LOSING YOU

▪︎chapter six▪︎

Once we were all done in the kitchen, we were asked to go to our respective rooms to sleep which was probably in the early hours of the following day.

We were told that the day would be eventful so we should try to get as much sleep as possible. Like today wasnt eventful at all.

I had no idea where Jasmine's  room was, seeing as I wasn't jasmine and I wasn't even meant to be in the past in the first place. Fareedah deserted me and the head maid went to say her 'daily night wishes' to the queen so the queen could bless her.

Realising I was all alone I decided to go to the room where I had woken up from earlier. Navigating my way to the room, I walked up the wooden two steps and attempted to open the doors to get in when i heard a stern voice behind me.

"What do you think you are doing girl".

I turned around to be faced with the head maid. Her right brow shot up while the left stayed down. Her lips in the infamous tight line and her hands clasped firmly at her back.

She kept looking at me waiting for an answer.

"Oh,um, a-am sorry I was about to go and sleep " I said.

"In my sleeping quarters?" She asked and a look of worry passed her face so fast I would have thought I just imagined it.

"Where you intending on stealing" she asked and I couldn't even believe what I was hearing. She didn't even let me say anything and kept on what...interrogating?me.

"Is the king not fairing for your needs enough that you have begun to steal?".

"What, no! I didn't..."

She cut me off raising her right hand above her head.

"Save it girl, you will be dealt with tomorrow "

"Its jasmine"

She looked at me squinting her eyes in a more intimidating manner she said, "what did you say girl?"

"I said my name is Jasmine not 'girl'".

"I will call you however I please now watch your mouth or your punishments will be doubled ".

"I didnt do anything bad. I didnt plan on stealing anything from you, I just wanted to sleep. I didn't know where else I was supposed to go so I came here ".

"Don't give me that excuse girl. If you wanted to sleep why didn't you go to your sleeping chambers. "

I bowed my head slightly in embarrassment. "I don't remember where it is".

"What?,you dont remember..... get out of my sight girl you irritate me with your lies ".

"Am not lying. After Fareedah woke me up from this particular.....sleeping chamber I don't really remember much I promise ".

That sounded wierd coming out of my mouth. Sleeping chambers. Ahh.

She kept quiet for a while, looking at me straight in the eyes but I didnt look away. We had our own little stare down contest.

"Fine, come with me". She said before abruptly turning around and walking off.

I followed her and began to realise that we were heading back to the kitchen area.

We entered the kitchen building and kept walking until we began leaving the kitchen area. She lead us outside the kitchen building through the back door. We kept walking for sometime before we entered another building.

We entered the building andshe lead me deeper into the building. As we walked I kept seeing different doors all wooden lining themselves on both sides. The doors ket going down ,deeper into the hall.

Then she stopped at the front of a door, similar to the rest.

"This is your sleeping chambers" she said.

I opened the door and walked in. There was a wooden drawer by the left, above it was what I presumed to be the window. By the right there was a bunch of rolled up comforters.

Do they even call it comforters? I wonder what they call it. The room was really tiny, as tiny as a storage room and as wide as a coat room. 'Yeah I know'.

I turned back around towards the door." Thank you for believing I wasn't lying ".I said.

"I dont believe you girl, I dont trust you one bit, you have been behaving somewhat off". She said giving me that 'am watching you look'.

I nodded anyways and she left immediately after closing the door.

I turned back into the room and opened the only window in the room. Which was ofcourse the wooden door that was above the dresser. I went to the row of comforters and started spreading them on the floor.

There were only three so I spread one out on the floor, folding another one in a pillow like form and the last one to cover myself. I made myself as comfortable as I could on a comforter that was spread on the floor.

I tried sleeping but found I couldn't. I stared outside into the dark starless sky  for a while before finally rolling on my right side.

'Please sleep ,you will need it'. I kept chanting that in my head till I eventually dozed off.

Xoxo

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