Like a Queen

1

Giovanni

It was Friday the first day of my 7 day stay in California.

At the end of my 7 days I have to go back to my country and to become king.

I dreaded going back home, but it's my duty and birth right to serve Italy. I don't have a problem with becoming king, but I do have issues with the kingdom's old fashioned ways.

Once I return home, I will be getting ready for my coronation. I will have a year to go through the process of selecting my wife. Then we will get married, and she will become Queen. 

I have to choose between a selection of 3 princesses all from a different countries and regions. By doing that, we are creating an alliance and gaining more resources.... blah, blah, blah.... it doesn't make any sense and it's outdated as fuck.

It's essentially an arranged marriage and I hated the idea of being married to someone I didn't love. 

The boys and I are tired of all these rules, that's why we here in California.

Quincy, Julian, and myself had decided to go down to the beach we saw when we arrived in Cali.  It was close to the hotel, so we decided to walk.

My mother, Alessandra had also sent a small security team, even though I repeatedly told her we would be fine. She never listens. She was going to send a larger team, but my father, Leonardo convinced her not to.

"You guys don't have to be with us 24/7" Julian said grabbing his backpack.

The security stayed silent. They rarely spoke. They always had a blank expression on their faces, they were emotionless. When we were kids we used to try to make them laugh. But they would never budged. I would be surprise to see someone get a reaction out of them.

"Yeah, you guys can stay here... nobody will even recognize us.." I said as we walk out the door.

The guards shook their heads before I shut the door.

"Mission one. Find Gio a wifey is now in progress." Quincy said as we walked down the hallways.

Quincy's my best friend, we've know
each other since prima elementare.
Our parents put us into a school that was full of royals.  As my mother would say it's a "molto prestigioso" private boarding school for royals. 
(Very prestigious)

Q and I would get into trouble all the time, and it would be for the smallest things.  The rules at the school were strict, and that's probably why my mother loved it so much.

"Q, you know I can't just bring someone home. That's not how it works and you know it."  I said as we walked in the elevator.

"Okaaay, so you find the woman you want to spend the rest of your life with, what do you do? Hypothetically speaking." He asked as we rode down the elevator.

"I don't know, I would bring her back home I guess. But what happens when I tell her I'm a soon to be king. She's not going to want to be with me or a queen. That's a lot of pressure. Plus, how am I going to find someone when I'm only going to be here for 7 days." I rambled as we walked to the hotel exit.

"You're going to find someone you can see yourself with for the rest of your life. But you have to see how they feel about you being a king, then going through the year process of becoming your fiancée. And et cetera." Q said as we walked down the streets of California in our swim shorts and tank tops.

"Quincy, yo plan is stupido. Makes no sense." Julian chuckled.

"How so?" Quincy questioned as they finally made it to the beach.

"Your forgetting about one thing..." Julian said as they walked through the sand.

"Like what?" Quincy questioned.

"The marriage clause, remember it states when a king is to get married they must be wedded to another royal." Julian recited.

Quincy shook his head "well I've been doing a little research for my bro Gio. And I stumbled across something..."

"Something like what?" I spoke up.

"Un segreto" Quincy spoke in Italian.
("A secret")

"Come on, tell us Q" Julian begged.

"I'll tell you later but first lets check out this water" he said taking off his shirt and shoes, then running out to the water.

"TELL US!" Ian said doing the same before running after him.

I rolled my eyes setting my things down and headed out after them.
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The water was amazing, it felt different from the water back home. However Italy's water still the best in my book

After our swim, we made our way back up to our things and dried off.

As we dry off I catch Quincy eyeing some girls.  Dude was always trying to be a dongiovanni.
(ladies' man)

I took in a small glimpse of the women standing to the side of the beach front bar.

They were gorgeous, their melanated skin glowed under the sunlight. 

The woman that caught my eyes was posing to get her picture taken.

The vibrant orange swimsuit looked incredible on her beautiful dark skin.
Her long braids dangled all the way down to her waist and I loved it.

Her smile was everything, it wasn't one of those fake smiles that I see around the palace. It was genuine, like she was actually happy.

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