Alina was startled and tried to cover up. " Am fine Joy. Am sorry I left on time."
She didn't want Joy to know what happened to her earlier.
Joy squinted her eyes and uttered curiously, " Then, why is your face all red?"
Alina widened her eyes and waved off her left hand.
" It really nothing. It just happened like that, maybe because am too excited."
Then, she faked a smile to kill Joy's doubts on her words.
Joy shrugged. She then remembered how Xander patted her, and she grinned widely.
Alina was curious about Joy's sudden wide smile and teased her. " Did someone kissed you or what?"
" Oh, I wish he kiss me, but that's okay. I still like Eris, and he is the only one in my heart, but guess why I smiled."
She made a cute face and stared at Alina.
Alina knew Joy was talking about Xander, and she felt somehow envious of Joy, when she said, she wished Xander could kiss her but she immediately pushed the feeling, cause it was foreign to her.
She tried to preserve her jovial face, so Joy won't notice and, she pondered on Joy's Question.
" I don't know. I don't think I can guess this one, so just tell me okay."
Joy pouted and folded her arms.
" You could have at least tried duhh."
Alina chuckled and whispered, " Not really good at guessing Lady Joy."
Joy hummed and muttered, " Whatever."
And continued, " The dark fae guy with wings, I got to talk to him, and he patted and smiled at me! "
She beamed, and her eyes were screaming of excitement.
"Ohhh really?! That's cool."
Alina was happy for her best friend.
Guess he isn't the arrogant type, she thought and suddenly remembered something.
" Didn't you notice he didn't bow to the king, same as the other dark fae."
Joy seemed to realized something, as she sat down immediately and snapped her right thumb with her middle finger together.
" Really? I didn't notice at all."
" Maybe because you were busy drooling."
Alina mocked Joy and curled her lips. She tried to hide her laugh, whilst Joy covered her face and muttered a curse.
"Damn you Ali!"
She piped cutely and continued,
" It not my fault, they were too attractive, and I can't help it."
"Hehe." Alina finally laughed and resumed her fastidious look.
" That's seems weird and rude."
She voiced out her thoughts about Xander and Jake's action.
" I guess there must be a reason, I mean anyone in his or her right senses will know it is very impolite to not to greet the King."
Joy responded wisely and didn't seem to take the dark faes action to heart as Alina did.
The gingerbread Princess stared at her best friend with surprise written all on her face.
" What's with the look?"
Joy inquired, when she saw how Alina stared at her with an astonished gaze.
" For the years have known you, this will be the first time of you uttering smart words.
" Wow! Wow! I don't know Joy can be so wise like this. "
She taunted Joy and clapped her palms together. Though, she knew Joy was right but Alina been Alina, teased her and laughed lightly.
Such a tease!
" Oh please, you speak as if am that dumb but am not. Speaking of which, you should also try and look at yourself.
" For years have known you, I just realized today that you are a fun killer! You are boring Alina, you should get a grip your.... HIGHNESS."
Joy snorted in annoyance and gave a comeback to Alina's sarcastic remarks. She mimicked some of her friend words and stressed the last of her own word (highness).
"Get out of my room lady!" Alina stood up and chased Joy out of her room. She was mad on the outside but deep inside, both of them knew it was just their usual insult jokes.
Joy didn't stood up or move from the cushion, she even crossed her right leg over her left leg and brushed off an imaginary dust from her knee length gown.
Alina stared at her best friend and pointed her finger. " You......"
They both looked deep into each others eyes and they bursted into a weird laugh.
" You are becoming bad Joy."
She uttered happily and flopped on the bed.
It was their usual weird argument.
" Well, I learnt it from you Princess, and you aren't a bad teacher."
Joy spread her teeth out and pipped.
They both shook their head and sighed elatedly.
After some minutes, Joy stood up.
" Your birthday is tomorrow, so I need to go and get enough rest, cause it going to be an all night party."
She said as soon she stood up and kissed the crown of Alina's head.
" Happy birth anniversary best part." She whispered with a smile and they both hugged each other.
" Thank you honey." She replied and walked Joy out.
Left alone now, she exhaled and the things that happened earlier came back into her head.
She smiled in awe, as she remembered how tall and great Xander look with his huge wings.
His attire was ritzy and his aura was overwhelming, with his Cobalt black hair neatly and coolly styled.
His aloofness made Alina felt somewhat excited, though she wasn't able to master his face but she remembered his dreamy eyes which was unable to resist. They were blazzing and cute. The two dark magenta eyes of his appeared, as if it was staring right into her soul.
She felt it was bewitching and to her, he smelled earthy like sandalwood.
Alina frowned as she realized something.
"Why am I thinking about him?
" His smell? I must be thinking too much. Everyone has their own unique smell, even Joy smells like rose water."
She asked her self two rethorical questions and tried to wave his thoughts away from her head by thinking about her birthday party tomorrow. She will be officially eighteen tomorrow and that will be a start of a new journey for her.
She covered herself with a duvet and closed her eyes.
Meanwhile, the King and the Queen were discussing in their own chamber.
" I hope he can capture Alina's cold heart, my dear." He said, as he laid on the bed and sighed tiredly.
He knew Alina must take up his legacy soon, but she wasn't ready and he didn't want to force her thus, he hoped for Xander to capture her heart and for Alina to grab unto her duties.
Ariadney rested her head on Zeres chest and soothed him. " I hope for that too. I don't want her to have a bad story at the beginning like us."
She just wanted the best for her only child but Alina was too strong minded to think about that.
" Yes, it really wasn't easy for the both of us, but somehow we scaled through it and here we are today."
He smiled, as if he remembered the past of both of them when they first became a couple.
" Yeah." Ariadney also smiled and snuggled closely to her husband.
" I wonder why Alina suddenly left the courtyard and didn't show her self again. Is she shy or what?"
He asked, cause he couldn't comprehend why Alina left them there without a notice. He expected her to welcome the dark faes cause, he invited them into Krestila for the purpose of pleasing Alina but that didn't seems to be the result.
Ariadney shook her head gently. "I don't know. That child can be weird sometimes."
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