Title: Chapter 2, Romance
Series: Lunar Senshi
Style: Otaku senshi, romance, drama
Author: Henna
Email: wildblackflower@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/lo0678/
Rating: R
Hiya everybody! This is the first series I am sharing with the public. This goes along with a group of Otaku senshi I have created. I have a website I am building about them, but I have not completed it yet so I didn't put the link to it here. If you have any questions, email me at wildblackflower@hotmail.com
Domo Arigatou!
BTW... Bishoujo Senshi Sera Munn does not belong to me. I am simply *borrowing* a few of the characters. Any new characters here belong to me, though, so If ya want to use them or this story you can email me of Instant Message me at leenalove2 (I have AIM). Bat Boy is owned by it's owners, and any song lyrics used were written by Larry O'keefe. For more info on BatBoy, go to http://www.batboy-themusical.com
Now on with the story...
****************Chapter 2****************
It was third period the next day. Leni and Kyu were assigned to go first, and they were both as nervous as possible. V-chan gave Leni's hand a squeeze before they walked up to stand before their classmates. And they began to sing when the music began.
Kyu: Meredith I'm sorry. All of this is me.
Leni: Thomas Please...
Kyu: I can't bear to look at him.
Leni: Thomas don't.
Kyu: You are all I see.
Leni: Please oh Thomas.
Kyu: You're eyes, Meredith
Leni: Don't deny the obvious.
Kyu: He has your eyes.
Leni: Leave the past behind.
Kyu: It hurts to watch.
Leni: We can start again love
Kyu: To put behind.
Leni: We have open blinds.
Kyu: To see the way I lost you.
Leni: Thomas I forgive you.
Kyu: And everyday his eyes remind me of you.
Leni: I know, my love, I knoooooow. Thomas, love, dear. Thomas, let him gooooo!
The class was silent as they finished, and as Miss Kaioh wrote down her comments. As the rest of the class went, Leni and V-chan silently picked out whom they thought would get parts in the play. Usually one, if any, freshman got a part, but it was usually a very small part. This play had very few actors, and no small parts, so they ended up figuring that no one would get a part this year.
All through class, though, everyone kept giving her strange looks, as if she had cooties or something.
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It was lunchtime that day, and Leni was sitting in her usual spot waiting for V-chan and (hopefully) Kyu when a man she had seen around school before started walking toward her. She knew from his looks, tall, muscular, black hair, and midnight blue eyes, that he was none other than Marmaru Chiba. The man who happened to share a last name with her. The senior. The most popular guy in school. He was alone, which was unusual by itself. He almost always had some large breasted cheerleader hanging on his arm. She looked away. ~I don't want to start thinking that I'll get noticed.~ She had no reason to be noticed. She opened her lunch, picked up her chopsticks, and was about to start eating her sushi when she felt a pair of eyes upon her. She looked up to see Marmaru standing in front of her, his eyes on hers. She stood up.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Sorry, I just wanted lay my eyes upon the only freshman to get a call-back. You know, today was the last of the auditions," he said.
She looked at him with suspicion in her eyes. "Why would I get call-backs?"
"I guess you did good." He shrugged. "You know, I hope you get a part." He looked her up and down. "With me as the favorite to get the lead, then maybe I'll get the chance to see you more often." He stepped closer to her, close enough so that she could feel his breath on her lips. "In, and maybe outside of, rehearsals." With that he walked away without a glance back to sit with the popular kids. She was basically frozen in place, and still standing there, touching her lips when Kyu and V-chan arrived.
"What happened to you?" asked V-chan, snapping Leni out of her trance.
"I think I just got hit on by Marmaru Chiba."
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Later that day, she checked the callback list to find that she really had been on the list. She had to go to the auditorium after school. She once again called her father up on her cell phone. He said that she could stay, but this time he would send Mako-chan to sit in the back of the auditorium to protect her. She said that she would be home as soon as possible; she didn't know when callbacks would end. As she entered the auditorium, she noticed that there were only about fourteen other kids there. There were nine parts to be given. The odds were against her. Leni was simply happy to be called back, though.
