All of the guests were getting ready for the grand gala event that night, the princesses got ready with each other, save for Avery, who was being"Prepared" By Anna. The boys, well, their mothers and or wives were getting them ready, much to their dismay.
Flynn was fussing with his suit, complaining about how it was much too tight. Kristoff`s dress was chosen by Elsa, since Anna had left. Eugene was trying to hide his cravat so he wouldn`t have to wear it, oblivious to the fact that Rapunzel had packed over ten of them in his suitcase. Christen was fine dressing up, though he didn`t say anything because that would make him seem less of a young man. Hans, he was used to it, Elsa had made him an outfit out ice, so he`d match with her, and poor Hans didn`t have the heart to tell her he was freezing to death.
" Ugh, mom! This thing is too tight, it`s suffocating me!" Flynn whined, pulling at his shirt again. Rapunzel rolled her eyes, he`d gotten that over-dramatic nature from his father.
" Now Flynn, this is a formal thing, so you have to be formal with it." Rapunzel stated for the third time tonight. Now it was Flynn`s turn to roll his eyes, why was he even going to this ball? There was going to be nothing but stuck-up royals, and dumb, slow, boring music that you could never dance to.
Christen jumped in to help his aunt. " Come on Flynn, don`t you want to look nice for... Avery?." He asked slyly, making all the men in the room start to tease Flynn. Flynn was blushing, why would he want to look nice for her? After all, he always looked nice, why was tonight any different.
" Awww, Flynn wants to look handsome for his girl, how sweet." Hans chided, making Flynn bite his lip to keep from denying it, because that would cause more teasing.
" Hey, look, he`s blushing. isn`t that adorable." Kristoff said, clasping his calloused hand under his head.
" You know Flynn, there`s going to be a lot of other princes at this ball, Avery might not pay attention to you." Christen told him matter-of-factly, really meaning it this time. That made Flynn`s face even redder, not out of embarrassment but out of anger. He absolutely hated it when other guys would get Avery`s attention, he even hated it when the tutor did so. He was not going to let some snobby prince take Avery`s affections, not that he had them, but he wouldn`t let anyone else have them, that was for sure.
" Don`t worry about it buddy, you`ve got my looks and my charm, what girl could resist!" Eugene encouraged, sensing his son`s discomfort. Flynn was happy to hear that, hoping that it was true.
Meanwhile with with the princesses...
All of the girls were crowding around the vanity, trying to make sure they looked their very best for the prince of Corana. Imelda pushed and shoved to the front, as she was pushed to the back before. Abigail shoved right back, knocking her into a chair. Constance barged though and knocked most everyone down, except Theresa, who stood her ground. After that it was an all out princess fight, and no object that could be thrown was safe.
Meanwhile with Anna and Avery...
" Please miss Anna! Eek, this is way too tight, I can`t, ugh, breath!" Avery cried, as Anna pulled the bodice of her dress even tighter.
" Sorry, but your belly is a little chubby, we`ll have to cover that up if you want Flynn`s attention tonight." Anna told her.
" Flynn says my chubbiness is cute." The younger girl muttered under her breath, she was quite sensitive about her weight, of course Anna hadn`t known that.
" There, now you look gorgeous! But, it`s not really... you." Anna inspected, seeing Avery without glasses and a slightly chubby belly, a dress that was far to frilly, it was just... not Avery.
Avery laughed a bit, that was exactly what she had been telling the older women the whole time. " Your highness, I thank you for your help, but I think I should take it from here, besides you haven`t gotten ready either." She said gently, so she wouldn`t hurt Anna`s feelings.
" Oh! You`re right! I have to get ready now! Bye-bye, see you at the party!" Anna called as she ran to see what Kristoff would wear, so her outfit would math his own.
Everyone arrived at the ball, dressed in the finest or clothes Arendelle had to offer. Flynn was less than interested in the people in their lovely new clothes, all he wanted to know was when the princesses would get there, and by princesses, he meant Avery. Flynn rested his head on his hand as he waited.
Kai, the royal announcer and friend of the queen, was ready to announce the arrival of the princesses.
" introducing the visiting princesses from Corana!" Bellowed the man.
The princesses came down one-by-one, the crowd `oohing` and `ahhing` at the sight of them.
But Flynn`s eyes were only for Avery as she came down, looking shy and sweet, just as she always did. She looked beautiful to him. She`d worn a simple but stylish, blue and purple sleeveless dress, with lovely frills going down the front of the skirt. The bodice was adorned with silken ribbons of light lavender and sky blue, which complimented her pale blue eyes. Her shoes were hidden by the skirt with a slight train, and her glasses shined in the light of the room. Flynn was completely and utterly smitten by this girl, and there was no turning back, Flynn was unknowingly in love.
