"Miss Charlie!" Sophie screams, rushing over to me. "What happened? Are you alright?"
"Sophie, what is it?" Angela says grumpily, walkimg in and then freezing upon seeing me judt waking up on the floor.
"Do I need to get the doctor?" Sophie asks, more to Angela than to me.
"No. I just fell asleep while I was dancing." I say, and stretch. Oh no. My feet will be terrible today.
"Are you sure?" Angela asks, laying a garment on my bed.
"Yes. I'm fine. Other than my feet aching."
They clean me up, putting me in a long poofy dress. It covers my feet, so they let me not wear any shoes.
I am still tired when I enter the dining hall. I have never been this tired in my life. Ever since that one night I was picked for the Selection, I've been so tired all of this time.
Christy is still all buzzy, Trina is wondering why she's still here while trying to cheer me up, and Peter looks radiantly happy.
I'm sort of happy about not wearing shoes, but I know that it Elizabeth finds out, I will be slaughtered. "Miss Charlie, are you feeling better?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." I respond to the Queen. But, I feel terrible!
"Miss Charlie, you do appear to be pale." Jared says, coming out from behind Peter, and sitting at the Royal table in the last chair.
"This is my normal complexion." I state, and continue eating. I have some orange juice, which immediately perks me up. Then, I have a blueberry muffin and a bite of eggs. I've never ate much, so I'm not going to start now.
As I sit, staring at my lap, waiting for Trina to finish scarfimg down her eighty pieces of bacon, Christy comes up to me. "Is something wrong? You don't look good."
"I'm fine." I laugh at her - just a pinch sarcastically. "One-hundred percent healthy."
"Okay. At least eat some meat of something. Bacon. Sausage."
"Christy, I'm full!" Christy backs off, and Trina stares at me.
"I look fine, don't I?"
"Yeah, you look totally fine." She smiles at me. "Read for another day of etiquette?"
"Not even close." I smile.
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Hiding In Plain Sight
FanfictionCharlotte "Charlie" Neal is a Five who, unlike the Prince, has worked every day of her life. At first she signs the paperwork to join his Selection to appease her mother, but her reasons change as she becomes one of the Selected. She'll navigate t...
