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P.s. I'm going back to past tense because writing in present is too hard. Sorry for the weird change. c:

Chapter 4

I sat at my desk, the next few hours remaining relatively uneventful aside from a few questions about my weekend activities, something I was very thankful for. All four of us dutifully got our work done, our time management skills seeming to help us today. Before I knew it, it was lunch time and I began to bounce in my seat, excited for the arrival of our favorite little man.

It seemed like we waited hours for him to get here, when in reality it was most likely just about 5 minutes, but it was 5 minutes too long and when we heard the elevator bell ding we all looked up and grinned. I was about to run over there, the other girls seeming to be thinking along the same lines as I was, when I heard a few gasps and excited whispers. I had a feeling this wasn't going to end well. I slowly looked toward the direction of all the murmurings and caught sight of all the princes I met the other night, with the exception of Prince Jacob and Prince Keith, walking over in our direction to get Jean Pierre's office.

I gasped silently, barely hearing and registering the also silent gasps of the three girls behind me. Apparently our gasps weren't as silent as I thought they were because about as soon as they escaped our mouths, Prince Emmett and Prince Carlisle looked over in our direction. I saw a wide grin form on Prince Emmett's face and also noticed a small one form on Prince Carlisle's.

I quickly turned to face my girls and noticed all except Rosalie gaping at them.

"Oh fuck, they're coming over here. I swear if Prince Emmett gets too close, I won't be held responsible for what will happen," Rose said softly.

I let out a forced laugh and hoped that if I stayed quiet they would just decide to head to their designated place and forgo coming over to us. I assumed luck was on my side because I hadn't heard one speak up. I sighed, relieved, until I heard a quiet shout near me. "Boo!"

I jumped in my seat and slowly turned to see Prince Emmett, who was trying to hold in laughter, unsuccessfully I might add, standing right in front of me.

"Oh. Hi. I didn't think you had seen me…" I mumbled stupidly.

Emmett's grin grew wider if that was even possible. "Of course I did. How could I avoid coming over to visit my favorite little commoner if I was lucky enough to see her while I was out?"

I was about to respond when I heard a scoff from behind me.

"Commoner? Isn't that a lovely thing to be called? That's almost as disrespectful as if I was to simply call you by your first name." I turned to see Rose shooting daggers at Prince Emmett.

"Rose! That's completely rude to say to a pr-" I started but was cut off by the recipient of Rose's anger.

"That's quite alright. She's right in fact. I do assure you I meant no disrespect in my nickname. It was just that, a nickname, as I was not able to catch her name at the ball," Emmett said, slight remorse and awe lacing his tone. "And who might you be, if you don't mind my asking?"

"Rosalie Hale. Her name, as you should have learned when you met her, is Alice Brandon," She said simply, continuing to glare at him.

I looked between her, Prince Emmett, and all the stunned princes behind him. I groaned in mortification and spun around, anger practically oozing from me.

"Rose! Enough! That is probably the worst thing you could do in this situation!" I growled at her.

Rose looked back at me, fire in her eyes, daring me to continue. I glared right back at her, showing her I wasn't changing my view on this.

I heard quiet laughter behind me. I looked back to see all the princes hiding their mouths behind their hand and glared at them, quickly realizing that was not something I should do and immediately righted my expression.

"Something funny?" Bella asked.

I looked over at her and tried to mask the smile trying to form on my face. She was relatively quiet during the exchange, something that happens often, and I loved to have her cut in, hopefully to shift the conversation back to normal.

Prince Edward looked over at her and smiled. She hesitantly smiled back at him but quickly looked back to the other princes.

"Well?" Esme prodded.

"It's just that… Alice and Rosalie have… such strong personalities… and Alice is so small… and, oh god, it's just fantastic," Prince Emmett offered between laughs.

This time I didn't conceal my glare. Apparently I just looked funny because as soon as the princes saw it, they burst out laughing.

"Cut it out! It's not funny!" I shouted, trying hard to make my tone angry and keep the slight amusement out of my voice.

I looked over at Prince Jasper, who for the entire encounter kept his expression blank, and even found him struggling to hold in his laughter.

"Oh but it is," Prince Carlisle said happily.

After that comment, a whole new round of laughter started, and this time my friends were laughing as well. I rolled my eyes and waited for all of them to calm down, and when they did, I noticed three of the princes staring at my friends. Prince Emmett at Rose, Prince Edward at Bella, and Prince Carlisle at Esme. I risked a glance at Prince Jasper and noticed he was looking between his fellow princes with disgust and slight confusion. I sighed and looked away, not realizing that as I did so, Prince Jasper looked over at me with a similar expression.

"We've been impolite. Alice, would you be as kind as to introduce us to your friends here?" Prince Edward asked me sweetly, his eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"Oh! How rude of me. This is Rosalie Hale, as you already know, this is Bella Swan, and this is Esme Platt," I offered, gesturing to each woman while I introduced them.

