Tatyana quickly got up from the dream she just had. Booker? He...was my friend?...Nah! Just hallucinations again. She looked outside her window and saw that sun had already risen. She got up and started getting ready for work.
The King and Queen had decided to give her a 'birthday gift' that she did not want at all. But she couldn't say no since it would be rude to reject their efforts.
I've been getting these strange dreams lately. Some of them even make me cry in my sleep. Somehow, I never get to see the little girl in my dreams. I just see her back or sides. Never her face. I wonder why. But one thing's for sure, Booker knew that little girl all too well. Maybe he mistaked her for me. Cause, she seems to have the same name I do. Yeah! That's the reason why he said that. But....why am I the one who's getting these dreams? This is frustrating me! I need answers to my questions!
Why do I get these dreams? Who is that girl that I keep seeing? Which family do I sometimes see in my dream? Where does this all happen? Why cant I dream of anything else? God, this is annoying!
"Ouch!" She looked at her thumb and saw that she had cut herself with the knife she was using. Lukas quickly came to see her. He had been looking at her for some time, and saw that she was cutting the onions pretty well, very precise with each slice. But then, she started cutting them faster, bigger and with much more force than was required. He wanted to go and stop her.....but the inevitable had already happened. He shook his head and dragged her to the sink.
"Taty, how many times do I have to tell you.... A focused chef is always the best chef." They said the second sentence in unison
"I know, I know, Luke. I'm just so..."
"Unfocused? Distracted? Careless? Ofcourse you are. That's why you cut yourself. You weren't paying attention to what you were doing." He said while rapping a bandage on her cut thumb. He walked over to the counter and took the knife she was using and washed it. He pointed to two of the other chefs in the kitchen. "Corner, you take my position and Maya, take Tatyana's. My sous chef got injured so I'm taking her to the castle infirmary." To which they both responded with, "Yes chef!" Tatyana looked at Luke very confused. "But chef, I'm okay. I don't need to-" "I said, I'm taking you to the infirmary!" He said and grabbed her arm to pull her out of the kitchen.
Turns out, they didnt go to the infirmary. They went to a vegetable garden in the eastwing of the castle. He sat them both down on a bench. "Is it what that dude said yesterday?" Tatyana looked at Luke very shocked.
""Is it what that dude said yesterday?"
"How do you know?"
"You mean how does everybody else know?"
"Everyone knows?"
"In case you didnt know, rumours fly pretty fast here at the castle grounds. So is it him?" He asked with a very concerned tone.
"Yeah, it's him. To add insult to the wound, I dreamt about him yesterday." Luke put on a very exaggerated shocked face.
"Man! I thought they were joking when they said that love at first sight existed!" She smacked his shoulder and he cleared his throat going back to being serious.
"So, what did you dream about?"
"Actually, I've been having a series of dreams about a little girl. First, I saw her mother and father getting killed, then I saw her on her eighth birthday with her already dead parents, and lastly it was still on her birthday but that Booker guy was also there. He was twelve. They danced together and... I woke up. I have so many questions Luke. I dont even know where I can find the answers! It is so annoying! "
Luke shook his head and looked at the girl in front of him. He was about to say something when he smelt something burning. He stood up quickly and left the place running while screaming. "I left the place for 5 minutes, 5 minutes! And they wanna burn it down already?! Pathetic!" Tatyana sighed and slumped on the bench. She looked at the clock in the corridor and saw that it was almost twelve o'clock. "I'm just gonna go for lunch already. Who's gonna ask when I'm supposedly in the infirmary?" She walked away amd headed to the gazebo.
After eating lunch with Daryl who scolded her endlessly, she dragged herself to the kitchen. "Sous chef Taty? Come look at the stew while it simmers. Make sure you stir it every minute, literally." He went to the counter to finish up what Tatyana had started but this time with a fresh batch. He finished and went to the pot on the stove and put the onions in. "I forgot to tell you yesterday that you looked gorgeous! I could have told you then but mister 'breath the same air as her and I'll send you to the dungeon' was watching every male in the place like a hawk!" He said when he saw Tatyana lookI ng a little bored since he had basically done very thing she was supposed to do.
"Daryl's not like that. Maybe because I was his date yesterday?"
Luke dropped the spoon and looked at her honestly shocked.
"First, you're at first name terms with the bloody prince of Metuza?! Secondly, you were his date!?" He asked with his eyes wide open.
"No its just,....*sigh* forget it." She said when she saw that Luke was gasping for breath. He picked up his spoon when he remembered he was supposed to continue stirring the soup.
"So Taty,...when will you be my date? Today perhaps? Without the prince tagging along probably?" He asked while bouncing his eyebrows. She looked up at him for a while and saw that he was serious.
"Fine."
"Wow, wow, wow! That. Show. Was. Awesome!" Luke said while sitting down in a hotel. Tatyana sat next to him and he put his arm on her shoulders. "So, datey boo bear. How do you like our date so far?" Tatyana nodded her head vigorously.
"I. Love. It!" She said while taking a bite of her food. Her excitement vanished in a second and she looked deep in thought. Luke looked at her admiringly. He then hit his head when he remembered about earlier.
"Oh yeah Taty. Boy, aren't you as dumb as you are pretty."
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" She asked while raising her eyebrows.
" That girl in your dreams that you mentioned earlier,....she's you. And for you to get your answers, you need to find that Booker dude." Tatyana dropped her spoon on the table and looked up to Lukas only to see him nodding his head to mean that he was dead on serious.
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"Hey, kids! You're gonna tire out this old man of yours. Let's go sit and eat at a hotel to mark the end of the day. Dont tell your grandma we've already eaten."
"Is that Tatyana seated next to a...blue haired guy?