Petted

Alex his mother and Lexi left the West wing garden, walking towards the grand staircase. Alex walked in the middle between the two woman he wrapped his long arm around Lexi's waist his mother walked beside them as they strolled down the long hallway together .

Mother Sophia clutched on to his hand, she ask worriedly ,"Alexander what do you think the tabloids will say about Jackson and Karmen in the morning?" She was beside herself worried the tabloids would accuse her younger son of something as bad or perhaps worse as they did her older son.

Alex kept his head looking forward, giving her question a little thought, he replied"Mother it's hard to Say, maybe something about them getting married or something about Jackson's wild behavior or maybe something about Karmen being so young. "

After listening to what Alex said her thoughts went wild, if the tabloids said her perfect son was a kidnapper , they could come up with something truly horrible about Jackson, they could even accuse him of dating a child. She peered over at Lexi just to confirm what she had told her earlier ." Lexi darling, are you sure Karmen is of age."

Lexi chuckled " Yes mother, I'm sure, Karmen is only two years younger than me. She has always been small for her age, and those dimples make her look a lot younger.And I wouldn't worry to much about that,there is a lot of information on the internet about Karmen. She's an heiress of a multi billion dollar company, her and her brother are co owners .He runs the company and pays her royalties."

"Why would a young girl like that even talk to Jackson , with his wild ways." Mother Sophia ask confused why a young beautiful girl with so much going on in her life would waste her time to even speak to someone with a reputation as bad as her younger son.

She leaned on Alex's shoulder peeking over at Mother Sophia, She grinned mischievously "Mother have you not looked at your sons?They're gorgeous."

Alex lifted his brows, he ask, " You think Jackson gorgeous?"

"Yes, why would I not? he looks just like you." She replied immediately

"I just don't see how I had two sons that looked so much alike but act so differently."she mummers,

"That's because you petted Jackson mother " Alex stated as a fact.

She sighed, "Alexander , I had to pet Jackson everyone else petted you. The perfect little crown Prince, you were the apple of your grandmother's eye. In her eyes you could do nothing wrong. If I scolded you, your grandmother wouldn't even talk to me. If you cried she would rocked you all night she had you spoiled rotten."

He takes this opportunity to talk to his mother about the abilities his grandmother had, they were quite special and unique. He has never met a vampire with her abilities not even in the Eddington blood line.

"Mother, I remember playing in the garden with grandmother she tried to teach me somethings ,but I never could do any of them. Do you know why grandmother had special abilities?"

She casually strolled along beside them not even glancing their way, her voice coming out calm as she told him all the information she could ,"Alexander your grandmother was a Princess from someplace far away."

This is the first time he had ever heard this,

he had always thought his grandmother was from an Aristocratic family from some small town or villages around Evanston. Now he was curious and wanted to know where his grandmother came from, he ask, "mother where did grandmother come from?"

Seeming puzzled, she mumbled "I really don't know, I don't believe anyone ever mentioned it to me. But your grandmother had some extraordinary abilities. I just assumed they were part of her family's Royal blood line, you know. My parents your grandmother and grandfather Anderson were both from an old Aristocratic families, from right here in town. And they had some different abilities but none compared to what you possess from your Eddington blood line."

Alex smiled, at the mention of his grandparents,lost in though as he reminisced about his child hood. He chuckled slightly glancing over at Lexi telling her about the fun he had as a child "Sweetheart when Jackson and I were little, all the old families from my grandparents neighborhood would meet up at Gabby's. I remember Jackson and I would run in the streets playing with all those kids in grandmother Anderson's neighborhood. We had a blast while our dad's got plastered. Mother would get so pissed off. She would come home and not speak to father for two days". He chuckled , "then the next week we would do it all over again."

A little frustrated with him , mother Sophia swatted his arm " Anyway back to what I was saying . You know your Aunt Charlotte lives in the Anderson family Mansion, And Jackson lives in my grandmother's Fletcher's family mansion. And you know, I never understood why they were not happy when I married your father. I mean who wouldn't be happy for their daughter to marry the crown Prince of their country. But Alexander I think it had something to do with your grandmother being from where ever it was she was from."

