Sofia's Adventure Journal AU (Sofia the First's Pov)

James & Jade?

Third Journal Entry.....
"Well, I see you asked Jade to dance with you tonight James?" asked Amber.

"First of all it was my fourth dance, because first was mother, next was you and Sofia, and then I asked her." James adds.

"Who are you interested in more Jade or Princess Isabel, Princess Elena's sister?" inquires Amber. "You sure were dancing with Jade alot tonight. Most of the night."

"Amber leave him be, it's still far off in the future. He doesn't have to choose now." I insisted. "Besides they're both capable girls either way."

"I saw that Desmond asked for his first dance to be with you isn't that right?" questions James. "That's a bif first step."

"He's just a friend and yes, I'm aware that was a big step for him."

"A friend who happens to be a boy who seems to be showing signs of wishing to be more than friends."

"Amber well I could say that same thing about you and Prince Hugo since you won't drop the boyfriend/girlfriend topic with either one of us."

I smiled James stood here defending me when just after I defended him. He threw the conversation back to Amber pointing out her sticking to Hugo that night.

I yawned.

"Well, I'm beat this day and night have been very eventful," I sighed. "I think I will go see the Protectors fly off and greet the other village friends of mine at the doors to the palace. Anyone coming with me?"
"I will go with you sister."

"I'm still waiting for Hildegard and Clio." Amber said, "Their parents are still talking with ours."

"Just so you know I think Jade's Dad would be happy to have you as a son in-law." I commented immediately after we left Amber in the hallway.

"Thought we already dropped this conversation," admitted James.

"He's always wanted a son in the family." I replied back. "But if you insist we'll drop the conversation right here right now."

"Can we please just drop it?" begged James.

"Absolutely," I answer back. James smirks at me. He was still a brother to me.

"Maybe, I can come over to your kingdom sometime, Desmond?" I asked.

"Sure how about sometime during the summer let's make it happen."

Desmond was the only boy from my school who knew the secrets of my amulet and he got along with most of my other best friends. My best village friends and my first best princess friend, Princess Vivian. I was able to trust him with more things compared to the rest of the other royal people around me. These four friends understood me the best and his mother was growing on me."

Desmond moved up the steps and hugged me. I blushed and smiled softly. When he gave me that hug it was so pure so joyful so full of warmth and love. Maybe I have always liked Desmond from the start of the day we met.

"You really are a lovely dancer."

Desmond went back to his parents and Jade and Ruby hugged me good night. They got into Vivian's royal carriage which would drop them off at their village homes before it went back to Zumaria, Vivian's kingdom. Of course Jade and Ruby gave James hugs too. I mean how could they not? For as long as I have known them they were always huggers."

As Vivian's carriage pulls up round the bend and across the bridge James and I raced up the hilltop and we were waving from the summit peering over the castle stonewall—
till Vivian's coach vanished into Dunwiddie beyond the forest road. Desmond's coach was next.

"I'm never gonna get used to the way Jade always squeezes me."

"That's her way of saying she actually likes you, James, bro."

I squeezed him after Desmond's coach took off into the horizon.

"Hey! Enough with the squeezing, Sof." James gently complains. "I'm not a squishy toy. I'm a human being."

"Of course you're not," I responded still teasing him. "You're a person, an individual but more than that you're a Prince and most of all your my brother."

"And being your brother means I have deal with getting teased twice over. I'm gonna go walk Rex on his evening walk around the courtyard."

"You do that," I stated. "I wanna talk to my steed before I go turn in for the night."