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I screamed bloody murder as the intruder yanked the panic button and turned me around to face them. “Hey, hey calm down Curly, it’s just me!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUVZvhVAli
Curly? Only one person called me that. I peaked an eye open to see that it was in fact Crimson staring down at me with a small smirk on his face.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtka9CkqSQv
“Geez, I didn’t meant to scare you that much,” He chuckled slightly as he released me.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgRSTpZVDY
I balled my fists tightly as I turned red in anger. “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM YOU DUMBASS!
Chapter 7 - Personal
I repeatedly punched Crimson in his chest as he tried to block them. “YOU NEARLY SENT ME INTO CARDIAC ARREST!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtb4wnqW7a
“Ouch!” He cried as he held my fists together. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to frighten you.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzFKyum3sZ
“What the hell are you even doing in my room?” I questioned as I pulled my fists away from him. “Actually a better question would be, how the hell did you get up into my room from the outside? It’s on the sixteenth floor? Are you secretly Spiderman?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kNLZa5yvS
“I’m a professionally trained cadet of the Royal Heartland Army,” He said nonchalantly; as if that answered all of my questions. “Climbing up a wall is like nothing to me!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4xkL1VM0O
“Need I, once again state that this is the SIXTEEN FLOOR!” I shouted. “YOU CAN’T JUST CASUALLY CLIMB UP HERE!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUjbdPvOHo
“Well I did and I’m fine,” He said as he strolled over my bed and lied down in it as if it was his. “Damn, this is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever lied in. And it’s huge! Why do you even need a bed this big?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcZsBAGlUx
It was true that my bed was overly huge. It was circular and larger than the average king-sized bed. Four people could sleep comfortably in it, plus room to roll around.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIefek5uDeE
“ Firstly, get the hell out of my bed because if you climbed all the way up here then you must be sweaty as hell!” I said tugging on his massive arm. “And secondly, I’m a princess, I could get a mattress triple this size if I wanted and nobody could protest about it,”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkI5XFPg3Zy
“It’s still too big for just one person,” He sighed putting his hands behind his head and crossing his ankles. “Especially you, I mean, you are pretty tiny,”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9pDY6rc73
“Excuse me?” I asked with a raised
eyebrow as I placed my hands on my hips. “I will not deny the fact that I am vertically challenged, but I am in no way or form ‘tiny’”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAH2WRxjxl
“What the hell are you talking about? You’re not even that heavy!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJcAYfhYQr
“That’s because you’re a ‘professionally trained cadet of the Royal Heartland Army.’” I mocked him. “Of course what feels light to you, feels heavy to the ordinary person,”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp132NVea3o
Crimson’s eyes widened in slight shock and he perfectly raised an eyebrow. “I never thought that I would hear you refer to yourself as an ‘ordinary person’. You’re the most vain person I’ve ever met!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z3kHpNTW8
“I’m not vain, I just take pride in who I am!” I glared at him. “And get the hell out of my bed I need to sleep!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7iirB6VUa
“No,”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsedzrSjrkM
“No?” I repeated. “What the fuck do you mean no? In case you have forgotten dumbass, tomorrow is the state dinner, AKA a dinner that all of the ministers and other ‘important people’ will be in attendance to. AKA the dinner in which you will make your debut as my Royal Guard to the world!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUrdxBKvyn
“So?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITvmtMIw5X
“I AM FED UP WITH YOU AND YOUR FUCKING TWO LETTER ANSWERS!” I screamed, highly annoyed by him right now. “GET OUT SO THAT I CAN SLEEP!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW99yp24DkW
“Then sleep, I’m not stopping you,” He said rolling over onto his side. “This bed is more than big enough to fit the two of us.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJmQbBFGoi
The two of us? He’s lost his mind if he thinks that I’ll get into a bed with him. Who knows what he’ll try to do in my sleep!970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX3iYqRzNj
“Stop over thinking it and get in Curly,” He said rolling over to face me, he held out a hand to me. “I’m not going to try anything on you, I promise.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnId6jTLWe
I eyed him skeptically. “You promise?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGH45JGAse
“Cross my heart,” He grinned as he made the motion on his chest; something I found quite adorable!970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkUxFhwvRK
“Tch, fine,” I pretended to be nonchalant about it but I was freaking out on the inside. My first time sleeping in a bed with a guy that was not my brother. I think that this is a valid reason to have a panic attack.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRXhU8SuhO
Crimson grabbed my hand and yanked me on top of him. His massive arm wrapped around waist while the other was around my head. “H-Hey, what are you doing?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDI9wZIJvQb
“Relax,” He said with his eyes closed. “I promised I wouldn’t do anything didn’t I? Just go to sleep,”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSh0okea0Y
It wasn’t easy to just “go-to-sleep” when lying on top of a highly attractive person! My face was directly on his chest and I blushed furiously as I felt his rock-hard abs.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9ybmgOhSA
“You’re still awake aren’t you Curly?” Crimson said still with his eyes closed.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcypnndqy8F
“Your eyes were closed, how could you possibly tell?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjVCUax4JG
“Your breathing is uneven,” He sighed. “What’s the matter? You can’t sleep?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1apV9Zsmtr
Your sexiness is distracting me from getting my required slumber.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgrWmij08B
