about Pane. The rest would be shaked off quikly. I show her my piano skills and what Pane had learned. She seemed pretty surprised. Finally, it was time to leave. Once we reached the hall, a releif washed over me.

"Never again." he agrees. We both laugh. Pane drives me back for dinner. I realize we are about to be late. I give Pane a quick kiss and rush into the dinning room. It's filled with conversations of different kinds but it's still incomplete without Cammy in that seat next to me.

"Helen," my father calls from across the table, "I want Pane here tomorrow for dinner." I gulp the rest of my food and nod.

Cammy POV

"See, Jayce. Your getting better already." Now he can stand and go out and about in the room. Me, I have a pile of clothes on the chair for all the times I have stayed with him. I half stand to get his soup from across the room but he pulls me down and gets up instead. I tilt my head confused and see he went to get the soup for me. I smile and blush a little. He sits down and feeds himself. He trembles a little as he lifts the spoon into his mouth. I look at him sympathetically. His sister has been visiting more often. She brings medication. He puts down the plate and sighs.

"I think you need to know the truth. Just dont get mad." he says. I have confusion and concern mixed inside me.

"When I saw Helen, I thought I had feelings for her. I asked her to marry me. She refused which started war. Then you came. I started to get to know you better and everything changed. You make me feel like I'm better than I really am. That I dont mind leavi.g everything behind to be with you." he tries to reach for my hand but I pull away.

"Please, don't do this. Now I know what's good for me. Now I know how to be good. For you and for everyone. Not a selfish mean person." I take a big gulp and nod. I slowly get up and head for the door.

"Wait, where are you going?" I hear him come after me. I turn to see his eyes almost filled with tears.

"I need time." I say and rush out the door. This hit me so ba f. He just filled me up with crap that I was better off without knowing. I sigh and bust in my door and cry in my pillow. This isn't how I imagined my day. It would be with just me and him, talking and laughing. Him making sarcastic comments. I sob as that fantasy fades. I gives me little bit of hope though I don't know if I will forgive him at this point.

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I haven't eaten in hours or gotten up from my bed. My pillow is soaked with no dry spot. I sniff one more time and get up. I go to his door and stand there. I find the confidence to knock and he immediately answers. He finds hard to breathe as his nose flares. I slip my arms around his back and give him a hug. He does the same, resting his head on mine. I don't let the tears fall and suck it up.

"I'm so sorry." he says and I nod. Even with what he told me, I still love him. He kisses me, this time a real kiss. I cling on to him as long as I can.