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Stephan kept Rapunzel dancing for a long time, constantly talking about things she obviously had no interest in. "So my dear princess, how is it that such a lovely flower such as yourself isn't married yet"

She winced at the word flower; only one person had ever called her that and for all the wrong reasons too. "Well," she replied nervously, "When you spend eighteen years trapped in a tower, you want to keep things slow."

Alexandra watched as her brother and her new friend, Rapunzel obviously looked on the edge, and Stephan was playing every card in his arsenal. Stephan always had an interest for beautiful girls, but even he knew that Rapunzel had someone else, she knew the real reason of his interest, though she thought it would be better to keep quiet for a while, until she needed to say it.

Eugene looked everywhere. He finally finished his work and got dressed into his best clothes, just for this occasion. He hoped to find Rapunzel in a small area where they could be alone, but instead he ran into a girl with a silver crown, a simple green gown and a small color-changing creature standing on her shoulder.

"Pascal?" he exclaimed. The green chameleon turned blue with fright and than turned to his natural green as soon as he calmed down.

"I take it your Rapunzel's fiancée," said the black haired girl, crossing her arms. "Is it Flynn Rider or Eugene Fitzherbert?"

Eugene was shocked at that statement; Rapunzel wasn't the kind of girl to rush into things. Then again, he never expected anything from someone like her. "She didn't say that did she?" he asked deciding to inject some humour to the awkward situation.

"Of course not. Oh! But I'm being rude." She curtsied making sure Pascal was still perched on her shoulder. "I'm Alexandra princess of Cassiopeia."

"No need for formalities Your Highness."

"This coming from the man calling me by a title."

Eugene chuckled nervously. The only time he spent around royalty or nobility, was when he was committing a robbery. "Well," His voice was a bit choked so he cleared his throat. "It takes time to adjust. So where is Rapunzel anyway?"

"Dancing with my brother." She pointed at the couple dancing, and Eugene well he started to feel out of place.

Rapunzel finally stepped away from Stephan and tried to join his sister, when she spotted someone she didn't expect to see. "Eugene," she cried hugging her boyfriend for a moment and looked up at him. "I thought you were working."

"I finished early," he said holding her a little tighter making sure the present he was about to give her wasn't discovered. She had never looked so beautiful to him, her lovely pink dress and the crown atop her short brunette hair, and it was that beauty that made him feel even more nervous about the gift. He never considered himself worthy of someone like her.

She looked at him a bit strangely. "You're not keeping secrets from me? Are you?"

"Secrets? No. Of course not." He held her a bit tighter. "The last time I did that you were almost ended up a slave, in who knows where. I'm not making that mistake twice."

She beamed a smile at him, when she recognized Alexandra and Pascal. "I see you've met Alexandra."

The other princess replied for him, "Yes. And were getting along quite nicely. So what do you think of my brother?"

Rapunzel sighed in relief. "I thought he'd never let go."

Alexandra watched her huddle a bit closer to her boyfriend. "How did you convince him anyway?"

"I told him I was tired. By the way, is he always like that?"

"Only with girls." And she ended with a groan. "I'm going to get a drink and we'll talk later."

Rapunzel nodded, as she left, and then looked up at Eugene, who released her from his embrace. "I'm really glad you're here."

"Yeah well the frog was going to me trouble if I didn't come anyway."

"Chameleon." She corrected.

"Nuance." Rapunzel giggled, it reminded her of their time in the tunnels where he told her his real name. "So, who's the guy you were dancing with?"

Rapunzel rolled her eye. "Crowned prince and future king of Cassiopeia, Stephan. He wouldn't let me go all night." She rubbed her eyes a little with her wrist she was tired from listening to his conversations and just wanted to be far away from him. "Can we not talk about him?" she suggested.

"If you insist princess." He teased.

Rapunzel shook her head and rolled her eyes again. He knew that she hated it when he called her by title. Eugene on the other hand felt a bit nervous he planned to give her the necklace as they watched the lanterns when they were interrupted and this was no easier than admitting that he had feelings for a princess.

But he was determined to do it. He cleared his throat, trying to get her attention. "Um… Rapunzel," he started softly.

"Yes."

He reached into his pocket. "I've been meaning to-"

"Princess!" shouted a voice from behind them it was Stephan, who was waving at Rapunzel as she turned around.

Rapunzel looked very anxious at the sight of him, as he got closer and reached for her hand. "Prince Stephan," she said nervously, "I figured you'd be dancing with other girls."

"I'm simply intrigued by your resistance."

The expression on her face chanced from anxious to confused, "My resistance?"

He got a little closer to her. "Yes. Just look around you." He pointed to where a line of women had fainted to where he walked. "You're the first girl to ever refuse me."

"Trust me; you're not the first to realize it," Eugene answered.

Stephan turned at Eugene and shot him a hard glare. "And I suppose you must be that bandit, Flynn Rider I believe."

The two men stared at each other, without exchanging a word. Stephan finally let go of Rapunzel's hand and walked towards Eugene. Pardoned or not it was hard to admit that a princess exemplary stature would even dream of being around a commoner, let alone a common thief.

Before Eugene could say anything, Rapunzel grabbed his arm and pulled him, quickly apologizing for leaving as she dragged her boyfriend with her. When they came to a stop, Rapunzel looked a bit troubled, and when Eugene was about to ask her what's wrong Alexandra and Pascal showed up.

Pascal crawled of Alexandra's shoulder and back on to Rapunzel's, sticking his tongue out at Eugene and giving him a bit of a smug look. Pascal and Rapunzel were talking and even though Eugene didn't speak chameleon, it was obvious that it was something more between the two.

"You're girlfriend is really something." Eugene turned towards Alexandra.

"Don't remind me." He chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head. "And you're brother really likes her."

"Hard to get girls have that effect on him," she said watching the shorthaired brunette and her reptilian friend. "But don't worry she told me how much she really likes you so there's no competition."

But Eugene was not convinced a thief was definitely no match for a prince and soon enough he would be a king. There's very little chance that Rapunzel would accept his proposal. Deeply drowned with thought, he barely even noticed Alexandra's hand on top of his shoulder.

"You really like her."

Eugene sighed. "More than anything."

"Well don't let us get in the way."

Eugene looked confused and then his confused look changed in to shock when he figured that Prince Stephan told the King and Queen of the Kingdom that the princess invited them to stay in the castle for a while.

A/N: If their are any suggestion don't be shy.