A Love Conflicted

20 | 4 Ever

I woke up again a few hours later around 10 feeling much better now that I had slept in an actual bed. The room was still dead silent so I lazily walked around the complex trying to find Prince. To my surprise he was nowhere to be found so I made myself some breakfast and got comfortable in front of the TV in the little kitchen.

During a commercial I decided to browse Instagram for a while and I noticed a new follower, it was Sam. His profile was private, so out of curiosity I followed him back. Within minutes he accepted me and the first photo on his page was a photo of us. I didn't even remember taking it. Ria was photobombing us in the back giving me bunny ears as we took a selfie. Almost like clockwork, Ria called and gave me a recap of the entire night.

"Sam will not shutup about you by the way"

I sighed into the phone, hoping I didn't lead him on in any way.

"I didn't know what to say, I wasn't comfortable telling him I'm with Prince"

"I know, I get it. I tried to tell him you were off limits, but he said, and I quote: complicated doesn't mean taken" I rolled my eyes at her statement.

"Well in this case, it does. Hey, would you happen know where Prince is?"

"No, how should I know? He's not in any of the studios?"

"No, he's not here at all. I've checked every inch of this place. He didn't leave a note or anything"

"That's odd..he could be at Kingdom Hall. If Larry was just there it wouldn't surprise me"

"Oh God, Larry" You could hear the angst in my voice and she picked up on it.

"What's wrong, did something happen?"

I proceeded to tell her the fiasco that happened, giving her a play by play. She went from being stunned, to amused, and then angry.

"Larry is so fucking nosey, I swear! Every time he's there, it's like he feels the need to keep an eye on things. Like he's protecting Prince or something"

"I was so embarrassed Ria. I don't know how I'm gonna face him again"

"Girl, he's nobody. Don't lose sleep over him. However, it makes perfect sense for him to be at Kingdom Hall. I could almost bet money that's where he is"

"Alright well, so much for spending time together" I sat there pouting on the sofa.

"He'll probably be back soon" she assured me.

We talked a little while longer, mostly laughing over random moments from last night that we were finally starting to remember.

Almost immediately after we hung up, I heard the front doors open and close. I got up and walked out of the kitchen just in time to see Prince walking through. I was expecting for him to give me some type of reaction when he saw me, but he didn't. The sunglasses on his face blocked any sort of emotion leaving me confused.

"Hey" I greeted him

"Hey" he told me flatly as he walked towards the stairs

"Where have you been?" I asked sweetly, watching him walk away from me.

"Out" Without giving me any other detail he walked upstairs without another word. I was taken aback with how cold he was being with his one word answers, but I proceeded to follow him anyway.

He walked into his bedroom and absentmindedly took off his jacket and shoes. It was as if I wasn't even in the room.

"Is everything ok?" I finally asked.