A/N: So I started this 101 business because I had lots of "established couple-y" story ideas and ever since starting it all my muse has kicked around are ideas of romance/getting-together stories. It's almost frustrating. Almost.

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"The Princess DG looks lovely today, don't you think?" A middle aged woman with brown hair asked her older friend.

"Oh yes. Quite bored too…" Her friend commented, indicating she was bored too.

"Oh, Astrid!" The brunette admonished.

"No, really! Just look at her," Astrid pointed. "Her smile is a bit fake and she is just staring at one spot! If I were forced to go to every re-opening all over the OZ I would be bored too…"

"Really, Astrid…"

"Oh don't 'really Astrid' me, Gazelle. Just you wait…She won't crack a real smile throughout this entire ceremony!"

"I think you're wrong…" Gazelle muttered under her breath.

Just then a man in a gray fedora pushed his way through the crowed, passing them and making his way closer to the stage.

"Excuse me, ladies," he touched his hat briefly as he edged around them.

"Oh, do we have to?" Astrid muttered under her breath as he walked away. Gazelle elbowed her.

The town mayor soon began his welcoming statements to the crowd and Gazelle watched Princess DG intently, looking for a smile. The Princess stood stoically onstage, her hair pulled up elaborately and adorned with a small crown. Her dark green coat, while showing bare shoulders, was long sleeved, and floor length and had a high collar, completing her regal look.

Every once in awhile the Princess' advisor, the one with the zipper on his head standing next to her, would elbow her lightly and point to something. She would give him a half-hearted smile and nod, but her eyes would eventually wander back to the crowd.

Gazelle herself was beginning to lose interest when the Princess suddenly perked up, unclasping her hands from in front of her.

Gazelle watched in fascination as the Princess smacked her friend in the chest with the back of her hand pointing to something in the crowd in Astrid's direction and ran off the stage.

Murmuring could be heard throughout the crowd and soon Gazelle could hear the Princess herself.

"Excuse me. So sorry. Excuse me. Pardon me."

Soon she stepped up to the man with the gray fedora and just stared at him with wide eyes. Then she broke into a wide smile and through her arms around the man's neck giving him a hug.

He caught her around the waist and spun her around in a circle, a smile upon his face as well.

"I didn't know you were back!" DG exclaimed.

"Just this afternoon," came the man's reply.

"Come on!" The Princess grabbed his hand and began pulling him through the crowd back to the stage.

Finally Astrid exploded, "WOULD YOU STOP HITTING MY ARM!"

"Sorry," Gazelle muttered. She hadn't even realized how enthusiastically she was trying to get Astrid's attention. "Who do you think-?" Gazelle started to ask before she saw the man in the hat and the Princess climb the stairs to the stage, still hand in hand.

When they made it to the advisor with the zipper, the Princess motioned to the man and said something. The advisor stared at him for a moment before throwing his arms out to the side and engulfing the man in the hat with a hug, trapping his arms. The man in the hat patted his back as best as he could, and was finally released.

The viewer standing nearby also came forward and just shook hands with the man, a slight smile on his face.

The Princess stood by, simply beaming.

The man in the hat seemed to become aware of the entire town staring at him. He glanced up before tugging his hat down a bit over his face and stepping back beside the Princess.

Even the mayor had looked over at what seemed to have captured the crowd's attention. The Princess waved at the mayor and looked embarrassed before leaning towards the man in the hat, looping her arms around his waist and leaning her head on his shoulder. The man smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, nodding to the mayor.

"That doesn't count…" Astrid muttered. "She's not smiling because of the ceremony."

Gazelle smiled wryly. "You're just bitter because the other rumors aren't true."

"What other rumors?" Astrid asked sharply.

"Why, the ones where the Princess might be a…" she trailed off turning pink. "You know…" she whispered. "About turning away all of the suitors?"

"A lesbian?" Astrid supplied, a bit loudly, causing other town folk to stare.

Gazelle hushed her friend, but nodded.

Astrid laughed. "Ha! Honey," she pointed to the stage, "that doesn't prove anything. With an ass like that man has, he could turn any lesbian straight."

Her friend huffed in exasperation.

"Really, Astrid…"

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A/N: A/N: Didn't end up where I thought, but these two ladies were kind of fun to write… I wrote this (and another one) like, two weeks ago. And was all excited and then school happened and I didn't get this tweaked and finished until just now. My apologies. Will you forgive me if I...oh, I don't know, POST THE OTHER ONE SOON!