In a blink of an eye, my life was turned upside down...
"Just one final exam, until I go to university!" I exclaimed giving my self motivation. This was it, I was finally graduating! I walked downstairs, trying to act as if it was a normal day, but...
Tesa was showing me how to curtsy properly, "Take your right foot and put it behind your left foot, and now slowly and evenly descend with both knees, and now rise, no... keep your posture straight! Yes... that is it!" I sighed and asked her while doing the curtsy a couple of times, "I know this already, you taught me that when I was 4! Why am I still learning this?"
"Because my dear," she answered, "if you are to be Queen, you need to learn how to do this properly, and fine let me test you on it! When do you pick your skirt up?"
"You pick your skirt up when it is below your knees... and you leave it if the dress, or skirt is above, or straight. If you have a long four line skirt, you should pick it up, you can hold the skirt from the side, or you can leave it, and just curtsy! If the King passes me or any person higher than me, I have to look down as I curtsy and raise my head back up when I am done."
Tesa smiled, "well done, the next lesson will be....how to only answer to the question I have asked, in other words.... or how you people say it....how to shut up!" With that she left me in an utter shock position.
I was in my study, doing something for a charity, when someone knocked, "yes?"
"Ma'am someone is here to see you... should I let them in?"
"Yes of course, but let me get into a proper attire first and serve them snacks!"
I looked at my clothes and decided to change into a blue satin dress (since that was the only formal dress that wasn't so fancy)
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I sat back down in my office seat, and continued to work, when someone called, "should I let them in now Ma'am?"
"Please do" I said, not bothering to look up when the door opened.
"S!" Someone exclaimed
"There was only one person who called me that...." I looked up, happiness filled in my eyes, "Leo!"
I jumped into his arms, as he twirled me around 2 times before putting me back down on the ground, "Look at you! I didn't know you were the princess?"
"I'm not, Sai cosa è successo a zia Carla e zio Theo? (Do you know what happened to Aunt Carla and Uncle Theo?"
"sí"
"All my family is dead, which made me the next in line..." Caleb and Merila came, and I dropped that conversation right there.
"Caleb, my bro!" He did a handshake with Caleb, and bent down to hug Merila, "and how is my little Principessa (princess) doing?"
She giggled, which made me smile, and answered, "Bene (good)" Merila only knew a few words, since I used to speak Italian with my parents, and she caught up on them. She came round to hug me and asked, "who is the strange man in the suit?" Leo looked at him and smiled, "meet Alessandro, my childhood friend....and a prince!" I smiled and curtsied towards him. "I find it amusing, how you are the 'Queen to be' of the Kingdom of Ecosystem, and you still curtsied to me!" He laughed at my actions. "Well you look older than me, and I guess, if you are older, I'm guessing 3-7 years older than me, that means you should have already been crowned King, since you usually get crowned around the age of 23!" I replied as I played with Merila's hair, not bothering to meet his eyes. He chuckled, "for someone of that young age, you know a lot" I looked towards him and smiled, "thank you!"
"Princess," someone called through the door, "you need to get ready for your birthday ball!" I groaned, as I threw my head back, "fine.... but why are you making such a big thing about it?"
That man answered back, "because Ma'am, you are going to be crowned in a months time, and we need to announce that we have a heir to the throne! Also, we have never had a party before!" A smile ended up being plastered on my face, "A...please drop the Ma'am and call me Sofia, B... well my friend.... live it up, cause you are going to get parties in your life after this!"
"Amen!" Caleb cheered with Merila. I giggled with Leo, as I walked out of my study and into my bedroom.
I wore a really light make-up, and decided to go with the royal tradition of wearing pure diamond necklace set. I got my hair done in a fancy bun that had some pearls in them by the 'royal hair artist', I took out the dress, and paired it with silver heels. There, I was done!
Shoes:
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Necklace Set with tiara:
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Her Dress:
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Once I was done, I stayed in my room, because Tesa said to me, 'you need to stay in your room, until the man outside calls your name', and I was waiting and waiting. After a long introduction, the man finally announced, "and here she is... Princess Sofia" I straightened any creases in my dress, fixed my posture, and walked outside the room as elegantly and gracefully as I could. Alessandro took my hand in his. We walked down the staircase, and before we could reach the last step, he whispered into my ears, "sei bellisima amore mio(You are beautiful my love)" I felt heat come up to my cheeks, and he must have noticed it to, because he planted a kiss on my exposed shoulder, before walking me into the ballroom.
The whole time, my eyes would always search the room, to find Alessandro. Our eyes met once or twice, and I felt sparks, he smirked towards me, and curled one of his finger towards me, telling me to come to him. Out of surprise, I excused myself from the people I was talking to, and walked towards him. When I reached, he put his arm on my waist, and whispered into my ear, "do you know how rude it is to stare at people?" He kissed my shoulder again, and spoke towards the couple, that looked like they were in their late 40s, "Mamma, papà, meet the future Queen of ecosystem!" I curtsied towards them, and gave a warm smile to them. One question stuck to me the whole night, 'why was Alessandro making me meet his parents?'
That night, I tossed and turned, but I couldn't sleep. Whenever I closed my eyes, his words kept repeating in my head, "You are beautiful my love". I squealed like a little kid in my pillow! My stomach churned at the thought of him.... what was this new feeling? Was it what people called... love?