First they were taught more songs to be sung, solos and duets. Leni sung two songs: Home for you (solo), and Lovely Boy (with Marmaru). Then they were given lines to read. Leni thought she did well on this, as well. Next, they were taught a dance to do. Leni did fairly well on this as well. It was 6:30 when they finished, and Miss Kaioh promised to have the results in by the next day. Mako-chan appeared from the back of the room as the students (mostly seniors) filed out the door. Mako-chan had lime green eyes and long, dark brown hair tied in a sensible ponytail. She was tall for her age and athletic. Mako-chan escorted Leni to the silver convertible and Leni drove them home.
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That night at home, the girls were sitting in a circle on the floor talking about their days.
"So Leni, this guy almost kissed you?" asked Rei-chan, a sly look in her eyes.
"Shhh! Yeah, and I don't want dad to find out!" replied Leni.
"Have you finished your homework yet?" questioned Ami chan. Her eyes were sea-foam green and she had sky-blue hair up in a bun. There was one piece that simply would not stay in place, and Ami was constantly pushing it out of her eyes.
"Oh, our Ami-chan! Always thinking of books and such! Sometimes other things can be important," stated V-chan.
"Besides, there was no homework today for any of us," said Mako-chan intelligently. The girls laughed.
"Leni, can I see you fo a moment?" came a masculine voice from her father's study.
The laughter abruptly stopped. When Leni was summoned into her father's study, she always ended up hurt someway. She told no one what went on, but they all had some idea. They knew her father's reputation.
Leni bit her lip, slowly stood up, and walked into the room. The door shut behind her. The girls silently went up to there rooms. They didn't want to be there when the screems began.
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"Yes father?" Leni softly asked ask she entered the room.
A man with blue-black hair and blue eyes looked up from the couch. He was dressed richly in a tuxedo and cape with a crown on his head. "Leni, you have been bad and you need to be punished," he said in a deep voice.
Leni gulped. "What did I do now?" she timidly questioned.
"You got a ninty-nine on your french test. You know better than that!"
"But I only got one wrong! I got the highest in the class! What more do you want from me?" she screamed.
"You are to be perfect! You have to be, so people see our family that way! Do you know what this could do to our reputation?" he counteracted. "I'll punish you, and next time you better be perfect!." He grabbed her by her arms and kissed her hard on the lips. Then he did to her as he had done almost everyday since she was thirteen. As he had done to her mother before her.
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The next day she came to school with a large, purple bruise on her arm. He had been angry last night. The first thing she did was go to check the list of people who made it in. She pushed in front of the people surrounding her and started to read.
Edgar/Bat Boy: Marmaru Chiba
Shelly Parker: Selenity Chiba
The rest of a names were a blur to her. She couldn't believe it. She had gotten the female lead. No freshman had ever done that. Plus, she got to act with Marmaru.
She couldn't breathe. All she could do was stand there. Finally she was snapped back to reality by V-chan hugging her and congatulating her. Leni got out of the way of the other students trying to see the results. Just then Marmaru walked up. At his cough, the students parted and let him through. He looked at the results and smiled. It was a smug smile, that told everyone that he had expected the results. He glanced and Leni who was standing there, and he walked up to her.
"Guess we will be seeing more of eachother then," he said with a wink. Leni blushed and looked down.
"Yeah, I guess so." she replied with a small smile. She then pushed past the rest of the students and walked to her locker to fetch her books.
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The first practice for the play was to be tomorrow. Everyone knew she had gotten the lead, and she had recieved a few smiles that day from her fellow classmates. It was a welcome change to the usual scowels and crude remarks. When she sat in her usuall spot at lunch, she was surprised to find that a few girls from her 3rd period sat down with her, V-chan, and Kyu. They conversed about the normal topics teenagers talk about. It was as if they had never shunned her at all. When V-chan and her were walking to Leni's car, one girl worked up the nerve to ask how she could afford it. Leni simply replied that she had been saving ever since she could remember, and that her father had pitched in the rest. She couldn't tell her that she bought it off of a few month's allowance. Then people would know that she was rich. They hopped into the car and drove home.
As they arrived home, Leni burst into the front hall. She rung up one of the survants to ask where her father was. She found that he was in his office. Not his study. Not his bedroom. She breathed a sigh of relief. She thanked the servant and hung up the phone. Then she quickly ran to her father's office and knocked on the door saying, "Father, it's me."
