Princess and I

3: Constantly On My Mind

She kissed me on the cheek. I suddenly felt my eye changing to its true colour. I immediately pulled away, turned around and whispered the spell to change it back. I felt a pint of fright in me that I didn't turn around and gave an explanation to my behaviour.

I can never forget this day; its full of excitement, peculiar, and frightening events and I feel as if love is included in it. I don't even know what love is; sometimes I think that Im just a desperate fool.

I entered the castle and as soon as the main gate of the keep opened, I was greeted with my maids lined up in two parallel lines. Of course, Haikas is standing in the middle, how basic.

"Haikas, whats going on?" I asked.

"My sister, you're late. You've missed dinner and our parents are worried about you."

"I'm sorry, I helped a stranger. She's been tortured or something ... by someone. You didn't answer my question about my maids."

"I'm glad that you're helping our kingdom. Where did this happen? We need to file a report. I thought you're hungry and tired, so you might need some of your maids to help you." He smiled. It was a touching gesture but still, lining up is kind of overrated.

"That's no need. We fixed it already. Thank you brother, I'm actually famished and very tired," I dodge the bullet by hugging him and acted like I just miss my siblings so much - I do, sometimes. Do you ever get that feeling? Like you see these people everyday but you still tend to miss them.

I ordered 12 maids to bring me heaps of food in my room. I ordered Nëy and Iag to follow me inside my room.

Nëy and Iag are my favourite maids. They are like my best friends, since I don't have one outside these walls. It doesn't help how other nations think that Im a stubborn and very much spoiled child. I'm also the 8th child, what could they possibly gain from me. But I'm not actually what they say I am, sometimes it just becomes my coating or my mask.

They laid my night gown on the chair next to my bath and I couldn't help but to smile about how they look so good together. They have admitted that they are in a relationship and I simply don't care, as long as I don't catch them doing it like my brother. With that, I started to make a law inside me that if I order Iag, Nëy needs to come with her. They did my bathe and I asked them to wait outside my room.

"Iag, ask my maids to come in with the food," I behest.

"Yes, Princess" she nodded.

"I called the 12 of you in here because you did something that I dont like." I yelled silently in a frustrated tone. Their faces started making different versions of scared. I cant even help but to bow down and smile a little bit. Some even started sniffing, crying and saying sorry. I will never understand how someone could apologize for something they didn't do. Its kind of like losing once integrity.

"Am I that scary? Come, eat with me. I know I don't have a table for everyone to eat at. But we can all just sit on the floor. Tell me stories about yourselves," I smiled.

I heard someone whispering and said, "Why is our Princess acting so weird? I've heard from the others that she is really scary."

She is not good at whispering, and I'm only bloodcurdling when I feel like it.

I like surprises, and I like to surprise people in unexpected ways that challenges their beliefs or just to make them happy. They talked about their love ones, their boyfriends. What town they came from. Who's having crushes on the Princes. And yes, some of them thinks that I'm drop dead gorgeous. Which can only mean that they're kissing my ass. But all of this information didn't quite enter my brain. All I could think about is her. How her face reacted when I asked her if she's a virgin; how lovely she looked when she wore that gown. All I can think about is her. She got me mesmerized.

"Princess, are you getting tired?" She asked as I kept on yawning.

"Quite frankly, I am. All of you are dismissed. Thank you for your stories," I winked at them and I noticed how this specific maid blushed as soon as she bowed down. Winking, I made a discovery.

.....a week later...

"My princess... I will love you forever and always." She leaned at me and she kissed me on my lips. I kissed her back because I felt the love that she was telling me and somehow, I knew that I loved her too.

"Senikah, my little princess, wake up. Its almost time for breakfast," She said with her sweet voice and kissed my forehead.

I opened my eyes and it was just a dream. Then there's my mother. I smiled, not because breakfast is calling me but because of my cheesy dream. It was her again, she's haunting me and I think she doesn't want me to get over her. Could this be love? I blushed. Why am I having these thoughts.

"Good morning mother." I said as I yawned.

"Am I that beautiful?" She noticed that I was blushing, she continued, "I should wake you up every morning. So I can see you sweet smile," She said as she goes out of my room.

"Ahahaha. You're funny mother." I yelled. "Sweet smile.." Oh wair, Princesses aren't allowed to yell.. Oops.