Chapter 13.2
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A Date with Avalon (Two out of two)
Avalon’s P.o.V.
We are walking into Lock and Port, a famous seafood restaurant. I am in front, and Seth is behind me with his arm wrapped around the shoulders of our princess. I walk up to the hostess. “Reservation for Kensington. We will need a table or booth for three instead of two, though.”
She immediately looks up at the name. “Hello, Prince Avalon, Prince Seth.” I watch her eye our girl and smirk. “You know I am much prettier than her. Maybe-”
I cut her off as I lift my hand. “We have someone much better than you. Just take us to our table or booth and make sure it is a private one. Now.” The hostess flinches and immediately lowers her head. She nods and leads us to the table.
I don’t miss the sneers she is sending to our girl though. Neither does Seth. I go to speak, but Seth beats me to it. “I will be having a word to the owner and manager tomorrow. I know them personally through my parents and I am sure that they will be interested in how you are treating our little female.”
She lowers her head more and scurries away quickly. Fawn looks at us and smiles gratefully. “Thank you. Both of you. I appreciate that you two are standing up for me.”
“Don’t be thankful, Sweetheart. It is our job to defend you.”
“Seth is right. As your potential futures mates, it is our job to defend your honor at all times.”
“It doesn’t matter to me at all, Avalon. It is still something that is really big to me. It means that you two, and hopefully the other three, are really taking this seriously. So, thank you for taking this situation seriously tonight and for taking this mating seriously.”
We both nod as we lean back in our chairs and stare at her. She is absolutely beautiful. I can hear Jackal humming in agreement. I smile at her. “So, Fawn……I would love to hear a story from when you were growing up or your favorite legend.”
I can see her thinking about my request hard. Finally, she nods like she has something in mind. But right as she is about to start talking a waiter shows up. “Sorry about the wait tonight. What can I get you three for drinks tonight?”
“A coke please,” Fawn softly replies.
“Make that two cokes,” Seth replies confidently.
I chuckle. “Three cokes.”
“Three cokes got it! Any appetizers to start with?”
Fawn eagerly nods. “Can we please get the seafood nachos to share?” Seth and I both nod our agreement, and the waiter disappears with our order.
“Alright, Darling. Sorry about the interruption, but before he comes back can we get to the story or legend?”
She nods. “So, my favorite legend actually has to with the original griffins. This dates back to thousands of years ago. During that time, Ablaria didn’t have closed borders, but it was a much more gruesome time for griffins. Training happened for days on end without food or water or sleep.
“It was during that rule. The time of Kings Garth and Garrick and Queen Lucy. The kingdoms here didn’t like what was happening in Ablaria. A war ensued for years, until King Gareth and Prince Gio died in a raid. Ablaria closed the borders after that, but training got less……difficult. King Garrick and Queen Lucy took it to heart what happened and decided to enact a change.
“It wasn’t much of a change, but it was still a change. This legend or story means the world to Fox and me, because it is proof that our people are capable of change. We want to enact so many changes once Fox becomes king. What King Garrick and Queen Lucy did was good, but we want to finish the change.
“Ablaria has always been a kingdom that stand alone. Ablaria has always been a kingdom that focuses strongly on military strength and training. This is who the Ablaria griffins are. That will never change but change needs to happen. Our borders need to open up fully. Our training needs to become less. We can’t keep using abuse as a way to control our young and our military forces. It just isn’t right. We want more for our people and Ablaria has a whole.”
I look at her with loving eyes. This really tells me exactly who Fox and her really are. They are dreamers……just like Seth, Dean, Carter, Archer, and me. We want change just like them.
“Darling, I am so happy to hear that. It means the world to me. We want change just as much as you and Fox do. We know you two are against this alliance, because it brings nothing to Ablaria. It does no good to your people. And we agree. We want, as soon as we take the thrones, to sit down with Fox and you. We want to make sure that this alliance helps our kingdoms and Ablaria. That also means we want Fox on the throne of Ablaria as soon as possible.”
“We will help dethrone your parents, Sweetheart. We don’t want them on the throne. We want Fox on the throne. We have from the very beginning but knowing that he wants to change things in Ablaria means even more to us. We planned on sitting down with you both and explaining to you both that we do want changes to happen. We are happy to know that we don’t necessarily need to, but we still will. We want to be on the same page as your brother and you.”
The waiter comes back with the drinks and nachos at that moment. He sets everything down. “Do you three know what you would like for dinner tonight?”
“Yeah. I would like the duo of snow crab legs and lobster tail with the seasoned garlic mashed potatoes and sweet corn,” Fawn speaks up immediately.
“I will do the trio of the fried shrimp, seared salmon, and seared scallops. I want the brown sugar carrots and the minced spinach and bacon with mashed potatoes,” Seth replies.
“I am going to do the trio as well. Lobster tail. Seared scallops. Fried sea trout. Sweet corn. Green beans,” I murmur with a slightly hostile look. I hate that he interrupted us in the middle of getting to know each other better. And this is why I needed Seth to come with us today. The waiter walks away after getting our order. I huff and look down.
“Sorry about Avalon, Fawn. He gets annoyed easily. It is one reason why he wanted me to join today. He knows it would be a bigger chance that he loses his temper fully if I wasn’t here. He also, as you know, struggles to talk to you. I am a huge talker, and it just helps him a lot.”
