Page 5 of Kiss My Crown
“This is not like old times. You try to kiss me and I’ll shove my heel up your ass.” I loop my arm through his.
“Wow, how did you know I was into that?” He shakes his head.
“Don’t think I am naive to the things you’ve been into. Thankfully, I don’t know most of the details. You should really get that thing checked before it falls off.” We step outside and the crowd of kids lights up with happiness.
“Too bad these girls don’t know that their princess is a constant bitch.” He waves at the crowd as he whispers to me.
“Too bad they don’t realize that their prince is a small dicked douchebag.” I throw back before walking toward everyone, not giving him a chance to reply.
I need a vacation.
I see Melanie walk by as we pose for our first picture. She laughs, and I make a mental note to smack her later. Jeremy and I spend an hour with the kids, smiling and answering questions like I love him and like he isn’t an asshole.
Today needs to go by fast because I can’t take much more of this crap.
It feels so good to be rid of that stupid dress and be able to put on my jeans and a T-shirt. I feel like such a phony in that costume. Let’s be honest, I’m definitely not princess material, or annoyingly happy.
“Hey, I didn’t realize you were still here.”
I turn around to see Chris, one of the dancers.
“Just heading home now. I’m beat and starving.” I barely eat at work because no one wants to see Princess Lily plowing her way through some fried chicken.
“Well, do you want to grab something to eat?” Chris isn’t bad looking, and I am really hungry. Maybe if things go well he could be my rebound.
“Sure.” I smile at him.
“Okay, I’ll drive.”
I follow him to the car as I pull out my phone to text Melanie and tell her not to wait for me.
Melanie: I thought you gave up on the whole rebound thing last night?
Me: Yeah, but I think it’s still a good option.
Melanie: It really isn’t.
Me: Like I told you last night, no giving milk away. Just a little udder play.
Melanie: You’re still disgusting. I just gagged.
I laugh, and Chris looks over at me. I smile as I climb into the passenger seat of his car. We head to one of the diners and get seated in a back booth.
Neither of us really says anything as we look over the menus. Once the waitress comes by to take our order we no longer have anything to keep us distracted.
“So I heard about all the stuff that happened with Jeremy.” He scratches the back of his head like he is nervous. “He’s an idiot.”
“Well, we can both agree on that.” I smile at him.
The rest of the meal goes pretty well. We talk and laugh at stupid little things. It’s easy to be around him and I don’t have to put too much effort in, which is nice. I felt like whenever I was out with Jeremy he still expected me to act like Princess Lily. He wanted a girl who was happy and proper. That’s so far from me that it isn’t even funny.
I think a part of me knew that it wouldn’t last, but it would have been nice if he could have ended it before banging all the other princesses. He made me look so pathetic doing that. I’m the joke of the park just because he couldn’t keep it in his pants.
“Hey, you still here?”
I look up at Chris, snapping myself out of my own mind. “Yeah, sorry. Long couple of days.”
The waitress drops off the check and Chris picks it up. “Okay, so with tip you owe fifteen.”
