Whoop, two day in a row update! Amazing reactions to this chap, hope you enjoy this one too.
Rose
One of the staff handed me a glass of white wine. I smiled a thank you and took a small sip. I grimaced as the strong flavour filled my mouth. Usually a princess should just keep a brave face and smile even though something tastes awful. The thing is I'm not a big drinker, so I usually sneak water in there to make the flavour weaker. It actually tastes nice when it's not as strong.
I stopped at one of the tables were I saw water and had a quick glance around as before I lifted it up.
"Need some assistance?"
I jumped. "Christ" I cursed under my breath before I looked up. My eyes went wide as I saw Prince Dimitri standing right next to me with an amused smile on his lips.
"Eh.. what?" I asked completely forgotten what he had said.
His smile grew slightly, "Need any assistance?" He nodded towards me holding the big jug of water.
I smiled nervously and nodded. I moved back and he poured some water into my glass. "I don't usually see girls adding water to their wine"
I bit my lip picking up the glass as he'd finished, "Maybe I'm not like other girls" I said trying to hide my smile. I could tell he was amused by my answer. I turned around scanning the room as I took another sip before I said, "I'm not a big drinker, usually people don't catch me mid act"
"I see" He lifted up a glass of red wine to his mouth and to a sip, I could feel his gaze on me. I tried to keep my eyes occupied looking like I was searching for someone. To be honest I have no clue what I'm doing. This man is completely throwing me off!
"Looking for anyone?"
My head snapped over and he was still looking at me, meeting my gaze shamelessly. I pursed my lips and gave him a small smile, "I was but I think she's no where to be seen"
He tilted his head to the right, "How come I have never seen you previously?"
I shrugged slightly and put my glass down straightening my dress, "I can't answer that Prince Dimitri, I could ask you the same question?"
"Please Rosemarie" he put his glass down and moved his hands behind his back, "Call me Dimitri"
"Only if you call me Rose" I smiled
He smiled and nodded. "How old are you Rose if you don't mind me asking?"
"I turned twenty two the other month, and you?"
"Twenty six just after New Years"
I bit m lips slightly, he's bloody perfect! He's not too old, he has such a charming smile and the way he's looking at me made me feel like butterflies.
He cleared his throat and held his hand out, "Would you like to-"
"Princess"
Both our heads snapped up as a voice broke him off. I could feel the anger stir within as there stood no other than Daniel Romanov, the Romanian stalker of mine.
"Daniel" I said trying not to looked extremely disappointed because I was very sure Dimitri was about to ask me to dance.
"I have been looking for you all night, I'm so happy I finally found you" A half smile painted my lips trying to be polite. "Would you like to dance?"
I opened my mouth to protest when Daniel's eyes moved to Dimitri and frowned, I could tell he didn't like me talking to another man. A much more handsome and sexy man at that.
"Am I interrupting something?" He asked clearly annoyed with Dimitri's presence.
I opened my mouth again ready to tell him to move along "Actually-"
Dimitri got a had of me, "She's all yours"
I wanted to shoot Dimitri a glare but stopped myself. I sighed as Daniel held out his hand to me and gave Dimitri a small smile as Daniel led me onto the dance floor.
Not only was I disappointed that I was torn away from Dimitri, the first possible man i could see myself having a decent conversation with, I was pulled away from him by Daniel. I thought Oscar was going to look out for him, but I guess he can't save me ever time.
"You look so beautiful Rosemarie, Just like a flower blooming in the middle of the night in Peru" He looked at me with adoration that came across a little creepy.
I blinked looking at Daniel a little overwhelmed by his strange yet sweet comment. "Thank you?"
"Oh that is nothing to your beauty, I could talk about you for days without mentioning the same thing twice, you are a goddess among peasants Rosemarie, you are an angel from god himself!"
"Please Daniel" I said trying to sound nice, "Call me Rose"
"Ahh Rose, a rose that will forever bloom in-"
And like this he continued through out the dance. When he started comparing me to a beautiful deer prancing in the forrest I helplessly started to look around for Oscar or Eddie. I needed to get away from this!
Dimitri
I found myself another glass of wine as I studied Rose dancing with that peculiar short man that just interrupted our conversation. I felt a bit mean as her beautiful smiles turned into a sad one as was led onto the dance floor. I got the urge to pull her back but I knew I couldn't cause a scene. I didn't know this man wasn't in her favour.
