Protect the Crown

04

I wake up to the hot sun blaring on my face. I swore I shut the curtains the night before. I rub my eyes and take in my surroundings.

I see Theo opening the last curtain making my room super bright. I groan and throw my blankets over my head.

"Just because you're hot doesn't mean you can interrupt my beauty sleep." I say into my pillow half asleep.

He throws my blankets off of me and I hear the door shut assuming he left. A few minutes later, I hear my door opening again.

"Get up." I hear Theo's deep smooth voice that could put me back to sleep. I fight that urge and sit up groaning again at the bright sun.

He hands me a cup of black coffee and he sets cream and sugar on my table side. I smile at the smell of coffee. "Thank you." Theo nods and leaves once again.

I add both cream and sugar to my coffee and take a sip. It definitely woke me up and I slowly make my way out of the bed.

I head to my walk-in closet and change into my outfit of the day. I put on a white sweater and a plaid skirt. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I put on a little bit of makeup as well. I was curling my hair when I hear a knock at my door.

"Come in." I yell continuing to curl my hair. Theo walks in the bathroom with the binder my dad gave him in his hands. I finish up the  last curl and turn my attention to Theo.

He flips to a page in the binder and shows me. It's my schedule for today. It's not too bad but I rolled my eyes the etiquette classes my parents signed me up for. That was definitely my mothers idea.

"Before we do any of this, let's go eat some breakfast." Theo gives no reply like always and just follows me to the kitchen.

"Would you like some eggs?" I ask Theo and he just shakes his head no. "Toast? Orange juice? Oooo what about chocolate milk?" He hesitates for a minute then shakes his head no again and I just shrug.

I make a large pan of scrambled eggs and a couple pieces of toast. I also made two glasses of chocolate milk knowing deep down in Theo's heart he wanted a glass.

I go on my tippy toes to grab one of the glass plates in a higher cabinet. I struggle a bit because it was hard to reach with my height. I finally grab one of them but it slips out of my hand and shatters all over the floor.

Before I register what's going on, Theo picks me up and sets me on the island chair away from the shattered glass.

He goes down on one knee and checks my bare feet for any scratches or glass. When he finds nothing, he grabs my hands gently and inspects them. Theo's hands were rough and had tattoos scattered all over. One thing about his hands that caught my eye was the amount of scars he had. Which makes me wonder more about his background.

The warm of his hands leaves mine as he pulls away. For some reason I'm slightly disappointed and instantly missed his touch. He signs in relief after seeing I'm okay.

Theo stands up and walks to the kitchen grabbing a broom and starts cleaning up the shattered glass.

"You don't have to do that. I made the mess so let me clean it up." I start to get up off the chair but he stops me shaking his head.

I silently watch him clean up the rest of the glass. I was focused solely on him and nothing else. Every movement he made was smooth and with a purpose. Which was something I wished I could do.

Theo then disappears from the kitchen. He is gone for a few minutes and comes back with a pair of my socks and shoes in his hand.

He kneels down at my feet and slips on each sock carefully. He grabs my shoes and after he puts them on my feet, he ties the laces into bows.

He go to the cabinet a grabs a glass plate and hands it to me. I get up from the island and head to my pan of eggs. "Do you mind grabbing another plate please?" I ask Theo and he doesn't even question it.

He grabs another plate and hands it to me. I filled both of the plates with eggs and toast. I set both plates and glasses of chocolate milk on the island table.

I sit down and start to eat. Theo is just standing there with his arms crossed.

"Come sit and eat. I know you said you didn't want anything but I accidentally made extra." I lie while shoveling another bit of eggs in my mouth.

He stands there for a second then comes and sits next to me. He takes a bite of the eggs. "Well how is it?" I ask him oddly wanting his opinion.

He quiet for a moment then speaks, "Needs salt and pepper." I laughed a little shocked at his response. I get up and grab the salt and pepper.

I hand it to him and he puts it on eggs. He takes a bite then gives me a thumbs up. I laughed again and we sat in comfortable silence as we ate.

We both cleared our plate and finished the chocolate milk. I told you he wanted some deep down inside.

"Theo." He looks up at me with his beautiful eyes meeting mine.

"Thank you." I give him a warm smile and he then nods grabbing our plates and putting them in the sink.