#I just think people who think Jamie would want to be super pda and public in a relationships are incorrect.

[lunar-years]

Also I find it interesting that Keeley says Jamie would be upset by the picture of her and Ted hitting the papers NOT because he might think she’s cheating on him or whatever but because he’s going to be mad at reporters for invading their relationship…. There’s never once a fear that he might be mad at her

[clubdolan]

Meet the King | Pt. 3

“I’m just worried, because there’s going to be so much going on.” Lo explained, closing her book and putting it on the end table by the couch. “I haven’t even gone over the etiquette that Beth will be testing you on.”

“Like no elbows on the table?” Ethan asked, “Don’t we have to bow to you?”

“Preferably no elbows on the table, yes you do a slight neck bow to anyone royal or diplomatic. Also, you can’t touch a royal unless they insinuate it or you are escorting them, you have to walk at least two foot behind a royal unless escorting them, take cues from the highest ranking, so my Grandmother, if she stands, we all stand, if she eats, we all eat, etc. Zoey picked up on it all quick.... aside from calling me Penelope inside the palace.”

“Is there a book for this? A workshop?” Grayson joked, “I will not remember this. Do I get banned if I get one wrong?”

“I mean, I can banish you and so can my Grandmother and Dad but I highly doubt that will happen. I prefer to not follow typical rules and I do kind of whatever I want because the world is so different than when my Grandmother was born.” She sighed, “Zoey said she will run you guys through things on the flight, if that’s okay? I have to talk with Beth for a few hours and she has a little notebook she made from her first visit.”

“Like a cheat sheet? Sweet.”

“The first day we do have fittings for a while, you’ll have to pick suit fittings that match our dresses and then casual attire for the other days. Modest items, no logos, there’s a really cool stylist that brings us stuff in to pick from, it’s actually really cool.”

“You don’t need to be worried, if anything, we do.” Grayson said, “You do your thing, we’ll just follow, two feet behind, and do what Zoey says.”

Zoey pulled her book out right as the small, private, plane took off. Lo had already been taken to an office in the back with Beth and a few other people.

“So I don’t want to overwhelm you, but I have pictures, names, rules, titles, etc. all in this book. Just pay attention, when you’re there it’s really easy to catch on, I promise.”

Zoey opened the book, a page titled ‘Etiquette’ was the first thing. “As a girl, I have to sit a certain way and curtsy a certain way. As a boy you have a slight head bow and only shake hands when a royal sticks their hand out. Don’t grab their hand, rest it on yours and shake slightly before waiting for them to pull back.” She looked up and they already looked confused, “I promise, it’s not that hard.”

Zoey went on to explain the modesty of dressing, the ‘no touch’ rule when standing next to royalty, how to take cues from the highest ranked royal in the room, what to refer to people as.

“When referring to Lo in a public palace setting, she is Your Majesty, Penelope or Miss. Her full title would be said, dramatically, Penelope Estelle Victoria, by the Grace of God, Princess of Edinburgh and Lady of Cupar. Or some people would say Her Majesty Princess Penelope of Edinburgh. The Queen is always Her Majesty or Her Royal Highness before you can call her Ma’am. Her Dad is Your Majesty, King Ericson Theodore Rupert or Sir; but he will tell you to call him Eric when you’re in private.”

“Should I be taking notes?”

“No, you’re fine. Her family is totally chill if you get anything wrong, but Beth will correct you in case you are in public and need to mention someone.” Zoey shrugged, “Lo and her guests are not allowed to give autographs or selfies, but Lo breaks the rule and allows selfies but no hand signals or funny faces, just smiling, I’m sure you’ll get noticed by a few people.”

“No peace sign, no tongue out selfies, noted.” Ethan laughed.

“Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, the strongest economy in the UK outside of London, a good thing to know since her family runs the economy there. There are almost half a million people in Edinburgh, a few hundred people will be at the actual coronation, but tons will be outside of the building just to get a glimpse of Lo or her Grandmother.”

“Not her Dad? I mean, King Ericson.. Theodore ........Rupert?” Grayson corrected himself, taking a while to think of the last name.

“No, her Dad does a lot around their town. He’s seen in coffee shops and other places daily. People love him.” Zoey flipped the page and continued, “Lo’s palace is titled The House of Marchmont, it is only referred to as a palace, not a castle.....

.....But she lives in a smaller house, well mansion, called The Oliver House...

...Marchmont is just visited for events and spent the night at before events. But the palace is an awesome place and I will for sure give you a tour of it.”

“She has her own palace?”

