I could not lose a single hour of sleep, the work made me too tired, but I could not give up, I needed to help Elise and my mother.
Luckily I woke up in a good mood to go to work, which was rare, something told me that news was waiting for me, I loved news.
The annual Prince's birthday ball. That wasn't exactly the kind of news I was expecting. But it was already something to celebrate.
I never saw the prince in person, usually during his parties I stayed at home taking care of Elise while my mother came, someone was always supposed to stay with Elise, and I was too small for a party of this size.
I celebrated internally because I could come this year, I didn't stop thinking about the dress I got as a gift, I could finally wear it. Everyone in the kingdom would be invited.
- Hi Milly, working hard? - Angie entered the kitchen with her leadership personality and made everyone in the place do everything to please her.
- Working yes," I admitted, "not that it's a burden, I have to help my family.
- I know this must be hard for you, how are Elise and Clarisse doing? - Angie was a close friend of my mother's and always asked me about both of them.
- Mom is the same, I still see her sad around corners, but Elise helps her a lot, she's a golden girl- I smiled remembering my little sister- She doesn't have so many crises anymore, but she needs to be cured completely so she doesn't run any risks.
- Best to the little one - I put my hand on my shoulder, even with my back turned I could see her expression of pity.
- Thank you - I smile.
- Can you do me a favor? - I nod- Deliver the king's coffee today. I have a few things to take care of." I nodded again, and Angie thanked me and left the kitchen.
Come on, you can carry this without knocking anything over. Normally the king has coffee at the table with everyone else, but today he was feeling a little unwell and asked that someone else bring him his coffee.
I took the cup with the coffee ready and brought it to him.
I opened the door because there was no way to knock since I was holding the tray. I stopped as soon as I heard footsteps from inside the room. I moved away from the door, as if I had just arrived.
A boy came out of the room in a hurry, so he didn't see me and bumped into me.
"Wonderful"-I thought.
Needless to say, the tray fell over and the cup smashed into a thousand little pieces. I was only sorry for another one of my disasters, and this time it could cost me dearly.
The boy quickly began to help me pick up the small pieces of porcelain that were scattered all over the hallway. Finally I looked at his face and was pleasantly surprised. The boy from the village.
- Thank you - I was mesmerized. Contrary to what I thought, his eyes were not brown but a slightly grayish blue. What a mess.
- Not at all - He got up, cleaned his fancy clothes, and left.
I remained static for a while until I remembered that I had to get another cup of coffee as soon as possible.
I arrived at the king's door and this time I entered politely, asking permission.
- What took you so long?" he asked me after taking the first sip of coffee.
- There was a little accident and I ended up dropping the tray," I said fearfully, afraid of losing my job.
- All right, I only ask that it doesn't happen again." I let out a small sigh of relief and he laughed a little.
- Thank you, you may leave. I bowed a little and left the room.
I went back to work and without realizing it, I sometimes found myself thinking about the boy from the village, now he was closer than I thought. Who could he be? Maybe the... No, it can't be possible.