The Startled Princess

♕ Chapter 7

            Rose giggled. "Sorry, hate to say this, but I am too. The only thing I'm good at is eating and probably ballet," she prattled. Alex lifted a hand. "Same! Not ballet, of course," he said and they high fived. 

       Rose laughed. Alex was fun to talk to; unlike Seth, who was always moody. She felt that he could be a great friend. Plus, Cassidy will be excited if she knows that there's another prince in town. Rose yawned.

        "You must be tired," Alex said kindly and got up to his feet. "Goodnight! See you in school!" He said. "Night, Alex," Rose smiled and Alex head out from the building.

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           Rose kept rolling on her bed. Her eyes refused to shut. She got up and sat on her bed. She took her brand new Iphone (her wedding gift) and looked at the time. It was just past nine o'clock. She was tired, but now, she was bored. Seth? She wondered if he had gone to sleep. She decided to pay a visit to his room.

          She climbed off from her bed and took a white cardigan from her wardrobe. She slipped it on before walking to the door. She opened it slowly; making sure that no one would heard her sneaking out. She poked her head through the door; no one was outside. Yes! So now she just had to sneak into his room.

           He'll surely be mad at her, but that was what she wanted. She loved to see the sight of Seth getting mad at her. It was cute. She crept to his chamber and turned the doorknob, luckily, he forgot to lock his room. Stupid guy. Rose poked her head through his doors. "Wow," she mouthed as she saw his room.

           It was as the same size as hers, only that his walls were painted blue and white. A king size bed was placed in the middle; a white two-seater sofa, an old classy bookcase, a table on the left and a flat screen LCD television opposite the sofa. 

          But there was no sign of Seth anywhere. Rose pushed the door open and walked into his chamber. She circled around his room, touching everything. She motioned to the table and found his Ipod on it. She took it and opened his playlist. Queen, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Lionel Richie were on his playlist. "Old," Rose snorted. 

            Suddenly, his bathroom door cracked open. Rose turned to it and her eyes widened when she saw Seth came out from it. He was just wearing a towel, covering the lower part of his body; so his top was exposed. His hair was wet; very sexy. Rose screamed and covered her eyes using her hands. 

       "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BEDROOM!!!" Seth shouted and ran to the bathroom. He took his bathrobe and put it on. Then, he went out from it and found Rose, still covering her eyes. "Open your eyes, I'm not naked," he rolled his eyes.

           "Still, you're just wearing a towel," Rose croaked. She started to regret, deciding to came here in the first place. She never thought that he would have his bath at nine. "I'm wearing my bathrobe now!" Seth told her, hands on his waist. 

         Rose peeked Seth through her hands. Yes, he was wearing his bathrobe. Thank God. Slowly, she lowered her hands from face. Seth's hands were on his waist, and he was wearing that freaking angry face. She was so dead. Instead of saying sorry, Rose gave an innocent teeth smile. 

        Seth drew a deep breath, trying to calm down. "What are you doing here?" He asked again, this time more politely. Rose bit her lip and swayed from side to side. "I was bored." Seth threw his hands up in the air. "So?" He smirked.

          "So, I came here. Maybe we could play games or gossip or something," Rose chirped. Seth walked to his wardrobe and took out a plain grey shirt and put it on. "I thought you were tired?" He said as he wore his shirt. "I am. But I can't sleep," Rose admitted.

      Seth then turned to his wife. "I want to wear my pants. Turn around," he instructed her and made a hand gesture. Rose gasped and turned around as fast as she could. Seth then put on his pants, fast. "Don't peek!" He shouted.

         "Who wants too!" Rose grumbled. Though, deep inside her, she wanted too. Seth looked hotter after he had had his bath. The look of his wet hair; and the fact that now she knew he had abs was freaking sexy. Rose never felt this way for any guy. She shook her head, trying to get him out from her perverted mind. "Seth hates me!" She repeated to herself.

           "Done," Seth said when he was done and shut the wardrobe door close. He limped to the white sofa and slammed himself on it. Rose crept toward him and sat beside him; far from him though. She didn't want to take any risk. Seth glimpsed at her for a second, before turning on the TV.

          "There's no TV in my bedroom. Its not fair," Rose complained. Seth shrugged. "Princess' don't watch TV, Rose," he said. Rose sulked and sighed. She really hated being a princess. It was so boring. Seth was watching the TV - the news channel. "Isn't there anything else on?" Rose asked, puzzled. Why would you want to watch the news at night?

           Seth shrugged before turned the channel, HBO. He pressed the 'info' button, it was A Nightmare on Elm Street movie. "Cool! Horror movie!" Rose chirped. But Seth switched the channel before she could even watch it. She tapped his thigh. "Why'd you switched the channel? I wanna watch that movie," she babbled.

       "I hate horror movies. It’s really stupid and unrealistic," Seth lied. He was actually afraid to watch it. True, he hated horror movie but the reason was because he was scared. He kept his eyes on the TV, avoiding making any eye contact with her. Rose knew that he was lying by the look on his face. 

       She laughed. "Don't tell me you're scared, Seth!" She joked and looked at his eyes. Seth turned his eyes to her, their gaze met. He let out a small laugh. "I'm not. The movie is just so stupid. I can't watch it," he lied again. 

        Rose jumped off from the couch and stood in front the TV, blocking Seth from watching it. "Prince Seth is afraid of Freddy Krueger! He can't sleep because he's too afraid!" She mocked him and stuck out a tongue. Seth was annoyed so he got up from the sofa. He grabbed her shoulder and pushed her to sit on the sofa. "I am not!" He said firmly.

      Rose blinked her eyes and smiled. "Yes, you are," she sneered. "If you're not, why would you get mad at me? And give me stupid reasons?" Seth’s eyes widened, he couldn't believe that she had just insulted him. He sat back on the sofa and switched the channel. 

        "Fine. We'll watch that stupid movie. But don't get scared to much, Rose," he warned, yet he himself was afraid of the movie. Rose wrapped her arms around her knees. "Oh, I won't, Seth. That's very kind of you," she said, sounded both playful and mischievous. 

          While they watched the movie, Rose never stopped laughing. It didn't scare her at all. She even thought Freddy Krueger was cute. While Seth, kept covering his eyes using his hands but when Rose glanced at him, he would lower them down and faked a laugh. "That's stupid," he would say.

         The movie finally ended and Seth was relieved. Rose yawned and got up to her feet. She looked at the scared Seth who was still sitting on the sofa, his face was pale. "You're sure you don't want me to sleep here? I can sleep on the sofa?" She offered to mortify him. Seth looked up at her.

      "No. Why would I want?" He said. Deep inside him, he really did want someone to accompany him. He could still recall Freddy Krueger killing his victim. It was scary. "Get out from my room now," he instructed and pointed the way out. 

       "I gave you the chance, Seth. You just blew it," Rose mimicked. She motioned to the door and turned the doorknob. Before she went out, she turned to Seth. "Oh, goodnight. Be careful, he could be anywhere. Maybe he'll be sleeping beside you," Rose whispered, in a scary voice. 

          Seth who was annoyed, threw a pillow at her. "GET OUT!" He raved. Rose laughed and went out from the bedroom. It was so fun bullying him. Seth was sweating and felt something around him. He pulled a deep breath, trying to calm down.

        He crawled onto his bed and pulled the comforter to his chin. He closed his eyes but suddenly remembered Rose's words. He opened his eyes and rolled over to the other side. There was no way he'll be sleeping tonight. That was the last thing he could do. He pressed the call button on the phone. "Mr Jameson, I need you to be here now," he instructed.