My eyes wander around to find Daniel, my friend since I started studying here in Melbourne. As soon as I see him heading towards me with a smile on his face; I begin to smile back at him.
''Man, it's been awhile. How are you?'' He asks.
Before I can answer, he continues to speak, ''Wait. Don't tell me. You're the prince of England who left Australia in order to get married with the current princess, Emma. What a surprise,'' He adds.
Well, the truth is, I've never told anyone about my title or about anything that goes on in my country. It's because I don't want them to know; I want to live the normal life where I'm able to blend in without them treating me differently just because of my title.
''I'm sorry I didn't tell you,'' I reply.
''We were shocked at first. Hannah was shocked. You didn't tell us shit. We found out that the prince of England was getting married so yeah, of course everyone would change the channel and watch.'' He chuckles for a bit while I just smile at him.
''Guess what? We found you saying your vows. Imagine our faces. Holy crap,'' He adds.
''I don't find things like this were necessary, honestly. It's just that—I came here in order to live a normal life so I didn't bother bringing my background with me,'' I say, trying to make him understand.
''No worries but you should've told Hannah,''
''Why should I?'' I ask, frowning in confusion.
Daniel looks back at me with a frown. ''I thought you and Hannah were dating? The times you two spent together. There must've been something going on,'' He states, somehow saying the obvious.
Hannah and I have been hitting it off for the past few months before I left but I have never thought of her more than just a friend—yes, we spent countless nights together that people would assume us dating but both of us know better. I don't have feelings for her nor was I serious about our thing that we had.
It was for fun. She agreed too.
''We weren't dating. She knows that too,'' I reply before adding, ''We've been spending a lot of nights together, yeah, that's true but there's nothing more than just being friends with benefits. I don't even have feelings for her that way,'' I try to clear out any misunderstandings so that it'll be fine.
''I'm guessing she feels more than you think,'' He says.
''Then, she should stop. I'm married. We're not going anywhere and whatever fling I had with her, I left it all behind when I left here. Just tell her that,'' I say, looking down at my wrist watch for a few seconds.
Daniel chuckles, ''Okay, man. You hungry?''
We start to walk side by side as we head towards one of the restaurants here in the airport. As we eat, we talk about what has been happening in life especially for him—what has been going on ever since graduation because life has been great for me.
Once we're done eating, he drives me towards my apartment—where I used to stay when I was here.
''We're hanging out tonight. You should come. I'm pretty sure they all missed you too,'' He says, turning to look at me—wanting to know if I'll be there or not.
''Sure, see you tonight.'' I answer, stepping out of the car after picking up my backpack and enter my apartment; seeing that the things here haven't changed, obviously. Why would it change?
I look down at the floor as soon as I enter.
Letters. Letters scattered on the floor. As I close the door behind me, I crouch to pick up the letter before placing them all on the kitchen island; sighing.
With another sigh, I drop my bag onto the couch before slowly heading towards my bedroom; dropping myself onto my bed—immediately closing my eyes in tiredness. The amount of fatigue I feel is just insane.
As I look up at the ceiling, I am reminded of the memories when I was here in Melbourne. Memories with my friends, they were all good times but I have left some of it behind; in order to start fresh.
I turn my body to the other side, staring at the painting on the wall before closing my eyes again; images of Emma come into my head immediately. Truth be told, she's perfect. Beautifully perfect.
Right now, I miss her more than anything.
If only I could bring her with me here but I couldn't. Yes, I have to settle about my education here at the university but I also have to settle things nicely with my friends and I don't want her to get in between.
I want to get back home with everything settled.
be bothered by my
by thinking about her; mixing with the amount of fatigue that I feel due to my flight from
open wide as I
the evening; I've fallen asleep for three hours.
to
told us that you're back,''
friend. ''Yeah. You didn't have to
before glancing at
I don't bother to
and pick you up,'' She
stay still only looking into her eyes before pulling the door open a little, enough
her eyes before pulling the door open a little, enough for her to walk in. Her lips are curving
get ready,'' I say, entering my
my face and fixing my hair so that I'll at least look presentable, I head towards my walk-in closet to change into a shirt and a leather
with my phone in my hand as she
I say before heading towards the front door and waiting for her to exit which doesn't really take
My eyes are only focusing down the road; not really bothered to turn and look
friends and nothing more now.
