Page 69 of Talon (Road Rebels MC 2)
She loved Cort Monreau. It was insane. It made no sense whatsoever. She was faintly aware she was losing what little common sense she might have had left, but after she combed through all the garbage in her head, all the stupid excuses for not being with someone, she knew that it was true.
“Teagan, you are so stupid!” She moaned.
She felt like she was going to puke. The room was teasing her, swaying left and then right as a full-blown panic set in.
“Easy girl,” Teagan said. “What are you getting your mind into here?”
She grabbed a beer from the fridge and sat back down on the bed. She took a long gulp and tried to relax. There had to be a way to make sense of all this. She had to talk to someone. And she knew exactly who.
“OH, MY GOD!”
Ellie’s voice practically shattered the screen on Teagan’s laptop through the Skype call.
“I know,” Teagan said. “Am I just getting my head messed up over nothing? I feel like I can’t form a real, basic thought.”
“You had sex with a prince! A real, actual prince!”
Teagan laughed. “Stay focused. There are more important things here.”
“What are you talking about? You had sex with an honest to God Prince!”
Ellie screamed again and jumped up and down on her bed.
“Tell me everything!” She squealed.
Teagan rolled her eyes trying not to laugh. She’d had time to think about this fact as well, and it was by far the coolest thing that would ever happen to anyone she knew. She supposed she was entitled to gloat a bit. But what was she going to do? She had to get Ellie back on track here.
“What do you think I should do? Should I call him?”
“Of course, you should call him! What are you even talking about?” Ellie asked.
“But he lied to me. How can I believe that he really likes me or if he just wants me to be some fake wife? He will get rid of me the second he can. Hell, he might even have me killed!”
Ellie rolled her eyes and then started laughing. “Are you serious? You’ve been watching too much television.”
“Hey! Not fair,” Teagan replied. “Well, this is all assuming he is even interested in that. From what the news was saying the big issue is that he doesn’t want to get married. But it is the only way he will be King.”
“Well, find him and convince him to marry you,” Ellie said.
“It’s not that simple,” Teagan replied.
“I thought you said the guy was amazing? Aren’t you having all sorts of gushy feelings for him? That’s what you told me. Which is it?”
Teagan sighed. “Yes. I do have a lot of feelings for him. Ugh, it doesn’t even make sense. I hardly know him. And it turns out what I thought I knew about him was a total fabrication!”
“So? Put yourself in his shoes. Maybe he doesn’t like girls who only want him because he is the Prince. You know it is quite possible that he was trying to hang out like a regular person under the radar and just happened to meet you. I mean he called you, twice didn’t he?”
“Yeah, but I have no idea why.”
“That’s because you are too insane to talk to him. The only way you will know if you talk to him.”
Teagan realized that Ellie was actually right. That was a scary thought indeed, but she was correct. She had to talk to him.
“Ok, what do I do? I deleted his number like the colossal fool that I am,” Teagan said.
“Yeah, that wasn’t one of your brighter ideas, girl,” Ellie said.
“Thanks,” Teagan said. “You are quite the cheerleader.”
“Wait,” Ellie said.
“What?”
“I just had a thought,” Ellie replied. “With the whole country talking about this on the news he has to figure you’ve seen this, right?”
“I guess… for all he knows
I’m back home now. I gave him nothing to go on.”
“True, but I have a better idea. Why don’t you just go to the palace and meet him in person?”
Teagan wasn’t sure she heard Ellie correctly.
“What? Are you crazy?”
“Come on,” she said. “Think about it. You show up there and tell them who you are. Maybe not tell them everything, I mean you got to hold some of your naughtier moments together back, but tell them to give Cort your name. It’s that simple.”
“That does not sound simple,” Teagan said. “You are saying that I should just waltz up there and say hey? That is ridiculous.”
“He knows you. I’m sure he will remember you. I mean he called you twice, right?”
Teagan groaned. “I can’t just go there and say that. Do you have any idea how many girls are probably camped out in front of the palace just trying to plead for the Prince’s hand in marriage?”
“Ok, well let me think,” Ellie said.
She grabbed her phone and began to search for something.
“What are you doing?” Teagan asked.
“Just give me a minute,” Ellie replied.
Teagan finished her beer and tossed it in the trash.
“Here! Oh, this is perfect!”
“What?”
“In an interview a while back Cort told someone he stays in shape by fencing, riding horses, weight lifting, surfing, but he is always looking for other physical things to learn and get into that might challenge him.”
“Ok,” Teagan said. “I’m not really seeing where you’re going with this…”
“You teach yoga dummy,” Ellie said.
“You want me to offer to teach him yoga?”
“Of course!”
“I don’t know…”
“All you do is show up and tell them that you are a yoga teacher and want to offer the prince your services. Tell them your name. You told him that your name is Teagan and you teach yoga… he has to make that connection!”
Now that was a thought… Could it actually work?
