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She sat there on her bed feeling the warm salt of her tears go down her cheeks in her mouth.
Why was she even crying, Apple white had no reason to cry, eternally loved, future queen, best destiny ever after.
Then why in the story tellers name was she balling out her eyes on her stupid dorm bed trying to stop before her room mate comes home.
Why with her perfect hidden day she was crying. After Finding out Darling was her prince rather princess Charming last week. It was still fresh in her head, kissing her, holding her, promising to date her, the reassurance that she would never have to marry some rude arrogant prince she could never love no matter how hard she tried. Aswell as all of the time they’ve spent together over the last few days had her so incredibly giddy, why was she doing this??
Why was she crying? Sure she knew, but she didn’t want to know. But deep down in the broken part of her soul she knew. That’s why she now sat here hugging her pillow, trying to comfort herself and muffling the cry’s. Trying to pretend it wasn’t the perfectly frilly red and gold pillow she keeps on her bed, but instead the gorgeous and understanding arms of her true love.
Just then there was a tap on her shoulder for a split second she thought it was Darling here to comfort her, but it wasn’t. Darling didn’t know Apple was crying or internally freaking out about there love.
Looking up through her tear in blurred eyes she saw the purple and silver colours of Raven Queen.
“Apple?” Asked Raven with a clear sound of worry in her voice.
Her eyes cleared of the glaze enough to also see Ravens concern as she sat down at the end of the bed facing her as she was lying in the mass of pillows at the top of her bed.
“I’m sorry Raven,” she said wiping her tears just to find she had smudged her mascara now on her arm were she was trying to wipe her tears away from her eyes. “I didn’t mean for you to see me like this.” She said trying and failing to make her voice sound normal.
“It’s fine Apple, I’m more worried about you, whats wrong?” The way Raven said it with care made her want to open up to Raven to make her the second person in her small bubble of truth.
“Would you promise me something, that you never tell anyone about this?” I ask still sobbing, even less though despite my voice still being shaky.
Ravens head seems to find an idea and sticks her pink out towards me. “I pinky swear Apple.”
It’s a little childish but I need something like that right now and Raven would never tell so I extend my pinky over to Ravens and respond in a shaky voice.”Pinky swear.”
But after that Raven starts looking at me expectantly as I start gripping the pillow tighter.
“In truth Raven I’ve just been really scared for a long time.”
“About are destiny?” Raven asked, seeing the look on her face that made Raven think it was her made her want to correct herself.
“No, well yes a little bit but it’s something else,”
She took a pause in her sentence to prepare herself for this, breaking eye contact with Raven.
“Raven I I,” her voice stuttered. “I-I lik- I like girls. I’m a lesbian. And I’ve been lying to myself for years, and I’m scared for my self, my mother’s reaction , and for are story.” I look back to Raven to see her reaction, praying that I don’t lose the second person I come out to.
Looking at Ravens expression I feel all most scared she looks so bewildered she just stares at me, like a little lamb.
I feel my self start to retreat away, figuratively mostly, but I feel I would had choked the pillow if it had been a stuffed bear and not a pillow.
Aswell as feeling the tears resurfacing.
As soon as Raven seems to see my fright she stops staring with such intensity and suddenly she’s hugging me so tightly i can’t breathe properly. As she does she says, “ Oh Apple I’m sorry.”
I Raven let’s go in a rush after a while of course after Apple was affectionately comforted and Raven seemingly had a question.
“Darling?” Raven asked in a curious manner.
I simply nodded in a little surprise that Raven had guessed so quickly but Raven had just simply squealed and replied. “You two make a nice couple!”
That comment actually made her smile in stark
contrast of much of her evening. “Really!” She was surprised by the amount of happiness in her own voice.
“Sooo you to have been dating since dragon games?” Asked Raven assuming the obvious answer.
“Well it was actually long while after that, we, I ignored it until it was confirmed by Rosabella and Darings destiny together.”
“Oh so like two months?” Asked Raven guessing
“How about last week?”I answered sort of embarrassed. In are stories why did it take me so long to ask.
“Last week?”Raven asked in disbelief.
“Yes.” I respond to her question in more of a serious tone than i intended.
“So how?” Raven asked now excited for her response reinforced but the tone of her voice.
She had to emit she had always wanted to have one of these stereo typical teenage girl romance gossip to spill all of the things that make you so drawn to your love and the amazing things that make you so head over heels for them.
