The Hawaiian Princess

Chapter 1-Secret Desires

Anela

I hurried to the rec room, hoping to have more rec time before I had to go back to work for the week. It took me a few seconds to slow as I remembered that getting caught running in the halls meant no rec time and more work and a punishment. As I entered the rec room I started playing on the shared iPad, that was old, cracked and had a very bad performance. But nothing fascinated me and I was continually moving from one area to the next. I was bored but I didn't want to go back to work. My heart longed to do something no worker dared to do under this roof. As the minutes slowly passed and other workers entered, my mind started developing a plan and as every minute passed, the more I wanted to do it.

After five minutes I was in the hallways again heading towards Jessica's room. Jessica was the heiress of the wealthy Jonathon Smith; she had just turned 20 last month and worked for Vogue magazine as a model. When I got to the main room, I started to creep and become invisible. Although I didn't need to creep, no one ever noticed me anyway. A seventeen year old maid is considered nobody in this world. I finally reached Jessica's room but just before I entered the room I grabbed some towels from the hall. Although Jessica is usually out with her friends all day Saturday, I gently knocked on the door just in case. When no one answered I slowly opened the door to the empty room. Jessica's room was a pink royal suite. The pale pink, antique furniture and chandelier all gave the room that high class and sophisticated look.

Even though I had been in Jessica's many times I still was taken away by its charm and always imagined what it would be like if this were my room. I headed towards trunk in front of the bed that was filled will her 'junk' but I think are wonderful. Like they say one person's trash is another person's treasure. I am so glad I found these things. It was just an ordinary day and I was packing Jessica's clothes for her trip to France and mistook the trunk as the travel trunk. Ever since I have taken every chance I could to look in that box and today I would take them out. I took the utmost care taking the sheet music out. The sheet music contained songs from great musicals such as The Sound of Music, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof and The Muppets.

I looked at the music and thought of Mum, the one who taught me all I knew about music and singing. I made sure all the doors and windows were closed to ensure that no one could hear me. Once I made sure of everything I started to sing and just become a new person, someone who didn't live for their keep, someone who was free and someone who was someone. After a lifetime of singing I looked at my watch while singing and realised the time "Yikes," I said. 5:42, rec was finished over half an hour ago and Jessica would be home any minute. I quickly put the music away while still taking care of them and rushed back into the weekly cycle of work.