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look that said I was pushing it.
     
    "Well I don't know how I could possibly say
no to something that’s once in a lifetime," said Prussia,
completely unaware of the danger holiday parties would really
present for her, "I would love to see what all the fuss is
about,"
     
    Everyone smiled in polite smiles and for a
moment, I thought we were completely in the clear. And I was wrong
as soon as the thought crossed my mind.
     
    "So, how do you know Lydia?" Prussia
asked.
     
    She was still smiling but something told me
she wasn't exactly pleased.
     
    "You, also, know Lydia?" asked Victoria, "I
swear, it is a small world."
     
    It sounded like pure amusement coming from
Victoria only wrapped in an 'I told you so' and sealed with a 'that
girl is nothing but trouble'. I tried to keep my smile on as best I
could. The fact that Prussia recognized Lydia, even knowing her
name, made me think Lydia had been planning to hunt her. If I
hadn’t been there Lydia would have had opportunity to kill Prussia
in the park without a single person to help her.
     
    "Well," I started, not sure where I was
going to go with this, "Actually, it's a funny story. Lydia
and-"
     
    "Lydia has been a family employee for some
time now," said Victoria, "Really, Sebastian, there is nothing
funny about that,"
     
    And just like that, the Queen smoothed over
ruffled feathers and left me catching up. I just stood there poised
to fabricate an incredible lie but with that simple explanation
Prussia seemed completely satisfied and Victoria began to give her
a tour of the house. Every boring detail wrapped in lies upon lies
upon lies all founded on truth but still wrapped in layers of
lies.

CHAPTER FIVE - Prussia
     
     
    The drive back to my apartment was longer
than I had remembered on the way to the party. I wished I had a
watch so I knew what time it was. I looked over at Sebastian in the
leather driver's seat, his wrist was on his other arm and I
couldn't get a clear look at the watch face. It was black. Not as
if I could have read it in the dark of the car anyway.
     
    I sat back into the luxurious seat and let
it cradle my tired body. I hadn't danced at all but I had spent
plenty of time standing and walking around as Victoria, or
Grand-mama as she liked to be called, gave me the longest house
tour of my life. Granted, it was all gorgeous. It was just a really
long time to be standing in heels.
     
    I looked out the window and tried to see
where the moon was. Maybe there was something to the whole 'telling
time with the moon' idea.
     
    "It's almost 3 in the morning," said
Sebastian.
     
    Mind reader. I looked at him, surprised he
had known what I was thinking.
     
    "You didn't move hardly at all as I've been
driving, saying even less, so I noticed when you tried to look at
my watch," he was calm, matter-of-fact, "and then I noticed you
looked for the moon. Nobody really looks for the moon when they
stare out a car after a date,"
    His eyes met mine then and I remembered
again how we met. The dark of the park, the danger of it all, the
shadows he seemed to just appear out of.
     
    "Except that you told me about the moon and
the whole telling time thing," I said.
     
    "I was kidding," he said, shifting the car
into a different gear, the foreign sports car speeding a little
faster and hugging close to the road, "I have no idea if that's
really 'a thing' as you call it,"
     
    His smile was big, genuine. I felt a little
foolish but I still smiled back at him. He turned his attention
back to the road and I turned my attention back to the car window
and what we were passing.
     
    "Does this mean you didn't have a nice
time?" he asked.
     
    I looked back at Sebastian and our eyes met
for a moment but he wouldn’t hold my gaze. I didn't blame him. He
suspected that I didn't enjoy myself. This was supposed to be a
date after all, as far as he knew.
     
    Every minute seemed slower than the last. I
wanted to be home, wanted to see Robert's face, wanted to know if
my