The Princess & The Jerk (Fifth Book of "Fire and Ice" Series)

CH.8: True kindness has a touch of harshness

Dear All,

First of all, let me say that I stand with and beside my friends, readers and fellow authors for what happened recently in the US. I wish people would simply be kind and respect each other, no matter what, in every situation and every corner of the world.

Then, here comes a new and quite long chapter of "The Princess & The Jerk", and sorry for the wait since last one, but I just couldn't manage it earlier.

I really hope you will enjoy it because it covers a couple of points many of you were anticipating and that, yes, we already know from "Loving You is Forbidden"; however, here we see under Viola and Sergey's points of view. Curious about this? Well...you will see by reading it.

Needless to say, the chapter is rather filled with many emotions and slow, tender moments, a characteristic of this couple, but also, we see the story moving forward, the main two protagonists stepping forward and taking conscience on their feelings, their weaknesses and such.

Sorry, I am still in need to reply to some messages and comments, but I will this evening and in the following days.

Now, I hope you will enjoy it and I will be really looking forward to reading your fabulous comments, messages and seeing your votes! Thank you very much for your support and for the many new readers every day decide to start enjoying my stories, for your love, kindness and patience.

I would like to dedicate this chapter to all of you reading TP&TJ, eagerly waiting for new updates, but in particular to _silent_one as a huge and sincere thank you for following my stories and commenting, knowing you usually don't do that and also, for always looking forward to every new chapter (plus, for being Haikyuu's fans buddies :D ), as well, for the trust in my writing.

As song, I decided to go for something a bit more old-fashioned but that seemed to fit the chapter and then, we have a banner I made, pointing out two major details: her magic and his pickup truck, as many small yet important scenes do happen while he drives here somewhere, something rather normal for two teenagers going to high school 😊

And now, enjoy it!

"When the snow melts, what does it become? – Simple, it becomes water – Wrong! It becomes Spring!", by Natsuki Takaya in 'Fruits Basket', volume 2.

VIOLA POV:

Cammie and Sharon sat in front of me with very concerned and, I must add, upset faces, especially Cameron, who never stood certain situations and types of people, having had his own bad and not very rainbow-colored experiences. He was clutching the glass of his chocolate milkshake so tightly I was afraid he would eventually break it, so I touched his hands and softly smiled at him, seeing he relaxed a teeny tiny bit. He was very introvert and shy, not to mention often placing himself on a defensive attitude, being rather cautious and needing time to trust people. It was his nature and it couldn't be much changed, which was I tried not to force his getting along with Anatoly.

"I'm sorry, he did try to do what? Did he try to...to...do things to you that you didn't want? What happened? Did Adrian do anything about that?" He asked with a shaking voice, his eyes set on a hard and pretty much hostile expression.

I had just explained them what happened the day Ryan had come to my place to watch a movie, the exchange we had and his real intentions; the more I dwelled on that the more I felt silly and almost inexperienced. Maybe another girl would have seen through that quicker, but my mind and heart just processed the romantic part of a relationship for now and, at the moment, I simply wished for that. Sharing a slice of cake while talking about anything, watching a movie together snuggling on the couch like two kittens, going shopping together, discussing school and everyday life, sharing likes and dislikes...perhaps simply enjoy an ice-cream or a hot chocolate and be content with that, with a kiss on the cheek. It was such a precious gesture for me, but apparently it was too childish.