A/N - well here's the next chapter. I can't believe i got it out so soon.
Didn't get twenty five reviews on the last chapter but that's ok. I'll try
and get the next chapter up soon. Don't know when though but here enjoy!!!
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Chapter 9
Rovin paced the large room scowling. Her arms were crossed over her chest and every minute or so she would throw something against the wall. She wore a light green dress that was tight in the chest and stomach, before opening up and flowing around her legs. The dress was a bit to long for her and she tripped often while pacing. The sleeves were short and puffy and her chest showed more than she wanted Daniel or any other noble to see. Around her neck she wore a small chain with a pendant hanging from the end. The pendant was real gold with a gorgeous stone in the middle. Rovin's hair was pinned up on the top of her head and had been curled until she cried. Daniel's mother even requested the servants put more face paint than she had ever seen on her. Rovin had screamed bloody murder when they decided to pierce her lobs in order to put more jewelry on her. In the end she turned out looking just like a noble, as if she had been raised that way.
Rovin stopped pacing when she heard the lock turning. The door opened and Daniel walked in shutting it behind him. Rovin glared even more when he turned around and stared at her with his mouth hanging open.
"It's not nice to stare!" Rovin hissed turning away from him and walking out onto the balcony.
"It's not that," Daniel said following her out and standing next to her as they watched some nobles making their way to the great hall. "I just didn't expect my mother to so such a good job." he turned to her and smiled flashing two rows of perfect white teeth
"Spoken like a true noble" Rovin muttered not daring herself to look at him. She breathed deeply trying to calm her pulse down. Her heart pounded against her chest as he continued to stare at her. Finally she found her voice and was able to speak. "Shouldn't we be going?"
Daniel turned away from her and cleared his throat "Yes, we should" he walked back inside and Rovin followed him a minutes later walked past him out the door. It led into a larger room witch was furnished like a living room. Sitting on one of the couches was a girl a few years younger than Rovin. She smiled and stood when Daniel entered.
"Ready to go Dan?" she asked
"Of course!" he replied smiling "Emily this is Elizabeth, she the girl I found on the streets. Elizabeth this is my little sister Emily. You've been staying in her room"
"Nice to meet you" Rovin said to Emily imitating the many nobles she had watched. Rovin gave a small curtsy as she had been taught by her mother. Emily just stares at Rovin with her mouth open. "Why did you use my middle name?" Rovin hissed at Daniel under her breath
"Your first name sounds like a peasants, your middle name will convince everyone your noble born!" he responded in a whisper
"I happen to like my first name and whoever said I wanted to pretend I was noble born?"
"You can't come to dinner if your not noble born"
"What a pity, I guess I won't come!"
"Nice try Elizabeth!"
Rovin glanced at Emily who still stood there gaping at her
"Did I do something wrong?" Rovin asked Daniel
"Not that I know of" he responded before turning to his little sister. "Hey Em, what's that matter?"
"Nothing" she said as if snapping out of a spell. "You told me she was pretty, but not this pretty! That's all"
Rovin blushed deeply, aware that Daniel was as well. Emily saw this and quickly led the way to the great hall talking the entire time.
"So Elizabeth. That's a very pretty name. Is it your first name? Some of the girls here use their middle name, and mother says that's tacky. My full name is Emily Mary Rebecca Ann de la John. I hate my first name. I'd rather go by Ann but mother won't let me. She says she gave me a pretty name so I'd use it. She says Dan butchered my name by calling me Em, but I don't care because Em rhymes with Ann. Sorta. Anyway. I'm thirteen and I'll be fourteen in a week exactly. I'm so excited! I can't wait to see what mother and father got me. Daniel won't tell me either. He says it's a surprise. I don't care if I know before or not. I hope it's a horse. I've been wanting one of my own for ever. Do you have your own horse Elizabeth? By the way how long do you plan on staying with us? I don't mind if you use my room. I've been sharing Eliza's room with her. Eliza is our little sister. She just turned six. Anyway where was I? Oh yes. Since Eliza is so young her goes and sleeps with mother and father because she had bad dreams, so I end up having my own bed either way. I hope you stay a long time because I like you, and I can tell Daniel does too. We can become close friends and we can go shopping in the city together if mother lets me. I don't have any friends who are girls here other than my sisters and they don't really count. Do you have any sisters or brothers Elizabeth? Your lucky if you don't. I mean no offense to you Daniel but I'd rather be an only child. I could have ten times more fun than I'm having now! Although we'd probably be poor. The only reason father was names the Duke of Wolf's Creek was because David did a bunch of great things for the king. Daniel did too! I wonder what David will say about you? He'll probably say the same things Daniel said. About how pretty you are and how nice and sweet you are. Oh! Look were here!"
