Sapphires Choice

Chapter 4

Sapphire's POV

Last night's dinner was so awkward. After Lillith was given the option of taking her seat or to leave. She did manage to take her seat but she was crying throughout the whole dinner. Giving pitiful glances at both guys. I am surprised she still managed to eat anything. I am so glad I made it through the whole day. Yesterday was the longest day of my life. My birthday is coming up and I am so glad I do not have to have a freaking party this year. My parents always made me and my sister have these huge parties to celebrate our birthdays, but it was more for show.

I really need to focus right now. I should finish getting ready before Marco shows up. I am going to try my best to avoid him when possible. I am still feeling kind of sad about yesterday. I wonder what rumors will be circulating today. Now that I am finished getting ready, I have everything I need. It is time to go.

I make it to the kitchen to grab a quick snack. I used to think vampires only survived by consuming blood, but I found out that was a lie. They can eat just like all the other species, but they do need blood daily. I also thought they could not go out in the sun either, but that was also a lie. I learned so much about them when I came for visits.

I made it out the door and I see their chauffer standing by a car and I ask him to take me to school. I bet you are wondering why they need a driver in the first place if they can teleport well. They said sometimes they need to go by car to certain places to show they are not a threat. I am grateful when he agreed to take me.

After what seemed like the slowest ride of my life, he finally pulled up at the entrance of the school. The first thing I see is Marco standing there looking upset. What crawled up his ass this morning? I guess I am about to find out. Before I get the chance to open my own door, it is pulled open and off its hinges. I am shocked by his behavior. He does not give me time to dwell on it either. He started demanding me to tell him why I did not wait for him and how I had him worried because I was not in my room when he went to check on me. I ignored him and walk away, but I did not even make it to the entrance door. I am yanked back to face him. So I ask him sarcastically "Can I help you, your majesty?" He is glaring at me and speaks in a harsh tone. "Yeah you can start by answering my f*****g questions! And do not call me that." I gave him a mocking smile and answer him, "Listen, I am just trying to make it to school on time without depending on you. So if you will, please excuse me, Prince Marco. Please allow me to pass." He moves but asks in a whisper "Did I do something wrong?" I answer him without looking at him. "No but I did." I walk away from him so I do not have to hear anything else he has to say. I cannot deal with him playing with my emotions today.

I make it through the first half of the day without running into anyone, but that changes when I go to the restroom to wash my face to freshen up. I feel something thick being poured on me. I looked into the mirror and see that girl from yesterday. She sneers at me and says with her fake pout "Oops did I do that?" I am so glad I have the power to control my shift. Otherwise she would have found out what I am. So I ask her what I should have asked her from the beginning. "Who are you and are you going to continue this in the future?" She looks taken back with a dumbfounded expression "How do you not know who I am? And yes, I will continue. There is nothing you can do about it, broke girl." I laughed at her statement "Broke girl, that is funny if anyone is broke here, it is you because I have wealth beyond your imagination. And that is all you need to know about me" I say to her, but then added "Oh, piece of advice. Maybe learn more about your enemies before bullying them. You might pick the wrong one some day."

She walks out slamming the door, leaving me alone in the restroom. What a b***h! I make sure no one else is in here before locking the door. I quickly use my elemental powers to clean myself. I unlock the door and leave the restroom. I go to my next class and, thankfully, it passes quickly along with the other classes. As I am walking to my locker to get the rest of my books, I hear more whispering about me. More rumors, of course. What did I expect? I ignore them, get my books and walk to the parking lot to where the driver is waiting. I got in and we headed to the castle. Once we pull up, I rush to get out and run to my room, ignoring everyone. I closed the door and locked it. I throw my backpack on the desk in the room. I go to my balcony and look out at the view. I see a garden below. I wonder if they could give me a room with an ocean view instead or would that be asking for too much. I will have to ask later. As I am thinking about this, I hear a knock. I glanced at the door, wanting to ignore it, but I couldn't. I went to open the door and see Marco standing there with a guilty look on his face. "Can we please talk love?" I sigh and moved aside for him to pass. Which he does and he immediately makes himself comfortable on my bed.

