A/N: Any suggestions and comments are greatly appreciated. So on with the first chapter…

I had only been back at court for a week and it seems the number of enemies I had kept raising in number, but against all odds I had also managed to make a few new friends. I spent a lot of my free time at the small coffee shop on court and managed to make myself well acquainted with all of the staff members. Adrian had been spending a lot of time hidden away in his room. For him, getting out of Palm Springs was both a blessing and a curse because now he wouldn't see Sydney but he loved her so he already missed her like the stars would miss the moon if the moon were to ever disappear. I felt bad for him, I really did, but now that we were at court I had to put my focus on other things, like dinner.

I was supposed to be getting ready for dinner with Lissa and Rose. It was supposed to just be us girls getting to know each other better and honestly… I was dreading it. I am worried that I will say something that might offend one of them, but I really wanted to get to know Lissa better so I just have to suck it up.

I glanced at the clock that was by my bed, I had two hours to get ready then I had to be out the door and heading over to Lissa's apartment at court. I decided to start the long process with a nice hot shower. Showers always made me feel so much more alive, being around all that water made me smile and I couldn't help but feel better. My muscles where extremely sore from working out and practicing with Eddie a lot and the water did a great job of loosening them up. When I finally got out of the shower forty minutes later there was a huge gust of steam that filled up that bathroom and for a moment I just marveled and the intricate swirls it created.

I was soon brought back to reality by the loud knocking on my door. I rapped the towel tighter around my body than went to see who had interrupted me. When I opened the door I was greeted by Eddie's usual small smile. When his eyes wandered away from my face they widened ever so slightly and the smile on his face grew to a full fledge grin that made my stomach do flips.

"I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" Eddie said laughingly.

"Yes, as a matter of fact you are." I tried to say with all seriousness but soon failed when a smile fell onto my lips. Has he always styled his hair like that? I thought to myself then quickly pushed the thought away. He is not here to flirt, Jill, he has something he needs to say. My inner self control tried telling the giddy part of me.

"Anyways, what did you need Eddie?" I tried to say as calmly as I could because his eyes kept drifting away from my face.

"OH, right!" he said a bit too loudly like I might have been the one who interrupted him.

"Well then?" I said laughing at him a little.

"I, umm, just came by to make sure you remembered you are supposed to have dinner with the Queen and Rose." Eddie said a bit quietly.

"Well thank you, but yes, I did remember no need to worry I won't be late like last time. I promise." I said remembering the last time I had dinner with Lissa. I had been seventeen minutes late and she was very upset. This was sort of like a second chance for me, a chance to redeem myself. "Alright, I have to go get ready I only have an hour till I need to be there. See you later Eddie."

"Be safe Jill, I will be by later to make sure you made it home ok." He said and walked away. He drove me nuts when he did this sort of thing; it was like he couldn't make up his mind about me. As he walked away my nerves started to get the best of me again.

"Just an hour to get ready," I told myself, "You can do it." And with that self encouragement I went back into the bathroom and got ready for the dinner.