King Bashan was waiting for his son. He had the palace decorated as he ordered the maidens and the guards to stand outside until the Prince returns. He was growing impatient. He talked to one of the guards and told him to go out to check for the Prince.
“I just did, your Majesty.” The guard bowed his head. The king grabbed his robe and pulled the guard to himself and with a glare, the guard apologized. “I will go and check again, your Majesty.”
After the guard was released, he ran out of the palace and went to check on the Prince.
The king moved to one of the maidens to ask some questions. “Lilian,” He called the leader of the maidens.
The lady ran to meet the king. She knelt before him and answered, “Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Is my son’s room taken care of?”
“Yes, your Majesty.”
“And the food?”
“We prepared enough to satisfy each and everyone of them.”
The king was satisfied. “You may leave.”
Lilian bowed her head and went to join the rest of the maidens.
The king was moving to and from with his hands behind his back.
“The Prince is here!” A voice resounded outside the palace.
The king raised his head and saw the guards come in with their horses. His son was riding on the same horse with a girl in front of him. He ran to meet his son who came down off his horse.
Prince Zod stretched forth his hand to help Xenia down but she refused. She was able to get down when she almost fell but the Prince was quick to catch her.
“Put me down!” she was throwing a fit that the Prince had to drop her on the ground making her land on her butt.
She stood up and dusted herself.
“And is this the girl you brought home?” King Bashan asked with disappointment written all over his face.
The prince gave a sarcastic laugh and pulled Xenia close to himself. “She is just like that because she is shy.”
Shy? Xenia almost laughed at word. She wasn’t shy, she was furious and what was he expecting her to do? Laugh and act nice? He’s never going to see that from her.
“Well, you must have had a long day. The room is prepared for you and your food is ready too.”
Prince Zod was grateful to his father. He bowed his head and pulled Xenia along despite her refusal to go with him.
The king turned and watched the scene. “What is your prince doing?” He asked the guards and maidens and they all shrugged. He shook his head and went into his chambers.
Prince Zod opened the door of his room, took Xenia in and shut the door.
Xenia’s heart was beating fast that she had to place her hand on her chest to calm her beating her. The last time the Prince shut the door, he tried to force himself on her.
Will she be able to escape if he tries to have his way with her now?
***
“Mom, the thing is that I have….”
“Yes, it is more than enough reason to date her.” Erik cuts in before Phoebe could say what she wanted to. “I am not a good lover and I probably have a lot to learn in that aspect but one thing I can say is that I love Phoebe so much.”
Claudia looked at the Prince then at Phoebe where it lingered. She studied her daughter for a while and she could see her blushing. She smiled at the sight of that. She returned her gaze back to the Prince. “I am not against this but what I am against is having a baby under my roof, hope you understand what I am saying.”
“Mom…” Phoebe called feeling embarrassed. “… we ain’t doing anything so you don’t need to worry about any baby.” I haven’t even had my first kiss yet, how will I have a baby?
“I am just saying.” Claudia said as she gestured everyone to continue eating.
After breakfast was served, Claudia went into her room while the rest stayed to help out to clean the house and do the dishes.
Chad and Erik were in charge of cleaning the house while Phoebe, Gwen and Lucas were busy with the dishes. Chad was staring at Erik as he cleaned the table.
“You know, if you have something to say to me, you can say it instead of just staring at me.” Erik looked at Chad with folded arms.
Chad dropped the towel on the table and asked, “Is it true?”
Erik was confused about the question. “Is what true?” he asked.
“That you love Phoebe?”
Erik smiled. “Is that what’s bugging you?” he asked but Chad didn’t reply, he just kept staring at him and waiting for him to give him the reply he wants. Erik sighed and went further to say, “If what I said is true or false, what is it to you?”
Chad grabbed the towel and threw it on the table. He was furious. “Answer the question, Erik. ”
“I don’t owe you any explanation.” Erik answered him and went on with his chores.
“If you think i am going to let her help you out on your mission, just know that you are mistaken.” he grabbed the towel and left.
Erik turned to watch him leave. Lucas who noticed what had happened, came over to meet him. “What was that about?”
“It’s nothing.” Erik assured him.
“Are you sure?”
The prince nodded.
Phoebe left the plates she was washing, dried up her hands with a towel, took off her apron and ran to meet Chad. He was about to enter his room but Phoebe held his hand before he could take another step.
Chad turned and saw Phoebe standing in front of her with a confused look on her face. “Let go, Phoebe!”
“I won’t until you tell me what the hell is going on. What’s the matter with you Chad?” She asked. “One minute you are on my side and the next minute, you are not. What’s going on? This attitude is confusing me and it’s driving me nuts.”
“I won’t let you go on with this.”
“This is not your choice to make Chad, it’s mine and I have decided that I am going to help them and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.”
Chad laughed. “You really think there’s nothing I can do about this? I can go over to mom and tell her…” Phoebe ran to cover his mouth and shushed him from saying more.
“Chad…”
“I won’t let you do this. I can’t leave you with him not even for second.”
Phoebe pulled back and looked at him. “Why do I feel like this has absolutely nothing to do with me leaving? What is it that you are not telling me, Chad?” Chad sighed and turned to leave but Phoebe blocked his path. “What’s going on? You became a total different person ever since Erik and Lucas got here and I don’t understand why.” she paused waiting for him to say something and when he didn’t she continued, “Gwen told me that you were jealous but what I don’t understand is why? Why would you be jealous Chad? Why do you dislike Erik so much? Why do you keep…”
“Because I love you.” Chad cuts in. He didn’t want to confess this to her and he was regretting why he did.
Phoebe froze. She didn’t even move an inch when Chad opened the door and went into his room. She could hear him locking the door but all she could was stand there in shock.