?THE
PRINCE
MAIDEN?
( My Crazy Girl )
©Haryormideh Ayeni
Chapter 1
— ALLISON —
“Wake up silly girl” mum hit me with a pillow.
I rolled over and fell on the floor with tangled sheets
“What’s it mum?” I opened my eyes
“The prince is coming tomorrow and when he comes, he’s picking a bride and going back” she said
“Congratulations to him in advance, now can I continue slee-ping?”
“No you can’t” she hit me with the pillow again “get up, we’re going to get you a dress”
“Why?” I asked
“Because you’re going to pres£nt yourself to the prince”
“Why?”
“So you can get married”
“Why?”
“So you can leave the house”
“Why?”
“So we can have rest of mind”
“Am I disturbing?”
“You have no idea, get down in fifteen minutes”
“Okay” I mumbled
I stood up and watch her go, she gave me p@rting glare before closing the door.
I’m Allison, the eldest child of my parents.
I have two other siblings who are adorable and a pain in the as-s.
Since I finished high school, I made no plans to go to college because I didn’t want to.
Instead I start doing p@rt time jobs and give my salary to homeless people.
I can’t give my ha-rd earned money to my parents, they’re ma-king their money too so I don’t nee-d to give them mine and they know they have to provide food for me, maybe that’s they’re trying to get me married out.
I took my bath and dressed up quic-kly.
I wore a faded jeans and a black hoodie with sneakers.
I opened my room window and sneaked out as quietly as I could and ran into the streets.
I don’t have friends not to talk of best friends, I’m always on my own. No one wants to be friends with me and I un-derstand why.
I’m a weird person.
It won’t take long before mum finds out I’ve gone so I ran fas-ter till I got to an uncompleted building.
I don’t want to get married especially to a prince who I’ve heard all about his S-x escapades.
— TYLER—
“My baby, welcome home” mum hvgged me and k!$$£d my cheeks
I huffed and rolled my eyes when she re-leased me.
“Hey Brenda” I shouted by sister’s name instead
She c@m£ running down in excitement and hvgged me.
“Thank you Tyler” she said into my ears
“Anything for you” I replied
“Go get re-ady, you’re picking a bride tomorrow morning” mum said
“Fine” I replied and went to my room with my sis trailing behind me telling me about her b©yfri£nd.
“What about Father?” I asked
“He went out for a stroll” she replied
“Okay”
I decided to come home so I left Jerry in charge of the office till tomorrow.
By tomorrow, I should be back with my supposed bride.
The Next day,
—ALLISON—
I entered my room late yesterday night throu-gh my be-droom window and met a very angry mum sitting on my be-d.
“Mumm” I gave a small smile
“Where are you coming from?” She threw a book at me
“No where” I dodged the book
“I waited for ages!!” She screamed
“Calm down mum, you’ll wake the entire neighborhood”
“I don’t care”
“Can we talk about it later in morning, I want to sleep”
“No, we aren’t slee-ping” she stated matter-of-factly.
“Why?” I asked in horror
“We are dressing you up and getting you prepared for the ceremony this morning” she replied
“Won’t I nee-d a beauty sleep?” I tried again.
“No you aren’t, now go to the bathroom, I prepared your bath”
Mum followed me to the bathroom and stood at the entrance as I took my bath.
By the time the sun broke out, I couldn’t recognize myself.
I felt like an alien.
“My child is so beautiful” mum kept saying.
I didn’t sleep a wi-nk and my eyelids are getting heavy.
“Promise me you’ll attend the ceremony Allison” mum looked into my eyes pleading.
“I promise I will but on one condition” I smiled to reas-sure her.
“What’s it?”
“I’ll take my bag with me”
“Okay” she smiled and hvgged me.
I took my bag and head out
“Good luck, we’ll be there very soon” my parents and siblings said before I went out, heading to the ceremony.
—TYLER—
I stood next to Dad and watched the maidens squirming, excitement filled the air. I looked at each of them, none of them meets my Ideal type of woman.
“If after ten minutes, you don’t pick a bride, I’ll pick one for you and there’s no going back” mum c@m£ to whisper in my ear
I continued staring straight ahead, ignoring her.
“Let the ceremony begin” Dad announced.
Each c@m£ out and gave a description of themselves, they all are attrac-tive and wore beautiful clothes.
Halfway into the ceremony, a young girl c@m£ in with paint stained baggy clothes, her hair was loose and wild.
Her face was smeared with cl@yand sweaty.
Her nails were long and dirty, she wore an oversized cowboy boots on her feets.
It looked like she had borrowed her clothes from an obese man.
She kept yawning and looking around with a bored look
My sister tapped me, jo-lting me back to reality.
The second to the last girl was alre-ady giving a description of herself.
“My name is Jade, I’m a black beauty, I’ll be a good mother to your children and I’m good in be-d” she st©pped and blu-shed before continuing ” I’m a very good cook and a fashionista”
I shook my head in irritation.
“Next!” Mom called
“Allison by name, bad cook, foodie, I eat meats raw. I love pla-ying with sands, I give everyone one around me high blood pressure, I’m a sadist. I hate humans and disturbance too. slee-ping and walking is my hobby. I’ll be a bad mother to your future children. h0t tempered. I can wear pyjamas to a sto-re. My current mode of dress is to show how unimportant even you are”
A collective g@sp aro-se from the crowds.
“Allison!” An older woman screamed in horror.
” I hate going out” she continued “and I’m so bored now, I want to sleep, so choose a damn bride so I can go back to be-d” she let out a yawn and didn’t even cover her mouth.
