"You're lucky you're a prince," she muttered, her face dropping back into it's normal frown. They finally arrived to the actual ball, and Rosa looked around with her eyes wide. "This is…. wow," she whispered, listening to the beautiful music and gazing at the wonderous decor. Something sparked within her, a desire almost. A need to finally relax, to let free for once. She turned to Tristan, smirking. "Care to dance, Tristan?" she asked, for once not calling him a prince or "your highness."
He smiled at her, genuinely. Glad she has finally dropped the 'your highness' gig. He knew she was a maid and everything but he just wanted her to call him Tristian. "I would love to dance Lady Rosa." He actually called her Rosa for once.
He pulled Rosa onto the dance floor, a couple people had already started dancing but most looked at Rosa and him wondering who she was. He just smiled at her it was a normal one two three one two three kinda dance.
Rosa took his hand and laid her other hand on his shoulder. She followed his moves, stumbling slightly at first but picking it up soon enough. She rolled her eyes, laughing a bit. "Lady? I'm no Lady," she whispered, still smiling. "But, it is nice to hear it from you, Tris." She fell silent again, just moving to the music. After a while, she whispered again to him. "I suppose everyone is wondering who I am," she laughed softly. "This is very out of character for me."
"I would disagree with you on the question of whether or not your a lady." He whispered to her with a smile. He helped her along everywhere she stumbled, finding her stumblings kinda charming. He let it be silent for a little while before she whispered again to him. "Well let them wonder, I'm not sharing, it's nice to see you like this." He whispered back to her.
Until a more fast pace music started to play and he smirked at her, starting to dance more fast paced.
Rosa laughed a horrified laugh, knowing she would probably fall on her butt. She pressed herself close to Tristan so she wouldn’t fall, then laughed as she tried to keep his pace. “This is hard!” She whispered, smiling up at him.
"it's only hard because your trying!" He whispered back smiling back at her and doing the twirl thing you do when dancing. Then he pulled her back in there faces inches away barely, before twirling her again and doing a fast past dance.
Rosa laughed and finally loosened up, letting the music flow through her. She smiled up at him, most of her moves graceful. (Though she did still struggle slightly.) She twirled, her dress puffing up and then falling back to normal again.
"there you go!" He laughed with her glad to see her loosening up, he danced with her as well as separating so they could do there own thing next to each other. He enjoyed it when she finally let loose, he knew how hard the job was, he wanted to make sure they got a break from it every once in a while.
"Go Rosa! Go Rosa! Go Rosa!" He cheered her on getting the crowd to cheer her on as she danced.
Rosa laughed and danced by herself until the song ended, finishing in a deep curtesy. She straightened back up and walked over to one of the table for drinks, grabbing one for herself, her cheeks bright and rosy. She pushed her hair back off her forehead and took a drink, smiling at Tristian.
Tristian have her a little bow, grinning at her. 'that was amazing' he mouthed to her. He soon was off talking with other people occasionally keeping an eye out just incase Rosa might need help, he figured she could talk to people on her own.
A nobleman walked over to Rosa, pastel green hair and charming smirk unlike Tristians. "Lady Rosa is it? That was quite the dance." He had a drink in his hand. (I hope you don't mind lol)
((Yep! All good))
Rosa smiled at him and sipped her drink until the new man came up to her. "Yes, it's Rosa, thank you," she smiled. "And thank you. I don't often dance, expecially not with Prince Tristian, so today was quite the experience." Her cheeks were still rosy and flushed from the dancing, and she gently combed through her long, loose hair with her fingers.
He raised a brow at her running her fingers through her hair and the flushed face. Tristian had that effect on most girls, he hadn't seen her at his parties before and she didn't just call him Tristian so she was obviously new. "oh? I see that blush, your new here and you already have a crush on 'prince tristian' I see." He nudged her playfully sipping some of his drink.
Rosa snorted. "He wishes. I would NEVER date Prince Tristian. He's so…." she trailed off. "And anyways, he doesn't like me." She glanced over at Tristian again, then glanced back to the man. "He has plenty of other girls to adore him and fawn over him, and for him to do the same to them. I'm nothing compared to that," she shook her head. Rosa sipped her drink again.
"he's so what eh? You didn't say anything bad or good about him." He smirked at her wiggling the brows. "How do you know he dosent like you? Have you ever asked him?" He took another sip of his drink. He followed her gaze over to Tristian smiling softly. "I think your better then the rest of the pretentious primadonas."
Rosa shrugged. "I haven't asked him yet. I will, though. Thank you kindly," she smiled, then finished her drink and set the cup down. She marched over to Tristian and leaned close to him to whisper in his ear. "Tristian, can I talk to you? Alone?" She pulled back and looked up at him, with a mostly emotionless face.
"good luck girlfriend!" He yelled at her as she went to approach him. she seems like a nice girl, I wonder what kingdom she's from.
He pulled away from the girls, "yeah Rosie?" He looked at her face not frowning but knowing it wasn't important. "Sorry girls, I gotta go talk to Rosie for a little bit." He lead into a more sucluded area.
