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The Rink and the Ball
The next day was shown bright and sunny outside the window. Sofia had woken to a surpise of seeing Clover, Mia, and Robin at the foot of her bed sleeping. It was a funny hight to see when Hugo woke up and notice that the three little beings had made it into the room while they both had slept the night before. In fact, he was over by the end of Sofia's bed when she woke up. That is why she had looked at the foot of her bed to start with.
"Well, looks like we took along a few more for our party than we thought were coming at the start of his trip" Hugo said, as he keep looking down at the bunny and two birds that were just waking up.
"Yeah, it looks like" Sofia said, as she sat up in her bed. She took in the look of the bed-headed Prince Hugo before laughing a little.
"May I ask what you find so funny this morning my lady? Beside the three little ones here I mean" Hugo asked, becoming in a good mood as soon as he heard Sofia's sweet laughs come out of her.
Sofia laughed a little more as she got out of bed saying "Why, that would be the state of your hair this fine morning, my lord" She started to laugh harder as she said this last part. At this, Hugo also started laughing hard having to lean over the end of the bed to keep from falling on the floor.
Once they calm down, Prince Hugo looked over at Sofia "Well, I wish I could say something of the same about you, but it looks like you wake up looking lovely in the morning Princess."
Sofia could feel the heat on her face as Prince Hugo said this "Y-yes. Well, we better get ready for the day and get down for breakfast."
"You're righ,t it is best to get an early start to our day." Hugo said as he went to grab is clothes out of the cabnet that he had put them into the day before. "I'll use the bathroom downstairs while you get dressed up here. They put the screen up just in case though. It would be best to get dressed behind that for right now."
"Oh, should we get some time out on the rink today after we eat breakfast?" Princess Sofia asked, as she got her clothes out of the other cabnet. They had been put away the night before by one of the maids, while everyone was eating downstairs.
"That sounds like a great idea. We can try out that new move I was talking to you about yesterday" Hugo said, as he put back what he was going to wear and got out his clothing for ice dancing practice, as well as his shoes and skates.
"Okay, sounds like a plan then." Sofia said, as she too grabs her practice clothing, shoes and skates out of the cabnet. Going over to the screen that had been set up, she started to get ready for the day while thinking.
Hugo went out of the bedroom heading towards the bathrooms down stairs as Sofia started to get ready for that mornings' time on the ice. She was looking forward to some walking and skating with Hugo as it would warm her up and clear some of the air between them. It always seemed to do this whenever they didn't see eye-to-eye, or things felt odd between them for some reason. It was like ice dancing was a way of saying things that they couldn't or didn't want to put into words.
"Oh, that boy had it bad" Robin said, coming around the screen to also help Sofia get ready. Mia joined them both a moment later.
"Has what bad?" Sofia asked, as Mia and Robin help her with the shirt she was going to wear for ice dancing with Hugo.
"Love, Princess, love" Clover said from her bed.
"Hugo doesn't love me. At least not in that way." Sofia denied, while she got on her bottoms.
"Oh, he loves you alright. If he didn't, he would have shown us out with how mad he was when he woke up and saw us on your bed" Clove said. "And not only did he not do that, but he called you lovely this morning, even though you laughed at him for his bed head. If that isn't love, then I am a rotten carrot."
"Hugo was just being nice because he is a gentleman. And he didn't show you all out because he knows that you are my 'pets'" Sofia replied to Clover.
"Listen Sofia dear," Mia went on, "You may not see it, but that boy loves and cares deeply for you. You sould start thinking about how you want to respond to that and let him know if you like him too. If you don't like him in that way, you need to let him know. Otherwise, your just being mean to him and his feelings for you."
Sofia looked over at all three of her closest friends taking in what they had all just said "Okay, I will think about it. That doesn't mean I believe he is in love with me, but I well still think about it."
"Hey, that is all we ask" Clover said. "If you find you like him, tell him. If not, let him know. We will all be here for you in the end because we all are behind you no matter what. Whatever makes you happiest Princess."
"Thank you guys. I don't know what I would do without you sometimes" Sofia said, as she gave Clover a hug.
It was at that moment, the door to the room opened up and Hugo came back inside all dressed for the day. "You ready?" He asked, as he looked over at Sofia.
"Yeah, just have to put on my shoes and we can get going" Sofia said, as she bent down to do just that.
They left the room and went down to have their morning meal before heading out. Prince Hugo letting his dad know where they were going that morning as they ate.
"Well, be careful. Some of the other students are most likely doing the same thing and will be looking for easy to take out targets. Stay on your toes you two." Kind Garrick said as he ate his food.
"We well sir" Sofia said, as she took the last sip of her drink before getting up.
"Ready to go?" Prince Hugo said as he too took a sip of his drink before standing up from the table. Sofia nodded her head in answer. "Okay then. We'll be going then,
father. See you in a while then."
