Chapter 17
Margo smiled. "Danielle, Danielle, Danielle." She smiled and touched her face. "Still the same as ever, I see."
"Look, Margo, I don't want to start an argument. What are you doing here besides trying to make my life miserable?"
Margo eyes widened. "Is that what you think that I am here for? Well, you must know that things change, my dear Princess." She stood up from the bed she had been lying on and walked toward her. "I've decided that it wasn't worth being angry about something that I had no control over."
Danielle's eyes narrowed. "Are you saying that this princess thing doesn't upset you because the last I heard..."
Margo's smile widened. "Now, now," she said. "Don't you go worrying your pretty little head about that, Dani. You do remember that Auguste was your father, not mine."
"But he was your father as well, Margo. He loved you as much as he loved me and Jacqueline."
"For a brief time, perhaps, but the title can only go towards one woman and it went to you. You are his only natural daughter, Danielle. You have the right to rule by blood. I am just your cousin, Dani."
"But you come from a royal family, Margo. "
Margo shook her head. "Aunt Renee was the third child born and hardly in line for the throne. My own mother was the fifth child and she married a commoner, which gives me little or no hope of ever becoming any thing connected with royalty. You, on the other hand, were first in line for the throne and for some reason you just don't want it."
It was true. Margo had indeed wanted the throne. She dreamt about it, slept it and ate it. At this point, she probably could almost taste it. It was that prominent in her thoughts and actions. She always hated Danielle for that, but she couldn't have it, not ever. Her own aunt had pulled her aside and explained this to her.
What was foremost on her mind at the moment was Margo's sudden appearance and in the room next to hers no less. Why she had come was a pure mystery to Danielle, no reason other than to get her in trouble.
Unless.....
"By the way, Margo, you never did tell me what you are here and the reason behind it?"
Margo smiled and opened her mouth to speak when she heard the door open suddenly
"Here I am, Margo-bunny, right on time! You know this is the first time that I have ever..."
The voice stopped short as Margo looked up to shake her head. This drew Danielle's attention and she looked up as well. "RUPERT!" she gasped as she turned to face him. "You're naked."
The Prince shook his head. "I prefer nude, Dani. Naked sounds a little too harsh, no imagination."
He looked up helplessly, first at Margo, then at Danielle.
"Margo-bunny?" Danielle responded, her eyes narrowing. "MARGO BUNNY?"
"Listen, Dani, this isn't what it looks like.."
"No?" Danielle asked, "So tell me what does it look like? And don't tell me that there is no imagination when I can think of thousands of things that you could be doing?"
She looked first at Margo, then at Rupert, then back to Margo. Without another sound, Danielle brushed past them and headed for the exit leaving Margo and Rupert together
Margo smiled. "Danielle, Danielle, Danielle." She smiled and touched her face. "Still the same as ever, I see."
"Look, Margo, I don't want to start an argument. What are you doing here besides trying to make my life miserable?"
Margo eyes widened. "Is that what you think that I am here for? Well, you must know that things change, my dear Princess." She stood up from the bed she had been lying on and walked toward her. "I've decided that it wasn't worth being angry about something that I had no control over."
Danielle's eyes narrowed. "Are you saying that this princess thing doesn't upset you because the last I heard..."
Margo's smile widened. "Now, now," she said. "Don't you go worrying your pretty little head about that, Dani. You do remember that Auguste was your father, not mine."
"But he was your father as well, Margo. He loved you as much as he loved me and Jacqueline."
"For a brief time, perhaps, but the title can only go towards one woman and it went to you. You are his only natural daughter, Danielle. You have the right to rule by blood. I am just your cousin, Dani."
"But you come from a royal family, Margo. "
Margo shook her head. "Aunt Renee was the third child born and hardly in line for the throne. My own mother was the fifth child and she married a commoner, which gives me little or no hope of ever becoming any thing connected with royalty. You, on the other hand, were first in line for the throne and for some reason you just don't want it."
It was true. Margo had indeed wanted the throne. She dreamt about it, slept it and ate it. At this point, she probably could almost taste it. It was that prominent in her thoughts and actions. She always hated Danielle for that, but she couldn't have it, not ever. Her own aunt had pulled her aside and explained this to her.
What was foremost on her mind at the moment was Margo's sudden appearance and in the room next to hers no less. Why she had come was a pure mystery to Danielle, no reason other than to get her in trouble.
Unless.....
"By the way, Margo, you never did tell me what you are here and the reason behind it?"
Margo smiled and opened her mouth to speak when she heard the door open suddenly
"Here I am, Margo-bunny, right on time! You know this is the first time that I have ever..."
The voice stopped short as Margo looked up to shake her head. This drew Danielle's attention and she looked up as well. "RUPERT!" she gasped as she turned to face him. "You're naked."
The Prince shook his head. "I prefer nude, Dani. Naked sounds a little too harsh, no imagination."
He looked up helplessly, first at Margo, then at Danielle.
"Margo-bunny?" Danielle responded, her eyes narrowing. "MARGO BUNNY?"
"Listen, Dani, this isn't what it looks like.."
"No?" Danielle asked, "So tell me what does it look like? And don't tell me that there is no imagination when I can think of thousands of things that you could be doing?"
She looked first at Margo, then at Rupert, then back to Margo. Without another sound, Danielle brushed past them and headed for the exit leaving Margo and Rupert together