edited and uploaded the second portion to chapter one! so sorry for the delay <3
in other news, check out this sneak peek of chapter two:
He held up a hand and began to count on his fingers, "I'm scared that my mongoose is going to run away. I'm scared that my father is going to fall off his boat and drown himself because he's a lousy swimmer. I'm scared that the Beatles will never get back together."
"You have a mongoose?" Victoire stared at him incredulously.
"I'm scared that the Russians are going to blow America up into smithereens," continued William, "I'm scared that I'll never fall in love. And, just between you and me," -he leaned in with a jagged glance in both directions- "I'm a tiny bit scared of spiders. You know, the fat, hairy ones."
With a pause, William straightened up and looked directly at James, "But one thing I am not scared of is you."