"Be safe you two and see you back here around noon for lunch." King Garrick said as he keep eating his meal.
Price Hugo and Princess Sofia left the cabin walking arm-in-arm back towards the Three Road Hotel. They walked without saying much because there was not a whole to be said in this case. Both had their minds on the rink, ice dancing, and trying out the new move. It didn't take long before they made it to the hotel and after asking where the rink was, they head right for it. It was indeed an indoor rink as they had heard. The rink was bigger than any they had skated on before and hosted rails all on the outside.
Only a few students from other ice dancing classes were up and out on the rink already. Prince Hugo and Princess Sofia watched for a moment as the others did parts of their routines and practiced moves that were hard for them to do.
"Well, it looks like they are all having fun" Sofia said, as she and Hugo walked over to a bench to get on their skates. "Wonder if there are any other boys for the show?"
Sitting down next to Sofia on the bench, Hugo started taking off his shoes and putting on his skates. "I don't think there is. If so then, it most likely won't be very many of them for the whole show."
"You're right. It is sad to think that you are most likely the only boy here for the show though." Sofia said, getting up after putting on her skates.
Hugo joined her a moment later on his own skates and took up her arm in his again as they made their way to the ice. He let go and got on the ice starting his warm up.
Sofia watched Prince Hugo for a moment and looked around the rink to see a few of the other ladies also stopping to take a look as Prince Hugo skated. Laughing inside Princess Sofia also got onto the ice and did a little warming up of her own. It didn't take long and soon Hugo and Sofia were practicing their spins, lefts, and flips all while the other females watched on in aw about how well they worked with each other.
"With so many whaching, I don't think we are going to get to try that new move for right now" Prince Hugo said, setting Sofia down from a left they had been doing.
"You're right, now would be a bad time to try it. We never know what one of them would try to do while we were working on it." Sofia agreed, while they skated a bit longer.
They went on with their work and went over parts and moves they had problems with. It was mostly Sofia had problems with them and Hugo was helping her learn them better.
Time went fast for the two and soon, they were heading off the ice rink to go back to the cabin and get lunch. They walked back to the cabin, and it was filled with laughs and talked about practice as the two walked side-by-side all the way back. Coming threw the front door, they were met with the sight of maids rushing about and staff running all over the place.
"Looks like some of the princesses are getting ready a bit earlier than others" Sofia said, as another maid ran pass hold hair pins and a hand mirror.
Prince Hugo just looked on trying to think of a way to get back to their room unharmed. "Yeah, it sure looks that way. Here, let's go." He took Sofia's hand and ran up the stairs to their room, just missed being hit by some of the things everyone was carring in their hand.
Making it to the room unharmed, they noticed right away that two maids and two butlers were waiting for them. "It is time to get ready" they all said at once before Hugo and Sofia were pulled into the room more and off to their sides of the room. The screen had been moved to the other side of Sofia's bed as to keep Prince Hugo from seeing when she was going to be changed.
Hugo leaned over to one of the men "Make sure to get the dark blue coat and pants out." The man gave him a look for a moment seeing that a dark blue dress had just been taken on the other side of the screen by one of the maids. He nodded his head with a knowing smile when it clicked in his head why the prince wanted the color he did.
Hugo didn't noticed as he let the other butler undress him before being redressed in his choice of wear for that night. Once in a while, he would look at the screen when he heard a bam or groan come from the other side. He would only look for a moment before turning around again and moving on with his own dressing. On the other side of the screen, Sofia was having a hard time as both maids dressed her in the gown she had taken with her for the ball that night. Sometimes, they would drop things as they worked away.
"Well now," one said low so that it wouldn't be over heard but the males in the room. "Aren't you lucky to be going to the ball with your boyfriend miss."
"What?" Sofia said softly also not wanting to be heard but the other in the room.
"The young man that is also staying in this room with you. What is his name again?" the same maid said.
"That lord is named Prince Hugo" The other maid said as she went to tie up the back of the dress while the other put makeup on Sofia's face.
"Prince Hugo isn't my boyfriend. We are just good friends." Sofia said.
"Oh, I didn't know about that miss, you should have seen him this morning." the maid went on.
"Oh yeah, whenever you were not looking, he would give you a love look. I thought for sure you two where a match pair already" the second maid picked up where the first had left off.
"Yeah, and before that, he had a dreamy look to his eye when he went down to the men bathin' room. He looked for all the world like a man in love." the first maid said.
They went on with starting to fit Sofia's hair as the princess herself just sat down, thinking about all the things that they had just said. It never sat well with her when maids talked like they knew everything, but these two only seem to want to talk as if what they had to say were facts, and not just some gossip for fun. The hair took longer than the princess thought it should have, but when looking into the hand mirror she was given, it turned out to be worth it all. It was done in up do with her curls, falling like a waterfall behind her. It was topped off with a blue hair clip and midnight rose tair adding to the overal look. Her eyes held dark blue and silver color to them with just a bit of red lipstick showing on her lips. Outside of the eyes and mouth, the makeup was hard to see, but her face still seem nicer looking than normal.
