"grandma when did you loose your virginity?"
"well I was 18. did you never have the virginity/sex talk with your mum?"
"not that I can recall no. I guess I always knew certain stuff"
"but your not a virgin now are you?"
"no I'm not but I when I was going to go to San Francisco this Christmas I was going to tell her about Nicholas and ask her about her 1st time but I can't can i?"
"no. sadly. Some of the things I'm about to tell you musn't go any further ok"
"ok "
"well it was with Joe"
"WHAT! JOE?"
"Mia keep your voice down"
"sorry. But why..how, well I know how but I thought you were married?"
"I was married at 19. Joe came to work for my mother and father when I was just turned 18. my father was an important man in the Genovian aristocracy so therefore needed protection. Well I had a crush on him straight away, he was 21, just out of military training. We exchanged glances over formal dinners and balls until we were invited to the winter ball held right here at the palace."
"wow. What happened"
"he didn't ask me out so to speak but we exchanged kisses and he made me feel really alive. Something I had never felt before. After that night we saw each other whenever possible. We'd go out riding, go for picnics, he even climbed up to my window one night. Then it was announced I was to be married to Prince Rupert Renaldi."
"he took it bad I guess"
"extremely.. he was deeply upset and his liveliness went. We still met up ut never did any of the fun things we used to before the announcement.
"then how did you manage to sleep with him?"
"my parents were staying at the palace one evening and entrusted Joe to look after me while they were gone. He was being a bit off with me all night so I decided to go to bed early. After a few hours he came in and sat on my bed. I asked him what he was doing and he said he had something important to ask me. He said he could sit around and watch me get married knowing it was him I really loved as long as he could show me how much he loved me before he let me go"
"oh grandma that is the sweetest thing iv heard ever"
"it wasn't that pleasant to be honest. I asked him how and he said he wanted to make love to me. Me being the naïve 18 year old that I was didn't really know what he was talking about but really loved him so I trusted him. He locked my door and…well you don't want to know that many details do you"
"only if you don't want to tell me"
"well ok if your sure. I didn't know what he was doing. So I asked him"
"you asked him? What did he say"
"he told me what making love was and I was petrified"
"but you went ahead and did it anyway, grandma you tease"
both women laughed. Clarisse carried on.
"when we first made contact I thought I was going to die it hurt that much but after a few minutes the pain had gone and me and Joe were together. A special bond had been created."
"that was so cute. Don't worry about me telling people it was Joe and not Grandfather. To me you loosing your virginity is sweet but to other people the thought of their Queen having sex is kinda gross, no offence"
"non taken"
"I always thought I would loose mine with Michael and in a way I wash I had but im glad its Nicholas, I love him very much"
"I can see that. I wasn't sure about Michael though. He looked funny"
"he was in a a band that's why. They were called Fly Paper"
"fly paper? What kind of a name is that. No im glad you aren't still with him. The crown princess of Genovia with a boy in a band called fly paper. It wouldn't have worked out for you"
Clarisse couldn't help but laugh at herself. Mia faked an angry face but then it cracked.
"so why the sudden interest darling"
"I don't know. I was just lying there next to Nicholas
thinking how happy I was. I wanted to tell mom about him but realised
I couldn't so I came to you."
"do you want to tell me about
your first time with Nicholas? I'm a good listener"
"wouldn't you find that a bit gross"
"well did you when I told you"
"actually no. that's because we are more like friends than family I think"
"I think so too"
"ok"
Mia started to remember the first time she showed her love to Nicholas and got ready to tell her grandmother / friend all about it, knowing that somewhere her mother was listening to her.