Rovin could see Daniel turn a million shades of red next to her. She was going to say something when she spotted David walking towards them. Panicking she dragged Daniel back around the corner they had just turned as Emily ran to greet her eldest brother.
"It's David." Rovin hissed tugging on his sleeve to keep him there
"Yeah so?" Daniel asked confused.
"He's going to recognize me from the streets!"
"You obviously don't know David like we do. He sleeps around se much he doesn't remember every girl! I guarantee he won't remember you"
"your sure?"
"Positive!" Daniel whispered moving closer to her. Rovin's heart started pounding again and she suddenly wanted to kiss him. Their faces were an inch from each other. Rovin leaned in a little and they're lips touched slightly.
"Elizabeth! Daniel! Where are you two?" Emily called
Rovin jumped away from Daniel who sighed and dropped his arms to his side. Rovin wiped her mouth as she rounded the corner. She stood next to Emily as she was introduced to David. He thankfully didn't remember her.
"A pleasure to meet you Elizabeth" David said lightly kissing her hand as Daniel walked up. Rovin plastered a smile on her face and played along thankful for all the lessons she had taken from the older women in the Rogue. Just thinking of home brought tears to her eyes, she willed herself to stop.
"The pleasures all mine" she replied taking her hand from David's before he could kiss it again. Rovin pretended as if she had just noticed Daniel was there. "Oh Daniel, how kind of you to join us. I was just meeting your charming older brother." she said smiling at David. Daniels face was twisted as he held his anger inside. Emily saw this and interrupted what- ever he was going to say.
"Elizabeth. Why don't you and I go find out seats. Dinner will be starting soon."
"of course!" Rovin replied "If you two gentlemen will excuse me." Rovin turned and left with Emily to go sit down. David and Daniel watched Rovin leave before Daniel spoke up.
"I like that one" he said
"Who, Elizabeth?" Daniel replied trying to act like nothing had happened between the two of them
"Yes Elizabeth. After all she's gorgeous!"
"Looks aren't everything"
"To you"
"Trust me she's not your type"
"Why would I care if she's my type or not. All I need to do is get her to sleep with me. Nothing needs to happen after that!" David laughed leaving his angry brother to go get a seat by Rovin. Meanwhile the girls had been talking.
"Its funny" Emily said taking her seat
"What is?" Rovin replied sitting beside her
"How Daniel has this huge crush on you, but then David comes along and Daniel knows he has no chance in hell with you."
"Excuse me?"
"It's like this. Ever since the two of them started courting girls, David ends up sleeping with every girl Daniel like and more.
Your no different to David."
"How do you know all this?"
"I may be young but I'm not blind! I also know Daniel didn't find you in the streets. Here comes David. We'll talk more later" Rovin watched as David walked to their table and indicated the empty seat beside Rovin.
"Is this seat taken?" he asked her
Rovin saw Daniel walk up beside his brother. Noticing them he immediately started for the seat beside Emily.
"Actually" Rovin replied stopping Daniel "Daniel promised me he'd tell me about the palace!"
"I can tell you about the palace milady" David replied nervously looking at his brother
"I'm sure you could, but I prefer Daniel to because I also want to talk to him about how he found me."
"Well Emily could move over a seat and we could bother sit by you."
"How dare you! Are you suggesting Emily move to fulfill your male hormones!?! I don't thinks so, and besides Emily is the only girl I know and I want to talk to her as well. Now you can either sit by your lovely little sister and help keep the other boys away from her or you can choose to sit somewhere else!"
David chose to sit somewhere else. With a small frown at Rovin and Emily as well as a huge glare at Daniel he left to sit by a the other single men. Daniel took the seat beside Rovin blushing. Rovin saw Emily smiling out of the corner of her eye and winked. Emily winked back as the first course was served.
