"The dress? Why would I need a dress like this?" Said a very confused Sarah
"Because it's not a normal party, were going to the ball in the capitol, you would be gone for a week" said Max
"Max Carlos Fredrickson! Why are we going to a ball?!" Sarah said incredulously
"So that means you'll go?" Max said hopefully
"Maybe if you can explain this to me"
"Well, I am of royal blood, i'm not a prince or anything but i'm a distant cousin and i am very close with the people of the castle"
"Whoa. Why am I only finding this out? We've been best friends for 7 years!"
"Well, we try to keep it on the down low, technically if everybody else in the royal bloodline was killed then it would be me who has to take up the throne but there are many others who could do it, but anybody who wants to unserp the royals, they would have to kill everybody that shares their blood, including myself."
"So you kept it a secret this whole time? Who else knows?"
"My parents, sister, and my girlfriend"
"Vanessa knows too? Ugh. I can't believe that you would tell her before you told me!"
"I know that you do not like Vanessa but she actually found out by accident"
"accident?"
"Yes, we were talking about it last year in the backyard when Vanessa poked her head over the fence and confessed that she had been eavesdropping the entire time and how excited she was that she had a person of royal lineage living in the house behind her and how she was gonna tell everybody at school all about it."
"That jerk"
"Yea but we asked her not too and she said ok, she asked me if anybody else knew and when I said no she was super happy that she was so trusted to keep such a secret."
"Wow, what a twit"
"Sarah!"
"What!"
"Just because you do not like her does not mean you can call her names! She is my girlfriend after all"
"Right, and that's why you asked me to the ball instead of you so wonderful and amazing girlfriend"
"I didn't ask Vanessa because I now she would never be able to keep her mouth shut if she went to a royal ball and met the people there, you know how she is
"Yea, she probably would have told everybody about the ball"
"So, will you come with me?"
"Sure, as long as my mom says I can go, you said it's a week long trip right?"
"yea"
"ok, i'll call her now"
ring....ring....ring....ring....
"Hello?" Said a voice on the other side of the phone
"Hi mom"
"whats up?"
"Max came over just now and-"
"Tell Max that I said hi"
Turning to Max she said "My mom says hi"
"Hello MS. Benson" Max replied
"Max said hi back, anyways, Max came over just now and asked me to come on a trip with him to the capitol, we would leave tomorrow and be back in a week, is it ok for me to go?"
"no." her mother replied
"What why? It's just Max, his family will be going too"
"Sarah, I said no!"
"But mom-"
"SARAH! I said no! It's for your own good, you will thank me for it when you're older."
"Why can't you tell me why? You can not say no when you do not have a good reason to say no."
"I have a very good reason that I will tell you about when you're older!"
"It's just Max!"
"Yes, that is my problem, I completely trust Max and his family to take care of you but you're almost 16 and were running out of time with you, a whole week, that's a long time! I will miss you when you're gone! Who will play with Lily? What if I never see you again?"
Sarah could practically hear her mothers tears forming
"Why would you never see me again? I will face-time you every night, ok?
"I might never see you again because Friday, Friday is your 16th birthday!"
"So what mom? My birthday will be just like any other day anyways"
"No, honey, your birthday will be something quite extraordinary"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... I... ask Max, ask Max to take you this week, tell him that I said he can only bring you if his parents agree to be the one to tell you what will happen on Friday, ok?
"Ummm, sure mom..."
"I, I am sorry Sarah, it should be me who tells you this but I, I just don't think I can bring myself to tell you"
"It's alright mom, don't worry, I'll have the fredrickson's tell me"
"Ok, thanks honey, I love you ok? See you when I get home."
"ok bye mom, love you"
Sarah hung up the phone ad turned to Max and said "I can go!"
"Ok, sweet! Sounded like your mom had said no at first, what made her change her mind?" asked Max
"It was super weird" Sarah replied, "At first she said no, almost crying and saying how she might never see me again and stuff but then she said yes but only if your parents will tell me what will happen on my 16th birthday"
"Huh, weird, my parents have been talking about how they have something to tell me about my 16th birthday too, mine in in 2 weeks tho but I don't know when they plan to tell me" Max said
"Weird, well lets go ask your parents to tell me then, I'll go grab Lily and get her changed to leave." Sarah said
"ok, I'll wait by the door"
"Alright, be right back" Sarah answered
Max turned around to go back to the front door and turned the corner. Sarah went to get Lily when suddenly Max's head popped back around the corner and with a smirk on his face he said, "You might want to get changed too"
Confused, Sarah looked at her outfit and realized she was still wearing the bright pink dress. Angry, Sarah turned to yell at Max but he was already gone, instead she stomped up the stairs to go get Lily who had gone to her room after greeting Max, which was probably a good thing because Lily would have heard their whole conversation, and knowing Lily, there was no way she would be able to keep it a secret that a person of royal blood was her older sister's best friend.