“Technically it’s her families but you refer to it as the person’s you are talking about.” She flipped another page, “History! A great time, right? Her family took reign of Edinburgh in 1732 with her ancestor, Lord Lyon, King of Arms. She has houses in Germany, France, Italy, New Zealand, Canada, and a few smaller places, as those countries and leaders have contracts with Edinburgh. So if we want a day trip to France, let her know.” Zoey laughed, “Worth it for the food.”

“France for a day? How casual.” Ethan laughed, “Are there palaces there or just houses?”

“Just houses, or cottages.” Zoey said, “We went to Germany when I was here last. Events covering the time we’re there are theater, rugby matches, cricket, museum events, grand openings, visits to hospitals, garden parties, tea parties, luncheons, dinners with foreign dignitaries trying to remain on Lo’s good side for the fact that she make take over one day. Also,” She looked at Grayson, “No public PDA aside from her holding your arm as an escort. No hugs, no hand holding, no--

He seemed offended, “Because we do that now? Name one ti--

“She’s my best friend, I know what goes on behind closed doors.” Zoey smirked, “Inside the castle, when no public is near, fine. Public does not include butlers, maids, assistants, chefs, beauty team, family, etc. Most of the help is to be ignored unless they are needed. Don’t feel bad, I used to, but they’re all really cool with it, I promise. The rooms you need....”

Four hours into the flight and everyone was asleep, aside from Zoey who was intensely studying for her upcoming quiz in the front of the cabin. Everyone else had gone to the back to watch a movie while Beth stayed in the office to handle her never ending pile of paper work.

Six hours into the flight Lo woke up and went to find Zoey, asking how the short lesson went. “They’re nervous, but it’s a lot to take in.” She said, “I was practically shitting my pants the moment we got on the plane, I had flash cards and notes on my phone and I ended up not using any of them.”

“Beth tried to tell me what hotel they were staying at and said my Grandmother does not want them staying at Oliver with us. It’s literally five bedrooms, you always stay in my room, I don’t understand why they can’t stay in a guest room? So I canceled their hotel room without telling her.” Lo smiled, “Also, they were able to get Drew, Aslyn, and Jamie to come style us and do hair and makeup.”

“You’re joking!” Zoey screamed, “You’re joking!” Lo shook her head no, knowing this would be her reaction. “Aslyn, THE Aslyn will be doing my makeup? THE Drew Lach will be doing MY hair and JAMIE is STYLING IS?!”

Lo nodded again, checking the in flight TV for how much time was left. “While you, think about that.. I just came to get a drink, I’m going back to sleep so my schedule isn’t as wrecked as usual when we get there. We land at three in the afternoon and only have fittings tonight.”

“Jamie will be at Oliver tonight, oh my god.” Zoey started pacing, while of course, flipping through her flash cards to study.

Lo grabbed a water and made her way back. The main part of the plane was dimly lit, their bags were tossed all over, Ethan had taken claim of the long couch and Grayson had taken over his chair and her chair now that she had gotten up.

She stuck her water in the mini fridge next to her seat and peeked out the window, nothing but clouds.

“What are you doing up? Are we almost there?” Grayson mumbled, rubbing his eyes as the sun came through the small window.

“No, I just went to get a drink and see what Zoey was doing. Go back to sleep.” She looked down and pushed a stray chunk of hair from his forehead. His head rest in his hand and scrunched his cheek up, “We’ve got about five hours left.”

“C’mere” He grabbed her arm and sat up more in the seats, opening his arms as an invitation to join him.

“It’s fine, I’ll--

“Nooooo.” He groaned, pouting his lip.

He did look comfortable in his sweatpants and hoodie, he looked extra cuddly, he looked even more cuddly when he pulled her fuzzy blanket on top of him.

“As long as I get the blanket.”

Grayson smiled, lifting up the blanket as she sat next to him, throwing her legs over his that extended to the table in front of them.

She was right, his outfit was super cuddly. He also smelled delicious; a mix of his woodsy cologne, his sea salt spray he used in his hair, and like boy. Her favorite scent.

Within minutes Grayson’s fingers stopped rubbing on her back and she giggled as his mouth slightly fell open. His stubbly face was a result of packing his razor and being too lazy to get it out; not that she hated it, she actually loved it. His hoodie was pulled up, little pieces of hair falling from the front of it. She dug her hand into his hoodie pocket, squeezing herself against him.

As much as she hated her Grandmother for inviting them, she also loved it. More time with Grayson, an actual escort down the stairs, but also having to introduce him to the whole new world of royalty was still terrifying.

“Penelope....Penelope....” Beth whispered, pushing on her shoulder, “Zoey needs you in the office, we have, an issue.”

Lo stretched her neck out and rubbed her eyes before slipping from under Grayson’s arm. “What’s the issue?” She whispered, walking past Ethan to grab a drink from a mini fridge.

