Why Don't You Love Me?

Chapter 5: Confessions

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss

"Dear, if it's alright with you, could you please tell me about your first snowfall, and. . .your first boy too, because I'm sure that you would feel much better if you talked about them with someone. You know that you can tell your mother anything, right?" Queen Primrose asked.

"I know, Mom, but before I tell you what's been troubling me, could you please ask Pascal and Maximus to leave first. It's not that I don't want them around, I just think that they've seen enough of me so upset already, and if you wouldn't mind. . ." Rapunzel answered.

"Of course," Queen Primrose replied, before turning to face the horse, and the chameleon who was now standing on top of the horse's head.

"Maximus, Pascal, the princess would like to talk with her mother in private, so could both of you please let us be alone in this room right now?" She requested.

Maximus nodded his head, and Pascal hung on tightly as he turned around and headed for the door, the queen closed it shut once they went through. Queen Primrose walked back to her daughter's bed, where she slowly took a seat, while Rapunzel instantly crossed her legs, and wiped away any visible tears.

"To be honest with you, Mom, my first snowfall and my first boy are actually connected in a way. In fact, I wouldn't have had that snowfall if it wasn't for him, and the snowfall happened while I was still living in that tower deep in the woods, and this boy isn't from here in Corona.

I know when I ask you this, it's going to sound silly, but I'm going to come out with the question anyway. Mom, have you ever heard of Jack Frost?" Rapunzel asked.

She waited for her mother to give a response until the queen started to slowly shake her head and slightly frowned.

"I can't say that I have. . .wait, do you mean the expression 'Jack Frost nipping at your nose', because I'm sure that I heard it from my own parents when I was younger. Did that woman who kept you inside that tower for all those years say it to you, because it isn't such a bad thing to hear." Queen Primrose assumed.

"I'm not talking about the expression, and besides, Gothel has never said it to me before. Jack Frost is an actual person I met when he visited the tower, and you can never get to see what he truly looks like until you believe in him, because he's a Guardian, the Guardian of Fun, to be exact." Rapunzel mentioned.

"I see, so because you have seen Jack Frost, can you be able to describe him for me? I understand if you don't want to, if it's too hard, considering that it must have been a very long time since you saw Jack." Queen Primrose said, while trying her best to understand what she was hearing from her daughter.

"Jack has white hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. He's tall, but he's also thin, and always goes around barefoot. Jack wears a blue hooded sweater, or in shorter terms, a hoodie, with frost covering around the ring of the collar and pants bound with lighter material starting from the knee down to the end, while the bottom of the pants are rather tattered. He carries around a magical staff, resembling a cane, and it's very important, because it helps him control his incredible weather powers, which are calling and riding the wind, conjuring ice and snow, making images drawn on the frost in window panes come to life, and it's his job to be spreading the feeling of fun and joy for kids around the world."

Rapunzel still couldn't believe that she remembered so much about Jack, and was able to describe him so easily, but all it did was make Rapunzel miss him a lot more. Even though she felt like crying again, she knew that would have to happen another time, especially since she couldn't tell more about Jack Frost to her mom while in tears.