Her Royal Highness, Leonor: The Years Later

A Flicker of Reality

Universidad De Autonomous

"Podemos continuar hasta manana."

"Hasta manana!"

Leonor gently closed her notebook, quickly shoved her books and her remaining papers into her backpack, and readied herself to go out. She gave the classroom clock a glance, and sighed, realizing she lost track of time just with her last class on Economics ending just a few minutes before five.

She gave her professor and classmates a quick goodbye, and just as quickly she could get lost in the crowd, she saw Aurelia escorting her from them to get her to her car. It wasn't easy, despite going to the university for almost two months now. Her co-students at the university keep on looking after her, which she may have gotten accustomed to, but she wishes she could just drive home with less interaction as possible.

Especially today, that she wanted some kind of alone time after what Philippa had informed her last night.

Remembering it made her want to drive and go home as fast as she could, and with tired eyes she gave Aurelia the look, making it known to the secretary that she could not wait any further longer. The secretary must have sensed her urgency to do so, she asked the rest of the security men to speed up letting her car exit the university. It worked, and within minutes, she was already driving back home.

Once she pulled up in the palace's parking lot, she kindly asked Aurelia to tell her Papa and Mama that she'd rather not have dinner today, and wants to go straight to sleep. Yet before Aurelia could do so, she was surprised to see her younger sister welcoming her in her casual plaid shirt and jeans, and when she realized her sister's back again in Madrid, she quickly rushed to give Infanta Sofia an embrace.

"Pienso que estas volvando a casa este el fin de semana?" (TL: I thought you were coming home this weekend?") She whispered, as she pulled her sister once again for a hug, surprised.

"Pues no, yo he completado mis examenes y classes por este semestre mas temprano." (TL: "Well, no, I've completed my exams and classes earlier this semester.") Sofia replied, with her wide smile, nudging her to go inside. "Vamos a cenar ya, tengo mil cosas quiero dicerte." (TL:"Let's go to dinner now, I have a thousand things I want to tell you.")

Despite her inner desire to rush to her bedroom and call it a day, she figured she couldn't let down her sister, now that she was back home earlier than they expected. Even though she can't tell her sister what's making her feel this way, seeing her back home and back with her, somehow takes away the swirling emotions that have been surrounding her all day.

Just as she expected, her Papa and Mama were already waiting for them to join dinner, and despite the delicious dishes that the Palace cook had prepared for them, she politely said no to getting any dinner other than a cup of tea to relax her nerves.

"Algo pasa mal?" Her mother, Queen Letizia asked. Hearing this had her Papa looking up to her across the table, as well as Sofia.

She was quick to reassure them she just had a long tiring day at school, but her father insisted on her to get at least a soup. She still said no, and curiosity crowded among the King's blue eyes.

"Lo siento, Papa, no tengo gana para comer ahora, por favor." (TL: "I'm sorry, Dad, I don't feel like eating now, please.")

 
"Te no necesitas comer todo la sopas, solamente unos pocos de cucharita de esos." (TL: "You don't need to eat all the soups, just a few teaspoons of those). Her father continues to insist. Seeing how firm the King was at the matter, which caught her by surprise as well as her mother and Sofia, she just went on finally agreeing for a bowl of soup, which the cook had quickly prepared for her.