The Royal Trip

Seven

Katie walked into Ainsley room dress in a yellow long sleeved dress and her hair pulled back in a ponytail. "What are you wearing?" Katie asked and Ainsley looked over at her.

"Clothes." Ainsley stated, confused.

"Jeans?"

Ainsley looked down at her outfit and then back at Katie. "What? I look good."

"You're changing." Katie stated walking over to Ainsley's bag and Ainsley let out a loud exaggerated groan.

"Why? This is my fancy shirt!" Ainsley motioned towards the flowing maroon shirt she was wearing.

Katie sighed crossing her arms. "We are meeting royalty not going IHOP."

Ainsley threw her head back turning to walk into the bathroom. "Ugh, I would love to go to an IHOP right now."

Katie rolled her eyes handing a dress over to Ainsley. "Go change and hurry up." Aisnely rolled her eyes going into the bathroom to change her clothes. Katie thought for a moment. "I thought I took all your jeans out of your bag."

Ainsley popped her head out of the bathroom smiling at Katie. "Yeah, but I noticed." Ainsley chuckled before going back into the bathroom.

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Ainsley and Katie stood at the end of the stairs when Helga walked over to them both. "Good, you are both here on time. I hope this is a common theme." Helga said, getting a nod from Katie and a shrug from Ainsley. "Follow me." They followed her down the hall. Walking towards them were three people. An older woman that Ainsley knew had to be the Queen, a man around her age, and a woman maybe a little younger than her. They stopped standing in front of them. "Your majesty, Katie Johnson and Ainsley Pierce." Helga said before stepping off to the side.

"Welcome to our home." The queen said.

"Your majesty." Katie said curtsying in front of them.

Ainsley watched Katie. "Oh." Aisnley noticing her actions and following suit in the same manner. "Your majesty."

The Queen smiled at them both with her hands held together in front of her. "Who's our lucky winner?"

"That's me. Katie." Katie said nervously. "This is my best friend Ainsley."

Ainsley slightly waved at her. "Hi."

"It's very nice to meet you both." The Queen motioned towards the young woman standing next to her. "This is my daughter, Princess Sienna." Then she motioned towards the young man standing on the other side of her. "And this is my youngest son, Prince Blake."

"Please lose the title." Blake said lightly, shaking his head.

"Blake." The queen scolded looking at him before turning back towards the girls with a smile on her face. "My eldest son, Richard, is busy at the moment, but I'm sure he will make sure that you meet him soon. I hope you both enjoy your stay."

"Thank you." Both girls said.

"Excuse me." She said before walking away from all of them.

Sienna rolled her eyes before walking away from all of them. Blake stepped towards the girls with a smirk on his face. "If you want anything fun to do, all you have to do is find me." He winked at Ainsley before walking away.

Katie and Ainsley walked the halls of the castle following the map Katie was looking at. "They weren't that bad." Katie defended the royals with her eyes planted in the map. "I think i'm lost." Katie said, confused.

"A brat and pervert. At this rate, I don't want to meet Prince Richard." Ainsley spoke ignoring her statement.

"I promise i'm not that bad." Both girls jumped at the sound of a voice behind them. They turned around to see a man standing behind them.

"Your royal highness." Katie said, doing another curtsy.

"Please don't do that." Richard said, slightly shaking his head. "You're going to be here for a while and you're going to get whiplash if you do that every time we run into each other. Once you get used to this castle, it's not as big as it looks."

"I doubt that." Ainsley said more to herself than to anyone else. Ainsley's eyes scanned Richard's face finding something very familiar about it. Ainsley felt as if she had seen him before.

"I just want to say it's an honor to see you get coronated and," Katie spoke, noticing the strange look he gave to Ainsley making her look over as she continued. "It's amazing to be here in general and...uh..." Katie stopped leaning over to Ainsley just as confused as Richard. "Why are you staring at him like that?"

"I know you." Ainsley said looking at Richard still trying to search her brain.

"What are you doing?" Katie asked quietly to her best friend.

Ainsley pointed over at Richard. "I swear that i've seen him before."

"Don't point!" Katie said, pushing Ainsley's hand down. "It's rude."

Richard lighty scoffed as the realization set in of where he knew Ainsley from. "You're the woman at the airport that called me an asshole." Richard said, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Oh my God." Katie said quietly looking down.

"You're the one that stole my cab." Ainsley remembered, crossing her arms over her chest.

"You had a car waiting for you." Richard pointed out.

Katie let out a deep breath looking up knowing Ainsley wasn't going to just back down from the situation. "Why do bad things always happen to me?" Katie asked quietly.

"You didn't know that when you stole my cab." Ainsley pointed out.

"You always go cussing at strangers?"

"Only when they piss me off!"

"Ainsley!" Katie scolded her and Ainsley looked over at her. "Apologize."

"No, I am not apologizing." Ainsley started, slightly shaking her head before looking back over at Richard. "I'm not apologizing."

"Are you trying to get us kicked out?" Katie asked her quietly.

Ainsley looked back over her. "I don't care. It's not happening." Ainsley looked back at Richard slightly smirking at him. "I know how to be polite while a grudge boils inside." Richard scoffed, unable to stop the slight smirk on his face. "I still have a grudge against the boy in first grade that borrowed my pencil sharpener and never gave it back." Ainsley smirked over at Katie briefly. "Now, if you will excuse me." Ainsley walked away from both of them.

"I am so sorry." Katie said before quickly catching up with Ainsley. "Have you lost your mind?"

Ainsley shook her head. "Nope. I feel very sane at the moment."

"You got in a fight with the prince, soon to be king, and soon to be my future husband."

Ainsley rolled her eyes at Katie's statement. "I know I was there."

Katie stopped and Ainsley only took a few more before stopping as well. "Ainsley." Katie complained and Ainsley sighed as she turned to look over at Katie.

"Okay, i'm sorry. I'm not trying to ruin this trip for you. I'm not a fancy person and unlike you, I don't know how to handle situations like this. I promise to be on my best behavior." Ainsley explained and Katie nodded understanding.

"So you'll apologize?" Katie asked with a hopeful smile and a slight smile grew on Ainsley's face.

"Absolutely not." Ainsley said before quickly turning around and quickly walking away.