A Magical Evening (Chapter 3)
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A few nights had passed, and Sofia and Lucinda were sure that their secret was safe. For the past few days and nights, however, they had decided to keep a low profile, just to be safe. But it now appeared that had not been necessary.
The next night, Sofia and Lucinda decided to go back to normal. That night, the two of them spent a wonderful time in Sofia's bedroom, enjoying each other in their special way.
The next morning, Sofia and Lucinda woke up. The sun was shining through the window. It was going to be a lovely day. As the two got ready for the day, they heard a knock at Sofia's bedroom door.
"Quick! Get in my closet!" Sofia whispered to Lucinda. "I'll see who it is".
As Lucinda raced into Sofia's closet, Sofia put her robe on, walked over to her bedroom door, and opened it. Standing there was Amber.
"Good morning, Sofia" Amber smiled as she walked in and closed the door behind her. "I hope I'm not disturbing you?".
"No" Sofia smiled, wondering what Amber wanted.
"I was wondering if you had seen Lucinda?" Amber asked.
"I haven't seen her since yesterday" Sofia answered.
"Sofia" Amber smiled. "A lie is a poor way to start off the day".
"Whatever are you talking about, Amber?" Sofia asked, taken off guard.
"Sofia, it's okay" Amber said in a reassuring way. "I have two princess friends who are, shall we say, more than just close friends. And I've kept that a secret for years. I can keep your secret as well".
"I wish I knew what you were talking about, Amber?" Sofia questioned, trying to feign ignorance.
"Sofia, don't worry" Amber said. "I'm not judging you. If you and Lucinda have a relationship, that's okay with me. I won't tell anybody. If Lucinda is here, she can come out. The two of you have nothing to fear from me".
At that point, Lucinda walked into Sofia's bedroom from where she was hiding.
"Ah, good" Amber smiled at Lucinda. "There you are".
"Just one question?" Lucinda asked Amber.
"Go ahead" Amber said.
"How did you know?" Lucinda inquired.
"As I said, I have two princess friends who have the same type of relationship" Amber answered. "I've gotten to know the signs as it were, and saw those signs in the two of you. Only somebody like me, who have similar friends, would know the signs. Anybody else would just think the two of you are close friends".
Sofia and Lucinda sighed with relief.
"Well, now that we've taken care of that, let's get down to why I'm here" Amber smiled. "As you know, mine and James' birthday is coming up in a few weeks. I was wondering, Lucinda, if you could perform something special for this year's birthday?".
"I'd be happy to, Princess Amber" Lucinda answered. "Is there anything special you had in mind?".
"I was wondering if perhaps you could do a spell that would make the cake look and taste like any kind of cake the person eating it would want?" Amber wanted to know.
"Let me think" Lucinda said. After thinking about it for a few moments, Lucinda remembered something. "Yes, I can do that" Lucinda smiled. "I remember reading in one of my mother's spell books a spell that would allow that. I'll visit her this afternoon and get the spell".
"Wonderful!" Amber exclaimed in glee. "Thank you, Lucinda".
"Your quite welcome, Princess Amber" Lucinda smiled.
As Amber turned to leave the room, she turned back to Sofia and Lucinda. "You two really make a nice couple" Amber remarked. "I wish you all the happiness in the world".
With that, Amber left.
"I never expected Amber of all people to be that accepting of our relationship" Sofia remarked.
"Well, she has lightened up during the past few years" Lucinda smiled. "And it's all thanks to you, Sofia. You have such a positive effect on people. It's a rare gift you've been blessed with".
Sofia smiled at the compliment.
"I wonder which two princesses have a relationship like ours?" Sofia wondered out loud.
"Nah! Couldn't be!" Lucinda exclaimed as a thought went through her head.
"What are you thinking, Lucinda?" Sofia wondered.
"Well, think about it" Lucinda smiled. "Which two of Amber's princess friends are thicker than thieves as it were?"
"Hildegard and Cleo?!" Sofia exclaimed.
"It would explain a lot" Lucinda pointed out.
"You have a point" Sofia acknowledged.
"So, I'll see you in my workshop later this morning?" Lucinda asked. "It's time for this week's installment of your magical finishing training".
"I'll be there" Sofia smiled.
Lucinda gently kissed Sofia, then raised her wand, and disappeared from Sofia's bedroom. Sofia smiled at being able to see Lucinda later on. During Sofia's later years at Royal Prep, she had taken up sorcery as an addition to her royal education, and had become quite good at it. All that was needed now was for Sofia to receive some finishing training, and she was happy that King Roland had wanted Lucinda to be in charge of that. Any time that she could spend with Lucinda was a precious gift.