QUEEN VICTORIA
FORTY-THREE
Maxim: Your guards will take you to the farmhouse tonight
Victoria: Why?
Maxim: Because I’ll be there, of course
Victoria: Ohhh, you remember I exist, do you?
Maxim: Pchelka, I haven’t forgotten.
Victoria: Obviously, you did. I scheduled a run with Shay. I don’t have time for you.
Maxim: Did that Alec boy roll over? Your guards said he nearly pissed himself.
Maxim: You impressed them
Victoria: Don’t compliment me after going silent for nearly two days
Maxim: I had work to do. You’ll be receiving a gift later
Victoria: Maybe I don’t want a gift
Maxim: You’ll want this one
Victoria: Why are you mad at me?
Maxim: I’m a busy man
Victoria: YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT
Victoria: Holy fuck, I wanted sex tonight, but you just put yourself in the doghouse and Salome can sleep with me!
Victoria: ‘I’M A BUSY MAN’
Victoria: Like, what? My schedule’s chopped liver?!
Maxim: Charlie can sleep downstairs and I can sleep in my bed. With my wife. In our bedroom. In our house
Victoria: No way. Not until you apologize
Maxim: Apologize for what?!
Victoria: Firstly, you talked to my sisters without me
Maxim: I went to eat breakfast!
Victoria: You knew I wanted you to wait. That it was something I wanted to deal with on my own. But YOU ignored my wishes. I let it go because I understand you’re protective, but if anyone has the right to be pissy here, IT’S ME.
Victoria: Then, you go no contact since I came back to Poughkeepsie.
Victoria: What the fuck is that about?
Victoria: THEN, out of the blue, you click your fingers and think I’LL OBEY?! HAHAHAHAHAHA. I am SOOOO not that kind of woman and you know that
Maxim: You’re overreacting
Victoria: *snorts* Way to not get into my panties for the next YEAR
Maxim: Victoria
Victoria: Maxim
Maxim: Did I hear correctly that you think a certain professor is hot?
Victoria: What are you talking about?
Maxim: Kill order incoming…
Victoria: This is a joke, right?
Maxim: You know better than to think I joke about these things
Victoria: Well, now I’m just confused.
Victoria: The distraction didn’t work though. I’m going to CHOOSE to believe that was a joke because otherwise I need to scream and I’m in the middle of a lecture so that won’t go down well.
Victoria: And…
Victoria: Apologize
Maxim: I refuse to apologize for wanting the best for you
Victoria: I decide that. Apologize for ignoring my wishes.
Maxim: For fuck’s sake, FINE. I’m SORRY. Happy now?
Victoria: No, actually. I’m not happy.
Victoria: What’s wrong with you? Why are you being like this?!
Maxim: I’m not being any kind of way
Victoria: Now you’re lying
Victoria: Look, I have to go before I decide to ask Conor to remotely blow up your phone BECAUSE YOU PISSED ME OFF
Victoria: I’m pretty sure I’d regret it.
Victoria: Eventually
Maxim: I’ll see you tonight. We can talk about this later
Maxim: Victoria?
Maxim: Victoria?
Maxim: Dammit to hell