"Dimitri my son" Ibrahim's voice interrupted my thoughts and I smiled as his hand landed on my shoulder. "How have you been? It's been too long"
"I'm great, working a lot but I'm very good thank you. How are you? I can see your country is raining down with fortune"
He laughed, "Yes lately things have gone surprisingly well, I cannot take all the credit sadly. Oscar Wilde is the man with the ideas"
"How is he? I think the last time was when you and Oscar visited my mama several years ago" I grinned hearing Oscar's name. He was an incredibly smart man with a great sense of humor. He always knew how to have a good laugh.
"He should be here somewhere, he will appear soon" Ibrahim smiled, "How is your mama? I miss her, it's been too long"
"She is great, she is busy with my sisters" I chuckled.
Ibrahim laughed, "She must be, having three daughters can't be easy, any of them married yet?"
"Yes Karolina got married two years ago to Lord Snow from Siberia, very good man. Sonya is engaged to the prince Stefan of Bulgaria and Viktoria is yet too young"
"Prince Stefan is a wonderful man, I'm sure your mother must be please" Ibrahim smiled warmly.
"She is, I think she's happy neither of them have put up a fuss" I laughed, "They're all very specific in what they want in life"
Ibrahim, "Aren't we all"
"Dimitri!"
I turned to see Oscar walking up to us. A grin painted my face as I took his hand in mine, "Oscar Wilde, I'm so glad to see you!"
"And me you" Oscar grinned, "You've grown even taller I think" Oscar said taking in my form, he laughed, "Your mama must look like a dwarf next to you"
I laughed at that, "She does complain I eat too much, that must be it"
Ibrahim laughed along side Oscar, shaking his head he smile, "It's lovely you could make it"
"It's great to be here, I am very busy lately but I am scheduling more traveling this year so hopefully you will see more of me"
"Wonderful, just wonderful!" Ibrahim applauded, "Pardon me Dimitri, Oscar have you seen Rose lately? I haven't seen her for over an hour?"
"Oh she's on the dance floor with the lovely Lord Romanov" Oscar chuckled.
"Oh lord" I could see Ibrahims face turn in amusement.
"Is he not the princess favourite?" I asked clearly curious about this character and why Rose looked so bothered as he led her off.
Oscar smiled amused as he sipped in his wine, "He is very fond of our Rosemarie and he finds the most peculiar ways of expressing it"
My brows got together confused as Ibrahim continued, "The man once sent her a three hundred Roses just cause her name was the most beautiful of all flower names"
Oscar snickered and shook his head, "She wasn't amused at all"
"She doesn't look very amused at the moment to be honest" Ibrahim said looking out on the dance floor. Following his gaze I saw Rose being tugged around on the dance floor by Daniel Romanov. I knew Oscar was watching as well as he was lowly chuckling to himself. Rose had a slightly pained look on his face and she looked at Daniels face in disbelief of what he was saying. Her gaze started searching the crowd and as her eye fell on Oscar she clearly mouthed "Help me!" and shot him a glare and he started laughing. Amused I smiled, the whole situation was hilarious to be honest.
Oscar cleared his throat after he finished his wine, "The way that girl overreacts to things always amazes me"
"She got it all from her mother" Ibrahim laughed still looking at Rose.
"Should I go save our damsel in distress?" Oscar grinned as he put down his glass.
"Who is that?" I asked as I saw a man join them. I looked over and I saw Oscars smile fade a little.
"That's Prince Jessie, he was here earlier this week as a suitor of Rosemaries"
"Oh" I said feeling a spark of jealousy within.
"She wasn't amused by him at all and judging by the look on her face she's not pleased to see him"
Studying the situation a head of me I could see Daniel stopping mid step and Rose stopped with a uninterested look on her face. Jessie said something and I could see Daniels face fell and so did his head slightly. I frowned, Jessie looked very pleased and Daniel slowly eased away.
I could see Rose apologetic look follow Daniel before she shot Jessie a glare as she said something crossing her arms over her chest. The gesture pushed her chest up slightly and my eyes fell into her now more visible cleavage.
