AUTHERS NOTE: Hay all, I am so sorry I havent updated in a while. I have a reason, I just don't know what it is yet. No wate I do, my microsoft stoped working so I had to get another virtion and uplode it. Here is the next chapter, it is a very ling chaptewr so I hope it makes up for me being behined!!!!!!! Thanks for reviewing!!!!!!!!!!
It had been nearly a month since she started working for Robert Jurgen. Over the first half of the month he started talking to her in a more friendly way. He asked her a few personal questions and in turn answered them himself while playing a friendly game of chess. During the last two weeks his friends started arriving one by one, so she spent the second half of the month doing chores he assigned her, one of them was cleaning his friends' rooms. His three best friends where here to visit during the winter holidays. The first one to come was Oliver from Paris. The green haired boy greeted Robert and went straight for the kitchen wanting to get started on plans for Christmas dinner, though it was a month away. Stephanie really likes Oliver; he seemed the most feminine out of all the boys; most likely because he was tray gay. The second to arrive was the infamous Enrique from Rome. And what a ladies' man he is, with the blond hair and blue eyes. She tried her hardest to steer clear from this guy. But the third to arrive was Jonny who came from Scotland. This guy was as red headed as she was but with a hot headed attitude that she found insulting, but since he was Roberts's closest friend she tried her best not to argue with him; though it seemed that he was fallowing her everywhere except the library making sarcastic remarks about her. Whenever she felt like he was stepping over the line, she would head for the library, her pl ace of Zen and peace.
It was very hard for Stephanie to work like this all the time without brakes but she learned to live with it. She even learned to live with the constant pranks the other maids put her threw. Some where tripping her into a mud patch outside in the cold, locking her outside when they could, and the most recent was putting soap on the floor in the hallways so she would slip and fall on her butt. On the brighter side, she had made some more friends. The cook named Ed had given her a tip about how to get flower out of cloth without having to put it threw the wash. She also met one of the gardeners that had a secret crush on Franchesca. Oliver was also starting to warm up to her because they both loved to cook. She wakesto a butiful nights rest and a gorgis sunrise.
"Another day of sleeping in, just what I like. And the first thing on the list is to wash the second level hallways of the north wi..WOW!" She was cut short as she took a step down the hallway and slipped on a line of soap and was sliding down the hallway right into a life-size picture of Roberts's father. She slammed into the wall hard enough for it to be heard in the office. "O man, that's the fourth time this…oh no" she gasped as the portrait was falling towered her. She grabbed the edges and was trying to hold it up. It was hard to get her footing because of the soapy floor. "Gosh this thing must weigh a ton!" she gasped as she used all her strength to keep it from falling to the ground. Just as she was about to run out of strength, another pair of hands caught the frame just as it was tipping back.
"Hold on, almost got it!" said a rough voice. Stephanie looked over at the person helping her and saw it was Ed. With a last effort, they managed to hoist the thing back onto the wall. "There we go, I think that is perfect" Ed said sarcastically talking like a filthy rich man who was admiring the art. "Almost" Stephanie said as she tilted is a sixteenth of an inch to the right. "Now it is perfect, and thanks for helping Ed. I don't know how much longer I could have held it up." She said smiling at him then staring over at him. "Why are you here, shouldn't you be down in the kitchen." He smiled at her and replied "well I was there a bit early, helping Oliver out when I caught wind of a trap Miya had set for you and thought I should check it out" He said rolling his eyes then added as he looked at the floor "I hate that Miya and her posy are trying to get you in trouble like this."
"Hay don't worry about it. I am a big girl, and I can handle a bully like her" she said placing her hand on her hips and standing proudly. Ed poked her playfully in the stomach as she cringed with a smile on my face. "Stop Ed and let me get back to my job" she said as she started to carefully walk back down the hallway. She noticed out of the corner of her eye that the door to Robert's office had just swung shut and there was murmuring behind it. She shrugged it off and got to her job, wetting the floor down with the bucket of water she had found on top of a door coming over here. She had discovered that she could use this water to clean instead of going all the way to a restroom and getting another bucket of water and coming all the way back, wasting time. She splashed the water down the hallway and started scrubbing with her scrubbing broom. After a while, she began to dance to the toon from her locket as she turned the corner into another hallway. Spinning and scrubbing at the same time until someone taped her shoulder. She turned around to face Robert, a mask of seriousness on his face hiding some type of emotion she couldn't really read. Behind him was the green haired Frenchmen Oliver, smiling as he walked back down the hall he came from.
