I hope you enjoy this chapter! A surprise is coming in the next chapter!

I woke up earlier than I usually did in the mornings. I got in the shower and got dressed. After that, I read my book. It was rare that I was up and ready to go before my maids go in to my room. I smiled at the thought of them seeing me up before they got in here. I heard footsteps, three pairs of them actually. My door opened slightly, so the light wouldn't wake up Kenna. All three of my maids had slipped in. They went to getting everything ready. I smiled at them, since they hadn't noticed me there yet. They still didn't notice me. I put down my book, and silently got up. I caught the attention of Sadie and Anna nodding towards Chloe. They managed to hold in their giggles once they realized that I was planning on scaring Chloe. I crept up behind Chloe. Then, I put my hands on her shoulders and said "Boo!" right in her ear. Chloe screamed. She spun around and saw me, all dressed and ready to go. She laughed, but a guard was already opening the door.

"Something wrong miss? I heard a scream." The guard said. I covered my mouth.

"I'm afraid that's my fault. I screamed when Lady Kaylyn scared me. No need to worry, we were just having a little fun." Chloe responded, while she finished putting up my hair. I glanced at Kenna who had woken up to her scream and she was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"Good to know." The guard said as he closed the door. He had an amused look on his face.

"What was that? I heard a scream and then there was a guard." Kenna said, as she got up and headed towards the bathroom.

"I scared Chloe. I was up before they got in here." I explained. Sadie drew back the curtains, and Chloe sat down, still laughing at herself. Kenna finished getting ready and we headed down for breakfast. Kenna and I agreed to tell the story to our friends.

"Wait what did you do to Chloe?" Grace said.

"I scared her." I replied.

"How?"

"So, I was up before they got in my room. None of them noticed me, and Chloe is the most gullible of the three of them. I got up and that caught Sadie and Anna's attention. I nodded towards Chloe and mouthed the word boo. They smiled and watched me. Then, I walked up to Chloe and put my hands on her shoulders and said boo, in her ear. Then she screamed. She laughed once she saw it was me, but a guard had opened the door and said if there was something wrong in her. That's what happened."

"Did Kenna wake up to Chloe's scream?"

"Yeah." Prince Calix was looking at me. He smiled and then laughed. He was eavesdropping on our conversation. He caught my eye and then went back to eating.

"I think I just caught an eavesdropper." I said with a smile.

"Who?" Brie said.

"The Prince." They both turned their heads towards him. He smiled at them. This evening was the night of the interviews with the anchor. I sat down in my chair, next to Brie and Grace. There was four people ahead of me for their interviews. Three people. Two people. One person. My turn. I got up, too nervous to hear anything and sat down. I could see the anchor asking me something. It was easy talking with Kenna next to me.

"What?" I asked. The anchor laughed at me. I blushed.

"I said, how did you day go?" The anchor said.

"Oh, good."

"I hear something funny happened this morning, would you care to tell us what it was?"

"Yeah, I have three maids. Their names are Chloe, Sadie and Anna. Chloe is by far the most gullible one. I was up early and was ready before they entered my room."

"That's is early. They come in at 6:00 I believe?"

"Yeah, they come in at six. They didn't notice me for a while, so I got up. That caught Sadie and Anna's attention. I nodded at Chloe and mouthed the word boo. They smiled at me and nodded. Then I crept up behind Chloe and put my hands on her shoulders and said boo in her ear. She screamed. She spun around and laughed at herself once she saw it was me. But a guard had already opened the door. He asked if something was wrong and Chloe explained what happened. Kenna was woken up by her scream." I explained.

"That's funny. Now, have you been on any more dates with the Prince sine last time?"

"One more date. We went to see a movie."

"What movie?"

"I don't remember."

"That's okay. That's all we have time for. Next up is Grace!" I applauded as Grace got up. We high fived each other and I sat down. I listened carefully to hers. At the end of the news, I went up to my room. Chloe was cleaning and the others were debating what color my dress should be.

"How about pink?" I say to them.

"That's it! You haven't worn pink yet! I'll get on it right away!" Anna said and she rushed out of the room. Kenna walked into the room and hugged me.

"What's with the hug? Nothing sad happened. Or particularly happy." I ask Kenna.

"You'll see in the morning. The Prince told me his surprise for you and I was so happy for you I wanted to hug you!" She said.

"Oh! Then the sooner I get to bed, than the sooner morning will come. Which means the sooner my surprise will get here sooner."

"That was confusing, but yes." I went to bed and fell asleep almost instantly. The next morning, My maids had the pink dress ready.

"How long did it take you to make this? You just started making it last night?" I asked Anna.

"All night. But I hope you like it!" Anna replied.

"It's beautiful!" I hugged Anna for her hard work. I put on my dress, which Anna had made strapless. Then, I walked downstairs to eat.

"Where'd you get that dress? It's so gorgeous!" Brie asked me as I sat down.

"My maids made it for me last night. Anna stayed up all night to finish it." I replied, looking around the room. I noticed that five more girls were gone. Prince Calix was being very decisive.

"Oh, I wish I had your maids!" Grace exclaimed.

"Have you noticed that five girls are missing? We are down to the Elite now." I whispered to them.

"Yeah, It's only been a month and a half!" Brie whispered back.

"Prince Calix is looking at you." Grace whispered. I smiled at him. He gave me a look that said he wanted to see me after breakfast. I nodded at him and went back to my conversation with Brie and Grace. After breakfast, I went to my room and sat down. It took about five minutes for Prince Calix to come to my room. He knocked, and Chloe let him in and then left with Anna and Sadie.

"Hello, Your Majesty." I said with a curtsy.

"Hello, my dear." He responded

"What do you want? Kenna told me you have a surprise for me. She said I'll find out this morning."

"I do have a surprise for you."

"WHAT is it?"

"You have noticed that I've narrowed it down to ten girls right?"

"Yeah, it's kind of hard not to notice it."

"Well, in a couple of weeks, the number remaining will be three." I gasped.

"Already? Who are the three?"

"You and your friends." He smiled at me.

"But, then you'll only have one more week to make your final decision."

"I've already made my decision. But if I end it now, it'll look like I'm too fast to decide. The King agrees to my plan. And he agrees with my decision."

"Can you tell me your decision?"

"But that ruin the surprise. For all of you."

"Fine." I say with a mock pout.

"See if you can pry it out of Kenna, she knows who it is."

"Ok, but based on her actions when she came back last night, I'd guess it was me, since she was so happy for me and she hugged me for like five minutes straight."

"Keep that thought in your head for 5 more weeks." He said, and then he kissed me and said goodbye.

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