Love

My body slams against the palace's cold marble wall. He moves his hand across my face, pushing my loose hair away. I swat his hand away and glare at him and our position, with his body on top of mine.

"Beautiful Angela, what are you doing? Neglecting your duties?" Raz asks me and I of course must remain polite for he is royalty, while I am just a servant.

"Milord I was going on my duties when you ran into me." I answer his question back while trying to keep my bile down in my stomach. Though Raz is attractive he can be quite cruel and manipulative and he seems to get pleasure from teasing me constantly.

"Well, I couldn't help, but notice you walking down this hallway by yourself. I needed to take advantage of the situation for we have so little alone time nowadays." Raz's blue eyes meet my own and for a fraction of a moment I am struck by his beauty. I soon get over this illusion of his goodness.

"Raz, shouldn't you be off plotting your revenge?" I ask him and try to get out from under his embrace, which only moves me, closer into his body. My head rests just beneath his chin. Before he can reply I hear someone approaching us and I see Lei rounding the corner. Raz also sees Lei and once again takes advantage of my misfortune by taking my chin and kissing me rather passionately. I mentally sigh at his antics.

"Excuse me, but I must borrow Angela. Prince Aram is asking for her." Lei looks at us and Raz relinquishes me from his embrace and kisses.

"Very well, let the Prince have her for now, but remember, Angela I will be seeing you later." Raz looks Lei directly in the eye when he says this and I smooth out my dress as he walks down the hall, leaving me with Lei.

"Lei, I…" I break off while trying to explain what he just saw. He says nothing and goes into the direction of Prince Aram's room. I sigh and follow him knowing that not matter what; he does not what to listen to any of my explanations. Not like he would even care.

I soon reach Aram's room and pull the great doors open leaving Lei standing near the open doors. I see the boy lying on his bed looking so forlorn and my heart reaches out to him.

"My Prince?" I question him and his head shots up, while giving me a smile that is plastered on a tear stricken face.

"Angela!" He runs into my outstretched arms and I envelop him into a hug. My Prince rubs his head into my stomach and begins to weep. I brush his hair with my hand. He soon stops his weeping and raises his head looking me in the eyes. I smile.

"What happened?" He pulls me over to his bed and sits me down. He lays down with his head in my lap, reverting to his younger childhood.

"I am so confused Angela. There is this girl…" Immediately I know who and what this about.

"The girl from Earth?" I ask him already knowing the answer.

"Yes, Airi, you see whenever I am around her I get this sick feeling in my stomach and my heart begins to beat erratically. I do not understand this. What is happening to me?" He whispers into my lap.

"Do you truly want to know the answer my Prince? You may not get the answer you want." I say to him and look out in the doorway watching Lei watching us with an expression that I can not read.

"Yes, please Angela." Aram pleads to me and I brace myself to tell him what he does not want to hear.

"Love is what you are feeling when you look at this girl from Earth. Love is what is making your heart beat out of control, and love is what is making you feel sick." I look at Lei and my eyes cloud over.

"No!" The Prince moves from my lap and sits up, not looking at me.

"Yes." I simply say.

"How do you know this?" Aram questions my answer.

"Because I too am in love and I know the signs. Your heart beating wildly is just the passion you feel for her getting the better of your body. The sick feeling in your stomach my Prince is nervousness that you feel around her. You are unsure of the love you feel and you become nauseous with the worry that your love will not last." Aram moves his face towards mine, but our eyes do not meet for I am looking at the figure in the doorway that now has his back away from me.

"I don't understand. How can I love her? I do not even know her." Aram asks me and I move my gaze away from the doorway.

"Are you so sure that you do not know her?" Aram does not answer this question and attempts to move me away from the subject of her with his next question.

"Angela, whom do you love?" My heart stops and I avoid the figure in the doorway, feeling him move his gaze back towards the Prince and I.

"My Prince, that is for me and my heart to know. Do not make me tell you." I reply.

"Oh, well can you tell me of him?" My Prince asks and I smile at his childish question.

"What would you like to know?" I respond back and pull my white hair out of my face, wrapping it into a loose bun.

"What makes you love him?" My Prince is becoming ever curious, but I will answer his questions.

"I love his heart that cares deeply for the people he calls family. I love his stubborn ways, though they can be frustrating. I love how he makes the room spin for me and how he can make me dream of a life different from the one I live now. I love his eyes that seem to engulf me and seem to know the very thing I am thinking. I love his flaws." My eyes cloud as I see the man I love, but my heart breaks knowing that he will never return my affections.

"Angela?" Aram moves his hand to my face and he wipes a tear away that I did not know was there.

"It's nothing." I swipe his hand away gently and push away my own tears.

"Does he not love you?" Clever Aram sees through my tears knowing their true nature.

"No, he does not return my love, but I never thought he would. Now I think it's time you get to bed. I imagine that you will have a long day tomorrow. Goodnight my Prince." I tuck him in and lay a gentle kiss upon his forehead. I move to the door when his voice stops me from leaving.

"Angela, I am sorry your love doesn't see you for the beautiful woman you are." My Prince calls to me then closes his eyes to sleep. I shut the door and look to Lei.

"Thank you for coming to see him." Lei, says to me.

"I love him; I would never ignore his calls." I search Lei's eyes for something that he can not give me.

"I expect you will be going to Raz's quarters now that the Prince has no need of you." That comment stung and he meant it to.

"No, I will be retiring to my rooms, Lei." I turn abruptly and start to walk from him, my face heated. Lei, whispers something, that I am sure he did not want me to hear.

"I am sorry also." I run when I hear this knowing that he is referring to Aram's earlier comment. My eyes tear up and I hurry to my rooms hoping I will not begin to weep until I am safely within my locked doors.

I was in a bored mood when I wrote this. Plus I love Lei and Raz so I thought why not put them in a little story?

I am rambling…..SMILE!