Autumn's POV

I walk out and sit on the bench seated infront of a lilypad pond. I sit on the bench tossing rocks in the pond with a decidedly empty mind till sun starts setting. Suddenly, I get a tap on the shoulder. I turn my head and see Luke with a bouquet of flowers. "You didn't have to get me that..." I trail off and look back at the pond. He sits down beside me and holds the rejected flowers in his lap. "I just didn't know you felt so strongly about me, Luke." I sigh.

"I've felt this way for years...you've just been so oblivious-with all due respect." Luke says in a lazy tone. I nod.

"But Luke...I'm with someone now-" I stop her with my words.

"Liam is no good for you!" I raise my voice.

"No, not Liam. My parents are making me marry a prince. Prince Oliver." I say calmly.

"Tell them no!" I say angrily.

"I don't want to, Luke!"

"Why not?"

"Because I like him!" I raise my voice on accident Luke's face turns white and he stands up.

"Well okay then. Have fun with your prince charming." He rolls his eyes and slams the flowera on the ground. I look at them with tears in my eyes. They roll down my face so I run to the front yard, call a cab, and go home immediately.

When I'm home my parents are already asleep so I call Oliver's palace. "Hello? How may I help you?" A secretary answers. I tell her I'm princess Autumn and I need to speak to Prince Oliver. She takes a moment to put him on the line.

"Oliver? Hello?" I ask frantically into the phone.

"Princess Autumn? What's wrong?" Oliver answers with a hint of worry in his voice. I explain what happened and he says he'll meet me at my city's park in an hour. It's already dark but the park has no closing hour so I head over on my bike. I get there ten minutes early so I sit on a swing and wait. It's dark and frightening but I hold my ground and wait for Oliver. I soon see him approaching. I wave him over and he rushes over and envelopes me in a tight hug. I fall backwards and he falls on top of me. We laugh and hug. Then it becomes silent and I end up staring at his pink, full lips.

"Would it be impolite to ask to kiss you?" Oliver asks suddenly.

"Yes..I'd very much like that, in fact." I nod. He slowly brings his lips down onto mine and kisses me passionately and gently. I smile on his lips and he smiles back as we kiss. He pulls away after awhile and helps me up. "Wow" is all I can say.

"That was quite amazing, mi'lady. We should do it again sometime." He winks at me and I teasingly punch his arm and giggle. "Oh, your in for it now! You better run!" He says playfully and starts running after me. I run up the slide and down the ladder while he follows close behind. I laugh as he chases me and so does he. Eventually I get tired and my legs stop working right, making me face plant onto a sharp rock. I feel warm blood seep out of somewhere on my face. I scream in pain. Talk about fun gone wrong. I hear Oliver tush over to me, turn me over, and look at me. I can only see out of one eye and blood is trickling over it, making everything tinted red. He gasps and starts to cry a little. I try to tell him it's okay but he acts as if he can't hear me. He pulls out his phone and calls an ambulance. It arrives in- I'm guessing- about 30 minutes. I'm hauled of the ground and given morphine and sleeping pills in the ambulance. Oliver gets to ride with me. The last thing I can make out is him kissing me on the forehead before everything turns black.