Pregnant For The Royal Prince

THE door to one of the many guest rooms in the palace opened and two maids walked in, rolling travelling boxes as they went. Amaya and Davida followed behind.

“Mmmm, I’ve so missed this place”, Davida said as she looked around the room, like it was her first time of entering there.

“You can say that again Davida, it’s really been a while”, Amaya said as he flopped on the couch.

“Oh, don’t drop my box there”, Davida shouted to one of the maids dragging her box to the bedside.

“Ma’am?”, the maid said.

“Drop it in the closet, together with the other one”, she ordered then walked up to the dining and stood, dropping her small purse on the table. From there, she watched the maids carry out her order.

They finished the arrangements then began walking out.

“Any other thing ma’am?”, one of them stopped to ask.

The siblings glanced at each other and then Davida sighed.

“No food? The dining is damn empty”, she placed her right hand on the dining table as she talked.

“Ugh, if you want to eat we can get you food now”, came the reply.

She waved her left hand.

“That would be later anyway”, she tucked her hair behind her ear.

“How about his royal majesty and the queen?”, Amaya asked.

“They are actually out of the palace for a royal function, they would be back soon”, the other maid humbly replied.

He scoffed, who wanted them back anyway? He ignored them and busied himself with his phone.

“Ugh, the princess? Is she in?”, Davida asked.

“Princess Prisha is actually around for now, but would be leaving for her extra mural classes in a jiffy”.

Oh! Her eyes twitched, what a good fortune! Her face splitted in smiles.

“Alright, you can go”, and she looked away.

“Um if you actually need anything, you can punch on the little button at the side of the dining….”.

“I know, this isn’t my first time of coming here”, Davida interrupted.

“Oh, have a nice stay then”, and they turned to leave.

Davida watched the maids close the door behind them, and she hurriedly got up from her seat, then walked towards her brother.

“Come on bro, did you hear that?”, she asked in a hushed tone, smiling sheepishly.

Amaya looked up from his phone, and turned to her.

“What?”, he asked.

“The king and queen are out of the palace, Prisha would be out soon, you can actually do whatever it is you want to do before that stupid cousin of ours returns home, no one can tell of his movements you know?”, she said in a rush, whispering.

Amaya sighed, dropping his phone.

“You are right, we can actually do it now, and straight away”, he concurred.

“Good. But first, I need to make sure Prisha really leaves”.

“How you gonna do that?”, he asked.

“Our presence repulses her, so, even if she doesn’t wants to leave the palace for her extra murals or whatever, mere seeing me would make her leave, trust me”, she winked.

“So, you going to meet her?”.

“Yeah. You just have to watch through the window, once you see her convoy leave, you leave for the throne room”, she whispered.

“I get you sis”, he nodded.

She smiled.

“I hope you still remember your way round here?”.

“Why not?”, he spread out his arms.

“Goodluck, I hope to hear of the pass result soon, remember no one must see you”, she warned.

“Trust me, I gat this”, he beat his chest.

She laughed.

“See you then”, and she turned, walking out the room.

***

About ten maids clustered in the meeting room that morning, there were murmurings and whisperings all over the room as everyone tried to talk at the same time.

Soon Alina walked in, taking the front porch as if to address the little crowd. She took her stand and cleared her throat.

“Alright girls, attention please”, she shouted.

“Shh, she’s here… enough”, someone said and all noise began dwindling down.

“Good, I think I have gotten the attention I need now”, she began, looking from one side to the other.

“You all know the reason for this impromptu meeting this morning”, she paused and looked into their faces, “it’s because of a fellow maid like us”.

“This maid has bitten more than she can chew, joined us just few months ago, and now it looks as if she’s been here many years before us”, she looked around again, to be sure what she was saying was sinking.

“She’s now more close to the prince, not to talk of the princess, they both love her like mad. She does little or no work at all…”.

? “No work Alina, nothing!”, they interrupted, shouting.

Alina nodded satisfactorily, she was making sense, she smirked and continued.

