Don't Mess With Time

Chapter Twenty-Two

She grated the name out and looked like she was about to throw up as she did it.

Anadil just stared at her.

"Yeah, yeah, I know she's an Ever. Trust me, I'm as enthused as you."

"You can't control who you like," Anadil said with a sigh.

Amber stared at her.

She hadn't realized she and her mom were feeling the same way.

She had a chance here.

A chance to make sure she was born.

"I think you should just tell her how you feel," Amber said.

Anadil stared at her incredulously.

"Yeah right. You're not going to tell Theresa, so why should I tell Hester?"

Amber cursed internally.

She had a chance.

If she told Theresa she liked her, then she could get Anadil to tell Hester.

A part of Amber said she would rather bite off her own foot.

"Whatever, I was just trying to help."

Anadil rolled her eyes.

"Well, don't."

She turned her back on Amber and the two were silent.

Amber knew she'd messed up and she had to do something.

A part of her screamed to tell Theresa, but she squashed it.

She was not telling that stupid princess just to get rejected.

"Feelings suck."

Anadil turned her head and looked at her daughter.

"Yeah."

"I was perfectly fine without them! I would have been happy to just do my own thing, but no. I have to fall for the most infuriating princess in history."

Anadil snorted.

"At least you don't have to spend all day with her. Hester is always around. I want to be upset, but I'd just miss her."

Amber nodded in understanding.

She'd always thought her parents had a storybook romance (well literally they did because it was in an actual storybook, but she didn't mean it that way), but now she was seeing how they were before.

Anadil was just as confused and frustrated as she was with Theresa.

She silenced the voice that told her maybe things could work between her and the princess.

Anadil's eyes suddenly glinted with mirth.

"Do you still have her jacket."

Amber blushed.

"If you aren't careful I'll throw it at you."

Anadil snickered.

"By the way, I've seen you in the mornings when you wake up beside Hester," Amber said.

Anadil instantly turned pink and glared at her.

Amber laughed and shook her head at her mom.

"We really have it bad," the younger girl muttered.

"We're hopeless."

Amber felt her heart sinking slightly.

One of them was hopeless, but she knew for a fact that Anadil wasn't.