(Roman 3rd person POV.)

"Have you guys seen Aricka?" Roman asks. He wanted to spend time with his "little sister," as he dubbed her, because yesterday she was on her date with Jack.

"Yeah, she was reading a new story," Patton adds. Roman nods and walks to her room. She was snuggled up on her bed, head leaning against her wall-but that wasn't what made him smile-she had one of his white hoodies on-the one with Mickey on it.

It was huge on her-the sleeves came over her hands, and she had to pull them up when she had to turn a page. She had headphones in, listening to music. He went and sat beside her. She looked over, and smiles, shifting so she could put her head on his shoulder. Taking an earbud out, she whispers, "Heya Ro."

"Hi, princess," he answers. "What're you reading?"

"Logan gave me his copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales. I'm reading 12 Dancing Princesses right now," she replies, leaning against him, her head on his shoulder.

*Aricka POV*

Roman smelled really good-like-honey and fresh-baked cookies. "Will you read to me?" he asks. I nod, and read from where I'd left off,

"'Well,' said the old woman, 'that is not a very hard task: only take care not to drink any of the wine which one of the princesses will bring to you in the evening; and as soon as she leaves you pretend to be fast asleep.'

Then she gave him a cloak, and said, 'As soon as you put that on you will become invisible, and you will then be able to follow the princesses wherever they go.' When the soldier heard all this good advice, he was determined to try his luck, so he went to the king, and said he was willing to undertake the task.

He was as well received as the others had been, and the king ordered fine royal robes to be given him, and when the evening came he was led to the outer chamber.

Just as he was going to lie down, the eldest of the princesses brought him a cup of wine; but the soldier threw it all away secretly, taking care not to drink a drop. Then he laid himself down on his bed, and in a little while began to snore very loudly as if he was fast asleep.

When the twelve princesses heard this they laughed heartily; and the eldest said, 'This fellow too might have done a wiser thing than lose his life in this way!' Then they rose and opened their drawers and boxes, and took out all their fine clothes, and dressed themselves at the mirror, and skipped about as if they were eager to begin dancing..."

*time skip*

"As soon as the time came when he was to declare the secret, he was taken before the king with the three branches and the golden cup; and the twelve princesses stood listening behind the door to hear what he would say.

The king asked him. 'Where do my twelve daughters dance at night?'

The soldier answered, 'With twelve princes in a castle underground.' And then he told the king all that had happened, and showed him the three branches and the golden cup which he had brought with him.

The king called for the princesses and asked them whether what the soldier said was true and when they saw that they were discovered, and that it was of no use to deny what had happened, they confessed it all.

So the king asked the soldier which of the princesses he would choose for his wife; and he answered, 'I am not very young, so I will have the eldest.' -- and they were married that very day, and the soldier was chosen to be the king's heir."

I grin at Roman when I finish, and he grins back at me, "You're good." he comments.

"Thanks."