37 The ball, part 2 (1/2)

Snow's eyes widened when she heard what Noctis said.

She automatically tried to pull away, but Noctis' hand just tightened its grip, holding her in place. She couldn't think of a good enough reason that Noctis would like to introduce her to his father. She is just a mere person that guards his and his son's life.

When the king turned around, his face lighted up like a christmas tree. There was almost a tiny sparkle in his eyes, that Snow knew wasn't there before. She wondered why he looked so glad to meer her.

When Noctis saw that his father turned around, he began to make introductions, ”father, this is Snow, Snow this is my father.”

”The one with the extraordinary abilities, yes I've heard so many great things about you, Snow and I'm so delighted to finally meet you,” the king said, smiling.

”Like wise, your majesty.” Snow said curtsying.

”You don't have to bow to me dear,” the king laughed, making Snow smile shyly.

”Noctis has told me about your eyes, but its truly magnifisent seeing it up close,” the king said.

”Thank you, your highness, but not all people would agree with you,” Snow said politely.

''Nonsense, but you are quite right, they always see what is strange, but not what's beautiful,” the king said, taking a wine glass from the tray, that one of the servants carried.

''Your majesty, might I have a moment of your time, please?” a guy came forward, he looked to be in his fifties, and very rich.

The king nodded and said his goodbyes, and saying it was nice to meet Snow, before going with the man to talk.

Not long after the king left, Noctis' friends appeared with Snow's friends. It turned out they found each other and was hanging out together when they saw Noctis and Snow talk to the king.

”The big introduction, hey Noc?” Promto asked, with a big smile on his face, making Noctis roll bis eyes.

''Yes, how did it go Noctis, I hope it went according to your wishes.” Ignis asked, more serious than Promto did.

”I think it went well, my father already likes Snow, so I kind of expected it to go well.”

”Wait, you planned this?” Snow asked, surprised.

”Not exactly, I wanted to introduce you to my father for awhile now, but I decided just now to actually do it,” Noctis explained.

”Wow! It's so romantic,” Cynthia exclaimed, smiling to herself.

Snow smiled and shook her head at her friend, Cynthia is really a romantic person, Snow thought to herself, while the others just laughed.

The night went on peacefully for a change. The guests started to go home around midnight, and so did Snow and her friends.