The Luna Choosing Game

I didn’t want to think about Nicholas anymore, so I made my way over to Joyce instead. I knew his two

brothers well but not him, and that seemed a shame.

When I drew near, Susie glanced up to smile at me. “Oh, Piper. Have you met Prince Joyce? Should I introduce you?”

How could I say that if I met him, I didn’t remember? That would be unbearably rude.

“I don’t remember if we’ve met,” Joyce said in my silence. He looked at me eyes of burnt umber, watchful and calculating.

“I’ll introduce you, then,” Susie said. “Prince Joyce, this is Piper. Piper, please meet Prince Joyce.”

“Nice to officially meet you, Prince Joyce,” I said, giving a small curtsey.

He nodded.

We both didn’t move for a moment, me standing with Joyce gazing up at me. Then he motioned toward one of the chairs near him.

“Please, sit,” he said.

Joyce didn’t seem to care

the competition so far?”

okay,” he

glanced at Susie.

are going to select for

out to her. If only Mark could make a choice

honestly,” Joyce said. He quickly covered a yawn with his hand. “If it were up to

I asked.

the perfect person for me during a popularity contest? No one cares about ne anyway. They didn’t before the contest, and they won’t after.

that no one cares about you,” Jessica

to hear

fight over it. I just want to be

the way she frowned, I prompted,

not an ideal situation for love to spring from, but imagine if it did.”

going to be interested in me with my brothers around,” Joyce said. “I wouldn’t even bother with this, except my parents

her teeth. Her previous attempts to gain his attention and declare her interest had gone unnoticed.

look at her. When she noticed, her face went as red as