“Oh, before I forget, I’m uneducated. I didn’t attend school at all and I have bad habits”.
I was shocked for minutes, I couldn’t say anything.
“You have two minutes to pick a bride or I do so for you” mum reminded.
I looked around and shook my head in disapproval. “I don’t want to get married”
“Your sister” mum threatened.
I kept silent and stared into space.
My mind reeling with the last girl’s word.
“Time up” mum whispered before addressing the crowd. “Thank you everyone for p@rticipating. We’ve chos£n a perfect bride for our prince and the wedding will take place this night.”
The crowd cheered.
“Our chos£n bride is Allison!” Mum announced
The ground bec@m£ silent you could hear a pin drop.
“What??!!!” Allison and I screamed together in shock.
“Remember you have no choice my dear” mum smiled cheekily at me.
I turned back to look at Allison and found her glaring daggers at me.
.?THE
PRINCE
MAIDEN?
(My Crazy girl )
Chapter 2
—ALLISON—
“Is this Prince crazy? Why did he choose me!”
“He is in for trouble. He’ll be the one to s£nd me out of his house at last. This is unbelievable!”
“Muuummmmm!” I screamed ignoring the stares I was receiving.
“I’m here dear” mum was smiling
“Why are you smiling?” I frowned at her ” I’m not getting married to that s¢v-mbag”
“The Queen has mentioned your name and that’s final. I’m so happy for you my dear” mum said
“Aren’t you angry, I’m dressed like this?” I asked
“No I’m not sweetheart, who knows, if you hadn’t dressed that way the Queen mightn’t have chos£n you”
“I can’t believe you’re my mother”
“Let’s all go and prepare for the wedding coming up this night. Our Prince is going back tomorrow” The Queen announced.
Everyone left in twos and threes.
“Is that all!!? Mum do something”
“Yes baby, let’s get prepared for your wedding.”
“Why are you suddenly calling me sweet names?” I asked in frustration.
“I know you’re angry but plea-se let’s not cause a scene. I promise, after six months and you still don’t want him, I’ll help you but you must also perform your wifely duties too”
“Mum six months right?”
“Yes, I promise. Six months”
I grudgingly followed her home to prepare for my so called wedding.
“I can’t wait for six months, I know what to do”
— TYLER—
“I can’t believe you did that to me mum, among all the girls standing it’s that crazy girl you chose.”
“I love her and she has a generous heart”
“I don’t care about generosity. How do I mould that to my taste? Didn’t you see the way she dressed?”
“What’s wrong with her dressing? It shows she’s not after your money.”
“I don’t want her, choose another person”
“Let’s make a deal, stay with her for six months and perform your husband duties, if after that you still don’t want her I’ll know what to do”
“I can’t even take her to an event” I whined
“You can and you will. Remember she’s your wife”
I looked at mum for a few seconds and went to my room.
“The Minister is holding an event and you have to attend with your wife” Mum shouted.
THE WEDDING
I watched as she walked throu-gh the aisle to meet me at the other end.
I grimaced internally as she walked with stilettos. If care is not taken, she’s going to fall down anytime soon.
I wonder when on earth she would wear a smart dress.
As a prince, my wedding is supposed to be a big but I thank Heavens it’s not really big else she would have disgraced me this same way.
c@m£ras are rolling and I’m sure the wedding is pla-ying live on local channels.
I looked at her from her head to her toes again.
She deemed the occasion important enough for her to pack her hair in a ponytail, she’s wearing probably her great great grandmother’s wedding dress. The style is so out of d@t£.
Why isn’t mum doing anything about it?
I searched the crowd for her mother and found her hands over mouth in shock.
She’s definitely not aware of her child’s dressing.
I turned to look at mum, she’s smiling so ha-rd her mouth will tear.
I turned back to look at the bride.
The flowers in her hands had seen ha-rd days and are dead.
I couldn’t cry, why’s this girl doing this to me!!
I looked at her feets, she was wearing a fl!pflop and socks!!
Did she come from another planet?!
When she got to me, she opened her teeth and grinned at the c@m£ra.
Each tooth is painted with different color.
We both turned to my father because he’s the one anchoring our wedding rites as the King.
“Do you Tyler Stones take Allison as your wife?”
“I do ” I answered calmly though I’m boiling un-derneath
“Do you Allison…”
“Allison Porridge” Allison grinned at dad
Dad’s mouth formed a perfect ‘o’ before he continued.
“Do you Allison Porridge take Tyler as your husband?”
“Yes I doing” she smiled
“I pronounce you husband and wife” Dad announced “you may k!ssyour bride”
She opened her mouth for me to see her ton-gue, it was painted with different colours also.
“I’ll pas-s” I whispered to Dad and smiled at the c@m£ras.
After the vows she took off to only God knows where.
—THE QUEEN—
“I hope I’m doing the right thing Dennis” I held my husband’s arm as I watched the Newly Weds go home.
“I trust your decisions dear, but why did you choose her if I may ask?”
“I don’t know, I just love her daring spirit, she reminded me of my youth. I did worse than her” I laughed
“Thank God you’re soft now” Dennis pinched my nose in admiration
“I pray nothing goes wrong”
“Me too” Dennis added quietly.
—TYLER—
After she left me standing yesterday, she c@m£ back this morning with her luggages.
Now we’re on our way back to Ohio and we’ve been silent since the beginning of the journey.
“Aren’t you going to talk?” I asked
“What talking am I talking. I like silencing and no disturb. Let me alone on peace!” She said and continued looking out the window
“Oh God, what have I gotten myself into?”
TBC…