Author's Note: Thank you for all your amazing suggestions! It sure makes my job easier. Anyways this chapter is going to be a date night and then, thanks to juudjv, they will also play…Truth Or Dare! I love all your suggestion and will probably do all of them to build up their relationships with each other because it will be important for later ;) Here's chapter eleven! Hope ya'll like it!
The following day, the sun was shining and the bluebirds were singing like usual but today everything seemed better to Clarion. The fairy queen lay awake in bed thinking about the eventful day before. She still couldn't wrap her mind around what had happened.
She remembered last night that she and Dania were meant to have a sleepover at Clarion's room, but George's crying and David's begging for his wife to return meant otherwise. Clarion didn't mind though after all, Dania was a mother. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if she and Milori had children. It was true she did fantasize about being his wife and carrying his baby, but it never seemed to be enough. Holding baby George last night, made her realize she really wanted a family one-day. Clarion then became aware of the fact that she still needed to get to know the other children since she now was their aunt. Clarion's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her bedroom door. Clarion quickly got out of bed and brushed her hair in an attempt to tame the wild tangles, and went to the door. She opened it to see Milori leaning against the doorframe. Clarion had given Milori a bedroom in the Pixie Dust Tree should he ever need it.
"Good morning, my love." Milori smiled and kissed her cheek. Clarion blushed at his gesture. Everyday Milori would kiss her and say 'good morning' in his deep accent she couldn't get enough of.
"Good morning, Milori." Clarion said, giving him a hug. "Did you sleep well?" Milori nodded and she smiled. Clarion gestured him to come in. They both sat on a small sofa in her room. Milori had an arm wrapped around her shoulders bringing her closer and Clarion had her head on his chest.
"What did you and Dania do yesterday?" Milori asked her once they were comfortable.
"Just girly stuff…" Clarion replied. She couldn't tell him that she was talking about marrying him and having his child. He would surely find that weird. "What did you do yesterday?"
"Well your brothers and I…" Milori trailed off. "Wow, that sounds weird." Clarion giggled before he continued. "And David played football (soccer) and then we went to have some coffee and talked."
"What did you guys talk about?" Clarion asked curiously.
"Uh…you know…stuff." Milori said. He couldn't tell her he was thinking about proposing. They just sat and talked before Milori let his girlfriend get ready for breakfast. Clarion and Milori decided they were not eating with the ministers but with Clarion's brothers and sister. When Clarion arrived in the tearoom where breakfast would be served, she saw Milori chatting to James. She was happy that Milori got along so well with her brothers because she hoped that one-day he would be their official brother-in-law. Clarion went and sat next to her sister, whom had George sat on her lap. Once the breakfast of eggs, hash browns, fruits and a muffin was served, everyone began to eat. When Clarion was nearly finished, she noticed Dania had hardly eaten as she was too occupied with feeding George.
"Here, let me take him." Clarion offered.
"No, it's okay." Dania said. "You eat your breakfast."
"I'm finished. Let me feed him, or you won't get anything into your stomach!" Clarion joked. Dania laughed along and gave in. She handed her baby to her younger sister to feed. Dania was grateful she had a sister who was so kind and helpful. Milori looked across the table to see his lover. He couldn't help but notice how good Clarion was with children. George was sitting happily in her lap and eating every spoonful Ree fed him. When George was finished his baby food, Clarion continued to hold him and cuddle him.
"Why don't we all do something together?" Dania suddenly asked. Everyone nodded.
"Like what though?" James asked. "Not anything girly right?" All the men nodded their heads.
"No, I was thinking like a quadruple date!" Everyone nodded, all of them considering the idea. "We could all have dinner and then do something fun."
"What would the do something fun bit be though?" Robert asked. Clarion then had an idea.
"We could go bowling." Clarion suggested. "The bowling ally here is huge!" Everyone nodded.
"Okay so dinner and bowling." Robert confirmed. Then Clarion got an idea.
"How about for the date, we all where something casual?" Everyone gave her a confused look. "Like we wear what we would wear before we became King or Queen. It would show a bit of our personality." Everyone nodded in agreement.