“Bring your voices down please, this meeting is just within us remember”, she warned and the angry maids calmed down.

“She stays idle all day in her room or in the prince’s chamber, and at the month’s end she gets paid like us, isn’t that madness?”.

? “Of course, it’s”, they replied her.

She chuckled.

“But that madness is coming to an end today. Since Prag has refused to do anything about it, I will do something, we all, will do something”, she said.

? “Yes!”, they replied.

“But girls, what about Prag, where is she?”, one of the maids asked.

“She isn’t in, she went with his royal majesty and the queen”, another replied her.

“Oh! Then what we waiting for? Let’s go there and put this into action”, the first maid who had asked spoke.

“Wait… how we going to do this?”, someone asked.

Alina sighed.

“The prince loves her very much and that’s why she does nothing and also takes advantage of it to laugh and mock at us. So whatever we need to do, is just to interfere in this love affair and mar it”, she said.

They all nodded in affirmation.

“So what exactly? Set her up? Or weigh her down with work?”, the smallest of them asked.

“Hmm, setting her up should come on later, as for now, in the prince’s absence, we should weigh her down with work, a lot work”, Alina exaggerated as she spoke.

“Alright, how should we start?”.

Alina looked around and then pointed at four of them at random.

“You… you, and you both, go fetch her”, she ordered.

***

Princess Prisha sat on her bed flipping through the book on her laps as she glanced at her wristwatch every now and then, she needed to keep track of the time else she would be late for her extra mural class that morning.

Well, weeks after Rina joined as a maid in the palace, she had realized that staying home all day won’t help matters, she had to go out and fight out her fear, and she is definitely ready for it.

Hence, she enrolling for extra murals as school wasn’t in session, it was the summer holiday season.

A sharp knock came on her door and she looked up with a start. Who could it be? Big bro wasn’t in town, mom and dad aren’t in. Then who? Maybe the maids then, she shrugged.

“Come in”, she said turning back to her book.

“Hello little princess”, came the last voice she ever wanted to hear. What! Davida? She got up.

“What are you doing here?”, she asked.

“Oh come on, is that a way to welcome your cousin you haven’t seen in months?”, she asked walking further into the room.

“Woe betide such cousin!”, she spat out.

Davida sharply turned to her.

“Watch your speech little girl, I only respect you because you are….”.

“What you can never be”, she interrupted.

“Huh?”, Davida asked, her eyes widened in shock.

“Yes…”, she nodded, “… because I’m a princess, and you can never be one. What are you doing here for the second time?”, her small but firm voice asked.

Davida sighed, then folded her arms.

“I can’t put blames on you, what do you know? Well, must I be asked on what I’m here for? It’s my aunt’s place, I can come whenever I want”, she chuckled then twirled around.

Prisha’s disgusting face watched her. Like what exactly was she doing here? She wasn’t expecting her, she was the last she wanted to see. And hold on? Her brother must be here with her?

Davida looked at her.

“Come on girlie, what you thinking? That I’m not supposed to be here?”, she laughed.

“And I guess that evil brother of yours is with you”, she said.

This statement hit her hard like a stone and she instantly raised her right hand to land a slap on her cheek, but she paused, her hand hung in the air.

“I thought you were born of a woman, if you so dare, you would have completed what you started. Idiots”, she raged and turned to her bed, picking up her books and putting them into her bag.

Davida fumed as she watched her in anger, bringing down her hand slowly.

“You and your brother are idiots”, Prisha shouted again as she walked up to the dining.

“Don’t push me to the wall Prisha, I tell Aunt always you need more home training on manners”, Davida said.

“Like you do”, Prisha replied and punched on the button on the side of the dining table.

“Prisha!”, she shouted and immediately, the door barged open and a guard and a maid walked in. They both turned to the door.

“Your grace”, the guard and maid greeted, the maid walked up to the bed and picked up her bag, while the guard stood by the door.

“You may leave my chambers now Davida, this meeting is over”, she said and walked out, the maid followed.

