The day before the party had finally arrived. Ayria was very anxious and couldn't wait much longer. She looked like a wreck between her visits with "dear Reginald" and the party preparations. Today was her dreaded visit with her to be betrothal. " Sweet, sweet girl," Reginald cooed. Even if she was seven years younger, he twenty-one, she fourteen, he talked to her as if she was half her age. " Did you have a good day yesterday, my little buttercup." His honey coated statements made her want to vomit then and there. He would hold her chin up and smile at her, his face all scrunched up. His eyes, pale like the stormy sky, were hiding something Ayria didn't like. " I hear you having a little get together with all your friends, my girl." Reginald finally started some conversation. She nodded, keeping her appearance, though inside she was absolutely furious at his knowledge of it. " I was thinking of dropping by, you know, to visit you, my love." This time she couldn't stand it. Him, Reginald, he might see Tyron! " You.. You can't." she was a little new at contradicting men, so she was a little nervous at yelling at him. " Do you dare contradict a man, young girl?" " Yes, yes I do. You may not come for it is my party and if you come you shall see the end of me. I forbade you to come." " You do realize if you challenge me, you challenge your country and you shall pay. You shall pay." Reginald rose out of his seat and left without saying good bye. You shall pay, the thought rang in her mind over and over. Would he truly make me pay, or is he bluffing? she thought the rest the morning.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Her lady will see you now." Janette, one of Lady Christa's many servants, told Ayria. About time, Mother! Ayria thought as she curtsied in front of her mother. " Good daughter, you called on me. What could possibly be troubling a lady like yourself." Christa's voice sounded innocent, yet her eyes betrayed her. " M'lady, I wish to ask you, how did my betrothal, dear Reginald, find out about my party tomorrow?" Christa let out a slight gasp and successfully disguised it as a cough. " I, I do not know. That is truly something I don't know." Lady Christa was renowned for her knowledge of everything, and this, Ayria could tell, was among the many things she did know. Unable to keep her temper at her mother, Ayria opened her mouth and let the words fall out. " That's bullcrap mother and you know it! Your hiding something from me, I can sense it. It's as obvious as the sky is blue. You smile now, but it is not a smile of joy; it is one of deceit Your words sound innocent but your looks betray you. Heed my words, when I found out, you'll regret the day he told me. You can count on that." Ayria left without out curtsying, and did the unthinkable, she turned her back to her mother. Outside the door, she could hear her mother's shrill of a laugh and was certain it was covering her fear at her daughter's threat. It was.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All the girls were invited for lunch at Ayria's house. Everyone, except Lylac, had been able to make it. " What ever shall I do?" Ayria told all the girls her problem with "dear Reginald" as she called him now, and they were putting their brains together. " I don't know," Bryr finally said. She was one of the two blondes, and they always made jokes about her. In reality, though, she was the smartest out of all of them, even if she was the youngest. Tresa and the other serving maids laid the lunch consisting of lobster and broccoli in front of the girls. Each girl picked up a utensil and began their meal. Cindy spoke up first after the meal. No one dared talk about Reggie during Ayria's meal; nobody knew what would happen if they did. " You know, you could always change the date and not tell your mother." Cindy, the skinniest one, also the other blonde, was always thinking of was to not tell mothers things, since her stepmother was evil. " Yeah, and how exactly would Ayria tell her mom why all her friends decided to spend the night all of a sudden?" Rylee asked sarcastically. That remarked silenced Cindy. " Guys, why don't I just tell Tyron not to come." Ayria murmured. " HELL NO!" Elle yelled, " We are not giving up on you and Tyron. You two belong together." All the other girls nodded their heads in agreement. " Okay, then I guess I won't give up on you either, girls. Group hug?" All the girls smiled and hugged each other and worked on their plan to get Tyron to still come, and Reginald not to.
A/N this is my first fic. Please review!!!!!! Next chapter will be up soon!