“Zoey... she said that...”

The door opened quickly and Zoey pulled Lo in, “Kappa knows something is up, Mal said people won’t stop questioning her, your last snap chat was at the airport and you can hear Grayson in the background, I turned my phone on wifi and it blew up.”

“We have to tell them.” Lo stated, digging through her bag to start her phone before it started vibrating uncontrollably and her lock screen froze up. “It’s the Kappa group text, Mal, and... someone has linked me to Grayson and Ethan, great.”

Lo called their head of the Kappa house who then called for an emergency meeting where Lo Skyped in, alone, to reveal to her house sisters what her vacation was actually for. She told them how it had been kept a secret, how now, her being named Princess would make it more public, how she didn’t want it to change how they treated her the rest of her Junior and Senior years, and of course, promised they could all stay at her place if they ever wanted to visit.

“Okay, so it’s cool that you’re a Princess and you have like a castle and a private plane but I really want to know if you really took that hot guy Grayson that’s been hanging here a lot. His followers are blowing up your instagram asking questions.” One girl spoke up, the others agreeing that they also were wondering.

“Grayson and Ethan are on the plane, my Grandmother invited them because she said I needed an escort. And since Zoey is here” she waved her in screen, “Ethan came too.”

“Hi guys, I know that Lo is too afraid to tell you this but I’m her best friend and I’m not afraid. But please, please, please help us keep her private life, private. We trust in you, our sisters, to dispel rumors, keep prying eyes away, and not to reply to their fans on social media. They want your attention to try and get to Lo, it’s already happening to me and it’s been like two hours of a rumor.”

The room of girls nodded in agreement, “Also, please don’t be mad at Zoey and Mal for knowing, I made them keep it a secret.”

“Everyone understands.” Their house mom said, getting closer to the camera. “It’s almost chapter time, so we’ve got to go. I’ll tell the rest of the girls when we meet, if that’s okay.”

“The first one I have of you and I is the one going nuts, I mean I already had a decent amount of likes but now it’s just stupid.” Zoey said, showing her phone to Lo.

@ zoeylew: kappa FUNdraiser dinners #amiright

“They have also recognized my plane selfie and Ethan’s tweet about a plane are at the same time.”

@ zoeylew  : I love when my gf @lo_bradford takes me on vacation. I don’t like when that vacation means a long flight. #supportteleporting

“I just want to get to my settings to turn off my notifications but my phone keeps freezing.” Lo groaned, “Beth, how much longer?”

“Thirty-five minutes till descent.”

“Dude, Ethan, Ethan, get up.” Grayson lightly smacked him a few times before he did it harder.

“What the hell? Are we there?”

“Almost. I turned my phone on to take a picture of the clouds because I thought it would be cool but then it automatically connected to the wifi on the plane and I went to upload the picture--

“Does this story have a point?” Ethan sighed, pulling his hoodie over his eyes.

“Yes, I got notifications, like a lot. A lot more than normal they just kept popping up and I clicked on it and Lo, they found her, they found Zoey, you tweeted we were on a plane, it’s like they’re detectives!”

He switched to twitter where his fan-followed timeline was filled with gossip.

@DolanUpd8s: This is the girl that Grayson has been seen with on campus at USC. Her best friend (mentioned in her bio) posted a selfie on a plane earlier & E tweeted that him & G were on a plane. It could all be coincidence but my mentions are FLOODED with people asking so here you go:

“Gray, I’m fine. I told my sorority sisters. They think my name is Lauren Bradford so they won’t find anything.... until fans from Europe catch on and might recognize me....I haven’t been in the media for a while so there are no recent pictures of me as Duchess but..... I mean.... they found me so they can probably put it together at some point.”

“You had 6k followers and now you have 12k.” Zoey laughed, “I’ve gained almost 1,000.”

“Thanks for the free promo.” Lo laughed, “Grayson, seriously, it doesn’t matter.”

“I just don’t want them to be rude.”

“When a girl of any sort gets associated with us, our fans become very protective of us...” Ethan explained, “Very, intense.”

“I plan to just post a picture of us all at The Oliver House or at dinner tonight so I can just get it all over with, tell everyone my secret, let people know you’re here, whatever people want to know.” Lo typed away on her phone, “I mean, if that’s okay with you two.”

