Allura sat on her bed thinking wishfully about her and Keith. It was because of his sincere honorable personality that she found herself crazy over him. But it was also her dilemma. Because of it, he wouldn't do anything dishonorable like having a secret affair with her that would be right under everybody's nose. He was in fact her dilemma, her weakness, and her passion.

"Oh Keith," she whispered. If only he knew how much he actually meant to her. "What do I mean to you?" Was she as precious to him as he was to her? Refusing to be with her was what made her love him all the more.

"Allura," her thoughts were suddenly interrupted. "Are you alright?" Nanny asked setting a basket of clean laundry beside Allura's walnut colored dresser.

Allura glanced up. She had been clutching a blue pillow that Keith had won for her at a carnival a few months earlier.

"Yes," she answered softly as she sat up on her bed. "I'm fine. Do you need something?"
"No child. I'm only in here to put your laundry away," Nanny said. "Now what is the matter Allura? Did something happen today?"

"No nothing happened," Allura lied. "I'm fine. See." She did her best to smile but it was quiet difficult to force her lips to curl up to her ears.

"Alright if you really don't want to talk about it," Nanny said opening the top drawer of Allura's dresser to put some laundry in it.

The truth was, Allura needed to tell someone but Nanny was not the person for the job. She laid back down on her soft bed turning on her side once again holding the pillow close her to chest.

She waited for Nanny to finish placing the laundry into the dresser before she sat up to find the one person she could think of that might understand.

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"Lance!" Allura called out as she made her way into the control room. From beside Coran, Lance turned to see the Princess entering the room.

"Hey Princess," he said smiling. "What can I do for you?"
"Can I talk to you?" Allura asked.

"Bout what?" Lance asked.

Allura motioned for him to follow her out of the room. Lance glanced at Coran shrugging before he made his way after her.

They strolled down the hallway in silence. Lance glanced at the floor not liking the awkward feeling that was between them at the moment. It could have been the depressing atmosphere around Allura that was making him uncomfortable.

"Are…are you…alright?" Lance asked.

"That's what I want to talk to you about," Allura said glancing from the floor to him.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Lance asked.

Allura came to a halt beside a small living room. She first glanced inside to make sure no one was there before she pushed Lance inside.

Lance wandered to a small couch beside a small window and patted the stop beside him. Allura made her way to the couch and sad down slowly before she fell into Lance's arms with tears streaming down her face.

"Allura," Lance said pushing her away from his chest so he could see her face. "What's going on?"

"Oh Lance," Allura sniffed. "Do you know?"

"No, I have no idea why you're so upset," Lance said.

"No Lance," Allura said. "Do you know about me and Keith?"

Lance raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"I thought it would be more obvious," Allura said.

"I still have no idea…wait…are you two…" a smirk began spreading from one of Lance's ears to the other. "Are you two…together?"
"We could be," Allura said. "But he refuses."

"What do you mean he refuses?" Lance asked. "What idiot in their right mind would refuse you?"
Nearly choking on a laugh Allura reclined into the couch. "Apparently Keith…though I don't consider him an idiot."
"Why is he refusing to be with you?" Lance asked.

"I'm a princess," Allura said angrily. "Why does me being a princess always ruin some part of my life?"

Lance frowned. "How does you being a princess make him refuse you. I'd say that's a bonus."

Allura giggled and then resumed her unhappy state. "It's forbidden for us to be anything other than friends Lance."

"That sucks," Lance said. "Then on the other hand, a forbidden romance. That is a classic."
Allura raised an eyebrow at the comment. "A classic?"

"Never mind," Lance said.

Allura shrugged. Suddenly an idea popped into her head. Shooting forward leaping from the couch she exclaimed, "Lance!"

"Uh?" Lance asked surprise at her sudden change in mood.

"I just got a brilliant idea!"

"What?"

"Lance, you probably won't go for it but…could you and I maybe fake a romance? Just to make Keith jealous. We would only pretend when he is around and no one else is."
Lance scratched the top of his head. "Well...if it gets Keith a girlfriend then sign me up. Though Keith may beat the crap out of me, sign me up."