The Selection (1x1 with AnnaCat17)

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Abril tensed when he grabbed her arm, her eyes widening in fear. She thought for a moment that he was going to hit her again, and flinched, trying to pull her arm out of his grasp. Whatever she was going to say didn't come out, that she didn't think he was going to hurt her or the children they might have. That was a lie. After he had hit her, she was afraid he was going to do it again when he was mad.

"Yes, Sir," Solace whispered, forcing herself to eat the food he had brought. She was too afraid he was angry at her to feel hungry, but forced herself to eat, not wanting him to get mad when she didn't follow his orders. Her hands shook as she ate, staring down at the tray so she had something to look at, feeling uncomfortable every time she noticed him glanced at her.

[AnnaCat17]

Pavel saw her fear and quickly released her, taking a step back. He hadn't meant to scare her, but sadly it had proven his point. "See... Im already him in your eyes. here isn't really a point in trying to force it to work when i've already broken everything." he ran a hand through his hair and looked away from her, trying to hide his own tears. "You should go home. You don't need to feel obligated to help me any more. All its going to do is get you hurt."

The silence was killing him. Sutton sighed and looked over at her. "you can turn on the tv or something if you want. It wont bother me."

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Fine," Abril muttered bitterly. "You can tell the Queen that you don't want me planning your coronation or the accommodations for the guests. You can worry about everything and not having my help, since you're so capable of running the entire country on your own. This is going to be your life for as long as it lasts. I guess you'd better get used to being alone." She turned away, wrapping her arms around herself. "Just so you know, I wasn't helping you because I felt obligated to. I was happy to help and wanted to make you proud. I thought you loved me and wanted be around." She pushed her way out of his office, trying to keep herself together until she got to her room.

Solace flinched when he spoke suddenly, on edge. "It's okay, Sir. I'm alright," she whispered, because she didn't know if he'd get irritated if she didn't answer. She sat nervously on the couch, pressing her hands together to keep them from trembling.

[AnnaCat17]

Pavel wanted to yell after her that he did love her. That to lose her was making him lose the final good thing he had in life but he didn't want to keep stringing her along when there was no light at the end of the tunnel. He sunk don into his chair as he felt the weight of everything pressing in on him. He was proud of her. He knew whatever man was lucky enough to get her would be proud of her too and would probably love and cherish her more than he ever could but the thought of someone else touching her made him feel sick. He looked at the information she left about the coronation. he pulled it towards him and flipped through it, surprised at how well everything was coming together under her care. He sighed and pushed it away from him. He didn't want to think about that now He didn't want to look at something she had touched and be reminded of everything he had destroyed.

"You are going to get bored sitting there all day but fine." he went back to his work, annoyed that he even had anything to do.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

The first thing Abril did as she got to her room was call Victory's new house's number. She didn't know if Victory had even gotten to her house yet, maybe she was at her family's house. But she needed to talk to someone, and Victory was the first person that came to mind. She held on to the phone as she waited, trying not to think about how excited she had been to plan Pavel's coronation. She had loved working on a project like that. She had been proud of the work she had done. But now someone else would be taking over planning for it, and probably all the work she had done would go to waste.

"All day?" Solace exclaimed before she could reconsider it. "But Sir, I have work to do. I have yet to clean all of the ladies' rooms and I have bedsheets and towels to wash. I can't sit here all day, Sir."

[AnnaCat17]

Victory was sitting on her bag in her driveway but when she heard the phone inside start to ring she knew she didn't have a choice anymore. Her temper tantrum was over. She picked up her bag and went inside, dropping it on the floor as she answered the phone. "Hello, this is Victory. How can i help you?"

Sutton shot a glare over at her. "i don't recall giving you a choice in the matter. If you don't recall, you are missing a foot. You need to rest not be running around tending to the arrogant. You are going to sit right there and rest until I say you aren't. Understood?"

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Victory," Abril sighed, relieved that she had picked up. "Hi. I just...wanted to talk to you. Are you busy?" She tried not to sound so upset, but her voice displayed that she was unhappy. She ran a hand through her hair, sitting on her bed as she glanced over at the mirror. She looked like a mess, which was exactly how she felt.

"O-oh. Understood, Sir. I apologize." Solace flinched as he glared at her, and returned to staring at the ground, her hands folded in her lap.

[AnnaCat17]

"No. I'm not busy. What's up?" She asked, leaning against the wall. She hated to hear Abril so upset but had a feeling she already knew what this was about. Pavel.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Abril sighed, flopping down on her bed. "I don't' even know where to start. Everything turned into a mess so quickly. I was taking a break from planning His Highness' coronation," she started, saying Pavel's title sarcastically, "And I went to check on him. He broke up with me, just like that, Victory. He said he needs to focus on everything else and not have me taking up his time or whatever. I hate him, Vic." She pressed her hand to her face, trying to keep from sobbing. "He wants me to leave. He's going to get someone else to take over the planning. I lost nearly everything important to me just like that."

[AnnaCat17]

"Good you should hate him." Victory ran a hand over the back of her neck as she tried to think of how to help her. "I mean, did you even want to stay with him? i know the job was fun and it sucks that is over bu Pavel hit you, Abril. Do you really want to stay wit him after that? WHat if he turns into his dad?"