Painfully in love

Chapter Two:

When I open my bedroom door, there was the world's most attractive woman standing in my room. She was flipping through my journals. I let out a soft sigh. She looks up at me and she gives a small smile.

"Good girl." She laughs and I roll my eyes.

"It didn't go as planned." I said as I walked over to my bed and flopped on it. She gracefully laid down next to me.

"I caught on whenever you slapped her, then she circled you in that gazebo before she ordered you to strip." Hannah laughed and I smiled.

"What is about her that drives me to break every promise and every moral I have?" I groan and Hannah lets out another laugh," I am glad that my best is getting enjoyment out of my misery." I add on, lightly hitting her stomach. She stops laughing.

"Maybe if I understood you then it wouldn't be so funny, but from my point of view, you are so funny."

"What do you mean from your point of view? I think what I am going through is something that anyone can understand."

"You are trying to ask your ex-girlfriend who is a princess and would've given you the world for permission to marry her bastard cousin who reeks of rotten leather and yeast and, that is the laughingstock in Andican with barely any money, no land, or anything. I mean, I was surprised when you told me that he has an apartment, and it is nice."

"Well, change how you look at it."

"How should I look at it."

"I am asking a princess of Andican for permission to marry a man who truly cares about and I don't have to worry about anything and have a simple life. The man just happens to be the cousin of the princess."

"Anadaya will never allow this wedding to happen."

"What makes you think that?"

"Because our families will step in before this engagement gets out. Your mother will stop it before you can pick out a ring."

"My mom sent me away instead of being a mother, it is her fault that I am making terrible choices in men and if she truly has a problem with it then she needs to bring it up at the next guardian meeting." I say as I stand up and go into my closet to get dressed in some night clothes. "Oh wait, she isn't on the guardians, and she doesn't get a say in anything regarding the guardians and their business." I add on before leaving my closet. Hannah was looking me with a "You are screwed" face, and then, I saw my mother. She was staring at me with a tight smile.

"Hi mom." I said carefully. She glances at Hannah before looking back at me. I raised my eyebrows at her. If she wanted Hannah to leave, then she would have to say it out loud.

"I came in here to talk to you about your arrival, but I can see that you have company, so I will leave you two girls alone. Can we talk tomorrow morning?" My mom says nicely. She won't force Hannah to leave because Hannah's position is higher than hers, so it is disrespectful and embarrassing. My mom had to rely on someone with an equal or higher position, like me.

"I don't know, I am busy tomorrow. Trust me, I have been beating myself up enough for us about how I acted. Tomorrow, I will apologize to everyone." I say as I go over to my bed.

"No, I would like you to make time for us to go have breakfast and talk." My mom says more stern, Hannah stands up and begins helping me get my bed ready for bed as an excuse to hide her smile and desire to laugh from my mom.

"Will it be just us?" I asked as I toss the extra pillows on my reading chair.

"Yes." She whispers as she comes close to me.

"I am busy tomorrow. Sorry." I said rudely.

"Make time. This isn't negotiable, ma'am." My mom says as she stops me from doing anything else.

"Last time I went anywhere with you alone, I ended up drugged and Texas, so no, I will not go to breakfast with you alone. Either invite and get dad and Pietro to go or give up." I say standing my ground. My mom backs up and runs a hand through her hair.

"Fine. Be ready at eleven." She bites out before leaving.

"I am fine, by the way," I said as she walked out of my room.

"Bitch." Hannah said, and I turned to look at her. I smiled softly.

"Did you know what happened before I called you?" I asked after we got into bed together.

"No, I knew you were acting differently, and that Pietro was worried about you. Then he shut down and would only tell me that you weren't feeling too good. So, I contacted Kira and she started looking for you."

"Oh okay." I said as I turned to my side. She followed my lead, we lay in the complete silence for a few minutes.

"What happened?"

"What did Candy's grandma used to say when something bad happened?"

"Cashing in badly to get something great in the end."

"I was putting a down payment on something great."

"I see."

"I don't want to go to breakfast tomorrow."

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

I rolled my eyes as Hannah and I both got up. I open up the door and there was a drunk Candy at my door. Hannah slips past Candy as Candy mutters something. I open my door all the way and Candy tries to walk in, but she stumbles. I catch her arm and guide her to my bed.

"I am not staying." Candy says as she looks around the room, her eyes were red, she had been crying and her hands have a poor wrapped bandages on her hands. She was get drunk while working out.

"Candy, stay." I say as I go into my kitchen area and grab the first aid kit and some water.

"I need to know." She says as she tries to stand up but falls back down, she lets out a harsh laugh, I help her to sit up. I give her the cup of water and she slowly takes a sip. "Why him?" She finally asks me and I freeze.

The question that I have been dreading. I resume getting the first aid kit ready before going to get my chair, I sit down and slowly start to undo the bandages.

"Out of everyone, why did you have to choose him? I could've handled if it had been anyone but him? Are you doing this to punish me?" Candy rumbles as she watches me work on her hands.

"I didn't mean to. I tried my hardest and I don't even know if I want to marry him, but he was there for me when I was going through something hard, and I guess I caught feelings." I admit. "I didn't mean to hurt you, I am sorry." I add after a moment.

"Every second that you exist, you are hurting me. I don't know how to look at the same after this." Candy says as a tear runs down her face. I feel fire in my throat and my heart burns. "I mean you know everything and you are choosing to love him." Candy says as her eyelids begin to fall, she quickly falls asleep, her body falls against my pillows and headboard.

I stop cleaning up her wounds, I get up and go to the bathroom. Once I lock the door, I let out a sob as I begin to crying. I sit on the floor with my back against the door, I hold my knees to my chest as I sob.