me and the french prince

chapter 4

It's Christmas and I am heading home for the holidays. I was so happy to be flying home with Andre. It was the first time in months that I will be seeing my family. I can't wait to see how my brother's selection is going. I hope he hasn't eliminated Alyssa yet.
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I finally made it home and I was welcomed by the entire palace. I was rammed into by ten girls, my sister and my mom with a giant group hug. After that me and Andre headed up to my old room and took a nap. We were so jetlagged. We woke up in time for us to get ready for dinner.

Gwen's dress for dinner.

I love this dress. It was a little much for dinner but I didn't care. Me and Andre walked down to dinner hand in hand.
The first first girl who walked up to me after dinner was Alyssa.

Alyssa's dress for dinner.

"Alyssa! It is good to see you. I love your dress. It fits you perfectly." I said fixing one of her sleeves. "Well go sit down and eat dinner, you and the other girls and me will talk about life and boy troubles and the wedding."
We sat down and ate dinner. It was different from eating with the French royal family. I missed the food we would have in France.

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It was Christmas Eve day and the entire family, Andre and the elite are decorating the tree. My mother has done this for years. It was Andre and the girls first time doing this. It was filmed for the report. Tonight was the big one. We do a Christmas special every year.
It was time to get ready for the report. I found out the Illéan ballet is coming and Alyssa is dancing with them. The surprise was that me and Collin were dancing with them. Collin had to learn to do a pas de deux with Alyssa. They were performing the Nutcracker. Alyssa was the sugar plum fairy and I was dancing the waltz of the flowers and the snowflakes and I already was yelled at in french.
"Pliene princesse d'extension. Travailler sur le haut de la boîte." The lady who was working with my dances.
"Qui, madame Vickery." I said back in french. I surprised the dance teacher with my french.
When I was 5 I was taught ballet all way up to last year. I had to quit to get ready to move to France and marry Andre. It felt good to dance again. After all day of training we were ready for the performance. I needed to grab some dinner and get ready for the report.

Gwen's dress for the Christmas report.

The dress was amazing! It was super flowy and comfortable. I was sad that I had to take it off and put on my costumes and pointe shoes. I was excited to dance again.
It was time to get ready to dance the nutcracker.
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It was Christmas day and me and Andre had slept in. After last night's performance I was dead tired. Andre carried me to bed last night after I took off my costume and makeup. I am finally up at 11 a.m. and getting ready for the day.

Gwen's dress for Christmas day.

Gwen's shoes for the day.

I was ready to go down and open presents. I hope Andre likes his gift and Christmas here.
We walked down to the women's room, mom was letting all of the guys in there for the second time.

Alyssa's dress for Christmas day.
Alyssa was the first to give me a present. It was a new pair of pointe shoes. I needed them. My pair that I danced in died during bows last night. They were a pair of freed studio pros in stars. I loved them.
"The ballet company said if you ever wanted to dance again they would love to have you back." She said.
"I have a gift for you. I saw this back in France and knew I had to buy it for you." It was a ballerina nutcracker.
She loved it. It was so her.