Chapter 9
Rovin paced the large room scowling. Her arms were crossed over her chest and every minute or so she would throw something against the wall. She wore a light green dress that was tight in the chest and stomach, before opening up and flowing around her legs. The dress was a bit to long for her and she tripped often while pacing. The sleeves were short and puffy and her chest showed more than she wanted Daniel or any other noble to see. Around her neck she wore a small chain with a pendant hanging from the end. The pendant was real gold with a gorgeous stone in the middle. Rovin's hair was pinned up on the top of her head and had been curled until she cried. Daniel's mother even requested the servants put more face paint than she had ever seen on her. Rovin had screamed bloody murder when they decided to pierce her lobs in order to put more jewelry on her. In the end she turned out looking just like a noble, as if she had been raised that way.
Rovin stopped pacing when she heard the lock turning. The door opened and Daniel walked in shutting it behind him. Rovin glared even more when he turned around and stared at her with his mouth hanging open.
"It's not nice to stare!" Rovin hissed turning away from him and walking out onto the balcony.
"It's not that," Daniel said following her out and standing next to her as they watched some nobles making their way to the great hall. "I just didn't expect my mother to so such a good job." he turned to her and smiled flashing two rows of perfect white teeth
"Spoken like a true noble" Rovin muttered not daring herself to look at him. She breathed deeply trying to calm her pulse down. Her heart pounded against her chest as he continued to stare at her. Finally she found her voice and was able to speak. "Shouldn't we be going?"
Daniel turned away from her and cleared his throat "Yes, we should" he walked back inside and Rovin followed him a minutes later walked past him out the door. It led into a larger room witch was furnished like a living room. Sitting on one of the couches was a girl a few years younger than Rovin. She smiled and stood when Daniel entered.
"Ready to go Dan?" she asked
"Of course!" he replied smiling "Emily this is Elizabeth, she the girl I found on the streets. Elizabeth this is my little sister Emily. You've been staying in her room"
"Nice to meet you" Rovin said to Emily imitating the many nobles she had watched. Rovin gave a small curtsy as she had been taught by her mother. Emily just stares at Rovin with her mouth open. "Why did you use my middle name?" Rovin hissed at Daniel under her breath
"Your first name sounds like a peasants, your middle name will convince everyone your noble born!" he responded in a whisper
"I happen to like my first name and whoever said I wanted to pretend I was noble born?"
"You can't come to dinner if your not noble born"
"What a pity, I guess I won't come!"
"Nice try Elizabeth!"
Rovin glanced at Emily who still stood there gaping at her
"Did I do something wrong?" Rovin asked Daniel
"Not that I know of" he responded before turning to his little sister. "Hey Em, what's that matter?"
"Nothing" she said as if snapping out of a spell. "You told me she was pretty, but not this pretty! That's all"
Rovin blushed deeply, aware that Daniel was as well. Emily saw this and quickly led the way to the great hall talking the entire time.
"So Elizabeth. That's a very pretty name. Is it your first name? Some of the girls here use their middle name, and mother says that's tacky. My full name is Emily Mary Rebecca Ann de la John. I hate my first name. I'd rather go by Ann but mother won't let me. She says she gave me a pretty name so I'd use it. She says Dan butchered my name by calling me Em, but I don't care because Em rhymes with Ann. Sorta. Anyway. I'm thirteen and I'll be fourteen in a week exactly. I'm so excited! I can't wait to see what mother and father got me. Daniel won't tell me either. He says it's a surprise. I don't care if I know before or not. I hope it's a horse. I've been wanting one of my own for ever. Do you have your own horse Elizabeth? By the way how long do you plan on staying with us? I don't mind if you use my room. I've been sharing Eliza's room with her. Eliza is our little sister. She just turned six. Anyway where was I? Oh yes. Since Eliza is so young her goes and sleeps with mother and father because she had bad dreams, so I end up having my own bed either way. I hope you stay a long time because I like you, and I can tell Daniel does too. We can become close friends and we can go shopping in the city together if mother lets me. I don't have any friends who are girls here other than my sisters and they don't really count. Do you have any sisters or brothers Elizabeth? Your lucky if you don't. I mean no offense to you Daniel but I'd rather be an only child. I could have ten times more fun than I'm having now! Although we'd probably be poor. The only reason father was names the Duke of Wolf's Creek was because David did a bunch of great things for the king. Daniel did too! I wonder what David will say about you? He'll probably say the same things Daniel said. About how pretty you are and how nice and sweet you are. Oh! Look were here!"
