Finding Love In Royalty

Chapter 12

I had finished tea with Liam and changed into my riding clothes and was just down the path from the stables when I notice just how quiet it is near the stables. None of the servants are there. Weird......I get into the stables and the only person I see is Louis. "Hey Louis." I say smiling.

"Hey Katy." He says from a bale of hay, where he is seated and looking at his hands. 

"What is wrong Louis?" I ask him.

"There is something I need to tell you." He says still not looking up. I take a seat next to him on the hay bale. 

"What is it?" I ask. 

"I can not marry you." He says. Do all of these princes have secret loves?!

"May I ask why?" I say.

"I am in love with someone else." He says finally looking up at me.

"Louis, it is alright. I'm not mad at you." I say grabbing his hand. 

"You are not mad at me?" He asks. 

"No, being fully honest. I probably would not have picked you at all. No offence." I say.

"May I ask why that is?" He asks with a slight smile on his face.

"Because of the age difference." I say.

"Understandable." He says giving me his full smile.

"Now, tell me about this girl." I say smiling at him.

"She is wonderful, beautiful inside and out. She cares more about others than she does herself." Louis says. 

"Does she know how you feel about her?" I ask. 

"Of course. I see her as often as I can." He says. 

"I love hearing the forbidden love stories." I say smiling widely at him. 

"Stories? As in more than one? Someone else has told you they can not marry you?" He asks. 

"Two others actually." I say looking at my hands. 

"Who?" He asks.

"Princes Liam and Zayn." I say.

"Wow." Louis says.

"Yea, all three of you have fallen for people in your kingdoms." I say.

"I thought that stuff like this only happened in stories, I did not ever think it happened this often in real life." He says. 

"I thought the same thing till I met all of you." I say smiling. 

"haha, this must be a little concerning for you." Louis says. 

"Oh trust me it is. By the way, may I know your loves name?" I ask him.

"Eleanor Jane Calder." He says and his face breaks into a wide smile.

"You are so in love with her." I say smiling at him. 

"How can you tell?" He asks. 

"Your face just lights up at the mention of her." I say and he looks down at his hands. 

"I am so whipped." He says. 

"You really are." I say smiling at him. Now my decission has become a lot easier.