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"Will you show me love?" She questioned him, innocence dancing in her eyes.

"What do you mean? Aren't you getting married in the next couple of weeks?" he asked a
little perplexed by her question. "Don't you, love him?"

"How would I know, I don't know what it feels like. I don't feel anything towards him. I'll be meeting him for the first time in my life on that day." she answered quite honestly. He was intrigued by her innocence, her subtle ways as the walked deeper into the forest to get to the nearby Nile tributary.

He scratched his chin as he stopped looking at her, "I can't promise to show you what love is, but i got a better offer..." She nodded for him to continue "let's be friends,"

"But you already said we were friends. Do you mean something else by this?" he loved how innocent she was.

"with benefits" he finished. She didn't seem to catch on quite yet.

In the near distance, the sun was falling behind the nearest sycamore tree staining the sky in orange-like blood as they stopped by a rock near the tributary. He grazed his thumb across her lip as she stood looking into his eyes, hers wide, as he leaned closer..

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History class can get a bit boring..more especially when you are trying hard to pay attention in class so you don't fail your finals that are coming up in two weeks.
It started with a weird emblem on the sidewalk on Taylor's way to school, then some fancy utterances from the teacher then boom, a sleeping spell. Funny enough he doesn't wake up in class but in the last place he'd ever dream of.

A princess' wedding coming up. A boy lost in time. A desire withheld so deep. A ruthless king.

What does this lead to?