The next couple days, all Diaspro could think about was her afternoon with Sky. Part of her still felt embarrassed due to the fact that she had never had sexual relations with a boy before. On the other hand, the other part longed to be close to him again. She felt that having afternoons like the one they just had would make them grow closer and make the idea of the arranged marriage even better.
At their next dance lesson, things began awkward as assumed.
"Today, we will be only be reviewing the dances previously learned. I expect that both of you have practiced so I should not find too many mistakes!"
However, this was not the case. Sky continued to step on Diaspro's toes and they did not have the same chemistry they seemed to develop during the last dance practice. It was clear that sky was just as embarrassed about their previous encounter as Diaspro was.
"I thought we had this dance down last week!" Diaspro said in a hushed voice.
"Yeah well I forgot it already." Sky whispered back.
"Does that mean you will forget everything by the wedding?"
"Of course not! I've just been busy in the past week."
"Doing what? I've been busy too but you don't see me messing up every step" Diaspro was starting to seriously get annoyed, but she did not know if she was genuinely mad at him or just trying to cover up her embarassed feelings.
"I've had some practice sessions with Brandon and had to make a few public appearances with my parents!"
Both remained silent as they continued to fumble around the dance floor. Finally, the painful dance session was over and they went to the carriage. Again, awkward silence filled the carriage as they traveled back to Sky's castle where Diaspro's family was eating dinner with his.
"Look I'm sorry about anything I did to offend you or make you mad at me." Sky softly said to Diaspro so the driver would not be able to hear.
"You didn't do anything." Diaspro lied. She did not want to talk about making out with him. She was afraid he would want to do it again and truthfully, she sort of wanted to too, but did not want it to end the way it did last time.
"Obviously I did since you are mad at me."
"I don't want to talk about it. It's fine."
"No it's not! We can not have problems with each other this early on!"
"There is not a problem Sky! Just drop it!"
They looked at each other for a couple of seconds and Diaspro realized that their faces were only a few centimeters apart. Sky seemed to move closer to her as she moved closer to him and their lips touched. Once again, she felt the butterflies in her stomach that seemed to increase the longer they kissed. She longed to be closer to him and she thought Sky knew this as he pulled her closer to him and held her waist.
A longing to go further with him filled her brain even though she knew that this was not the right place nor the right time. His right hand slowly moved up and down her leg and went up the slit in her skirt. His fingers toyed with her panties and snapped the elastic. She wanted his hand to slide under that too as she felt an odd sensation between her legs but the carriage came to a halt. They quickly separated and looked away from each other. The door next to Diaspro opened and she stepped out.
At dinner the engaged couple did not speak to each other much. It was a nice dinner full of discussion of politics and ways to incorporate Eraklion and Diaspro's country.
"You know, I think that these two should start attending public events together! Officially announce the engagement!" Sky's father said as he pointed his fork at Sky and Diaspro while chewing on his steak.
"They cannot do that until after the engagement announcement though! We agreed that that was not going to happen until next summer darling!" Sky's mother responded.
"Of yes of course I forgot!"
"Anyways, how are the dancing lessons going?" Diaspro's mother asked.
Sky and Diaspro looked at each other, not sure of what to say since they were not going that well and they did not want to make their parents aware of it.
Finally, Sky responded "They are okay. A bit slow but I'm sure everything will be okay when it needs to be."
"Well it better be! Two nations full of people will be watching your wedding! It has to be the perfect!" Diaspro's father responded.
"It will be fine father!"
"Perhaps we should schedule some more lessons if necessary." Sky's father said.
"We already have plenty though!" Diaspro responded. She did not want to have more dance lessons than necessary.
"There is not that much time left though. In a short month Sky will going back to Red Fountain and will not be back again for a long break until the winter holidays. Then of course there is all of next summer but that is only a few months and once again he will be back at school. Then the wedding is the summer after that!" Sky's mother said.
"Well we can schedule a few and maybe cancel if you make improvements." Diaspro's mother said. Diaspro sighed as she finished her last bite of steak. She was glad that her mother was always on her side, even though she still followed the royal rules. Her mother always was a tad liberal.
The meal soon ended and Sky's family left. He gave a wave to Diaspro and winked. She waved back and smiled. She had a feeling that things would be less awkward between them as time passed and that they would ultimately be happy together.