New Princess in town

Part 21: The Interview

"You know everything you are allowed to say and not allowed. You have all of the things you need. You look sophisticated." Theodore listed off as he went over his check list. We are in a limo driving to the first intervew I will ever do. This can not be real. Cyn is with me. We are doing the interview together. That will help. She really meant it when she said she wanted to be by my side during this. I hope that when the crap hits the fan, she will still want to.

"Yeah, this will go great." Cyn said wile she grabbed my hand, somehow already knowing me enough to tell I am on the edge. She is so great. This can't be my life.

"We are here." Theadore told us. We then stepped out of the limo with people crowding the sides of the path. My mind piercing the noise of the screams, the flashes of the cameras, sight of the people, and the taste of my saliva mixing with the Iron taste of the blood from my cheecks as I bit them to try and not scream in this unseen agony, but I tried to simply focus on the smooth skin of the hand interlaced in mine. Once the doors of the station closed behind me silencing the world that overloaded my mind, I breathed out all the stress, in one big sigh. Cyn was the only one to notice my difficulty, she squeezed my hand telling me that it was ok and she was here for me. We were then taken to the stage set.

"Alright, Your Majesty, your grace, you go on in two." One of the stage hands told us. I looked at Cyn, trying to silently convince myself that with her around it would go fine. She then turned to me and gave me a smile that could light up the room, trying to tell me it was going to be ok, before turning back to the stage. How I could trust this girl so much is beyond my understanding, it has been less that a month that I have known her. Frankly, it has only four months that I knew about this Kingdom. But she somehow makes me feel safe, and makes me as relaxed as I get.

"And now two very special guests, they are not only the newest global internet sensations, but Her Royal Highness, Princess Jenna of Belitor and her grace, Duchess Cynthia of Fantan." That is our queue. Time to put my game face on. I take one deep breath and exhale into a smile that lies to the world, telling them I'm fine, everything is good and happy, that I am not scared out of my wits. We walked onto the stage and sat down on the couch that was across from the two most popular and well watched reporters of the Kingdom. Go big or go home, right?

"Your Majesty, your grace, it is an honor to have you here today." Rebecka said.

"It truly is isn't it, Rebecka? So, we could only start today's interview by asking about the video that seemed to go viral over night. So, Your grace, did you know that the Princess would ask you to dance?" Thomas asked Cyn.

"Oh, well Thomas, I did expect her to ask to dance, at some point in the night. However, I was unaware of her plan and that she would use the first opportonity that she got to ask." Cyn told the two reporters.

"How did you know that she was going to ask you to dance?" Questioned Rebecka.

"Well, she had previously asked me to save her a dance." Cyn said and I could see a slight smirk play on her lips.

"Wow, now Duchuss Cyntha mentioned that you had a plan, can you go into that a little bit more?" Thomas, asked addressing me.

With a deep breath, that I hoped went unnoticed, "Of course, it was fairly simple. Most of it was thanks to Sir Theadore, who is acting as my regent and head counsel. Who warned me of the likely backlash, of coming out, right out of the gate. And small adjustments, like being retaught to dance. So, that I knew how to dance the male part, thus allowing me to dance with women." Holy crap, I think I answered that right. I then felt I slight squeeze of my hand from Cyn. Telling me that I did good.

"Wow, I never would have thought about that." Rebecka said looking at Thomas with shock, "Now, we went to the internet to find what the normal public wanted to know. So, this question is for the population. Are you both dating? And if so how long?"

"We are dating and we started to date the day after the ball." I answered to the obvious excitment of the two newscasters.

"So, you were not dating when those dances took place?" Thomas asked looking almost confused.

"We had been on a date previously, however we made it official the day after the ball." Cyn confirmed.

"So, when exactly did you meet, and what made you think that you would like to go on a date with the other?" Rebecka continued.

"Well we meet about a month ago, on the flight here from Tampa, Florida. We became fast friends, bonding of the wonder that is tv." I answered starting to get a little less anxious, or just so anxious that it no longer registers. Ether way, I am happy about it.

"I think I realized that I liked her, was when she seemily disregarded what people thought of her, and remained kind to them. She also has a different kind of point of view than anyone I have ever meet. The more I learn about her the more I realize, she just wants to help people." Cyn said and I could fell my face flushing.

"And what about you, your majesty?" continued Rebecka.

"I...I think it was when... I stopped minding that she would only call me princess, after countless times having told her that she can simply call me Jen, yeah I think that was it." I said not truly sure that I had, had an answer to that question before now.

"Wow, so you had mentioned coming to Belitor. Is it true that you had no idea of the kingdom or your place in the kingdom from the majority of you life?" Questioned Rebecka, great I was afraid of this question.

"Yes, it is... My family had lost the storyies of our home. However, I have learned everything I can as fast as I can about this pl... Beli... this place and the wonder that comes from it." I said trying to say my scripted answer, knowing that this was going to come up.

"So, why should the people of Belitor trust you?" Rebecka asked.

"Well, all I want, is to... No, I'm not going to give you the answer that I am supposed to. I didn't write it, and that wouldn't be me." To this statement, I got everyone's eyes to bug, "I have yet to give you a reason to trust me. Trust is built over time. It takes work and a lot of honesty. So, I am simply asking for the people's faith, trust with out reason, till I can prove to them that they can trust me. I hope I can live up to what people hope I am,... I really want to just help people in every way I can." Holy crap, holy crap,holy crap, I just did that!

"Um, well, that seems like a perfect place to end. We will be right back with the weather." Thomas said, completely thrown off.