Rovin could see Daniel turn a million shades of red next to her. She was going to say something when she spotted David walking towards them. Panicking she dragged Daniel back around the corner they had just turned as Emily ran to greet her eldest brother.
"It's David." Rovin hissed tugging on his sleeve to keep him there
"Yeah so?" Daniel asked confused.
"He's going to recognize me from the streets!"
"You obviously don't know David like we do. He sleeps around se much he doesn't remember every girl! I guarantee he won't remember you"
"your sure?"
"Positive!" Daniel whispered moving closer to her. Rovin's heart started pounding again and she suddenly wanted to kiss him. Their faces were an inch from each other. Rovin leaned in a little and they're lips touched slightly.
"Elizabeth! Daniel! Where are you two?" Emily called
Rovin jumped away from Daniel who sighed and dropped his arms to his side. Rovin wiped her mouth as she rounded the corner. She stood next to Emily as she was introduced to David. He thankfully didn't remember her.
"A pleasure to meet you Elizabeth" David said lightly kissing her hand as Daniel walked up. Rovin plastered a smile on her face and played along thankful for all the lessons she had taken from the older women in the Rogue. Just thinking of home brought tears to her eyes, she willed herself to stop.
"The pleasures all mine" she replied taking her hand from David's before he could kiss it again. Rovin pretended as if she had just noticed Daniel was there. "Oh Daniel, how kind of you to join us. I was just meeting your charming older brother." she said smiling at David. Daniels face was twisted as he held his anger inside. Emily saw this and interrupted what- ever he was going to say.
"Elizabeth. Why don't you and I go find out seats. Dinner will be starting soon."
"of course!" Rovin replied "If you two gentlemen will excuse me." Rovin turned and left with Emily to go sit down. David and Daniel watched Rovin leave before Daniel spoke up.
"I like that one" he said
"Who, Elizabeth?" Daniel replied trying to act like nothing had happened between the two of them
"Yes Elizabeth. After all she's gorgeous!"
"Looks aren't everything"
"To you"
"Trust me she's not your type"
"Why would I care if she's my type or not. All I need to do is get her to sleep with me. Nothing needs to happen after that!" David laughed leaving his angry brother to go get a seat by Rovin. Meanwhile the girls had been talking.
"Its funny" Emily said taking her seat
"What is?" Rovin replied sitting beside her
"How Daniel has this huge crush on you, but then David comes along and Daniel knows he has no chance in hell with you."
"Excuse me?"
"It's like this. Ever since the two of them started courting girls, David ends up sleeping with every girl Daniel like and more.
Your no different to David."
"How do you know all this?"
"I may be young but I'm not blind! I also know Daniel didn't find you in the streets. Here comes David. We'll talk more later" Rovin watched as David walked to their table and indicated the empty seat beside Rovin.
"Is this seat taken?" he asked her
Rovin saw Daniel walk up beside his brother. Noticing them he immediately started for the seat beside Emily.
"Actually" Rovin replied stopping Daniel "Daniel promised me he'd tell me about the palace!"
"I can tell you about the palace milady" David replied nervously looking at his brother
"I'm sure you could, but I prefer Daniel to because I also want to talk to him about how he found me."
"Well Emily could move over a seat and we could bother sit by you."
"How dare you! Are you suggesting Emily move to fulfill your male hormones!?! I don't thinks so, and besides Emily is the only girl I know and I want to talk to her as well. Now you can either sit by your lovely little sister and help keep the other boys away from her or you can choose to sit somewhere else!"
David chose to sit somewhere else. With a small frown at Rovin and Emily as well as a huge glare at Daniel he left to sit by a the other single men. Daniel took the seat beside Rovin blushing. Rovin saw Emily smiling out of the corner of her eye and winked. Emily winked back as the first course was served.