Eugen noticed his son`s staring, and smile wider than a Cheshire cat ever could. Eugene hit Flynn on the back, breaking him out of his dream-like state.
" You gonna talk to her or what?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows a bit, Flynn chuckled and looked back at the other men for encouragement. They all nodded, giving him looks of approval and thumbs up.
Flynn took a deep breath and walked over to the girl who`d stolen his heart. Flynn tapped her shoulder,
Avery turned and saw Flynn, looking dashingly handsome in his suit, although she was much too shy to say it. " Good evening, you highness." She said in a mock regal tone, which Flynn chuckle, almost a giggle really, at her little show.
" Hello your majesty, you look so lovely." He drawled back, making her laugh as well.
Flynn was suddenly very nervous, he was talking to a girl he may or may not be in love with. He wanted to spend the night with her, but he felt silly asking, where was that Fitzherbert charm when you needed it?
Flynn cleared his throat, " Um... would you like to... get some punch or something?" He asked lamely, trying to find a way to be with her as long as possible. Avery gave him a confused look, he wasn`t normally tongue-tied, but of course, she wasn`t going to refuse.
" I`d love to, Flynn." She said kindly.
Inside Flynn cheered, he was spending time with Avery, like a date! He wasn`t like this with most girls, but Avery wasn`t like most girls, that`s why he lo- liked her. He only like her, right?
They went over to the food table, which was full of delectable sweets and scrumptious appetizers.
Avery, who had about ten sweet teeth, got a yummy looking tart with whipped cream piled on top.
Flynn also loved sweets, and got some chocolate, not chocolate cake, not chocolate mousse, just plain delicious chocolate. If you can`t tell, Flynn loved chocolate.
The two sat down at one of the many tables in the room, setting their food on it as well, of course.
They were both eating quietly, in a comfortable silence. Flynn was awe-struck by the taste of Arendelle`s chocolate, it was like a chocolate bar times ten!
" Mmm, Ave, you have got to try this chocolate! It`s soooo good." Flynn exclaimed as he held out a piece for her to try. Avery ate the morsel, savoring the taste, Flynn was right, this chocolate was good.
" Oh, you`re right, it is yummy." She giggled. Flynn smiled as she did so, he loved when she laughed, though he`d never say it out-loud.
Although Flynn knew the chocolate was good, he`d really just wanted to feed it to Avery, but he was to shy to do it openly.
The two stood to leave, however, the other girls who were after Flynn`s affections were outraged that Flynn was so openly flirting with this girl. Beatrix walked over and `accidentally` tripped Avery. It did not have the desired effect, Avery fell into Flynn`s arms, giggling as he caught her.
" Sorry, I`m always clumsy like this." She said, pulling a stray hair away from her face. Flynn laughed again.
" No, it`s okay, I think it`s cute." He told her, unconsciously pushing her glasses up with his finger, since they`d gotten a bit misplaced during her little fall.
Beatrix huffed, turning to leave since her plan to make Avery look bad had failed. Unfortunately she was not the only princess with something up her sleeve.
Flynn and Avery then went to the table once more, this time to talk and get to know each other better, things started out very awkward.
" Heh... Sooooo." Flynn said, looking around.
" Sooooo." Avery repeated, looking away as well.
Silence followed, neither of them knowing how to start a conversation.
Avery cleared her throat, drawing Flynn`s attention.
" So, you like... chocolate, I love chocolate." She started, hoping this would lead to more than silence.
Flynn`s face lit up, if there was one thing Flynn could talk about, it was sweets, that was something that wasn`t hard for him.
" Yeah, I love anything sweet, that`s probably why I like you so much." Flynn said, making Avery blush. Yes, there`s the charm we were looking for!
" Oh, such a gentlemen. I wonder when that happened." She teased, Flynn rolled his eyes playfully.
Avery accidently got a smudge on her glasses, so she removed them to get it off. Flynn stared.Gosh, she looked hot without her glasses on. Flynn thought.
Avery looked up to see Flynn`s staring, she raised her thin brow at him. " Can I help you?" She asked playfully.
" Oh, um... it`s nothing, you just, uh... you look pretty." Flynn stuttered, not telling her exactly what was on his mind, because what he was thinking about right now, was not PG.
Flynn`s eyes wandered over to the dance floor, then back to Avery, he wanted to dance with her. But he was having trouble getting the words out.