After breakfast, everyone retired to his or her room to find something to wear tonight. They all agreed they would meet at the restaurant in Summer Meadow at five o'clock. Clarion began to look through her closet and realized all her clothes were for special events. The queen decided to look through her outfits as a princess. When she found one, she tried it on and realized it surprisingly still fit. Clarion went to find one of her housekeepers. She then spotted Hilda.
"Hilda?" Clarion called. Hilda turned to see her queen. She flew up to her and bowed.
"How can I be of service, my queen?" Clarion smiled at politeness.
"I was wondering if you and a few others could watch the children." Clarion asked.
"The King's and Queen's children, your highness?" Hilda confirmed. Clarion nodded. "Of course." Clarion left Hilda and went to her room. She couldn't wait for the date. It seemed as though five o'clock would never come.
When five o'clock finally did come, Clarion got dressed. Her outfit consisted of dark jean short that were quite short, red knee high socks with two white stripes at the top, a pair of sneakers, a black spaghetti strap shirt which she wore a yellow cardigan over it which had some holes all over the material. The material didn't have enough space for wings but she didn't mind. She sometimes just preferred to walk. Clarion curled her hair from her chin downwards to give it that casual look. She looked in the mirror and barely recognized herself. She looked like a younger version of her former self. She walked down to the restaurant.
When she saw Milori, he looked her up and down and smiled. She giggled as well. Milori looked great as well. He wore a pair of dark blue jeans, a button up light blue shirt, which was left un-buttoned to reveal a plain white shirt. There was no gap for wings so his broken wing didn't show. He also wore a pair of sneakers.
"You look great." Milori said as he gave her a kiss. Clarion smiled.
"So do you." She giggled. She stayed in his tight embrace while they waited for the rest. Dania and David were the first to arrive. Clarion went over and hugged her sister. "You look amazing!" She said. Dania was wearing a light blue skirt that came above the knee with light pink knee high socks and white flats, which she paired with a white blouse. Her hair was let down and straightened.
"You look great as well." Dania said "And look, we're both wearing knee high socks!" Clarion giggled before making her way to David to greet him. He was wearing dark jeans with sneakers and a green t-shirt. David leaned forward and gave her a friendly kiss on the cheek and Milori did the same to Dania.
"You look nice." He said. Clarion smiled at him.
"So do you." They all continued to talk together as they waited for the rest.
Robert was wearing the same as David but his t-shirt was red and James wore the same thing, as Milori except his button up shirt was a dark blue. Louis and Elizabeth both wore trousers and a blouse. Louis had brow trousers with a pink blouse and Elizabeth wore white trousers with a light green blouse.
Once everyone was there, they went into the restaurant. They sat at a big table and began to talk about anything and everything. The men had talked about their match yesterday and that the girls should watch them sometime and the girls all shared embarrassing stories about their kids. They stayed for a half hour. When everyone was done, the girls waited outside as their dates paid.
They then made their way to the bowling alley. They decided to have a competition; boys against girls. They all picked up a bowling ball and made their way to their lane. Clarion had a yellow ball, Milori had light blue ball, Dania had a pink ball, David had a green ball, Robert had a red ball, Elizabeth had a light green ball, James had a dark blue ball and Louise had an orange ball. Robert was up first.
"Robert, you bowl like a girl!" Clarion said. The trash talking had begun.
"You're never going to get this spare, Louise." Elizabeth said. Louise turned around after winning a spare.
"Not going to get a spare huh?" Everyone continued playing. It was then Clarion's turn. She got up after giving Milori a peck on the cheek.
"Come on, darling." He encouraged. He then turned to James. "Want to bet she doesn't get it?" Clarion spun around.
"I've got ears, sweetheart." She said sarcastically. Everyone laughed. "But since you think I won't get it I'll just prove you wrong." She turned and rolled the ball. It hit the center pin, dropping every single one. She turned to Milori. "Any words?" His jaw had dropped and everyone giggled. They continued playing. It all involved tickling, distracting and a lot of laughing. In the end, the girls had one thanks to Clarion's strike.
