Rumour has it

So for the sake of not getting too personal I’m going tell you all a little story that may or may not be autobiographical. So tuck in boys and girls for story time…

Imagine a princess at a university far, far away who had developed a crush on a prince a year older than her who lived in a castle up the hill. He was nice (or so she had thought at the time); averagely good-looking and cool, in an utterly cheesy way. This false prince impressed the girl with his humour, wit and charm. He bought her expensive drinks, made her laugh, brushed her hair back from her eyes and held her hand occasionally. 

 In the Hunger Games (the movie) there is a quote that states: “A little hope is effective. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained."

Being still naïve about the way in which romance worked at university the princess had gotten a little hopeful about her fate with this false prince. When she started showing interest in him, without her knowing, he had changed his mind. He moved off the pillage the heart of another (and another and another and another…)

But the girl stayed hopeful that there would be some other prince out there for her. A year after the false prince had moved away to another kingdom (and away from the princess’ mind), when the princess was courting with suitors in their first year in the kingdom she noticed a young man from the prince’s castle. She thought nothing of him, until he approached her. After all why would she notice him when he never before taken interest in her?  Let’s just say this squire turned out to be false too. The princess was humiliated by the second false prince who had told other’s in his castle of her affections. The princess was made to look like the court fool who chanced after the young men, while they laughed behind her back. For days the princess hid in her chamber, afraid to the face the kingdom…

Luckily for her, the princess had a court full of amazing sisters who lived with her in her castle who supported her though her humiliation and laughed in turn at the men’s pitiful attempts at become knights. The princess and her sisters spent their days together drinking wine and ruling the kingdom.

(I hope that you guys liked this little story. Rhodes people can try to figure out…)