Each of my friends nodded and smiled at the princes, but only Prince Emmett and Prince Edward returned the gesture. However, the other two did offer a small wave.

"Well it's lovely to meet all of you ladies, and to finally meet you properly," Prince Emmett replied, directing the last part towards me, grinning. "I am Emmett McCarty, Prince of Altaria." He then looked over at the others, silently telling them to introduce themselves as well.

"I agree with Emmett here, it's lovely to meet all of you. I am Edward Masen, Prince of Charles. Hope you don't mind me eventually becoming your new king," Prince Edward said, adding a bit of humor to ease the slight awkwardness that had settled around.

"I am Carlisle Cullen, Prince of Philip," Prince Carlisle smiled, his eyes still glued on Esme who was blushing at that moment.

"And I am Jasper Whitlock, Prince of Dres Van," Prince Jasper said, rather distractedly I might add, and looked over at the clock.

We smiled and nodded at them.

"It's lovely to meet all of you," Bella offered shyly.

"Oh yes, it's quite an honor!" Esme piped up quickly.

"A pleasure indeed," Rose added, staring at Prince Emmett.

"I do agree, it was great to see you again and finally have a nice introduction," I smiled.

"It was a great to meet all of you, I'm sure we can all agree on that, we need to discuss some things with Mr. Pierre, so, sadly, we must head over there and discuss our needs and get designs," Prince Carlisle said quietly.

"Yes! Exactly what I was about to say. We must go," Prince Jasper ordered quickly and walked away and into Jean Pierre's office.

"Of course, he is right. Goodbye. I hope we'll meet again soon," Prince Edward said politely, walking away with the other princes after they nodded their agreement.

I watched after them and, after seeing them enter my superior's office, turned back to face my best friends.

"Sweet lord," Esme said dreamily.

"Yeah," Bella agreed slowly and almost as dreamily as Esme.

"Those men were FINE!" Rosalie squealed.

I quickly hushed them. "We don't want them to hear us!"

"Whatever. So what do you think they are doing here?" Esme asked.

"I assume having some outfits designed. I mean they are famous here so…" Rose offered up.

"True… but we all know that Mr. Pierre won't be able to design them since he is working on a major project now. He's going to have someone else do it," Esme said.

We all nodded and waited until the princes came out. When they did, I noticed Prince Emmett with a huge grin on his face and the others sporting something between a smirk and a slight smile. They all looked back over at us, chuckled, and then left the building. We all sat their confused and nervous, then Mr. Pierre called us into his office.

We slowly got up and made our way into his office, sitting down on the two small couches that occupied his office and waited patiently for him to speak up.

"Okay, as I'm sure you saw them come in earlier, some princes were here, and if you didn't see them, now you know. They need some designers for the upcoming events leading to their becoming the King of their respective kingdoms. I have a big project on my hands and won't be able to do their designs as I usually do, so I'm giving the assignment to you. That is, if you want it." He said.

We nodded to indicate we wanted the job. He smiled and continued.

"Each one of you will design for a specific prince who will give you the requirements for the outfit they need. Once you have a design, you will send it to me, and then if I approve it, you will show it to him for his approval. If he doesn't like it, you will redesign and start the process over again. It is of the utmost importance to please them. Do you understand?" He asked.

"Yes," we all said in unison.

"Good. Now, I have assigned your client based on what they usually wear and your own personal design style… but mainly because two of them asked for a specific person. I won't say who asked for whom, but just tell you who you'll be designing for. Esme, you'll be designing for Prince Carlisle. Bella, you'll be designing for… Prince Edward. Rose, you'll be designing for Prince Emmett, and, Alice, you'll be designing for Prince Jasper."

I sat back in my seat and groaned internally. Fantastic. I just know this won't be a fun few weeks.

"Oh. By the way, you'll be staying at their castles during the time you design for them," Mr. Pierre added.

WHAT?!

Author's Note:

YAY! I actually got a chapter out faster than planned, the only downside being this chapter was rather short, but only because it opens up the rest of the story. I started writing one night because I was so bored and POOF! It was just there. I do apologize in advance for any grammatical errors or problems with sentence structure because I've been without a beta for the past few chapters. Oh well. Also, on to good news, I got my iPhone replaced! Apple said the reason my phone blew out was because of a safety hazard and gave me another one! The world is right again. 3 Also, because I so enjoyed writing this past week, I will try very hard to write at about the same pace, the chapter's perhaps being a little shorter than normal, I don't know. It really depends on what I feel capable of saying and how much information I want to divulge in that specific chapter. Who knows really? Not me, that's for sure. Any way I hoped you enjoyed the chapter, and I'll see you next week most likely. Read, review, follow, favorite, anything! It all makes me a happy girl.

~Carrie xoxo