" Um... Ava? Y-you um, I mean, well I..." Flynn started, he mumbled the rest, a trait he`d gotten from his mother. He didn`t notice he`d given Avery yet anther nickname.
Avery giggled for the umpteenth time that night.
" Flynn, so slow down." She soothed.
Flynn tried again, much calmer this time.
" Hey Ave? You`ll save me a dance won`t you?" Flynn asked shyly, turning his head away to hide his blush. Avery`s heart was beating against her ribs when he`d asked her that, she was like a school-girl in love, or princess rather.
" Of course Flynn." She giggled happily, excited that he`d chosen her to dance with out of all the other girls there.
Flynn was called away by some duke of where-ever for a few moments, he promised he`d be back and then they could dance.
Avery sighed dreamily, having never been in love before.
Abigail saw this, and she was not going to let it go unpunished. She walk to the table behind Avery and tipped the punch bowl ever so gently, making the entire thing spill all over Avery.
Avery gasped, while everyone else laugh snottily. When Flynn came back he saw that Avery had tears in her eyes. Avery ran out of the ballroom, hurt and embarrassed. It took all of Flynn`s will-power not to find a weapon and hit every last person in the room with it. Instead the boy looked on at the people and said.
" You are all a bunch of... undignified people." Flynn said, loudly at first, but he calmed down towards the end, refraining from using some of the words his dad taught him.
After that, he left the flabbergasted royals in search of Avery, finding her with her head in her knees, In a corner of the public garden.
Flynn rubbed the back of his neck, he was never good at comforting people, much less crying people. But for her, he`d try anything.
He sat next to her and gently put his arm around her, making the small girl gasp.
" Come on Ave, don`t cry, you`re too sweet and pretty for that. All those people are snobs, they only laughed at you because they don`t know what else to do. It was only an accident." He told her soothingly, soon her sobs became cute sniffles. She looked up at Flynn, not knowing he was capable of that kind of speech.
" I know you were embarrassed, but there`s no reason to be, those jerks aren`t any better than you." He told her sincerely.
Avery looked down again and spoke, " But I ruin the ball, all because I`m clumsy and stupi-" Flynn stopped her by pulling her into a hug.
" Don`t talk about yourself like that Ava. You are not stupid or clumsy, sure you fall sometimes, but that`s just you Avery. And I like you, just the way you are." He said, barring his face into her shoulder.
" Besides, you still owe me that dance." He said flirtatiously, making Avery blush so hard, she looked like a ripe tomato.
The two wandered back inside, and danced, despite having food and punch all over them, despite not knowing how to dance at all, they danced as though there was no one else in the room, and to them, there wasn`t.
The royal family of Arendelle as well as Corana watched in awe and happiness for the two, knowing it was love and nothing could take it away.
Rapunzel squeed ( Because obviously, that`s a word.) And Eugene looked on proudly. Kristoff was to busy getting Anna to stop trying to go after the couple. And Elsa and Hans just smiled.
The princesses looked on the scene with disgust, angry that their plans had failed so easily.
After dancing, Flynn took Avery to a quiet, secluded place. It was beautiful, with frosted trees all around, even though it was summer. And a big frozen fountian in the middle, everything was sparkling in the moonlight, it was like a perfect romance scene.
Flynn turned to Avery, looking at her with unknowing love in his eyes, she was lovely with the moon shining off her in a way that made her like she was an angel. His angel. Flynn heart swelled with an emotion only known as love, and this time he didn`t want to push it down or make it go away, this time he was ready. He wanted to love Avery, forever, and he`d tell her.
Flynn said,
" A-Avery, I want to tell you that I- I mean well, um..." Ugh, why was it so hard to say three little words! " I-I had a good time." Way to go, Romeo.
" I had a great time too Flynn." Avery said. Flynn was no idiot, he knew when a boy and a girl were alone like this, there was one thing to do, and he was going to do it. If he couldn`t tell her how he felt, he`d show her.
Flynn pulled Avery closer to him, and pulled the same stray hair that had escaped that night back into place once more. Avery looked up, she knew what was to come, she`d read quite a few romance novels and this was how the kiss scenes always started.
They both got closer and closer, until... Their lips met in a very soft, innocent kiss. It lasted only a few seconds, because neither knew what they were doing, they pulled back, blushing like idiots and watching the northern lights dance above them.
One thing they were both sure of was, they were in love with one another, and nothing was more important.
And finally, romance starts. I told you guys it`d be worth it. I really hope you guys review this chapter, I worked really hard on it and would love feedback. Until the next chap, hugs and kisses to you all!
