[Veronica's plan had been simply to tell him in as few as three words that she was a princess. That had been soundly vetoed when she talked with her cousin who had said that there was such a thing as tact. Not to mention the fact that suddenly blurting out something like "I'm a princess" could be taken as a sign of mental imbalance.
She relaxes for a moment, letting the heat of his body soak reassuringly into hers before lightly tightening her grip on his hand and turning some so that she can see his face.]
I'm a princess.
[And following very quickly afterwards, because short and puzzling as her original statement was, this was an explanation and she wanted to make sure this was actually something he could be okay with.]
I'm only third in the line of succession and I don't really live in a palace or anything like that. But I just thought...that it's something I should tell you. I wanted to tell you for a while, actually. [She trails off, looking at his face again because she had come to really like him and she wanted to be truthful with him, no matter what.]
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She relaxes for a moment, letting the heat of his body soak reassuringly into hers before lightly tightening her grip on his hand and turning some so that she can see his face.]
I'm a princess.
[And following very quickly afterwards, because short and puzzling as her original statement was, this was an explanation and she wanted to make sure this was actually something he could be okay with.]
I'm only third in the line of succession and I don't really live in a palace or anything like that. But I just thought...that it's something I should tell you. I wanted to tell you for a while, actually. [She trails off, looking at his face again because she had come to really like him and she wanted to be truthful with him, no matter what.]