White rose, part 2

King Darren smiled at Lacey's mother. "I'm pleased to meet you and welcome you to our kingdom." He said kissing her hand, her Mother bowed her head in greeting.

"It's nice to meet you too." He then looked at Lacey and Angela "Welcome, to you two beautiful young ladies, we are happy to have you visiting." He said, bowing to them. Angela blushed, Lacey bowed her head in greeting.

"Thank you." Lacey said, king Darren then gestured to his wife. "This is my beautiful and loving wife Raylee." Everyone bowed their heads in greeting again, then the King continued "My first son Grayson, second Leo, Third son Jackson, and my fourth son Daniel." He said, gesturing to the four young men in the room.

Lacey looked at them they were all older then her, handsome in their own ways. Each one of them said, "Hello and welcome." Then the two that had come in later, got up and left. Queen Raylee came over and sat down beside Lacey and Angela and her mother.

"I have prepared rooms for you all, I know that you all must be tired, I have had baths prepared too, come with me." She said, looking at her husband, she said. "I'm going to go show the girls to their room, so they can freshen up for dinner." King Darren nodded, Getting up they followed her out of the room.

They followed her down more halls and around more corners, finally they reached a door, Queen Raylee opened it. "Here we are." They entered a sitting room, four doors in the room lead to bedrooms, and double doors that lead to a balcony.

"I thought that you would be more comfortable if I put you all together, this castle is too big to navigate without help, I wouldn't want you to get lost." She said with a chuckle. "I have got to go check on dinner, there are baths in the rooms ready for you, also if you have questions or need anything there will be a maid outside the door." She said going out and closing the door behind her.

Lacey picked a door on the right, she opened the door and was greeted by two maids, "Princess." They said curtsying, Lacey nodded, shutting the door behind her, thinking only of the bath, the maids led her to a room off to the side to the bath, Lacey took of the blue dress setting it carefully on the clothes rack, stepping into the water, it was hot but still just the right temperature.

She washed, dried and picked up the light pink evening dress that lay on the rack, the maids had gotten it from her trunk, she stood there for a moment before setting it back down and picking up her dress, slipping it over her head and pulling it down, the zipper slowly went up, Lacey giggled at the tickling sensation it made.

She looked at the pink slippers that sat beside the rack. Sighing she made her way back into the bedroom, there was a big Queen size bed with fluffy pillows and a deep comforter, Lacey walked over to the trunk that sat by the wall. Opening it she pulled out some black slippers.

She put them on then walked to the door, opened it and entered the sitting room. Her mother was already in there, sitting on the plush couch. Lacey went over and sat beside her mother who smiled.

"We are just waiting for Angela then a maid will take us to dinner, Raylee came by to tell us it was ready." Her mother said. Lacey's tummy growled at the mention of food, Angela came out of her room looking as cute as ever In a ruffle pink dress and matching slippers, her light brown hair was up in a bun with pink flower pins stuck in it.

Lacey remembered that she didn't do her hair, getting up. "I'm going to go do my hair!" She said Lacey went into her room, and went over to her vanity and opened the bag that held her hair things. Picking up the brush she brushed out the wet hair and put it in a bun, looking at herself in the mirror, her beautiful hazel eyes looked back with laughter in them.

Lacey had always been a happy and smiley girl. Sighing, "That will do for dinner, right?" She said to herself, the dress didn't say anything back, and she giggled. "Of course you can't talk!" She sighed, the dress faded from blue to pink, Lacey looked in silence, as it faded back.

There was a knock on the door, then it opened, Angela came in, with a bounce in her step and an annoyed pout.

"Lacey we are ready to go, come on I'm starving!" Angela said with a whine. Lacey smiled, pushing Angela gently out into the sitting room.

They followed the maid to the dining room, when they were seated at the big table that was piled high with different food and drinks.

Lacey started piling her plate, she glanced at her mother who was looking at her with a disapproving look, Lacey stopped and started eating, the table was lively with chatter, but she only paid attention to her food until she was almost done with her plate.

Alex was talking to the two young princes that were probably somewhere around his age, she didn't really care if they were handsome, being married to one of them crossed her mind and she blushed.

Marriage was the last thing she wanted right now, so she focused on putting more potatoes on her plate and smothering them in gravy, eating more even though she was full, she was happy with her visit so far.