A King for A Prince

Chapter 5

Jay and Nicolas walked down the stairs to see that everyone was already sitting, waiting for them.

"Nice of you to finally join us, Jamison," The king said from his spot at the table.
The king and queen sat on the opposite far ends of the table and Arthur sat beside the queen.

Nicolas walked from behind Jay and sat beside his little brother and started a conversation with him about their rooms. This left the only spot left at the table to be the one beside the King.

Jay sighed quietly and sat beside his father without making eye contact with the old man. The king must have noticed the lack of emotion toward him and cleared his throat causing everyone to stop talking and look at him.

"No sorry?" The King asked, raising his eyebrows, "I expect an apology for your absence."

"Rory," Mother said in a strict voice trying to stop an argument from breaking out over dinner, "Not now."

Nicholas watched as an angry expression spread across the king's face. The queen looked like she was over the fighting like this is an often occurrence in the Earth castle.

"No, He needs to learn that there are rules that we have to follow," The king says turning to his wife.

Jay sat in silence looking down at the food on his plate, he didn't say anything out of fear of making it worse. The silence only caused his father to get angry causing him to begin yelling.

"He is my son and I'm sick and tired of him acting like he can he can do whatever he wants!" He yelled getting louder causing the young prince Arthur to shy away. "He is the prince and I am the KING, he needs to listen to me!"

"Rory! We are not having this conversation infront of our guest." Jay's mother says back to the man in a somewhat louder voice than before.

Jay's Mother and Father started arguing back and forth causing the ruckus in the room to become louder. Nicolas and Arthur silently ate their food, Nicolas kept looking a Jay to make sure he was okay but the prince never looked up from the plate infront of him.

Jay silently blinked away the tears that were forming in his eye and quickly sat up and left the room without saying anything to anyone.

Nicolas watched as he walked out and quietly whispered to Arthur and the boys got up and Nicolas grabbed Jay's plate and followed him.

Nicolas silently walked to Jay's room, Arthur followed on his older brother's heals not wanting to be by himself in an unfamiliar location.

Once they got to Jay's room Nicolas turned to his little brother. He could tell that he was shooken up by the events that just happened. Nicolas crouched down to his level and whispered to him.

"Why don't you go get ready for bed?" He said patting the young boy on his shoulder, "I'll be there in a little bit to tuck you in, okay?"

"Okay," The young prince said turning to his brother and hugging him, "tell him goodnight for me."

"I will, see you in a bit," Nicolas says as Arthur begins to walk down the hallway.

Nicolas stands and quietly knocks on the door trying not to startle the prince inside. Jay didn't respond to the knock but he knew it was Nicolas.

Opening the door slightly, trying not to be loud, the older prince walked in. He looked over at Jay who was laying on his stomach facing the wall on top of the covers on his bed, he didn't move when the door opened.

"I brought you some food," Nicolas says as he sits the plate on the nightstand.

Jay let's out a quiet "thanks" and continues to stare at the wall. Nicolas sighs and sits on the bed next to the younger prince.

"You want to talk about it?" Nicolas asks looking over to Jay and watches as he thinks.

"Not really," Jay responds rolling over on the bed to looking up at the ceiling.

"Okay, not a talker," Nicolas laughs to himself and Jay sits up with his back against the headboard, "What about a hug?"

Jay looked over the the prince with a slightly shocked look on his face. Though the offer surprised him, he did really want the hug.

With a small nod from the younger prince, Nicolas scooched closer on the bed and pull Jay into his side gently rubbing his arm.

Jay let a quiet sigh and wrapped his arms around the older prince soaking in the warmth radiating off Him. Nicolas softy rubbed the younger prince's back as a way to comfort the boy.

After sitting with Jay in his arm for awhile he could feel that the prince's breathes started to even out indicating the boy had fallen asleep.

Nicolas slowly moved Jay's arms from around him and quietly left the room to go fulfill his promises to his brother.

Walking through the quiet halls of the castle was peaceful. You would think after the scene that happened in the dinning room more would be happening around the castle but it was silent.

Once Nicolas reached Arthur's bed room he opened the door quietly to not scare the young prince. Nicolas smiled as he looked at the boy who had fallen asleep waiting for him.

Arthur was laying on top of his covers hugging the stuffed bear he brought everywhere with a small book laying on his chest that he was reading to try and stay awake.

Nicolas walked over to the prince and lifted him gently and moved his blanket over him. He then grabbed the book off of him, marked the page, and layed it on the nightstand. Arthur snuggled deeper into the blankets and smiled at the welcome warmth.

The older prince "awed" at the young boy in front of him and kissed his forehead before turning to leave the room.

"Goodnight buddy, sweet dreams," Nicolas said as he shut off the light, "love you to the moon and back."

He closed the door slowly so that it doesn't make a sound and walked back to the room he was meant to sleep in.