Sapphires Choice

Chapter 3

Sapphire's POV

"Can you let go? What do you plan on doing to me?" "Hello, did you hear me?" I asked the moron in front of me. He is just staring at me with a weird expression on his face. He finally came back to his f*****g senses and asked me to repeat myself. Yeah, I will not be doing that. He thinks too highly of himself. So I walk away without looking back, going toward my handsome best friend who is just watching and waiting. As I get close to him, I decide I am going to be clingy with him. I wrapped my arms around his waist and, to my surprise, he allowed me too. He even grabbed hold of my waist and he teleported us out of school. Instead of teleporting us to the castle, he teleported us to a beautiful flower field. I look up at him only to see he is already looking at me. In a soft voice, I ask "What are we doing here?" He leans in closer to my ear and answers me with a question "Why do you think we are here?" Of course, this is how he usually is. I did not expect less. However, I smile and say jokingly "To make me fall in love with you. That is why you are still holding me, isn't it?" He looks at me with a shocked expression. But it changes quickly to big puppy eyes and his lips are in a small pout now.

"Do you not love me? Besides, I am not holding you in an appropriate way." He asks in a sad voice. I really wish he would not mess with me this way. It always confuses me. But I spoke to soon because he then says "I love you like my sister. I would never do that." I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. How does one person go from f*****g their best friend to loving them like a damn sister? I mean of all the bullshit he has ever said to me, this tops it right off. We literally kissed each other on the damn lips a few hours ago! What does he mean he would never do that? He used to do that and had no problems doing it, but recently things between us changed. I have always wanted to be with him. I always had a crush on him growing up. s**t everyone around us thought we were dating. How I wish that were true. I hope my mate is like him. He is an amazing guy when he is not saying dumb s**t like that. Heck, I want to take him as my chosen but I cannot do that until I meet my actual mate.

I pull myself back to reality and slowly move away from him only to whisper "You know I love you more than anyone in this world." I see him look away from me. I already knew what he would say so I gently ask him to teleport me to the ocean near the castle. Thankfully, he doesn't ask or say anything, he just does what was asked of him.

I am glad he did not come with me. Because I felt a few tears roll down my cheek. I make sure to wipe them away before they completely fall. Tears of a siren can be used in many ways and some are not good.

I take my seat on the sand, looking out at the ocean and start singing a sad song. People think anytime a siren sings it will bring someone to their death, which is not completely true. When we sing a song as a siren, we do have the ability to use the power to hypnotize and control through song. However, it also depends on the song and what we want them to do. The tone and lyrics are what guide them on what to do. My sister used me when I was younger to get what she wanted. I was young and naive and really wanted my sister's love. The first time she used me was when I was 6 years old and she had me lull everyone in the palace to sleep so she could pretend to be the queen. She even sat on our mother's throne and even put on her crown. Later on in life, I learned it is a huge sign of disrespect.

I am so over being played with. I have feelings too. Does no one realize that? I am always getting rejected in all kinds of ways. Heck, I would not be surprised if my mate rejects me when he meets me. It seems like I am never going to be good enough for anyone.

Why are everyone's standards so high? I know I am a princess, but I want to be free and just be me. That is why I love being on land. No one here knows who I am or what I am. I am happy because I get to see how people really act and get to know their character. Which has actually helped my family in the past, because a few messed-up people have tried to ally themselves with us but had malicious intent and were planning on using us to wipe out their enemies. I bet you are thinking how are mer-people going to wipe out anyone on land? Some people have their own ability to control the water element. My sister was not one of them, which made her angry. She used to go off saying it was wrong that everyone else had a special ability and she had none. She even tried to take mine.

I think that was the first time I had ever seen my parents mad. She was grounded for a week. Literally, they made her come to the surface as her punishment and that is how she found her mate. The look on her face when she saw who it was made her more furious. She has always hated other species. She refused to even accept anyone other than our kind. She gave a speech about how she was meant to be queen and her throne was in a palace under the sea. She called the gods and goddess ridiculous and irresponsible to try to give her a mate unworthy of her status. I was glad I came with her so I could hear her speech. Her mate looked at her like she was out of her mind. After her speech, they rejected each other and he told her he would not even dream of living in the ocean, much less ruling over it. She went back home and used the rejection as a reason to get her grounding revoked. So her hate of coming out of the sea is a plus for me. I love it here. I mean there are so many differences on land than in the ocean.

