<em>If only you were a few years younger,</em>Katelyn  thought as the King, her husband rambled on during his speech. She wasn't paying much attention in fact she was not paying much attention to anything that was going on. All she knew was that since the Queen had died, she was the only eligible maiden left within the family to take her place. Of course no one else would know Katelyn was out of sorts. She had a way of making things go her way, even though she didn't really realize it.<br/><br/>Katelyn was presented as the Queen, still it was weird for her. Like she was living in another word so to speak. Shaking her thoughts away Katelyn planted a bright fake smile upon her lips to greet their guests. Her heart began to race seeing who in fact their guests were.<em>No it couldn't be, what was his name again?</em>Katelyn kicked herself for not paying closer attention. She cleared her own throat trying to remember anything the King had said during his speech. She nodded her head before simply speaking, "welcome," letting her smile say the rest.<br/><br/>Her eyes rested on Count Manfred for a moment longer, as if trying to see. When she was just a little girl she had been best friends with a little boy named Manfred. Her mother always told her to stay away from him because he was 'a troublemaker' but Katelyn just never could. They had gotten into trouble together plenty of times until finally her family had moved her away, over into the kingdom she was now supposed to be Queen of. A Queen, at 28. The thought still boggled her mind. This man standing before them though could be his brother if it in fact was not him, but she was almost sure it was.<br/><br/>Stealing a glance over to Gilberto she offered him a slight discreet wink. He was quite adorable in his uniform that was for sure and she couldn't help but think that he had perhaps even worn it for her. Her gaze however quickly returned to the Count, he himself was indeed a handsome man and if she was not stuck with this title she would be all over him, of course mostly to find out if he was indeed her childhood friend, Manfred.