Becoming Queen

Chapter 3: Ah, Answers

“Answers, Your Majesty? Well, my name is Cristal, and ‘creep-watcher dude’ is my brother, Col” Now, he was so good-looking that it took a moment for her words to be processed in my stupid brain because all I was thinking was Ah! Cute guy! You’re in your pajamas! Ahhhhhhh! If you’re a girl, you understand.

So I decided to awkwardly say, “Now if you don’t mind I am going to just sneak behind you into my closet and get dressed. Oh! How are the uniforms fitting? I had them custom-made.”

“Perfect! How did you know our sizes?” Cristal asked, “you had no idea who would stay!”

“I did my research. I went through ALL the records of the kingdom, all the citizens from ages 18-28, and got your size from tailors in town.” And that is what I call dedication.

“Dang,” Cristal replied. “I’m impressed.”

Col, who was trying hard to ignore my shirt, which was way too small for me, said, “Are you going to change or…?”

“Yes, but I thought it rude to just disappear into a tiny room in the middle of a conversation!”

Now, heathen-oh I mean Cristal backed me up. Girl power! “Jeez, bro! Cut her some slack! She should have had us thrown in the dungeons, for attacking a Queen! But instead, she asked how our clothes fit! And stop staring at our Queen and employer!”

And with that, he pushed her onto my bed. His own sister. in my room, onto my bed. Except, he didn’t really make it that far. He kinda-sorta bumped into me, the queen of balance-not. And I went down. Now we all know how Newton’s Laws of Motion work; an object in motion, stays in motion. And Col was in motion. He landed on ME. I have never wanted to get dressed that fast in my life. I dumped him on the floor and jumped into my closet.

In my closet, I heard muffled voices, then nothing. The next thing I know, someone opened my closet door, which I was leaning on by the way, and I tumbled onto the floor. Again, queen of balance over here. I was looking at feet now. Male feet, by the looks of the shoes. Still terrified to look up and see who it is, I analyzed their feet. Okay, male shoes, so that eliminates Cristal. So who would come and check on me? I mean I don’t think that Col would come and talk to me after the incident, but I have only heard Col talk once. “Are you going to look up or stare at my feet the whole time?”

Oh. It was Col. Well, I have to look up now. Great. Okay, here it goes, “Uh, you could help me up instead of looking down at me.”

“Oh! Sorry,” Oh, god. His hands were warm, I almost didn't want him to let go. I was after all, still in my pajamas.

“So,” Okay, play it cool Alisea. “What are you doing here? Do you need anything? Any questions I can answer? Oh, is your uniform too tight? Too big? I can call the seamstress-mmph” His hand was blocking my mouth. His hand was covering my mouth.

“Shhh,” Col murmured and the next thing I know, he is kissing me. Like, really kissing me. And you know what? I totally let him. We were standing and I guided us to my bed. Oh god! I know what you are thinking! No, we will not be doing what you think we would be doing. All we did was kiss, I just didn’t want to fall over because his kiss was making me weak at the knees. How embarrassing would that be?!

“Uh, I umm, really like this but,” I barely got those words out, his lips were in constant contact with mine. “I need to get dressed and address your, uh, colleagues. Men in arms? I don’t-” And, he was kissing me again. Pushing him off gently, I said, “Col, I am dead serious. I need to change.” Col stopped kissing me, and the look in his eyes, the look in his eyes, almost made me forget about changing.

I know I should have, but I didn’t make him leave the room. I just shoved him in my closet and said, “Stay,” and I am almost positive he whimpered. Whimpered. I, Alisea Marie Pastello, Queen of Dellafina, made my first kiss, whimper. I am in heaven right now. But you know who pulled me right back down to Earth?

“Everything okay in there? We're all waiting down here. Col? Hello? Alright, I am coming in” And before I could react, in burst Cristal. “Alisea? Where is my brother?”

“Umm, in there?” I opened my closet and out stumbled Col, blushing, not able to look his sister in her eye. “I feel bad,” Oh god, I am going to ramble now. “I might have accidentally-on-purpose kissed your brother? Are you okay with that?" I closed my eyes and waited for the storm.

“Actually, I thank you. Everyone was going to be miserable until you two acknowledged your mate bond...oops”

Wait, “what?”