I DO NOT OWN THE SELECTION SERIES. SHOUTOUT TO PIXARGIRL AND BRADILAIN FOR CREATING THESE CHARACTERS.

Schreave Palace. Sacramento, province of Angeles. Kingdom of Illèa. 3 weeks into the selection.

For the next group date, Crown Princess Sybil and the remaining fourteen selected decided to keep things simple and watch a movie. They had a taken a vote and in the end, it was decided that they would watch a Sci-fi movie. Luckily, they didn't even have to leave the palace; on account of the fact that they had a private theatre within the palace. As everyone settled in with their drinks and candy, Sybil was disappointed to see that her mom had arranged the seating chart.

Queen Ellen had made sure to put Claude Marie Vance and Irradia Poder very far away from the crown princess. She had also made sure to get Zander Radley, Caleb Newton, Carlisle Martimus very close to her. Princess Sybil absolutely loathed how her mother kept trying to make the selection about who she wanted Sybil to marry instead of who Sybil wanted Sybil to marry.

Carlisle could see that Syb was upset and to his credit, he tried to make her feel better with engaging conversation.

"The special effects in this movie are out of sight." The massage therapist from Fennley said with glee.

"Yeah, you can clearly see the effort that they put into this film." The heiress to the Illèan throne replied with a smile that anyone else could have seen was obviously forced. She tried to keep her responses short and sweet. She didn't want to risk taking the anger that she had towards her sociopathic bitch of a mother out on Carlisle.

"I can't believe that your mom managed to get Star Raiders V. It isn't supposed to be put in theaters for another 3 months!" Carlisle declared with envy.

"Well, that basically sums up my mom for you. If she wants something, she is going to get it; come Hell, high water, or a New Asian invasion." Sybil responded wistfully. Carlisle took Sybil's hand in his and she let him, but she couldn't enjoy herself or the movie.

As the epic outer space drama played out before them, Sybil kept thinking how much everything about this group date was screaming that Queen Ellen Schreave was in control of everything in her life and all Sybil could really do was shut up and take it. The princess of Illèa was fed up with it. This was supposed to be her selection and she wanted to do what she wanted to do with whoever she wanted to do it with.

After the movie was over, everyone exited feeling a bit on edge. Apparently, the girls from Sota, St. George, and Tammins had accused of Claude Marie dumping a huge cup of Sprite on them. Claurie had naturally denied the accusation and a scuffle had broken out in the theatre. The good news was that the mercenary from Atlin had been allowed to stay. The bad news was that the Queen had immediately eliminated the other 3 girls, no questions asked.

After the film, Sybil was leaving alone when she ran into Jane Topswell.

"Oh, hey Janie." Syb said with a weak smile.

"Hi Billie, did you enjoy the movie?" Jane asked with a smile.

"No." Sybil replied as she leaned in and kissed the college student from Dominica deeply on the lips. The princess knew that her mom would be disgusted if she saw her daughter kissing a girl, but she didn't give a damn in that moment. After kissing for a few moments, Syb broke away.

"Was that ok?" She asked as a surprised Jane caressed her face.

"Oh yeah." Janie insisted as they held each other tightly and continued to enjoy their impromptu make out session.

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