Short stories

18 Ill be good

~Mitch~
I thought I saw the devil, this morning
Looking in the mirror drop of rum on my tongue

I looked in the mirror running my hands through my hair, my eyes looked sunken, I was up just a tad bit late, and I won't say it was because I was drinking because I was...
Anyways...
"Mr. Hughes" a loud voice calls
"Yes Jerome" Jerome rushes in with my formal attire
"You've slept almost through the whole day" I groan
"So?"
"Today is your parents anniversary ball or whatever it is" Jerome was my best friend before I was adopted by the King and queen, when we were older he became my servant, uh what's another word... Bellboy, uh yeah that's pretty much all I can think of at the moment.

With the warning to help me see myself clearer, I never meant to start a fire, I never meant to make you bleed. I'll be a better man today.

I step out of the room in my formal attire.
"Looking snazzy as ever Mitch" he knew never to call me sir because it annoyed the hell out of me plus he's one of my closest friends.... He's only one of my friends.
"Alanna knocked by and told me to tell you that your parents want to meet you in the garden "
I nod my head and trail down the stairs to the palace gardens.
"Mitchell" My mothers voice greets me
She is a very flowy Queen, my dad and mom where In an arranged marriage, even before the news that they would be wed my dad and mom where happily Sneaking out just to see the other, my dad was very... Hmm what's a word... To the point...
My mother embraced me and my father just nodded.

I'll be good I'll be good
And I'll love the world like I should, yeah I'll be good I'll be good, for all of the time I never could.

"It has come to our attention that you have not found a wife yet" my dad said
Oh shit... Right....
"I went out last night-"
"And humiliated us" my father said sternly
"Arthur" my mother says sternly
"Gwenavire " he says back
" please give me more time?" I plead
My mother smacks my fathers arm
Which is unlike the manner of a queen.
"3 days" my mother says
My father looks down at his wife.
She glares at him.
"Fine"
"And since o knew your father would agree there will be a party for all the royals and Nobles of nearby countries and the like"
I smiled at my mother she got her way with my father whether it was right or wrong.

My past has tasted bitter for years now, so I wield an Iron fist, Grace is just weakness, or so I've been told.

-that same night-
"Jerome I'm loosing my top how am I supposed to find a girl who wants to Mary me" Jerome laughed
"What?!"
"Look in the city you'll find one" Jerome said
While laughing.
"Shut up she needs to be Royal" Jerome wiped a tear away from his eye
"I'm going into town in a little bit to meet a tailor at the border"
"Alright find yourself a lady" I called after him he stopped and laughed... A hesitant laugh...
When the door shuts I stare at the ceiling for a while...
And I slowly start to drift into sleep.
There is classical music playing, there are women everywhere and I literally feel like I'm being suffocated, suddenly a beautiful hand reaches out and pulls me into an open area, I can't see her face.
Thunder wakes me.
Boom-clap
This continues on for a while, until I see the son start to rise, about an estimated guess it's probably 5 in the morning... Just a guess...

I've been cold I've been merciless
But the blood on my hands scares me to death.
.... Maybe I'm waking up today....

"Mitch get off your ass we've got to get going" jerome said pouring water into the vanity, yes I know men did use vanities to wash our faces,
"go wash your face and I'll set out your clothes "
"Thanks jerome" I said to him he knew I felt uncomfortable dressing and getting ready around other people.
Yep, great King.
I got dressed while Jerome tidied up my room and we talked back and forth.
Jerome always told me memories of his hometown before he moved to the Province of Quebec.
The wide open grassy land and beaches...
Before I was adopted I lived on the most southern part of the province of Quebec a River across from The Province of Michigan.
Jerome opened the door for me
"Out ya go" Jerome says pushing me out the door
"Meet the special girl" he says as I start down the stairs and enter the ballroom before finding my parents,
"Mitchell" my mother states she only uses Mitch when others aren't around.
So I stand and talk with people all night the clock has just stuck 10... A lot of people have left and only a few remain mainly good friends of my parents.
"Your Majesty" a grand voice says greeting me I turn
"Arthur this is your son" my father turns to me and the man
"Ah Lancelot hello it's been a long time" he hugs the man named Lancelot
"And yes this is my son Mitchell"
"He's grown so much" Lancelot says to my father
"Mitchell this is my daughter Jessica" a girl my age curtsies before me
"Your majesty" she says
"I'm Lancelot of the province of British Columbia" he says bowing

I'll be good I'll be good and I'll love the world like I should, I'll be good I'll be good, I'll be good I'll be good.

Jessica has beautiful Golden eyes, and tight chocolate brown hair curled together in a bun.
"Have any siblings?" I ask
"7" she says
My eyes grow wide
"That's a lot of kids" I say
"What about you?" She says as we walk
"I'm an only child, I was adopted from a village far near the province of Michigan" she nods
"What do you do in your spare time"
I think hard on this, I don't really know a whole lot but
"I'll swim, or ride my horse or even read"
She turns to me
"I've never met a prince who reads in their spare time"
"And how many princes would that be?" I say wiggling my eyebrow in a playful manner
"5 other princes "
"What do you do in your spare time"
" I have discovered a passion for learning and Armand traveling" I look to her
"I can show you a (whole new world) place I think you might like" I say taking Jessica's hand and dragging her out of the palace, she saddles one of the horses tightening the girth and the stirrups, I got to help her up but she playfully smacks my hand away
"I got it" she says swinging herself up
I swing up next to her.
"Ready?" I ask
"Lead the way Mitchell"
"First call me Mitch two alright"
She smiles and I can see stress rising off her chest
I start to slow down

For all of the light that I shut out
For all of the innocent things that I've done
For all of the bruises that I've cause and the tears

I help Jessica off her horse like a gentleman
"Such a gentleman"
She says playfully
"Anything for the beautiful princess Jessica"
I say bowing and walking interlocking my arm with her
"Call me Jess" she says laying her head on my shoulder
I lead her in between the trees and over trunks to a small cave.
I move a rock with A hand from Jess.
We enter and Jess' jaw drops.
The walls are made from emerald and amethyst.
I lead her to the back where I have carved a fireplace.
"It's so beautiful" she says
"Just like you" I say
She laughs
Her hair is now in a curled side bun
And she has a scratch on her face from the branches
"What's this" I say
"Just a scratch Mitchell" she says playfully into my hand leaning into my hand.
"Your so warm" she says
"Are you cold?"
"A little"
"Here take this" I give her my plaid scarf that I grabbed before we left, but she was so petite that it could be a shawl
"Thanks"

For all of the things that I've done, all the years.
Yeah, for all of the Sparks That I've stomped out
For all of the perfect things that I doubt.

~3rd person view~
"The end"
"That's how it ends dad" the little girl whined she had no idea she had been a descendant of the pendragons
Her veins pumped with royalty and authority
"Well how do you think it ended?" The man asks the girl
"Well..."

"Mitch and Jess tell their parents of their blooming love and their parents are throughly proud and happy for their children they then have a beautiful wedding and everyone fawns over Jess and her beauty and she's almost killed-"
"Whoah whoah whoah slow down there kid"
The man holds out his hand enclosed around something
"Why don't you finish the story" he says unwrapping the cloth to reveal a dragon pen engraved on the side is
Pendragon

I'll be good I'll be good
And I'll love the world like I should
Yeah I'll be good I'll be good
For all of the times I never could

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