"Valerie Kay, how are you feeling now? The way you acted strangely confused everybody but I hope you're fine now? the King said and I nodded my head timidly. "I guess I need to introduce the Prince to you very well and his purpose here, right? Well, Prince George is here on a business meeting with my parents. His father sent him to make a business deal with my parents so he'll be staying here for about a week," the Princess said and I gasped. Goodness, this can't be happening. "How am I going to stay with this arrogant, annoying but handsome Prince for a week?" I whispered to myself. The King pulled out his hand, placed It on the Queen's shoulders and said,"Let's go my Queen and leave the kids to chat." The Queen agreed and they left. "Valerie Kay," I then felt a little pinch on my arm and when I turned the Princess was she continued, "You've been gone for long, and you're just standing here doing nothing haa," she said and I looked up at her. So it means it was all a daydreaming something. How can I daydream in such a manner I met the Prince barely a day and then 'bumm' this kind of daydream. Anyway I think I'm crushing but I have to stay away from him for the days he'll be spending here because I don't want him to see me as very cheap cause I am an expensive gem dear. I cut off my thinking and I said,"Let's go Princess Cindy, I was just trying to pull out some thoughts in my head, but now I'm done." So we walked back to the garden and met the Prince, the King and the Queen engaged in a serious conversation and when they saw us, they asked us to take a seat. It was totally boring because it was all about business deals and partnership so I engaged my mind in another activity. So what if the Prince really likes me? So what if he doesn't? Okay,so what if I end up with him? What if I don't? Since childhood, I loved Bryant Lytton but now I am totally confused. I stole some glances at him and I described the handsome creature sitting there. He is indeed from the Royal family, the way he sat, the way he spoke and everything. He is tall, just as I liked, he has nice lips, he has a black wavy hair and it suits his handsome oval like face. I couldn't stop admiring him but for all I know, crushes come and go but love stays forever, so I'm in good faith that this crush that I have on Prince George will definitely go. After saying this to myself, I tried to convince myself but I found out that, I was actually trying to deceive myself but deceiving myself is better than whichever way it will be. I sat there timidly and I continued to steal glances at him but when I promised to look for the last time, he caught me, he looked straight into my eyes for about two seconds and looked elsewhere. I was so ashamed of myself. Few hours later, a maid walked in and said," My King, please it is time for your lunch. The chief cook demands your presence in the royal dinning hall, right away." "I will be there in a minute," he said, stood up, held up the Queen and invited us to come over to the royal dinning hall. We all stood up and walked down to the royal dinning hall. Two guards standing in front of the hall opened the door for us to enter. On entering the hall, I could not believe what I was seeing. The whole place was decorated with bright and dim colours which made the blending of the colours to be splendid, but before I could enter one of the guards held my hand and told me not to sit unless I'm invited. I didn't understand why I was supposed to do that but I had to obey because they were and still are the alma maters of the palace. I nodded my head and entered. I stood beside the Princess and expected her to address me and allow me sit. "Sit down Valerie Kay," the King said finally so I grabbed a seat and sat down. I could smell the sensational sweet aroma of the various varieties of the food displayed on the table. If I were to be home, I would have grabbed any of my choice and stuck into my mouth regardless of my mom being there or not, but this place, they eat in an orderly manner,if the King eats or picks up a particular type of food and places it in his plate, that's when you'll be allowed to start selecting yours to eat, not even the Queen was allowed to do so. After a long chat among the Royal Family, the King finally asked the Royal Server to serve him with soup and chicken. The Royal Server served him together with the Queen. Now, the other servers can now serve us with what we want to eat. The meal began, the server gave me the Spanish rice. It was a kind of spicy rice with tomatoes, onions and green peppers and that's my favourite especially when it's with chicken broth. I was really enjoying the meal until my eyes met with that of the devil himself. 'Looking at him is forbidden', I tried to convince myself, so I looked away trying to keep him off my sleeve. I kept telling myself that he was not there so that I could eat to my satisfaction. Not long enough, the King finished eating, he stood up and excused himself. Some minutes later, the Queen also left. After I was done eating, I drank a glass of juice and excused myself but before I could leave, Princess Cindy stopped me saying," Where are you going to Valerie Kay?" "Em…em…I'm…I'm…actually going to em…the washroom…yh…the washroom," I lied and raced out of the hall." "But why now, are you not…"she tried to stop me but I went out. I leaned against the wall and dragged myself down. 'How stupid could I possibly be? Why should I fall so much in love with him within the shortest period of time? Is it because he's a Prince?,' I thought to myself not actually figuring out the answers to the questions. I face palmed while some tears were escaping my eyes.
