Not A Princess (Sequel to Princess Of The Underworld)

02| Press

   I snapped out of my fantasy as a bright light flashed in my face. I blinked a couple if times before realizing that it was just some reporters.

   "Hadey! Hadey!" Yes, that was my name.

  "Only three days until the Royal Cotillion, are you excited?" Excited was a word you could use.

   "How does it feel to be the most envied girl in Auradon?" People envied me, did they really? I'm sure they did not envy all the reading and studying of correct terms and manners.

   "How is it being the Princess of The Underworld?" I was taken aback at that question, no one had called me that in a long time. It felt kinda good. Then I was reminded of what the underworld had taken from me.

  I opened my mouth to answer, but stopped as I noticed Ben making his way through the crowd towards me with an apple in hand, how ironic.

   "Okay." Ben cleared his throat, "All right. Excuse me." He flashed a quick smile at me, which I returned before he looked out at the press, "Hadey is no longer Princess of The Underworld, though she soon will become Princess of Auardon."

   I sucked in a breath, I knew Ben was just trying to help, but the Underworld was a part of me, it always would be.

   "Did you ever think you'd be with a villain kid?" A reporter asked Ben, and I bit my lip to hold back a scowl as I returned to normal.

  He only chuckled falsely, lowering the microphone that had been pointed towards him, "We're done here."

   As Fairy Godmother addressed the press, shooing them off, Ben put his hand around my waist, pulling me closer to him, so that our noses almost touched.

   I smiled to myself, although I had been dating Ben for the last six months, every time I was around him everything seemed to fall into place.

   Ben cocked his head towards the press, eyes locked on mine, "Sorry."

  I shook my head, smiling up at my boyfriend, "It's not a big deal."

He shot me a sympathetic smile, pulling me to his chest and pressing a kiss to my head.

   I then turned my head to see the reporters backing away, Fairy Godmother directing them out with her hands.

  "Thank you guys." Ben called to them, waving as one snapped a photo.

  I nodded, putting on a smile, "Thank you. Have a good day!"

   Fairy Godmother straightened get dress, before turning to us, a warm look on her features, "Hadey. Ben."

  I nodded at her in acknowledgment, "FG."

  "Fairy Godmother." Ben addressed at the same time, watching as she walked towards the school.

    Ben then turned to face me as I let out a breath of air, "Hey, just don't pay attention to them, alright?" I raised an eyebrow at him, he nodded, "Yeah, okay, easier said then done, I know."

   I smirked at him, walking around the statue of Adam, looking down at the blue flowers Ben had planted in honor of me two months ago.

   "Maybe we should do something? Go somewhere? Get away." Ben said, as he wrapped his arms around me from behind, "Hmmm?" He nuzzled his face into my neck causing me to chuckle.

   "Yeah?" I asked, and I felt him nod, "Like what?"

    "Well," he breathed into my shoulder, glancing up at the sound of the school clock that now read eleven in the morning, "Oh no. I have a council meeting, I'm so late."

  I turned around in his arms so I was facing them, putting a hand on his chest, "Hey, it's okay."

  "I'm sorry." He apologized, and I shook my head.

  "Ben, It's okay." I smiled up at him, which he returned.

  "I gotta go, but I'll see you soon, okay?" I nodded at him as he pulled me into a kiss, his hands finding my cheeks, as my own settled on his shoulders.

   We were pulled apart by something grabbing me and pulling me back, I turned, ready to bring out attack mode only to see my best friend, Mal. I sagged my shoulders, I was looking forward to some kind of fight.

    Mal looked from Ben to me, "Sorry, but Evie told me to come get you. She said something along the lines of, If you don't get back to the room in time for your dress fitting, she will literally force you into a corset." I rolled my eyes as Mal mimicked her girlfriend, taking her voice up a few octaves.

   I turned back to Ben, smirking, "Duty calls. See you later?"

   He nodded, pressing a kiss to my cheek, "You know it." He then called out, "Hey, Mal."

The girl only hummed in acknowledgment, looking at me, then pointing to her wrist as if though their was a watch on it.

  I smiled, before grabbing the apple from his hand and taking a bite out of it, causing Ben to laugh as Mal lead me off towards our room.