You Showed Me Love

Just Call Him

"Excuse me, I did what!?" I screeched as I had my hands on Poppy's shoulders while shaking her back and forth in my bed. I seriously don't remember when I got here or honestly, anything past Floyd getting my crown back from that group whose leader I punched square in the nose.

"Yeah, you got absolutely shitfaced and fell onto the ground right in front of him and I at about 1:00 AM. By the way, his number is in your pocket." I shot my hand into my pocket as fast as I could and found the napkin he drew me on. The drawing is so ugly but so cute. I unfolded the napkin looking for anything other than the drawing and sure enough, there was his number written in pencil.

"Nope. I'm not doing it. After what you told me, I'm not trying to be dramatic but I'd rather be shot in the face than call him." I put the napkin back in my pocket and climbed back under the covers snuggling into my pillow.

Maybe if I was just some normal Troll and not the king of one of the biggest nations, this would be a less embarrassing situation for me. I mean, who knows how many people saw King Veneer downing booze like it was the end of the world?

"I figured you'd say that, that's why I took the liberty of doing it for you." I swear everything around me just stopped and I very slowly turned in my bed to look at Poppy who was sitting on the edge waving her phone screen at me with a smirk.

"You what?" My eyes were widened and she giggled unlocking her phone to show me some messages shared between her and Floyd before explaining them.

"Yep! I added his number to my contacts and texted him yours. You're welcome. Oh, speak of the devil-" Both of our heads turned to my phone on the nightstand which was now buzzing with my custom ringtone playing Toxic. I still think it's a fitting ringtone considering it's a good song and the first line is 'baby can't you see I'm calling' but Velvet likes to make fun of me for it.

"AAAA WHAT DO I DO!?" Poppy was practically unphased by this because I think watching me freak out over the smallest things comes along with the role of being my best friend.

"Maybe start with answering it?" I watched her grab my phone and hit the answer button then she put it right up to my ear which made me hold the phone. I pulled the phone away and hit the speaker button so I could throw the phone on the bed and just cover my face with both hands during this call. On the other line, an absolutely dreamy voice was heard.

"Veneer?" I glared at Poppy and mouthed 'you bitch' before answering Floyd.

"Yep, that's me!" A face palm occurred exactly one second after I said that from both me and Poppy. Since when do I have issues talking to people? I've always been such a chatterbox no matter who I was talking to, why is he suddenly changing that?

"Cool, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the park by your castle?" Excuse me? Poppy looked at me with a toothy smile and used her hands to make two thumbs up.

"Even after last night?" Poppy quickly did the exact opposite thing and was waving her arms to say no while also inaudibly saying 'shut up'. Yeah, probably best to not bring up the whole fainting and probably vomiting thing. He giggled which made me clutch my chest and kick my feet while Poppy made an 'aww' face.

"Why not? When you live where I do, you see worse almost daily." My heart was beating out of my chest. I actually can't believe he's calling me for a second date. Are me and Velvet actually about to have lovers at the exact same time? My boyfriends usually don't last long because I find out they've only been dating me for the crown and the publicity, but he seems to be treating me like I'm just a normal person.

"Alright sure, when do you wanna meet?" I looked over to see Poppy doing a fist pump and almost crying out of happiness for me. Once this call is over, I'm definitely joining her because there's so much excitement bottled up inside me right now that I can't let out or else Floyd will hear it.

"Honestly, it can be in an hour. I'm not doing anything." Jesus, only one hour to get ready? My makeup alone would take longer than that. Oh well, I can just speed through it and let Poppy help me get ready. I bet if we tell Velvet what's going on, she'd help too.

"Alright, I'll meet you there! Bye!" He said a quick bye back and I hung up the phone. I looked at Poppy and we simultaneously did our highest pitched 'eee'-ing while we hugged each other.

"Oh my gosh, you have a date!" Our fingers were interlocked and I looked at the white grandfather clock across my room to see it exactly at 11:30 AM.

"I know I know! But quick, I have to get ready!" I got up off my bed and ran over to my vanity and opened up all 4 of my makeup bags. Like how Velvet is obsessed with buying all the new designer clothes and expensive dresses, I'm obsessed with buying new and expensive makeup and designer shoes. The amount of red bottoms I own is insane. They were originally a shoe that was only designed for the people on Mount Rageous but I have a Troll friend who lives there and they decided to make some specifically for us and ship them out.

While I picked out what lipstick color I wanted, Poppy was going through all the different outfits in my walk-in closet, and my bedroom door opened slightly with Velvet peeking her head in.

"What's going on? I heard 'eee'-ing without me." She was wearing her typical nighttime ensemble which was a black nightgown with a white lace trim despite it almost being the afternoon, so I guess she had a late night too and we woke her up. Actually, if Poppy said she was here last night to open the door for Floyd and I, she must've been with my sister.

Ooo, I definitely have to ask her if anything happened or if she made any progress. I might love how happy Velvet is with Val, but I'm still secretly rooting that Poppy might become her girlfriend. After all, she is my bestie so I want the best for her.

"Veneer has a date in an hour!" Velvet's jaw practically hit the floor at that one. She dashed over to the vanity I was at and took her place next to me on the second aquamarine coloured chair I had.

"Where is it, where is it!?" She began tapping her hands on my knees while she interrogated me about the upcoming date.

"Err, the park." Without a second to spare, she started rummaging around one of my makeup bags and pulled out a clear lip gloss with a green shimmer depending on how the light hit it. As she unscrewed the cap and began coating the applicator in gloss, she explained her picking.

"This way, the color will go with the surroundings and if he happens to say anything about it, it means he's been looking at your lips." Shit, I never thought about it that way. I bet she has a few more tips and tricks that I could use that'll work. I mean, she did meet and start dating a girl in the span of a week.

Once Velvet was done with my makeup which was a combination of the gloss, a slight amount of highlighter, eyeliner and mascara, Poppy came out with an outfit put together on a hanger. It looked like it was a gray v-neck sweater vest with a white drop shoulder tee under it accompanied by some pale blue jeans.

"Aww, that's so cute!" I happily took the outfit from Poppy and slipped back into my bathroom to change. I checked my phone to see I still have forty minutes until I actually need to be at the park. Oh well, I can probably just grab a muffin and a book and wait there until Floyd shows up.

I put on the ensemble piece by piece and then checked myself in the mirror before going back out. Those two actually did a pretty good job. I left the bathroom and both Velvet and Poppy let out an excited gasp.

"We're so good at this." Velvet leaned her arm against Poppy's shoulder and while my sister wasn't looking, I used both of my hands to make a kissing gesture to which Poppy flipped me off. Eh, all in a day.

I grabbed a random book out of my bookcase and threw it into a canvas tote bag and now I was ready to go.