I came back to my senses only to realize it was dark already. Wow, I really got in my head there for a moment. I turn as I hear a sound. Only to see Marcos' brother Damien standing a few feet away from me. I do not think I have ever seen him this close. He always stays far away from me. He speaks and remains looking out towards the ocean view. "The song you sang do you sing it often? Did you write it?"

I was stunned for a second before I responded sadly "Yes and I only sing it when I am extremely sad." Before I could get into my own head, he spoke again "Why are you sad? Did my i***t brother do something to upset you? Would you like me to punish him for you?" I am completely shocked and nervous because he has never, and I mean never spoken to me. Why is he asking? He even looks genuine with his questions. Before I can give him an answer, he talks once more "I know I have never spoken to you but I have seen you around throughout the years. I still cannot believe you are related to Ursula. I have seen how kind and loving you are. Plus, you have a high patience level if you can deal with my brother. He speaks very highly of you. I find it odd how he never mentioned how beautiful you are. However, I guess I can understand because his mate did reject him for me." I let out a light laugh and respond to him without thinking much. "I was beginning to think you were avoiding me because of how my sister was. I know she was mean and disrespectful, but to call her Ursula is an insult to Ursula" He chuckles at that and I continue "Do you know the negative to being kind and loving or beautiful, as you called me?" He tilts his head and says "Actually no because I am none of those things." I give him as gentle smile "It gives people the means to treat me poorly. All my life, people have used those traits against me and I never once did anything about it. I always tend to care way more about other people than myself. I believe that everyone has good in them, they just need the right person to bring it out of them." He scoffs "I think you are the only one to believe that. You would make an amazing queen." It is my turn to scoff "Do not let my sister hear you say that". He lets out a hearty laugh. "Yeah. But it is true. You have the best qualities but you lack confidence. We should go inside for dinner before it gets too late. I am sure my brother is about to send out an unauthorized search party for you because he is being overdramatic." I grabbed his hand and thanked him before he could walk away.

Once we are inside, nearing the living room, I hear yelling 'Where the f**k is she? Is she not back yet?' I glanced at Damien only to see him already looking at me with a I told you so look. I shake my head and called out to Marco. He rushes to me and starts to look me over "Did he hurt you? Are you okay?" I heard Damien huff and walk away while saying 'You are welcome'. I giggled at that and Marco looked at me questioningly. "What is funny?" I giggled again and answered "Your brother is." I left him standing there with his eyes wide and his jaw dropped and walked towards the dining hall. I heard him mumble out a question 'you said my brother?' Even though I heard it I did not give him a response. I went to greet his father and mother, who had huge ass smiles on their faces. "Good evening your majesties." I greeted them politely and they did the same in unison, which freaks me out every time. They do that all the time. It is creepy as f**k.

I go to my usual seat but before I can sit down, Damien asks me to sit next to him. Which made the room go silent for a brief moment before I hear 2 high-pitched shrieks. I looked in the direction of said shrieks and saw his mother bouncing in her seat with excitement and Lillith, Marcos' beloved, glaring daggers at me. I feel 2 different hands on my wrist, so I look at the 2 people and see it is Marco and Damien. They are also glaring at each other. I thought they had a good brotherly relationship, so why are they glaring at each other? Before I could ask, I hear Lillith scream at me "Do not touch him!" I pulled my hand from both of them because who knows who the hell she is referring to? She is Marcos' fated but, rejected him for Damien that much I know. Maybe she regrets rejecting him. I do not need to wonder for long because the next thing out of her mouth clarifies it while still yelling. "How dare you do this to me Marco, I am your beloved and you, Damien. You never let me touch you but you are willingly touching her. Am I not enough?" Marco looks at her and says in a flat tone "You rejected me so you have no right to accuse or ask me anything." Before she can say anything, Damien speaks next "I am nothing to you, so why do you think I am obligated to answer you. You were fated to my brother, not me. Plus, you need to learn respect. We are in a public place, have you no courtesy to not embarrass those involved? You should feel embarrassed about the nonsense coming out of your mouth. So take your seat and eat or get out."