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Travis slowly woke up to the feel of someone carding their fingers thru his hair. He purred softly, content to let whoever it was continue. It was when he felt the light kiss on his forehead that he opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face. "I missed you too, you know. Just didn't want to ruin your fun time at Harry's expense."

Mark chuckled. "He didn't seem all that impressed by me. It was our Princess that got his attention."

Travis laughed. "I was just able to see his face. He handled it better than most people have." He moved up the bed til he was level with Mark. He ran a finger down his cheek. "I did miss you. And our Princess."

"And we missed you. Things are definitely a little quieter without you around, little brother." Mark smiled at him.

"Good, that's how it should be." Travis tried to keep a straight face and failed. Then suddenly he realized where he was and looked around. "Hey, how did we get back to my room? And where is our Princess?"

"You fell asleep at the pub, in her lap. I picked you up and Harry showed us your room. I was going to leave you but you grabbed onto my arm and wouldn't let go. Our Princess said I could stay and that Harry would show her to a room. Since you trusted him, I let her go."

"Harry's a good man. If he says she's safe, than she is." Travis frowned. "Is it true? Prince Jake is coming here?"

"You heard her tell him what Prince Orlando said. I just know he was suddenly gone the day..." Mark stopped and looked away.

"The day what? Mark, what aren't you telling me? What happened?"

"I don't know what happened, Travis. I was suddenly called to the Queen's chambers. She was on the floor in tears, inconsolable. And Princess Gwyneth was singing to herself in the corner of the room, laughing as she twirled around. Like a young girl at play. I didn't know what to do. Slowly they came back to themselves. Seemed like forever. They only said they had seen Prince Jake, then suddenly they felt different. I went to his chambers but he was already gone. We sent word out to try and find him, taking care to be discreet. Then our Princess talked to Prince Orlando."

"Does she know?"

"The Queen ordered me not to tell her."

"So you did."

Mark gave a wan smile. "And you would have done different, little brother?"

"No, we all promised not to keep anything from each other. But Prince Jake... I thought he didn't have any Talents. We all did. Are they sure it was him?"

"I only know what they told me. That's why they made sure I came here with our Princess."

Travis sat up, alarm in his eyes. "You don't think...he wouldn't......" He started shaking.

Mark sat up, pulling Travis close to him. "He gains nothing by injuring the Queen or the Princesses. Whatever happened had to have been an accident at least in part. And she can take care of herself."

Travis slumped against Mark. "We can't let anything happen to her. If it did....I...."

"I would too. That's why we're not going to let anything happen. We owe her too much." Mark held Travis tighter. "Without her I wouldn't have found you, little brother."

Travis looked up with tears in his eyes. "Thank you so much for making me that. Never knew how much I wanted a big brother til you became mine. I love you, Mark."

"And I love you, Travis." Mark rocked him back and forth for a moment before pulling him back onto the bed. "Now, tell me about Brad. I can't do what our Princess can, but I'm sure I can get the same point across to him that she did to Harry."

Travis laughed as he wiped at his face. "Yeah, I think you probably could." He settled against Mark. "I met Brad couple of days after I arrived...."

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[palace-johnny.livejournal.com]

OK, this is definitely getting interesting. First, the thing with Jake is, umm, scary. :/ Second, the way Mark and Travis's relationship is developing is very interesting. It would've been easy to just make them lovers, which I thought they were in the last post, but it's more complicated than that. Complicated is good. :)

OK, keep going.... [waves hand]

Angie :)

[sairalinde.livejournal.com]

"Now, tell me about Brad. I can't do what our Princess can, but I'm sure I can get the same point across to him that she did to Harry."

Awwwww, somebodies got a crush! ;)

They ARE pretty together. Just sayin'.