NOTE: its been a long time since ive last updated ... but I decided to now, hope there are still some readers! (I have added a few characters of my own...just for the name sake)

Raoul took a deep breath. It was his turn now and he was hoping he could do just as well, or better than what Buri had accomplished. He turned his attention back to the ladies and gave them a forced yet friendly smile; something he learned during the years of court training. The ladies giggled and winked, liking the fact that they were finally getting attention from the Knight Commander. He inwardly groaned with disgust.

"I'm Carla of ----" the brunette sitting next to Raoul introduced herself. She was actually quite lovely, but her voice made her sound as if she only had air where her brain was supposed to be.

Raoul smiled. "A pleasure." Soon after, the other ladies were introducing themselves to him, not to be outdone by one another; they flirted, winked and praised him endlessly. Carla however, was much more aggressive than the others and left Raoul looking almost as harassed as Buri had earlier.

He noticed that the wine glass belonging to the blonde lady in front of him was near empty. "May I?" He asked as he picked up the pitcher of wine. The blonde smiled seductively and pushed her glass forward. Raoul stood up and leaned forward, getting a little closer than needed. After pouring the wine, he took the wine glass and handed it to her. But before she took the wine glass, he purposely let go and watched it drop, creating quite a mess on the blonde's dress. She looked absolutely mortified.

"Oh Gods!" Raoul cried out, stepping backwards. As he did, the force of when he hit the chair made him lose balance and the pitcher of wine that was in his hand had made it into the lap of Carla, the brunette, with the contents splashed all over her. The two women got up, absolutely enraged.

"Should I escort you---" The Knight Commander was cut off with a mind-blowing 'NO', as the two ladies stormed out of the dining hall. From behind him, Raoul could hear a muffled laughter. He turned around and saw Buri, clamping her mouth shut with both her hands, trying to hold back all the laughter she possibly could.

"Was it planned?" the K'mir asked quietly, finally able to control her laughter.

"The first one yes, but the second one – not exactly. I must say, I was quite lucky I had a clumsy moment. I was quite surprised myself." He answered truthfully, leaning back so the K'mir could hear him better.

The K'mir chuckled quietly. "Did you see the look on their faces? They looked as if they wanted to claw your eye balls out with fish hooks." The image of two court ladies wielding fish hooks was quite comical and Raoul found himself chuckling quite loudly.

"Thank you, thank you very much for the wonderful image." Raoul replied; his voice laced with sarcasm and humor. The K'mir smiled while she let her eyes travel around the dining hall. Her eyes found the glare of the Queen and the King. Buri's eyes danced with amusement but her face only showed an innocent stare.

"Mm, maybe you should take a look towards our King and Queen." Buri commented, her eyes unlocking with Thayet's. The Knight Commander looked towards King Jonathan and saw his disapproving glare. Raoul almost smiled, but he kept his eyes innocent.

Dinner ended without anymore 'happenings' and couples began to dance. There were a few other women around Raoul and all of them eyed him, waiting for him to invite them to dance. The Knight Commander however, had absolutely no intention on dancing and remained sitting with a clueless look plastered on his face. Buri had the disadvantage of not being able to turn down offers, but her stone hard glare was enough to send the men away before ever opening their mouths.

King Jonathan and Queen Thayet saw this and grimaced. Those two were acting like two year olds! Not the type to just sit back and watch, the King and Queen called over a few people. The words 'she's just a bit shy' and 'she would probably love a dance' left the Queen's mouth; while the words 'he's been wanting to dance with you' and 'he's very shy' left the King's mouth.

Soon after, a man with blue eyes and a self-assured grin was in front of Buri asking if she would dance with him. The K'mir looked shocked, wondering if she had let her glare down at anytime. But having to accept the dance, she gave him her hand. Buri looked back to see the Queen mouthing 'have fun' and immediately knew it was she who had set this up. She clenched her jaw and followed the man out to the dance floor.

Raoul, on the other hand was being confronted by a brunette. She was insisting that he had said that he wanted to dance with her.

"Who told you that?" the Knight Commander asked, his voice holding back shock.

"His highness." She replied, blushing slightly. "He said that you were very shy and it would probably be better if I had asked."

Raoul's eyes widened. He shot a glare at King Jonathan, who gave him an almost victory-like grin. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, Raoul walked out onto the dance floor with her.

As Raoul began dancing, he saw Buri dancing as well with a look of absolute boredom crossing her face. He must have had the same look on his face because the next thing he knew, the brunette was asking him if anything was wrong. Shaking his head and telling her that everything was fine and that he was just nervous, he looked around for Buri again. This time, he caught her eyes. She cocked her head and smiled slightly, giving him the 'you too?' look. Raoul nodded.

They would have to get out of this, Raoul just didn't know how. He knew for sure that Jonathan would keep sending more ladies to dance with him and there was no way of turning them down without hurting their feelings. Something he had no intention of doing. If there were only a way of turning down dances politely he would have a chance of escaping. His eyes found Buri again. Instead of boredom on her face, a look of harassment had crossed it now. He held back a chuckle as her eyes caught his. She glared at him and mouthed something. Raoul crossed his brows, telling her he didn't understand. She mouthed again, this time slower. 'Dance with me next'. Raoul smiled and nodded. Then an idea had hit him. He grinned. They were going to get out of this.