Since meeting Finn, Hunter had not stopped talking about him.
"I can't believe you took my intern from me," Lucas grumbled.That made Prince grin.Anything to get one up on Lucas was always worth it.
"So does that mean wedding bells?Children?"Marylin questioned.
"All in good time," he said, giving a noncommittal answer.
They had been together for almost a year now and still had not said those three little words to each other.He felt it every time they were together.And they still hadn’t touched on the subject of children, much less marriage.Prince wasn’t sure whether either of them was avoiding the conversation or simply assuming it was a foregone conclusion that they were in this for the long haul, no matter what happened.
The conversation had shifted while Prince was lost in thought, and since it had nothing to do with him, he got up and stepped outside to the garden for some fresh air and a quick phone call.Just as he reached for his phone, he heard footsteps behind him and turned to find Lucas following.
"Want to talk about it?"
"Why do you think something is bothering me?"Prince asked.
Lucas chuckled."You have the same expression I had when I couldn't figure out my feelings for Tucker."
"That's not the problem," Prince said, not bothering to beat around the bush."I know I love him."
"But you're afraid to tell him."
"Something like that," Prince said."I don't know how he feels about marriage and children.I want them both, and I want them with him.With Nova, it was an obligation, a family name I had to uphold, but with Finn, it's because I want to.And I don't want to bring up the subject for fear it's not what he wants."
"Love is a bitch, right?"Lucas said after a few moments of silence.
Prince looked at his friend."I thought it was life."
"Same difference," Lucas shrugged."You can be alive, but what is any of it worth without love?"
"That doesn't sound quite right, but go on."Since his friend was in the mood to give out advice, he might as well hear it.
"Tell him what you want," Lucas said plainly."You might be surprised by his answer."
Prince nodded.
"One thing I've come to know about Finn during my time working with him is that he always knows what he wants, Prince."
"That is true."Prince appreciated that about Finn more than he could say.
"Tell me something," Lucas said.
"What's up?"
"Why didn't you join the Seekers?I know you went through the training, but left after."
"I'm not a secret agent kind of man.I'm not looking for danger.And soon after completing the training, my father came to me with the marriage contract for Nova."
"I still can't believe your father did that."Lucas shook his head."If Asher had done that to me or any of my brothers..."
"Your mother would’ve kicked his ass."
Lucas barked out a hearty laugh."So damn true."
"I understood why he did it, and as angry as I was, I didn’t feel I had a choice.The contract was set before I had any say, and going against my grandfather was not something I could have done at the time.Not to mention my dad was still grieving my mother.I just couldn’t bring myself to say no."
"You're a bleeding heart, you know that."
"Takes one to know one," Prince shot back, smiling.
