Selected

15

"being queen is more than just dresses and tiaras, theirs press conferences, interviews paper work, appearances, hosting events for neighboring empires and so much more. you need to be able to look good and work good, eyes will always be on you even in the confines of our own home" 

we had just returned back to a regular schedule of class and of course Elizabeth does not spare us at all with easy work. As of now she's drilling us on how life as a queen will be, and to be honest it sounds less than appealing. I've always assumed that it was all about looking pretty and staying silent behind a mans authority, or in our queens case, king Darius.

"now ill take a short moment for questions, since this may be one of you all's lives one day" she pauses for a moment her eyes sweeping across the class.

I wanna go to sleep.

"ah yes, Nina" Nina lowers her hand and sits up slightly before talking in her overly sweet tone.

"what would happen if we were scheduled to host, or have an interview but we've fallen ill, would we cancel the whole event?"

dope question.

"firstly that would depend on how sick you truly are but likely the event would be postponed, or if you have a daughter that is fifteen or older she would take over the event"

"thank you, Mrs. Elizabeth" she says nodding her head.

that's too much work

"wouldn't it make more sense for the king to just take over the responsibilities?" I say sitting up. it would be so much easier.

"well firstly Mariana you raise your hand, and to answer your question the king doesn't do the queens work and the queen doesn't do the kings work"

"but what if its easier for the king to just handle the one event and if the king has any paperwork she could do that from the bed" I suggest sitting up in my seat.

she gives me a strange look "this is just the way things are, don't question them...anyways, moving on" she shut me up and continued on with the lecture.

"before we dismiss I'd like to talk to you all about how the photo shoot is going to work, I need each of you to write down your two different settings with your name on it and place it into this basket" I grab a slip of paper and write my name before thinking of the settings.

with a small smile I write them down and pass mine up

~~~

about forty minutes later class was over and I trudged back to my room, three different photo shoots, a date, work environment and one of choosing...dope.

I pushed open my door and stood shocked at what I saw.

there he was.

standing in the middle of the room, a phone in one hand and a pair of stilettos in the other.

"Bo!" I scream and run in his direction immediately.

"I'm back!" he shouts in response as I jump into his arms and pull him in for a hug.

"bro I miss you so fucking much, where the hell have you been? and you didn't even say goodbye, I had to deal with Maggie's terrible taste in clothing, and ohmigod I just miss you so much!" I say, all the words scrambling out at once, he laughs patting my back.

"I've missed you too, and trust me I will explain everything but firstly I've gotta get you ready for the first photo shoot" he says pulling away.

"oh right, what's the first shoot?" I ask slipping out of my BiRkEnStOcKs, he smiles and pulls a rack out of the closet.