The Prince and His Pauper

Chapter 31: The Prince Earnest

"Welcome home, my prince. Did you find your answer?" Sebastian greets me with a ghost of a smirk on his lips as he holds the garage door open for me.

"Yes, I did. You were right about going to see Cassiel. It really helped me clear my thoughts." I answer as I walk inside my house. "Did I miss anything important while I was out?"

"No, your highness. Nothing of importance came up." Sebastian replies behind me, following me to my room.

"Thank you. You're not busy right now, are you?" I ask as I walk up to my room and turn the doorknob.

"No. All of my work has been completed." Sebastian states.

"Good because I need your help with something and I don't want anyone else to overhear us." I declare and head inside my room.

My eyes scan my room for my laptop and find it sitting on top of my night desk. I head there, grab the device, and quickly turn it on. Once the screen opens up asking for my password, I type it in and wait for it to load into my home screen. Meanwhile, Sebastian shuts the door to my room and asks, "What do you need me to help you with?"

"To plan a date with Cassiel. He said the next thing we have to do is go on dates to see how much we like each other. Any ideas?" I answer and click the Google chrome icon.

"There are many things you can do to go on a date with him. The most common being going to a restaurant and have dinner together." Sebastian inputs but I didn't like the idea.

"How can having dinner together help? Isn't that when two strangers who don't know each other go to dinner as a way to get to know each other better? I already know Cassiel. We were friends before so having dinner with him would only make things awkward between us. What else is there?" I question as the Google homepage appears.

"Google it. There might be some better options than a boring dinner date." Sebastian states while I type in the search box where to go on a first date and press enter.

A couple of links appear on my screen immediately afterwards, but I chose the second link since the article title mentioned ideas that didn't involve sitting in a bar which felt harmless enough for me to see. I scroll down the list, loving just about every idea there was in the page. Ice cream socializing sounds good but it doesn't seem right. Going to a theme park seems fun but I don't think Father would allow me to go there with Cassiel only. I'll have to invite Leo, Sebastian and Hunter to come along just so it won't be too suspicious. A coffee walk sounds pleasant if it didn't say we had to be in unfamiliar territory and I rather not get ourselves lost.

There was a choice of watching the sunset, that would be great. However, I want to do something with him before we could do that and I found one. "Sebastian, I want to take Cassiel to the zoo." I announce.

"Have you thought out of a date?" Sebastian asks. What is the perfect day for our first date?

"Do I have any appointments on Saturday?" I question. As far as I know, I have nothing to do on that day. I might have another business meeting tomorrow if I'm lucky. I want to be with Cassiel on his first day back to school.

"Not that I know of." Sebastian replies while I search up the nearest zoos which happens to be the Los Angeles Zoo. Seems like the perfect place, starts at 10:00 am and ends at 5:00 pm which gives me time to take Cassiel out to eat somewhere then watch the sunset. Maybe I could take him to the beach and we can watch it there.

"Excellent. Keep an eye out for any appointments I may have on Saturday. I'll go take a shower now, will dinner be ready by then?" I order as I began to shut down my laptop.

"Yes, my prince. However, you're dining with your family tonight. The king insists on it." Sebastian states while I get off my bed and head to the closet for a change of clothes.