I'm so excited to be posting chapter 3! I've been working on this one for a while, and I had a great idea for a cliffhanger. I will try to post chapter 4 and possibly 5 at some point this weekend. I really appreciate you guys reading my fanfic, and I would really love to hear what you think about it in the review section. Enjoy! :)

My admiration was interrupted by a loud knock at the door, " It's Christophor, I was told to come immediately?" Ebony ran to the door and welcomed him inside. His eyes immediately flew to my shadowed form in the corner. I stepped out in a shy demeanor, and quickly nodded my head towards him. "Mr. Henshaw, good to see you"

He quickly returned my nod, " you as well, Ms. Landale." My eyes locked with his, and my mind flashed through our history. More like the lack thereof. He is one of the only men in the castle that I hadn't taken out on a date, and I believe he is still slightly offended by the fact. Ebony cut through my thoughts and stepped between our staring contest. "There is one hour and 30 minutes left until the ball, and Rose has no idea how to ballroom dance. We appreciate you coming so soon, but now that you're here you need to do your job." He chuckled, "So I should just go back out to the stables?" Ebony glared at him, "This is your Job for the time being, and there is limited time for it to be done, so you two need to stop staring into each other's eyes, and hurry." Rose and Christophor quickly stepped away from each other. "We weren't- " he started. Rose cut him off, "-staring at each other. We were not staring. Let's get started."

"Ok then, let's hurry on to the throne room. This room is far too small for dancing." Christophor stated.

"And you are the expert?" I snapped. Ebony quickly intervened, "What rose meant to say is, we'd be delighted. You can lead us." With that, we walked to the throne room in complete silence.

We reached the large throne room used by Ebony and her family. There were 4 thrones in a large range of sizes. Ebony's throne was farthest to the left, and the king and queen had theirs in the middle. Her 17 year old brother had a dark blue throne on the right hand side. Ebony and I are both 19, and we always liked to mess around with Aaron because he was younger.

"I'll go sit in the corner and watch." Ebony said almost in a whisper. She rushed away to her throne and started lounging.

Christophor took my hands in his and pulled me into the middle of the floor. "So to start, you place your right hand on my shoulder, and your left hand holds your dress."

I moved toward him and put my right hand on his shoulder. He put his hand on my waist and I flinched. He eyed me suspiciously, noticing my hesitance. "So you're going to dance in the shape of a box." We began moving back and forth in the shape of a square. "There you go, you're getting the hang of it." We kept dancing for another 10 minutes, and I was starting to enjoy myself. Until he started to make conversation. " Is it true that you've dated many men from around the castle."

"Possibly, why does it matter to you?" I said back.

"I couldn't help but wonder why I was not included in the 'many' category."

Of course he noticed. I had dated enough of the castle staff to know just what type of man he would be. 'Let's run away together. You know I can't put down roots at this castle.' No man wanted commitment, and I was tired of trying. Plus, he was dating someone else at the time I considered asking him. "I don't want to have this conversation."

"Would you like to go out with me Rose?" He asked sincerely, holding out his hand.

The nerve he must have had to even ask me. "I already said no."

He had a pleading look in his eye.

"I don't know why I even agreed to this lesson." I huffed, spun around and left him standing there wide eyed. "Wait! Rose!" His voice echoed throughout the room. I barely heard him, for I was running so fast. I tripped over my dress numerous times, and cautiously slowed to a walk. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and spun around, my dress twirling with the movement. " I told you to go away." There was no one in front of me. It was then that I realized how dark it was in the corridor. "Hello? Is someone there?" I said warily. There was the shuffling of feet around the corner, and then everything went black.