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I'm back in the Blazy. Harry and I left the piano room a few minutes ago and he had to leave for his Prince duties and I had to get back with the contestants. I feel like a heavy weight has been lifted off my shoulders now that we talked things through. I couldn't enjoy my time here with the thought of Harry being mad at me, but now, I feel just perfectly fine. 

"May! Where were you?" Kim asks as I take a seat next to my group of friends. I consider the option of telling them a lie, but I find no use in this. They are my friends after all, and they're all going to spend time with him individually anyway. 

"With the Prince, we had another encounter today." I say, unwillingly catching some other girls' attention. "But anyway, how was your first day of volunteering?" I ask, diverting the attention on something else than me. 

"Amazing! Cece and I were paired with young kids coming from poor families and we had to play with them all day. We both had little girls and they were so cute and funny, weren't they?" Lily turns to look at Grace who nods with a wide grin. Both of their faces light up as they talk of the young kids, warming my heart. Gosh, I love children.

"What about you Alex?" I ask her and she smiles at me, showing me her fingernails stained with dirt.

"I was paired with Jasmine and we had to plant small trees with a group of other people. Apart from the dirt, it was quite nice. I'm sure I'm going to end up tanned by the end of the week," She chuckles lightly. "And Jas wasn't so bad at all, I don't think working with her will be a torture or something."

"Yeah, she's really sweet when Anastasia isn't around." I sigh, making them nod. "I had to work in a soup kitchen for my part, with Audrey." I tell them and Lily's eyes light up.

"Yeah, she told us earlier that Prince Harry was with you!" I nod, making their jaws drop. 

"It was nothing big, he just gave the utensils and washed some dishes." I explain and Alex gives me a shocked expression.

"The Prince washed the dishes?" She says and I frown at her words, ready to defense Harry.

"Yes. It's not because he has royal blood in his veins that he can't do basic chores like washing dishes. He's still a human like the people working there." I snap a bit too harshly, but Alex's words stroke a sensitive nerve. It just showed a lot of kindness from him.

"Sorry, jeez, I was just surprised that he helped by doing that. Other people do it for him usually." She replies back, slightly rolling her eyes. "Anyway, I also heard he's going to accompany each of the pairs, which means I'd get to see him work outside then? Gosh, I can't wait to see his muscled frame all sweaty in action!" She fans her face with her hand, earning a forced smile from me while Kim lets out an uncertain laugh. Grace is the only one who keeps a stern expression.

"Girls!" Recognizing Lindsey's voice, I turn around to see her standing in the middle of the Blazy with her usual clipboard in hands. She's wearing black pants and white blouse this time. "Okay, so I'd like to set up the schedule for the upcoming weeks. The challenge will end next Thursday and we'll receive the comments from the people you work for next Friday. The elimination will occur on the following Sunday. Yes, Kim?" I turn to look at my friend, seeing she raised her hand.

"Hum, It's about the project we made last week. When do we have to start preparing the talent show?" She asks and Lindsey looks at her papers for a brief second before focusing back on Lily.

"The producers have decided that your talent show will become a future challenge for the competition. You'll have to start preparing it in exactly two weeks from today. There's going to be a small challenge right before this one, that's why." She explains and Kim nods, thanking her. "So to be clear, for the next six days, you leave the castle at eleven and come back around five or six, depending on your volunteer work. The rest of the evening will be free for you. For those who didn't eat supper, follow me!" Basically half of the girls stand up and follow her, my three friends being part of it. Vanhoose's meal was amazing and my stomach is full, I don't think I can take anymore food.