Of coarse she had been an observer before, with her royal friend of course, Briar, Ashlyn, blondie, but wow she could have only imagined before, she had never loved Daring and thought she could never actually have somebody to love, let alone talk about, but know there Darling. Darling with her beautiful long silky hair. Her crystal eye. Her soft lips. Her gentle smile. Her muscles, spawned from another lie.
Oh yeah Ravens question.
“So umm.” Story tellers why was she blushing now?. “Last Friday I finally wanted to say something, just something! I couldn’t keep living like this, denying myself wasn’t doing my self any good, so I just asked Darling to talk and-“
“And what?” Asked Raven excitedly.
“Well we talked, and talked. I ended up asking her out. She said yes, of course. But I think things are going well, I mean she is my predetermined true love and wife. But she’s beautiful and polite, sweet and I enjoy being around her. Actually I more than enjoy being around her, I didn’t know how much I could love to be around someone, oh Raven I’m so very screwed.”
Dam it, I swear to the story tellers, why was I spiralling again, but before I could go deeper Raven grabbed on to my shoulders. “Apple you’re not screwed, you’re just love her.”
“Oh but how well the kingdom react there going to disproved of us , of me. I wouldn’t be forever cherished Princess Apple White anymore!”
“And so what if you’re not? if the kingdom dislikes you guys at first, they’ll get over it . Plus you’ll always be the flawless perfect princess to me.”
“Thank you, Raven.” I answer quietly.
“No problem, also you know what this means?”
“What?” Seriously what was Raven talking about.
“I don’t have to poison you, or be executed!”
“Oh that great, you really don’t need to fallow are destiny.”
“It great, I can make my own destiny and you don’t have to marry that jock!” Raven said starting to laugh.
Raven had attempted and successfully had managed to get a laugh out of me.
Then just sat there laughing for a second until silence followed as Raven got up from her bed.
“Well Im going to go take a shower before I head to bed.”
She had also decided to get up in the short silence moving to sitting at the end of her bed.
“Wait, Raven!”
“Yeah Apple?”
“I just wanted to say thank you, for everything.”
I said as a smile crossed my face. As I got up to up to hug my roommate.
“Oh it was nothing, Apple appsolutely nothing.”Raven said as she started patting my back.
I slowly feel my tears start pooling up in my eyes and falling down my face, as I let go of Raven.
“Well,” Raven said patting my shoulder. “Im going to take a shower. Try to go to bed well Im gone, it’s getting late all the stress must of tired you out , I’ll be quiet coming back in.”
“Okay.” I responded just as Raven closed the dorm door.
It doesn’t take very long for me to come to the conclusion I should call Darling.
Grabbing my mirror phone, I walked over to are balcony, staring out to the setting sun waiting for her to pick up the call.
“Hello Apple, good evening. Im I allowed to see you or just not today?”
Narrators, why is she so nice and serene, she’s so beautiful.
“Im sorry Im probably a hot mess, but it’s nice seeing you.” I said smearing at the end.
“Is everything okay Apple?”
“Oh Im sorry Darling.”
“For what?”
“I accidentally told Raven, about us, well I told her about me,but she figured it out. I’m sorry I kind of just said it. I think I was having a panic attack, in my dorm. Raven found me and she was trying to help me and I just bursted out how I liked girls. Im sorry Darling.” I said into my phone, voice cracking too much.
“Oh Apple, you have nothing to apologize for. Im sorry I wasn’t there. How did Raven react?”
“She actually reacted very well, she started wanting me to tell her about you, it was actually quite sweet.”
“That’s really nice. I’ve actually been wondering if I could tell some people, not to many, like Dex, Daring, Rose, it’d be easier since they already know Im gay. Then after maybe we could tell some of are friends, together?”
I had never really thought about telling are friends, but it’d be the right step, at least before telling the public. It be nice to just be a regular couple for a little bit. Flirting, holding hands, maybe even kissing in public. Ending up being talked about on Blondies show-.
Darling ends up talking me out of my head.
“Apple? If you’re not ready it’s okay.”
“No, it’s more than okay with me, we’re destined to be together forever, I want to be able to show that no matter who’s around as soon as we’re ready.”
“You know it’s shit like that, that makes me want to kiss you.”
This left me utterly speechless and red faced.
“Sooo now can I see you?” Asked Darling cheekily.
She was right so I clicked on my screen.
“And there you are my beautiful girlfriend.” Darling said with an enormous smile plastered across her face.
