A Royal Love: Royal Problems

Chapter fourteen

-Lyla's POV-

I walk in the woods, looking for a tree to sleep in. "Here you are! I was getting worried!" Alex says as he walks towards me. "You were?" I ask him confused. "Yes, I was! Where were you?" He asks me as he looks worried at me. "I was..." I start but stop myself. "Wait, why do I need to tell you anyway?" I say to him as turn around and walk away. "Because I asked you and I care for you." He says as he grabs my wrist which makes me stop walking. "Nobody cares." I say but don't look at him. "Of course people care! I care for you." He says to me as he tries to see my face. I don't answer him, I just warm up my wrist. "Ow!" I hear Alex say as he lets go of my wrist. I don't look at him and walk away.

"Lyla! Come back!" I hear Alex say and hear him follow me. "Just go! Go home!" I say to him as I walk a little bit faster. "Lyla stop! Why are you suddenly walking away from me?" He asks me as he keeps following me. "Stay away!" I yell at him as I start running. "Lyla!" I hear him yell. I keep running and create plants behind me so he won't see me anymore. I keep running for a couple of minutes and stop afterwards. When I look behind me, I smile because he isn't there.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm my breathing and I turn around just to crash against something. The crash causes me to fall backwards but something stops me. Hands. I look up to see Alex standing there. "Let me go." I say to him but he doesn't let go. "Not until you tell me why you ran away from me." "Just leave me alone!" I yell at him. "Lyla, what's wrong? What made you this afraid of me?" He asks me worried. "I'm not afraid! I want you to leave!" I yell as I try to get loose but he just tightens his grip.

"Lyla." He says calmly to me as he pulls me closer. "What are you afraid of?" He asks me, still calmly. "Just. Let. Me. Go." I say annoyed to him. "Lyla, look at me." He says calmly to me. I sigh deeply before looking him in the eyes. "Why did you run?" He asks me again but I don't answer. "Is it because I told you that I care for you?" He asks me, still worried. "Nobody cares." I say as I look down. "No." He says to me as he lets go of my left arm and lifts my chin up so I look at him. "I care for you." He says as he looks at me. "I do and you can run away, but that won't change a thing. I'd still care for you, I would be worried sick and look for you everywhere until I find you." He says as he looks in my eyes. I don't respond to him, I just look him in the eyes, hoping to see that he's lying, but I don't see it, he looks like he's sincere.

We look into each other's eyes for a moment. For once in a long time, I don't care what happens around me. I'm only interested in what's in front of me, Alex. He slowly leans in, observing my every move. I slowly lean in too. I keep leaning in, but quickly turn my head away just before we kiss. This makes Alex look even more worried than before at me. "I-I can't." I say as I get loose of his grip and take a few steps backwards. "Lyla." He says as he walks closer. I just shake my head and teleport away.

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-Kiana's POV-

"Something bothers me." Nathan says as he sits down next to me. "And what is it?" I ask him. "That you know so much of me, but I know nothing about you." "What do you want to know?" "I don't know, the basic stuff. Your age, hobby's, pets, friends, something random?" "I'm twenty-three; I love dancing and singing; I don't have any pets; I only have two good friends and a best friend. And I practically live at her house. Oh and I really love cocktails." "Cocktails? Really? I didn't expect that." He says to me, sounding surprised. "Me neither, I recently tried one and I loved it." "Interesting..." He says to me.

It's quiet for a moment but he breaks the silence by playing the piano. He looks at me with smile, he doesn't need to say a word for me to understand what he means. I smile back at him to make sure that I understand him, which makes him smile wider.