A few weeks had passed and Zeda did her best to avoid the pharaoh. After she had that vision her head was filled with questions and she didn't know why. And it didn't help much that at night that her mind couldn't rest. Every night she had the same dream and would wake up in a cold sweat. Spending most her time in her room she tried to make sense of her dream. 'I keep seeing myself, kissing his beautiful lips, rubbing his perfectly toned chest, moaning from his gentle touches…' she sighed, 'And why do I wake up disappointed to find to find out that my dream didn't come true?' She thought as she heard a knock at her door. She got up and answered the door and her eyes grew as wide a saucers. There standing in front of her was the star of her dreams. Lord Atem. "Lord Atem…" Zeda said barely finding her voice. "Hello Zeda. May I come in?" he asked sounding concerned. Coming back to reality, she shyly nodded and stood back so he could come in. Quickly she walked over to the balcony and sat down. Lord Atem looked at her worried, 'What did she see two weeks ago? She's barely talked to me since she had that vision. She's barely looked at me.' He walked over to her and looked at her body language, she was slouched over with her arms resting on her legs, looking at the ground, and she was fidgeting with her skirt. "Zeda, what's wrong?" He asked kneeling down in front of her and placed his hand on top of hers. Before she would have let him touch her hand like that, but she was so confused that she jerked her hand away. Lord Atem couldn't figure out why she did that. "Zeda…" he whispered and placed his hand under her chin and lifted her face up so that she would look at him. She still averted her eyes. "Zeda look at me," he said in a gentle yet slightly demanding tone. Zeda sighed and looked into his beautiful ruby red eyes. "What's wrong?" He asked. "N-Nothings wrong," she said stuttering. "Your lying to me. You have barely come out of this room since I took you to the temple. What did you see?" Zeda's look in her eyes changed. "What makes you think I saw something?" she asked feeling slightly scared that he would make her tell him. "Because if you didn't see something you wouldn't have been avoiding me," Lord Atem said. "If you don't mind, I'd rather not tell you what I saw," she said. Lord Atem nodded, "That's fine, but will stop avoiding me? Please. I know this sound forward but I have missed spending time with you." Zeda looked him in the eyes, "Why?" "Because you don't treat me like the pharaoh. You treat me like a person. No one has ever done that," he said as he stood up. Zeda stood up too. "Dinner will be served soon. Will you join me?" he asked. This was the first time he invited her to dinner. She would be eating with the priests and the other people who have millennium items. "I don't know…I don't have the appropriate cloths for dinner…" she said trailing off. "I'll send someone in to help get you ready," Lord Atem said smiling. Just as he was about to leave Zeda said, "Thank you." He turned to look at her and smiled. Lord Atem left and closed the door behind him and Zeda had to sit back down, "Oh Ra…" she finally figured out why she has been having dreams about him. "I'm in love with him."
Lord Atem didn't just send one lady to help Zeda get ready for dinner she sent four. Zeda was overwhelmed by the attention she getting. First the women did her hair and makeup. They then had her stand on a pedestal so the women could dress her. They wrapped her in a gold silk dress that had fringes on the ends that were wrapped around her. The gown hugged every curve but had a slit at the bottom in the front with a slight train which made it easier for her to walk. They put gold sandal high heels on her. They helped her step down since she had never worn heels before, or anything as beautiful as the gown she was wearing. They gave her a see through, light red shawl that she put around her. Before she could leave the women had her sit down and they put a violate lotus in her hair. "Prefect," the head dresser said. "You can look now." Zeda turned in her chair and looked at herself in the mirror and gasped at what she saw. "Is that me?" She asked in disbelief. "Yes Miss Zeda. And I think the pharaoh will think you look beautiful. Although he already thinks you look beautiful," she said. Zeda smiled and stood up but lost her balance. "Are these shoes really necessary?" She asked one of the girls who helped her back to her feet. "Yes they go with the gown, now get going to dinner." 'How will I with these shoes?' she thought. Struggling to walk to slowly made her way to the dinning room. She got to the dinning room but stopped at the door and peeked in. Her face turned red when she saw that people were already at the table. 'Should I go in now?' she thought. She quietly groaned, 'I don't belong here,' she thought as she turned to leave. "Ah Miss Zeda we've been expecting you," a man said who had been behind her and that she bumped into. "I'm sorry who are you?" Zeda asked blushing from embarrassment. "I'm one of Lord Atem's priest's. I am Imhotep." (Yes from the Mummy. I couldn't think of another name.) "Oh, well hello. Its nice to meet you," she said smiling. "Would you like me to take you into dinner?" "Sure, it would be better then going in alone." Imhotep walked into the dinning room with Zeda. Lord Atem looked up and lost his breath when he saw Zeda. She looked stunning. He stood up and pulled out a chair for her and she sat down. Lord Atem however wasn't to happy that Imhotep came in with Zeda. Of all his priest he's the one he liked the least. Despite that Zeda didn't feel awkward around the priests and the other guardians of the pharaoh. They were very welcoming and kind. Before she new it dinner was over and it was time for everyone to leave. Lord Atem walked Zeda back to her room. They stopped in front of her door and took her hand and brought it to his lips and kissed it. Zeda smiled. "Thank you for joining me for dinner," Lord Atem said. "Your welcome," Zeda said. "Good night," Lord Atem said and kissed her cheek and walked started walking away. "Good Night, Atem," Zeda said smiling. Atem turned and looked at her and smiled then continued on his way. Zeda sighed and smiled and turned to go into her room. While doing this she didn't see a shadow come up behind her. She saw him at the last minute and before she could scream a hand came over her mouth and grabbed her, and carried her off to a dark part of the palace…