You know when guests come over at your house and you have to give up your special seat for dinner and it feels like they're invading your private spot and you stare at your seat the entire meal like "I want it back."

Warren has no idea how that feels because he has a huge ass table.

To lorelei who reviewed: Does this answer your question? Lol Normally I'll probably post a new chapter like every week but for the last month i haven't been keeping up with school that well.

Ruby's POV:

Ok, when I first got to the palace I knew it was gonna be different from my house. I mean my house is so small, it's almost not even like a house. But my goodness when I walked into their dining room for breakfast I couldn't keep my mouth from falling open….. God they have a huge table! I mean like huge huge huge table. There are probably about forty chairs around the whole table which is probably accurate to how many we would need for all the people here.

Either way I end up sitting next to Torina and Courtney. I try to lean away from Courtney without looking to obvious.

Torina notices and leans over and whispers "She looks like she took some marbles and smashed them into her head for eyes."

I look over at her and notice that her eyes look so strange because she is wearing contacts. I can tell she probably normally has brown eyes but she's wearing really light blue contacts that make her look like a barbie doll.

Me and Torina laugh and talk before the meal comes and everyone else around the table is doing the same. I'm sitting almost across from Warren who keeps on shifting in his seat he must be really nervous. I think rubbing his hands in his pants is a nervous habit of his.

Warren POV:

I rub my hands on my pants nervously, I hope this is going well I try to make eye contact with every girl in the room but some are so far down the table. When I made I eye contact with Ruby she mouthed stay calm you got this the I mouthed back help I didn't really know how she could help but I asked Maxon previously and he told me it is good to talk to people during the meals to make the everyone more comfortable.

And well…. So far I was failing at that job

Ruby's POV:

I nod when he mouths help. Think of something Ruby. I tell myself. Warren looks like he is gonna mentally combust if someone doesn't start a conversation.

"Excuse me." I say to a waiter who passed around my side of the table. Everyone else in the room turns to look at me. Well that works I guess.

"Yes madam?" The waiter asks after a second.

I point at my really amazing food. "What is this?" Next to me Courtney snickers. I glance over and raise ONE eyebrow.

"What's so funny?" I ask

"You don't know what this is", she points at the food," that's unbelievable." She snickers again and after a moment some other girls join in and start laughing at me.

"You're so poor it's sad, why did you even try coming here." She whispers just soft enough for only me and Torina to here. Torina sucks in a breath and looks at me like "what a asshole."

I can't say I disagree, realistically I could probably break her arm with while sitting down next to her right now.

Instead I turn back to the waiter, waiting for him to answer my question.

"Umm madam this is a cinnamon roll with a crepe and some …. Umm strawberries."

I know what strawberries are. I think thanks I mumble as the waiter walks back into the kitchen. At this point almost all of the selected are laughing at me Torina looks pissed. I have a similar feeling inside. I look up at Warner he looks angry to. I turn over and look at Courtney who is covery her laugh with her hand.

I point to the wine drink on my place mat "Do you know what this is called?" I ask.

She turns to me her eyes dark pearls of anger.

"No. And I'm sure you don't either." She huffs the last part out as a insult.

I smile sweetly, "Actually I know exactly what it is. I assume you didn't realize that I actually worked as a waiter in a french wine drinking restaurant. And this." Point at the drink, " Is called beaujolais it is commonly made from Gamay grape and generally made in a wine region north of Lyon. Just that you should now." I call the waiter back over and say, "Could you tell whoever decided to put this on the table that it tastes delicious, but that normally when beaujolais is normally drank it has a cooler temperature to add to the strength of the grape flavor and that would make it taste a whole lot better."

Courtney blinks at me and turns back to the girl sitting on the right and talks with her in a slightly less cheerful manner. Everyone else at the table has stopped laughing and now is at staring at the wine.

I smile over at Warren "Did you know I speak french? It helps a lot when I'm waiting on the foreign customers."

Warren looks like he is trying not to laugh at the looks everyone else in the table is giving me. Kaylee is gives me a wink from across the room.

"I actually do, I read your selection letter, you also speak Spanish and Chinese."

"Only occasionally." I say feeling a little smug.

"Say something!" His sister says who is sitting to his right.

"Oh uhhh.. Ok… in Spanish or Chinese?"

"Either one."

The whole table is focused on me, Courtney and Jade, who are sitting next to each other, look at me like they're planning on killing me later.

Before I speak I realize that most of the royal family is looking at me too. But they all now spanish I think they want to make sure i'm not lying, I realize.

"Me gusta comer en una mesa enorme que en mi casa es mucho más pequeño." I say after a second.

"What did you say?" A girl from across the room asks.

"I said I like eating at a huge table the one at my house is a lot smaller."

Warren smiles at me and says, "el placer es que todo mío." Which means the pleasure is all mine.

Then a couple of other girls around the table (including Jade and Courtney) started talking to the prince about all the different things they could do.

Next to me Torina says "Damn you really know your stuff."

I laugh and the rest of the meal me and Torina talk while everyone else tries to fight for the prince's attention. When the meal is over Warren looks over at me and mouths Thanks you I nod like it's all good. Everyone gets up to leave and when i'm on my way to my room I hear footsteps behind me and I see Warren walking to me, out of breath.

"Ruby." He says when he gets to me.

"Yes?" I ask.

"Would you do me the honor of being my first date?"

I raise an eyebrow. "Really you want me as your first date? Me the lonely street beggar."

"You're not a lonely street beggar." Warren says confused.

"That didn't stop the other people at the table from laughing at me."

"Oh Ruby i'm really sorry about that, I would take Courtney out of the selection if I could but unfortunately she has the most people rooting for her and my family really needs to keep the public happy."

"Exactly", I say, "Wouldn't that look bad on you. Shouldn't you have your first date with a girl who the public would want you to. I mean i'm not a street beggar but that's what people probably think. Even if I can speak french and everything."

Warren puts his hands through his hair. "There is no way in two hells i'm taking Courtney for my first date no matter what people think she seems like a asshole."

I laugh, "She definitely isn't summon i would want in a queen."

"Exactly", he says copying what I said earlier," Just go with me on this one date and see how it is, I want to get to know you… Please?"

I study him for a second, "Fine..Ok i'll do it."

"Thank you." He says and then he reaches down grabs my hand and kisses it. "I'm looking forward to it." He says before leaving. I can tell he has a smug little look on his face as he's leaving because he won that argument.

I'm left standing outside my door looking down at my hand where he kissed it…. I hope I wasn't blushing.

Warren's POV:

"Yes." I say as i walk back to me room. I feel kinda giddy when I get in the room. The look on her face when I kissed her hand, she looked like she was blushing.

I lay my back on my bed, and for the rest of the day I have a stupid smile on my face.

That's it :D

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