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Paige walked slowly away form Eric's room dreading what she had to do, change and become a court Lady. She angrily went into the room to which she had seen George last. He still sat in one of the big chairs. He was staring at the flames in a trance sort of state. Paige smiled and knocked on the open door. Immediately George came out of his gaze and was on his feet. Paige smiled when he did this. He shook his head and sighed in return.

"What is it I can do for you Lady Paige? You should be sleeping so you can get your rest." George asked tilting his head to the side wearily. Paige walked forwards a bit into the room some more. Suddenly Paige started to tell George of what had happened with Anwar's note and what Eric and Paige had decided to do about it. At first George had nodded his head every few seconds, but then he had converted to sitting back down and putting his face into a sort of frown. When Paige was finished she found herself out of breath. George looked up at her with a frown still melded on his face.

"Maybe I shouldn't put you on an assignment just yet until we have caught this Anwar." George thought about this a moment while Paige stared at him in horror.

"You can't just do that to me. Anyway the Prince is more important then me. I'll be careful. I've never to failed to take care of myself." Paige said using her persuading voice to coax him into reconsidering. George thought some more then stood.

"Yes, you may do it, but I guess the real concern we have then is Eric." George said looking at Paige who stared at him confused. He waited a few seconds for her to get it, but she failed at getting the meaning through her brain. George grinned.

"Eric is someone very important to you, isn't he?" George asked emphasizing 'very'. Paige nodded still not getting what he was trying to say. George shook his head slightly.

"In Anwar's view Eric stands in the way from him to you." George said explaining the best he could. Paige suddenly made her eyes wide and giggled slightly.

"But Eric is just my best friend. It's not like we're, anything." Paige said turning somewhat red at the very thought of her and Eric together. George nodded and pretended not to notice her blush at the topic.

"Yes, but he still is very close to you and you care about him." George said looking deep into Paige's eyes. She felt very intimidated under such a gaze. She took a step back.

"Yes." She said quietly. Unexpectedly, George smiled widely and looked towards the door. Paige turned around to see Eric leaning against the doorframe looking handsome in the firelight. He had his hands resting on his sides, and was grinning a very 'gotcha' grin.

"I fell so loved." He said rebounding himself off the doorframe and striding over to stand next to Paige. He looked down at her and smiled. She wrinkled her nose at him and turned her head away. George laughed at this exchange. Then he directed his attention totally on Eric.

"Do you have an idea of what we could do for you?" George asked raising an eyebrow at Eric. There was silence then Paige couldn't help, but look back up at Eric who was looking down at her. He lifted his arm and swung it around her shoulders.

"I think you should put me at the palace as well." He said plainly. George narrowed his eyes for a moment in a thinking way then nodded one nod.

"Actually, that wouldn't be such a bad idea. I wont tell you why, but I will say that it would be safest for the both of you." George smiled again as Paige rolled her eyes and shrugged off Eric's arm. She was glad though that she wouldn't be parted from her best friend. Eric smiled again down at her.

"I guess this forever isn't that long." He smirked again as she smiled at this as well.

Later that day the two best friends found themselves riding down the road to Corus. Neither had talked much for quite a while. Paige would occasionally look at Eric to see what he was doing. At one point, when they had been riding through Pirate's Swoop Paige had seen him staring at the pretty girls who had walked by. She had swapped him over the head with her hand, which made his horse rear and sped ahead through the city. Other then this, however, there hadn't been much interaction. Now, Eric was just looking at the amazing landscape around him. Then he found Paige looking at him and smiled.

"What is it, my lovely lady?" Eric said with a dramatic smile. Paige blushed and looked away quickly.

"Why are you coming with me? I mean why did you volunteer to come to the palace with me?" Paige asked the thing that had been troubling her all day. Eric ran a hand through his hair, and sighed.

"First of all, I have to be there to make sure you stay out of trouble. You know I heard that Price Liam was quite a heart throb." Eric paused to laugh at Paige's red face. Then she looked at him again.

"Anything else?" She asked curiously knowing there had to be something besides that. Eric was quiet for a minuet.

"And you're my best friend and it's hard to be parted from you for long." Eric didn't look at her as he said this or after. Paige felt her heart race as he said this. He actually did miss her when he was away then. Finally, he looked over at her and found tears rolling off her face. He grinned to the side and turned back forward. She wasn't expecting that, Eric thought as they entered the city gates of Corus.

The made it to the palace within minuets. Hostlers took their horses, and gave Dreamer a wink as she followed Eric into the palace. Eric started to walk down some halls and finally stopped at one. He turned back to Paige.

"This is yours." He said opening the door with a key. Paige took the key weirdly. How had he gotten it? She waited looking at him for an explanation. HE smiled.

"George has several rooms spread throughout the palace just for this use." Eric showed Paige into her room. She looked around. It was a medium sized room. IT had a fireplace. Two big chairs and a bed with a dresser beside it, and off to the side of the main room was a small bathroom/ dressing room. Right as Eric was about to leave he turned back.

" Um, I hope you have at least one court Lady dress, because tonight is Prince Liam's birthday celebration. George really wanted you to go to it. He'll be there too. So, see you later." Eric gave a little wave in the direction of the speechless Paige who was gaping. Yes, she did have one Court Lady dress, but she dreaded wearing it more than anything. She organized her things around the room, for it seemed she might be staying quite a while.

She strode into the lighted ballroom. Lots of Court Ladies were there all dressed in they're finest looking beautiful. While the afternoon had still been there Paige had gone into town and died her hair blond, and made it slightly wavy. She now had soft blond hair tucked up into a bun at the top of her head, and purple jewels sprinkled her hair. She wore a white silk, dress. It was tight around the bodice, and went down to the floor. She felt like she could hardly walk when she had put it on. She had almost fallen over, but had recovered just in time.

Now she stood against a wall wishing she could have just warn a nice pair of breeches and a tunic or something of the sort. Looking through the crowd she spotted Prince Liam again. He had not noticed her yet, but she didn't want him to. Paige found out that what Eric had said about Liam being a heartthrob was correct. All the girls in the whole room seemed to be drooling. She herself found that she found him handsome, very handsome. He had black hair, and hazel eyes that looked understanding, but very bored as the girls he danced with rattled on about pointless things. Paige just waited for something to happen with Prince Liam. Like, he would get tired and leave. She wanted to do something, but she didn't want to dance. Several men had asked, but she had declined them all.

Time passed slowly and Paige began to wish Eric were there with her to entertain her as she stood admits all the beautiful girls. And as if an answer to her wishing Eric came at her through the crowed. She smiled when she saw him. He looked very handsome himself. His hair he had left messy, and it looked good. His eyes were even greener this night for he wore a green tunic and hose. He smiled and nodded to the women who looked at him as he walked by them toward Paige. HE finally reached her, and just as she was about to speak Eric bowed.

"May I have this dance?"

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