In Her Waking [Formerly Breathe . . .]

Chapter 7

After an excruciatingly painful day filled with stinging fingers, I peeled off my white jumpsuit and stepped into some booty shorts and a camo shirt.

I was pleased to have at least something to wear that wasn't the colour white. Since it was a housewear it was not a big deal. As long as I did not wear it out of the worker prison.

I lay on the bed which to be honest was less comfortable than the one I first found myself in the first time I came here.

I sighed.

Part of me wanted to shove Mañana 's eyeballs down her throat while the other did not want to make her an adversary.

I wondered where I was and how it was possible that I got myself here.
This was the umpteenth time today had asked myself that question.

There came a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"It's me,it's Theadoress!" The knocker said.

"Oh,sure come in!" I said.
Theadoress came in. "Hi,sorry for disturbing you right now but everyone's having fun out in the parlor. Wanna come?" She asked.

I wanted to be nice but I couldn't help but to turn down her offer. "I'm sorry but I'm fine."

"Yeah. Just some words of advice,try your best to make a huge amount of friends here. We consider ourselves a family... Since we've been taken away from them." She advised.

I asked. "Do you know how you got here?" I asked.

"No. But does it matter?" She rhetorically asked.

I answered anyways. "Ofcourse it does. What if your parents are looking for you?"

"I know they are and it would help of I knew my whereabouts but I don't." She sighed.

I got up. "Hey,are we allowed to leave the palace every once in a while?" I asked.

"Yes only after the day's work is finished also curfew is by eight."

Eight?

I hadn't had such a curfew since I was in middle school and that was a really long time ago.

I wasn't even used to sleeping that early. Especially since my college sorority threw so many late night stupid parties.

"Wanna go out? I really want to see how the kingdom of El Amores looks like." I said,mockingly emphasizing the El Amores part.

"Sure." She said.

Just then, Elmonde barged in. "I'm alive!"

"Whoever tried to kill you?" Theadoress asked.

"Boredom! Lots and lots of it!" Elmonde said. "Oh,I see you've seen my new friend Hanna." She added referring to me.

"We met while working." Both Theadoress and I chorused. Elmonde chuckled then she itched her hair.

"Ugh! You guys have absolutely no idea how hard it is to be Harold 's assistant and at the same time the princess's maid." Elmonde complained.

Princess?
There was a princess?

"Did you say princess?" I asked.

"Yeah! And she just happens to hold the world's record for being the most boring person! All she talks about is her dresses or her art and it's always boring the way she does it and if she's not doing that she literally gets us counting her hair pins and comparing them with how much more she had yesterday. I mean her mother is cruel and all but I would most definitely prefer to die of someone admiring my pretty face than die of watching some one tally Bobby pins."

"I always thought royalty was interesting."

"Nope." Theadoress said. "Have you met that girl? I mean really,Mañana can stare you to the death but her daughter?nu-uh. She will bore you to death."

I shrugged,putting on a jacket. "It would be nice to meet her someday."
"Oh I would be more than happy to lend you my job." Elmonde said.

With that,we three went out of the palace gates.