The Sleepover

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"GOD DAMN IT!' Rayyana sputtered awake looking around at the room. Wait, where were the beds? and why was she on hay? "Rida oh my god!" Fatima said getting up. Rayyana looked to see Rida dripping wet. Rumaisa standing above her with a bucket in her hand. 

"What the fuck was that for?!" Fatima yelled. "My fiance isn't paying you guys to sleep around." Rumaisa said throwing the bucket "Seriously you guys slept all night instead of working?!" Damn it they had fallen asleep. But then again, it wasn't their fault sine their room was conveniently placed right beside of the bell tower. And conveniently, the bell had to be rung all night. 

"So what if we fucking did?" Marium said getting up "we don't get paid for any of this bullshit anyway." Rumaisa pursed her lips "Fine, I will let you all off with a warning for today, but for now get the fuck up." 

Rumaisa spun around without another word leaving 3 angry girls and 1 dripping Rida behind. Marium picked up the bucket and was about to throw it at the back of Rumaisa's head but Fatima and Rayyana held her back. "Not yet." Fatima said thinking on how to kill someone. She would have searched it up on her IPad but... 

"Come on, let's go get cleaned up." Rayyana said holding onto Rida. They walked very solemnly back to the washing room and each took turns taking a bath. Rayyana was the last one to take a bath, making it her job to pick out and iron the clothes Alejandro had ordered for them. 

When Rayyana emerged, she saw Rida happily munching on some chips. "We found it in one of the kitchen cabinets." Fatima explained when Rayyana stared ahead quizzically.  "So about that secret."  Rida asked while munching on the chips.

Right, Rayyana had forgotten about that. "We need to figure out what it is." Marium said grabbing the chips from Rida who protested. Rayyana hummed in response not understanding what it possibly could be. What kind of secrets could someone like Alejandro have hidden?

He was an odd creature, he banned the gays, he banned any other religion then one he made up on his own called Jandroism. (pronounced Han-dro-ism) and he had absolutely no sense of protection for the stupid people of his land. 

Whatever the secret was, it would be difficult to uncover since everyone was loyal as fuck to him. This land and its people were useless. They needed a strong leader, someone who would listen to them and make them normal again.

And suddenly, that's when Rayyana had an idea. "What if...we get rid of Alejandro?" She asked slowly. Fatima scoffed "Get rid of the king? I thought you wanted to escape not die." Rayyana tutted "No! What if we make Alejandro a.. commoner?" The girls all stared at her not understanding what she was trying to say.

"I'm saying what if we held a vote? What if we asked the commoners to select someone else to rule this god awful place?" The girls exchanged a look with each other before Marium said "It wouldn't work, Alejandro's kids are set to rule after him."

That would make sense, but was that how the system worked here? If payment was two exhales of breath, and to show respect you had to do a somersault then surely the way the system works is also different. 

Rayyana explained her thinking and every girls face lit up  "Wait oh my god you're right!" Fatima said excitedly "Really?" Rayyana asked suddenly equally as excited, Fatima shrugged "I don't know, I just said that." Marium sighed while Rida facepalmed. "Okay..uh anyway we need to work hard then to get Alejandro off the throne. And I think I know who to ask."

"What in Alejandro's name do you want now?" Sir Balisto let out a heavy sigh as the 4 girls entered Balisto's study. Rayyana smiled at him sweetly "You know Sir Balisto, we don't think you're being honest with us." Sir Balisto raised an eyebrow and put away the papers he was working on "Whatever do you mean?"