I hope you like this one!

No flames please! All i can say right now, is that it gets more twisted, but like i've said before, the rollercoaster hasn't finished.

DISCLAIMER: Characters etc. belong to Richelle Mead. Except for this little story here!

-Deni


Lissa was back from the buffet at the most inconvenient time. Christian instantly realised what was going on and he paled.

"Go to my room now and shut the door." I whispered to him frantically. He nodded and was too… scared to make a witty comment. Wait, scared? Scared of Lissa? Oh, this was good.

He disappeared into my bedroom just as Lissa opened the door. She put her keys back into her purse and looked up at me.

"Hey Liss." I said casually while shutting the glass door of the balcony.

"What were you doing?" She eyed me curiously.

"I just needed some fresh air." I walked towards her slowly.

"I thought I heard voices from the door." She put her purse down onto her bedside table.

"Oh… I was just thinking aloud… I guess."

"Different voices." She said, looking up at me again, with suspicion.

What could I say? That her ex was here hitting on me? No way. I opened my mouth to pull out anything that would calm her curiosity but before anything came out, we heard a knock on the door.

"Princess?" It was Dimitri. Lissa immediately darted to the door and opened it. I didn't want to watch them so I turned away.

"Yes Dimitri?" She asked in her flirtatious voice that she used to use on Christian. Oh my god. Christian. He was still here.

"You really didn't have to give me this." Dimitri said and then I heard the sounds of a plastic bag being moved, coming from him.

"No it's fine Dimitri! You'll wear it tonight at the ball. I can't take it back; I bought it especially for you." She said in the same flirtatious tone. She bought him a suit to wear? I didn't even notice it in any of the bags. She must've bought it and hid it when I wasn't looking. I turned around and Dimitri noticed my movement. It seemed like he didn't realise that I was there, like I was invisible. His eyes widened when I looked at him.

"Actually… princess… it's fine. Thankyou, I appreciate it very much." He said quickly looking away from me and back at Lissa.

"Call me Lissa." She said, not noticing that he even looked away.

"Ok… Lissa. Thankyou." He said before he walked back to his own room. Lissa got the Queen to give Dimitri the entire day off. I was given a break until the ball started, lucky Dimitri. Lissa closed the door and sighed.

"Isn't he something?" She said sighing and floating down to the floor with her back to the door.

"Yeah, he sure is." I said in a 'whatever' tone like I didn't care and crossed my arms, but she didn't notice, at all.

Then I remembered. Christian. He was in my room. Oh no. He must've heard everything. I looked at Lissa and she was putting her make-up set in order, so she could get ready for tonight. She sat down on a little chair in front of a table with a mirror attached to the back of it. I quickly went into my room and as I opened the door, wind hit me. The window was open and I heard a thump from outside. I ran to the window and just caught a glimpse of Christian running away into the lower building. We weren't too high up, so anyone could easily climb down from our windows. Christian looked hurt. He now knew that Lissa was with Dimitri. Maybe that meant that he still had feelings for Lissa? I could only hope.

I closed the window and quickly grabbed my hairbrush. I tied my hair into a ponytail, still remembering that Dimitri liked it in a bun. Maybe this was war? I walked out of my room.

"Are getting ready for the ball?" I asked Lissa as I walked to the main door.

"Yes. It's good to get a head start, isn't it?" She said while pinning up her hair so that it was out of her face so she could do her make-up.

"Ok, well I'll be back. I'm going to the buffet." I called before opening the door.

"Alright see you later." I heard before slamming the door, a bit too hard.

I walked down the hallway and past some rooms. But then I stopped hesitantly at Dimitri's door. I stared at it for a few moments, some part of me wanting to knock on the door and beg for Dimitri to take me back, some part of me wanting to kick it down and kick his butt for going out with my best friend. I did neither. I walked away and went to the elevator.

I was on the main floor now. There were several doors leading to all sorts of places. One was the door that led us to outside of our building, where we went through to go on that shopping trip the other day. Then there were doors that led to the buffet, gardens, tennis courts, the hall and the ballroom. But this was just one building in the entire Royal Court. The Royal Court was enormous with different buildings all over the grounds. It was like a huge enclosure. Queen Tatiana lived in a different building that was a lot bigger than mine and a lot grander. Mia also lived in a different building. She lived in the Royal Court now because she had to help her father with looking after one of the royal families.

I walked through the door and into the buffet. There were tables everywhere and food on benches where you could serve yourself. I just grabbed some toast with some jam and a bottle of apple juice. I sat down at a table by myself and began eating.

"Rose!" a female voice called out to me. I saw her straight away, her porcelain doll looks standing out from the crowd, and it was Mia. She sat down at the table opposite me and a tall figure who was her guardian sat beside her.

"Hey Eddie! How are you two?" It was nice seeing them both again. The last time we saw each other was several weeks ago at another royal party. Even though Mia had warmed up to Lissa and me, we didn't really hang out together. Mia wasn't a royal, but she was always allowed to attend because she helped at the Royal court, but she only came if she was invited.

"We're fine. Why are you by yourself?" Mia asked me.

"Ya, the Rose I know is normally the centre of attention." Eddie agreed.

"I'm just getting some breakfast. So Mia… who invited you this time?" I asked politely.

"You won't believe who did."

"I will… tell me." I gave her an encouraging smile.

"Adrian Ivashkov." She admitted and smiled the happiest smile I had ever seen on her. Eddie rolled his eyes.

"I know… it was completely out of the blue!" She spoke again. I couldn't say anything, I was speechless.


Like i said... no flames or rants etc.!

:P

The pairings that i have made are not finalised!

Yet...

;)

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