[pretty nervous would be putting it mildly. she felt as though she had both a rock and butterflies in her stomach and she was desperately wondering what she'd gotten herself into. if maybe all of this was some strange dream she couldn't wake up from.

the smile helps, though. she'd been so used to unkindness ever since she got the role of the Swan Queen that kindness was like finding an oasis in the desert]

All of that? I--I've never been outside New York before and I've never had to do anything like this. Is there, I mean if you don't mind could we go looking for things together? [her deep brown eyes were wide with hope]