Blue Roses (DNF)

A New Staff Member..?

10 Years Later...

Dream's POV:

"Yes mom, I understand."
My mom has been blabbing about this party for weeks now. I still have no idea why we are having one! There is no special occasion at all. I guess it has something to do with 'meeting everyone from the kingdom'... whatever that's suppose to mean.
"Make sure to keep a proper posture, and if a woman comes up and-"
"That's enough mom. I know everything ok?" Why the hell does she always have to bring in girls into these things? It's not like I'm going to meet the girl of my dreams.
"Fine. I'll stop bothering you. I will see you in the dinner hall later. Son, please don't be tardy like you were last time."
I frown at her words.
"Ok. I won't."
She quietly walks away from me. That's when I know it's safe to roll my eyes at her. I was four minutes late to a gathering. She went ballistic on me! I might as well carve it into my brain at this point. Can't risk forgetting anything when my mom is involved.

I walk up to my room to have some breathing space. It's the only place I feel comfortable actually being me. I don't have to put on a fake personality.
I'm 21, yet I'm still locked up all the time. Everyone else gets to go out and be happy. What do I get? Nothing.
Yes, I get to go out time to time, but I'm always under surveillance. It can get annoying sometimes.

I crash onto my bed. What to do... I glance at the unused chess board. I haven't played that in ages. I quietly pick it up and place it on the bed. Being trapped in a castle your whole life, it definitely helps your imagination. I pretend to play a chess game against someone. Obviously I won, because I'm just that good.
"Checkmate!" I call out smiling. That's when reality came back to me and I was all alone in my bedroom. My smile quickly fades away as a put the chess pieces back where they go. Once it was all neat I headed downstairs. I wonder what's for dinner. I throw on my little smile mask. I always have to put this on, just so people don't see me frowning the whole time.

I quietly slip into the kitchen, seeing our personal chefs cook away. It smells magnificent. The head chef notices me and quickly walks over. "Good day sir." He bows down in front of me. This is always awkward as hell.
"I hope you will enjoy dinner this evening. Some perfectly seasoned steak with some boiled cabbage." Great. More boiled cabbage. Are they trying to turn me into one? That's the third time this week! "Sounds delightful." I say half-heartedly. I shouldn't have came here. My human interaction skills are definitely on the low side.
I exit the room quickly before the chef can ask for any ideas. I try to run up the stairs to my room before I remember something. I run back to a specific window and swing it open. "HI SAPNAP!!" I call out. A head pops out from the flowers. There he is! He waves is hands and calls back. "WHAT'S UP DREAM!" I smile as he starts walking up to the window.
Sapnap was one of the gardeners at the castle, and we got really close. My mom tells me not to get close with the staff, but Sapnap is an exception. He's just the best!
He walks up to the window and rests his arms on the windowsill. "How have you been Dream?!" He asks me. I can see he's sweating. Gardening can be hard work, especially in extreme heat.
"I'm good, how have you been?"
"Same old stuff. Moving dirt around and sticking flowers into the earth." I let out a small laugh. Sapnap rolls his eyes.
"I got to get back to working before your mom catches me. I enjoyed the small talk though." He snickers at himself. Why can't I just have normal conversations with my friends! My mom controls them too much.
"Alright. Talk to you later Sapnap."
"Later."
He walks away as I shut the window. It's always nice to have a good chat with Sapnap. He's the only one who actually listens to me.
I happily turn towards the stairs before something catches my eye. I turn around and look at the front door.
I spot a scrawny guy who looks around the same age as me. Brown hair, blue shirt with some ripped up jeans. He notices me and opens his mouth.
"Excuse me. Is the queen around? I'm here for a staff position. My name is George."

A/N
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Hey guys! I'm writing this authors note so I can thank you all! Our story ha recently hit 400 reads! I never expected to actually have people view our story. I also want to apologize for a very long gap between a new update. We both were very busy with school. Thanks to everyone who stuck around! If you just stumbled here right now, still, thanks very much!