My Way to Becoming Queen

Chapter 2

Nathaniel told me that he also loves me. Sigh. I am so happy that he feels the same way I do. Man I really hope that he will be okay. Nathaniel is weaker than his brother. He gets sick really easily. Even when he is sick Matthew is still quite strong with magic. I really hope that Nathaniel will be alright.

Maybe I could set up Matthew with my sister. They are very similar. If that works then I can have Nathaniel. All I have to do is figure a way to get her to this planet. But I don't know how to do that. Maybe when I see Nathaniel next I can ask him to help me out. Right now I need to get to bed.

I take off my dress and pull on a night gown and crawl into bed. I was so exhausted that I fell asleep very quickly. I didn't even wake up until the next morning. I felt so awful for what happened the night before that I decided that I just wanted to spend the whole day in bed. The maid had come to bring me breakfast and informed me that Nathaniel had become sick. This made me feel worse. So I then decided that I am actually going to stay in bed the whole day. If I do this I might be able to avoid Nathaniel. So I spent the whole day in bed. Then I spent the following five days in my room.

On the sixth day there came a knock at my door. I told the person to come in. It was my maid. She told me that I need to get out of my room. She got me washed up and dressed and sent me out to play. I went to walk on the beach. It was an hour walk to get there, and I enjoyed every minute of the walk. When I got there I started walking towards the sunrise. I had been walking for about three hours on the beach when I heard a voice behind me. I turned around and there, on a horse, was Nathaniel. He was the last person I wanted to see. His horse trotted over to me and Nathaniel grabbed me and pulled me up unto his horse. I then told him that I don't want to go back at this moment. He already knew that. With him he had a pack. It had blankets and food in it.

He told me that he had decided that it would be a good idea if I just spent the whole day and night outside of the castle. He had brought some stuff for himself so he could keep me safe while we were out. I just had to smile. He really cared about me and my safety. I was kind of sad thought that it was not Matthew. Matthew was so mad the other night that I was going for his brother instead of him, but this is a perfect example about how Nathaniel was caring.

So we continued to ride into the sun. When the sun was right above us we went to find a nice meadow that had a creek running through for the horse. It didn't take that long to find. When we did he unsaddled the horse and pulled the lunch food out. We ate lunch and went back onto the beach. This time we did not ride the horse. Nathaniel told me that he really missed talking to me this past week and that me leaving really hurt him. I was touched that he cared for me that much.

Then he picked me up and ran into the water that was lapping the shore. As soon as he got out to where the water was almost to his waist he dropped me. I screamed right before I hit the water. When I came up I was soaking wet. Nathaniel was just laughing. Then I put my leg behind him and pushed him. He fell over my leg and was submerged by water. Then I took off. As soon as he was up and had gotten the water out of his eyes he took off after me. When he caught up to me he tackled me. We went rolling around the shore in and out of the water. Then when I had finally gotten on top of him and held him down he kissed me.

He took advantage of me being in a daze and flipped me over. He was smiling and his eyes were filled with joy. I didn't know what to do. But then he kissed me again. This time I kissed him back. It was a very pleasant kiss. I felt all warm and cozy inside. But just it had started suddenly, it ended suddenly. He got off me and stood up. Then he helped me up. We were both soaking wet and the sun was starting to go down. So Nathaniel went to find wood for a fire while I pulled out the blankets. I noticed; tucked into one of the blankets, was Nathaniel's journal. I opened it to the page dated three days ago. It was an entry about me.

I can't believe that I told her that I love her. It was a stupid idea. I mean she is being courted by my brother. But I don't know what to do about all of this. I have feelings for her that I have never had before. I really wish that I could have never met her. No I don't. Meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to me.

What have I done? I have tried to be a good brother. I mean...

Then I heard his voice behind me. He didn't sound mad. I mean if someone had read my journal I would probably be mad, but he wasn't. He just walked over to me and asked me to help him with the fire. I put his journal back in the basket and went to help him set up the fire. Then he walked over to the horse and pulled something out of the basket. Then he walked over to me and handed it to me. It was my journal and a pen. He told me that he had not opened it and that he thought that I might like to have it to write in it. I smiled at him and thanked him. Then I started to write.

Today was very fun. Today I was forced out of my room and decided that it was best to go on a walk, but was found by Nathaniel. He rode his horse out to find me. He had packed some food and blankets. He also brought my journal with him too. I think I am starting to fall in love with him. I had an idea that he loved me. Then I read his journal page and found out that he really loves me. This really makes me feel terrible since I have to be with his brother. SIGH. My life is so hard.

Then I put up my journal. By this time it was getting dark and kind of cold. I shivered and Nathaniel looked at me. He added more wood to the fire and moved closer to me. The bigger fire along with Nathaniel's body heat was keeping me warm. I smiled again and within minutes I was asleep.

The next morning I am awaken by the sound of gentle lapping waves of the ocean hitting the beach. I pull myself up so that I am sitting and stretch. I actually slept quite well the night before. I look a little over to my left and see that Nathaniel is asleep right next to me. He looked so peaceful. The fire had gone out so I decided to go and find some wood to build the fire back up. When I got back I built the fire back up and went to the horse to see what he had packed for breakfast. I found a frying pan and bacon and eggs and some biscuits. So as soon as the fire settled I put the pan on the fire to warm up.

When it was warm enough I added butter to the pan then put in the eggs and bacon. I had cut the bacon into smaller pieces so that I can have scrambled eggs and bacon. Nathaniel woke up to the smell of breakfast. He looked at it hungrily and kind of weary since I cooked it. He never knew or thought of me cooking. I smiled and handed him a plate full of food. He wasn't sure he should eat it, but he was super hungry so he ate it all. He was so surprised that I could cook. Then he asked for more.

I had almost finished mine so I told him to wait a second. When I finished I split up the rest of the food between the both of us. This time Nathaniel ate slower. I actually finished up before him. When he finished eating we both gathered up the dishes and placed them into the bag. Then we gathered up all of the blankets and while he put them away I put out the fire.