"Come in, Leni," came the voice from the other side. Leni entered the room and ran to her father's desk. He was wearing his reading glasses and going over some documents. On her arrival, he pulled off his glasses and looked at her.
"Father, I have the most glorious news! You know how I was trying out for the school play? I got the female lead! Isn't that great?" she smiled and so did he.
"That's spectacular!" he hugged her. "You know, I have news, as well. You know how you have been training for your role as the princess? There is a ball next Friday. I think it would be a great coming out for you. How does that sound?"
Leni stared at her father in disbelief. She just couldn't believe it. "I guess that sounds okay."
"Just 'okay'?"
"Well, does this mean I'll have to go to balls and stuff all the time now? And, do I have to take a date or something?"
"Yes and I would suggest that you do."
"Dad, what am I the princess of, anyway?"
"You'll find out at the ball."
Leni then left to tell her other guardiens the news as well. ~I just hope V-chan hasn't told them first!~
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School went smoothly the next day, and after school she happily went to play practice. The first thing they recieved was their scripts. Then they basically went over the whole play story. The next thing that they did was begin to learn the first song, "Hold me Bat Boy". This was because it included almost everyone. Marmaru just listened because he was the only one that didn't sing that song. After that, it was 6:00 and time to leave. As Leni gathered her things and went over the parts of the song that she sung, she felt someone touch her arm. She jumped and turned around, only to find Marmaru standing there.
"Hi," she nervously said.
"Did I scare you?" he replied.
"Yeah, well... a little. So, what's up?"
"Well, I was wondering, I have to go to this big party on Friday, and I was wondering if you would go with me."
Leni bit her lip. "Sorry, can't. My dad's making me go to this... party with him."
"Are you sure? It's a ball. You'd get to wear a fancy dress and all."
Leni's eyes widened. "It's a ball? Maybe I can go, then." She wrote down her phone number on his hand. "Call me tonight and I'll see if I can go. I can't get out of this thing I have to go to, but there's a pretty good chance I can go with you." She smiled and started to walk away. "My dad'll freak if I'm late, so I've got to go! I hope to hear from you later!"
He pondered what she'd said. He knew this was a royalty ball, and she had basically said that she might have already been going. He looked down to see her name in neat writing. Her number was written benieth it, and both were encased with a crescent moon. ~Who is this girl?~
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That night, Leni had just finished her homework when the telephone rang. She nervously answered. "Hello?"
"Hey," came the voice at the other end. She knew that it was Marmaru.
"Hi!"
"So, can you go with me?"
"I asked my dad, and he said that there was only one ball going on that day. So I guess I was already going. So, I can go with you."
There was a pause. "Leni, you must be playing with me."
"Why?"
"The ball I'm going to is for royalty only and you said you were already going. Now how can that be?"
Leni gasped. "You're royalty? Of what?"
"I don't know, my parents never told me. I'm going to find out at the ball. What about you? Are you royalty or something?"
Leni paused. Should she tell him? She had never told anyone before. "Okay, please don't tell *anyone*. I've never told a soul, but yes. I am. Are you happy?"
"Now I know why you always walk so strait. So what are you royalty of?"
"I'm to find out the same time as you."
"Okay, so we're both royalty. And we've both never told anyone."
"Yeah, guess so. So, you still want to go together?"
"Yeah. We can work out the details later, okay?"
"Kay. Ja matta!"
"Ja matta."
Leni hung up. She felt dizzy with excitement. She was going to the ball. She was going with the most popular boy at school who just happened to be royalty, as well. Plus, he was a SENIOR. ~My luck just keeps getting better~
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Her father was extatic that she found a date who was royalty. So was Leni. The next few weeks seemed to float by. Play practices were working out well. By now, she knew some of her lines, some of her songs, some of her dances, and was working as hard as she could to do the best she could. At home, she took most of her time studying lines. She had barely any homework, and she did that first.
Then at night, she would spend her time with Aunt Rini, practicing princess affairs. She walked with books on her head, had several course meals (some of which she didn't like which was it's own lesson), practiced introductions, and getting fitted for her gown. That was her favorite part. Her gown was going to be beautiful. She was also taught how to put her hair in the royal family's hairstyle. It seemed to be pigtails, yet it had two odango at the bases that were hard to do and to keep round. Finally, the day came. It was time to go to the ball and meet her destiny.
