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…)
