SCARS AND BRUISES II fate : winx saga

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"Lying isn't just not telling the truth - it's willingly letting someone believe an alternate reality."

Alexander's POV:

"Have you told the princess about your worries?", Ronan asks me in the morning. God, no. I completely forgot about it when I was around her. I remembered it once but it wasn't the right moment for a sudden change to honesty and ruining the evening. She'd hate me especially after I've made her believe that Stephen's into her and that's the reason for our disagreement. 

"No, I.. I enjoyed the evening more than I was thinking of any complications", I admit which makes Ronan smile. "The right moment will come", he reassures me, "This picture seems to be real by the way." He points at the picture that I've opened on my phone. It's from yesterday's evening when I've held her in my arms during the movie. She smiles at me widely ignoring the camera. I hope that she forgives me for lying to her. However, it wasn't a lie only.. it's true that Stephen's jealous. 

"Is a picnic too boring?", I ask Ronan not knowing what else we could do in private as long as we're getting to know each other. "No, I'm sure it's just right." "Great, thank you. I'll ask her now", I let him know and leave the conference room which we used to plan our strategy which was interrupted by me thinking about Scar too much.

I'm on my way to see her when I find her passing by me without even taking a look at me. Okay, this seems weird.. "Princess", I interrupt her thoughts willingly and find her facing me blankly. "Yes?" "Uh.. you just passed by. Are you alright?", I ask confused and begin to worry. Did something happen that I don't know about? 

"Indeed.. I'm thoughtful. Stephen has been talking to me about the issue between you two", she admits so I also know why she didn't greet me before. I could tell before that she would hate me if she knew about it. No matter what or how Stephen said it, she's at least confused. Do I hate him or myself more now? Whatever.. I need to fix this. 

"I'm sorry about this, Scar. I planned to tell you yesterday about his speculations but I.. got lost in the moment, you know?" I mean.. I got lost in the moment because of her, it's not like was trying to lie to her. How could I have told her knowing that she would look at me in exact the same way that she does now? 

"You could have told me before", she says disappointedly. I nod. "You're right. I didn't expect this to be important until Stephen arrived here." I know Stephen enough to say he's calmed down before talking to Scar. He can be annoying but he wouldn't willingly harm me which is why I've never been angry about him for being with Becca. I was angry about her running right towards Stephen, especially him. 

"I'm not mad at you for coming here and wanting to make this arrangement work even if it was just to get back at Stephen. It doesn't involve me and it doesn't change our situation at all. You could have been someone I couldn't imagine myself with but you-" I'd be someone she could imagine herself with? Yeah, I guess I fucked up. 

"I've asked you what happened between you and you said Stephen's into me but you didn't tell me more. He took the first chance to talk to me." "Scar, the moment that I've been talking to you, even though you weren't amused with me touching your flowers", I try to lighten up the conversation by making a joke, "I knew I wanted this to work out. I like you, Scar, and I didn't want things to be more complicated than needed." 

"Looks like it didn't work out", she mumbles shrugging but I can tell that she's feeling a lot better around me. "I'm sorry for lying to you when you asked me about it, I mean it's been hiding a detail but well.." "I understand why you did this and I'm not even mad about it this much", Scar nods, "It's just hard for me to trust people and this didn't help with my trust issue a lot." "Let me take you out and talk about it all. Let's talk about it completely honestly and make a fresh start", I offer. 

"I'd love to but can I talk to you about it tomorrow?", Scar replies softly, "I need to sleep over it for a night." I smile when Scar lays her hand on my arm and gives me a kiss on my cheek. I'd definitely like to be closer to her but I guess I might need to put some more effort into this. I'll give Scar some time for herself and when she's ready to be with me again, I'll have her fall for me hard. No lies, no disappointments  anymore.

Scar's POV:

"What's going on in your head?", Alani asks me sighing when I - once again - don't listen to her fully. "She's having issues with her prince", Riven comments who sits in the back with my brother to spend time with us. "So you've been talking to Alexander about it?" 

"How do you know?", I wonder confused. "Riven and Sky made Stephen tell them about it." "Sure", I nod rolling my eyes, "It's not like it's a big problem." "It's not?", Sky asks me as Alani gives me different dresses to try on for different royal occasions. "He didn't intend to hurt me or anything. I know that he just didn't find the right moment to talk to me. I just wish it was different but I'm sure we'll be fine." 

"I mean.. it's not like you'd have other options", Riven mumbles. "Exactly", I snap at Riven for a moment because he's just making it harder not trying to let go. He knows that I don't have a chance but he sometimes acts like it's all my choice. It's easier for him. And honestly, it's easier for me knowing that it's been fate breaking us apart. "Another advice from me", Alani interrupts our competition in who could stare at each other more angrily, "Don't butt in royal relations." 

"Sorry, ma'am", Riven shrugs holding his hands into the air defensively. "You'll be the death of me", Alani sighs frustratedly and turns to me, "How could you befriend him in the first place?" I grin right back to her knowing that she's way too conservative for his behavior. However when I see Sky's look, I know that there could be more behind Alani's statement. If he thinks what I think he thinks, she's not as innocent either.