A Royal Love: William

Chapter nine

That evening, Luna, Matt and I were watching television. We were watching to our visit to the orphanage. "Why does everyone sees me as a troublesome child?" Matt asks us. "Because you always get into trouble." I say to him. "Not always." "Is there someone with him? It is a woman! Prince William is with a woman! Who is she and how does she know him?" The journalist says on the television. We all look back at the television. "I am prince William's fiancée" Luna says on the television. We see the crowd cheering. The journalist turns to the camera. "Well you heard it, prince William is engaged. To a very pretty woman I must say. The king said that we will see her again, maybe we will be able to speak to her then." "They find me pretty." Luna says shy. "Of course they do, you're beautiful." I say to her. "He's right, you always look stunning." Matt says smiling to her. She smiles back at him. "Thank you, Matt."

"Now I wonder when prince Matthew will get a fiancée." We hear the journalist say on the television. "Seriously?" Matt asks the journalist. He then looks at Luna and me. "Why are they so obsessed with that?" "Be prepared Matt, maybe father will say to you that you need to find a wife too." I say to him. "Well, then he'll have to wait. I don't want a wife." "Why not?" Luna asks him. "I just don't have the need to find one." "I didn't have the need either, but here I am happily engaged." I say. "I just-" Matt began but is interrupted by the ringing of his phone. He looks at it and answers. "Hey! What's up?" He says. He stands up, waves bye at us and walks away.

"Who do you think that was?" Luna asks me. "His friend." "The one who brought you to my house?" "Yes, that's the one." "I want to meet him." "Maybe you will one day." "I hope so, it's thanks to him we could grow closer."

Matt walks to us and sits down. "What did I miss?" I look at him. "We were talking about... your friend." "What about him?" Luna looks at him. "I want to meet him." Matt looks suspicious at us. "Why?" "He is the reason Will and I are a couple, I want to thank him." Matt stands up. "Well, then I'll say it to him when I see him again." "But I want-" "Bye." Matt says and walks out of the room. Luna looks at me. "That was weird." "Not really, he just want to protect his friend." "Protect him? From what?" "Father, he wouldn't approve their friendship." "Why not?" "He's not a royal or a rich man." She looks confused at me. "But I'm not a royal or rich either." "Yeah, but you're a beautiful woman." "I don't see the difference." I smiles at her. "You are my fiancée, Matt's friend doesn't have something to offer." "But what about his friendship?" "Father finds friendship useless."

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I sneak through the corridors of the castle until I reach Luna's bedroom. I knock quietly on the door and wait for an answer. When I don't hear anything I open the door quietly. I then walk to the bed. Luna looks so peaceful when she's sleeping. "Luna?" I whisper to her. She doesn't respond so I whisper a little louder. "Luna." I begin to shake her a little but stop when she suddenly moves away and I fall next to her on the bed. I look at her and see her looking at me confused. "Will? What are you doing here?" "I came to wake you." "Wake me?" "Yes, but it was really hard. You're way too peaceful when you sleep. I just wanted to keep looking at you." "I don't know if I should kiss you for the compliment or slap you for looking at me sleeping like a creep." I lean in. "I think you should kiss me." She smiles at me and kisses me. I kiss her back and put my arms around her.

After kissing for a while, we stop. "Why did you wake me?" she asks me. "Oh right! I came to take you with me outside the castle." "Outside? Why?" "Just get dressed, I'll wait." "Alright then." She says and gets up. She walks to her closet, takes out some cloths and walks to her bathroom to get dressed. After a while, she comes out. "I'm ready." "Good, follow me."

Once we're outside the castle, I start to walk and Luna follows close behind me. "Where are we going?" "To Matt" "Matt? Is he outside the castle?" "Yeah and he's with Drake." "Drake?" "That's his friend, the one you want to meet." "So I'll meet him?" "Normally." "So, where are they?" "In their usual bar." "And that's where we're going?" "Yes, I hope that we'll find them soon."

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When we arrive, we're happy to see that it isn't crowded. "Isn't that Matt?" Luna asks me and I look. "Yes, it is. Let's go" We walk to Matt, but stop when we see that there is a woman with him. "Who is that?" Luna asks me. "I don't know." We look at them and see them laughing. "They seem very close." I say to her. "Is she the reason Matt acts weird when we talk to him about him finding a wife?" She asks me. "Only one way to find out." I say and walk to Matt with Luna.

"Matt?" I call. He looks behind him and looks surprised to see us. "Will? Luna? What are you doing here? Like that?" he asked us. "We're here for Drake and we're just both wearing a cap." "It looks weird." "Ignore the caps! Where is Drake and who is this?" "Drake is using the bathroom." He says to us. I take a seat in front of him and Luna seats next to me, in front of the woman. "And who are you?" I ask the woman. She looks at me. "I'm Hazel." "How do you know my brother, Hazel?" "From here, he often comes here." "You seem close to him. How long do you know him?" "Will, come on. It almost looks like you're interviewing her." She looks at Matt. "I don't mind." She then looks back at me. "I've known him for a couple months. Seven? Eight? Something like that."

"Seven." We all look and see Drake looking at us. He takes a chair and sits down. "I see that you met Hazel." "Yes, but we were here for you actually." I say to him. "For me?" "Yes, I wanted to meet you." Luna says. He looks at her. "Why?" "Because you're the reason that we're a couple." She says to him. "You give me more credit then I deserve." "No she doesn't. Without you, I would have never been able to go to her house. I would never have found her." "I just asked my sister." Drake says to me.

"You have a sister? Why didn't I know about her?" Matt suddenly asks. "I just don't like talking about her." "Why?" Luna asks him. "To protect her." "She's a big girl, Drake, you'll have to stop protecting her one day." Hazel says to him. "One day, but that day won't come soon." "She's a tough girl, she can protect herself." Drake looks away and doesn't response. "Why haven't I seen her before when I'm at your house?" Matt asks. Drake looks at him. "She doesn't live with me." Hazel looks confused at him. "Since when?" "A month. Can we please stop talking about her?" "Where does she lives now? And why did she move out?" "She lives abroad to study self-defence." "Self-defence? Why?" "That's enough, Hazel!" "Sorry." Drake stands up and walks away. "Drake, come on. Don't go." Hazel says and follows him.

Matt looks at them and then at us. "Well, there they go." "Why didn't you tell me about Hazel?" "The same reason why I didn't tell you about Drake." "But then you said that Drake was your only friend." "Yeah, that was to keep her save." "Keep her save? Why? If she's your girlfriend then she can live with us in the castle." "She's not my girlfriend." He says and stands up. I stand up to "Yeah sure, you're just really close and lied to me about her." "We are and I did." He says and starts to walk towards the exit. I follow him with Luna behind me. "Come on Matt stop lying." He walks outside the bar and we follow him. "She's not-" He stops talking and looks at something. We follow his gaze and are surprised to see Drake and Hazel kissing.

"Drake? Hazel?" Matt calls sounding hurt. They stop kissing and look at him. "Matt, I can explain." Drake says and starts walking towards Matt. "Just, leave me alone." Matt says and walks away. "Matt, come on, let me explain!" Drake yells to him. I look at Drake. "What's going on? Why is my little brother upset?" He sighs deeply. "Matt is just-" He starts but is interrupted by Hazel. "He's in love with me."