As we began to walk through the garden, I was confused as to why the Princess was quite, but the sceneries around me took me away from my dilemma. After long walk in the garden, I stopped,"Ain't you gonna say anything Princess Cindy?" I asked but she just smiled and we continued walking. After a long walk, we got to a bench which was painted with hot pink colour which was decorated with Lily, Rose and Sunflower. When we were about to sit on it, I realized that there was another bench at the side of the hot pink one but it was painted in blue and pink colour,I was so attracted to the blending of the two colours that I walked towards it, but before I could touch it, Princess Cindy shouted at me saying,"Don't touch that bench!!" I was so shocked, I never knew that the Princess could shout that much, when I turned, I saw the Princess with teary eyes, suddenly a wave of sorrow swept over me. I've never seen the Princess shouting this much, at least I've lived with her for a day and as far as I know, I am able to know people's character within twenty-four hours but I guess I've forgotten to know this part of her. With fear and sorrow I drew back from the bench. What is so special about this bench, that will make the Princess shout at me in such manner? With pain in my heart and looking at the sad Princess,I asked, "Princess Cindy, anything you wanna share with me?" Out of the blue, she burst into crying, sincerely, I could not put myself together. I thought that Princesses do not temper with any kind or form of problem but I guess I was all wrong. " You can count on me with anything Princess," I groaned and placed my hand on her shoulders. In a soft voice she answered,"That's my brother's bench. My brother's name is Charles and I was Charline. My brother and I always play in the garden together. We made these benches together ourselves. I chose the hot pink colour and he chose the blue and pink colour and it blended so perfectly. We were all a one big happy family until one day..."
"What happened my Princess, what happened to Charles?" I cut in trying to get her satisfy my suspense, so she continued,"One day, Charles and I decided to go for summer holidays after a long and tiring semester. Of all the places our parents chose for us to choose from, Charles chose Disney Land since that was his dream place. I didn't object to it I agreed. Everything went on well, we went to do some shoppings, Charles went to trim his hair while I went to style mine. Exactly the next day, we set off for our big holiday, our parents bade us goodbye and we entered the aeroplane. We booked the first class part of the aeroplane, not long that we sat down than the aeroplane took off. Charles and I were playing truth or dare in the aeroplane, about an hour when the aeroplane set off, the aeroplane started shaking and they told us to fasten our seatbelts. We thought it was just the normal shaking but suddenly, the alarm started beeping and they told us to take a parachute in case the aeroplane clashes with the one coming, but before we could…we could reach out to the parachute near to us, the aeroplane clashed with another one. Darkness was all I could see 'till I don't know what happened to me. When I woke up, I saw Charles' lifeless body lying beside me.…I could not believe that it was actually my brother, but when I wanted to get up and get to my brother,I felt pain in my lower abdomen, when the family nurse got inside, she told me that…she told me that, it was a miracle which made me survive because my womb was cut out and I died before I came back again. So I will never ever give birth again Valerie Kay…Never ever." On hearing what she said, I broke down and cried. Everybody, not excluding myself,thinks a Princesses life story is always perfect, no hard work, no financial crisis so they don't suffer at all but the fact is that, they're humans and they do have feelings. They suffer emotional stress most at times, how awful could it be? The Princess is suffering so much and I am there looking at her as though I can't do anything. I saw myself like a useless person because I can't even make the Princess stop crying nor could I comfort her, so I decided to do what I could do best, to sing. I tried to sing her a sensational song. A song from the 1990s. With pain in my heart, I started,"You with the sad eyes, don't be discouraged though I realized it's hard to take courage, in a world full of people you could loose sight of it all and the darkness inside you can make you feel so small but I see your true colours shinning through, I see your true colours and that's why I love you so don't be afraid to let them show, your true colours, true colours are beautiful…" When I finished singing, I gave her a reassuring smile, she smiled, wiped her tears and hugged me so tight that I could feel my bones touching her own. It worked, yeah it did, I was so excited for her because, her being sad, was putting my work into danger and the fact that I don't like seeing people in pain. "Thank you so much Valerie Kay, you're indeed an angel," she said and kissed me on the forehead. I felt so good at the my victory.
