My father's Princess

Chapter 7

I got the kids to sleep by 9:30, with the exception of Lexi. We stood up almost until midnight talking. Talking about how mom was in love with the king. Whenever we heard stories about him before they were always "Oh Damian was so uptight. Oh Damian was so spoiled. Oh Damian was so naive. Oh your father was a million, no a jillion, times better than Damian." The nicest thing we'd ever heard was "Damian was just a good friend. We could never be anything more." Now she was blushing and acting all giddy around "her majesty". Lexi and I agreed it was repulsing, but also that we would not interfere. The next morning at breakfast mom was so excited to talk about her horse ride that was "not a date". The triplets, twins, and Charlie were very interested that mom had spent a whole afternoon with the king himself, but I was completely zoning out. I could tell by the way Lexi mindlessly stirred her cereal that she was too. "Are you guys going to get married" Genevieve said with a way too cheerful voice for in the morning. Mom chuckled "No! Of course not. It wasn't even a date." I could tell that she didn't even believe herself. They went on and on and on about moms undate. Life continued on normally after that except, well you know, the fact that my mom was hanging out with her new best friend, his majesty. One afternoon, after school, all of us were sitting at the table doing homework when mom walked through the door. She had a smile spread from ear to ear and was blushing. "Hello my wonderful kids. Isn't it just a beautiful day." She was never so happy before, but I could tell it was all a gig. She was acting. "What do you want?" She looked shocked. " Well. I would just like to personally introduce my new boyfriend, Damian this is Annabelle, Lexington, Lucile,..." She went on introducing everyone but I zoned out. I wanted to scream. Boyfriend? Are you kidding me! I guess this was it. This was the thing I knew was coming to destroy our perfect life, but the way mom told us was the part that made it even more unbearable. Like we didn't already know. Like we even cared, and by we I mean Lexi and I. Everyone else was already practically drooling over the king. I however just wished my dad was here instead of this overrated fool in a crown. "Is that ok with you Annabelle?" Oh crap! What did she ask? Was I really zoned out for that long? Ok, I don't want to say yes to something I would regret, but I don't want to hurt moms feelings. I looked over towards Lexington. Thank god she wasn't as zoned out as me. She nodded her head no. "Um, well, you see." I need a good excuse and fast. If she was asking me to go out to lunch with her in the King then I could just say I have a lot of homework. Then I remembered it was summer so I would have to figure out a better excuse. "I don't really feel the best. I think I'd rather rest."
"Oh come on Annabelle. I'm sure you'll be better by Saturday. It would be so much fun and mean a lot to me and your siblings. Not to mention his majesty." King Rondal blushed and behind him Lexington shook her head no vigorously. "Um. I don't know mom, I feel really sick. I think I may have the flu." Moms smile faded away. "Oh ok well then I guess you should go lay down sweetie. Damian, maybe we could we reschedule for Monday."
"Well it we be hard to stay away from my beloved for three whole days, but I suppose I can manage. However a kiss would help soften the blow." Ok I think I really am going to barf now. Later I found out king Damian wanted to show us the castle. I didn't see why that was so bad, but then it hit me. Like two annoying sounds piercing my eardrums, it hit me. We were going to meet princesses Celeste and Cynthia, the most annoying twins on the planet. Thankfully however they had to go to tennis practice so I only had to suffer for a few minutes. Of course as soon as we left the castle wall we were pounded by reporters. They asked question one after another, and mom didn't hold back. In less than an hour the whole world knew my mom was dating the king, in one year the whole world knew my mom was engaged to the king, in two years the whole world knew my family was moving into the castle, and in two years and one day I knew my life would never be the same.