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“God, yes,” Ingrid sighed again.
“And you just realized you think she’s hot today?”
“It’s not that I think she’s hot… I do. She is. It’s just that today, she was sexy. I think I’ve thought that before, too, but she had these suspenders. I’ve never seen a Queen wear suspenders before, but she can pull them off. She kept leaning back and putting her hands in her pockets, and it was like there could be a photographer standing there, taking pictures of her for a magazine cover.”
“How long do you think you’ve felt this way about her?”
“I don’t know.”
“Can I maybe guess?”
“Youhave a guess? You’ve never even seen us together, Sarah.”
“You talk about her all the time. You have since you first started working for her, Ingrid. I think I get the picture.”
“Fine. Guess away.” Ingrid waved her off with a hand.
“You broke up with Britt, like, a month after you started working for our new Queen.”
“I guess it was about then, yes.”
“Did you ever stop to think that maybe part of the reason you ended things with Britt was that you started to like someone else?”
“What? No.” She guffawed.
“Well, I remember you talking my head off about the then-Princess constantly. She was so smart and funny and a little clumsy, but you thought it was endearing.”
“Itisendearing,” Ingrid said.
“Oh, you really do like her, don’t you?”
“Yes,” Ingrid grunted and covered her face with her hands. “She wants me to work with her again, Sarah. Regardless of how long I’ve felt this way without realizing it, I can’t work beside her and be worried I’ll say or do something wrong. She’s the Queen of Norway. I won’t just get fired. I think she could still behead me if I say something inappropriate.”
“Like you think that she’s really hot in suspenders?”
“Shut up.” Ingrid laughed.
“You know, Dad has that job for you if you want it. All you have to do is make the move from public service to the corporate world, and you’d be set for life.”
“I don’t want to leave the palace.”
“But you don’t want to work for Mari, and you can’t work for the Queen you’re having sexy thoughts about.”
“No, I don’t think so.”
“Do you think there’s a chance she could have feelings for you?”
“Our straight Queen that people keep throwing men at so she’ll find one to marry? No, Sarah; I don’t think there’s a chance in hell she has feelings for me. Besides, she doesn’t know I’m gay. It’s not like we sit around and talk about the fact that I like women or chat about our crushes at slumber parties.”
“Well, if that’s the case, I don’t know what other choice you have, Ingrid – I think you need to find another job. More importantly, I think you need to put yourself back out there. It’s been a long time since Britt. Have you even gotten laid since you two–”
“I amnotanswering that,” Ingrid stated.
“You haven’t had sex in over three years?!” Sarah Anne yelled.
“Sarah, shut up. I think our neighbors heard you.”
“Yeah, I’m putting a lesbian dating app on your phone or something. You need to swipe right on someone soon.”
