Apple's Prince Charming

Chapter 6

Apple's Pov

     I tried to sneak into my dorm, but apparently the universe had something against me. The door whaled as I slowly opened it. I cussed under my breath.

     "Apple? What were you doing out so late?" Raven asked muffled by her pillow.

     "I was talking to Darling" I replied starting to remove my makeup.

     "Darling? I didn't know you two were friends again." She said sitting up. Darling and Raven had became close friends since Wonderland. She had been extremely confused on why we had stopped talking.

     "About that Raven I need to tell you something." I began to fill in her from when she woke me with a true loves kiss through tonight.

"Wow. So you and Darling?" She beamed. Raven was the most accepting person I knew. It was nice being able to finally tell someone about this.

"We're not anything. I just don't know if I'm ready for anyone else to know. I mean can you just imagine what everyone would think." I couldn't even imagine telling anyone else about this. Imagine Darling and I a couple. Walking together in the hallways, holding hands, kissing. Well now that I think of it Darling does have nice lips pink, plump-

"Take your time, there's no rush. But remember we burned the StoryBook of Legends so that we could create our own destinies. Do what makes you happy, I'm always here for you." She said breaking me from my thoughts.

I threw my arms around her and hugged her tightly. "Thanks Raven I love you."

"I love you too Apple."

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     I slipped into Princess in Training class just barely making it before the bell rung. my regular seat next to Briar had been taken by Duchess. Broad mouthed a sorry to me as I scanned the classroom for a seat. The only open one was way in the back next to Darling. She was doodling in her notebook. I made my way over and plopped down in the seat closest to her. Darling jumped a little in her seat surprised someone sat next to her. She looked up at Apple and a smile spread across her pink lips.

     "Oh hi Apple." A small smile played along her face. I smiled at her in return as the White Queen walked in starting her lesson.

      "Hello class!" She boomed, "today's  lesson is on how to stay beautiful while being locked away." I noticed Darlingings smile dropped to a pout as she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

I was never meant to be a princess or a damsel in distress, I was meant to be the knight saving them.

The words Darling has said to me played through my head. It all made sense of course, I mean Darling had ended up being the White Knight in Wonderland. She even looked the part, tall and toned. Last year we had shared a gym class. We didn't really talk that much but I remember how envious I was of Darling. I was used to being the best in all my classes but gym was the exception. It wasn't like I was expected too anyways, princesses don't do the hard work. The class was going to be the death of me, but Darling thrived in it. One time I had to race against her to the top of the rope. I was less than a quarter of the way up by the time she made her way down. It infuriated me.

But what infuriated me most was how she made me feel. The shared locker room was torture for me. Before I didn't know why, but after my newfound realization I now knew. I hated the thought of having to change in front of anyone or see them change. I had always been a very private person when it came to my body. It was something I'd always been insecure about even though I never let it show. I was by no means overweight but I'd always been a little bigger than most of the girls, like Darling.

I tried not to make eye contact during changing. My eyes would be glued onto the lockers. But my gaze would sometimes wander over to Darling. Her long white hair swooped into a ponytail ending at her hips. She pulled her t-shirt up and over her head exposing her toned stomach.

Apple now realized that what she had felt about Darling was not just jealousy, it was lust.

"Apple, Mrs. White wants us to work on writing this together." Darling said snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Sorry I was just daydreaming." She said lamely.

"Trust me that's the only thing that keeps me getting through this class most the time," she smiled," what were you daydreaming bout?"

"Erm! N-nothing," I panicked. How embarrassing, now I just made a total fool out of myself. Smooth Apple. I could feel my cheeks heating up. As I looked over at Darling I saw her lips turned up in a playful smirk and her eyes gleamed with something dangerous.

"Hmm I wonder." She mused as she brought her attention back towards the paper, "So how should we stay perfect and beautiful while in captivity?"

      "Um makeup?" I suggested.

     "How do they expect us to worry about how we look when we're stuck in a freaking tower? When I was younger father sent me up to the tower in our castle. The suitors coming to court me had become too much for him. When I was in there I trained and trained until I was able to scale up and down the tower." She paused looking over at me looking flustered.

     "You're amazing Darling," I said making her blush," I wish I was as strong and brave as you are."

      "Oh but you are Apple, and you've proved that on multiple occasions." She said smiling softly up at me. Time seemed to stop as our eyes latched. She started leaning in closer and I did the same. We just always seemed drawn to each other. Like two opposite magnets, always moving closer til we reached the other.

      "Girls, stop chatting and let's get along with the project." Mrs White sternly said looking directly at us. I snapped my eyes back to the paper pink filling my cheeks. Something about Darling always has me blushing.

     You like her. You really like her. I thought to myself. Stealing a quick peak at Darling, she was so beautiful and perfect and I just want to reach over and kiss her. But instead I grabbed my pencil and started writing on the sheet. I knew I was going to have to face all these feelings for Darling soon, but for now I was happy just sitting right here with her.

This is kind of a mess I'm sorry! I've been extremely stressed recently and not doing too mentally well. Hope all of you are doing well!