She wiped away her tears and asked me to sit down because she has something to tell me. I was wondering what she has to say but she chipped in,"Do you know what your purpose is in this palace?" I answered waith shock in my voice,"Of course I am your personal assistant. Or I'm I not?" "Of course you are, Valerie Kay and even more than that." she said but I was more confused then before. "Tell me what you mean by that Princess Cindy. " I pleaded. She shook her head and answered,"See Valerie Kay, you know that my womb was cut off right? Yeah, so my parents are suggesting that you'll be my handmaid. Should I get married, you'll be the one to produce my kids for my husband and I. " "What!!? I screamed and she covered my mouth with her hands. "Stop shouting Valerie Kay. Someone odd might hear you. This is what I want you to do for me, if you can you do so but if you can't, just tell, I won't fire you, you'll just be my closet maid or my personal maid. Okay, I want you to think about it and give me the reply later." she said, giving me a reassuring smile. A maid walked in suddenly and said,"My Princess, the King demands your presence in the court room right now and he said you should come alone with me." She looked at me and said," Think about it Miss Valerie Kay, I'll be right back." She then left with the maid. I then sat down to think about the whole issue, will mom allow me do this? My mom is too religious to allow me do this. She'll say I'm just wasting my time for money. While thinking about the problem laid before me, I panting and walking up and down. "Ouch!! My head." I screamed and when I looked up, my eyes couldn't get off the wonder before me. It was a tall and handsome creature in front of me. "Can't you see me?" he said rudely. In my angriness I roared,"I can't believe that you're actually saying this Mr. You mean to tell me that you're not aware I was walking up and down?" He replied saying,"I actually saw you walking down but not up. I know you would love to know who I am, I would do you that favour, I am Prince George of…" but before he could finish, I cut in,"Wait, wait, wait, you're Prince what?" "Prince George of course." All of a sudden I burst into laughter "Sorry, sorry but I…I" I said while trying to control my laugher but the force pushing it was harder than I thought. The Princess, the Queen and the King walked in and my laugher ceased abruptly. The King pulled out his hands to shake the handsome guy standing beside me saying,"Prince George I can see that you've met my daughter's handmaid. How cool is she Prince George?" I was actually telling the earth to open and swallow me at once because if he tries to say something, there are either two ways. Getting fired up or getting reprimanded in front of him, that will be very embarrassing. He gulped and answered,"Yes I kinda." I got relieved with his answer and I signed. "Okay, I guess I've understood that. So Miss Valerie Kay, this is Prince George a Prince from the next town from here." Whilst walking back, I ranted, "Okay, nice to meet you Prince George, you're so good and Princess Cindy I would have to visit the washroom right a way. See you later Prince George, sorry my King…but I have to…you know go now." Before they could ask me anything I raced out of the garden. I can't believe I'm doing this. I leaned against the wall, closed my eyes and groaned. How stupid could I get in front of that arrogant Prince? "My name is actually Prince George not arrogant Prince okay?" he said and I rolled my eyes. "So what are you doing around here, Prince George?" He walked towards me and I could feel my heart beating really hard. He placed his two hands beside each of my shoulders, looking straight into my eyes, he pressed his lips on my. Is that how awful Princes' were? I'd wanted to push him away but this was too good to reject. He stopped abruptly and apologized but I ran off. How could I be so stupid to fall for this Prince, in just a day? Goodness, I love…hell no, I can't fall in love with him…no, I don't believe in love at first sight danm… Tears could not stop flowing down my eyes as I knew very well that it was a sin for me to kiss somebody who was not my husband. I couldn't forget about the sweet sensational kiss he gave me. I was cut out when I heard a voice his voice behind me,"I am really sorry for the…" "Don't even mention it, you've beaten more than you can chew Prince George. You met me only today and yet you're doing such…Please don't get even close to me, keep your distance dude." I chipped in angrily. I walked out on him. I can't imagine how it all happened because not even the movies show this kind of thing. A character doesn't meet someone and kiss the person in less than two hours. Maybe some do but majority doesn't and majority carries the votes so why all these? I was still in confusion when one of the palace maids walked to me and said,"Valerie Kay, the Princess demands your presence in the garden." What if she saw us. It might be that her parents want her to marry Prince George and she has seen this. How selfish can I get? When I got there, everyone was staring at me as if I've killed someone.
I couldn't control the fear that went down my spine. Fear of the Princess misunderstanding everything that happened.