"Luca, I'm so sorry for not even thinking about your family and making you come to see mine," I murmur, taking little handfuls of his shirt in my fists as I lean my weight against him, looking up into his face. Luca smiles at me, his arms loose around me.

"Don't be sorry," he murmurs, "I wanted to meet your whole family. It was important for me too."

"Good," I say, nodding. And then I hesitate. "And are you...ready? For the fight?"

"I will be," he says, nodding. "Though it's important for me to see my uncle - he trained me, after all. He'll get me back in the right headspace over the next day or so - don't worry. But will you come tomorrow? Come see my gym, and then come to my gran's house? Meet everyone? I'm dying to introduce you."

"Oh!" I say, surprised but then thrilled at the idea. "Yes!" I say instantly, beaming at him, but then I remember that I'm a princess again and I glance back at the door, wondering what my parents have planned for me.

"It's okay," Luca says, lifting a hand to my cheek and turning my gaze back to him. "I already cleared it with your dad - he says you can have the afternoon off from Princess-ing."

"Oh," I say, a little surprised at this. But then, I suppose there's nothing wrong with that - Luca's very thoughtful, isn't he? And proactive. "Okay, then yes, I'll come. Of course I will. I can't wait."

to the fight too, right?" he

because why would he ever think that

my best girl there for moral support."

murmur back, my lips still brushing against his, letting my hands sink into his

like he can't let me go. We stay like that for a long while - long enough that I lose myself in him, that I forget where I am, and that

"You make it very hard to say goodbye, Gorgeous," Luca sighs, shaking his

toes to press one final kiss to his mouth, and then I push him away. "Get out of here, then!" I say, playful. "You're the one

me close for one last peck

Luca walks backwards down the hall, unable

front of the palace, and I sigh as I

fix immediately on Jackson, who doesn't look

and flapping her hand towards me and Daphne, herding us into my bedroom. "Daphne, we'll have another room made up for you tomorrow, we just didn't know how many were coming tonight - and I thought you might want to be in with Ariel anyway, on your first night in a

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