Davida stood as she watched her leave, she was fuming in anger. She glanced at the guard and he gestured her to leave and she walked out.

She got to their room and met Amaya looking out the window as she had told him to, he turned on the instant the door opened.

“Hey sis, what’s up? I see the convoy leaving now”, he said.

“Go in there and make this done, once and for all”, she raged.

Amaya was taken aback.

“Why the sudden change? What happened?”, he asked.

“That little brat talked to me anyhow, go in there and make this kingdom ours, I’m so gonna deal with her, so so”, and she flopped on the couch.

Amaya sighed.

“In that case, consider it done. I’m leaving”, he began walking out.

She smirked as she watched him leave.

***

The incessant knocks on her door was so defeaning that morning, interrupting her sound sleep, she flickered one eye opened and yawned.

Listening to the door, she heard the knocks again and she got up.

“Open this damn door Rina”, someone spoke from the other end and she began cleaning up her face.

“Hold on”, she said as she got down the bed, then walked up to the door, and yanked it open.

She freezed. What! Four maids were staring daggers at her. Like what the hell.

“Look at someone that calls herself a palace maid, sleeping all day”, the one who seemed to be their leader spoke and others bursted into laughter.

“Palace maid indeed”, came the shortest of them.

Alright, this was really getting interesting. Rina came out fully and closed her door behind her.

“Good morning to you all, what is the problem?”, she asked.

“Follow us, you’ve got work this morning”, the leader said.

“Oh”, she mouthed, giving them a cranky look.

“Look here, the prince isn’t in, if you try mess up, we mess you up”, one of them said.

Rina flinched. Like what was this? A threat? She sighed and folded her arms.

“I guess you were sent by Alina, she had finally brainwashed your silly brains huh?”.

“My gee, you dare call us silly?”, the one who hasn’t spoken since they came ranted, and raised her right hand.

“Stop it! This isn’t what we were sent to do”, the leader cautioned and she calmed down.

Rina bursted into laughter.

“You would have done that, and you see what fire does with the rat’s ears”, she hissed.

“Oh my gee, this Rina is…”.

“Enough, remember no fights. Rina, follow us”, the leader said and Rina hesitated.

“Why should I?”, she asked.

“Now don’t create a scene, follow us”, she repeated then nodded to the other three, and instantly they had her pinned down, then they began dragging her with them.

They continued dragging and Rina wondered where they were taking her to. She tried shouting and one of them, cupped her hands over her mouth. She became scared.

Minutes later, they got to the meeting room and entered.

“Leave her”, Alina ordered and they obeyed.

Rina looked around the room to see angry faces of some maids, she became perturbed. What was going on?

“You are highly welcome Rina”, Alina said and chuckled.

“What do you think you are doing Alina?”, she asked in a cold voice.

Alina laughed.

“Exactly what you think I’m doing you she-devil”.

“What!”, she exclaimed, her eyes widened in shock. Did Alina just call her that?

“Yes. You took my prince Rina, you took my place in his heart, and you want me to be at peace with you in this palace? Never”, she spat out.

“I did nothing Alina, he confessed he loves me, and who am I to say no?”.

“Oh, he did. Well, that’s aside. It’s me and you in this palace, read my lips. I promise you will know no peace as long as I’m here, I promise”.

“Alina!”, she exclaimed.

“Oh, hold it there. You have work to do this morning”.

Rina sighed, then looked downwards. What was all this? This was the reason she didn’t wanted Raghav to leave, now look.

“You aren’t Prag”, she said.

“Shut up! You don’t counter me, you don’t. I have been here, in this palace years before you came in, so keep the hell shut”, she raged.

Rina swallowed hard, she obeyed.

“What’s the job?”, she asked.

It was job isn’t it? Exactly what she came to the palace for, exactly what she was being paid for right? Well, job was job, she wasn’t going to die, besides she really have to avoid trouble, and the only way she could do that is by obeying this girl now.

“You are to clean up the throne room”.

“What?”