Keith Part 1

I turned around and saw Keith bowing to me.

"May I have this dance?" he asked again, looking at me with his beautiful emerald eyes. 'This jerk wants to dance with me? Is he okay? He does know who I am right?' I thought dumbfounded at this proposal. Without my answer, he grabs me and pulls me to the dance floor.

"Hey watch it!" I said as he pulls me closer to him he raises my hand and wraps his arm around my waist into a waltz position. He quickly starts to dance but I wasn't able to follow his lead.

"At least try to dance." he whispers into my ear harshly.

"How can I when I don't know how to dance." I talked back to him. He looked very irritated at me when I said that.

"Don't talk back. Don't you know who I am?" he said looking down at me like I was some insect.

"Should I care?" I asked sarcastically. I don't know what his problem is but he ain't going to get any respect from me if he keeps this up.

When the song stops, he let's go of me and gives me an angry glare.

"You will regret talking to me that way commoner." he hisses quietly at me.

"Okay." I said nonchalantly and shrugged my shoulders. 'I really don't care man. I just want to go home.' I watched him stare at me irritated and annoyed as he turned his back on me and walked into the crowd.

"That was beautiful." I heard Edward's voice behind me.

"You're funny Your Highness." I said crossing my arms and turning to him.

"Too bad that the party is almost over. It's almost eleven." he said looking at his pocket watch.

"Wait! What time is it!?" I raised my voice on accident.

"It's almost eleven, why? Is there something wrong?" he asked suddenly worried. 'Eleven!? The kids! They have school tomorrow!'

"I-I have to go!" I started to stammer. My legs move on their own and headed towards the door. "Thanks for inviting me and lending the dress! Nice meeting you!" I said rushing towards door.

I ran down the hallway, struggling in these heels. There is just too much of the skirt to lift up so I just had to go with the flow and ignore the pain they were causing. I didn't care for the pain though, only about the kids that I left at home alone.

"Hey you, commoner!" I heard a woman's voice behind me. I scowled knowing that they meant me. I slowly turned and see a group of rich women looking extremely angry at me.

"Wow that really worked! So it is true that someone let a commoner come here!" one woman laughed.

"Someone is totally stupid!" another said.

"And fired!" another woman laughed. The women circled around me like vultures and laughing like children.

"Do you need something?" I asked hesitantly. I feel very frighten right now.

"She dance with a prince and it wasn't even good!" one shrieked. They laughed as they pushed me around. They shoved me continuously until I felt my back slam into a stand. I turned and saw a really expensive vase was about to fall. I tried to grab it but it crashed into the ground shattering into pieces.

The hall was silent. I stopped breathing and looked at the vase. 'Oh no...what have I've done…' my mind went blank and I felt fear rise in me.

"Wasn't that the vase that the country Liberty gave to Lord Michel?" one of them asked.

"What's going on!?" I hear Keith's voice boom in the hallway. He comes up to us with an angry look on his. He looks at us and then to the ground and saw the vase. His mouth dropped and pushed everyone away as he collapses onto the marble floor.

"What happened to this vase!" his voice echoed through the hallway. "This was a gift from Liberty when it first formed to Nobel Michel!" he explained not looking up from the vase. I slowly backed away as the girls tried to comfort him. I removed the heels carefully and then started running away from them. I could hear him shouting at me to stop but I kept running.

I ended up in a random room after running mindlessly through the unknown halls. I approached the bed and saw my my clothes from earlier today. The were all cleaned up. Not a single stain on any part of the clothing. I whispered 'yes' to myself feeling like my luck has turned and quickly went behind the screen to change. Suddenly while I was changing someone kicked down the door and entered the room.

"Where is that commoner girl!?" Keith's voice shrieked. I held my breath afraid of of doing anything that will get me discovered and into so much trouble.

"Sir I think she might have went this way!" another man's voice called to him. I heard a low grunt and heard the door close. Releasing my breath relievingly I continued to change.

After I was done I put the dress on the bed nicely. I took out a notepad and a pen and started to write a thank you note for Prince Edward. I ripped it off and put on the dress. Then I wrote my email and my number with an apology for Prince Keith and to discuss what I could do to to pay for the vase. I ripped that and put it next to the other note. Lastly, I wrote 'in here' on a sticky note and put it outside the door so they could find this.

"How I am supposed to escape?" I asked myself as I went to the balcony. I looked down from the balcony and see that I was on the second floor. It looked very low so I decided to climb down to the first floor. 'I guess I have to go back to my delinquent ways for a moment…'

I went over the railing and carefully watched my step. I gripped the lowest bar of the railing and hung on. I counted to five in my head and dropped down to the grassy ground.

"Ouch…" I felt a little pain in my legs but I didn't care. I REALLY need to go home.

