Lana Del Rey plays Princess Rivera.
*Writer's POV*
Five months later...
Zack was now busy with Princess Rivera, enjoying his life. He almost forgot Emily, Darren and Ariana. He left the school, changed his number and did his Best to ignore his old friends.
He was to get engaged to the Princess in 4 months.
Zack thought it's Emily who's ignoring her and Emily thought it was Zack. They still loved each other.
On the other hand, Emily had left her house, thinking that her father, Mr. Bolton was the reason of Zack's and her almost break up. She moved to an apartment with Ariana. Emily changed her school because she couldn't afford the expenses. She now was in a school near her apartment. Ariana was in the same school, enjoying with Darren.
Emily's parents were growing older. Mr. And Mrs. Bolton missed their dear child. But Emily was too mean to visit them.
She believed Zack would come back to her and that was doing it under his parents' pressure.
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*Zack's POV*
I opened my eyes. It was 9 in the morning. I turned my face and saw Rivera, sleeping next to me. I loved waking next to her. She was beautiful and I told her everyday. No unit can measure our love for each other.
*knock*
'Yes?' I shouted.
The door opened and Rivera came in.
'You have to go shopping today, your highness.' She said.
'Yes. Thank you. I'll be down in 10 minutes.' I said and quickly got up.
She bowed and went out.
I woke my fiancee up.
We quickly got ready and rushed to the breakfast table.
'We'll select the engagement ring today, any way.' Said Rivera.
We've been searching for a suitable engagement ring for Rivera since a week.
'yes. We'll have to.' I replied with a smile.
'how's your school love, Zack? ' said Rivera, laughing.
I hated when she talked about Emily. I don't know what exactly happened to me. Why I stopped talking to her.
'I'll go to the school to see her. ' I told her.
'See her?' She said.
'yeah.'
So we quickly finished the breakfast and ran to the car.
I first went to the school.
It was the same as it was 5 months ago.
Same building, same faces.
I rushed to the classrooms to find Emily. I knew she'd be angry. I don't know why she broke up with me.
I asked many students where Emily was. None of them knew.
Suddenly a figure appeared. A thin girl. She was Ariana!
'Oh my God!' I whispered.
She had died her hair red.
'What are you here for now?' she asked me rudely.
'I wanted to see my Best friends. ' I said.
'oh come on. Do you even know what that word means? ' she said.
'okay. Let's find Emily and I'll explain.' I said.
'She died.' She said.
'She what?!' I was ruined for a minute.
I loved Emily. I loved or didn't love Rivera. I didn't know.
'You heard it.' She said, not looking at me.
'Shut up and tell me where she is.' I yelled at her
'She moved from her parents' house. She has left the school. ' she told me.
'so what school is she in? ' I asked.
'a school near the apartment that we share. ' she told me.
'Where's the apartment? Please Ariana. Tell me. ' I begged her.
'I'll take you there some other time.' she told me.
'Sure? ' I asked.
'yes. ' she smiled
'so are we good? ' I asked her.
'We are, dear bitch.' she slapped me on my shoulder.
'I'll show you the Princess.' I said.
'The bitch Who ruined Emily's life? No.' she said.
'tell ne how to get rid of her.' I said.
'you want to get rid of her? ' she asked.
'Yea.'
She followed me.
Meeting the royals was not a problem for my friends. They were used to it .
Nobody in the United States had seen the British royals so it wasn't really a problem getting them to meet in public.
Ariana was super excited to see her.
She looked pretty in her new hairstyle.
'so you're sure you love Rivera? ' she asked me
'No. I'm not sure. And even when I try to love her, Emily comes on my mind which reverses all the feelings.' I explained.
'Why don't you tell her you don't like her?' she asked
'It's unethical to tell someone you don't like them.' I preached.
'Do you want me to tell her that?' she asked.
'No no. She's not just a girl. She's is princess. This may destroy our relations with the United Kingdom.' I explained. She didn't know the sensitivity.
'God.' she mumbled.
We were now in front of my car.
Rivera got out of the car and smiled at Ariana.
'Hello.' She said, still smiling.
'Hey.' Said Ariana.
'Rivera, she's Ariana, my best friend. And Ariana, she's the British Princess.' I introduced.
'Oh my God. I didn't know you're a Princess. How are you, your highness?' Ariana started the drama.
'You can call me Rivera.' She said with a smile.
'I'm getting late for the class. See you later.' Ariana smiled.
'Oh. Okay. You can come over whenever you want.' said Zack.
'I don't have your new contact number.' Ariana said.
We exchanged numbers and off she went.
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'She's pretty.' Rivera said on our way to the mall.
I nodded.
Nobody knew what I felt inside. We were going to buy her a ring . I didn't want to marry her. They were all forcing me. Why were my parents using me for their national interests? Who did they think I was? Why didn't they care about my happiness? I was being used big time. I had to stop this. I wanted to take her to meet someone so this engagement ring thing won't happen.
'what are you thinking about?' Rivera asked me.
'nothing. 'I smiled.
'What should we name our first child?' She said.
What? Child? This was getting worse.
'Any name you like.' I smiled.
'Don't tell me you never thought about your children.' She said being cheeky.
'That's a girl thing. Boys are too busy to think about shit.' I said, not looking at her.
This hurt her a little. She understood that I wasn't in a mood to talk about 'us'.
'You didn't bring Emily with you?' She asked.
'Uh. She left the school.'
'Why don't you go to her house?' she asked me
'She moved to an apartment.' I told her.
'And you don't know the way to it?' She asked.
I nodded.
'You want me to help you?' She asked, a tear almost falling off her eyes.
She was hurt.
'Uh no it's okay.' I said.
'No. Nothing's okay. You still love her. Why are you doing this to me?' she said.
I didn't answer.
*a text message received *
It was Ariana
'You're such a weirdo. You met me after half a year and you could only give me 10 minutes?'
I smiled. I had the cutest friends.
'You want more time?' I texted back.
'duh.' she replied.
'I'm coming to your place.' I told her.
'waiting.' she messaged.
She told me the address.
'Would you like to meet Emily? ' I asked Rivera.
'Yea sure.'
I turned the car towards the road that led to their apartment.
It was a silent drive.
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We were now standing at their door. We knocked and Ariana opened the door.
'Hello dears.' she said.
'hello.' we said.
She kissed Rivera on the cheek and slapped me on my shoulder.
'That's not fair.' I said
'Yea. I need to do more to make it fair.' she said.
We entered the apartment. It was a nice place. Emily must be happy to now live in a proper house.
*******
'How's life? How's Darren?' I asked her as we sat.
'Life's beautiful. He's perfect.'
'that's great. And how is the lady?' I asked her.
'Last 5 months have been depressing for her. She left her parents, you left her. She's not okay. I told her to move on a million times but she won't.' she explained.
'Where's she?' I asked her.
'She's sleeping.' she told me.
'Can I see her? I haven't seen her face since half a year.' I said.
'Sure.' she said.
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