"And that is check mate, one again, I win the game" Robert said leaning back in his chair and smiling to himself. "O come on Robert, that's five games in a row and I haven't won once. Can we please play something else, like go outside and play some tennis?" Johnny said in a fed up tone of voice, crossing his harms in a defeated gesture. "Sorry Johnny, but the gardeners are working overtime today because a big storm is coming and they want to get as much done as possible." Robert said as he got up and walked over to get some more tea. "So what if they want to work overtime, they are nothing to us just workers, we could tell them to buzz off and leave the courts alone" Johnny suggested in a nasty tone. Roberts glare intensified as he stared at the wall, trying to ignore what his best friend was saying. He didn't like the fact that Johnny was bad talking his workers, especially Stephanie. He hated to admit it, and probably never would aloud but the girl had grown on him. She was the only person who could beat him at chess. There was also something about her, something that made her more than just a worker to him. She seemed almost like an equal by the way she acted with him and everyone else.
"Robert, are you ok" A hand appeared in front of Robert braking his train of thought. "What? I am sorry Johnny, I got sidetracked" Robert said as he sipped his Tea. "No kidding, you where like in another world." Johnny said as he sat back down on the chair. The spiky red head started replacing the peaces when someone yelped outside, a moment later they herd, and felt someone hit the wall outside. They both exchanged a quick look at each other then dashed for the door just in time to see Stephanie grab onto the picture of Roberts father. "I knew it, she is nothing but a common thief" Johnny whispered as they watched her try to put the frame back onto the wall. She was strong for a girl, not many people could hold it up for as long as she did. Robert was about to go out and help her when Ed, the co chef, came to her rescue. Robert clenched his fists at the way Ed looked at Stephanie, the way he flirted with her, the way trying to act all tough. When he poked her in the stomach, Robert couldn't watch any longer. He went back into his office, Johnny fallowing shortly after.
The purple haired knight clenched and unclenched his fists in frustration. How could she be flirting with that loser that cook, that scrawny little fungus? But then again, why did he care. After all, he was a noblemen and she was just a maid working for him. Why should he be worrying if she likes another guy, if she would spend time with the cook. At the thought of Stephanie spending time with another guy, his fists started to clench again. "You know what Johnny; I need to work off some steam. I'm going to be in my beyblade training room" Robert said as he headed out the door before the redhead could respond. As he closed the door, he could faintly hear some light music down the hallway. He slowly fallowed the sound until he could see Stephanie; her red hair out of its ponytail and falling down passed her shoulders in elegant swirls. She was dancing to the music coming from her locket, a waltz type of tune. He couldn't stop staring at her. Behind him was Oliver, watching his reaction to the girls' graceful movements. He could tell Robert had some feelings for this girl, but he couldn't tell what type of feelings they were. Robert stayed rooted for a little while until his feet moved without his permission and before he knew it, he was taping her on the shoulder. She spun around, closing her locket and staring at him with her forest green eyes.
Stephanie saw Oliver walk back down the hallway as her focus turned back to Robert. "Yes Master Robert. Is there something I could do for you" she said as she curtsied to him. His red eyes looking strained and confused. "I just want to thank you for saving my father's portrait" Robert said as he pointed toward the picture, but his eyes never left hers. "Well, you are very welcome. Are you ok?" She asked more as a friend then as a worker. "What? Oh no I am ok, but thank you for asking. I have another chore for you, in the armory room. I would like you to polish the armor and dust the shelves" he said as he rushed passed her, apparently very uncomfortable talking to her this way. "No problem Sr." She yelled after him. She began to finish her work in the hallway, rinsing it of the extra soap. She then picked up the bucket and walked off to empty it. Behind her, red hair and purple eyes where glaring daggers at her back as she took the next corner and disappeared.
Robert was in his beyblade training room, practicing the maneuvers with his blade, thinking about Stephanie and how she acted with Ed. What about that cook did she like, his hair maybe but then again she didn't seem the girl to like someone for their looks. His confidence maybe, then again he had twice as much confidence then he did. Maybe it was his bubbly personality and outgoingness. That had to be it because he was nothing like that, he was never out their and willing to talk, he was never sporadic and the teasing type, he was just a hallow shell with no clue how to show his emotion.
He shook his head hard. "Why can't I stop thinking about her and focus on something els" He said almost in pain from cluelessness. Maybe it's because you love her and care for her his conscience said to him. "No I can't love her. She is a maid." he said straining himself to fices as his blade started glowing purple. "Griffolyon" He called his bitbeast out of the blade. The griffon soared out of the blade, took one look at Robert and flew threw the wall into the armory room with Robert watching him with a 'what the fuck' look. He was about to pick up his beyblade when he heard a scream coming from the armory room and swore as he ran to the door that Griffolyon had passed threw. He burst in and saw that his bitbeast had Stephanie by the waist band of her skirt and was calmly setting her down.
