Arthur Kirkland, the handsome young prince of England is expected to marry a noble woman and to keep royalty in the blood line. One day, disobeying his father's words, he decides to mount his white horse and venture into the town, he laughs with his guards as he strolls down the market streets. "So... the other day I was hunting and this fox come out in front of us.. Shot him square in the eye... Should of been there gentleman..." He smiles as they ride through the town and pass Emily's Store. Jonathan turns to Arthur and states "Your Majesty... Remember what the Priest said?... You have to find a maiden to marry in order to be King and.." He gets cut off as Arthur rudely interrupts "Yeah yeah yeah.. it's fine... I'll find someone..." He dismounts his horse and gives the reins to a guard and walks around, smiling at everyone and approaches a local bakers girl "Hey... Wow... this bread is beautiful... May I?.." The young girl blushing and nods, as he kisses her hand and takes a small piece of bread "Thank you... It's very nice..." He smiles and walks along to a small new American shop and looks at puzzled at the young, fair haired girl whom is stacking shelves, He smiles and approaches her to welcome her "Hello... I haven't seen you before... I'm sure you've heard of me..." He bows in a gentleman like manner and purrs "Prince Arthur..." The blue eyed beauty looks at the Prince, startled by his presence and calmly exclaims. "You wouldn't have seen me before... Just moved, now if you don't mind you're kind of in the way... And trying to set a shop up with someone standing in your way is a pain in the ass..." She walks around Arthur and starts setting out books, foods and other goods, running a new general goods store. "Now unless you're actually going to buy something or look around the shop I suggest you get out... Or help... Either one I don't really mind... And so you don't stop me from working and my name is Emily... Emily Jones"
She continues putting out a selection of groceries and is sorting out shelves. Arthur looks at her, raising an eyebrow to her attitude and smiles a little, circling her to reply. "Well.. I normally come around to see the people in the town... It's just a kind gesture..." shakes his head and laughs, attempting to change the subject from the awkward situation the two have placed themselves in. Arthur smiles and leans up against the door frame, looking at America working. "So... your from America.. That's pretty cool.. " He blushes a little then looks at the apples and looks back at her, smiling at her "Could I have half a dozen apples then?..." Jonathan looks around to find the Prince who was in his care and mumbles "Where is he?..." He panics and gulps, looking around to shout "YOUR HIGHNESS!" Arthur turns from looking at Emily and raises an eyebrow, shaking his head and looks back at Emily, smiling "Might have to rain check on those apples... Maybe I'll see you tomorrow Emily" Smiles and kisses her hand and the girls out side the shop get jealous, he turns to walk backwards and to wave to Emily "Good day..." Walks back over to his horse and mounts it, looking at the general store as the women and some men crowd around him and cheer at him, he looks over to John and smiles "Let's go John..." rides back to the castle.
Emily shakes her head and sighs, continuing her work until her Auntie Marie walks from downstairs, smiling at her niece "Hey Em?... Are you alright.. this is your first job isn't it?..." She smiles and rubs Emily's back, noticing her distressed aura "What is it Honey?... Is something the matter" Emily looks at her Auntie and then looks down, mumbling "That guy is such a poser.." She looks back at Marie, smiling a little and explains "First job?... No second... I worked this job back in America...Was easier back there, I knew the place... This place is a little different, apparently people here just like to stand in your way and watch you working while deciding to buy something then piss off after, he'd better buys those apples next time, I don't get paid for this... I don't get paid at all actually but that's not the point... Anyway... Tell me we still have enough paint for this sign..." Maire smiles at her niece and sighs contently "ohh... you've met a boy... You know... Your parent's asked me to look after you over here in London for a reason you know... To find yourself a man... You work far too hard, sweetheart" She faces Emily and places her hands on her shoulders, using one of her hands to turn Emily's head to face her "Look at me honey... Just give the guys here a chance.. You never know.. someone might be the one.." She kisses her forehead and sighs "You shouldn't be so uptight about this job.. So... Did the young man say his name?... What did he do?..."
The young Prince sits on his bed and looks out over the town and is in a shirt and trousers, smiling a little and sighs, thinking to himself "Why did she act like that?... Emily...hmmm..." He smiles and rests his chin on his hand and sighs contently, repeating to himself "Emily... " Emily shakes her head and looks down, grumbling "I think I'd rather have the job to be honest..." She points over to where Arthur was standing, frowning over at the ghostly space "Stood right there doing nothing, just watching me... Kind of annoying, you know I hate people in my way and working around them..." She stretches out a little, looks at her Auntie with a blank expression "Course he told me his name... Took him a while to though but I did find out he's Arthur... Arthur Kirkland... By the amount of people that were around when he was here, I'm guessing someone overly popular or rich, maybe both who cares though..." She shrugs her shoulders and shakes her head, Maire looks at Emily with her mouth wide open, shocked at the name and gulps "Arthur?... Arthur Kirkland... HE'S THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND..." She looks at America and grins "It's alright.. He's actually very nice... He comes around to us all and gives some money for our shop... However his Father ,the king, makes his guards stop him from wandering off..." She points to the beautiful castle which overlooks the town "His father normally locks him up but he dresses as a knight in order to see us... He's a saint..." She smiles and looks at her niece and, rubs her shoulder gently. "He'll stick by his word... Well.. first day on the job and you've already met the prince... I'd say that's not a bad days work" She laughs and smiles, letting Emily get back to her work and sighs contently.