I dragged myself through a bundle of trees until I ended up at a large golden gate. The main road was on the other side of the gate. 'Going through the entrance gate will definitely get me caught for sure.' I thought. 'I guess one more delinquent moment wouldn't kill me…' I climbed the nearest tree to the gate and tried to reach for the top part of it. I successfully grasped it and gently put my feet on the railings. When i was on the gate I could see that the top of the gate had sharp points on the arches of the gate. I carefully swung my legs over and wrapped them onto one of the poles of the gate and slid down. When I felt my feet touch the ground I ran like hell again back to town.

I don't know how long it took me to get back to the apartment, but when I did I collapsed on the wooden floor out of breath. I was gasping and desperately needed water so I dragged myself off the floor into the dark kitchen. When I regain composure I noticed the TV was on. I slowly went off to it and looked over at the couch and see Naruki sleeping soundly.

I relaxed a bit and shook my head. 'He shouldn't be on the couch at this hour. All well I'll give him a piece of my mind tomorrow after school.' I picked him up gently and carried him back to his shared room. I placed him on the top of the bunk bed he shared with Kai.I patted his head and carefully left the room to shower and after that, to go to bed.

…..

"Aunty!" I felt my body was being shaken but I refused to get up. "We are going to be late!" Haruka's voice calls. 'Late...Late!' I sat up quickly and checked my clock. It was almost 7:20.

"WE GOT TO GO NOW!" I shouted on the top of my lungs.

"If we're late it's your fault Aunt Marika." said Naruki. I ran with the twins in each arm and Kai clinging onto me on my back.

"Not now Naru!" I yelled as I went down the stairs. When I got outside I jumped the stairs onto the main sidewalk.

"Calm yourself Yoshihara or else you'll scare potential tenants away!" my landlord Roger shouted at me. I apologized quickly and ran down the sidewalk.

"OTHER WAY!" the twins said in sync. I rolled my eyes and quickly changed my direction.

…..

"We...are finally...here." I said gasping after arriving at the school on time.

"You should be glad this is the last day of school." said Naruki.

"Wait it is?" I said surprised.

"Don't you pay any attention?" he asked, rolling his eyes.

"Just go to class." I said to them pushing them gently. I said goodbye and went to the convenient store for my job.

….

After a few hours at the convenient store job I went to my next job, the La Blanc Restaurant. This job paid more than the other two jobs plus I get tons of benefits. Well, if the manager liked me enough. I only get half of the benefits since the manager hates my guts. I could take this to court but I have more things to worry about. At least the benefits I have are the important ones.

"You're late Yoshihara!" I heard my boss yell at me when I got inside. I checked the clocked and see that it was only a few seconds. I rolled my eyes and went into his office for another lecture.

I worked for the rest of the morning and afternoon. After I was off the clock, I went to the school to pick up the kids. When I got there there was this strange man standing there talking to my kids.

"Hey!" I called out, walking faster towards them. "What are you doing!?" I stepped in front of the kids.

"Miss Marika Yoshihara?" he said fixing his tie. We were about the same height. He had orange spiked hair and wore a black vest, black pants, and a white dress shirt. "My name is Luke, butler of the Alford Family of Liberty." he stretches his hand out for a handshake. I didn't take it and looked at him suspiciously.

"What are you here for?" I asked.

"You left your number and email at the castle to talk about the vase." he explained. "The Prince wanted us to trace these to find you so we did. We found out where you lived and I followed you around all day for the perfect time to talk to you. Prince Keith wants to talk over at his castle about it in person instead of over the phone." he said opening the door of the black car.

"Ooo you're in trouble!" Haruka said getting into the car.

"Haruka don't just get in the car!" Naruki shouted and followed her into the car with Kai running next to him.

"Hey, that's my line!" I shouted and followed them. They grab my arms and pulled me into the car. Then the car started and Luke drove to the castle.

It was a long drive but we made it there. I called the bakery I worked at that I can't make it in tonight. We all got out of the car and climbed up the stairs. At the entrance, Prince Keith was there smirking and crossing his arms.

"Well if it isn't the commoner girl from last night." he said chuckling. Then he stops when he saw the kids behind me. "Who does these kids belong to?" he asked pointing at them.

"They are mine Your Highness." I said protectively. He stands there for a moment and then he smiles at us.

"They can be of use." he said then pointed at us again. "All of you will be the new servants of the Alford Family!" he said proudly.

"What!?" I said in shock. He smirked and chuckled at us as he seemed happy about this idea.

So here's the new route! There isn't much of Prince Keith so I decided that he's next after Wilfred. Those who asked for their prince, thank you for participating! I really do appreciate everyone who reviewed, followed, and/or favorite and even at least read this story! It does give me confidence to continue and I hope you guys will continue to encourage and read this story. Until next time!