Chapter 9
It had been a few weeks. School was back on and our homeroom class was going to put on a play. Both Rita and Mimi seemed excited about it, I was a little nervous though. "Okay class," the teacher spoke. "We are going to be putting on a play as you know, but this play will be a story that our own Mimi Tachikawa wrote." We all turned towards Mimi, she just smiled. "Mimi why don't you tell the class about the play?" The teacher asked. "Aright, well the story is about a princess. Her country is fighting with a neighboring country over power. This makes the princess quite sad and she hasn't left her room in a long time. Her friends from the palace decide to throw a masked ball so she will come out and enjoy life. She is scared once she arrives, however she meets this guy who asks her to dance, and while dancing she falls in love with him. She then finds out that he is the prince of the neighboring country. She is heartbroken but then he confesses that he loves her. She starts to cry as she runs up to him saying "Even so, I can't you are my people's enemy right now." He doesn't care, he holds her close to him then says to her. "Then let's run away," she agrees but then the king and queen on both sides lock the princess and prince in there rooms never to see each other again. As the war goes on the prince's side attacks the princess's side's castle. In all the commotion both the princess and prince escape with the help of their friends. They arrive down in the middle of the war. The princess runs to him but is about to be hit with an attack from the other side. The prince dives in front taking the hit, he then falls to the ground. The princess cries as she holds him. He says that he loves her and then dies in her arms. She holds him close and says to him, "I love you too." She then picks up a knife on the ground and stabs herself as she falls on top of him," Mimi finished. Rita started crying. "That that's such a sad story," Rita said as Mimi hugged her. "Well I want you to be the princess," Mimi spoke. "WHAT?" Rita yelled out. "All in favour" Mimi spoke. The rest of the class voted for her. "Well now we need the prince," the teacher replied. "And I know just the guy" Mimi said as she turned to me. I froze… "MIMI YOU'RE KIDDING," I yelled to her. "Nope" Mimi said with a smile. I looked over at Rita and started blushing. "Okay now that we have the two main characters we will pick the rest of the cast." The teacher replied, I wasn't paying much attention after that.
We had rehearsed many times, and I had all my lines down. I hope that Rita does too because it was now the New Years concert and we had to put on the play today. I had never been so nervous… but I had to do it. It would be awkward; even though it's not real I still have to tell Rita that I love her. We were getting ready for the play. I was already in my costume; it was this red and gold prince's outfit. It looked really well made. One of the girls in the class was in charge of costumes. Just then Rita walked in and my heart stopped. She looked so beautiful. She was dressed in this pink gown and she had a red ribbon in her hair and around her neck. She also was wearing the pendant that I got her. Nonetheless she looked gorgeous. She looked at me and then quickly turned away. Probably to laugh, it's hard to picture me in this…
It was now the play
The stage lit up. I watched as Rita walked on stage, I heard some guys behind me talking. "Wow Rita is really pretty isn't she?" One said, "yeah I was thinking of asking her out." Said the other. This made me more nervous… Rita… she seemed really popular. I heard Mimi speak, "princess we want you to have fun tonight so please come to the party." "I know I should but I am not in the mood to have fun" Rita replied. "But Princess…" Another girl spoke. "I'm worried… about what is going to happen to my kingdom as well as our enemy's." Rita spoke as she put on a sad face. She really was a good actress. I looked in the audience and saw Tai and the gang as well as my parents. This would be… awkward. The scene ended and it was now the part of the dance. Rita came out with a mask on; she walked to the center of the stage and closed her eyes. My part was now. "What to do… I can't seem to enjoy myself… how can I with a war going on at the same time?" Rita spoke. I came up behind her and replied, "I know how you feel." "Who are you?" Rita asked. "I am just a fellow member to this party, what about you?" I asked, "I am…." Rita mumbled out. "The princess I assume." I replied, "How did you know?" She asked. "Just a hunch" I replied. "I see…" Rita muttered, "Would you care to dance?" I asked whilst extending my hand to her. She smiled as she took it. "Sure," she replied. This was now the part where we dance. The whole time I couldn't help but look at her. I guess it wouldn't be hard for me to act like I had fallen in love. If anyone ever asked, I'm just a good actor. I felt myself blush, but I tried to avoid her looking at me. It didn't go over well since she was staring at me, making me feel more awkward. I wondered… what she was thinking this very second.
Further on in the play.
"Where are we?" Rita asked. "A favourite spot of mine, what do you think?" I asked in reply, "It's beautiful," she smiled. "The reason I brought you here is because…. There is something I need to tell you." I spoke as I knelt down. "What is it?" Rita asked. "It seems… that… I have fallen in love with you princess," I replied as I covered the appearing blush on my face. I looked at her, both our faces were red… she was a really good actress. For me it was true though. She then collapsed over on the bench. "Even so… I can't return these feelings." Rita replied, "is it that you find me detestable?" I asked. "No that isn't … the reason…. please," she spoke as she ran over to me. "Erase me from your heart." She spoke as tears fell down her face…. Rita…. was she okay? That's all I was thinking about, till I remembered it was my line. I reached out and grabbed her arm. "Run away with me princess." I spoke to her; she blushed as I held her close to me. "I can't, you are the prince on which my people are fighting against." She replied. "Then we will run away and forget it all," I said as I wrapped my arms around her. "Alright" she replied as she wrapped hers around me as well. Just then our "parents," the kings and queens came and pulled us apart. "That will never happen," Rita's father said. "We will lock you up for this, you will not see the light of day," my father spoke while grabbing me. They pulled us apart as we called out to each other.
Further on.
The war had started and we had escaped from our rooms. This was the part where I took the sword in the chest. I fell down to the ground as Rita screamed out. She held me in her arms as tears streamed down her face. "Why…. Why did you do that?" She asked, "Be… because I love you… and I would do anything for you," I responded. This was now the part where I died. I felt Rita hold me close to her as she then spoke her line that made my heart race. "… I love you too," Rita spoke and with that grabbed the sword and stabbed herself in the chest; she then fell on top of me. With that the lights turned off and the audience applauded. The cast then all did their curtain call… and then it was over.