without telling anyone. Then, one day we found out that you're actually a royalty; who is now married. You should've told us,'' She breaks the silence between us
was nothing to tell,
was something to tell! I mean, yeah, great timing because you left after graduation but you couldn't just leave us like we were never your friends in the very beginning.
been treating each other differently before I left and I know how I must've been leading you on but I didn't and don't have feelings for you. Not more than just
Now you're married,'' She
my choice,'' I reply after sighing
about it. We didn't have any special relationships and I want you to keep that in mind—I don't want to lose you as my friend
presses onto the brakes and I turn to see that we are already here which
have a lot
as they call out for
their handshakes and wave
Hannah's brother grabs me onto my arm and I nod in respond; knowing that he has
walk towards the nearest corner where they're no one here so it's a little private. I turn to look at him, seeing that he's currently eyeing our
help
how many times I'm supposed to say this, Cole but your sister and I had nothing even before I left. Yeah, we had a few things going on. People would assume that we're a couple but there clearly was nothing going on,'' I reply, answering truthfully so that he can understand even
has feelings for you,''
have a serious relationship other than being friends. She was okay with it, how can you blame me on this?'' I let out a deep
know how girls are with this kind of things—my sister is no different,'' He says before turning to look at the doors. Within seconds, I am
towards our group of friends as they all smile widely before pulling her in
make her understand because I don't want her to think of us differently. I'm married and I'm happy, that's all you need to know.'' I say before heading back towards Daniel and the other guys
to look at me while I
of Cole and I begin to joke around while the others laugh before turning to look at me
call me
He got himself a degree, hopped his ass back to London and got married to a beautiful woman. He's already winning in life,'' Daniel says and the others agree on his
to look at Hannah who has been
of us begin to cheer loudly; which earns
on smoothly with me enjoying my drink, something, light but enough to make me less sober yet
who has kept herself busy by talking to the girls but I can't help but notice her looking
stop looking,'' I say before taking a sip of my
over with,'' Cole replies, drinking his own before laughing to some stupid jokes that Finn makes
fit the category but I feel like I don't have time to enjoy myself in a bar with my group of friends because my mind is
being drunk almost every time after our hardcore tests end but now, I feel like this is not
the four of us are playing snooker while the others are still busy enjoying their drinks. I look at the balls—frowning afterwards, ''How are you
Emery
My eyes wander around to find Daniel, my friend since I started studying here in Melbourne. As soon as I see him heading towards me with a smile on his face; I begin to smile back at him.
''Man, it's been awhile. How are you?'' He asks.
Before I can answer, he continues to speak, ''Wait. Don't tell me. You're the prince of England who left Australia in order to get married with the current princess, Emma. What a surprise,'' He adds.
Well, the truth is, I've never told anyone about my title or about anything that goes on in my country. It's because I don't want them to know; I want to live the normal life where I'm able to blend in without them treating me differently just because of my title.
''I'm sorry I didn't tell you,'' I reply.
''We were shocked at first. Hannah was shocked. You didn't tell us shit. We found out that the prince of England was getting married so yeah, of course everyone would change the channel and watch.'' He chuckles for a bit while I just smile at him.
''Guess what? We found you saying your vows. Imagine our faces. Holy crap,'' He adds.
''I don't find things like this were necessary, honestly. It's just that—I came here in order to live a normal life so I didn't bother bringing my background with me,'' I say, trying to make him understand.
''No worries but you should've told Hannah,''
''Why should I?'' I ask, frowning in confusion.
Daniel looks back at me with a frown. ''I thought you and Hannah were dating? The times you two spent together. There must've been something going on,'' He states, somehow saying the obvious.
Hannah and I have been hitting it off for the past few months before I left but I have never thought of her more than just a friend—yes, we spent countless nights together that people would assume us dating but both of us know better. I don't have feelings for her nor was I serious about our thing that we had.
It was for fun. She agreed too.
''We weren't dating. She knows that too,'' I reply before adding, ''We've been spending a lot of nights together, yeah, that's true but there's nothing more than just being friends with benefits. I don't even have feelings for her that way,'' I try to clear out any misunderstandings so that it'll be fine.
''I'm guessing she feels more than you think,'' He says.
''Then, she should stop. I'm married. We're not going anywhere and whatever fling I had with her, I left it all behind when I left here. Just tell her that,'' I say, looking down at my wrist watch for a few seconds.
Daniel chuckles, ''Okay, man. You hungry?''
We start to walk side by side as we head towards one of the restaurants here in the airport. As we eat, we talk about what has been happening in life especially for him—what has been going on ever since graduation because life has been great for me.
