secret royalty - s.m

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(flashback)

"I like the pink ones," I told Shawn.
"Pink? Damnit I like those too."
I laughed as he threw them at me.
"Starbursts are my favorite American candy," I said smiling proudly.
"As they are mine," he said in a funny English accent.
I laughed and laid down next to him on the grass. Our hands found their way to each other and intertwined.
"It's so beautiful," I said about the cloudy but pretty sky.
"Yeah." He said.
I looked over and saw him looking at me. I blushed and giggled.
"Stop," I said in an embarrassed tone.
"You're so beautiful and I won't stop telling you that until the day I die. Then when you die and we reunite, I'll tell you all over again." He said.
I looked up at the sky and wondered about death.
"Who says you're going to die first?" I asked not looking at him.
I felt him look at me again and then at the sky.
"I just know. The most beautiful last the longest." He whispered.
I felt guilty that he was telling all these things. I felt guilty that it's been a month and 3 weeks. I had a week left with Shawn not knowing I was a Princess. I went back in a week to give my mother an update. He would either be with me or not. I contemplated telling him, but then I never decided on it.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked.
I sat up and looked at him. I frowned and he sat up looking worried.
"Alyssa? Are you okay?" He asked grabbing my hand.
I looked down at our intwined hand.
"Shawn, I want to tell you something, but I just can't get the words out." I said in a low tone not looking at him.
He tilted my chin up to look at him with his finger.
"You can tell me anything and I'll still love you." He said looking into my eyes.
"Anything?" I asked.
I searched his eyes for an answer.
"Anything, I promise." He said again.
"Okay." I just barely whispered.
"I'm from Hendeova, a country right next to Denmark. It's small but it's home." I said.
He nodded wanting me to go on.
"I'm kinda well known there." I added.
"Like you're famous or something?" He asked laughing.
"I guess a bit," I said smiling.
"What kind of famous?" He asked.
"Like I'm probably the most famous person there beside the Queen because-"

"Princess over here."
"Princess Alyssa."
"Your majesty."
"Alyssa."
"Princessa Alyssa!"

I glanced up and saw paps running towards us.
"Run Shawn!" I yelled.
My first instinct was to run and find cover. Thunder boomed as we ran. We raced through the trees and bushes as they chased us. It started pouring, so we ran under a bridge by the river. We stopped to catch our breaths.
"What the hell was that?" Shawn asked yelling.
"I-"
"Why were they calling you princess?" He asked.
The realization hit him.
"You're famous where you're from because you-you're a princess." He said slowly putting the pieces together.
I nodded looking down at my toes, I could already hear the hurt in his voice.
"You're a what?" He asked not wanting to believe it.
I told him again.
"Is there a lot of princesses where you're from? Or are you like THE princess." He said freaking out.
I took and deep breath and looked at him.
"I'm the princess of Hendeova, a country next to Denmark." I told him.
He shook his head backing away from me. I stepped forward to grab his hand. He pulled away and stepped back further away from me like he was disgusted.
"Shawn I-"
"You lied!" He shouted cutting me off.
"I didn't lie Shawn!" I yelled back crying.
"You did! You're-you're a princess! You-you can't be royal." He said shaking his head.
I stopped where I was and tried to figure out which was the rain and which was my tears running down my face.
"Shawn!" I yelled through the pounding rain, "I love you."
"You love me? You're a faker! You pretended to be someone you weren't!" He yelled back stepping back with every word getting further and further from me.
"I didn't pretend to love you. I just wanted to be normal." I told him on the verge of breaking down.
"No. I'm the one who didn't pretend. I didn't pretend to be in love with you. That was real, but you; I can't believe you. I don't even know who the hell you are." He said finally walking away.
"Shawn please!" I yelled after him.

He was gone, and the only thing left was the sound of the storm ranging around me.