Chapter 12
That afternoon after a busy morning of princess lessons from Elaine, Michelle went to her room. She was a little bit exhausted from the lessons, but she had also had a good time.
She took out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote a letter to her parents.
Dear mom and dad, I am having a wonderful time in the palace! Prince James seems so kind and charming.
I've made best friends with Holliday Wade the famous actress from Jammins and Riley Chelswick from Calgary, she's an eight, but she loves music. My maids, Chloe, Maci and Alexis are so kind and loving.
I do miss you though, but however long I'm in the selection, I'm gonna enjoy my time here.
Love Michelle
Michelle gave thoughts that she should write a letter to Emily to rub in that she was still in the selection, but she thought better of it, knowing that she would be being mean and boastful.
She then pushed a button that would summon her maids.
After a few minutes, Maci came in through the door. "Can I help you?" she asked.
"Yes Maci," said Michelle holding up an envelope. "Can you mail this letter for me please? It's for my parents."
"Of course lady Michelle" said Maci politely. She took the letter from Michelle's hand and then left the room.
When the room was quiet again, Michelle looked out the window. She could see the garden from her window. So she decided to go out and go for a walk in the garden.
Michelle walked out the garden and she enjoyed the sight. There was a fountain in the center of the garden. Beautiful pure white benches and beds of beautiful colored flowers all around. the grass and the shrubs were so lush.
"Michelle!" called a voice.
Michelle turned around to see James running up to her.
"Oh hi," said Michelle smiling.
"I thought it was you I saw heading to the garden," he said.
"It's very beautiful," said Michelle. "My mom sells flowers for a living; we have a field near our house that's full of flowers."
"Could I walk with you?" asked James.
Michelle nodded.
They walked through the beautiful garden. They weren't really alone though, all around the garden, the gardeners were working hard. Though they didn't really pay any real attention to Michelle and James walking through though.
Just then one of the gardeners had a boombox out. He turned it on, as music filled the garden, Michelle and James enjoyed the sound as they gardeners were making a few movements to the music.
"Would you like to dance?" asked James holding out his hands grabbing a hold of Michelle's.
"Oh, I don't know," said Michelle modestly. "I haven't really danced in a while."
"Come on," said James. "If might be my future queen, you're gonna have to know how to dance for parties."
He and Michelle started to twirl around dancing the rumba. What neither of them noticed was that another girl was watching them.
A little while later Michelle walked into the ladies room in a dreamy mood from the dance with James.
Holliday was watching T.V. with Dorothy Woods and Morwenna. Riley was practicing her flute.
Some of the girls saw Michelle coming in and looked at her.
Michelle snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the girls.
"What?" she asked innocently.
"How did it go?" asked Tiifu excitedly.
"What do you mean Tiifu?" asked Michelle confusedly.
"I saw you dancing with the prince in the garden" explained Kasha with a lot of humor in her voice.
"We were just hanging out" said Michelle defensively trying to cover up her feelings.
But none of the other girls looked like they were buying it.
"You don't know if he just loves me, he could love any of you" went on Michelle.
"Kasha said you were lost in the world of love" teased Cindy Mora of Columbia. She had wavy blond hair and wore a pale pink gown.
Giselle wasn't really getting involved in the conversation. She was just sitting on a couch reading a magazine.
"We were just dancing," said Michelle trying to convince the other girls. "That doesn't prove anything. For now we're just friends."
"Give it up Michelle," teased Kasha in a sing song voice. "You've got it bad."
Some of the other girls giggled.
"Oh for goodness sakes ladies," huffed Giselle looking up from her magazine. "Leave Michelle alone. They haven't officially dated you know."
"Thank you Giselle" said Michelle with a bit of appreciation.
Everybody went back to doing their own things. But as Michelle sat down to read a book she had gotten from her room. She continued to think about her first dance with the prince.
Author's note; There you have it, Michelle and James have had their first date, though not officially.