Series: Lunar Senshi
Style: Otaku senshi, romance, drama
Author: Henna
Email: wildblackflower@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/lo0678/
Rating: R
Hiya everybody! This is the first series I am sharing with the public. This goes along with a group of Otaku senshi I have created. I have a website I am building about them, but I have not completed it yet so I didn't put the link to it here. If you have any questions, email me at wildblackflower@hotmail.com
Domo Arigatou!
BTW... Bishoujo Senshi Sera Munn does not belong to me. I am simply *borrowing* a few of the characters. Any new characters here belong to me, though, so If ya want to use them or this story you can email me of Instant Message me at leenalove2 (I have AIM). Bat Boy is owned by it's owners, and any song lyrics used were written by Larry O'keefe. For more info on BatBoy, go to http://www.batboy-themusical.com
Now on with the story...
****************Chapter 2****************
It was third period the next day. Leni and Kyu were assigned to go first, and they were both as nervous as possible. V-chan gave Leni's hand a squeeze before they walked up to stand before their classmates. And they began to sing when the music began.
Kyu: Meredith I'm sorry. All of this is me.
Leni: Thomas Please...
Kyu: I can't bear to look at him.
Leni: Thomas don't.
Kyu: You are all I see.
Leni: Please oh Thomas.
Kyu: You're eyes, Meredith
Leni: Don't deny the obvious.
Kyu: He has your eyes.
Leni: Leave the past behind.
Kyu: It hurts to watch.
Leni: We can start again love
Kyu: To put behind.
Leni: We have open blinds.
Kyu: To see the way I lost you.
Leni: Thomas I forgive you.
Kyu: And everyday his eyes remind me of you.
Leni: I know, my love, I knoooooow. Thomas, love, dear. Thomas, let him gooooo!
The class was silent as they finished, and as Miss Kaioh wrote down her comments. As the rest of the class went, Leni and V-chan silently picked out whom they thought would get parts in the play. Usually one, if any, freshman got a part, but it was usually a very small part. This play had very few actors, and no small parts, so they ended up figuring that no one would get a part this year.
All through class, though, everyone kept giving her strange looks, as if she had cooties or something.
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It was lunchtime that day, and Leni was sitting in her usual spot waiting for V-chan and (hopefully) Kyu when a man she had seen around school before started walking toward her. She knew from his looks, tall, muscular, black hair, and midnight blue eyes, that he was none other than Marmaru Chiba. The man who happened to share a last name with her. The senior. The most popular guy in school. He was alone, which was unusual by itself. He almost always had some large breasted cheerleader hanging on his arm. She looked away. ~I don't want to start thinking that I'll get noticed.~ She had no reason to be noticed. She opened her lunch, picked up her chopsticks, and was about to start eating her sushi when she felt a pair of eyes upon her. She looked up to see Marmaru standing in front of her, his eyes on hers. She stood up.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Sorry, I just wanted lay my eyes upon the only freshman to get a call-back. You know, today was the last of the auditions," he said.
She looked at him with suspicion in her eyes. "Why would I get call-backs?"
"I guess you did good." He shrugged. "You know, I hope you get a part." He looked her up and down. "With me as the favorite to get the lead, then maybe I'll get the chance to see you more often." He stepped closer to her, close enough so that she could feel his breath on her lips. "In, and maybe outside of, rehearsals." With that he walked away without a glance back to sit with the popular kids. She was basically frozen in place, and still standing there, touching her lips when Kyu and V-chan arrived.
"What happened to you?" asked V-chan, snapping Leni out of her trance.
"I think I just got hit on by Marmaru Chiba."
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Later that day, she checked the callback list to find that she really had been on the list. She had to go to the auditorium after school. She once again called her father up on her cell phone. He said that she could stay, but this time he would send Mako-chan to sit in the back of the auditorium to protect her. She said that she would be home as soon as possible; she didn't know when callbacks would end. As she entered the auditorium, she noticed that there were only about fourteen other kids there. There were nine parts to be given. The odds were against her. Leni was simply happy to be called back, though.
