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“Isn’t this nice? Just chilling out in our tower, waiting.”
“Uhh, yeah. It’s great.” Darling forced a smile. Holly was very into Princessology class, and she really wanted to be supportive, but sitting up in a tower all class was not her idea of fun.
“Of course, if you didn’t like waiting in a tower though, you could tell me.” Holly fixed Darling with a sudden, very pointed stare.
Oh fairy feathers. Had she given some insinuation that she wasn’t happy? “No, no, I do like it.” Holly’s stare continued boring into her. “Kind of…” Oh Grimm it was making her skin crawl. “Alright fine. I don’t like it.”
“Hah! Gotya.” Holly scooted over closer to Darling in the tower. “Now come on, spill.”
“You can’t tell anyone,” Darling prefaced, “but I think that sitting in a tower all day is kind of... boring.”
“The blasphemy!” Holly winked at her, so thankfully Darling knew she wasn’t serious. “Darling, remember that I have a very rebellious sister. Not wanting to be a princess isn’t anything new to me.”
“Oh, right.” Darling felt her face heating up a little. Since she didn’t have Poppy in many of her classes, she’d kind of forgotten that the two were so close. “So you’re not mad.”
“Of course not, Darling. Oop, now look alive. Daring is coming.” Holly pushed away from Darling and gave her another wink. The two affixed their ‘thank goodness you saved me!’ faces, but Darling couldn’t pretend she wasn’t relieved. It was nice to have someone on her side.