21 REIGN OF EMILIA- "Heilige Scheiße"

TUESDAY Sept 26. continued.

Previously...

Ace leads Emilia towards the trees by the roadside, taking her to the forest. Then Emilia makes a sly comment:

"Is this where you murder me and tell everyone I went missing?" she jokes.

"It is actually." Ace responds before taking out his knife and stabbing her in the chest.

•••

Ace drags Emilia's lifeless body through the dirt and dumps her in the bushes before making his way back to the car.

Woah, woah, woah. Wait a minute. That can't be right...

A Few Minutes Ago:

The car abruptly stops at the side of the road and Ace got out first and very gentlemanly opens the door for her.

"Thank you." Emilia says awkwardly looking at their location. Ace pays the driver whom immediately left after getting his money.

Ace leads Emilia towards the trees by the roadside, taking her to the forest. Then Emilia makes a sly comment:

"Is this where you murder me and tells everyone I went missing?" she jokes.

"It is actually." Ace responds, and all the color from Emilia's face drains.

Ace's eyes widens when he realizes what he has done and he immediately attempts to fix the problem.

"No, no. Shit. I'm kidding, sorry, I'm kidding."

"Of course you are." Emilia smirks. "I would have kicked your ass." Truth be told, she could, but if they were enemies fighting to the death, I'm not even sure who will win. On one hand Ace has be trained by the most dangerous mafia in the world, and on the other hand Emilia has been trained by some of the most deadliest people around the world. If anyone were to die, it would be the both of them, killing each other.

"Somehow, I believe you." Ace chuckles, thinking. This girl never seizes to amaze me. "Come on, I want to show you something."

Emilia follows Ace deeper into the forest until they finally came to a halt just long enough for Ace to move some thick vines to reveal the most breathtaking view.

"Heilige Scheiße" Emilia swears [GERMAN/TRANSLATION-HOLY SHIT]

Revealed, was a beautiful silver stream, situated in the middle of the forest. It sounded like pouring rain, except, this rain wasn't coming from clouds. Instead, the source of the shining silver water was nowhere to be seen, because of how long it is.

"Ace this is...this is amazing." Her eyes sparkled as she spoke. It was rare that she got to a scenery as beautiful as this one. "How did you find this place."

"My mom was the one who found it. She would then take my Dad, my sister and I out for a picnic once in a while." Ace explains.

"You have a sister?" Emilia asks.

Ace nods "Yeah, Sara. She's only six.".

"She must be the cutest little thing." Emilia says and Ace smiles at her. "Tell me about your mom." Emilia says again, this time Ace's warm smile disappeared, and Emilia immediately began to worry.

"She's been dead for two years." He mutters bluntly.

Emilia stood still. In utter shock.

~Crap! what do I do now? Why did I have to open my big mouth. I do not know how to comfort a sad boy.~ she thought.

"Ugh. I do not know what to say."

"Anything but "Sorry for your loss". I hate that."

"Tell me about it."Emilia mutters, loud enough for Ace to hear. "Look, I know you probably do not want to hear this but, I understand what you are going through."

Ace looks at Emilia questioningly, urging for her to go on.

"First the shock that they are dead. Then the realization that you will never see them again. Not while you are alive, that is." She explains. "I lost someone very close to me too. A while ago."

"Really? Who was it?" Ace asks.

~My dad~ Emilia wanted to say. She couldn't though. If she played out too many clues then anyone could guess her real identity. So she chose the safer option. She lied.

"My grandfather" The truth is, both of Emilia's grandparents died before she could even speak. She would only see pictures of them around the palace but could never remember what they looked like in person.

"He-" she cleared her throat. "He died when I was about 10. He ugh, flew out on his jet the day before Thanksgiving. His last words to me were: "I love you, and I will be back tomorrow for Thanksgiving". He never did." At this point, Emilia's face was soaked with tears. "Sitting around the dining table on Thanksgiving day, waiting for him to come home. Instead, we got a call, basically telling us that we will never be seeing him again." she paused and took a deep breath and wiped her tears, nevertheless, they kept flowing.

"And I know, I know it is not the same as your loss because mine was years ago but-" she did not get to finish. Why? because Ace cut her off by pressing his lips to her's. It wasn't like the last time, no it was more than that, way more. This time the effect had increased by three.

When they unfortunately pull apart. Ace kisses Emilia's forehead and wipes her tears away, and lays his forehead on hers.

"This was suppose to be a date, not a crying session." He kissed her nose. "I hate seeing you cry."

"Wait." Emilia slowly pulls away. "This was a date?"

"I mean I wanted it to be." He mutters.

Emilia heavily sighs, covering her face with both hands. "Oh my God, and I just ruined everything."

"No you didn't. It hasn't even gotten to the best part." Ace smiles.

"What best part?" Emilia asks. Ace did not respond. Instead he stepped aside and grabbed a bouquet of snapdragons, handing them to her.

"Snapdragons, how did you know I liked these?"

"Abby told me."

"Well thank you, they are beautiful." Emilia smiles.

"Yeah just don't let them die" Ace laughs.

"Even then. They will look dope as F!" She says in an American accent.

"That wasn't it though." Ace says, Emilia states at him confusedly.

"Will you, Emilia Williams, be my girlfriend?" Ace finally asks. It was silent for a while before Emilia broke out in smiles.

"Well duh, I have been waiting for like forever, if you made me wait any longer it would be your loss" she laughs.

"Yeah it would. Come here." Ace laughs pulling her closer and planting a kiss right on to her lips.