First they were taught more songs to be sung, solos and duets. Leni sung two songs: Home for you (solo), and Lovely Boy (with Marmaru). Then they were given lines to read. Leni thought she did well on this, as well. Next, they were taught a dance to do. Leni did fairly well on this as well. It was 6:30 when they finished, and Miss Kaioh promised to have the results in by the next day. Mako-chan appeared from the back of the room as the students (mostly seniors) filed out the door. Mako-chan had lime green eyes and long, dark brown hair tied in a sensible ponytail. She was tall for her age and athletic. Mako-chan escorted Leni to the silver convertible and Leni drove them home.
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That night at home, the girls were sitting in a circle on the floor talking about their days.
"So Leni, this guy almost kissed you?" asked Rei-chan, a sly look in her eyes.
"Shhh! Yeah, and I don't want dad to find out!" replied Leni.
"Have you finished your homework yet?" questioned Ami chan. Her eyes were sea-foam green and she had sky-blue hair up in a bun. There was one piece that simply would not stay in place, and Ami was constantly pushing it out of her eyes.
"Oh, our Ami-chan! Always thinking of books and such! Sometimes other things can be important," stated V-chan.
"Besides, there was no homework today for any of us," said Mako-chan intelligently. The girls laughed.
"Leni, can I see you fo a moment?" came a masculine voice from her father's study.
The laughter abruptly stopped. When Leni was summoned into her father's study, she always ended up hurt someway. She told no one what went on, but they all had some idea. They knew her father's reputation.
Leni bit her lip, slowly stood up, and walked into the room. The door shut behind her. The girls silently went up to there rooms. They didn't want to be there when the screems began.
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"Yes father?" Leni softly asked ask she entered the room.
A man with blue-black hair and blue eyes looked up from the couch. He was dressed richly in a tuxedo and cape with a crown on his head. "Leni, you have been bad and you need to be punished," he said in a deep voice.
Leni gulped. "What did I do now?" she timidly questioned.
"You got a ninty-nine on your french test. You know better than that!"
"But I only got one wrong! I got the highest in the class! What more do you want from me?" she screamed.
"You are to be perfect! You have to be, so people see our family that way! Do you know what this could do to our reputation?" he counteracted. "I'll punish you, and next time you better be perfect!." He grabbed her by her arms and kissed her hard on the lips. Then he did to her as he had done almost everyday since she was thirteen. As he had done to her mother before her.
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The next day she came to school with a large, purple bruise on her arm. He had been angry last night. The first thing she did was go to check the list of people who made it in. She pushed in front of the people surrounding her and started to read.
Edgar/Bat Boy: Marmaru Chiba
Shelly Parker: Selenity Chiba
The rest of a names were a blur to her. She couldn't believe it. She had gotten the female lead. No freshman had ever done that. Plus, she got to act with Marmaru.
She couldn't breathe. All she could do was stand there. Finally she was snapped back to reality by V-chan hugging her and congatulating her. Leni got out of the way of the other students trying to see the results. Just then Marmaru walked up. At his cough, the students parted and let him through. He looked at the results and smiled. It was a smug smile, that told everyone that he had expected the results. He glanced and Leni who was standing there, and he walked up to her.
"Guess we will be seeing more of eachother then," he said with a wink. Leni blushed and looked down.
"Yeah, I guess so." she replied with a small smile. She then pushed past the rest of the students and walked to her locker to fetch her books.
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The first practice for the play was to be tomorrow. Everyone knew she had gotten the lead, and she had recieved a few smiles that day from her fellow classmates. It was a welcome change to the usual scowels and crude remarks. When she sat in her usuall spot at lunch, she was surprised to find that a few girls from her 3rd period sat down with her, V-chan, and Kyu. They conversed about the normal topics teenagers talk about. It was as if they had never shunned her at all. When V-chan and her were walking to Leni's car, one girl worked up the nerve to ask how she could afford it. Leni simply replied that she had been saving ever since she could remember, and that her father had pitched in the rest. She couldn't tell her that she bought it off of a few month's allowance. Then people would know that she was rich. They hopped into the car and drove home.
As they arrived home, Leni burst into the front hall. She rung up one of the survants to ask where her father was. She found that he was in his office. Not his study. Not his bedroom. She breathed a sigh of relief. She thanked the servant and hung up the phone. Then she quickly ran to her father's office and knocked on the door saying, "Father, it's me."
