"Thomas!?" I screech
He looks up at me smiling
"Why, hello princess" he says in a chipper voice
I quickly glance around to see there were any guards around
"What are you doing here?" I ask in a hushed voice
"Well princess, since you are to be leaving soon I thought you would like to come down here. you know, with me" he replies giving me that damn goofy smile of his
I end up matching his smile with just as much enthusiasm
"But, why?" I ask still smiling
"You know, it's like a 'last night of freedom' sort of thing" he gestures around as he speaks to the crisp night air around him
"Well, how am I supposed to get down for my 'last night of freedom'?" I ask
He seemed to grin even wider at my inevitable question
"Well, I thought that out already" he says with a shit eating grin
He gestures over to the left of me
I turn and see a ladder right next to my window
"Oh, well you just thought of everything" I tease as I begin to climb out of my window onto the ladder
"is there something wrong with being a little prepared?" he pouts
i laugh at his antics, a little to hard.
Because the next thing i know, im no longer gripping the ladder anymore, but hurtling towards the ground
"oh Shit!" i hear Thomas curse as i fall towards him
"umph" i groan as i make contact with somthing hard
i slowly open my eyes, when i realize that I didn't actually hit the ground.
i look up and i see Thomas looking down at me with worried eyes.
He caught me, that was a whole 15 foot drop, and he caught me like it was no problem.
and like an idiot, instead of saying 'Thank you' i say
"Wow, that hay shoveling really built you up" I mentally faced palm
but, instead of thinking that I'm some weirdo that just fell from a ladder, he laughs.
a deep hardy laugh, that makes his Scottish accent extremely prominent
i start to laugh too, after a few moments of laughing together he lets me down
"alright princess, you ready for the real adventure?" he asks offering me his arm
"so me falling out of a two-story window wasn't it?" i tease
He blushes
"well, actually that wasnt part of the plan" he scratches behind his head, a little embarrassed
i laugh and grab his arm
"im just teasing, where too?" i ask
he immediately gets that same goofy grin from earlier on his face
"Now that is a surprise princess"
~
"the sprinkler system?" i ask in shock
"Yup" he says simply, starting to unbutton his shirt
i stand uncomfortable, i have never seen a boy like this before.
i mean my brothers don't count.
when he takes off his shoes and his suspenders he turns back to look at me with his shirt unbutton reveling is semi-toned stomach.
well as toned as you get for a 16 year old.
he flicks his, stupidly long hair out of his brown eyes and holds his hand out for me to take
i gulp loudly
he seemed to sense my nervousness
"Don't be frightened Princess, the sprinklers don't bite"
"its not the sprinklers im worried about" i say under my breath
he looks at with a confused look, but then shrugs it off
"you ready?" he asks, hand still out for me to take
i nod and take is hand, flicking of my own heels so i was bare foot like him
i hitch up my dress, and he takes the remainder of his shirt off.
"one,-" he starts to count
"two,-" i say after
"THREE!" we yell in unison
and off we go running through the spurting water, screaming our heads off
laughing and dancing around like we were 5 years old, instead of two 16 year olds
i end up pushing him down on one of the many hills and he tumbles down, i follow right after.
when we both reached the bottom of the hill we layed next to each other both soaked to our bones
after a few moments of comfortable silence, that was only accompanied by our heavy breathing. He leans up on his side, cradling his head in his hand.
i looked up at him from my postion on my back
he just stares at me with this unreadable look in his eyes
i am first to break the silence
"penny for your thoughts?" i ask
he looks down at me and a smile starts to form on his lips
"oh, just about how much im going to miss you once you leave to marry King pompous pants"
i laugh at the name
"me too, I'm going to miss it here. this is my home" i sigh
"are you going to be able to visit?" he asks optimistically
"honestly, i dont know. its up to my new husband" i say sadly
he looks away from me and returns back to his postion on his back, just looking up at the stars
i join him
"Your not going to get a sky like this in France" he says softly next to me
"Probably not" i reply
~
we arrived back a my room around 2 o'clock in the morning
i reach the ladder and he holds it steady for me to climb up, this time without any incidents
once in my room i turn back to look down at Thomas
"Goodbye Princess, Intil we meet again" he bows to me from the ground
"Goodbye Sir Thomas, Boy of the Stables" i say back
he smiles and he turns back to walk back towards the stable house
i turn around after I make sure my window is closed and back into my room
i quickly change and settle in bed, my sister nowhere in sight. Tana must have taken her to her room.
i lay there smiling in the darkness, remembering my 'Last night of freedom'.
"God, im going to miss this place" i mutter to myself before i drift off into a deep, dreamless sleep.
YOU ARE READING
Over my dead body
Romance"I hate you" I say under my breathe. She didn't hear, which part of me was grateful for. But another part of me wanted her to hear what I actually thought about her. "Your ungrateful, you never think about what I sacrificed so you can live this way...