This woman is absolutely stunning. The way she carried herself and the way she seemed to a witty sense of humor only made me more intrigued by her. The dress was what first had caught my eye, it was unlike anything I'd ever seen and it fit her like a glove. Her hair was a dark brown and I could only imagine how gorgeous she would look with her hair down and those lips. Red and full, it just made me think of-
Oscar's voice pulled me out of my thoughts, "Maybe I should go-"
Quick on my feet I told Oscar "Let me" I gave Ibrahim a look and he nodded with approval. Oscar studied me as I handed him my glass and straighten my jacket walking towards Jessie and Rose.
Rose
Seeing Daniel walk away sulking made me feel guilty. I murmured a thank you for the dance but I don't think he heard me. I could feel anger growing within me knowing Jessie was still standing next to me. I shot him a glare, "Do you always have to belittle people to make yourself feel better or is it just a part of your personality?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.
Even if I wasn't very fond of Daniel he was a nice person, people like Jessie always found it in their interest to look down on people like Daniel.
"Oh Rose, no need to be rude" Jessie smiled, "I think I'm the one deserving an apology after the way things ended earlier this week"
I huffed and was about to walk off not listening to this as he grabbed my wrist. My head snapped up, "I don't feel the need to have you in my presence Jessie so if you please could le me go and bother someone else, that would make me happy"
"Don't show such attitude Rosemarie, it's not very lady like is it" He said raising his brows at me amused.
"I don't think discussing manners is in your place since you don't have an ounce of it in your body"
"You little-"
"May I cut in?"
Both our heads snapped up as Dimitri suddenly stood next to us. His eyes went from Jessie to his hand around my wrist and he raised a brow towards him. Jessie let go suddenly and straightened his jacket.
"Our dance wasn't finished yet" Jessie said trying to make his voice have authorisation. He clearly failed.
"I insist" Dimitri said with a smile offering me his hand and I took his still shooting Jessie glares.
He huffed as he walked away. I sighed shaking off the frustration he brought with him. I looked up at Dimitri surprised as he was looking straight at me. I cleared my throat, "Thank yo for that" I nodded towards where Jessie went. "I truly can't stand that man"
His smile grew slightly, "I'll always be here if you need me Rose"
Saying that made my stomach jump a little. Then, surprisingly, he started gently pulling me towards the centre of the dance floor. Looking up at him he had a small smile on his lips. I raised my brows surprised to his action.
"I was going to ask you before Mr Romanov interrupted" Dimitri said answering my silent question.
I smiled feeling my shoulders un tense "I'd love too"
Taking my free hand and placing it on his shoulder before he placed his hand on my waist. The warmth of his hand made me gasp slightly, he started leading and we swayed to the music. The soft piano and strings was all I heard as I looked up and met Dimitri's gaze.
It was hard to read, but there was so much warmth there. A small smile tugged at his lips as his gaze never wavered which made a blush creep up onto my cheeks. Time was moving so quickly and and song and song played, yet we were still dancing.
We didn't say a word, it was like it wasn't needed. He was such a talented dancer, he was effortlessly moving us across the dance floor. The best thing was feeling the warmth of his hand on my waist and firmly holding my hand. It was like I wanted to hide myself in his embrace and never leave.
The song came to an end and Dimitri slowly came to a stop. He looked down on me for a minute before lifting my hand to his mouth, "It was an absolute pleasure having this dance Rose"
The way his eyes had a hold of me made me swallow hard and my breath wavered as my lips parted. His lips lingered on my skin and I gasped slightly.
"Sadly I must leave, I have a busy morning and it is late" Before I could reply and let go of my hand and brushed past me.
I spun around looking after him as he left. My heart was pounding in my chest and I felt warm all over. I think this was the feeling I had so long craved. But within a blink of an eye he was gone but excitement filled me as I hoped to seem him again soon.
Ibrahim
"I think we're in for trouble"
Oscar's voice said exactly what I was thinking. Watching the way Rose and Dimitri was dancing song after song without stopping a worry grew within me. As the song came to a stop so did they. It was as if the time stood still to them, the way they were just looking at one another. He then lifted her hand to his lips, his lips moved before he kissed her hand. Judging my how still Rose was I already knew.
He then let her go and as he walked off Rose was turning, watching him leave. I felt a serious look on my face.
"We need to speak to her"
Oscar nodded as he walked off, the party was coming to an end and I knew we needed to have the conversation with her soon. She had to know that Dimitri wasn't anyone she could get serious about.
Because he is already engaged to someone else.
Dun dun Duuuuuuuuh, who saw it coming? What will happen?
Lot's of love