Once upon a time...
I decided I wasn't happy at the school I was studying at, so I began to attend a different one. This school was as different from my previous school as night is to day. It was a very unsafe school, so unsafe that they had soldiers patrolling the corridors. While class was in session, no one was allowed to leave. Not even to use the loo. Fights constantly broke out in the hall. Not trained sword fights or matches that I was used to seeing. These fights were full on bone breaking, body tackling, fist punching, hair ripping brawls. Rather than people being knights in shining armor to save whoever got attacked, everyone would form a circle and cheer for who they thought would win until the soldier would tear the fighters apart. It was practically barbaric.
For school, it was required that everyone take a physical training class. I hated that class more than anything. I'm a princess! I do not sweat, I do not run, and I do not do anything that involves quarrel for sport. I do peaceful activities such as paint, sing, or play croquet. Many times I would fake an injury, but this school was so cruel that I was forced to participate despite being "wounded". One particular class, we were studying the sport of horseshoes. Being my incredible athletic self, I threw the horseshoe...five feet in the wrong direction. And standing exactly five feet in the wrong direction was a girl. And my horseshoe hit that girl. Right in the head.
Everyone in the class stopped their game and stared at me at the sound of her scream. This was the closest to a near death experience that I'd ever had. She was going to kill me. I, princess Brailee was never going to have an heir to the throne, because I threw a horseshoe at a girl's head. I was half dazed at what I had done and half ready to take off in a sprint down the corridor. "I'm so sorry....I really didn't mean to!" I pleaded. She walked up to me, got really close to my face, and said evily, "You'll pay for this." Then turned and walked off.
Note to self: Do not touch any spindles on spinning wheels and do not eat any apples.
I instantly turned into a celebrity overnight at my school. The girl I hit in the head began to follow me in the corridors threatening to beat me up. I would apologize endlessly, but that only fueled her fire. How is this girl relevant to my love story? Because that is how I met Dedrick, Griffin, and Redford.
None of these boys were good friends, but they all took it upon themselves to protect me from this crazy girl who threatened my valuable life. The twist to this story, is none of them knew the others had devoted themselves to my protection, and I didn't realize how devoted each of them were to me, so I went ahead and let them guard me at meals and escort me to classes when they wanted to. Not at the same time, of course, but I almost always had one of them by my side. I became good friends to each of them and cared about each of them for different reasons.
Dedrick was stalky and had brown eyes and light brown curly hair. He was very sweet and liked to have a good time. He liked music and stories like I did, so we had lots to talk about.
Griffin was tall and stalky. He had black hair and ebony skin. He had huge lips, the kind that girls dream of kissing. He was very serious and had a rough upbringing. He was always happy though and always had my best interest in mind.
Redford was tall as well and athletic. He had dark brown hair and a dark skin, but not as dark as Griffin's. He was immature, shallow, and goofy. It was impossible to have a serious conversation with him, but I always had a good time.
Weddings were such a big and exciting event in my land far far away, so when a family member of mine was getting married, it was essential that I attend. This particular wedding I was attending was rather far. It was going to be a journey to get to there, so I was not going to be in the land or at school for quite a period of time in order to attend. The three boys were saddened that I wouldn't be at school. I told them there would be plenty of protecting me when I returned.
The night before I left on my journey, a lady in waiting came in to my chambers and told me a man was there to see me. I was thrilled when I got to the door to see Griffin. I asked him if he'd like to take a stroll in the gardens. He agreed, and we talked about my family a little bit and what the wedding would be like. He apologized for showing up unannounced, he was just going to miss me when I was gone and was hoping to see me one more time. I laughed and told him I wasn't dying and said I needed to finish packing so we headed back to my castle. When we got to the door, I gave him a hug and said I'd see him in a while. He didn't let me out of the hug however and when I started to pull away, he kissed me. With those big luscious lips. I could not wait to tell my sister that big lips does not mean someone is a good kisser. Griffin was a great guy, but despite those dreamy lips, he was definitely not a good kisser. My face felt engulfed and slobbery after, but I forced a smile and bid him goodnight.
I returned to my chamber to continued preparing for my journey when my lady in waiting came in again to tell me I had another visitor. Much to my surprise, the visitor was Dedrick. I greeted him and he asked if I wanted to go on a ride in his carriage. I agreed and we went on a short ride around my castle grounds. He couldn't bear the thought of not seeing me one more time before I left and was so glad I could make time for him. When we returned to my castle, he hopped out of the carriage and held out his hand to assist me. The minute my foot touched the ground, he turned me and kissed me. It was a short, gentle kiss. We smiled at each other after. He raised my hand and kissed it and said, "Farewell, sweet princess."
I walked back in to my castle. I had barely sat down on my bed, when I was interrupted by, yet again, a visitor. I walked to the door and Redford was there. I invited him in and asked what I could do for him. He said he was going to miss seeing the prettiest girl at school and had to take the chance to see her one more time. Unlike the other two guys, he wasted no time with strolls or carriage rides, and leaned in and kissed me. I kissed him back and then pulled away. Then he got up to go, saying he knew I was busy, he just wanted to stop by. I thanked him, told him good night, shut the door and turned to see my father standing in the room.
"Three boys in one night?" He asked, teasingly. "I had no idea they were going to stop by," I said blushing and ran to my chambers as quickly as I could.
I felt a tinge of guilt for somehow leading them all on, but I had far greater things to worry about and got back to preparing for my trip. I'd worry about it when I returned.
Upon my arrival back to school from my journey, it became clear that I didn't have to worry about it. Somehow all three of them found out about each other while I was away, and none of them were pleased about it. Sadly, since the girl at school was no longer trying to take my life in the corridors, it didn't bother me all that much that the three boys didn't talk to me anymore. I went about my business, and they went about theirs.
And we lived happily never after.