" Grandmother Anderson or Great grandmother Fletcher didn't tell you why?"Alex ask

"No Alexander , but when you were born, your grandmother Eddington told me to watch for some different abilities, but she didn't tell me what to look for. She kept a close watch on you, and told me you only had The abilities from your Eddington side of the family. Most of those didn't show up until you were about eight years old. I remember that is when you left your brother in the nursery by his self and moved to a room on the other side of the castle.

Jackson tried to fallow you and with a wave of your hand, you set your little brother's teddy bear on fire."

"Mother ,the little punk wouldn't leave me alone." He huffed

"Alexander he was only three years old and he worshiped you.But any way, that is the first time you had ever used your abilities. I was worried sick that you might be cruel to your brother . But that same week you saved him from drowning at the lake then you taught him how to swim . You started teaching him everything and helped him move his stuff into the room next to yours . Remember your dad had that wall removed from the closet, so that if he got scared in the middle of the night ,he could run to you to protect him."Mother Sophia gushed at the memory of her two young boys.

"Mother he was a cry baby." Alex stated

With a heavy sigh, and in a loving voice she mumbled " You maybe right, but I thought for the longest time you were going to be my problem child, However her you are so much like your father was , so loving and protective.

Remembering Mother Sophia, didn't plan to stay the night with them, Lexi glanced over "Mother we will stop at my room and I will get you a gown?"

" You have gowns sweetheart?" Alex questioned in disbelief he had never seen her sleep in anything except that one t-shirt and panties.

"Yes, but nothing you would like, they don't show enough skin for you." She teased

"Oh young love" Mother Sophia gushed "you two are so sweet."

"Mother you haven't seen this room since I remodeled it, have you?" Alex ask as he opened the door for them to step inside.

Mother Sophia's eyes widened at the sight of the beautiful ,romantic bedroom.she ask curiously"When did you do all of this Alexander, it's just beautiful."

"Before I left to pick Lexi up.I wanted her to have a beautiful room."

Mother Sophia smiled"And I see, just like your father it had to be right next to you ,so you could protect her."

"Mother to be honest with you, I haven't slept in my bedroom since Lexi got here.The first few nights, I just set on the bed and watched her sleep." He confessed

Lexi couldn't believe what he just said all this time she thought he was sleeping too , she muttered "You watched me sleep?"

He answered her as if it was no big deal "Yeah, sweetheart, I did ." And continued showing his mother the newly decorated bedroom, as he told her the plans they have for his bedroom.

"We are going to start on my room this week. I think we will redecorate it like the lake house, a little rustic with a touch of elegance.Because that's going to be our room together "as they walked into the newly designed closet , he pointed out "see with my clothes in here it's to crowded in this room."

Mother Sophia leaned against the door frame pointing out all the changes that have taken place over the years in the two bedrooms."You know ,before you where born , that bedroom and this one was all one big room , your grandparents didn't share a bed they had two beds in the same room. And those two rooms across the hallway where actually just one room that is where your father's room was when we got married. Then after your grandfather renounced his throne and started traveling with your grandmother your father and I had the walls put up to have more bedrooms. It wasn't our plan for you and Jackson to move over into the guest quarters. " she chuckled

"I like the way it was when I was a baby, after we have a baby this will become a nursery again." Alex informed his mother as he wrapped his arms around Lexi holding her close from behind.

Watching Alex act just like his father mother Sophia smiled." I believe you will have plenty of time for that. Alexander never slept in here until he was two. I put a crib in my bedroom for him .But most of the time his father would take him out of the crib and put him in the bed between us. He just couldn't stand the people he loved to be away from him."

Lexi Laughed at the thought of King Alexander Eddington the most powerful man in the country sleeping in his mother's room, she said "Sounds like to me he was petted ."

Mother Sophia smiled "Maybe a little petted, but loved dearly."