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Chapter 17 - Chapter 17: Breakfast in the Castle

Sly was at his friend Jack's place and Jack was helping him get ready for breakfast in the castle, " Well what a story you have told me ,you saving the princess definitely scored you points with the king and the queen. " Sly said, " The best thing that happened was that the truth came out no more becoming Lord Hemingway." Jack laughed, " But I have to admit it was fun dressing you up as a prince." Sly looked at himself in the mirror and thought , "These past few days I transformed myself from a poor beggar to a rich prince" A Knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

Jack said, " Who could that be?" Jack opened the door and gave a big smile, " Princess Anna please come in." Sly saw her and was amazed even so early in the morning when the sun didn't even go out she looked so beautiful. She was wearing a gorgeous white gown and her hair was let loose down her shoulders and she wore the most shiniest crown on top of her head and that made her look divine.Jack told Sly, " Well I have lots of things to do and I will leave you two alone." Jack went out and closed the door behind him.

When he left Anna ran to Sly's arms and have him a kiss on his lips, he couldn't help but kissing her back and he began to take down her sleeves, then Anna stopped him, " Sly no I didn't come for this."Sly suddenly stopped, " Sorry Anna things got out of hand." Anna replied, " No Sly we can't do that anymore till you properly asked my hand in marriage." Sly was shocked when he heard her words, " Since when did you feel this way. Most importantly, why did you come then?"

Anna was upset with the tone he asked that question, " I came to warn you that my father was invited Lord William to breakfast as well." Sly felt jealous and yelled at her, " Who is Lord William ? Is he one of the suitors from these useless parties your parents arrange !" Anna felt offended, " Useless parties that what you said, for your information I like these useless parties as you just called them. Anyway I just came to warn you and all you have done is yell at me as if I invited him , I have now." She went out angry, Sly tried to stop her, " Anna please don't go." He was too late she was gone before he had the chance to apologize.

Jack came back and saw his friend was upset and asked, " What was that about? She looked mad." Sly replied , " Yes and it was all my fault ." Jack asked Sly, " What happened my friend?" Sly told his friend that Lord William was invited to breakfast too.Sly continued to say, " Then I got jealous and began shouting at Anna and I criticized her parties and then she was offended and she left."

Jack told his friend, " Don't worry I am sure all will be forgotten when you go down to have breakfast with them." Then there was another knock, Sly thought it was Anna so he opened and saw one of servants, he said, " They are all waiting for you at the dining table for breakfast." Sly cleared his throat and said ," Thank you , I will be down in a second."

Jack gave him some encouragement, " Relax Sly , now go down and prove to everyone that you are worthy to court Anna, not that show off man Lord William." Sly thought, Jack is right I have to go down and present myself properly. Sly calmly went down stairs and saw that everyone was waiting for him at the dining table and what was worse is that Lord William was sitting next to Anna. He took a deep breath ,the truth was he felt like punching Lord William in the face ,but knowing that would upset Anna and make her parents hate him he did his best to stop himself.

While they were dining Anna and Lord William were whispering jokes to each other and laughing. Sly started at them with jealousy , and then Lord William excused himself, Sly got a napkin and wrote a note to Anna "Meet me in the garden" . He bellowed the butler to send it to Anna. Then he excused himself from the dining table, " Thank you for this delicious meal your highness, but I want to ask for your permission to be excused." The king allowed him to leave the table. Sly went to wait for Anna in the garden. Anna angrily marched towards Sly and slapped him, Sly was shocked, " What was that for? I am the one that should be angry at you!" Anna puffed, " That was for calling my parties silly and for thinking that you can send me a note and order me to see you in the garden for a few kisses.Well I am done!" She was about to leave when Sly grabbed her arm firmly, " For your information I did not tell you to come here for a few kisses , I told you to come here to know why are you flirting with Lord William."

Anna sighed, " I am doing that because my father allowed be to befriend if I also give Lord William a chance, and for your information I happen to enjoy his company as well." Sly got so angry and said, " Anna you can't have it both ways it is either him or me." Anna began to sob with sadness, " That is the problem I can't choose .I think you have to go now." Anna ran off to her room crying.

and feeling sad she thought, " How could I have been so wrong about Sly?" There was a knock on the door, she yelled, " Go away I don't want to see anyone!" Anna opened to see who it was ,it was Mona, her personal servant. Anna hugged her and said, " Oh I am so glad to see you!" Mona replied, " What happened Princess Anna, why are you crying?" Anna cried, " Oh Mona Sly got jealous of Lord William and he began calling our parties dumb ,I think it was a big mistake to get involved with him." Mona comforted her, " Just give him a chance to understand you."

Anna wiped her tears , " The truth is when we were in the forest things were perfect , but our life can't always be in the forest. I don't know if we can both handle it."

Sly went back to Jack's place and was so angry that he slammed the door he came in. Jack noticed his bad mood and asked, " What happened my friend?" Sly angrily said, "I thought she was flirting with one of the lords, so I got angry and I yelled at her." Jack advised him, " Let her cool off today then go back tomorrow and apologize." Sly sadly said, " I don't think she is going to forgive me , she was very angry at me." Jack encouraged him, " Come on my friend don't give up on her if she is your true love." Sly just ignored his friend's comment and went to bed. While slept he dreamt of Anna but she was not in the castle ,she was in the forest climbing up trees and gathering fruits. She kissed and said, " Sly this is how I like our lives to be, so simple without any rules or obligations." Sly kissed her back and told her, " I wouldn't have it in any other way."

He took her by her hips and danced with her so carefully they jumped and sang not worrying about how they looked, only cared about how they felt to one another. No kings and queens telling them to act proper ,they are just being so free towards themselves. Sly opened his eyes and said, " Oh Anna I hope one day things can be like that for us."