I returned her smile with my own plus the blush deep on my cheeks. “Thank you Darling. But who could forget the radiant knight who I wish I was holding , instead of just on a mirror.”
Seeing the blush cross darlings face started to help calm my nerves, Im fine, we’re fine, we will have each other.
“You now we still have two years left?”
“So?” What was darling referring to? Yes they had two more years left at ever after high, but was that what she was referring to?”
“We could be try to be roommates next year, I mean it probably wouldn’t last very long, as soon as Grim finds out we’ed probably be forced to move in with someone else, but it would be nice for a little bit if we’re still not out by fall. I miss you, during the week the worst thing about boarding school i swear is having different classes all day and no barely free choice. Im glad it’s almost summer, but still?”
The pure charm and happiness in Darlings voice filled Apple with light.
“I’d love that, but I do hope people will know by fall. Feel Id have a hard time spending most of my summer with my mother in ruling and etiquette lessons and not accidentally tell her. Im sure she’ll announce it when she finds out after she arranges it.”
“Of course our official engagement announcement at the age of 16.” Joked Darling drawing a laugh out of me.
“But honestly you’re probably right, I think my parents already kind of know, then next time we went back home for the weekend after are kiss, Daring told are parents about how his kiss didn’t work, you know it’s how the arrangement was cut off, but they asked me about it.”
“Oh what did you say?”
“The truth at the time, it was supposed to be CPR, but I didn’t finish it . That it worked, there was a light. That I had a crush on you, but I hadn’t told you. I mean we weren’t dating at the time.”
“I didn’t know you were out to your parents, how did they react?” I asked genuinely.
“They were fine with it, I mean it took them a second, it’s unprecedented, but on the plus side they’ve stopped trying to find my a husband.”
“Well Im glad they were mostly fine with it. I do really look forward to the day we can just be us.” I said look into Darling eyes.
“Me too. You know, you’re going have to promise me a real kiss the next time I see you, I keep on thinking about hugging you and then I realize you’re over the phone.”
“Well..” tellers my face is so flushed “I’d like that.”
“Im glad, well Apple I should probably let you go, Rosie’s probably going to be back soon.”
Darling said smiling at me.
“Yeah well I shall wish you a good night Darling I’ll see you tomorrow, I love you hope you sleep well.”
“Good night to you aswell Apple, I love you, good bye.” She said nodding her head in a small bow, before ending the call.
I take a small breath of the night air, as I think about the call. It’s going to be ok we’re going to be ok, if Darlings parents were fine with it mother would be to. At least I knew that I’d still have Darling to love tomorrow.
Suddenly a voice came inside my room making me jump dropping my mirror phone off the balcony. “Actually, I agree you guys deserve the world, you’re so freaking cute.”
I look at her in absolute pure surprise, as she flicks her fingers in some way gesturing to my mirror phone, as it slowly lifts upward towards me in a deep purple mist.
“Raven!” I shout in shock to the purple haired girl sitting on her bed in her pyjamas.
“I’m sorry, I should have told you when I got back.” She said landing my phone back into my hand.
I started to panic, how much had she heard, how much did she know, would she now be discussed with them.. No Raven… No Raven wouldn’t, she was fine with it ,she even sounded excited for us. Come on Apple you’re fine… you’re fine..
“How.. How much did you hear?” I asked purposely looking away from Ravens eyes, I didn’t want to see her face.
“Oh I haven’t been here for long just you promising to kiss her tomorrow.” Raven said in sweet but teasing voice.
I felt the blush welling up on my face as I walked over to my bed, leaning forward falling on to duvet hiding my blushing face from Raven.
“It’s fine Apple” She said shaking me to look at her. “Like I said it’s really cute, I’d rather my monarchs have a really cheesy high school romance, than them being held on the highest pedestal, to posh to do anything relatable.” Ended Raven in a light laughing tone of voice.
I looked up at Raven smiling at her. “Thank you Raven.”
“No problem, Apps. Any way sleep now.” She demanded putting another blanket over me. “Seriously I have to wake up early tomorrow, sleep well!” Raven said going to turn off the lights, and walking over to her bed which was accompanied by a loud “flunk” as she fell on to her mattress. Leaving me alone in the dark to think. But that didn’t last very long as I soon fell out of my insistent anxiety’s and into the soft and gentle embrace of sleep, into the dark and beautiful possibilities of the dream world without worry.