Stephanie was walking into the armory room when she could hear the whistling of a top spinning fast. She ignored it, she wasn't very into beyblade. She looked around the room and gaped. No matter hos long she stayed here she was still amazed at the shear size of his possessions. There where about fifty suits of armor and twenty shelves to dust. She had a duster in one hand and polish in the other with a cloth hanging out of the lid. She started on the armor getting the hard stuff finished with first. She was starting on the shelves when she felt a breeze behind her. A worm breeze. She turned around and came face to face with a purple version of Griffoleyis but for some reason this creature seemed bigger and more secluded and, in a very broad term, manly. "Griffoleyis?" she asked in a shake voice. "No I am Griffolyon" The creature said in a deep husky voice. That was the cracking point for Stephanie, she was shaking up until this point, she screamed. Griffolyon reared his head as Stephanie screamed and scrambled away from the beast. The griffon grabbed her by her waist band in his beak and lifted her up into the air. "Now calm down pup, I am not going to hurt you. I just want you to tell Grifoleyis I want to speak to her. Would you do that for me" He asked her, talking in her mind. All Stephanie could do was stare at the ground and nod her head once before Robert burst threw the door.
"Griffolyon!" he yelled with surprise. "Put her down right now!" he said in a commanding yet pleading voice to his bitbeast. Griffolyon put her down, brushing her cheek with his tail and walked back threw the wall. A second later the beyblade he came from came threw the door and jumped into Roberts outstretched hand. "Stephanie are you aright" he asked rushing over to her and placing a hand on each shoulder. She was sitting on the ground, her knees agents her chest, shaking. "I don't really know, it's still kinda in the processing stage" she said in a nearly hysterical voice. Robert Then nelt down next to her and, very hesitantly, gave her a stiff hug. "I am sorry for that. I hope he didn't do anything to you." "No no of cores not, it was just startling to have this humongous creature right behind you. He was actually very nice to me" she said to him as she got up after the purple haired knight let go of her. He knees gave way under her and she stumbled into his arms. Without realizing it, he grabbed her and steadied her, very aware of how close her body was to his. "Sorry, guess I haven't fully recovered yet" she said using him to attain her balance again.
"You know what, why don't you take the rest of the day off. You have practically finished dusting and the armor looks as good as new. You should go and get some rest, you have had a very busy day" he said stepping away from her but gently taking her hand and leading her to the door. "But it's only noon" she protested but fallowed him anyway. "Still, you need to recuperate, and here" He handed her a check for 10,000 euros. "Tomorrow is payday and your full day off." "But that is much to much" she said not taking the check. Robert shuk his head "No its perfect. You did everything I asked and in record time, and you even kept me company while you where cleaning my room in the morning. Take it, I insist" she said taking her hand and placing the check in it. "Now go and get some rest." he said as he walked back to the beyblade training room. "Thank you very much Robert" she said and walked out the door right into the flaming red head ass hole, Johnny.
"Ah Stephanie I was looking for you" he said a caring and joyful voice Oh joy he is up to something she thought to herself with a small smile on her face. "I have a problem with my bathroom. Apparently its plugged up and affecting the sink and the shower, could you be a dear and go up and clean it for me" Johnny asked with a big smile on his face. Stephanie slowly smiled back at him and said "You know Master Johnny, I wish I could but Robert just gave me the day off and insisted I get to bed" she said in the sweetest voice she could muster. "He did what" Johnny asked dumbfounded. "But if you really need someone to clean there.....is..." Stephanie said looking around and spotted Miya and inwardly she leaped with joy "Miya, she is the best bathroom maid in the castle, maybe you should ask her" she said pointing her out and smiling to Johnny. "I am sorry that I can't do it, I hope it get's clean before you need to use it" she said as she walked down the hall and around the corner. Once she was out of earshot she leaped for joy and ran to her room, giddy as ever. Paybacks a bitch, way to go girl Griffoleyis said in a proud voice as her pendent started to warm Stephanie's chest. As she ran to her room she spotted Miya heading up to Johnny's room with a bucket filed with cleaning materiel. The short girl took one look at Stephanie and flipped her off. Stephanie just smiled and mouthed 'payback'. Stephanie then turned on her heel and walked the rest of the way to her room, her head healed high.
HA Miya, how do you like them apples!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me if there is anything I need to improove on!!!!!