The place was so magical ,Anna couldn't get over that she was sitting and dining in the outdoors and the fact that they were literally eating next to a large lake where she can hear the soft quaking of the ducks just a few feet from where she was sitting, " My what a wonderful place this is ? You thought of everything ." Sly laughed, " Wait and see my princess, you are yet to be surprised." He held two covered plates and handed one to Anna. Then he sat on the opposite end of the table and smiled. " One the count of three let us remove the covers, ready.." She liked the challenge and wondered what was under the cover, " Three, two and one.'' They removed their covers together and Anna looked and admired what was in her plate. It was full of vegetables and fruits and staring at Sly's plate it had the same and she laughed, " Oh goodness Sly there is no meat on your plate."
Sly replied, " A promise is a promise, didn't I promise you I wouldn't eat animals anymore."
Anna laughed, " Yes you did promise me that and I am so glad that you kept your word. I feel so happy with you Sly and now everything is falling into place between us, my dad is beginning to accept you and you have come a long way from being that poor thief that stole my heart that night.'
Sly did remember everything the happened that day and he told Anna , " Anna I have a confession to make that day was not the first I saw and caught my eye for the first time." Anna got confused, " It wasn't?" Sly nodded, " It was actually long before that night .... As you know I have heard about the party in the castle a week before the event. I thought to myself I had to prepare , one night I saw in the newspaper " King James and his wife were going to visit the pope in Italy for a week.' Sly thought to my self,"Their is my chance . I can sneak inside the castle while they were gone. " So he planned it perfectly he would go after it gets dark so as not to seen or noticed by anyone.
After dark he waited out side the gates and un till he saw that the king and queen were gone. While he waited he dreamt of how much money he would get from the objects he was going to steal to night , 'What would I do with the money ?" He thought to himself. He looked at himself and how he appeared " First I would tell my friend Jack to tailor for me the most amazing clothes ." Sly thought to himself if he had lots of money he would like to dress up fine. No more old used clothes he has been wearing for a long time.
Suddenly he heard people laughing. He looked to check who it was, it was the king and queen going outside the castle holding luggages, Sly smiled, " I hit the jackpot, they are leaving now. The coast is now clear for me to sneak in." After they were gone , he jumped up the wall and into the castle and nobody noticed him. Sly thought to himself, " This is easier than stealing a candy from a kid." In the garden he peeked through the windows and saw many servants lurking around the grounds, " That is not good!" he thought to himself . Then he looked up to the ceiling and noticed that in every room their was a balcony outside the window. He said ," That's it ! I will climb up to the balcony and through the window . Sly you are so clever , as sly as a fox that is who you are." He noticed the leaves vines on the walls of the castle and grabbed one of them and began climbing up till he reached the balcony of the first room. He then jumped into the balcony, and laid low as not to be seen he was next to the curtains and he could clearly see a young women sitting in front of the mirror brushing her beautiful brownish long golden hair, " That must be the princess, I didn't see her leave with the king and queen" He thought to himself " Oh boy I am in big trouble now!" She singing softly to herself , Sly just stared and admired her voice she then stood up and twirled around as if she was dancing at the moment Sly closed his eyes and imagined that he was dancing with her. In his mind he heard her say, " I have been waiting for you my prince." He looked at himself and thought it was true he was actually dressed like a prince, he was wearing a long sleeve white shirt and a navy blue jacket and his shoes were black . Matching with his white shirt he had on a navy blue tie , looking at her he thought she looked like the princess that he read about in fairytales, they danced in the huge and massive ballroom and he could hear the sounds of the violins and harps playing in the background.
Sly opened his eyes and told himself, " Stop dreaming Sly and get some stuff and get out of here fast." He peaked in the princess room to see if there was anyone . Luckily he just saw the princess go in the bathroom and she locked the door , he waited till he heard the water shower run and went in side her room and then went to the hallway always checking that the coast was clear till he found some expensive belongings like vases and crystal figurines ,he placed as much as he can inside a big back and ran out of the castle before he got caught."
" Ha Ha ha!" Anna laughed hysterically after Sly was done telling his story, Sly was curious to know why she was laughing, " Anna what is so funny!" Anna took a deep breath to stop herself from laughing and smiled at Sly, " I remember that night so well after my parents came home that night , they noticed the stolen objects I told them that I broke them by mistake so that they don't fire my nanny Mona because she was the only one there other than me." Sly smiled with embarrassment, " So basically you took the fall for me because you love me so much even before you met me." He walked closer to her and she said, " Oh wait a minute Mr I am so irresistible to women ,I didn't even know that you existed that day." He placed his arms around her and kissed her lips," And now do you know that I excite ." She smiled and kissed him back ,"Oh can you remind me I kind of forgot who you are." He planted kisses on her neck and down her shoulder she closed her eyes and whispered in his ear, " I want you now Sly ,take me my love."He undressed her and she tore off his shirt while he undid his pants ,they were two bodies in one. As he kissed her back she pushed herself towards his stomach moaning, " Oh Sly don't stopped!" He pushed her towards him until they both laid down in the grass in each other's arms.
She felt a sense of peacefulness with him and thought to herself this day couldn't get any better. After they were done and dressed them self before they got caught Anna held Sly's and said, " I feel so happy with you Sly, " She smiled then suddenly she thought of Margaret and how lonely she must have felt today without Anna she told Sly, " I hope Margaret can find the same happiness I feel right now with you!." Suddenly Sly became offensive and pushed Anna away and began to yell, " Did you have to mention that woman's name she is not a damsel in distress it is only an act to get our pity?" Anna was shocked at what Sly just said, " Her being raped was certainly not an act ,you saw the condition she was in when we found her." Sly replied,'' Well we don't really know the truth do we now .She didn't actually tell us anything and Anna you being so gullible just took her into your home without questions asked."
Anna got furious at Sly, " For your information I did ask her questions and she told me her whole life story and guess what it was a sad one." Sly realized that he was not getting through to Anna so he apologized, " Anna I am sorry can you.." He touched her hand but she pushed it away, " No I will not forgive you Sly!" She began to have tears in her eyes, " I can't be with a man that thinks it is ok for a women to be raped." He tried to defend himself, " That is not what I said ,I meant..." Anna cut him off, " Goodbye Sly, I don't think we should see each other again." She got on her horse, Sly ran after her and yelled , " Anna wait!" Anna pulled her horse by the reins and rode off so fast. Sly thought of running after her but decided not to, " She is so mad at me right now . I will wait until tomorrow she would have cooled off by then."