I can kill you with water if I wanted

No! James, you… You have to fight this, okay? It might be what’s typical, but it’s completely unfair to you and honestly to the princess too. You both deserve someone who loves you, not someone that your parents think are a good investment. You have to tell Cullyn. I understand why you don’t want to, but he deserves to know. He deserves to know what you’re dealing with, what could potentially happen, and how he can help you. Don’t leave him out when something this big is happening.

I can't fight it though! I would if I could but I can't! Its what happens when you'e the youngest prince to a god-damn monarchy and I promised my parents that if they let me go to this school they could marry me off to whoever they wanted. I-I didn't expect to fall in love. I know I need to tell Cully, I'm just scared. I don't want him to leave me because of some drama thats going on between my family, I-I don't want to tell him because what if he lets me go?

What? James, why didn’t you tell anyone? Okay, I guess you might have told some people, but why didn’t you tell me? That doesn’t make you different, no different than Tanzet being an alpha.

Because I couldn't. I didn't know if anyone was gonna spill the beans and I-I could of been kidnapped from here or something, I-I don't know. I changed my last name and everything. You're the first person I told because I know I can trust you.

James, I don’t… Slow down. I don’t understand what you’re saying. Princess? Expansion? I’ll help if I can, but I don’t know what to do if I don’t understand the situation. Take some deep breaths. That’s it. Sh… It’s going to be okay. Come on, James, relax. It’s all right.

I'm a stupid prince. A prince of some stupid kingdom far away from here and I don't wanna be and they sent me here so I can learn and be safe cause we're fighting with another one of the kingdoms and my parents wanna marry me off to the princess as a treaty and combine our lands and its not fair! 

James, seriously — If there’s nothing but cold water left, I’m gonna be so mad. [pauses, pressing his ear to the door] … James? Are you alright?

[He stuttered, clamping a hand over his mouth] Fine! I'm fine!

What do you mean leave? James, you don’t have to go anywhere you don’t want to. Where is it you think you have to go? I say if you don’t want to, don’t do it. You shouldn’t have to suffer anyone’s crap.

My parents wanna marry me off, marry me to some princess of some other pixie kingdom so we can expand and they can get more money and I hate it. I don't wanna, I wanna stay here with all of my friends and learn and be a normal-ish teenager. Its not fair Con's, I don't wanna do it.

That sounds like a plan, one that should take place immediately. [She held her arms out.] Just eat the ice cream out of the carton. Are you… You’re not pathetic. Why are you feeling that way?

[He walked into her arms immediately, hiding his face in the junction of her shoulder] Because I have to leave, and I don't want to leave. Leaving means leaving you and Kit and Tanzet and Tanner and Belle and all of my friends, and it means leaving Cullyn.

[Calling from his bedroom.] Yeah, well, post-sex cuddles are always better, so Cullyn’s got an edge there. I’ll see you in a couple minutes.

[He walks out a few minutes later] Hi, sorry 'bout awkward shower. I shower when I feel pathetic, calms me down. But yeah. Can we cuddle and I vent to you as I cry over chocolate ice cream?

Oh, yeah. I can definitely do with that. Here’s the clothing. I swear I’m not looking.

Thanks though, I miss my cuddles with you, you're the best cuddler's ever. Other than Cullyn, but thats besides the point.

Can do. Do you want the pile of clothes laying on your bed? It looks clean, but I don’t know your system.

Sure, Give me like 5? I still have shampoo in my hair and I don't wanna leave it in for too long.

Relax! I’m not looking! You’re fine, I get it. No, it only took me like five because Belle had some chocolate ice cream in our room freezer. She’ll be pissed I took it, but she’ll soften when I say it was for you.

O-Oh, erm. Could you get out? A-And maybe throw me a pair of sweats and boxers? I gotta finish showering a-and yeah. And tell Belle I said Hi, I miss hanging out with her

As she walks into the bathroom, she hears the shower running but can hear the person inside talking and what he’s saying. She slowly walks up to the shower curtain, “Hey… Are you alright?”

James let out a surprised noise as someone walks up to the shower curtain, his whole body flailing in surprise. "I-I'm fine!" He cried out, grabbing onto the curtain and the wall to steady himself. "Fine, fine and dandy!"