The Glass Princess: True To Yourself

Chapter 13 The Royal Ball

Chapter 13 The Royal Ball

"Hey so, you know how to dance right" Naomi askes while I slide a pancake I made onto her plate. My cooking was rather sloopy still but I've made great progress, enough for Naomi to trust me to make her breakfast. I sit down on my seat at the table. I tilt my head curiously. "Um yeah, why do you ask" I ask wiith slight hesitation, I felt tempted to downplay how much I use to dance daily in my room with the door closed as my way to be in my own world. "Ethan texted if we wanted to go to a uni party... big lights, edm kinda vibes" Naomi explained while looking at her phone intently. She placed her phone on the table next to our newly bought house plant who I named planty. "Oh that could be cool, do you need dance lessons, my knight" I asked in a light teasing tone. While awaiting a responce I spray bottled planty to give them a nice healthy start to the day. I give a bit smile of satisfaction to planty. Naomi played with her food a bit and smirked then looks into my eyes. "I wanted to go try something we might like and... I wanna dance with my girlfriend.... Just I don't know how, I'm a surfer I don't know anything about music" Naomi explained chuckling to herself lightly. We take some bites of our breakfast before I reach over to hold her hand across the table. "Wanna try after we eat?" I ask with a surprisingly amount of confidence in my tone. Naomi's face gets a little red as she finishes off her food in a slight haste. I guide her over to the centre of the room. I place my phone gently on the table playing some slow dance friendly music.

The music gently started to play. Naomi was visibly very nervous. I gently hold Naomi's hands, moving one of her hands to rest behind my back. The other hand holding mine. Through every position, I keep eye contact and give reassuring nods. I slide my free hand across Naomi's cheek smiling. I then rest that hand behind Naomi's neck. Naomi gulped, beginning to nervously shake. She couldn't look away, her face generating more heat than I've ever seen from her. I lean in for a kiss. We hold it for a little while then release. "I..I...um.. Princess..." Naomi tries to say but stumbles on her words from her nerves. "Everything is okay my knight, I promise" I whisper while I begin to sway to the music. "But... what if I don't do it right" Naomi askes nervously. I look up at Naomi and smile gently. "You'll do great promise, but if it gets too much we can stop" I whisper gently. Naomi looks down and slowly begins to lossen her hold on my hand. She looks back up at me, about to release her grip. But gently smiles, tightening her grip with a little more confidence this time. "I... really wanna do this, with you" Naomi whispers nervously. I smile brightly and begin guiding Naomi on how to move alongside me. We danced for a few hours, she occasionally would step on my foot and appologize over and over but overall she improved a lot. I even showed her how to let go of me and let me spin. After my spins we'd return to the resting position with our hands held.

"Why... are you so good at this anyway" Naomi askes softly while we danced. "Online videos mostly.. I wanted to do ballet when little... but parents didn't let me...so I just learned online" I reply getting a little embarrassed myself. Naomi leans in to kiss my head but through our swaying we accidentally bump into each other. "Okay normally that.... I'm out of my element but that's okay... really sorry about that, but the important thing is that I'm proud of you for learning to do what you love despite what your parents did" Naomi replies very flustered. We both stop dancing briefly, making sure neither of us got hurt. We pause and Naomi looks into my eyes. I nod and lean in to kiss her lips. Once we let go, I held both her hands infront of her body. "You... did amazing too, first time dancing and you did really well my knight" I explain slightly flustered. "Are you sure? I.. felt a bit.." Naomi began to explain but paused, her eyes widened a little looking into my eyes. She gently smiles and gets closer. "I wasn't the smoothest.... But I got to dance with my Princess, so I can't complain really I think" Naomi explained softly.

"I um... hope maybe someday we get to dance in a fancy event, being in a massive dress dancing has... always been a dream I'll admit" I explain softly, looking away slightly in embarrassment. Naomi tightened her grip on my hands. My stomach gives that distinct butterflies feeling that I adore. I look up into her eyes, she had a serious look. "You'll get your chance Emily when we..." Naomi begins to say really nervously but with very serious tone. She looks over to my fingers then back to my face. She then exhales and gains some composure. "You'll get your chance I just know it" Naomi explains softly. It almost felt like there was something more she wanted to say...