Vlad smiled as he saw the excitement dawn over her<span style="font-style: italic">"Dinner, as in a Date"</span>she said standing quickly Vlad chuckled "yes, as in a date my dear" then she said something to fast for the male ear to catch, it was just a complete word vomit, he heard shower and ready so he assumed that she wanted to get changed shower she slowly came back to human speech speed and sat next to him placing her hand on his knee and smiling slightly, after a moment she stood once more<span style="font-style: italic">"Well I have a lot to do to get ready so um...you should go and...get ready yourself. Yeah."</span>she said in her sweet voice she lead him to the door and leaned up against it, it struck him again how beautiful she was "Pick me up? Here? Say...six o'clock?" she said he could see a smile creeping threw her guard "six o'clock it is, I'll see you here" he slowly leaned in stroking her hair behind her ear he kissed her softly on the lips for only a moment before pulling away with smile "see you soon, I'll wear black pants it'll hide the coffee stain" he said with a wink before leaving her to get ready.<br/><br/>Vlad did his best to stay calm in the building, it had been a long time since he had been on a date he was actually interested in not one of John's bullshit blind dates pulling out his phone he called John "dude, bailing tonight, date with coffee shop girl" all he heard was a huge sigh from John "you....suck.....so....bad" came Johns voice down the phone Vlad laughed "your just pissed because your the one who normally bails on me for a chick" there was a long pause then John's voice came back "she's hot to, so unfair" Vlad hung up and laughed as he made his way back to the hotel.<br/><br/>Vlad entered the hotel and walked into the bath room and switched on the shower and walked back out into his room, unzipping his suite case he pulled out a crimson shirt and black trousers and a pair off shoes and lay them on is bed, picking up his phone he called a nice little Italian restaurant that his parents once took him to as a child, it wasn't fancy a family run place, but the food was amazing and the meals were candle lit and they had nice soft music in the back ground, he booked a table they called it the romance booth it was closed off from the rest of the restaurant, the screaming kids and the chatter of other people, it was like a little place that was quite and romantic.<br/><br/>Moving his way into the bath room he stripped and hopped in, for once the temperature was perfect he washed his hair and body with shower gel and other cosmetics got out and toweled himself dry, quickly he pulled out the crappy hotel iron and ironing board and stated to iron his clothes and left them hanging on the light as to not crease them, he still had an hour or so before he had to set off to meet her, he found himself watching the clock more than the television drumming his fingers a little impatiently on his leg.<br/><br/>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><br/>Vlad looked around at the destruction that was once his room, he crushed the letter in his hand and glared around thinking of an idea and then it came to him one of the laws his father taught him, something he could use to get back at the bastard nobles with a smirk he walked out still topless, he stormed into the tent and looked at them all as they flinched slightly expecting him to rage smash and throw stuff at them, but he didn't in fact he was calm he looked at them and spoke in a calm voice "you wish to keep my services yes?" he asked looking around at them all and they responded with a sputtering of yes "then I demand to take the thirteenth seat as a noble, you all gave me a contract that i could go home, this is a small demand for a man who controls the loyalty of the army and wins you wars" they all looked at him shocked and started to whisper to one another.<br/><br/>Vlad stood on the spot with a smirk, the law did dictate that a hero of wars would be eligible for nobility if they refused him, he could refuse his services any longer, he expected the refusal and dismissal but what he got shocked him, "we agree to your terms you shall become Lord Vladimir Dmitri the third" Vlads mouth fell open "well fuck" he mumbled "your knighting ceremony will be tonight and your room will be adjusted to better suite your new stature, now leave us so we can begun preparations" Vlad turned on his heels and frowned as he left and made his way back to his tent, "I don't want to be a stuck up noble, I just want to go home and rule my land".<br/><br/>Vlad entered his tent and flopped onto his bed thinking the girls face from the previous night burnt into his memory her tears at the passing of her empires, how odd it seemed to morn the passing of a stuck up noble who only thought of themselves and there bellies, alas the emotions of woman had often left him pondering.<br/><br/>Vlad spun round on his bed as someone entered "Sir is it true you are to become a noble" Vlad let out a sigh one thing that sucked about an army camp site is nothing ever stays quite "Yes, it's true I'm to be knighted and to be made the thirteenth seat" the man cheered something Vlad did not expect "a soldier on the nobility council that could change everything for us men, you know the hardships of war, the pain of starvation on our rubbish rations, you can help us" Vlad looked at him "I shall do my best for my men, I cannot promise you feasts but an increase of rations is not out the question, those fat lords can have a few legs bores at the dinning table" he said with a smile the mans mouth fell open as he ran out with an expression of joy and Vlad sighed,<span style="font-style: italic"> it takes simple things to keep men in your forces happy, yet nobles neglect the men who lay down there lives for them</span>Vlad lay back down and decided to sleep until his messenger awoke him later that day.