"Are you okay?" He asks worriedly.She nods, glancing away from him. He notices her nervous expression, and furrows his eyebrows."What happened? Did something happen between Claire and you?" He asks curiously."No... nothing happened..." She mumbles. He raises an eyebrow suspiciously. He wants to believe her, but he knows better than to trust her right now. After all, he hasn't seen her cry since the accident, and that wasn't for a very long time. She isn't crying right now because of her sister. Something else must've happened.Serena bites her lower lip nervously before turning towards him. "Why are you here?" She whispers, avoiding eye contact with him. His face lights up a little, knowing that he has guessed correctly."I missed you." He replies quietly.Serena stares at him, unsure of how to respond. Her heart skips a beat, and she can feel her cheeks getting warmer."I'm sorry for being late tonight." He continues speaking. "My boss called me into work early and I had to rush
"Goodnight." He whispers, watching as she walks towards the door. As soon as she reaches it, he grabs her hand, causing her to freeze in place and turn around. He brings her hand up to his lips and presses a tender kiss against the inside of her wrist before releasing it. She stays where she is, watching him as he sits there on the bed, staring at her intently."I love you." He states, a smile forming on his lips."I love you too." She whispers, giving him a weak smile before opening the door and exiting his bedroom. As soon as she leaves, he falls back onto the mattress, closing his eyes tightly.As much as he would like to go back to sleep, he knows that there is no way he will fall asleep after that. He knows that he can't risk going back to sleep before seeing her again.He has to make sure that she's really okay. He has to make sure that she is truly happy and safe. That is all he cares about.He jumps off the bed, heading straight to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for them bot
"Well, when I saw him coming through the gate I got worried. I couldn't wait any longer." She replies, walking back into the living room and taking a seat on the sofa. Serena sits down beside her and glances at her mother who gives her a knowing look. She sighs, knowing exactly what her mother must be thinking."We went to see him yesterday. I don't know what happened." She confesses."What did you say to him?""Nothing. I didn't speak. I stayed silent the whole time. I knew that he wouldn't want anyone interrupting us. He was very serious about that." Serena informs her mother quietly, her eyes cast downwards."He's right. He always wants people to listen. Don't you remember? How many times did he bring you flowers because he thought you weren't listening to what he was saying?"She nods her head, remembering the countless times he has brought her flowers for her. Every single one of those flowers was given to her by Jason. She thinks back to the first time Jason gave her flowers. S
"Serena?" He asks cautiously. He grabs her hand which lays limply on top of the console, intertwining their fingers together. She turns to look at him. He squeezes her hand reassuringly and she lets out a breath that she didn't realize she had been holding. He smiles."Are you okay?" He asks her, brushing some stray hairs from her forehead."Yeah, yeah I'm fine." She assures him, smiling softly. "Sorry, just lost in thought. That's all.""Are you sure? You seemed a little distant. Did I do something wrong?" He asks, concern written all over his features."No, no. Nothing like that. I promise." She reassures him, squeezing his hand. He smiles at her and nods."Okay." He says simply, leaning back in his chair, allowing her to rest her head on his shoulder once again."Why don't you want to leave the house?" Sergio asks her, as soon as she steps foot inside the house. He shuts the front door behind him and follows her further inside, leaning against the wall in the hallway. "I told you
"That's great news, Sergio." She replies, offering him a kind smile. He beams at her, practically vibrating with happiness as he continues to talk about how wonderful his date was."You should be proud of me, Serena." He tells her sincerely."Of course, I am." She smiles back."So, um... I really enjoyed my time with him. I mean, we've known each other for years but I haven't had this type of date since..." He pauses, trailing off. She furrows her eyebrows at him, waiting for him to finish talking."Since what?" She asks him curiously. He shrugs. "Jay?" She nudges his arm softly."Well, uh... he's just really cute, ya know? I dunno. I just like talking to him, I guess." He admits sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly. She bites her lip, nodding slightly."Yeah, he seems nice," She agrees hesitantly."So, I'm glad you approve. Now that I've finally gotten over our fight, I was hoping you would approve of him." He tells her, looking at her hopefully."Of course. Why wou
She wakes up to find herself floating in nothingness. Her vision is blurry, so she closes her eyes and waits for them to adjust. After a couple minutes pass, she decides that they're getting worse instead of better. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself staring into the glowing white orbs of the figure standing in front of her."What did you do?" She growls angrily, glaring at the figure. She reaches behind her, pulling her sword out from where she stashed it in her belt. She points the tip of it towards the figure and raises an eyebrow. "Where is she?"The figure tilts their head to the side, seeming to ponder over whether to answer her question or not. Finally, after a moment of silence, they speak."It wasn't me." They tell her. "It was the goddess, the Moon Goddess. I didn't make the decision. She did."Serena freezes. The Moon Goddess? Is she... is she dead? The thought makes her blood run cold. Her grip tightens on her sword."How?" She grits through her teeth, staring i
