10

~ Mia ~

“WHAT?!?” Anisel yelled. My hands covering his mouth shut him up. We are too out in the open for this damn it.

“What is wrong with you? Trying to get us in trouble or something?” I said.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to do that. It’s a pretty name. It should have been your name.” He mentioned. My face began to flush as we walked back. He was acting weird as well since I told him that. We made it back without difficulties. We stood by the fountain before going to our rooms. “Thanks for taking me out, Anisel, I appreciate it.” I looked away.

“Sure. Hope we can do this again before the ball.” He stated as he scratched the back of his head, nervously. I giggled as the last day is tomorrow. If we do it then I picked the location. We both smiled until we saw lights in the sky.

“Dang, it’s the royal guards. They are probably doing their nightly patrol. We need to hide.” I panicked.

We both searched around but nothing was decent. Without realizing it, my foot lost balance— my first instinct w