There were quite a few names thrown out, and Kiryn didn't catch them all. The names he did catch were Isobella, Lillian, Sakura, Eden, Denise, Ariana, and Angelica. Unfortunately, he didn't see any faces, so had no idea what they'd look like until his mother gave him the files about the girls.
"So what'd you think?" Jasmine asked him. "I thought some of them seemed a little stuck up, like Cassidy." Cassidy was a bully in the private schools for Twos in Angeles.
"I didn't really look," Kiryn admitted. "I was concentrating on not throwing up in front on live T.V."
"Alright, so when's your mom going to give you the files?" Jasmine looked annoyed. "You need to know at least a little bit about the girls, you know to avoid offending them."
"I really don't know," Kiryn told her apologetically. "You know how she likes to surprise Amber and I with important information."
"What can you even do to prepare then?" Jasmine was outraged. "You didn't bother looking at the pictures of the girls, you barely know their names, so what's going to happen next? You won't bother looking at the files because you're too nervous? Forget the feelings of the Selected, think about your future."
"What do I do then?" Kiryn was starting to feel nervous and sweaty. Jasmine rarely got like this, and when she did, it was in your best interest to do exactly what she said.
"You are going to ask your mother for the files," she started, "and you will read them all cover to cover before the Selection officially begins. I will quiz you an hour before they arrive to make sure you have." And with that, she spun on her heel and left the palace, waving on her way out.
Kiryn sighed. It was one thing to have Jasmine tell him to get the files but to know all the information before the Selection? That just seemed like too much. But nonetheless, he went to his mother.
"Hello Mother," Kiryn greeted her. "How are you doing?"
"Very well, thank you," Eadlyn smiled. "You have come for the files, I presume."
"How did you know?" he asked her, fairly shocked.
"Of course your Selection is coming up, so I believe you'd want to know more about the Selected," his mother held her chin up, seeming like she was hiding a grin. "And for another, Jasmine Bailey came up here and instructed me to give you the Selected files straight away."
"I see," Kiryn kept his face calm, though he felt like rolling his eyes. Jasmine could be incredibly stubborn when she wanted to be, in any situation whether mundane or important. Why, he didn't know, but he supposed that it had to do with having three older brothers who never let her do anything with them.
"Here you are." And with that, Mother gave him twenty files and gestured for him to leave. "Tell the kitchen staff to make strawberry tarts, will you? Your Grandma Ames is coming tonight."
"Thank you," Kiryn took the files. "I will." His heart gave a leap as he nearly took off running to the kitchens. Grandma Ames was coming over. She rarely came anymore after Grandpa Max had died, claiming the palace was filled with too many memories. But when she did come, Grandma gave the best presents and helped Kiryn and Amber with the violin and piano.
"Kiryn?" Amber was staring strangely at Kiryn. "Are you alright?"
"Of course," Kiryn smiled widely. "Grandma Ames is coming!"
Hey all of you viewers! Sorry it's not longer, but I'd rather have all the girls first before I officially start the Selection. So yeah. Anyway, yes America will be coming in and we're saying that in this story, Maxon died of old age just a year ago. So see all of you next week on Hope for Love!