"Good morning Prince William!" I chirp as I arrive at the stables.
"Good morning to you to Miss Saige, I see you went with leggings."
"Yes, is that bad? Should I change?" I ask panicking for a second.
"No it's refreshing to see you in casual clothes."
"Oh okay, few." I sigh in relief looking at my outfit. I have black leggings and a coral flowy tank top, then 1/2 inch brown riding boots with a black buckle and a brown riding jacket.
"First we will be taking some candids for the photographers. That way we can truly be alone on our date. These will be sent in for the preview of the Update and magazines. Do you need a minute to fix your hair/makeup?"
"Nope," I say popping the 'p'. "If they do not like me like this they should not like me at all."
"Good mindset, but so your aware the reporters got that down."
"Aright then, let's do this." I say while tugging out the hairband holding up my bun.
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"Alright Sunny is all set up for you to ride." He motions to a beautiful brown horse. "I will be right back with Prince."
"What a creative name!" I start giggling.
"Hey! I named him myself!"
"What a creative Prince!" I continue giggling.
"Okay you can sit your bottom right down on that hay stack. I will be right back."
I do as I am told and wait until Prince William comes back leading a big dark brown horse.
*snap snap*
"Never alone." I think to myself.
"Just look at me and laugh." He says.
I do as I am told, he starts mouthing random things.
*snap snap*
"Look surprised"
He leans in and starts playing with my hair, then whispers in my ear.
"Did you know that you are in the top five in the polls right now for who will win?"
I gasp, "really?!?"
*snap snap*
"Yes." He leans against the stable smiling.
*snap snap*
"Alright," he announces completely snapping out of whatever that was. "Hop on Sunny and let's go outside for a few more photos."
"Um Prince William?"
"Yes?"
"I don't know how to ride a horse..." I look at my feet embarrassed.
"Okay I will teach you," he jumps down from his horse and then bends down on one knee. "Use my hand and knee to help you get up."
"Okay..." I smile nervously.
"One, two, three, up." He pushes up his hands and I grab the knob on the saddle. I swing my leg around and grab the reins. "Good job." I will lead you outside." He grabs the front part of the reins before guiding me, Sunny, and Prince outside.
*snap snap*
"Okay don't do anything just sit there and let me get on my horse." He commands.
*snap snap*
"Okay," he quickly and smoothly hops off his horse. Prince William goes over to the reporters and says something and then they leave. "Now we have four hours until lunch to be able to teach you how to ride a horse, unless you are a bad student and maybe need more lessons. Say Monday, tomorrow afternoon?"
"Oh yes, I am a very bad student."
"Let's make it a date."
"Already in the calendar Prince William." He chuckles and smiles.
"When we are alone just call me Will."
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"And that's how you get her to canter."
"Okay, I think I got it." I make a lap in the outdoor arena.
"Not quite, but we can work on it tomorrow."
"I had a lot of fun today, Will." I say taking my horses reins in one and and Will's hand in the other.
"So did I." He laughs and grabs his horses reins. We start walking down the path that connects the stables to the arena before Will stops and turns to me.
"I just want to see something..." He smashes his lips on mine, rapping his arms around my waist. I kiss him back throwing my arms around his neck grabbing his short light brown hair. He pulls me up of the ground so he doesn't have to bend down so much and I point out my toes to try to get some stability. I pull back and so does he. I just stare into his creamy dark blue eyes and smile. He is just perfect. Cute, a gentleman, commanding, mature, funny.
"Well, I was right about what I was thinking"
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I walk into lunch, ecstatic about how this morning went. Blaire and Peyton run over to me.
"How was your date?" Peyton asks. Blaire looks over at me with a smug look.
"How did you know?" I ask, surprised.
"Andrea gossips and stuff spreads like a wildfire around here. When her letter talked about a date, we assumed yours did too." Blaire answers.
"Besides the look on your face this morning showed it. You looked so nervous." Peyton adds.
"And you just have it away by your response...." Blaire adds, eyes rolling.
"Okay fine, but do NOT say anything about this to Andrea. She does not need to be up in my business." I pause. "We went horseback riding in the palaces arena." A chorus of 'awwws' came out of their mouth. "It was so cute, he was so nice too. I had never done it before and he helped me. We have another date tomorrow!"
"Lucky, besides for you, Andrea, and Holiday, everyone else got a scheduled one hour coffee date. Boring!" Blaire announces. "Once I went dog-sled riding with one of my ex's."
"Another one?" Peyton gasps.
"That's so cool, and I think you are one of the only people who can say you have done that." I add.
"Yep." She says smiling proudly. "I live the extreme Alaskan life."
"I think it's more the extreme Alaskan life wishes it could be you." Peyton mumbles before we all burst out laughing.
authors note:
hi again! what does everyone think about that horseback riding date and kiss? I am a personal fan of it. next chapter will have some more time skips like this one. I am hoping it will help move the plot along. please comment/vote/share/ask me questions.
xoxo,
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