A Royal Love: Matthew

Chapter four

I'm in Lorenz's car. It reminds me a lot of Drake, he always waited for me. When I was in his car, we drove off to go to the bar or sometimes to his house.

"What are you thinking of?" Lorenz asks me. I don't look at him, still looking out of the window. "Nothing." "What did you do?" I look at him. "What do you mean?" "My lady likes you and she doesn't like everyone." "Well, I didn't do anything." "You must have done anything." "Maybe she just likes me because I'm a spy in the castle." "Maybe." He says. We didn't speak anymore during the way to the headquarters.

Once we're at the headquarters, She walks to us. "Thanks for bringing him, Lorenz." "You're welcome." He says and then leaves us alone. She looks at me and then starts to walk. I walk next to her. "Did you like what we did to the parliament? She asks me. "Yeah, it was amazing!" "I could see that you liked it." "Then why did you ask me?" "To know if I've seen it good."

I stop and smile at her. She stops too and looks at me. "You were rebelling in front of the king and you were looking at me?" I ask her still smiling. "Don't flatter yourself." She says continuing walking. I walk next to her. "Admit it, you couldn't keep your eyes off me." She stops walking and look at me. I stop too and keep smiling. "You're right." She smiles. "I couldn't stop looking at you." "You-You couldn't?" I ask her confused. She comes closer to me. I walk back, but she walks closer. I keep walking back until I bump into the wall. She leans in and whispers into my ear. "I still can't."

She suddenly starts laughing. I look confused at her. "You should have seen you're face!" "You tricked me!" "Yeah, I did and it was fun!" "That wasn't funny! I really thought that you meant it." "Yeah, I know. You were really afraid when I got so close to your face. Did you really think that I was going to kiss you?" I look at the ground. She grabs my chin and makes me look at her. "I'm not that ugly." "How can I know that if you're always hiding your face?" I say smiling to her. She playfully slaps my arm. I slap her back. Eventually we end up slapping each other and laughing.

After a while, we stop our little 'fight' and we walk to a room. I look around and I must say, I was impressed. "You like it?" She asks while she sits down on the sofa. "I do actually, but what are we doing here?" "I always come here, it's my office." "This is your office?" She nods her head. "That's amazing." She smiles but looks away shortly after. "Can you tell me something about you?" She looks at me. She opens her mouth but before she can say anything, I put my finger in front of her lips. "Don't worry, you don't have to tell me your name. How old are you?" I can see her thinking whether to tell it to me or not. "Come on I can't know who you are with your age." She looks at me. "I'm twenty-one." I smile at her. "Then you're two years younger than me. See, it wasn't that bad."

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I open my eyes when I hear someone clear his throat. I look and see Lorenz standing at the doorway. I feel that my left shoulder weighs less than a few seconds ago. I look at it and see Her sitting up. "What time is it?" She asks Lorenz sounding sleepy. "Almost noon." "What!?" We both say suddenly fully awake. "You heard me." He then looks at me. "Your parents are very worried. They're searching you." "Oh no." I look to Her. "I need to go." She smiles at me. "Okay, I'll see you tonight." "If my parents don't lock me in my room." I say standing up. "Call me when you're coming." She says standing up too. "I'll do that." I say and follow Lorenz to his car.

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Once Lorenz stops the car, I get out and start walking. I keep my head down, trying not to stand out. I look up when I see a crowd in front of me. I walk towards it, to see what they're looking at. My parents. Great. I see them on a stage. "We are searching for our son, Matthew. If any of you have seen him, we would really want to know." Father says to the crowd. I make my way through the crowd. Once I reach the front row of the crowd, a guard walks to me. When he sees who I am, he immediately lets me through.

I get up on the stage and walk to my parents. "What are you doing?" I ask them. "Matthew! We thought something bad had happened to you!" Mother says opening her arms to hug me, but I walk back. "What is wrong?" She asks. "You're never worried about me. So why now?" "Matthew, you are our son-" Father starts but I interrupt him. "I don't feel like that." "What?" He asks. "Be honest. You never wanted me as your son and I never wanted you as my parents." "Matthew! How can you think that! We love you!" Mother says. "Yeah, sure, if you say so." I say turning around. "I'm going to the castle, I'm tired." I walk away, not waiting for a response from my parents. When I walk towards the cars, I see a lot of people staring at me. They probably see me as a spoiled little prince. I stop walking when I see a middle-aged man smiling at me in the crowd. I recognize him, I've seen him in the headquarters. He'll probably tell this to Her. I hope he does that, then she'll know that she can trust me.