Fake Princess

Fake Princess
CHAPTER 63

Diana's cheeks were slightly blushing. “ Devan. We were introduced shortly after my arrival & it seems like everyone likes him, & he seems to like everyone. All except me.” I must have looked surprised, because Diana was smiling blandly. “ Oh, I doubt anyone else would notice. It was one I realized, people living in the palace rarely saw anything outside of him. They care a lot about, oh, their position, & who likes who, things like that.”


I grinned at him. “ Is true. But it seems like everyone is aware of my tendency to stumble & fall for something every time I enter the room.”


“ No one mentioned that. All I hear is that you are very quiet, very happy to learn.” Diana was silent, and I knew she was hiding something. Maybe because I was so quiet and happy to study, they should have guessed that I couldn't possibly be a princess. But I didn't say it, and Diana continued. “ So, Devan. He always comes, if I make invitations, but I I know he doesn't want to like me. I knew he was your friend, and I convinced myself that I understood that he hated me for taking your place.


But really, I really wanted her to like me until it hurt. I thought, because she likes you, so, if she likes me too, maybe I could feel like I am indeed a princess. It took a long time, but he ended up being friendly with me. It was as if it happened overnight, as if he made a decision while lying in bed.”


I didn't say anything, remembering Devan's words. I was hoping someone would be nice to you, so I thought maybe I should be nice to him.


“ After that, I know. bad mood for missing you, & not for not liking me. Then, one day, Devan says he's going to visit a friend out of town. He mentioned another name, but I thought he was lying, & would indeed meet you.” Diana gulped, & there were signs of nervousness in her voice as she said, “ Her visit did not go smoothly, did it?”


I remember yelling at Devan, turning away from him, tears streaming down my face. “Not”. “ His visit did not go smoothly.”


There was a sad expression emanating from Diana's eyes, on the lines of her mouth. “ We've been friends since childhood,”. Sounds like an apology, maybe it's true. I wonder if Diana left a friend like that in a convent orphanage, if she couldn't meet him because she was now a princess. I wonder what else Diana left there.


Diana shook her head, so slowly that I wouldn't notice it, but it caused the raindrops in her hair to tremble. “ I forced him to tell me,” Diana said. “ He won't do it. Don't be mad at him.”


I didn't answer. The pain of my anger towards Devan had already lessened a bit during my conversation with Diana. I realized some of that anger was from my fear of meeting Diana, and I spilled it on Devan so I wouldn't have to deal with it. But that's the problem I have to solve with Devan, not Diana.


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