The Blossoming Of Our Love (Broppy story)

Chapter 11

Poppy's Pov

Last night, after the ceremony, me and Creek had....you know.....and it was AWFUL. A total disaster. Creek and I had breakfast this morning and he kept laughing and staring at me. He is so disgusting. Today, a friend of his, is coming to pop kingdom to meet me and Creek is really excited. He keeps hugging me and kissing me and the worst part of all is that he is doing it in front of Branch.

"Poppy, I want you to be nice to him, but be careful, because he might.... he's doing it to a lot of girls."

"I get it. Don't worry I'll be careful."

Little did I know that Creek was right because, I knew his friend really well. His friend is Archer, my ex boyfriend. Great! Creek, Branch and Archer in the same room. This isn't gonna be good.

"Archer, you made it!" Creek said and he hugged him

"Well, I couldn't come to the wedding, but I wanted to meet your wife."

"Archer, this is Poppy. Poppy, this is Archer."

Tell me something that I don't know.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Archer."

"Likewise." He said and he gave me the look. The look : "you're in big trouble miss." And I certainly am.

"I have to go. Poppy can you keep Archer company? Thank you, I'll see you later." He said and he kissed me.

"Well, I guess you don't need me so I..." I tried to leave but Archer grabbed my hand.

"And where do you think you're going?"

"I have more interesting things to do than seeing your face."

"You're not gonna get rid of me that easily."

"What do you want? We're over."

"You thought that I wouldn't find out? That my best friend married my ex."

"You think I wanted to marry your stupid friend?"

"Then?"

"It's not your business. Now, leave me!"

"Something's off with you. You're hiding something."

"I'm not. Now, let me go!"

"I'm going to find out, Poppy. And once I know your secret..."

"Leave me or I'll scream."

"We were an amazing couple, Poppy."

"No, we weren't. You were a jerk and that's why I broke up with you." I said and I let loose from his grip. "Don't you dare say anything to Creek."

"Well, I have to think about it."

"What is going on? Are you okay, Poppy?" Branch said

"Branch....yeah I'm okay."

"Leave her alone, Archer. Go find your stupid friend."

"It's not over, Poppy." Archer said and he left.

"What happened?"

"It's not your business."

"Poppy, I'm not leaving until you tell me."

"......Archer is my ex. It didn't end well and now he wants revenge. He knows that I'm hiding something. If he finds out that something happened between us, we're doomed."

"Did he hurt you? That's why you broke up with him?"

"No. But, he was arrogant and controlling, just like Creek."

"Poppy, I still need to talk to you. Meet me at the secret room in the garden tonight."

"Branch, I...."

"Great. Glad we're on the same page." He said and he left before I could answer him. That troll. He drives me crazy.

When Creek fell asleep I tried to get out of bed without waking him up. I checked the hall and, thankfully, no one was there. So i went to meet Branch at the secret garden. I was waiting for him for half an hour, but he didn't show up. I guess I was right. He was just messing with me.

I went back to the castle and headed for my room, but Branch grabbed my hand and pushed me to his room.

"Where were you?"

"I'm sorry, I couldn't meet you there. Archer was spying on me."

"What do you mean?"

"I was about to come and find you, but Archer showed up and....threatened me. He found out."

"What!!!!"

"Shhhh."

"How?" I whispered

"He heard us talking in the hall. But, now that he knows, I really need to talk to you."

"I guess it's not meant to be." I said and I left. I want to talk to him as well, to apologise, but if I stay alone in a room with him I'm gonna ruin everything.

Branch's Pov

"Well, if you don't want to listen to what I'm saying, you will listen to what I'm singing."