Chapter Four

                                    

                                          
Surprise, surprise. After Nat and Wanda stole Y/N away from a very uncomfortable discussion she was about to have with Steve, she was thrown into the lion's den once again. More introductions, more young men showing off, more kings and queens thinking their son is better than the rest. 
                          
Not that Y/N was upset about getting ripped away from the library, because she wasn't really sure what she wanted to say yet. Sure she had all those years to think it over, but at this point, she was over it. Or at least she thought she was. She wanted to be over it, that's for sure. It had caused so much pain and anger in her heart after Steve stood her up, and never reached out to her all that time. 
                          
But she put those emotions aside knowing she had a duty for the night. Mingle and learn who the people around her were. 
                          
"Princess Y/N, this is-" Nat said going to introduce yet another prince, but was rudely cut off by the Queen. 
                          
"Your highness, this is my wonderful and handsome son, Prince Brock Rumlow." she said bowing and presenting the younger man. 
                          
He was handsome, yes, but something about him made Y/N's skin crawl. Plus, the way his mother was practically pushing Nat and Wanda aside to get closer to her, was making her cringe internally. 
                          
"Princess." he bowed taking her hand and leaving a kiss on her hand, of which she wanted to wipe and scrub off with every last piece of soap in the kingdom, but instead she tucked her hands in front of her like the lady she was. "It's nice to see how you've grown. You blossomed into a beautiful young girl."
                          
"Woman, and thank you." Y/N corrected him standing straighter. "It was quite a while from home, but I now understand why my father sent me off. I learned a plethora of new things." she smiled politely.
                          
"Hear that mother? A queen who will serve her king well." he turned back to her, and Y/N had to quickly wipe the disgust off her face before he saw. "I'm sure whatever man has you in his possession will be showing you off on his arm every chance he gets. You've undergone quite the transformation from most the princesses I've met. Best of them all actually." He said confidently. 
                          
"First off, I will serve my kingdom well before my King. Second off, I will be under no possession. I'm not a piece of livestock to be sold off." she said bitterly, but keeping a dignified poise to her manner. "If you'll excuse me Prince Brock, my ladies and I have more people to converse with tonight, so I'm going to have to kindly bid you adu." she said with pursed lips. "Queen Rumlow." she bowed before walking away, and having Nat and Wanda followed with slight grins on their face. 
                          
"I know he deserved it, but you should reconsider getting sassy with possible future husbands." Nat chuckled.
                          
"And he should consider speaking to women like the human beings they are. I also never plan on giving him a second glance as my future husband. He's got egoistic, narcissistic, jackass written all over him." Y/N mumbled lowly hoping to catch no one's attention at her language. 
                          
"My, my, my. The mouth on this royal." A man's voice said from behind the three. 
                          
They all turned seeing it was Sam and Bucky giving them lopsided smirks. 
                          
"Bucky. Sam." Y/N nodded with a slight laugh.
                          
"Princess." they bowed. 
                          
"I noticed you met Prince I-get-everything-handed-to-me-by-my-parents-and-I-think-I'm-all-that." Bucky mocked coming closer to the group. Sam following and snickering under his breath.
                          
"Might want to come up with a shorter name there Buck. Kinda a mouthful." Y/N laughed. 
                          
"Yeah, I'm working on it." he huffed as if he had been told that before. "Quite the character though, right?"