Royalty

II

A/N: This is really short because I split the chapters up weird and it's too late to fix it so sorry lol. The next one's quite a bit longer. Please vote and leave a comment if you like it <3

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He was standing across the room from me. Without thinking, I started to make my way over to them. A woman tried to stop me to say hello, but I pushed past her without a word. I don't know what was happening to me but when I blinked I was halfway across the room. I was staring at the boy. His eyes locked with mine for a minute. I felt like all my breath was sucked out. I didn't know why but I had to meet him.

"Your highness" the boy said with a bow as I stopped in front of him. I bowed my head in greeting, without taking my eyes off him. "My names Philip Lester, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Prince Daniel"

"Likewise," I smiled at him. "And please, call me Dan" he smiled. I felt butterflies in my chest. My hands were fidgeting at my side. What was wrong with me? The girl next to him cleared her throat.

"Oh, and this is my sister Amelia" he said shortly, gesturing to the girl standing next to him. I glanced at the girl for a minute. She was beautiful. Her hair was the same color as the boy, Philip's, and they both had the same high cheekbones.

"It's an honor to meet you, Sir" she said eagerly. I kissed her hand like I had with every other girl I had met.

"Thank you both for coming" I let go of her hand and turned back to Phil. "I hope you're having a good time, Philip"

"Please," he smirked. "Call me Phil"

"Phil" I brushed my hair out of my eyes nervously. "So, Phil, are you enjoying the ball?"

"I am! Everything here's so..." he looked around the room, and then back at me "amazing" I felt a blush creeping up my throat. "And what about you? Are you enjoying the ball?" my smile faded a little.

"Trying my best" I said honestly. He nodded understandingly.

"It must be tiring, having to meet all these people" I let out a sigh.

"It really is" Talking to him was so easy. I was actually enjoying making small talk with him. Small talk. I hated small talk. "So do you live here in town?" I asked.

"I do!" he said. "My parents own a bakery in the east side of town, they're both terribly sorry they couldn't make it tonight. They have to be up early to open the store" I nodded.

"Of course," we both stared at each other and smiled for a long minute before the girl started bouncing up and down. "Ah," I glanced at her and then back at Phil. "Would- would you like to dance... Miss?" I felt terrible, but I didn't even remember her name. And I didn't want to dance with her. All I wanted to do was stay and talk to Phil. There was something about him that I couldn't explain.

"I'd be honored" she said. I smiled tightly and reached for her hand. I pulled her away to the dance floor and we began to dance slowly.

"So," I paused as I searched my brain for her name. "Uh..."

"Amelia" she said, sounding bored. I laughed shakily.

"Of course. Amelia." I bit my lip. "H- how is your night so far? Are you having a good time?" I asked her lamely. I didn't know what else to say.

"Yeah" she said with a shrug. I cleared my throat awkwardly.

"That's good" we danced silently for a minute. "Is Phil your older brother?" I asked curiously.

"Yes, he's twenty-two, I'm nineteen"

"Ah, okay. Does he help your parents in the bakery?"

"Yes, we both do" I nodded.

"Does Phil-" she huffed and looked up at me.

"If you don't mind I'd like to talk about something other than my brother" she said. I blushed and licked my lips.

"O- oh. Sure, sorry" I was so embarrassed and I didn't know what to say next, so I didn't talk to her the rest of the dance. The only thing I wanted to ask her about was Phil. When the song was over she excused herself. I felt so bad, that I just walked away.

After Amelia left, I danced with a few more girls, but the whole time I was looking around for Phil. I didn't see him anywhere.

"Daniel!" I heard a voice call for me. I turned and saw my mother. "How is it going, sweetheart?" she asked when I was closer to her.

"Um, okay" I shrugged. Her smile slipped a little.

"Just okay? Haven't you met some nice people? This is supposed to be fun, Daniel! You should be enjoying yourself" she smoothed down the shoulders of my jacket. "Now tell me, who is the most interesting person you've met tonight, hm? Who's really caught your eye?" I pushed her hands off of my irritatedly.

"No one. I- I- " I scanned the crowd.

"No one? You've spoke with so many lovely girls tonight, surely there's someone" I hesitated. "What? Was there someone?"

"I guess there is one person..." my mothers face lit up.

"Who?"

"His names Phil. He seems very interesting" I said wistfully. She laughed sharply.

"I meant a girl, Daniel. What girl has caught your eye?" I bit my lip angrily.

"None of them, Mother. None of them have 'caught my eye'. None of them want to know me, they just want to be a princess" I stormed away. I was done with this stupid party. I didn't understand why I had to meet a girl at the ball. Why couldn't I just meet someone the normal way and fall in love. Why couldn't I wait to meet my soulmate?