Natalia and Maxon sat in plush chairs as the King and Queen sat on their bed. In between them was a table and on the table was all the applications for the Selection. They were sorted by province so they went one province by one. They split it into four seperate piles and were shuffling through them. They put aside all the ones they liked to go over later. After about 3 hours of sorting and discussing they were finally done.
"Mom what happens when all the girls are here?" Natalia asked as she leaned back into her chair.
"Well sweetheart, the girls are going to get makeovers, then a lesson with Silvia. After that they'll be meeting Maxon, and you if you two want, the next morning before joining us all for breakfast." Queen Amberly said looking at her daughter with a smile.
"Mmm, the selected arn't going to get Lisa, Sara and Tanya are they?" Natalia asked a worried look on her face. They have been with her since she was 3 and she didn't know if she could ever get used to other people.
"No, those three will not be reassigned, trust me we know how much those three mean to you." King Clarkson said. Natalia looked over at her brother who was quiet. She saw the he was nervous and stood up.
"Mom, dad can me and Maxon go down to the theatre?" Natalia asked and their parents nodded.
"Of course sweetheart, we have to get back to work anyway." Clarkson said and got up followed by Amberly. Natalia offered her hand to Maxon who took it and together the two took of down the stair to the theatre. Laughing they collapsed on the couches, spending the day together, watching movies and eating popcorn.
Maxon looked at his sister and saw that her smile was entirely forced. Concerned he paused the movie and turned to her, only to find tears in her eyes threating to fall.
"Talia, what''s wrong?" Maxon asked as he pulled his sister close to him.
"Nothing it's silly" Natalia said as she blinked back the tears.
"Tell me" he said gently and she turned to face him again.
"It's just by next week you'll have 35 girls competing for your attention and you might not want to even talk to me anymore." Natalia said as she buried her head into his shoulder.
"i'll always have time for you. No doubt about that" Maxon said. "And you're helping me with this, I AM NOT DOING THIS ALONE"
Natalia giggled and Maxon smiled at her. "See that's the princess I know oh and by the way I forgot to tell you, mom and dad are hosting a ball with the selected two weeks after they arrive. Since their too busy, you're planning. It's for the royal families of Italy, France, India and Britian."
Natalia's face lit up. "Yay! So Nico, Daphy, Kaju and and Liv are coming in two weeks!"
"Yes they are coming along with the rest of their family including Ian" Maxon teased as Natalia blushed though her caramel skin didn't let it show as much.
"Maaaaxon" Natalia whined.
"Oh please the five countries are waiting for you two to get married." Maxon said rolling his eyes.
"But what about the rest of the countries? That wouldn't be fair if I did marry Ian, even thoguh I DON"T LIKE HIM" Natalia protested.
"Ya try telling that to someone who hasn't known you since you were born, and the other countries are fine. They don't have a male heir so therefore you can't get married to them and besides they support you sooooo" Maxon said.
"I swear to god you are so loved that you can go to any country and they will seriously greet you with open arms." Maxon said shaking his head. natalia heard her phone buzzing and looked down to see the called ID. Ian
"Oh sorry Max I gotta go, I wanna go talk to the chef and see if I can bake for a while before dinner, I want some cake."
"I don't even know why we even have royal bakers, you baking tastes like heaven on earth." Maxon said sighing.
"See ya" Natalia said walking towards the door but before she got out maxon called her again.
"Oh by the way say hi to Iaan me" Maxon said laughing. Natalia grabbed the pillow of a nearby couch and chucked it at him before walking out her, black heels clicking against the floor.
