a/n : hey yall, before i start this next chapter i just wanna say thanks for reading RIDE, i love this book and reading all the comments and seeing that y'all are enjoying this too makes me really happy. anyways, I've never done a dedication before but I'm gonna try... this new chapter is dedicated to margaric . I've never met her (or him) before, like in real life, but marg's been really sweet, especially in reference to RIDE, and i just wanted to shout her out because her cover art is OFF THE PAGE! please go check her out you all, and give her a nice follow:) love you all xx here's today's chapter!!!
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[Princess 🖤 is typing...]
Princess.
W-woah! It's 4am. What are you doing up?
Nothing much. You?
I'm... finding it hard to sleep. You know. Insomnia.
Seriously?
Yeah.
Is it cos of your parents?
Y-yes.
PTSD?
Sometimes. It was really bad in the beginning.
I get that.
Really?
Of course I do.
I.. get bad dreams sometimes. Nightmares.
What happens in the nightmares?
My parents are back... whispering that i'm not good enough. I guess. I wasn't in that car. Maybe if I had been I could be with them.
Princess... no...
I know. I'm not suicidal, I swear.
Do you wanna call for a bit?
Sure.
[incoming call from T 💛]
Hey.
Hi. You okay?
I'm good.
Really?
No. Not really.
Princess...
I'm fine, your majesty, it's just... every year, on the 5th of December, my parents would take my family out for dinner and a movie. We used to live in Italy. My favourite one was when I was 6. Lucia was a teenager. She was fighting with my mom about seeing a kids movie with us.
Lucia?
Yeah, the girl you met on the phone a while back. My sister. My dad came over because I was crying. He handed me a ladybug clip. And he told me: "Sometimes things don't go the way you plan it to. But if you have luck and hope, you'll make it through." I know it's cheesy...
W-what, no! It's not at all.
I still have the ladybug clip. I wear it every year on the 5th of December.
T-today.
Yeah.
...
...
I'm really sorry.
You didn't do anything, there's nothing to be sorry for.
I'm sorry about your parents, I mean.
Well... thank you. Your majesty.
You're really funny, you know that?
I am not!
Okay, fine, I take it back.
No!
Told you, princess.
*soft laughter*
...
Yo-your majesty?
Yeah, princess?
Do you wanna watch a movie with me?
Watch a movie with you? H-how?
I mean. We can watch on seperate screens. We can keep calling. Watch a comedy? I'll wear my ladybug clip. We can talk and watch the movie together. And maybe we can chat about what happened in the movie after.
...
Y-your majesty?
...
T?
...
I-it was a stupid idea, I'm sorry. L-Lucia's calling me anyways. I-I should go. Annual family movie night. Yeah. I'll... text you later, T?
So do you wanna watch Bridesmaids or Game Night?
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R i d e | a dialogue story
Short Story"Call you later, princess?" "Since when has this become a regular thing?" "Ever since you called me, hermosa." "W-what, do you even know what that means-" [Call Disconnected] "Yes, I do, in fact. Beautiful. It means beautiful." ♥︎ [#42 in dialogue]