"Do you like me?" Rosa asked blatantly. "That guy over there and I had a bet of some sorts. He thought you did, and I say you don't. I say there's plenty of women you already fawn over," Rosa said smartly, crossing her arms. "So… do you?"
"Darius that little-" he did not want to have to answer the question that soon. "ahaha….your not gonna believe this but i actually have somewhere to be and i should probably get there-" nervous awkward laughter and him trying to get away.
Rosa rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. "Avoiding the question, like usual. You can tell me no every once in a while, your highness. I am just a maid, after all," she reminded, completely back to her normal old self. Her fingers already fiddled with the ends of her hair, as if she wanted to throw it up into its usual bun.
Dairus saw him trying to back out and was about to jump in and steal her from him when he heard it. "I am just a maid after all." no way. she doesn't look like one at all.. "who let a maid into the party?" he sneered, a bit of disgust. he was flirting with a maid?
"I wasn't avoiding the question! I dont-" he sighed being cut off by dairus.
Rosa whipped around, sneering at Dairus. "Eavesdropping, I see. Well, you need to get your hearing checked. I said maiden. Not maid. I'm a lady, yes, but he flirts with maidens a dime a dozen. So please, if you will, stay out of other peoples' conversations. It's quite rude to eavesdrop." Rose turned back to Tristian, gave him a stern look, then walked out of the ballroom and back to her own room, where she sat on the bed and took a deep, shaky breath.
((Gtg to bed, night!))
(night!)
"Tch good job dude! thanks for ruining that." Tristian smacked Dairus over the head.
"I didn't know man! look I'll apologise to her tomorrow, we both can. Right now lets just drink okay?"
"but i could go after her-" he turned around to maybe go after her but Dairus just dragged him back the party.
"Come on shes probably long gone."
And drink they did, most everyone left the party save for a few people talking and Dairus, Both Dairus and Tristian had gotten drunk and were stumbling around the palace laughing around trying to shhh each other and laughing more. They could be heard since most of the castle was asleep and quiet around that time of night.
"Dude i think immmaaa jus slep here." Dairus yawned collasping onto the floor using Tristians leg as pillow making tristian fall as well.
"Dairrrrrr! yu dum dum! this is a hallway whas if someone needs use it in the moring due?" he tried o get dairus off using minimal effort. it didn't work. Dairus eventually fell asleep.
Tris pouted, he didn't want to sleep on the floor in the hallway. "dAiRRRrrrr." he pouted, eventually getting tired. Someone in a maid getup walked up to them and separated them. "U look new- coulddd ya mov me to a bed? and may bes move dair to a bed two?" he mumbled half awake as he was carried away. they put a silent sign to there lips. "oH SSHhhhShhhhhhzzz" he nodded understanding as he was brought into a guest bedroom. "hEy this ain't mInE-" theypressed a cloth to his mouth, as soon as he inhaled the chemicals he started to scream. but they were muffled screams through a thick door. falling on deaf ears. "RRRRRRRMPPPHHH GUMMMPHS!" He was soon unconscious.
Rosa gasped, startling awake. She sat up quickly and looked around, breathing heavily. Another nightmare. This one was worse than the others, though. In this one, Tristian had an arrow through his chest. Rosa shook her head, still breathing heavily, and quickly changed into her maid’s uniform to start the day. She went around lighting the fires silently in several bedrooms, before reaching Tristians. Rosa gently pushed open the door, then dropped her bucket of coal, eyes wide and scared. “SOUND THE ALARM!” She screamed, running through the hallways. “HELP! TRISTIAN IS GONE!” Usually she didn’t make this much of a fuss, but her nightmare still lingered in the back of her mind. Rosa could only hope it wouldn’t come true.
Dairus woke up with a groan, where's Tristian?… "Why's everyone yelling? Have you never heard of a hangover?" He grumbled getting up. "Tristians gone?…" He rubbed his eyes, trying to remember. "he wouldn't have gotten up and left like normal he would be having a hangover like me…" He spotted the maid, no, maiden from earlier. "I think I might know what happened to him."
(Sorry I haven't replied. I had to do some school assignments)
(Williams just talked to some pleasant old ladies before a maid said that the housekeeper needed him)
Rosa was in her maid's uniform, so it was pretty obvious to tell she was a maid, not a maiden. But at this point, she didn't care anymore. Rosa rushed over to Dairus, her eyes wide. "Where is he?" she asked breathlessly, hoping and praying that he was alright.
Williams heard the alarm sound and turned from his conversation with the housekeeper, a middle-aged woman called Ellen. Stepping out into the main hallway, he saw several guards rushing about, more frantic than he had ever seen them before. "What's going on?" he called to one.
"The prince has gone missing!" was the reply before he rushed off.
"So early?" Williams turned back to Ellen, who could only shrug.
(Would this be like a 'the boy who cried wolf' situation? Like they're so used to it they don't feel as concerned as they should?)