Once we're done eating, he drives me towards my apartment—where I used to stay when I was here.
''We're hanging out tonight. You should come. I'm pretty sure they all missed you too,'' He says, turning to look at me—wanting to know if I'll be there or not.
''Sure, see you tonight.'' I answer, stepping out of the car after picking up my backpack and enter my apartment; seeing that the things here haven't changed, obviously. Why would it change?
I look down at the floor as soon as I enter.
Letters. Letters scattered on the floor. As I close the door behind me, I crouch to pick up the letter before placing them all on the kitchen island; sighing.
With another sigh, I drop my bag onto the couch before slowly heading towards my bedroom; dropping myself onto my bed—immediately closing my eyes in tiredness. The amount of fatigue I feel is just insane.
As I look up at the ceiling, I am reminded of the memories when I was here in Melbourne. Memories with my friends, they were all good times but I have left some of it behind; in order to start fresh.
I turn my body to the other side, staring at the painting on the wall before closing my eyes again; images of Emma come into my head immediately. Truth be told, she's perfect. Beautifully perfect.
Right now, I miss her more than anything.
If only I could bring her with me here but I couldn't. Yes, I have to settle about my education here at the university but I also have to settle things nicely with my friends and I don't want her to get in between.
I want to get back home with everything settled.
be bothered by my
by thinking about her; mixing with the amount of fatigue that I feel due to my flight from
open wide as I
the evening; I've fallen asleep for three hours.
to
told us that you're back,''
friend. ''Yeah. You didn't have to
before glancing at
I don't bother to
and pick you up,'' She
stay still only looking into her eyes before pulling the door open a little, enough
her eyes before pulling the door open a little, enough for her to walk in. Her lips are curving
get ready,'' I say, entering my
my face and fixing my hair so that I'll at least look presentable, I head towards my walk-in closet to change into a shirt and a leather
with my phone in my hand as she
I say before heading towards the front door and waiting for her to exit which doesn't really take
My eyes are only focusing down the road; not really bothered to turn and look
friends and nothing more now.
without telling anyone. Then, one day we found out that you're actually a royalty; who is now married. You should've told us,'' She breaks the silence between us
was nothing to tell,
was something to tell! I mean, yeah, great timing because you left after graduation but you couldn't just leave us like we were never your friends in the very beginning.
been treating each other differently before I left and I know how I must've been leading you on but I didn't and don't have feelings for you. Not more than just
Now you're married,'' She
my choice,'' I reply after sighing
about it. We didn't have any special relationships and I want you to keep that in mind—I don't want to lose you as my friend
presses onto the brakes and I turn to see that we are already here which
have a lot
as they call out for
their handshakes and wave
Hannah's brother grabs me onto my arm and I nod in respond; knowing that he has
walk towards the nearest corner where they're no one here so it's a little private. I turn to look at him, seeing that he's currently eyeing our
help
how many times I'm supposed to say this, Cole but your sister and I had nothing even before I left. Yeah, we had a few things going on. People would assume that we're a couple but there clearly was nothing going on,'' I reply, answering truthfully so that he can understand even
has feelings for you,''
have a serious relationship other than being friends. She was okay with it, how can you blame me on this?'' I let out a deep
know how girls are with this kind of things—my sister is no different,'' He says before turning to look at the doors. Within seconds, I am
towards our group of friends as they all smile widely before pulling her in
make her understand because I don't want her to think of us differently. I'm married and I'm happy, that's all you need to know.'' I say before heading back towards Daniel and the other guys
to look at me while I
of Cole and I begin to joke around while the others laugh before turning to look at me
call me
He got himself a degree, hopped his ass back to London and got married to a beautiful woman. He's already winning in life,'' Daniel says and the others agree on his
to look at Hannah who has been
of us begin to cheer loudly; which earns
on smoothly with me enjoying my drink, something, light but enough to make me less sober yet
who has kept herself busy by talking to the girls but I can't help but notice her looking
stop looking,'' I say before taking a sip of my
over with,'' Cole replies, drinking his own before laughing to some stupid jokes that Finn makes
fit the category but I feel like I don't have time to enjoy myself in a bar with my group of friends because my mind is
being drunk almost every time after our hardcore tests end but now, I feel like this is not
the four of us are playing snooker while the others are still busy enjoying their drinks. I look at the balls—frowning afterwards, ''How are you