"Oh... oh, no!"
Varian dropped right to the floor to scoop up as much glass as he possibly could. Pulling on his heavy lab gloves, he picked up handfuls of what remained of Cassandra's glass cup and threw them into the wastebasket, immediately going back for more.
Cassandra leaned down to help him- after all, it was her mess, not his. But there he was, cleaning it up for her.
"Here, let me help..." she said softly, reaching to grab some, too.
"No. I can't let you do that without gloves."
She pulled out a pair of gloves, carefully putting them on.
"No, no, no," Varian said again, "I mean thick, protective gloves."
"But it's my mess..."
"So what? That glass will cut your hand into pieces if you touched it at all without protective gloves. Sure, it's your mess, but I'm cleaning it up, and that's that."
Just then, their friends came over, smiling.
"Hello, Cassandra," Rapunzel said, "hey, Varian."
"Hello, Your Highness," Varian smiled up from his spot on the floor, "congratulations."
"May I ask what in the world you are doing on the floor?"
"Oh, that," he said, standing up with the last bit of glass, turning a bright red, "just picking up some glass is all."
"Some glass?"
"Someone dropped their cup, and I'm helping pick it up."
"Okay, that's good," Eugene cut in, "come on, Blondie, let's go."
Rapunzel looked at her friends before following after Eugene.
~-~
"Cassie. Cassie!"
Cassandra turned around to face Varian.
"Yes?"
"May I have this dance?"
"I'm sorry. What did you just say?"
"You heard me right. May I have this dance?"
She rolled her eyes, but contemplated his offer anyways.
"You know what? Sure. Why not?"
"I understand... wait..."
She laughed, and soon, they were off.
~-~
Cassandra sighed happily as her best friend and her husband rode away, off into the night.
Out of sight... but never out of mind.
She turned around, towards the castle. It was time for a well-needed break.
"Cassandra!"
She groaned and turned in the direction of the voice.
King Frederic and Queen Arianna stood a little ways away from her, next to Varian.
"Yes, Your Highness?"
"We have someone new on staff. Could you maybe show him around?"
While she wanted nothing more than to just go to sleep right then, Cass agreed. She had no other choice, right?
"Okay. Varian, just follow Cassandra. She'll show you around the castle."
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Every Step of the Way
Fanfiction"Sometimes, when there are no given steps, you need to take the first ones." ~-~ Years have passed since Varian first met Cassandra. Life is going okay for him- he's gotten his first job, and he's actually being taken seriously by everyone- but he c...
