Eline_huntsmith

River and Lily have been, or rather had been, friends for almost all their lives until a one nightstand ruined any semblance of a friendship between them.

Lily would strongly like to blame the fact that she was foolish on that night and River, well, he doesn't look like he has a lot to say or think about the night in question.

Now, four years down the line, after one isolating the other and another still being bitter hurt over the events that succeeded that particular night, Lily is called in for a royal favor.

With River's coronation as king drawing near, she has to keep his rather, messy, to be lightly put, record on a clean squeaky plate. How to do that you ask? Well, obviously by avoiding him and being professional to a fault.

But the ignorant blind fool doesn't get the memo. In fact, to her, it looks like River is doing anything other than being professional and distant.

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"I was going to ruin you!" he shouts in exasperation and I eye him for a moment, watching his chest rise and fall rapidly until he calms down.

"I was already ruined. I fail to see any sort of damage that could have outdone what I've gone through." I shrug and pick up my folder from the bed.

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Lily has no much to think about during the summer but if there's something she's certain of, it's that she is not ready to be the reason River's crown topples off his head no matter how much he wants to be the problem in her course.

Another Royal Frog

A few days after the launch party, my mom sends me an invitation for a royal gala that as she puts it quite nicely, 'I must attend.'

Deciding not to hassle it too much I wisely decide to go with the turquoise dress that I was supposed to wear at the launch.

I have always hated royal gatherings and this was not an exception especially now that I know for certain that River will be in attendance.

And who knows, maybe he will drag Melanie along with him too.

Eva pokes her head into my room to ask if I want some breakfast since she's ordering hers and I tell her yes, asking if she will be my plus one for the event.

"Can I call Mark? That cousin of mine who's really hot?" She jumps at the prospect after I explain the essence of the gathering to her.

Of course all she hears is that this is my first time to meet with River, which isn't even a guarantee, after he pulled a dick move on me.

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