Forgotten Royalty (Escaping The Throne) Read Online Free

me.
    He even looked upset when he almost hit me with his car even though he
was yelling at me. I dreamt about him that night, which was a nice change from
my normal dreams. I dreamt that he was sitting in the corner of my room, watching
over me like I was someone precious to him. Something woke me up and for a
second, I thought he was really there. But when I turned on the light, he
wasn’t.
    It was 5 o’clock in the morning. I decided to get up and take a shower.
I wouldn’t be sleeping anymore this morning. I got dressed in my usual gothic
attire, put on my jewelry and makeup, and went to the kitchen for a bowl of
cereal.
    When I heard Aunt Lynn coming out to the bathroom at 6, I laughed
because she looked in my room and almost passed out. This was the first day in
months that I was up when I was supposed to be up, let alone before her. She
looked to the kitchen as if she were afraid I had run away, but saw me sitting
there and went into the bathroom.
    “You’re up early.”
    “I guess you were right about all that ‘early to bed, early to rise’
stuff.” I faked a smile.
    “You’re not wearing that to school are you?”
    “Please don’t start that, I know girls that wear worse than this to
school.” I thought she was going to start arguing again but she didn’t.
    “Okay, I just wish you would wear stuff a little more colorful. I guess
I can’t complain that you’re trying to hide yourself from the world; after all,
you are a drama queen.”
    Wow! Did Aunt Lynn just agree with me on something? Write this down on
a calendar.
    “I’m leaving. I already called Thai. He was almost as surprised as you
at how early I’m up. I’ll see you after school. Love you.” As I walked away I
could feel my aunt staring at me with pride.
    On the ride to school, Thai wanted me to tell him everything and anything
that happened last night because he was convinced that whatever it was is why I
was up so early.
    “It’s just a fluke. I didn’t feel good last night so I went to bed
early.” Well, part of that was true.
    “If that’s all it takes to get you to school on time, I’ll call your
aunt and tell her to make you tofu burgers every night.”
    We laughed. Thai new I usually didn’t eat my aunt’s cooking. He figured
that I must have eaten it last night and it didn’t agree with me. I wasn’t
going to tell him any different.
    “So, how long are you grounded for this time?” He would ask.
    “Two weeks, but if I keep this up, I may get an early release for good
behavior,” If only that were true. I notice something dangling from Thai’s
mirror. “Hey, you don’t usually have jewelry hanging from the mirror. Is that a
family crest?” I knew it was. We had been studying them in History but I
couldn’t find the one from my necklace.
    “Yeah, I usually wear my ring on my finger, but it’s swollen today. I
never leave home without it, so I put it on that necklace and hung it up.”
    I could show Thai my necklace, but I don’t want to ruin his moment. We
were only a few blocks from school now and I figured I could show him when he
picks me up later.
    “So you’ll be out here on time today, no running in front of vehicles?”
He mock yells at me.
    I looked at him incredulously, “I can’t believe you’re making fun of
me. Yes I’ll be here on time, no running out…watch out!”
    There was that SUV again. Why do they keep trying to hit us?
    “They get closer every time don’t they?” Thai didn’t think anything of
it, but I did.
    As we pull up to the school, I thank Thai and tell him again that I
will see him after school. I glance at the parking lot and notice a familiar,
red, hot rod.
    “Hey Sara,” Shaun called as he ran up to me. “You’re actually on time
for once.”
    Let the razzing begin. “Yes, Shaun and you actually dressed yourself
this morning and managed to get your hair to stay down.” He had a horrible cow
lick that I had to fix between first and second period almost every