@ lo_bradford: Let me keep this post simple, so everyone can get out of the tizzy that is currently happening. Yes, I am in Edinburgh. Why? In a few days I will be crowned Princess of Edinburgh as my Father is reigning King and I have been Duchess since I was born. Who is with me? My BFF, coolest person on the planet, 100% superstar, @ zoeylew & somehow my Grandmother, The Queen, invited @ graysondolan & @ ethandolan. Yes, via facetime, she personally invited them because she requires me & Zoey to have escorts this time. I met them at party my friend was having, there is no insane story; I’m not a model, Zoey isn’t a secret rap superstar, and neither of them attend USC. I haven’t been lying, I’ve been on the down low so I could attend high school & college normally in the United States (I have dual-citizenship as my mom was from IL). I’m still a Junior at USC and will finish up my degree there. I hope this clears everything up for everyone. Now I can post in peace. Signing Off. --Lo (aka: Penelope Estelle Victoria ‘Bradford’, Your Majesty, Duchess of Edinburgh & Lady of Cupar) (Don’t worry, the whole title makes me roll my eyes too, just call me Lo!)

@ zoeylew: I can finally just tell you all MY BFF IS (almost) A PRINCESS. To me, she’s always been a Princess but I was one of the lucky few that was told over a year ago. On the other hand, Ethan & Grayson are not Princesses nor will they ever be Princesses I just think that The Queen has a crush on them. (Either that or she was tired of everyone thinking that Lo & I were dating.) I gave my self the title of Duchess Jr. last year so this year I am now Princess Jr., my rap name YOzoYO or Assistant Princess, whatever you prefer.

@ EthanDolan : I told our mom we were going to Europe to watch our friend lo_bradford be crowned Princess and she didn’t believe me. But here we are on a plane with a fancy bathroom headed to Edinburgh! If we get kicked out for not having manners it’s all @ zoeylew ‘s fault because she gave us ‘Royalty’ class this morning. (New merch came out last week, click the link in my bio to get a cool GRETHAN hat like mine.) PEACE.

“Oh good, GrayLo and Zethan has already started invading my comments.” Zoey laughed, “Zethan sounds like a medicine.”

“I’m just getting Grethan.” Lo laughed, “And texts from my dad who is waiting at the airport.” She rolled her eyes, I told him we would see him tomorrow but he just had--

“He hasn’t seen you in months, let him have his dad moment.” Zoey said, “He will probably also take us to dinner somewhere nice and I am hunggggry.”

“Reservations for six people at the sushi restaurant in town. I hope everyone is down for sushi.”

“What’s Zolo?” Ethan asked, tipping his phone over to Lo to show her.

She laughed out loud, “That’s Mal being stupid, ZoLo is what they call us at Kappa.”

“She’s been texting me screenshots of comments. It’s hilarious.”

“Please fasten your selt belts as we make descent to EDI, the Edinburgh Airport. The time is currently half three in the afternoon and it is just a bit breezy outside. Your escort service will walk you through the terminal and to the car service that is waiting. Thank you for requesting my services again.”

“Penelope, the head of security at the airport has alerted the family that there are people there waiting for you all, mostly for the boys.” Beth read from a text on her phone, “You will still use the same exit but you don’t have to stop--

“They can stop for their fans if they want, it’s totally fine.” Lo let her know, “Zo and I will just head to the car, two security need to stay with them though.” Beth nodded, “I personally don’t think I’ll be stopping for anyone, should I? I never have before when I was Duchess so I don’t think--

“Let’s just go to the car and let their fans meet them. For a few minutes. Because again, I’m starving and I need to eat.”

“Should fifteen minutes be okay?” Beth asked Grayson, texting back someone on her phone, “They will allow fifteen unless it get unruly which you will then be escorted out.”

“That sounds fine, I’ll let them all know before we walk out.”

He slowly wrote a tweet, telling them to be in a single file line and to be polite to the airport staff that are helping. Zoey and Lo held hands and kept their heads down as they walked in behind the twins, trying to stay undercover but being noticed.

@DolanEU111: JUST MET THE BOYS AT THE AIRPORT I AM SHAKINGG SO BAD I HUGGED ETHAN AND GOT A PIC WITH THEM BOTH AND OMFG

@DolanEU111: Zoey and Lo didn’t stop for anyone! They went to the car! We yelled for them but they were quickly outside! The boys wouldn’t answer any questions about them.

@DolanEU111: But in my video you can see Grayson making sure they got outside before he poses for a picture with my friend. I also think his background on his phone is him and Lo but there were notifications in front of it so I couldn’t see well!!!

@DolanEU111: Apparently Grayson smiled really big when someone told him that Lo was the prettiest girl they’ve ever seen and he just smiled big and didn’t disagree! Ethan said he’s happy to be back in Europe and excited for the week!

@DolanEU111: We’re going to try and go to the Princesses events this week in hopes that the boys are there too! Follow me and I’ll keep you updated!!! xx