"I can explain," she blurts out, despairing as the last midnight chime rings and the magic dissolves away, save the glass slippers - one in the hand of an awed fleet-footed guard and the other still sparkling on her foot.
"I can also explain, with an apology and perhaps a proper introduction," the guard says with an embarassed smile, and all she thinks is they had danced together all night, shared canapés and jokes, and now he knows she's a fraud, some shabby maid, and not a fine lady, or even a gentlewoman.
They stare at each other until they both start laughing, and who knew that one year later, they'd find a happily ever after together, all because she couldn't run as fast she could while wearing only one shoe?
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"I can also explain, with an apology and perhaps a proper introduction," the guard says with an embarassed smile, and all she thinks is they had danced together all night, shared canapés and jokes, and now he knows she's a fraud, some shabby maid, and not a fine lady, or even a gentlewoman.
They stare at each other until they both start laughing, and who knew that one year later, they'd find a happily ever after together, all because she couldn't run as fast she could while wearing only one shoe?