"It's either she's hiding the pain behind the smile or her love for life."

Alexander's POV:

"Hello, prince-" "Wow", Scar interrupts me as soon as she's opened the door and sees the flowers in my hand. "Thank you. I know I've given my best in the choice of shirt and-" "The flowers you royal idiot", she giggles full-heartedly which makes me smile. Her laugh sounds like she's never been through a bad time in her life at all. Or maybe through too many?

"How did you know these are my favorites?", she asks looking at me with wide eyes. Beautiful green eyes. A certainty to see. Blonde hair, white eyes. "Oh, these are your favorites? I actually bought them for your mother. What a coinci-" "You're not funny!", Scar exclaims giggling but accepts the roses when I hand them to her. Dark roses that can only grow in a few areas. Sounds expensive, is expensive. Anything for her. 

"These are beautiful." Scar's voice is only a whisper but it makes me shiver already. The kiss yesterday.. We need to repeat that anytime soon. It's like a desert that you can't have enough of. Sweet and fulfilling but also driving you insane when you can't have it. "I only bought them to be honest", I admit not wanting to pretend to be someone I'm not, "Ronan has been talking to William who told him some facts about you." 

"I understand.. so I'm supposed to kiss them as well today?", Scar jokes bluntly making me look at her surprised. I lean forward taking her chin between my fingers and take all the arrogance that I've got to whisper in her ear. "You're not supposed to kiss anyone else than me." I can feel Scar shiver under my touch and grin smugly. I'm not as self confident all the time so before this ends weirdly, I grab her and kiss her quickly. 

"Would you like to come in?", Scar grins at me shyly opening the door wider so I follow her into her living room. So that's what it looks like. A normal sized room with a huge couch, many pillows, a big tv and a kitchen on the other side. It's not decorated that much but I like how minimalistic it is. "Should I be disappointed that this is not your bedroom?" "No, you're right where you're supposed to be", Scar smiles biting her lip nervously. Damn, that's hot. 

"It's raining outside so how about we watch a movie?" "I'd love to." "What's your favorite movie by the way?", I ask her interested. "Fast and furious", she admits grinning shyly once again so I entangle her fingers with mine, "I'm still trying to improve my driving skills." "Am I surprised?", I ask rhetorically chuckling, "I'm pretty sure your driving skills can keep up with them." 

"Cheesy", she grins and loosens my grip around her hand, "What do you want to drink?" I'd love to flirt with her and ask for an alcoholic drink. She told me that Riven's her best friend and from what I could see, they're not innocent at all. However, I remember my parents having their greatest arguments drunk behind closed doors and my brother treating Samara wrong after a few drinks, more than without, so I stop myself from drinking once again. A drink is fine but I'm too afraid to become like them. 

"Just water please." "I'm shocked", Scar gasps jokingly, "The prince wants water? What law tells me that this is allowed?" "Just trying to enjoy this evening sober", I smile at her instead of explaining anything behind my intentions. "Bad experience, huh?" Looks like I have to dig deeper. "My parents and my brother tend to behave differently when drunk", I tell her honestly feeling like my trust is well earned by her. She's not the type of person to fuck with my feelings. I can feel it. 

It's the look in her eyes when I feel like she's about to tell me something important as well but just a second afterwards, she tends to make a joke. Looks like I'm not the only one with bad experiences. "I'm sorry", she replies softly instead, "I didn't mean to mock you with such a sensitive topic." "It's fine. Don't worry about it, princess", I assure her entangling our fingers once more. 

"I..", she begins but stops herself quickly. "Whatever you'd like to say, it's safe with me. I won't tell anyone. I know we're feeling kind of forced into this arrangement but that doesn't mean that we couldn't trust each other." Scar looks at me with big sad eyes and sighs. "If you couldn't tell already, I'm not used to trusting people", Scar tells me cautiously, "It's just.. I feel like I know what you mean.. kind of. I hate myself for doing so but I used to smoke and drink with Riven whenever something bothered me. You must think I'm-" 

"I'll never think anything bad about you, Scar", I tell her softly laying a stray of her behind her ear, "You'll tell me anything that you want me to know as soon as you're ready. I'll be here waiting for you." "You're doing it again", she smiles at me warmly making me look at her confused. Instead of telling me more about it, she points to her couch. 

"Would you like to watch a movie?" "Of course, princess. Which movie have you been thinking of?" "You might be surprised but one of my favorite calming movies is safe haven", she grins at me shyly making me chuckle. Action and romantic movies. I didn't expect that crossover but I'm completely fine with it. 

We lay down on her couch together and she's resting her head on my chest. This is something new to me. Girls didn't feel this safe around me. They wanted me for my title or for pure passion but not because they would lay down with me. Becca was the only one who considered this but she also just considered me the safe option as I'm a prince. I couldn't change my girlfriend anytime I want to as the media is watching me. 

This is also why I wasn't in a relationship since then. I like to just lay down with Scar now and enjoy her warmth. To be honest, she's way too thoughtful for me to make a move on her right now anyways. I can literally hear her thoughts exploding so I rub her arms gently during the movie. She smiles up to me thankfully and gives me a quick kiss on the lips. 

"I sometimes wish I was in the first world living a normal life", Scar tells me during the movie. I mean.. that's something I could help with. "I might have a bad experience with drunk family members but if you'd want to go out sometimes or just go to the first world in general, let's go. Show me your favorite places. I want to see how you see the world." 

Scar looks at me surprised but smiles thankfully. "I can't wait for it", she agrees grabbing her phone, "Hey, can we take a picture? I just.. I'd like to remember this moment for a long time." "Of course", I nod gladly that she seems to be so convinced of what happens between us. This is not an arranged marriage. It's more. "It's great", I comment the picture that I've taken when I see Scar on my phone who leans against me with a shy grin. I'm quite lucky. Well, except that I was too afraid of telling her the truth about Stephen and I.