The Selection

Chapter 8

     My heart is racing I'm next in line to meet him. The girls behind me, Madison and Chaney, make conversation with me, but I can see that they are both as nervous as I am. Madison is a pretty girl with short, curled black hair, pale skin and brown eyes. She is average height, and she is wearing a short , purple dress with sparkly heels. Chaney has long, straight blonde hair and  blue eyes. She is wearing a simple blue satin dress. She looks as if she is hardly wearing any makeup. She is pretty all the same.
      It is my turn! I walk down a long hallway and walk into the room. I have it all planned out. I will walk in, say "Good afternoon, Your Highness" , and make small talk.  But, as it turns out, all that planning went to waste. Because as soon as I was in his presence, I just stood there with a giddy grin on my face for like, three minutes.
        "Um, my darling, do I have something on my face?" he asked after quite a long time.
        "Well, no. But I have had a massive crush on you since I was little and I was just so excited to meet you and I had everything planned and I walked in and saw you and you look even more dreamy in person so I just stared and stared." At this point I was crying, and I didn't realize that he had come over to me and was holding my hand." I bet you are just going to send me home now, nobody wants a queen who can't control herself."
         " No, darling. Actually, I kinda like you. No one ever talks to me like that." he smiled. "And, I know that it's very stressful for you. It's quite all right."
           " Thanks, Your Highness."
           "Oh no. That's Mason to you, Lovely."
          And I left the room. I feel like that went really personal, really fast. Like, we are already to the Elite. I bet he did that to all the other girls, too. So I went to my room, took off my dress, and cried. I laid there for hours, until I heard a knock on the door.
         "It's time for dinner, my Lady." A voice calls. My maids straighten up my hair and fix my makeup, and I put my lovely dress back on.
          I head down to dinner, and I take my seat at the table. For the first course, it's a ceaser salad and Sparkling water. Mason stands up.
        "My dear Ladies, I will be eliminating 6 girls tomorrow morning. Please do not stress, or try to sway my opinion, because I have already made my decision." He says.

         He sits back down and His father, King George, whispers into his ear. Queen Clara rolls her eyes, and we get the Entree. It is beef wellington, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy with truffles, and a small, shimmering glass of champagne. Our last course is dessert, which is a cup of coffee flavored mousse, a bit of sponge cake, and thankfully, milk. I head back to my room and take a fragrant rose petal bath and slip into my luscious, silky nightgown and drift off to sleep.