Mischief

The Search Part 3

 "What are you looking for James?" Asked Sofia, the two were at the library, James was looking around for a certain book while Sofia was just looking around for something that interested her.

"I just want to double check a law in Enchancia," His eyes shifted slightly. "You know so I-I'm not rusty when I become king." Sofia nodded, unaware of his lie. "But now I can't find that goddamn book." he vented. "It's not on the bookstand where it's supposed to be." James was looking frustrated at this point. He continued on searching and venting, he's gone around the library 'thousands of times', Sofia, still on her own search for a book that would catch her eye, could only laugh at how 'adorable' James looked.

"It's so funny when he acts like this." Sofia glanced over her shoulder, watching him climb up the ladder for a better look at the higher shelves. "But I think I should help look otherwise he'll tear the library to pieces." Sofia walked towards the ladder where James was and grabbed his attention by tossing up her bracelet at him. Despite his concentration on searching for the law book, he instictively caught the bracelet. He glanced down at the beauty beckoning him down. "James calm down and think for a second, who was the last person with the law book?" His mind searched as he slide down the ladder, but he was quickly distracted by the soft metals in his hand. Further inspecting it, he realized it was the bracelet he had given Sofia for her 15th birthday.

"You kept this?" He met her gaze. She smiled slightly and turned away.

"It's my favorite." she confessed, color rising up her neck on to her cheeks. "And its the only bracelet I have that I can honestly say, was out of this world." This brought laughter to James' lips. He saw a meteor crash one night years ago. It had been the first time he let Amber and Sofia dragg him on one of their star gazing picnics. It took him days to locate the exact crash site, but it was very worth it. With Cedric's assitance he had a piece of the meteor made into a bracelet for Sofia and a tiara for Amber. Sofia held out her petite wrist for him to place the the bracelet back on, but he hesitated. This old dusky grey chain doesn't seem worthy now to be placed on such a beautiful wrist. He didn't understand that a few years ago, but now he wants to give her something that could match her beauty.

"Don't you think that you deserve better than this old looking thing?" He asked in a sobering tone. Sofia frowned slightly.

"I don't care what it looks like. I love it because you gave it to me." she didn't realize what she was saying until the words were already out there. Her eyes downcast and her face beet red, she felt James' hand on her wrist.

"Well in that case..." She could hear the grin in his voice, and the warmth of his hands were then replaced by the cool soft metal bracelet. " ...done." She looked up to meet his smiling gaze, and secretly hoped that he didn't read into her words too much. She felt like she needed to change the conversation, to avoid this looming silence.

"Do we even need the law book?" she asked and James stiffened. His eyes shifted from Sofia back to the shelves above him. His face redden slightly.

"I-uh... there's just something I want to verify." He looked back to her. "Don't want to break any major laws without knowing." he added with a forced laugh. Sofia frowned, knowing that there was more. Gorded by her inquisiting stare he added. "Well, um... I just wanted to know if it's alright to have a king without a wife." Sofia's eyebrows shot up. "And if there can be a queen withouth a husband too." James looked at Sofia hoping she bought that lie.

"James, you and me both know that you have to find a wife to continue the line of royalty." He sighed. She bought it. "You know to have children so they could continue ruling the kingdom for generations to come." Sofia's eyes misted over in wonder.