My Eyes Are Open

Plans

As we went on planning, I started thinking about what Ani had just done.

Another one in the race, I see....

"If that is all, your highness, I can escort you back to your room-"

"That won't be necessary. I'll do it, Anisala." Mini came into the room. He looked upset, so I decided to go with him.

"If your highness wouldn't mind, I'd like to escort you back to your r-" Mike came in, and then stopped. He was frozen.

"Ok, gentlemen, I think I can go by myself." I said, trying to solve the argument.

I got back to my room and plopped down onto my bed. I was finally relaxing, then Mini came into the room.

"Wanna talk?" He said with a caring tone in his voice, unlike earlier.

"I guess. But before that, I need your help with the wedding planning."

"Ok, what do you need help with?"

We discussed the wedding plans, and changed a few of them to his liking. Now I had to spill what was on my mind.

"So, tell me. What's bothering you?"

"I don't know how I feel about all of this. First, I get abducted and brought to Mars. Second, I am told I'm a princess. Third, my 'father', the king, dies. And now, I'm being forced to marry. Not to mention there's are three guys who claim to love me. I'm just a little stressed. I'm sure it will all go away once we're married."

I said it. That's a load off.

"I'm sorry, Mo. I had no clue that you were this stressed. Wait, three guys that love you? Who are they? I won't let anyone mess with my fiance."

"Well, one of them is you. The other two....are.... Ani and Mike."

"WHAT?! Oh my gosh. I'm so mad right now!" He was obviously infuriated. I could've just left him alone, but I didn't.

"It's fine. I'm sure they'll get over it soon enough. Anyway, do you want to go to the music room? I want to play piano." I said, trying to go away from the subject at hand.

"Sure. Maybe I'll start to relax while you're playing." He said. He seemed to be back to his normal, cheery self, but I knew the truth. He was full of rage and could burst at any given moment.

When we got to the music room, I sat down at the bench and asked him what he wanted me to play.

"Invention No.13 by Johann Sebastian Bach, please." He said. I was still learning that song, but I decided to give it a go.

After the song was over, and many mistakes were made while playing it, I got up and started to walk over to him. He looked up at me, tears filling his eyes. "I love you so much, Moira. I can tell how much you're hurting inside. I can't bear to see you hurt. Let's go out for a while. I want to show you my favorite places in the city."

"Ok. That sounds great!" I said. I walked over to him to grab his hand to help him up, but instead he took my arm and pulled me down to sit on his lap. He cradled me like a small child. It was....comforting. I was going through a lot, and he was right there seeing through me. He knew I was hurting, that I was confused, stressed, slightly annoyed. He was truly a fairy tale prince.

To be continued....