"Come in, Leni," came the voice from the other side. Leni entered the room and ran to her father's desk. He was wearing his reading glasses and going over some documents. On her arrival, he pulled off his glasses and looked at her.
"Father, I have the most glorious news! You know how I was trying out for the school play? I got the female lead! Isn't that great?" she smiled and so did he.
"That's spectacular!" he hugged her. "You know, I have news, as well. You know how you have been training for your role as the princess? There is a ball next Friday. I think it would be a great coming out for you. How does that sound?"
Leni stared at her father in disbelief. She just couldn't believe it. "I guess that sounds okay."
"Just 'okay'?"
"Well, does this mean I'll have to go to balls and stuff all the time now? And, do I have to take a date or something?"
"Yes and I would suggest that you do."
"Dad, what am I the princess of, anyway?"
"You'll find out at the ball."
Leni then left to tell her other guardiens the news as well. ~I just hope V-chan hasn't told them first!~
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School went smoothly the next day, and after school she happily went to play practice. The first thing they recieved was their scripts. Then they basically went over the whole play story. The next thing that they did was begin to learn the first song, "Hold me Bat Boy". This was because it included almost everyone. Marmaru just listened because he was the only one that didn't sing that song. After that, it was 6:00 and time to leave. As Leni gathered her things and went over the parts of the song that she sung, she felt someone touch her arm. She jumped and turned around, only to find Marmaru standing there.
"Hi," she nervously said.
"Did I scare you?" he replied.
"Yeah, well... a little. So, what's up?"
"Well, I was wondering, I have to go to this big party on Friday, and I was wondering if you would go with me."
Leni bit her lip. "Sorry, can't. My dad's making me go to this... party with him."
"Are you sure? It's a ball. You'd get to wear a fancy dress and all."
Leni's eyes widened. "It's a ball? Maybe I can go, then." She wrote down her phone number on his hand. "Call me tonight and I'll see if I can go. I can't get out of this thing I have to go to, but there's a pretty good chance I can go with you." She smiled and started to walk away. "My dad'll freak if I'm late, so I've got to go! I hope to hear from you later!"
He pondered what she'd said. He knew this was a royalty ball, and she had basically said that she might have already been going. He looked down to see her name in neat writing. Her number was written benieth it, and both were encased with a crescent moon. ~Who is this girl?~
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That night, Leni had just finished her homework when the telephone rang. She nervously answered. "Hello?"
"Hey," came the voice at the other end. She knew that it was Marmaru.
"Hi!"
"So, can you go with me?"
"I asked my dad, and he said that there was only one ball going on that day. So I guess I was already going. So, I can go with you."
There was a pause. "Leni, you must be playing with me."
"Why?"
"The ball I'm going to is for royalty only and you said you were already going. Now how can that be?"
Leni gasped. "You're royalty? Of what?"
"I don't know, my parents never told me. I'm going to find out at the ball. What about you? Are you royalty or something?"
Leni paused. Should she tell him? She had never told anyone before. "Okay, please don't tell *anyone*. I've never told a soul, but yes. I am. Are you happy?"
"Now I know why you always walk so strait. So what are you royalty of?"
"I'm to find out the same time as you."
"Okay, so we're both royalty. And we've both never told anyone."
"Yeah, guess so. So, you still want to go together?"
"Yeah. We can work out the details later, okay?"
"Kay. Ja matta!"
"Ja matta."
Leni hung up. She felt dizzy with excitement. She was going to the ball. She was going with the most popular boy at school who just happened to be royalty, as well. Plus, he was a SENIOR. ~My luck just keeps getting better~
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Her father was extatic that she found a date who was royalty. So was Leni. The next few weeks seemed to float by. Play practices were working out well. By now, she knew some of her lines, some of her songs, some of her dances, and was working as hard as she could to do the best she could. At home, she took most of her time studying lines. She had barely any homework, and she did that first.
Then at night, she would spend her time with Aunt Rini, practicing princess affairs. She walked with books on her head, had several course meals (some of which she didn't like which was it's own lesson), practiced introductions, and getting fitted for her gown. That was her favorite part. Her gown was going to be beautiful. She was also taught how to put her hair in the royal family's hairstyle. It seemed to be pigtails, yet it had two odango at the bases that were hard to do and to keep round. Finally, the day came. It was time to go to the ball and meet her destiny.