They left the bowling alley and went back to the Pixie Dust Tree. Dania whispered something to Clarion.
"Okay everyone, change into you're pajamas and meet me in the living room." Clarion said. Clarion and Dania wore the same pajamas they wore last night. The other two wore similar ones. Elizabeth had a pink set and Louise had a yellow set. All the men wore tartan trousers with plain t-shirts. Milori wore a dark blue set, Robert a red, David a green and James a blue. They all sat in a circle in the living room.
"We're going to play a game that is popular on the mainland." Dania began. "It's called Truth or Dare." Everyone looked at each other, as not many knew how to play.
"How do you play?" Louise asked. Dania smiled at her sister-in-law
"Well we spin a bottle in the center of the circle. If the bottle neck is pointing at you, you ask Truth or Dare to the person who is facing the base." Dania explained. "If the person picks truth, you get to ask them any question and the must answer it. If they pick dare, you get to dare them to do anything as long as it isn't life threatening." Clarion went to get a bottle and placed it in the center of the circle. Elizabeth turned it. They al waited, wondering who was asking who. The bottleneck pointed to Louise and the base to Clarion.
"Okay, Truth or Dare?" Louise asked her sister-in-law. Clarion thought before replying.
"Since it's the first round, truth." Clarion said, nervous of her question. Louise thought of a question.
"What is the craziest thing you've done?" Everyone looked at the fairy queen. Clarion sighed before answering.
"Well it would have to be when I was trying to teach myself how to swim." Clarion began. "I was quite young so I wasn't entirely sure where to start and ended up nearly drowning about six hundred times. When I got back to the castle, my tutor found me and told me she couldn't have the princess dying. I ended up going back the next day though!" She giggled. Everyone let out a chuckle. Clarion leaned forward and spun the bottle. The bottleneck was pointed at Milori and the base at Elizabeth.
"Truth or Dare?" Milori asked. Elizabeth thought.
"I'm sticking with truth!" She giggled. Milori though about a question he could ask her.
"What's your most embarrassing moment?" Elizabeth sighed before answering.
"When I was running around the kingdom when I was young and accidently knocking over the fruit and vegetables stand. I had to spend the whole day picking them up and washing them!" Everyone giggled. Milori spun the bottle again. The bottleneck was towards David and the base towards Robert.
"Truth or Dare?" David asked his brother-in-law. Robert thought before smiling slyly.
"Dare." He replied confidently. "I'm not scared of a little dare." He added sticking his chest out a little. Everyone giggled before David gave him his dare.
"I dare you to…" David thought for a moment. "Run around the housekeepers wards screaming 'I'm an idiot'." Everyone let out an 'ohhhh.' Robert sighed before getting up and making his way to the housekeeper wards. Everyone looked at each other shocked that he was actually going to do it. They all got up and followed. Robert sighed before running in and screaming.
"I'm an idiot! I'm an idiot!" Everyone began to laugh. They all heard one of the door knobs turn and ran for it. They quickly made their way back to the living room, panting and laughing. "I'm so going to get you for that!" He said to David. Everyone giggled. They continued playing until they all got a bit hungry.
They walked down to the kitchen and all made sundaes. They had every flavor including chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, mint and many, many more! They had cleaned the shelves by taking all the toppings including whipped cream, hot fudge sauce, peanuts, raspberries, blueberries, chocolate chips and so many more.
The sat at the table and giggled. They all knew the housekeepers would notice the next morning but they didn't care. They were just glad they had found each other. Clarion and the rest all used to think their life was as close to perfect as you could get. They were happy and healthy the way things were. Little did they know, that the missing piece to perfection was just an arrival away.
Authors Note: Thank you so much for reading! Make sure if you really want to see them do something, include it in your review. I had a lot of fun writing this especially the truth or dare part. The credit for the goes to juudjv! I will be writing a few more of these types of chapters before progressing onwards. Please review! I really want to know how you thought of this chapter! It would mean a lot to me!
See you in the next chapter :)