ᴋᴇᴇᴘᴇʀꜱ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ : 𝕐𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕩 𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣

part 3.

Third person POV//

Two weeks later -

Rosalie had been woken up to the sound of children's feet running down the halls and the sounds of the other two children she shared a room with giggling and expectantly talking about the toys they would play with, and what the day would have in store for them.

Rubbing the sleep out of her E/C eyes, Rosalie let a small yawn pass through her lips before she blinked and sat up quickly. A family was supposed to be visiting today. A family was going to come to see the home today, the children. Her brain went hopeful and crazy with thoughts as it does every-time a family comes; however many times she says she won't hope for a family it was always a lie.

Springing her small body out of the bed Rosalie trips over her little feet to the small dresser in her room and swiftly begins to pull out any nice dresses she had.

Finding a white dress with small sunflowers on it , she pulled it over her head after getting out of her pyjamas and then proceeded to head towards the door of her shared room. Stopping the girl turned on her heels, ran to her bed and snatched her bunny off of it, before hugging it closely to her chest whispering small apologies for almost leaving it alone, whispering in to its small stuffed ear.

As Rosalie ventured down the stairs with her un brushed hair and sunflower dress on she noticed the voice of 'Mother' near the main kitchen scolding some children while another one of the workers was convincing two children to go back up stairs so she could bathe them before the family arrived today- she claimed she wanted them to be 'presentable' to not 'embarrass them'.

Going towards the now empty small library where the big kids would often do their school work, Rosalie continued to hold her stuffed bunny tightly clenched to her chest she watched as people spoke happily to one another throughout the home and how they all played with each other , smiles stretched across their faces. Meanwhile she just dragged her feet to the small library like room alone. It was lonely for her, she didn't interact too much and was too shy and timid to speak to people first or say things to catch their attention even a little if ever at all. Most found her forgettable in a way, no one invited her to play anymore , she wasn't the shiny new child what just walked in, she was a girl who had been here for far too long already and didn't ever make an impression.

Getting to the room Rosalie pulled herself up on to the couch and reached to the side grabbing a small child's book, gently she placed the stuffed bunny beside her and slowly opened up to the first page where a princess in an ice blue gown sat talking to a prince. Oh how little Rosalie loved princess stories, she always wanted to be a princess, to find her prince and be spoiled by the love and affection. She childishly believed in happily ever after and hoped for nothing less than the absolute best in her life.. even if she was alone all the time.

Continuing to flip through the pages she let a huff of air out and looked from the book to the side of her lap at the stuffed bear.

"One day we will find our Prince Charming ! He will be just like the one in this book !" She happily exclaimed to the bear her finger pointing at the picture on the paper in-front of her, even though the bear couldn't respond Rosalie wasn't shy to spill her thoughts to the toy.

Although she was seven her brain functioned at a far more immature rate from the lack of care received in her short existence on this cruel planet. Everything shes experienced she has ultimately assumed to be normal, the books are fake and yet she still held hope that the pictures they showed were really true.

Immature.

Two hours later -

Little Rosalie had fallen asleep , a deep sleep after exhausting all her energy trying to read the picture book with few words out to her stuffed bunny, although she maybe a little.. no quite a few times got off topic- hence the exhaustion from so much exerted energy. It wasn't until she had heard the sounds of running foot steps like a heard of animals piling down the hall way past the opened door that her eyes slowly popped opened and fluttered closed again before hearing the shrill voice of 'Mother'-

"They are here ! They are here, everyone settle down !" It was like a screech that echoed against the walls of the home. This caused Rosalie to pull her body up off the couch quickly with a stumble in her step- closing the book she grabbed her bunny and slowly dragged her small legs out of the make shift library, closing the door behind her. Rosalie began rubbing her eyes with one closed fist with the other tightly held the bunny to her chest, it was almost as if doing so was giving her a sense of warmth and comfort she so badly needed in this moment.

Walking in to the main living room she saw many kids now occupying themselves while 'Mother's' voice sounded distant by the main doors , it was a sickly sweet tone and she seemed so cheerful. This always happened. She was always different around the potential family's that could take a child or two off her hands.
It wasn't long before the sound of heels were heard clicking down the hard wood floors of the home coming from the opposite hallway on the side of the living room that Rosalie was coming from. Her hand dropped tiredly from her eyes and her now spare hand was fiddling with the hem of her sun flower dress bright    E/C eyes staring intently at the hall before shooting down to the floor when the solutes of four people came in view.

As if on cue , when the adults heavy steps stopped the sound of the children's excitement erupted and a few rushed over to surround and ask the new people in the room questions as if the family was a new shiny toy. Many questions involved how they had seen the family on TV, or if they could be adopted, others were just being annoying and itching to play with the three new people.

Where as the Caddel family just stood smiling, primarily the mother as she entertained the kids with small responses - the husband and son standing there stiffly just staring at all the children as if scanning for the perfect looking to fit the beauty and potential their son held.

Rosalie had slowly began to lift her head , messy H/C hair falling in her face as she lifted a small hand to swipe it away.

Her eyes finally landing on the three new people in the room - her eyes practically turned in to stars. The people looked like the princesses and princes from her fairy tale books she always read. She was star struck as she watched them all move in to the room more and get a little more comfortable with all the energy around them.

That's when it happened .. her eyes finally met with a young boys.

Pretty.

A boy who couldn't have been more than three years older than her. A boy that couldn't be anything less than a prince.

He is pretty.

His cold blue eyes staring right back in to her bright E/C eyes sharply.

His eyes are like the princesses dress.
She should tell him.

Rosalie cheeks flushed a bright red colour at the thought of telling that boy such a thing.

Swiftly she turned her head away towards the window, the wind pushing the trees around outside suddenly became the most interesting thing to her.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw the prince whisper something to the bigger prince.. ah no ! The king , she watched him whisper something to the king and that's when the king's eyes slowly travelled across the room following his sons stare to little Rosalie.

The king and the prince were looking at her
She felt special

Glancing ever so slightly to the side she caught the kings eye and squeaked turning away again just as quickly gently pushing out her bottom lip when she heard a deep but soft chuckle.

They are still staring
They are whispering to the queen

They are moving towards Rosalie... wait .. what?

They are moving towards Rosalie !

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{ A/N: Whoa whoa ! Hey there ! Two chapters in one month , the sky must be falling !! Just kidding, random burst of energy had be up writing this ! :) I hope you have been enjoying the story ! How is it so far? Any constructive criticism ?

I can happily say I've gotten 1584 words written here today ! Quite a few more than my last few chapters. I'm hoping to keep up this writing energy and get more involved in the story. Not a lot of talking in this chapter but it will progress as the story gets on when the characters begin to interact more. :)

I hope you're well, safe, and healthy. Take care ! }