"One Two Three, One Two Three, Keep up Prince Sky!" The dance instructor yelled as Diaspro and Sky attempted to waltz. They had already been dancing for 3 hours and both were getting very exhausted. The instructor did not seem to care though.

"If you want to look official at your wedding you must know this dance!"

"But our wedding is not for another two years!" Sky pleaded.

"There are many dances to learn in that time and you must do them perfectly. If not you will be the laughingstock of the continent so I suggest not complaining! If you must take a short break!" The instructor then walked out of the studio to go get her water. Meanwhile Sky sat down on the wood floor and Diaspro sat next to him.

"This sucks. Majorly." Sky said as he tried to catch his breath.

"Is it as hard as wrangling dragons or handling a sword?" Diaspro said.

"Harder. It's just hard for me to concentrate because-" Sky began to say but caught himself.

"Because what?"

"Because…well it's because…you're just so beautiful all I want to look at is you but I have to keep an eye on my feet so I don't step on you." Sky said with hesitation. Diaspro blushed and giggled at his comment.

"You really think so?"

"Of course I do. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen!" Sky said with honesty. Diaspro blushed again.

"Back to work now you too! Up on your feet!" The instructor said abruptly.

The rest of the lesson Sky seemed to be better at the dance and Diaspro was ecstatic. Sky was able to just look at her instead of his feet and they seemed to connect as their eyes met and they were able to hold each other in the dance. Diaspro felt like she was on a cloud the entire time as she was always conscious of Sky's warm hand on her waist and his gorgeous blue eyes that she could stare into forever.

"Bravo you two! Quite an improvement! Next practice is in a week where we will review this dance and learn the beginning of another. Every practice we will review the ones we previously did!"

While in the carriage on their way back to Diaspro's castle to drop her off first the two were silent due to the still embarrassing exchange at dance but they held hands the entire way back. Just before approaching her castle she broke the silence.

"You know, you are the most handsome boy I have ever seen too Prince Sky, and I am very glad that I am engaged to you!" Diaspro said. Sky seemed very pleased by this. He then gently grabbed her chin and pulled her face closer to his and kissed her on the lips for almost a minute. This short kiss felt like ages to both and they finally stopped when there was a knock on the door meaning her escort was ready to take her to her room.

"Would you like to hang out sometime that is not a required ceremonial thing?" Sky asked her before she got out.

"Of course I would! Why don't we meet at the lake tomorrow?"

"That sounds great! See you there at noon?"

"Sure thing my prince!" With this last comment, Sky slightly blushed. Diaspro was then whisked away by her escort into the palace.

When they met at the lake the next day it was awkward once again at first but after a while the couple began to be comfortable and talk freely.

"So is there anything that you are really good at Mr. specialist?" Diaspro asked

"Well since you ask, I think I really enjoy just working with a sword. That is probably going to end up being my main weapon. We don't have to chose until our Junior year."

"So did you enjoy your freshman year there?"

"Very much so. It's kind of nice to get away from all the royal stuff. Can I tell you a secret?"

"Yeah I understand all the royal stuff. At my school people always bug me about it. Sure you can!"

"Well, you know my esquire Brandon?"

"Yeah we all used to play together when we were younger. He was a pretty nice boy if I remember him correctly. Brown hair and high cheek bones?"

"That's him! Well, when I decided to enroll in the school my parents were concerned about my safety and they wanted him to come with me. I was very embarrassed by this but had to accept it because it is my dream school. Well anyways, when Brandon and I got to the school, we decided to switch identities so everyone at Red Fountain thinks I'm just and esquire and that Brandon is the Prince of Eraklion."

"Oh my goodness! And it worked all of this year?"

"Yup! No one suspected anything! And the best part of it was that I got to keep to myself and experience school without always being followed by people who think that they are my best friend just because I'm a prince."

"That would be so nice to do, just for a week even. You know that isn't going to work forever though. They'll eventually find out once we get married unless… oh are you planning that? Am I actually getting married to Brandon?"

"Of course not! There is no way I could pull that off. I know it won't work but until then I'm going to roll with it and just figure out something when that day comes. It's still two years away anyways."

"Oh okay." Diaspro said with a sigh of relief.

"Why were you so worried?" Sky asked with curiosity.

"I was just…um… really um… looking forward to marrying you Sky." Diaspro said shyly.

"Well that's good to know. Because I am looking forward to making you my wife Princess Diaspro."

Sky then pulled her whole body closer to his and began to kiss her on the lips. Diaspro's head seemed to spin at this and her whole body was overcome with heat as she felt charged by his lips on hers and by being so close to him. Her legs somehow ended up draping over his and his hands began to go up and down her sides. He slowly moved his lips from hers and began to kiss her cheek and moved down her neck gently biting her as he went, making sure not to bite to hard in order to leave a mark.

"You know…we're technically not supposed to touch each other until we are married." Diaspro said out of breath as sky continued to kiss her neck.

"I know, but we both said it was old fashioned and you are just too sexy for me to resist." Sky said in between kisses.

This scene continued for ten minutes or so as they both searched each other bodies and made out by the lake as the sun began to grow less intense. Diaspro felt so close to him and now knew that she was in love with him.

"Diaspro…oh Diaspro…oh my god….oh my..oh my!!!" Sky said as he almost climaxed. He pulled himself away from her and she was left on the ground with hair all over the place as well as her clothes messed up. She felt completely vulnerable and embarrassed.

"Did I do something wrong?"

"I'm just not...ready to go that far yet.

"Oh I see." Diaspro said disappointedly.

"I'm sorry Diaspro, It's not you really! Maybe another time or-"

"I doubt we will be alone again like this for a while. We are always under constant supervision. It took a lot of pleading for me to be able to meet you without an escort and I'm sure it is not that easy for you either." She said as she adjusted her clothes. She began to fix her hair and was still very embarrassed. She could not believe that she had opened herself up to him that much, more than she had to any other boy she had met, and he was rejecting her.

"I know, but we have the rest of our lives together."

"Yeah okay..well I should get going now. I will see you at whatever we have next together." Diaspro said, still disappointed. She felt rejected and knew that that wasn't the case but still embarrassed at how the whole affair ended. She knew that the next time she saw him would be awkward and was not looking forward to this.