The Queen and Her King

Dessert

Brielle POV

We got back to Auradon in one piece, what a relief. We all snuck back into our dorms to take off the Isle get-ups, I loved the smoky eye look but I was ready to not have such heavy makeup on overall. Harry walked me to my dorm as always, I let him come in for a second just to process what just happened before saying anything,

"Har?"

I said after a bit of comfortable silence,

"Yes darlin'?"

I smiled some and put my hand gently on his shoulder,

"Are you alright? You know after all of that?"

Harry took a second and stared off, slowly nodding eventually,

"I mean yeh, it wasn't ideal but we got home safe. I promised ya that before I even left so of course I'm alright, I just... I just wish Uma hadn't tried ta go so far. I hate that she tried ta do what she did, even after I made it very clear I wasn't going ta like it"

I took a deep sigh and looked down for a second,

"Har, why do you think she hates me so much?"

I asked, sounding a little timider than I would've liked. Harry was quiet at first, however slowly reached a hand up and cupped my cheek and gently made me look back up at him, feeling suddenly very reassured,

"It's because ye make me happy, she doesn't like that she's not the one ta do that. I think she thinks if she gets rid of ya then I'll just throw myself at her, little does she know that... well ya have my heart bonnie lass. If she ever were ta actually successfully hurt ya then I most certainly wouldn't like her any more, in fact, I would probably get ta hating her. Uma... slowly has changed as a human being. She used ta be quite a bright lass but over time and over the years of being exposed ta such hatred she's slowly grown into that. She thinks everything can be solved with violence and hatred, but ya proved her wrong today do ye know that?"

I furrowed my brow and tilted my head some, though butterflies erupted in my chest once he said that I have his heart,

"How did I do that?"

"Ya outsmarted her"

I laughed some and only furrowed my brow more,

"She almost sentenced me to drown, I don't know what I did to be honest"

Harry smiled a little more and brushed my cheek with his thumb,

"Every word ya said ta her was a defense, ya never instigated her. Then ye'd defend with words so well she wouldn't know what ta do afterward. Ya really pissed her off, and it was simply through what ya said, and ye never gave her the satisfaction of seeing ye beg for her mercy, ya didn't apologize, I bet she's more pissed off at the fact that ya never backed down than anything. She wanted ta prove ye were just another stuck up royal yeh? Well ya proved her wrong, she hates it when people do that"

I took a second to process, I really did all that? I mean yeah I know I took shots at her but I didn't realize how effective they were,

"And regardless of how out of place ya might've felt, ya not only stood strong all by yerself but ya also got after her for what she did ta me in regards ta my dad and all. Yer strong, that's why she hates ya and that's why I love ya"

I melted, that's it I've just melted. I couldn't help but coo and just have a little burst of excitement, doing a very little jump hoping he really wouldn't notice, but Harry notices everything especially with me. The number of times I've been down in the dumps and tried to put on an act and pretend that I'm fine and he hasn't bought it and has eventually gotten me to spill is astronomical,