Her Majesty's Bad Boy

10: I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR

CHAPTER 10: I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR

ANA

"Can I talk to you for a second Amy?"

I feel Jack's arm around me tighten and move me closer to his body, "her name is Ana" he corrects Abigail sternly.

She raises an eyebrow, "oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were allowed to get my name wrong but I can't get hers wrong" her voice is tight, angry.

"Whatever, we have to go to class now" Jack says and begins guiding me away from her but I stop him and turn to him, effectively stepping out of his embrace as much as I loved it.

"It's okay, she just wants to talk" I assure him.

He frowns, "But-"

"I can handle it, remember?" I cut him off, giving him a pointed look.

He sighs, "okay fine, but if I don't see you in class in five minutes, I'm coming to find you"

I nod, "fair enough"

He sighs one last time before walking away, not forgetting to shoot a glare in Abigail's direction.

I turn to Abigail just as she begins slow clapping, "wow, that was just wow, one of the cutest things I've ever seen, what are you two naming your first child?"

I sigh, "what do you want Abigail?"

She takes a menacing step forward, "I want you to understand that the volleyball to your head was a warning and that was the nicest warning I've ever given"

My hands fold as I wait for her to continue, "I might not have known you until recently but I know you know me and you know what I can do, I can make life very very difficult for you, so stay away from Jack, I know he's your partner and all but if I find you two doing anything outside that, if I see you talk to him, look at him or even so much as breathe in his direction, I will ruin you. Understand Amanda?"

I don't answer and she turns to leave. Don't do it Ana, don't do it. Do. Not. Do. It.

"Ana" I reply, causing her to stop and turn, "if you're going to threaten someone  the least you could do is get their name right, Amanda, really?"

She looks taken aback and I don't blame her, she expected me to stand and cower as she threatened me like everybody else before me, but you see, I'm a princess and nobody in my entire life has ever spoken to me before that way, even my kidnappers had a certain level of respect for me so she better think again if she thinks she can scare me.

"You little-"

"You'll regret that insult if it falls off your tongue" I cut her off. Go ahead, Ana increase the target on your forehead why don't you?

She takes another step forward, "excuse me? Are you threatening me?"

"Well you just threatened me so I see no reason I can't do the same to you" I answer with a shrug.

She's about to speak again but I beat her to it, "I'd love to stay and listen to everything else you have to say but five minutes is up and Jack is waiting so bye"

I make to walk past her but she grabs my arm, digging her claws into my skin, "you'll regret this, I promise, you don't know who I am, who my father is, what I can do"

Am I the only one seeing the irony in all this? What I wouldn't give to see her face if she finds out who my father is.

I wrench my arms from her grasp, careful not to wince, "you're right, I don't and I don't care to know, bye now"

With that I walk away, before I do something stupid like yank off my wig and have her jailed for the rest of her life.

***

I offer Jack a small smile when I walk into French class and take my seat beside him.

"Everything okay?" he asks in concern.

I nod, "yes, I handled it quite well if I do say so myself".

He smiles "good"

Just then, Abigail saunters into class and immediately fixes a glare at me, noticing quite obviously that I've already disobeyed the Queen's command.

I roll my eyes just as Jack speaks, "I know you can handle yourself princess, but if she or anybody else for that matter bothers you, let me know okay"

I turn to him, supporting my cheeks on my palm, "yes, my knight in shining armour" I bat my lashes for effect and he smiles and ruffles my fake hair gently, "don't you forget it"

***

"So I've been thinking"

"Don't strain yourself too much"

"Ha ha hilarious" Jack replies dryly.

I shoot him a teasing smile as I hand him a book to arrange on the top shelf.

"So this infamous thinking, what did it lead to?" I ask curiously.

He climbs down from the ladder and joins me in sorting out fiction from non-fiction out of the new shipments.

"Your nickname, princess is too expected"

"Okay knight, what did you have in mind?" I ask with a small smile.

"I like that, keep that, that is mine" he says, referring to the nickname.

I giggle, "okay, noted".

"Why do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Whenever you're about to laugh or giggle, you instantly close your mouth or hide your face"

I grab a handful of non-fiction which Jack promptly removes from my arms and adds to the pile in his.

"Well in case you haven't noticed, I have fake buck teeth sticking out of my mouth, not exactly very attractive" I point out, blushing slightly out of embarrassment.

He shrugs, adjusting the books carefully and I wonder why he won't just let me carry some, "well don't do that around me, I want you to be able to laugh freely, fake teeth or not"

Because his sentence does weird things to my insides, I change the topic, "okay so we were thinking nicknames?"

"Oh yeah, what about muffin?"

I wrinkle my nose, "no muffins or cupcakes or shortcakes or food of any sort"

"Why?"

"Because whenever you call me, I'll feel hungry"

He let's out a small chuckle as we begin arranging the books alphabetically.

"Okay so-"

"How about this?" I cut him off, "why don't you be the one with the nickname, let's not be cliche" I shrug, making sure not to look at him, is it just me or does this conversation have a certain couple-y feeling?

I can feel his eyes on me however, "I like that" he says after a while.

I turn to him, "that doesn't mean I'll actually ever call you Knight" I clarify pointedly.

He shrugs and unexpectedly throws his arm over my shoulder, "as long as we both know the truth"

I don't bother shrugging his arm off, he smells really good, "and what is that truth?"

He smirks, "that no matter what, I'll always be your knight in shinning armour"

What is air?

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I'm sorry this came so late guys, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Question: What's your nickname and the story behind it?

💕Sophie