Me and the Village boy

chapter 7

I knocked on Kits door as loud as I could and he answered on the second knock. " hey Eva whats going on "

" I just need to talk to someone outside of thee palace mother is still sobbing in her room and father well he has not stopped drinking in like a week, you know since K..Katie died "

" yeah Eva I get it and since you have brought Jade i am ghessing you want to go up to the moores "

"yep and I have brought a picnic " I said as I attempted to sound perky (obviously I havn't been since Katie but I hhad to stay strong since niether of my parents were. And I had to make a speech on live telly to inform people of the royal death since my father was not cabable)

THE NEXT DAY - THE BALCONY AT THE FRONT OF THE PALACE

Today was the day I informed the people that they now had one princess instead of two. That was going to be 'interesting' and frightening and giult ridden and about a thousand other emotions that I don't know how to describe.

I was stood on the balcony that we use to give speeches and all that kind of thing.

" Today is a solemn day, a day filled with great saddness, " I said to the silent crowed and camera en and women and the reporters and everyone watching at home on there t.v's too. " because today i am here to inform you my great nation that my sister, Princess Katie, has died" i took a deep breath and continued " She was stabbed one week ago by an, as yet unknown man who is against the throne, she died hours later in her bed at the palace." my parents sat behind me, my father staring stonily, my mother weeping into a hankychief, sobbing silently. " and the only thing I ask of you is that you let m family and I mourn in peace for her without cameras flashing in our faces, thankyou " I said and then i did the royal wave and turned into the palace.

my parents stood up to wave with me, we must have looked like the perfect royals, my mother in a flowing purple dress with a black trim of lace, me wearing a turquoise dress with a sequined chest, that wrapped around beneath the breast and then fanned out from my hips down to the floor ( a bit ike a wedding dress that had been died green.) , MY father well he was wearing his old naval uniform (it had to be taken out a bit, he has grown a bit of a gut in the past few years.)

As we entered the room behind the balcony I noted that each of my parents had one hand on each of my shoulders, my father bent down to whisper something in my ear " darling you did amazingly and I love you no matter what happens or who you decide to spend your life with " Now it was mothers turn " he's right my love don't let anything stand in your way " then she dropped her voice even lower so that my father definatly would not hear " even him " I sniggered at this.

" I watched you on telly you know " said Kit jokingly but with a slight note of regret i his voice.

" yeah and?" I said a little harshly too harshly it wasn't his fault I was depressed and angry was it. He looked hurt " im sorry I didn't mean it Kit it's just a bit of a sore spot you know?"

" yeah it's fine and you're bound to be a little tense with everything that's happened " I took my head away from his shoulder and his hand fell away from my shoulder I reached up my hands and put them around his neck and then moved my head up to his he moved his down towards mine and kissed me, we moved as one turning on the spot I knew that in a movie mushy music would be playing as we span and it would be perfect, which it was until the music stopped when Jason said " hey love birds what you up to "

" well I would have thought it obvious " said Kit through gritted teeth. Then he grabbed him and rugby tackled hi to the ground and they were play fighting, it reminded me of all those times me and Katie fought about who stole whose clothes or make up ( not that i where make up unless there is like a birthday or whatever mabye sometimes if im going on a date with Kit, I mean obviously i'll use cover up if i get a spot but thats a completly different story right?) Our red hair would fly everywhere until someone came and broke us up but we loved each other all the same that is just how it works well how it worked up untill recently.

I hadn't noticed that I was crying tears leaked from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks making them wet and sticky.

" hey hey hey whats wrong Eva?" said Kit worried as he ran up to me and wrapped me in his arms and held me close, Jason came and put his hand on my shoulder. " it's just watching you two you remind me of what me and Katie used to be like exept we were fighting over clothes." i said laughing.

Jason and KIt both joined in the laughter and we laughed and laughed for 10 minutes remembering things about Katie, me and Katie, Jason and Katie, Kit and Katie and everything else until we realised that Katie was not here anymore. then the laughter stopped and I felt the numbness creep back along with the pain and hurt and love that no one can recieve no one exept Katie but Katie is not here to recieve it, all thats left is a hole where my heart should be.