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“I can’t be held responsible,” Addie muttered into the phone, “I wasn’t even there.” She could almost see her brother rolling his eyes, even across the Atlantic Ocean. The two of them were scary alike sometimes, she would have to admit, though he’d never admit to it himself. “Yeah, yeah, I know. Her Majesty was bloody angry,” came the calm voice of the older male. His British accent was thick, which was different than her own, since she’d been in the states for 8 years now. She’d lost a lot of it, which was unfortunate since most people found it kind of hot. “I’m sure she was,” she managed, after a moment. “It isn’t everyday that her grandson and his friends streak naked through the palace, after all, Charlie.”
Her older brother laughed, and she simply snorted. The very idea of him and his buddies streaking through the huge building at almost 30 was ridiculous. What was even more ridiculous was that they had somehow managed to run across the Queen in their antics. She shook her head, sighing. “I wish I could’ve been there to see it,” she told him. He sighed, as well, and she knew immediately what he would say. “We all wish you were here, Ade.” She bit down on her bottom lip, before sighing. “I guess that’s my cue to get off the phone, right?” she responded. Her brother sighed again, before speaking. “I guess it is. I am sorry.” She could hear the end of his statement in her head: I’m sorry for being broken, for being schizophrenic, and for forcing us into this situation. She’d heard it all before, and truthfully, she hated when he did so. He wasn’t broken, something she had vehemently insisted on more than one occasion.
“Prince Charles, you do not apologize to me,” she said into the receiver. “I love you, big brother. Maybe I can sneak you to the States in a few weeks and meet you in New York.” He paused here, and all she heard for a beat was breathing. “Yeah, I would really like that, Ade,” he said in reply, and a small smile slipped over her lips. “Good.” “I love you, too, little sister. I’ll talk to you again soon?” She hummed, before nodding her head. Realizing that he couldn’t see her, she laughed. “Yeah, we’ll talk again soon, Charlie. Goodbye.” She hung up the phone and laid it against her chest for a moment. She did not, under any circumstance, ever want to rule a country, but sometimes missing her family was like a physical ache — especially when it came to her brother, the only person she trusted more than herself, and sometimes, she almost wanted to go home, consequences be damned. But, she was smarter than that, so she placed the burner phone back into the drawer of her night stand and stood, heading for the kitchen.












