Be My Princess (Fanfiction): A Forgotten Memory

Chapter 23

"What are you doing here?" I forced myself to keep my eyes on his. Even though I wanted to desperately look away.

Glenn didn't say anything at first. He kept his eyes on mine as well.

Slowly, he cautiously took a step toward me. Closing the space between us.

"Were you crying?" He asked as he gently touched my cheek with his hand.

Yes. "No." I took a step back, away from his hand. "Even if I was. It doesn't concern you." I quickly added.

He frowned as he kept his distance.

"Of course, it concerns me, Linda. We're friends."

"Friends," I repeated as those words cut deep into my heart. "That's what we are now, is friends?"

"Linda," He was about to touch my hand, but he stopped himself.

"Whatever," I blinked back tears. "I--uh--" I turned around as a tear escaped. "--I should go. My brother is probably wondering where I am."

I wiped my face before I turned around.

Before I could leave, Glenn trapped me in his arms.

"Glenn, let go of me. Please--"

"No," He kept me in his arms. "Let's just stay like this."

"Gl--"

"Please, Linda."

I sighed as I looked anywhere else, but him.

"Why?" I muttered as the tears came back. "Why are you doing this to me?"

He cupped my face with his hands and forced me to look into his eyes.

"Because," He wiped my tears away with his thumbs, "you know, as well as I know, that we aren't finished."

"Finished with what, Glenn? Being in l--" I stopped myself.

This was so difficult, I thought as I found myself touching his hands with mine.

"Can..." I trailed off as I stared into his light brown eyes.

He tilted his head a bit when I didn't finish.

"Can--" I sighed as I stopped again. "I can't." I gently held his hands in mine.

I couldn't think when he touched my face like that.

"Can't do what?"

"This," I looked at our hands. "I can't do this. Talk to you like nothing has happened between us."

"Are you saying that we can't be friends?"

"Wow," I chuckled as I let go of his hands altogether. "I'm not saying that we can't. I just-- how can we if you had practically dumped me for Lady Elizabeth? Do you not care about my feelings?"

"Linda, I do care about your feelings." He took hold of my hands and brought them to his chest. I could feel his frantic heart. "I also care about Lady Elizabeth as well--"

"Yeah, that's the problem." I yanked my hands away from his grip. "I don't think that I could talk to you and talk about Lady Elizabeth." I began to back away from him and from the secret garden, which didn't really seem much of a secret. "You hurt me, Glenn, and-- I honestly thought that there was something between us, but if you're going to act like nothing had happened between us. That you wanted more than just a friendship with me. You can say goodbye to me altogether."

"Linda," He grabbed my arm before I could leave.

I tried to yank my arm away, but I couldn't. All that I could do was look away.

"Look at me." He urged as he held me by my shoulders. "Please, Linda."

Reluctantly, I looked up at him.

"I never meant to hurt you, Linda." He sighed as he stared straight into my eyes. "I know that I shouldn't have introduced Elizabeth the way that I did. I just--"

He grimaced as he stopped talking.

"You just what, exactly?" I said as I shrugged. "That you wanted to tell me that we can never be together because of some betrothal that you are in ever since that you were born?"

"No, that's not..." He closed his eyes for a second to try and pick his words carefully. "My father reminded me of Elizabeth. He reminded me about my betrothal to her."

"I'm not following, Glenn."

"My father doesn't approve of us being together." He said as he kept out eyes locked. "I guess you can say that he made a dick move when he reminded me of my betrothal with Elizabeth. I never meant to hurt you with--"

"Wait," I closed my eyes for a second to process this new information. "Let me get this straight. You're telling me that your father doesn't approve of us being together. So he 'reminds' you of your betrothal with Lady Elizabeth?"

He nodded.

"So," I took a step back, "not only did you inconspicuously hurt me by introducing me to Lady Elizabeth-- you didn't have the heart to tell me the truth? That your father, the King of Oriens, doesn't like us being together-- doesn't like me?"

"Linda, pl--"

"No," I blinked back tears as I took another step back. "You really hurt me Glenn. You really did. And to think that I love you."

When I said that, that I loved him, he was rendered speechless.

"Yeah, I love you, Glenn, but now I--" I shook my head as tears spilled over my face. "I don't think that you felt the same way either. At least, not anymore."

And with that, I left. I left Glenn speechless and I left my heart with him.

My chest felt empty inside. He had practically crushed my heart. To the point where there wasn't any of it left for him to crush it even more.

Before I went back to the courtyard. I stopped and hid behind a pillar and cried my eyes out-- again.

I let him crush my heart-- and I still love him.

"What's wrong with me?" I muttered as I put my forehead against the cold pillar next to me.

You're totally in love, my inner voice said.

Author's Note:

Gah! Will Glenn make everything better?

Yeah, well he better! Lol He will!

I feel like this fanfic of BMP will have more chapters than the first one that I've written.

So keep reading, voting, commenting & stuff!

Thanks for all of your support, everyone!

Until next chapter, my lovelies!