"Well now, aren't you a sight for the eyes miss" the second maid said, as they step back to take in their handy work.
"She is indeed. If that prince didn't love you before, he is sure to now" the first said standing by the other maid.
"Thank you. I love what you have done. It looks great" Sofia said, as she put the mirror down turned to the two maids to thank them. As she got up, one went and put her shoes on the ground for Sofia to step in. Looking out the window, Sofia took note that it was starting to get dark and she still had to walk to the hotel.
"Is the young miss ready yet?" One of the butlers asked coming around the screen to see what was taking so long. He stopped short at the sight of the princess before him.
"Well now, that young man's jaw is going to drop at the sight of you Princess."
The two maids laughed at his comment and the butler looked at them not getting the joke. Sofia moved from the window and started towards the other side of the screen.
As she came around, she looked around to see Prince Hugo wasn't in the room anymore. Thinking that he must of finished getting ready and already headed out to the ball, Sofia just kept moving towards the door. The other butler that had been helping Prince Hugo get ready, was by the hall waiting like the others, told Sofia to head left from the room and head down stair.
"Prince Hugo said he would be waiting for you downstairs when you're ready to join him" the butler by the hall said as he took a bow towards Sofia.
She cursties back "Thank you. I'll be on my way then."
All four said bye and waited for the princess to leave before going about cleaning up the mess that had been made while they help the two royals get ready for that night. Sofia took a moment outside her bedroom door to take a deep breath in and let it out slowly before heading down the hall towards the stairs. As she walked down the steps, Prince Hugo's face came into view. He was wearing a white shirt with a dark blue coat and dress pants on. His hair was pulled back a little and he stood up tall.
As Sofia reached the last few steps, he came over and took her hand to help her down the rest of the way.
"You look beautiful. Makes me feel glad I waited for you" Prince Hugo said as he looked at her.
"Thank you. You look nice too." Sofia said, in a shy voice as she looked at Prince Hugo for the second time that night.
Prince Hugo smiled down at her for a moment before moving to stand beside, he offered his arm like he had so many times over the last few days. "Ready to go?" he asked.
"Wait, what about the others?" Sofia asked looking around to see if any of the other princesses were downstairs with them.
"My father already took them all to the ball" Hugo said, "Said something about not making ladies wait too long, and then told me to stay here and wait for you. I would have done so without him telling me, but I guess the other princesses couldn't wait to get to the ball and have fun."
"Yeah, Clio, Amber and Jun all love dancing and balls. Once they feel like not waiting then, there is no stopping them going at that very moment" Sofia said with a light laugh at the thought of King Garrick being pulled out by those same three princess.
"I'll remember that and keep away from them the next time there is a ball going on" Prince Hugo said, laughing himself at the sence he got to see while Sofia was still getting ready in their room. "Well then, let's be off shall we?"
"Yes, let's be off then" Sofia said taking Prince Hugo's arm again and heading out the front door with him.
They didn't have to walk to the hotel as a small sleigh draw by a normal horse. The ride didn't take long, but both were happy to not have to walk all the way to the hotel in their ball clothing. When they got out, a footman was waiting by the doors, let them know that the sleighs would be there later for when they wanted to go back to their cabin. Hugo helped Sofia out and thank the man for letting them know that they had a ride back later after the party was over.
Going into the ballroom of the hotel, both didn't seem awed as much as they had been the day before or that morning. They had taken a look at it earlier when they were on their way to the rink, so it didn't seem as great the second time as it did while it was still being set up. There were a lot of princesses, teachers, a few queens and kings that had come along to watch over the students and some of the princes that were family to those that were in the show. Taking a look around, Sofia spotted her sister and friends talking over by the food and started to pull Hugo towards them. It was hard getting through, as most didn't seem to want to move to a side to let the two pass. All at once, Sofia was bumped into by something and fell over on the ground.
"Watch it" someone said. It was a male voice that didn't belong to Prince Hugo or any prince that princess Sofia knew. It sounded rude and that was all that matter at that moment as Sofia looked up into the eyes of the one she had walked into.
End AN: Hay hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I know it wasn't as long as chapter three but that was because it was meant to be posted up a little sooner than this. Anyway please review, comment, or ask questions if you have them. I look forward to hearing from you all. For those that have only followed and fav me I would love to hear from you as well. If you have questions go a head and ask them I would like to see if I can answer them for you. If there was something you didn't like let me know and I well see what can be done to make it better for you and everyone else down the road. Thanks for reading this story to this point and hope you can keep enjoying the story as it goes on.
