Chapter 18.

Walking back to the castle I saw someone running towards me in the garden. ”Hey, princess!” It was Vanessa. I hated that they said princess, I had a name, was it that bad to say it? ”Hi,” I said as she stopped in front of me to catch her breath. ”Do you have plans for Saturday?” She asked me. I shook my head. ”No, none that I know of,” I said. ”Me, Sam, Dave whom I heard you met, and a few others are going into town to a club, I want you to come,” She said with a bright smile. ”Oh,” No, I did not want that. No, just say no, Selene, I told myself.  Vanessa's eyes were sparkling, her smile never faded and she was pressing her shoulders up to her ears in anticipation of my answer. ”Uhm,” ”Please, it’ll be fun, we’ll be a group of five or six, we’ll dance, drink, there will cute boys,” she said and dragged out that last offer. I knew that if I was gonna stay here, I needed to make some friends and meet people but I didn't think a club was the way to do it. ”I’ll think about it,” I