"What is your problem Valerie Kay? Are you feeling okay?" a soft voice said behind me. I turned to find out who it was and to my surprise, it was Prince George. I stood up quickly, wiped away my tears, made the perfect face and nodded. He drew closer but the more he drew closer, the more I walked backwards, until I got stuck on the wall. Oh gosh, not again. Am I daydreaming again? I pinched myself so hard that I could feel the pain in my spine but when I opened my eyes, he was still standing there and I knew it wasn't a daydream. Fortunately for me, Princess Cindy walked in and asked,"Are you done Valerie Kay?" "Yes Cindy I'm done," I said trying to pull my eyes off him. Princess Cindy continued,"Okay, let us go back to the garden to get to know about each other more." I nodded my head in agreement but before we could move forward, Prince George stopped us saying,"Did you, a maid of this palace, just call the Princess, not just any Princess, the only Princess of this kingdom by her first name? A common maid as you are. Is it because you've been treated more like a family member in this palace? I thought you were a well-behaved maid. A respectable and responsible one of cause but I was all wrong and…" "I am not complaining Prince George so why would you do so? I personally told her to address me by that name so why?," Princess Cindy cut in. The Prince looked at me in such a manner that I could have disappeared if I had the power to do so. I couldn't control my pain, tears tried to convince my eyes to accept them but it was too strong to be defeated. I was caught up with the thoughts gushing into my head so I forgot about the kids who were fighting because of me until I heard Princess Cindy saying,"Don't pay attention to him Valerie Kay, come and let us get out of here." Now following the Princess is the best decision I could take because Prince George was angry with me, but before I could go, he whispered to me,"The King must hear of this Miss Valerie Kay. I will complain to the King about you calling the Princess, Cindy."
I couldn't believe that someone I am actually crushing on is plotting such an evil plan against me. What type of problem is this? Had it being someone else, I would have snapped it out of the person but I couldn't just talk to him because I'm very shy of him. After climbing a few staircases, we got to our room. Princess Cindy opened the door with anger and started talking,"Just who does he think he is to question my decisions Valerie Kay? Had I not being a Princess, I would have squeezed the hell out of him." Since yesterday, I've not seen the Princess being this angry before and she looks so cute in her anger. She placed her hands on her waist and was panting, now I knew that I had to put my feelings aside and make the Princess cool down, so I walked to her, held her two hands and tried to cool her down,"Princess Cindy please sit down…" she tried to refuse but my calm nature convinced her to obey my demand. When she sat in the soft large hot pink sofa, I continued, "Someone special once told me that, when someone reprimands you or insults you, though it will hurt you, think through all that the person said and find the truth in those words. If you prove yourself to be right, then don't let the person's words get to you, don't even try to prove it, just live your life as good as you can and as long as your conscience is alive but if you're wrong, turn to the person if in any way you've said something to hurt the person in ignorance. Apologize and turn your ways. I understand you want me to be like a family member to me, even more than that and want me to address you as such but you're a Princess, Cindy, a beautiful and lovely one for that matter so I need to address you as such…" she wanted to say something but I cut her out and continued," Just chill Cindy, I promise to call you Cindy when we're alone in our room, okay, so now smile." She smiled and we hugged each other."Now can I talk?" she asked,I nodded and she continued,"Actually, I have nothing to say." We both burst into laughter.
Three days later, the Prince, Prince George came out to sit under the almond tree in the garden when he saw me, immediately he saw me, he quickly turned his back to walk away but I stopped him saying,"Please wait Prince George I have something important to say…" he stopped and I continued,"I know I've caused trouble between you and the Princess but em…I'm really sorry I…" "I knew it Miss Valerie Kay, I knew you would come apologize to me,"he cut in. "You can think or say whatever you want to but I knew I was wrong and I will go with a clear conscience because I know you are right Prince George, and I will always follow the truth, that's what's important, not the person that is right, please may I excuse myself," I said and walked away.