A Royal Love: William

Chapter ten

I look at her. "H-He's in love?" "Yeah, he's been in love with me since we met." "But you're not in love with him?" Luna asks her. "No, I'm not." She answers and looks then at Drake. "I'm in love with Drake." He smiles at her. "And I'm in love with her." He looks then at us. "We both knew that Matt was in love with her and we didn't want to hurt him, so we hid our relationship from him." "We really didn't want hurt him. We love each other, what were we supposed to do?" Hazel asks us. "Please try to talk to him." I look at Luna and she looks at me. "We'll try." She says to them. They both smile at us. "Thank you!" Hazel says happily. "I just hope for you that he'll listen to us." I say to them. "Matt can be very stubborn."

Once were at the castle, I go to Matt's bedroom and Luna goes to her own bedroom. She wanted to come with me, but I didn't want that. Matt needs his brother, nobody else. I knock on his door and wait for a response. But I don't hear anything and I open the door. I don't see him, but I see that the doors that lead to the balcony are open. I walk toward the balcony and see Matt sit on a chair looking to the city.

"Matt?" He doesn't answer or even looks at me. I sit down on the chair next to him. "Matt, I know that-" "No you don't." "What?" "You don't know how it feels." He looks at me. I'm shocked to see that he has been crying. "Matt... I..." "You don't know how it's like to never get anything your way, to feel alone and how it feels to be... me." "Matt, I wish I knew and that I could take your pain away, but I can't. That is something that's part of life." "No, it's part of my life." "Matt, I do know how it feels to be sad." He looks back at the city. "Why am I so stupid? I should have known." "You're not stupid." I can see a tear rolling down his cheek. "You'll find a woman who'll love you, I'm sure of it." "I don't want to, it hurts too much." "It does now, but it will go away." "I hope very soon. I don't want to feel this way ever again." "You'll find some amazing woman with who you'll want to spend your whole life with."

He stands up and sweeps his tears away. "I hope that I don't meet her soon." He looks at me with a little smile. "Too much drama." I smile back at him. I know that he's faking his smile, he's doing it so that I'll think that he's alright. "I'm going to get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow." "I think you mean in a few hours." "Yeah, that's it." He starts to walk away, but I stop him. "If there's anything wrong, then please, talk to me. You're my little brother, you mean the world to me." He smiles to me. Now I can see that it isn't a fake one, it's real. "Thanks."

We walk back inside, but immediately stop when we see father standing there. "Father?" I ask confused. Matt looks down, probably hoping that father couldn't see that he's been crying. "Where were you two?" "Just walking." I say to him. "You were outside of the castle, were you not?" "We were not, father." "Then why is Matthew crying?" He says looking at Matt. "I am not, father." Matt says, still not looking at father. "Then look at me." Father say to him. "Now!" Matt slowly looks up. "Matthew! What happened?" We heard mother say from the doorway. She walks to him and looks at him. "It is nothing, do not worry." Matt says to them. "What happened?" Father asks him getting angry. "Nothing father." "Matthew!" Father suddenly yells.

"What's going on?" I look and see Luna walking toward us. When she sees Matt she looks worried. Father looks at me. "Can you tell us what happened?" "No father." He looks angry at me and looks at Luna. "And you?" She looks at him. "No, I am sorry." "I was just sad, that is all." Matt suddenly says. "Sad? But why?" Mother asks worried. "Why do you care? You never cared, so why now!?" "Because I already think I know what happened." Father says calmly. "Then why do you want to know so badly!?" "To know if I am right." "You always think that you are right, so why not now?" Matt says angry. Father is quiet for a while. "Is it a woman?" He then asks.

Matt's face changes from angry to surprise in a matter of seconds. I'm surprised too. How does father know? "I take that as a 'yes'." Father says. Matt looks down. "Poor Matthew. But think of the bright side. William had has his heart broken and now he is getting married." Mother says to Matt. "Did you talk to her?" Father askes him. "Yes." "Do you know her name?" Matt looks at him. "Yes, but I won't tell you." Father looks angry at him. "Fine, have it your way. Now, go to sleep." He says and walks out of the room followed by mother.

I look at Matt. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure. Can you leave, I want to sleep." He says. "But-" I begin, but Luna interrupts. "We'll go, goodnight." She then looks at me. "Come on." She walks out of the room to her own. I walk towards the door and stop in the doorway. "Matt?" He looks at me. "It's good that you didn't tell father her name." "Don't say any names in the castle, remember?" He answers with a fake smile. I smile back and walk to my own room.