"Are you alright?" She asks him. She watches as he rubs his head and winces in pain."I'm fine..." He replies weakly. She furrows her brows in confusion. What does he mean he 'fine'?! The crackling sounds behind them makes her freeze. Turning around, she tries to push herself off the ground."Run!" She shouts, pushing herself up and sprinting past the three of them. As she gets further and further away from the building, she notices that the flames are growing bigger. More importantly, she notices the smoke starting to form.She tries not to focus on the burning building, but she can't help it. Her chest tightens, as tears begin forming in her eyes. She wipes her eyes quickly and continues sprinting towards her destination.As she gets close enough, she sees smoke pouring out of the windows. As soon as she approaches the building, she starts hearing yelling. She turns around, spotting her friends on the floor surrounded by flames. She runs over to them and kneels down beside one of th
They walk along the sidewalk for a little while longer until they make it to the entrance to the alleyway. She glances around, making sure that they aren't being followed. After taking a second to scan the area once more, she turns her head back and starts heading through the alleyway, following closely behind the others. She tries not to let on how worried she is about everyone being safe. After a couple of minutes of walking, they reach a large gate. She looks at it in curiosity."Well, I guess that means this is it." The male says with a chuckle."Where should we leave these two?" The female asks."I don't know...maybe we could throw them in a hole somewhere?" He says with a shrug. The female shakes her head disapprovingly."No way." She exclaims. The male opens his mouth to say something else, but she cuts him off. "Don't talk to me. Just take them in.""I don't know...there's gotta be a better way.""Look, we don' have time to argue. They're dying in the rain. I'll do it. Go gra
"It sounds like your husband was really great." He remarked. She nodded slowly, not saying anything in response.Julian knew that she probably needed to process what happened before she could continue talking to him about it. He waited patiently.After a few moments, she took a deep breath and lifted her head."Do you remember when I said that my mother passed away a year ago? Well, it wasn't actually a death. It was a suicide." She revealed quietly. "We had just moved here after that." Julian nodded. He remembered the day perfectly. He had taken her to visit her mother and she had shown them around the house. They had visited the cemetery and Serena had talked about her mother for the entire time.She seemed happy. It was obvious how fond of her mother she was. Julian smiled slightly at the memory."Well, she did it. I think that my father may have been responsible. After he found out, he got violent. And he didn't take it well when she killed herself." Serena explained. She shrugg
The sound of soft footsteps alerted Julian to the presence of another person entering the room. He turned around and gave his visitor a weak smile."Hi" He whispered. She returned the gesture with a soft smile of her own."How are you?" She asked concerned, moving to sit down next to him. He glanced at her briefly and shrugged."I'm alright. Tired. I think I caught a cold. I feel pretty gross, too. My throat is hurting." He answered honestly. She chuckled."That happens sometimes when you get sick. Have you eaten anything?" She asked him. He shook his head. "I can cook you something.""No, no. I can eat when I have the chance." He protested."You shouldn't. It can cause more harm than good." She told him. He sighed quietly."I know. But I'll eat anyway. If it means that I won't starve to death, I'll eat." He insisted. She laughed again."Okay" She agreed after a beat.Silence fell between them as they both stared blankly at the wall opposite of them. After a few minutes of silence, h
"I see…" She paused for a moment before she spoke again. "Can I ask you something though?" She inquired. Julian nodded absentmindedly. "What happened?" "Why did you have that conversation with her?""Because…” He started explaining vaguely. “Because…" He trailed off as he tried to find the words to explain to her. It was true that he didn't want to burden her with anything concerning his relationship with Serena. However, he knew that he couldn't hide things from his family forever. If he did, then eventually they would discover that something was wrong with him. He sighed heavily as he ran his hands through his hair in frustration."Dad, can you give me a minute? I'll be right back" He whispered. Without waiting for his father to respond, he ended the call and went back inside the room. He stood behind the couch for a few moments as he listened to the soft sound of Serena's breathing. He could barely make out any sounds from the living room.He approached the sleeping girl slowl
