The Royal Programme

Chapter 4

Hiya lovelies pictured above is the cute palace the royals will be staying at for the course of 'The Royal Programme'. It's got a rather nice view doesn't it? Anyways here's the royal group arriving at their new home for the summer.

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"Wake up, we're here already! Honestly, I don't even know why you slept since it was only an hour or so from Spain to Greece, like seriously Nina!" My twin screamed, shaking me awake.

"In my defence I couldn't sleep all night yesterday Nik," I said, letting out a yawn. Since we had arrived at Greece we had decided to address each other using each other's nicknames as we were in charge now, back home our parents always thought it was too informal but they can't really say much now can they?

This was my very first time in Greece, sure I've travelled a lot but the excitement of stepping into a new country always make me happy. As I stepped out the plane I was hit with the warmth temperature burning my skin, which resulted in me opening a very silly looking umbrella to block the sun. Believe me it was a very royal thing to do, my mother and sister always did it as in their eyes we looked prim and proper.

Also, there were a lot of cameras snapping pictures of us so with the umbrella I could try to hide my horrible messy hair and the 'just woken up' appearance. Now I get why my mother and sister used an umbrella, it was a lifesaver.

Anyways as usual, our luggage had already been put in our limo, which arrived to take us to our new destination.

I sat by the window as I overlooked the beautiful streets and local shops we passed, until we reached a neighbourhood where there were massive mansions in extravagant designs. Slowly the car halted to a stop near a wonderful mansion by the sea. How wonderful is that? I quietly thought to myself.

The car started moving again before stopping in front of a huge palace. I was in awe at the sight before my eyes.

It was a mesmerising sight and it all looked so surreal. The palace was carved from white marbles and it had palm trees surrounding it. Balconies were attached for all the rooms and the palace looked gorgeous as well as homely; it was welcoming.

It was quite opposite of what I imagined it would look like but it was a nice surprise. I definitely liked it and I was ready to check the interior designs and my room and see what other features it had.

"Well, lets all go inside and talk about who's getting which room and the programme for today," Natti said snapping me out of my little daydream again.

Hearing that sentence was enough to send us running inside. The first thing I noticed were the extremely extravagant chandeliers that caught my breath. All had real Swarovski diamonds hanging by each other.

The walls were painted a rich cream colour and the borders were a dark red colour. The carpet in the main room was red, whereas everywhere else it was black. The only exceptions were the toilets and kitchen: which had white tiles.

"Okay so now we are here lets talk about partying," Alex exclaimed. He found the nearest table which was in the dinning room and sat down on one of the chairs. We all followed in suit.

"No, remember that we are here to focus on Nina, not ourselves. This is not a holiday for us to enjoy. This is so Nina has a suitor by the end of this little retreat, " Natti explained.

"And besides, we all have an itinerary for all the things we have to do each day so we'll stick to those. So now that's sorted let's get ready to see our rooms, but I must say I get the biggest room here since I'm the oldest and then Nina can have the second best since she's the star and all of you," Natti said, looking between my twin and friends before continuing, "You all can choose any rooms you want. From the royals quarters on the right that is. The left side of the palace is reserved for the young men that will be arriving tonight. Now off you go."

"Tonight?" I repeated, I thought they would be arriving tomorrow since we had only just arrived a few minutes ago. I had barely gotten any rest the whole day and now I had to wait longer to meet the men before I could sleep again. Not fair!

"Yes tonight, didn't you all read the itineraries I left with you yesterday in your rooms and mailed for some of you," Natti said referring to Alex and Angel.

Alex lived with us sometimes but he went to his own house yesterday to get something, and Angel lived a good thirty minutes drive away hence the mailing. But indeed, no one had read the itinerary. I mean who had the time, I thought to myself quietly.

We all looked at her sheepishly as she just sighed and nodded her head with disappointment. She really was turning into mother these days.

The grand staircase led us to the right wing of the chambers where most of the rooms had labels on them already for us, so I guess we couldn't choose our rooms.

The new guests had all their rooms labelled too, in the left wing and there were some pretty cool names mentioned. Their rooms were much smaller in comparison to our suites but they all had balconies and quite spacious rooms nonetheless.

Turns out I had the biggest room with an adjoining room which was empty. I think it's so I can use it when one of the guys come - I bet my parents planned this all along.

Opposite me was Nik and Angel who both shared adjoining rooms too and next to my room on the left was Alex's room. Natti's room was to the right of my twin brother. Alex and Natti were just lucky they didn't have to share a room too, they loathed each other since we were little for some unknown reason.

I took off my shoes as I jumped straight on to the bed, inhaling the freshly new smell of the covers. I heaved a peaceful sigh as I pushed myself up and rushed to the sliding glass doors to step out the balcony.

It felt like freedom. I could see the clean, turquoise sea and blue skies. I felt relaxed hearing the calmness of the waves but that moment was cut short when I heard a loud high pitched scream.

Frantically I turned to my left and noticed that Alex had come outside his balcony too and his reaction was adorable. But the scream, it may have damaged my ears.

"Doesn't it all look so wonderful, the views, the sea, the sky, the rooms, the pools and the palace itself!" Alex said gushing about how happy he felt in that moment and how lucky he was to have his room next to mines.

"It is gorgeous," I agreed, "but wait how do you know we even have a pool here, let alone pools?"

"After we, I mean, after I checked my room out I quickly rushed downstairs to see if there was a garden. And of course there was a magnificent garden with pretty flowers but I couldn't care about that." Alex explained.

"There were two massive pools too, one's in front of the garden whereas the other one is towards the side of the palace, near the sea. I'm so excited to go for a swim later." He gushed. "But yes, to answer your question, we have pools here. It's like paradise."

"You won't be saying that when there's twenty new guys in less than five hours," I said. Alex just gave me a sour look and muttered the words 'buzzkill' as he stormed into his room.

I closed my glass door as I ate some fruits and decided to rest for a few hours.

My eyes fluttered open as I glanced at the clock which showed 6:00pm. I quickly freshened up and wore a golden gown with a slit down the right. I paired it with golden, glittery heels and a small tiara on my head as I made my way down for dinner, which started at precisely seven. I was due to arrive for dinner last because of my grand entrance, so all the others were already seated.

Nervous wasn't even the word. I was meeting all the new suitors at dinner and I mentally prayed that I wouldn't mess up and trip, or make a bad first impression of myself. I tried composing myself as I breathed in and out and told myself 'I've got this'.

Then I slowly pushed open the doors to the dinner hall.

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So there we have it. Another chapter done! This chapter had a lot of small descriptions throughout to make the readers really envision the surroundings from the comfort of their homes.

What did you think of the palace? And the arrangement of the rooms. Are you excited to meet some new single guys very soon? If so stay tuned to see how the dinner goes for our dear Nina.

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