“It’s fine, Seth. I can fully understand the situation. I understand that we were having a conversation when the waiter came up suddenly. I can understand that it might have annoyed Avalon some. It’s completely fine.”
“You are such a good sport, Darling. Thank you for understanding and just being you. I really am grateful. Do you mind if we just play a game of What am I? while we eat the nachos?”
“Sure!”
I smile and start to think. Okay. I am going to be a phone. “Okay. I got what I am in mind. You two can begin.”
“Are you an object?”
“Yes, Fawn.”
“Are you something that we would use daily,” Seth questions me.
“Yes.”
“Are you something that can be held in your hand easily,” Fawn asks.
“Yes.”
“Are you something you can write with or on?”
“Yes.”
“Are you a pencil,” she asks me.
“No.”
“You are a phone, aren’t you,” Seth asks.
“Yup! Your turn, Seth!”
Seth’s P.o.V.
I smirk as I win. I shake my head at his object. He is such a weird person. A phone……Whatever. I start to think about what I want to be. I don’t want it to be too hard or too easy. A deer. Easy, but shouldn’t be too easy either.
“Begin.”
“Are you an object,” Avalon begins.
“No.”
So, you are a living thing?”
“Yes, Sweetheart.”
“Are you an animal?”
“Yes, Avalon.”
“Are you a common animal,” Fawn asks sweetly.
“Yeah.”
“Are you found in the water?”
“No.”
“Are you found in the air?”
“No, Fawn.”
“Okay. So, you are a land animal,” Avalon asks.
“Yes.”
“Are you found in the forest?”
“Yes.”
“Are you brown in color?”
“Yes.”
“Hooves?”
“Yes.”
“A deer,” Fawn exclaims excitedly.
“Correct. Your turn, Sweetheart.”
Fawn’s P.o.V.
I am excited that I did well and figured it out. I enjoy hanging out with the princes together and alone, but these two together have been a lot of fun today. I am seeing a more serious side out of Seth and a more playful side out of Avalon. It has been a really fun day today. We still have to eat and then Avalon has a present for me that he forgot to give me this morning. So, I still have a while to hang out with them alone.
I start thinking about the game. Avalon did a phone. Seth did a deer. I want to do something different. Maybe a food……Yeah, a food. Now, what food? Maybe candy……Yeah! I want to do a candy. Skittles! “I am ready!”
They laugh at my chirpy response. “Okay, Darling. Are you a living thing?”
“No.”
“Are you an object?”
“Yes.”
“Are you something common?”
“Yes.”
Seth looks up as he starts to think about his next question. “You’re an object that is common. Are you something that I would use in my daily life?”
“Nope!”
They both look at me now confused. Avalon starts to think hard now. “Okay. Are you food?”
“Yup!”
“Okay, Sweetheart. You’re an object that is food. Your common. Are you something that is savory?”
“No.”
“Are you something sweet?”
“Yes.”
“Are you some sort of candy, Sweetheart?”
“Yup!”
“Some sort of candy……I like skittles and chocolate. Are you chocolate?”
“No.”
“Skittles?”
“You are right, Seth!” We all laugh and sober up quickly as the waiter comes back with our meals. We all eat silently. Great Goddess! This food is absolutely amazing. I look up at Avalon. “The food here is absolutely amazing. Thank you for deciding to bring me here. I appreciate it.”
He looks up and smiles at me. “You are welcome, Darling. I am glad that you are enjoying the food so much. It means a lot to me. I love this restaurant and like Seth said, he knows the owners and manager. So, actually we all come here often and with our parents often. We will treat you with this place more often since you liked it.”
Avalon’s P.o.V.
I am thrilled to know that she has approved of my date tonight. It means that I did something right today. I know that I lost cool for a bit, but Seth helped me out. And our princess was very accepting and understanding. I think I was right in the idea of bringing Seth along today. I am glad that I did. Otherwise, I might have really screwed up today.
We are driving back to the SUV currently. I am excited to get back and letting her open up her gift. I am hoping that she likes it. “Darling, I hope that you enjoyed everything today. Shopping. Roller skating. Dinner. And now your present. What was your favorite part of today?”
“Probably the shopping, but I loved every moment of it. But the shopping means that you have paid attention to things that Fox and I have talked about.”
“I am glad you enjoyed that. I am sorry that I had to have Seth come with. I know that it was supposed to be just you and me, but I think it was even more fun with him joining. It also eased my anxiety about today.”
“I get it, Avalon. I am completely okay with the fact that he joined us. I am glad he did for the same reasons you just said. It also meant that we got to do some games and that was a lot of fun.”
We get back after driving for fifteen minutes. Seth and I carry the bags up to my room and set them down next to the door. I grab the present and bring it to her. “It isn’t much, but I didn’t want to get much since I planned on taking you shopping today. I hope that you like it.”
Fawn’s P.o.V.
I smile at his insecurity. “I promise that I will like it, Avalon. Calm down a little.” I take the present and open it to reveal a beautiful leather jewelry box. “Oh, my Goddess! Avalon, this is gorgeous. Thank you, Avalon.”
I smile at her. “You’re welcome, Darling.” Between Seth and I, we bring the bags to her room and say good night to her. We head to Carter’s room afterwards. Seth wants to make sure that he is ready for tomorrow and I want to thank Seth again. I also want to thank the other three for not making fun of me……unless they start too.
- Writer