The next day when England returns, he leaves his horse with the guards and strolls the shop, until he grinds to halt to spot Emily on a ladder to stock the higher shelves and smiles. He approaches her smoothly, laughing and grins "Emily... So about those apples... Sorry about the yesterday something came up..." From behind the door Emily's Aunt Marie watches them with beady eyes, grinning from ear to ear. Emily looks at the handsome young prince and shakes her head. "You can't be serious about buying that many apples..." She looks down from the ladder as she's putting up the sign "There's got to be something you'd actually like to buy... Not just the apples because of our conversation yesterday..." She climbs down and walks into the shop, standing next to Arthur "Just take a look around... Mind the first tile of the right, It's a little loose...You know..." She stands behind the counter and looks at him, carrying on her sentence "You should tell someone about being the prince next time... Might be nice to know who I'm dealing with... Just saying..."
The young prince jumps over the bad tile and he smiles at the young fair maiden "But I wanted to keep my word." He laughs and smiles, strolling over to the counter and leans on it, looking up at her in his silver armour as his green eyes sparkle in the low lighting. He rests his chin on both of his hands and stares into her eyes. "You know... You have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen..." He smiles at her and she replies "I'm not stopping you getting them, I'd just prefer it if you had a proper look around and then decided on the apples... You know... My eyes aren't all that great... I mean a lot of people have eyes that are the same as mine..." She shakes her head and looks at the young prince, inspecting his pool of green, lurking in his eyes "You know...You're different, compared to some of the people I've had in my shop although people here are a little different to the people back home..." She smiles and sighs contently, watching him closely as her auntie lurks behind the curtains to the back of the shop to watch the two. She smiles and thinks to herself "This is different, I've never seen the prince act like this. He only goes to see people outside, never inside." The young prince looks at the fair lady and shakes his head, laughing a little and smiles. "No... I like your eyes... Actually can I put the apples back and... maybe have you instead... You're actually the one that's different..." He smiles at her as his eyes glisten and blushes slightly, then laughs. "You know... I think I'm starting to like you... You're funny and you're cute..." Rests his head on his hand with his elbow on the counter, smiling a little and gives her a letter. "Would you like to come to my birthday Ball?... Your dear Auntie can come as well..." He smiles and laughs a little, winking to Emily's Aunt and looks back at Emily, letting his emerald eyes glow. Marie blushes, smiling at the two as they look into each others eyes and thinks to herself. "He...HE LIKES HER?!... OHH HER PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE SO PROUD THAT SHE'S PULLED A PRINCE!"
She looks at him and blushes lightly. "Sure but I don't exactly wear stuff that I'm supposed to... You know, You might be onto something there... I am a little different, but you're guilty of being different as well... I've never met someone to actually stick to their word... Well when they have some form of powerful position or money... You're an odd one." Smiles and looks into his eyes, her cheeks forming a slight blush. "I might come up to that ball of yours... When is it?" His eyes light up in happiness and hope, he holds her hands and grins, replying. "REALLY?!... You might?... It's this evening... I really hope you can make it..." He calms himself down from his excitement and straightens up, clearing his throat and lets go of her hands, blushing slightly "So... Do you wish to come out on a walk with me?..." Marie sneaks out from the back and grins at Emily, pushing her slightly to Arthur. "Go on... It's not busy anyway, I'll look after the shop" She takes Emily's apron off and pushes her gently in front of Arthur, the young Prince smiles and looks down at her, saying. "I assume you're free now..." He smiles and bows, giving her his hand, looking up at her with beautiful green eyes. "Shall we?... Miss Jones."
The fair lady takes Arthur's hand and a slight pink stains her cheeks. "Where do we go from here? You know your little... Well kind of big crowd of people, I'm assuming a bunch of girls that are totally obsessed... They're going to be pretty jealous, you know that... And I'm not even sorry...You should still get an apple or two, they're pretty good" The Prince looks down at her and smiles, showing a sparkle in his emerald orbs, then looks around, stating. "Huh?... What crowd?..." He smirks and leans down to whisper. "Because you're the only one I see here" He smirks a little and holds her hand a little tighter as he walks around the back, unnoticed by his crowd of fans and leads the fair lady to the lake at the edge of the town. They sit down together and he smiles at Emily, blushing slightly and looks away. "You know, just because of my status, please don't think of me as a jerk... You know." He looks down at the tall, fair haired girl and stares into her blue eyes. "I stand by what I said, your eyes are beautiful and too be honest... Beautiful is an understatement."
Emily looks out across the lake, blushing a light tint of red and sighs contently. "Status doesn't mean anything to me... You are who you chose to, just because you get born into something doesn't mean you have to be it right? I could go off and do what I want but I chose to help out and work with the family... You could do the same whenever you want... So you'd only be a jerk if you acted like one all the time... Or even sometimes... But that's just what I think anyway." She smiles up at the shocked Prince as he blushes and smiles warmly. "So... I assume, Miss Jones... That your parents are still back in America?" He smiles and takes her hand, kissing it lightly and looks up at her. "You know, you're the first woman I have ever taken an interest in. The others all want my status, but you... You don't care, you see me for who I am and not what I am. I know we've only just met but... I don't know, it's a weird feeling Miss Jones..." He looks away, blushing a deep red as they watch the sun set slowly, a while later he looks down at Emily who is sat next to him and smiles. "Miss Jones?... Do you believe in love at first sight?..."