16 REIGN OF EMILIA- "I do not get you"

SATURDAY Sept. 22 12:15 am

It was late at nigh, or rather, very early in the morning and everyone had retired to their temporary rooms. There were five rooms in total, three of them were guest rooms, so while Abigail went to her own room, the rest of the group had to split and go to the three guests rooms.

No one except Ace and Emilia were up.

The two sat awkwardly watching an episode of Switched at Birth, both seem very interested in the show yet still could not dismiss the fact that they were so close to each other.

After a while Ace could not handle the silence anymore and had to say something, anything. Honestly, one would think that the girl would have less self control.

"I don't get this guy, seriously, he's a f*cking idiot." Ace protested.

"I know right. He literally cheated on Bay, WITH her worst enemy and she forgives him. But when Bay sleeps with someone else, DRUNKENLY, might I add. He can not handle it." Emilia expresses, before muttering: "I swear, guys are just total pigs."

This causes Ace to look at her in utter shock. "Not all guys are pigs, what about me?"

Ah- is this guy serious? No. He must be joking.

"Are you kidding? The first time we met, you called me a bitch and was a total jerk." Emilia reminded.

"Yeah, but...tha- that was because-you- you caught me off guard, okay?"

Emilia couldn't help but laugh. "Off guard? I bumped into you by accident, yet you were so quick to start insulting me."

Ace instantly shut up, she was right. He didn't really give off a good first impression.

"Okay, I have to admit, I was a total ass back then and I'm sorry, but that doesn't mean that I'm a bad guy, much less a "pig"" Before he knew it, Ace was already apologizing; something he never does.

"Oh yeah? Guess who warned me to stay away from you?" Emilia did not give him a chance to respond before continuing: "Brocolli, or was it Brooklyn? Whatever, that does not matter, what matters is, your "girlfriend" threatened me to stay away from you. Not to mention you have got the whole bad boy aura going on." she accuses.

Ace feigns hurt before replying with a girly sarcastic attitude: "Ugh, firstly. Her name is Banana, and dear God, she is not my girlfriend. Secondly, what do you mean bAd bOy aUrA? I'm totally normal."

"Normal? You look like the MC of a cliché romance novel where the good girl would fall for the bad boy." Em deadpans.

"Well unless your the good girl, I'm going to have to decline." Ace smirks.

Emilia just stares at him for a few seconds with a look of disbelief and confusion written all over her face.

It seems like Ace picked up on it because he soon spoke. "What?"

"You know, I do not get you. One minute you are a jerk, the next minute you are all sweet and cute and the next? Back to being a complete a*shole."

"Well it's not my fault your too dumb to understand me." Ace spat.

"See? there it is again. Complete a*s" Emilia says, matter-of-factly.

By now, their conversation had become heated all of a sudden.

Ace curses under his breath before sighing. "Look, I'm sorry, okay? It's just that, it's all your fault. I do stupid things when I'm around you."

Emilia was speechless, she opened her mouth to say something but immediately shut it again.

~He does stupid things when he is around me?~

~Really?~

~Is it because of what I think it is?~

"W-why though?" she had to ask. She had to know.

"Oh come on Em, don't act like you don't know. I can't be the only one that feels like this."

Emilia swallowed the lump in her throat. Her heart was beating so fast she was sure she made a world record. After hesitating for a few moments, she grabbed the nape of Ace's neck and pulled him towards her. In less that a second, their lips smashed together in a steamy kiss, causing a shiver to run down both their spines.

Ace was completely caught off guard but in a matter of seconds, he cupped her jaw and started to kiss her back. Ace licked Emilia's bottom lip, asking for permission to enter and after Emilia took too long to reply, Ace bit her bottom lip, causing her to gasp and he took that opportunity to link his tongue with hers.

Ace held on to Emilia waste, while she ran her hand through his dark hair, deepening their kiss. Ace ran his hand from her waste to under her blouse, up her naked back, but before he could go any further, she pulled away, gasping for air.

"Wait, I-I can not- we- I have never-" Emilia stuttered, one of her hand still in his hair and the other was holding his hand that ran up her back.

"S*it. I know. I'm sorry." Ace groans, mentally flicking himself on the forehead.

"You know? how come?" Em questions.

"It's not hard to pick up on your innocence, princessa. It's what drives me crazy, you're so innocent, I want to ruin you." Ace mumbles, making Emilia cheeks heat up.

She knew it was nothing, but anytime he called her princess a cold shiver runs down her spine. To him, it was only meant to be a nickname, but he had no idea.

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"Okay so your mother is Italian and your father is American?." Emilia says. It was past two am and she and Ace were still up, playing twenty question. After every question, Ace would just lean in and peck her lips. None of then sure what was going on between them, but none of them wanted it to stop.

"Yes, what about yours?" Ace asks. Emilia hesitated for a second before deciding to tell the truth.

"My father is European and my mother is half Russiam half Egyptian. " This was in fact the truth. Her grandmother, that was her mother's mother was a descendant of from the Egyptian royal family, who fell in love with a Russian called Kadesh Moskov, so they married and gave birth to her mother, whom fell in love with king Richard and had her. Both elder women had grown up having a normal life, and now Emilia was finally getting that opportunity.

"Wow, a unique combination." Ace smiles.