2. Life Goes On

Xavier's POV

Last night was just like most nights in the palace , attending balls and galas and talking to people who didn't even know the first thing about me. I had to talk and smile and pretend all night like I actually cared about what went on. Because of that I decided to sleep in today cos I had no intentions of waking up anytime soon . But not the servants, they just had to obey my parents every wish and do as they please .

I mean it was really painful sometimes and I knew that the females also used it as a chance just to see me . I even overheard them saying they wish they were in my bed , like really. Oh God. Although I don't deny that am really hot and all you know and really I have girls throwing themselves at me from all sides. I am just not a player , that's just not who I am.

''Sire, Sire'' the butler called me . I groaned internally not wanting to respond and do my call of duty , I mean I love the game but it's not as if i want to do it in real life . So anyway i pretended not to hear him and pulled the covers over my head to go back to sleep . I closed my eyes , falling back asleep when i heard a knock on the door which startled me but when i realized it could be any of the maids coming to wake me up to get ready , i decided to ignore them but unfortunately i couldn't for long.

So grudgingly i stood up and went to open the doors for them to come in and exactly as i said , it was the maids coming to prepare me for the day.so i walked back to my bed the maids got to work fixing my bath, setting my clothes ,cleaning and other stuff.

After about an hour they were finally done and i also got to work , took my bath dressed up and went down for breakfast. I got to the dining hall to join my parents who were of course already seated as usual- cue, the eye roll. I sat down to a stern looking mother and a nonchalant father , which was nothing new to me cos my dad never really cared about anything that concerned me and i also pretended i wasn't affected by it .

I smiled at my mom and turned to start eating when she spoke,

'' why were you late , you know i don't like this behavior of yours , you're a prince and you shouldn't be living like this , you have to set a standard for yourself, for heavens sake you are the next King of England Xavier!!!!.

Oh God not this again , i sighed and kept quiet, cos it's not like i had anything to say , i just focused and finished my break fast. When i was done , i turned to her and said '' Mom am sorry for being late and making you worry , can we just forget about it . i looked at her hopefully , praying that she would just drop the issue , thankfully she did but not before warning me not to repeat it again , which of course i would eventually do. It's not like i was going to tell her that.

Suddenly i remembered to ask her a question,, '' so mom about my schooling , what's going to happen? , i asked her , and i asked her because my dad didn't want me to go , he said i should focus more on my training to become a King rather than attend high school.

But i wanted to go , so i asked mom to discuss the issue with him on my behalf so he would agree . She looked at me and said exactly what i wanted to hear , '' you will be allowed to go son but it still does not mean your father is happy about it ,'' and i care less '', i thought .

There are rules , if you get into any sort of problem or cause a scandal , you will withdraw immediately , are we clear?. '' Yes ma'am '' i responded. She rolled her eyes at me and i smiled ,

''Thanks mom''. I loved my mom cos she really worried about me , even though she talked a lot and we quarreled most at times i knew it was because she wanted the best for me and i really appreciated it. I stood up and nodded at them indicating that i was leaving , i turned to go when she said'' you will be starting next month'' .

Lillian's POV

Today was Monday , the day i really hated cos i had to go back to that hole of a school. But i was not too worried , this was my final year in middle school and i was really happy cos i was hoping to begin high school the next month. I was worried about something else, the fact that being able to afford my tuition for high school was going to be impossible and even though Karen tried to reassure me i knew she didn't want me to be sad and i was grateful but sometimes we just had to face reality.

''Lillian , you're gonna be late for school , wake up'' Karen shouted , '' I'm already up , '' i answered,'' okay , hurry up'' . As usual i sat up and stretched , went to the bathroom did my business and took a shower about 20 mins and came out. I opened my closet and picked a pair of black jeans with a plain white shirt and a pair of black flats with a flowered design on the side , i then took my bag from the table and went downstairs for breakfast. Karen wasn't in the kitchen so i guessed she was not cooking today , i then went to the counter and reached up for a box of cereals from the cabinet and made a quick bowl.

After i was done, i called out to her '' I'm leaving '' ,

''okay, I'll see you later , be safe''

I stepped out of the house and picked my bicycle which i rode to school everyday cos i wasn't allowed to drive and Karen was not ready to drive me to school today and i didn't want to be late. it was already 7:30 am and i had about 45 minutes to get to school before the bell rang and i would have to go to detention, i picked my bike and began riding to school .

I got to school at exactly 8:30 am , yeah i know that's how much of a geek i am so anyway i parked the bike and got down , locked it and ran inside. I walked to my locker to get my books for the first lesson which was history and one of my favorite classes . I ran to class and sat at the far back happy the teacher hadn't come in yet. About ten minutes later ,

Mrs. Coleman walked in , all frowny as usual . i mean what ever happened to make her this way , she has been like this since i started schooling here but i don't really care though soo.. yeah . the lesson began and even through all the torture of other classes but not math mind you i love that class ,school was finally over for the day. although this was the last week of lessons i was still nervous cos the following two weeks i had my final exams for middle school and i was really happy if i may say cos school was torture and i will be finally out and hoping to continue to high school where the i would be one step closer to my dreams.

So the days passed as usual and it was Friday which i kind of liked cos it meant after today i had two days off from school. So as usual i went through my days activities and about midway through my fourth class i was called, '' Lillian Anderson to the principals office now'' . I stood up to leave when i heard some snickers and comments ,

'' what did you do this time , weirdo'' ,

one person said and to which i ignored while the whole class laughed. I was scared even though i didn't show it , i walked bravely to the principals office and knocked ,

'' Come in please'' , and i entered.

''Sit down miss Hudson I have some news for you ''.

So hey guys another chapter done , tell me what you think

So I changed the names of the main characters, so sorry for the inconvenience

and please I want to let you know that this is a slow burn book and if that's what you prefer then go on ahead and read.

Thank you.