“Well this is quite a new circumstance for me so...” I trailed off as I bit my lip.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIEpj6rvvT
Crimson sighed once more before softly singing. “Baby you light up my world like nobody else, the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed but when you smile at the ground it ain’t hard to tell, you don’t know-oh-oh, you don’t know your beautiful-ul-ul, that’s what makes you beautiful!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60JFq0Ubpv
I snorted as my body trembled with laughter. Even in the darkness, I could see the faint redness on his cheeks. He was clearly embarrassed at his little performance. 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj6odvqld1
“What the hell Crimson?” I giggled. “How do you even know that song?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFVPHa4sNq
“It’s my little sister’s favorite,” He explained while chuckling. “She always sung it around the house and the words eventually got stuck in my head.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDsOATVsxE
“You have a sister?” I questioned.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMaxxLqnf6
“Yeah, and a little brother too,” He said gently rubbing circles on my back. “They live back in Edensville with my mom. My sister’s name is Apricot and my brother’s is Gray.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Yh7j7DRrc
“Your parents really love colors don’t they!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqFcKLuRV8
He laughed. “Yeah, my mom’s a painter so colors are an integral part of her life.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIhfg2kjmP
“What about your dad?” I asked lifting my head up to look at him.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJbDCjI3nc
His playful expression darkened slightly and his hold on my waist tightened. “He-um-he, isn’t really around in our family.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYUabgBmw5
“Oh,” I said. I didn’t really know what to say in this situation. The normal response would be “I’m sorry”, but it wasn’t my fault that his father bailed on his family! Instead, I chose the more “empathetic” route.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHbTE8cEpi
“I can empathize with you a on that,” I said softly. “My father is physically here, but, he’s never really been like a father to me, or any of my siblings. Neither has my mother been like a real mother. My entire family is just dysfunctional.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8oJVziKf6
“But they seemed so nice when I meet them?” His brows furrowed in confusion. “They even spoke highly of you!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GJEb3FYPK
“It’s all just an act to please the public,” I rolled my eyes. “They’ll pretend to be the most loving parents that have ever walked this Earth. But in reality, they wouldn’t give two shits if this was my last night alive. I think they’ll even celebrate that they wouldn’t have to deal with me anymore!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmaCCEvQeM
“That can’t be true,” He frowned sitting up a bit, which made me sit up on his chest. “My dad was the king of assholes, I still don’t think that he’ll be thrilled if my siblings or I die.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8fg9mR7Jx
“They told me that they didn’t want me Crimson,” I said softly as I stared into his lovely green eyes. “I was only five years old and my parents told me that they didn’t want me. That I was just an extra burden on them. They only intended to have Arthur, but because they are “fuck-buddies”, the rest of us came along. That’s why Grace tries so damn hard to be perfect all the time; because she feels it’s the only way that she’ll get our parents to love her.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXG2YIbnkc
Crimson was stunned at my response. His lips were parted as if he wanted to speak, but no words came out. So I continued on with my rant.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjiZdcjtyD
“My mother doesn’t actually love Grace,” I said. “She just loves the fact that she’s considered “perfect” by society’s standard. If society suddenly didn’t consider her perfect, then my mother would toss her to the side. Just like the twins and I!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ190Ps06P3G
“Then why do you give your sister such a hard time if she’s already going through so much?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC5Idh5QfV
“I want her to wake up,” I mumbled.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YK8XVDC0m
“What do you mean wake up?” He questioned grabbing my hands in his and bringing them to his lips to gently pepper them with kisses.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY0bXuVh0G
“I mean,” I started. “I always thought that if I act mean and insult her all the time, she would quit trying to be perfect all the time just to please our mother and instead, be herself.”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U2JfpKbgA
Crimson stared at me in shock as his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “So you be a bitch to her because you want her to be herself?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LFh9CZQ69
“I know it’s weird but-”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYgaU7dXF3
“You actually have a heart,” He smiled. “And here I thought that you only had a black hole!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevVMpK3fso
“Oh shut up you ass!” I whacked him on his chest. “I still find her annoying as hell!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QUIteiK6D
“Yeah but you still love her, even though you claim to ‘hate’ her,” He smirked.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJY43OW10C
“Whatever,” I grumbled as I lied back down on his chest and got comfortable. “Go to sleep!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNRC8dMo0C
“Oh so now she’s want to go to sleep!” He laughed as he poked my cheek. “I thought you couldn’t sleep Curly?”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e39SJcnhG
“Well now I can!” I snapped. “Goodnight!”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgqs4Ahfzj
He chuckled before wrapping his arms tightly around me and kissing my forehead gently. “Goodnight Princess,”970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJq3OmLdg5
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Oh man they are so cute that it just makes me want to squeeze something!970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOIb7vukjZ
The state dinner is next, tell me what you guys think will happen!970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywW9CXmhtq
Keep on reviewing my beautiful people!970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bGlRaP8KD
Peace out!
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