“Yeah, I’m fine. Don’t worry.” She smiled reassuringly, hoping that her boyfriend would believe her. Julian smiled back at her.“Alright then” He said in response. He leaned forward and pressed another tender kiss onto her lips. A few seconds later he released his fiancée from his embrace and turned to open the horse carriage. Before leaving the parking lot he glanced at his wife once more. “Stay inside, all right? No wandering around alone.” He added.“Sure. Don’t worry.”“I don’t care if you stay inside the whole time, I will still worry.”“Okay” She laughed and waved at him as he drove away. She waited until he disappeared from view before returning to sit down on the sofa once again. She was silent for several minutes, pondering what he had told her before. As she sat there and stared ahead at nothing particular, she suddenly felt like she was suffocating.She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes for a second. When she opened them again, she found herself sitting there sta
He smiled gently and leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on his fiancée's forehead. She chuckled quietly and moved her hands to hold the back of his head. They stayed like that for a few moments before Julian pulled away."I need to go check on something." He announced getting up from the couch.Serena watched curiously as her husband headed towards the kitchen. She tilted her head to the side and crossed her arms in front of her chest."Do you think that he might be cheating on me?" Serena whispered to herself.Suddenly the sound of footsteps caught her attention. She looked behind her and spotted Julian leaning against the door frame watching her."Hm?" She hummed. He shrugged his shoulders."Nothing. I guess you should come with me." Julian told her as he gestured towards the hallway."Where are we going? And why?" Serena asked."I'm checking if my mother and father are home and if they have any guests." Julian answered as he walked toward the closet to retrieve his jacket and t
After another minute or two he started moving his hand slowly. He caressed her side slowly, enjoying the feeling of his thumb brushing against her tender skin. He pressed a gentle kiss to her inner thigh and started teasing her.“Please….please don’t….stop” Serena begged breathlessly, her eyes still closed. The prince smirked and continued to stroke her thigh slowly. He reached the peak again, but hesitated. Just as he was about to push inside her and make her come, there was a knock on the door.Serena froze and tensed in his lap.“Are you expecting anyone?” Julian asked calmly as he continued to stroke her inner thigh slowly. The princess shook her head no and slowly slid off of his lap.“No, it can’t be my parents. They aren’t home yet." She muttered worriedly. Julian furrowed his eyebrows. Something doesn’t seem right. He looked over to his wife and noticed that she was staring intently at the door. There was fear evident in her blue orbs. What could it possibly be.“Go answer t
“I love you so much Serena.” Julian said placing a few quick pecks on the girl’s lips. He heard some gasps around him and saw that everyone else were looking at him weirdly. He frowned and pulled away from the girl. “We have to pay for these groceries so let’s hurry up okay?” He said before grabbing the shopping basket from her hands.A few minutes later they were leaving the grocery store and Julian couldn’t hold back the huge grin on his face. This is definitely the best day of his life and he wouldn’t change any minute of it. He finally proposed to his beautiful queen and got a yes from her."I am so happy." He thought happily.He looked over to Serena who was walking next to him and noticed that she was also smiling like a fool. As soon as they got in the carriage, he reached out and held her hand. "So many things happened yesterday. Our parents came, I proposed to her, she said yes, she said yes to marrying me and I kissed her." Julian laughed and squeezed the princess’s hand
“You look cute today.” His girlfriend said while looking at the prince who is smiling at himself while wearing his blue coat and holding his hand. “How can I look cute when you are wearing the prettiest thing on earth?” His boyfriend said kissing the redhead’s hand.“You are lucky I love you then.” Serena chuckled taking the boy’s hand and heading towards the exit of the park, the prince couldn’t stop smiling.They arrived at the ice rink where they usually meet each other. Their friends is there already waiting for them and they went to the ice skating rink together. This is where Serena found her boyfriend. He was wearing a red robe with scarf wrapped tightly around his neck, gloves and long coat. The boy was smiling brightly like a mad man while trying to keep his balance on the slippery ice, he looked adorable."Do you like it?" Asked Julian while looking at her. The princess was busy admiring her boyfriend, her heart was beating rapidly inside her chest and she felt herself blu
Suddenly, the dragon let out a deafening roar. It echoed throughout the entire pier and caused many people to yelp in pain and fright. Several people started crying and clutching onto their friends' arms tightly as if they would fall apart at any moment. Serena couldn't take her eyes of the terrifying beast which was now standing proudly right before them, roaring and snorting menacingly. It was impossible to tell how many people were trapped inside those gigantic jaws, as the darkness prevented them from seeing. But judging by the loud growls coming from the creature, they must've been close to death.After a few seconds the roaring sound gradually decreased until it eventually disappeared, leaving behind an eerie silence. The crowd was dead silent. Everyone remained motionless, except for the tears streaming down their cheeks and the shudders that wracked their bodies. No one made a peep or uttered a single word. Everyone was glued to the horrifying creature in front of them, a