He starts before I can even sit down on the couch. "Look I know I have been acting weird. I think it is time I told you why. I know you deserve that much from me." He takes a deep breath "I am in love with you but I am also in love with Lillith and I am still hurt by her rejection. I have been feeling guilty because I have been hooking up with her, which is why I have not been with you anymore. I know I should stop because she rejected me but she was meant for me, you know." I sound breathless when I speak "I already know about you and her. I guess this is where I have to finally ask. Did you accept her rejection?" He looks at me sadly and says in a low voice "How did you find out about us? And no, I have not accepted it. I just cannot bring myself to do it." I give him a reassuring smile and tell him what he needs to hear, "Well, I have siren hearing, so even if a room is soundproof I can hear clearly. Plus, she is really loud. Now I also need to ask if you know why you cannot accept it? You said you love her even though she continues to push you away when she thinks she has a chance with your brother. I want you to be happy even if it is not with me. I hope you know that we are friends before anything else. I figured the other things have run their course and that is okay. I am still going to be there for you when you need me. I understand this has been difficult for you, but you also need to understand that you cannot run to me when you want to get her back because of something you know she is bound to do. You know you cannot have both of us. Besides, it is not fair for you to string me along like that. It will damage our friendship if it continues and I really do not want that to happen. You are my best friend, the only one I could always come to for comfort, even if that has changed. I wish you the best. You and her need to figure it out if you want your relationship to work."

He lays down and looks at the ceiling while saying "Is that why you turned me down yesterday? And I am sorry I did not tell you sooner. I did not want this to be this way." I moved to the other side of my bed and took a seat at the headboard. "Yea, I am sorry I heard you having s*x with her the first few nights after I arrived, as well as this morning. To be honest, it pissed me off because she chases your brother in the day and goes to you at night. Which you allow. But you are old enough to make your own decisions. The only problem is, when she messes up, you come to me and not for the same reason as before." He turns to look at me. "I do not feel the same pleasure with her as I do with you if that makes you feel any better." I sigh "No it really doesn't and you should not be saying that by the way it is super f****d up of you." I face the ceiling but can see him move to sit up against the headboard like me "I know it is wrong but we spent years getting to know each others bodies and I long to feel you in my arms again. I just can't stop comparing her with you and it makes me feel guilty. We were each other's first everything." I gave him a small smile. In a soft voice I say "Yea we were, but that is over with. Now all we will have are memories. As you said, she was meant for you and, well, I am not. We will always have a place in each others heart but we cannot force anything that was not meant to be. Anyway, I am tired, so if you don't mind, I want to sleep, please see your way out." He gasps and says sadly "Wow are you kicking me out right now? I don't want things to change between us." I glanced at him briefly, then looked away and whispered "They already have."

I move to lay down with my back to him and close my eyes. I hear him shuffling to the door and I hear him mumble "I hope some day you can forgive me because I am sorry." I really do not think he understands how his actions and words can really mess me up. I am so over this and it has only been 2 days living here.

I was about to drift off but I heard another knock. Who the hell is it now? I got up to open the door again, only to see the queen this time. What is she doing here?

She has a sad smile on her face and in a polite voice, she asks "May I come in?" I move aside and say "Please come in" and bow my head as she passes me. She goes and takes a seat on my couch and starts to speak "I want to apologize to you for my son. This is not how I raised him to be. I hope he realizes his mistake before it is too late. That would be a pity. I know you probably have a fated soulmate out there, but if that does not work out, we can arrange for you to marry Damien if you maybe want to become my daughter-in-law in the future. I would love that because you are an amazing girl. And I know I cannot depend on my second son to get his head straight. He has never had much motivation. I do believe he does love you more than he realizes. Damien, I know, has some feelings for you as well and he will not hesitate. What do you think, dear?" I gave her a genuine smile. "Your majesty, it would be an honor to become part of your family. However, I would never want to push someone into making a rash decision. Damien deserves to find someone who he can love and she loves him in return. You know someone to make him happy. It would not be good to have an unhappy king ruling now, would we?" She gives a small sigh and tilts her head so I know she wants me to continue. "As for Marco, he will make the best decision for him and I think as long as he is happy with it, we should be too. All I want is for everyone to be happy and to have a peaceful life with the love of their life." She is looking at me with admiration and I have no idea why until she speaks again, "Damien was right when he said you would make the perfect queen." I was about to ask her what she meant by that but she gets up and walks right out my door saying good night and she will see me tomorrow morning without giving me a chance to say anything.

Now to try to get some sleep.