forum Private RP with @gracehustle

Started May 04, 2020 by @PrettyLittlePyro

tune

All of the men were there. Lacey took a deep breath, standing outside the doors. It was just like the games she used to play with her cousins, and the palace boys. Act like she always did. She opened the doors and came in, dress swirling around her like living flames. She had chosen the gown precisely for her first impression: a flame-colored dress with gold highlights, so that when she moved, it looked like she was on fire. Her hair was curled, and she looked amazing. Or at least, everyone told her she did, and she believed them.

"Hello, boys," she said, winking at the men in the room and sitting down at her spot.

Alex had actually ended up getting along quite well with most of the guys he had met once dinner rolled around. He felt almost at home even, dressed in a white suit with a deep red undershirt that definitely stood out in the other color choices. Even though he felt at home though, something inside him kept repeating that this was a competition and not something to take lightly.

The pang was solidified when he saw Princess Lacey walk in. She was nothing less than gorgeous with her fiery hair and dress to match. Somehow he kept it together as he studied her though, unlike some of the others who clearly were starstruck and unable to take their eyes off of her. He only flashed a playful smile at her and nodded in return. He had to make a good impression, and that's what he planned to do.

Lacey didn't bother to hide the amused smile that curled her lips at the looks she was given. So it had been true, she did look amazing. Not that she ever doubted it, of course. She tossed her head and grinned at all of them, meeting eyes with a particularly attractive man in a red and white suit that made him practically glow. He sent her a playful smile, and she winked at him, lowering her head and looking at him from under her lashes.

"Boys, boys," she chided to the silent room. "Is there only one polite person here whose bothered to greet me? How rude!"

Then there was instantly lots of voices, all shouting over each other. "You look amazing, your highness." "Simply splended!" "How are you doing today?" "Let me get your chair for you."

She sent the first guy an amused smile and sat, looking for all the world like an injured child. She stuck her chin in the air and huffed in mock annoyance.

Alex's smile turned into a playful grin as she winked at him and he watched her with interest. It was no secret that the princess wasn't very soft-spoken and gentle, but seeing her actually get a group of young men to basically fall over themselves to greet her was impressive. He adjusted his suit as he listened to the chorus of voices, meeting eyes with her again and matching her amused smile. Now he just had to hope that he didn't look like he was being rude by not shouting out a compliment at her.

Once the hubbub died down, and the food was served, Lacey leaned across the table to look at the men. "So. Who has the most interesting family here." The men all started to talk, and she shook her head, tutting. "No. I want one by one." She pointed at the guy closest to her. "Do you have family?"

The guy she pointed to looked nervous as she talked to him, but he replied calmly and respectfully, even managing to smile, "Just my mother, Princess Lacey. We're not that interesting." He definitely looked like he wasn't used to being surrounded by important people, but with his black hair and piercing green eyes paired with his crisp black suit his looks could easily make it seem like he was used to being around these people.

"Well, you can't be too boring, right?" Lacey asked, leaning on her arm, resting her hand on her chin. She smiled slightly at the guy. "Everyone has something interesting going on with them. Tell me…" She looked at him pointedly. "Remind me of your name again?"

"I'm Aidan, Princess Lacey, Aidan Serry," He introduced himself, his small smile growing as he became more confident, "I don't think that my family is boring, we're just not the most interesting." Aidan messed with the cuffs of his suit as he talked, sure to make eye contact with her and not his fidgeting hands.

Yawn. Lacey didn't do it, but she wanted to. Although the guy seemed nice, he wasn't the wild ride she'd been hoping for. "What does your mother do?" She asked instead, popping a cookie into her mouth.

"She's a seamstress, helps make dresses for models and actresses specifically," He explained, shrugging as he picked at his food, "Her work is featured in tons of magazines." Adian cracked another small smile, "I would ask you what your parents do, but that's already something that everyone knows."

Lacey smiled. "Really? What's her name? I might know her. I love seeing what models wear." She made a face. "Wearing them is another things, however."

His smile grew once more as she asked questions he knew he could answer, "Her name is Lana, but most of her pieces are either just installed L.S. or known better by the names of the pieces. She usually names them after plants and flowers."

"Oh! Yeah, I think I know of her. My mom loves her style." Lacey smiled warmly at him. "Well, it was nice meeting you, Aidan." She sent him a wink, and turned to the next guy, the attractive one she had seen first. "Who are you?"

"It was nice to formally meet you too, Princess Lacey." Aidan replied, returning a charming smile as he settled into his chair.

Alex had been quiet as she talked to the other guy, eating and listening to their conversation like everyone else. When she turned to talk to him though, he flashed her a grin. "I'm Alexander, though you can call me Alex. At your service, princess," He said, letting the flirty and playful parts of him take charge rather than the nice side of him that wanted to greet her the same way that Aidan did.

Lacey snorted, eyes flashing in amusement. "Not going to be polite? How rude. Especially since I could send you home whenever I wanted." She sent him a smirk. "You're lucky that I like your attitude." More than that, she admired him for being so forthright. She tossed her head and sent him a grin. "What's special about you?"

It couldn't have worked out better for Alex, that Lacey seemed to like his less polite approach. "Besides my informalness, I'm an athlete and actor in training, I suppose that's special," He replied, matching her grin easily, "If that's what you're asking about, princess. I hope that's enough to get me not thrown out the very first day I'm here?" Already talking to the Princess for less than a minute was proving to be one of his favorite conversations of the day, mostly because she actually played off his playfulness with her own.

"I dunno," Lacey said, sending him a playful frown. "Why on earth would you want to be an actor? For all the ladies?" He was hot, and funny, and didn't seem to care that he was supposed to be polite. He was… interesting.

"Well, it pays well, and runs in the family…" Alex started, his voice purposely monotone until a grin split his face again and he continued, "The girls are a plus too, though none of them are as fun to be around as you are so far, Princess Lacey." He leaned back in his chair and just watched her with a playful glint in his eyes and matching smile, paying no attention to the food in front of him.

"Sweet talker," Lacey said delightedly, not the least bit affected by his smooth words. Of course not. That was silly. She had better sense than that. "I wouldn't know the pay of actors," she said, tilting her head and blinking at him with innocently pure eyes, seeming to be just like a child.

He shrugged, grinning at her words. Not many people ever asked about the pay of an actor, and so her question caught him off guard. Within seconds though he covered the impressed look on his face with his grin again and answered, pretending to think, "Well, depending on the film, our pay varies. In the roles I normally play though, I'll just leave it simply at enough to live comfortably in the city and be considered famous for a long time."

"If you get a good role." Lacey looked him over, scanning him from head to toe… well, as much as she could see, anyway. "But then again, with your looks, that shouldn't be too hard." She returned his grin. Somewhere, in the back of her mind, she realized that she should probably talk with another guy, instead of this one. But he was so interesting…

"Now who's the sweet talker, Princess Lacey?" Alex replied jokingly, winking at her as he grinned. As much as he knew the Princess would soon move to talk to someone else, he found himself wanting to just keep talking to her, to learn more about this playful and fun girl that was talking to him. She was interesting and her wild, un-princess like attitude was definitely cautching his attention more than he wanted to admit.

"I never said I wasn't," Lacey said, sticking her chin in the air. "I only speak the truth, you know. I don't butter people up." She winked at him. "Well, it was nice talking to you, but I should probably let others talk to me." She sent him a grin. Alex had been fun to talk with. He had more common sense than most of the people she knew combined, and he was hot.