To Kill a Prince

Chapter ~5~

The night went on smoothly. Everyone conversed with one another, laughing at the funny memories they had spent together when they were children. I stayed out of it as much as I could since I had no idea of what they were talking about most of the time. I just sat there and listened to everyone's laughter fill the grand ball room.

"You're not going for dessert?" Abel asked me and I wiped my mouth my my napkin.

"I'm pretty full already." I lied.

"Oh come on, just try one thing. Try one dessert dish that you've never tried before and we'll call it a day." Abel offered.

I squinted my eyes as I looked at him. I sighed in defeat.

"Okay, but if I get fat, you're to blame."

"Got you covered." Abel patted his flat stomach jokingly.

I laughed.

"How do you manage to stay so thin?"

"Doctor told me I have a serious case of high metabolism. Very rare and not contagious." Abel joked.

I laughed, my laughter blending in with everyone else's.

I took a small plate and walked over to the abandoned dessert table. Abel stood beside me as I looked over everything, deciding what to pick.

Everything covering this table was something I've never tried and everything looked delicious.

"Can you pass me your plate?" Abel asked, I had him my plate and he added, "You take forever to choose."

I smiled at him as he filled the small white glass plate. He took a slice of red cake that was covered in something white. He then added a brown cupped chocolate pastry along with a chocolate strawberry. He handed me a fork and walked with me back to the table.

Abel pulled out my chair and I thanked him quietly as I took a seat. I cleared my throat, looking down at what was on my plate.

"Here goes nothing." I mumbled to myself.

I took a piece of the sliced cake, slowly bringing it to my lips. I chewed slowly at first then a smile crept up my face.

"Good?" Abel asked with a smirk.

I smiled in return before nodding my head. Once I finished my cake I took a bite out of the chocolate pastry, it had a savory sweet taste of rich chocolate.

"That's a brownie, I think they're delicious!" Abel said as he ate a brownie as well.

My last dessert was a chocolate covered strawberry. I wasn't a big fan of strawberries so wasn't very fond of having to trying this.

"My turtle eats faster than you." Abel said with a flat tone.

I laughed quietly before taking a bite of the chocolate tipped strawberry. The strawberry flavor wasn't all there, it was mixed with a sweet chocolate flavor. I gave Abel a thumbs up before finishing my dessert.

"Great, now I feel fat." I muttered as I tapped my stomach.

Abel laughed and looked behind me. I turned and noticed Zach leaving.

"Are we leaving?" I asked, flattening my hands on my dress.

"No," Zach replied sternly, "I have to do something, I'll be back to take you home."

Zach left down the hallway we came. I glared at the back of his head before turning back to Abel with a smile.

"So, are you and my brother... like, a thing?" Abel asked while looking down at his glass of milk.