CHAPTER2- ANCIENT STAR
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“Jessica!”
“Yes Mama”
“Come on darling... Today is a big day everybody is waiting so hurry!
She went off her bed decorated with silver and gold with falling laces. There is an atmosphere of a late century’s classic all over the room. She saw the white dress, her wedding dress. It looks so elegant and beaded with diamonds.
She smiled mockingly looking herself at the mirror. She is so beautiful not wondering why the prince soon to be crowned as King is so damn immersed of her, to forcibly use all his power and wealth just to marry her.
“Come on… everybody is waiting for you at the engagement ball!”
“Yes, mama… I would l just finish fixing myself”
“Madam… let us assist you” and old woman at her 50’s went out together with two other young maids
“Who are they?”
“The king sent them to assist you”
“Why? am I going to get crippled mama?”
“Oh… my dear, the king is just being so kind to us”
“If he is... he would not bring a girl into marriage with force!”
“Jessica, Stop that... worrying that she might be heard by the maids,” we are doing this for your father. It would be a great honor for us and the rest of the family. Your father could never refuse king’s request.
“For an exchange of my life and happiness?, and he is not King?”
“He will after your wedding he would be crowned, and he’s sure gonna make you happy!”
“I don’t love him Mama! and I don’t want to get married yet, there are still a lot of things I want to do in my life”
‘I am so sorry my child...I could not do anything about it” “I think must also stop seeing Michael”
She was stopped, how could she stopped seeing him, is the only one who give her smiles and laughers in life.
“And why? He is just a friend…”
“ It would not be good that.. an engage princess will be seen with other guy…
“But we are just friends, there’s nothing wrong with that! How could he be so mean with his cousin!
“You know their story… they are not in good terms with the prince…”
At the ball…
She saw the prince in a conversation at far but gave her a sharp look seeing her entering the hall. That stare gave her goose bumps the look of astonishment and desire that made her hate him more.
He was known about his character, he is a proud price. He never looked back at other people other would tell he is a cold prince. Trained to be a warrior, but no warmth on the people. Others would just bow on him… and got nothing a word from him. He talks without looking at anyones eyes. Everyone find him cruel, and says he donnot have a heart. But that evening when they were looking at their eyes. He was just so proud of being a King. He was so young rto be a successor king after the late king had passed away. Leaving a young man for a trone. He was said too be a heartless warrior from the fight against the trone enemy, he never had lost any fight and had killed a lot of men in the war. He never lost any war. The last war was with the kumbadyan, the colonizer of jamida”, they said they king did not fight just to help the country be save from the envaders, but to make it part of his land, just to replace the enemy. After that war he went back at the death of his father waiting for a coming of the next king. He accepted it. He greeds for power, everybody knows that he was waiting for that time. For just a next day of accepting the crown, he then abruptly choose someone tobe a wife. He chose her, and her father was just so afraid to refuse the king’s demand notr thinking of daughters opinion about it. She knows thst he already like d her since then, whenhe first saw him at the ball. He wanted to dance with her but she was dancing with Edward the whole evening. The things told about him made her more not to like him. But now she ca n never dance with anyone but him alone the whole evening. He took that advantage with his power, though he knows that edwared, his cousin, and her had something waiting.`
The nihgt was gone she will be waithinh fir just few niugtsfor the comig weeding. Looking at the balcony she stares at the stars..
“Jessie! Wake up!”
She felt her brain, she feels so weak and still tired. She can feel dryness onher throat. She tried to open her eyes. She is in a decorated room,painted with pink.
“Oh,… it is just a dream! It feel so real… and she smilled,” She could’nt believe
Come’on Dad is waiting for us downstairs…
I’m sorr y mom, what time is it?
It’s time to go in our picnic at the lake, come on and get up”
She fixed everything in an hour. Thank God its Saturday, she would not need to go to school to face all the shame that had happens to her.
“are you ready?”
“I’m sorry mom I was late” She hand her a gift and kiss her.
“That is fine, I know you’re so tired in school, and thank you for this” her mom gave her a sincere smile”Let’s go!”
“Hi honey, have you brought your boots?”
“Yes dad!” she gave him a kiss before walking at the back of the car. She is the only daughter and she is so happy having a loving and caring parents. Her mom had decided not to celebrate her birthday near their lake house, they will not spend much for a party but just the three of them for a picnic.
She knew that they are almost there. She can feel the cool breeze coming from the lake. The house near the lake was inherited by her mom from her grandfather. It had become their vacation house every summer then. She can feel ease in that place its as if that place and her has something in common.
“We are here!” his dad winked at her, it was a sign.
“OK”, so moms come here” and she get the handkerchief and tied it to her mom’s eyes”
“Oh… you two are so predictable!”
“Let us see if you had really predicted”
“Then they walked her to the front of the house”
“Ready?,”
“of course”
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” in chorus…
“Oh my goddness!” she was so happy to see everybody, her cousins and some of close friends.”So this might be a very big celebration huh?” It was a simple picnic party together with the closest people in their life. They joined and greeted everybody. There were good and happy talks all over the place.
“ We have a second surprise to you sweetheart” her dad
“Hmnn..” she smiled” I hope it would not make me so very happy that I would ask you to marry me again” they laugh
They went near the house.
“Oh! My Goodness, don’t tell me you spend much on a renovation of the place?”
“Not that much, it just a preservation of your memories during childhood”
“Oh!, how could I not love you so much”… laughters
At far Jessie is looking happily at her parents. She hopes to find the love just like her mother did. She started to be back again from her lucid dream of being with Ted _until---0
“AHmnn…”clearings throat.
She looked at the back hearing the familiar voice.
“So… thinking about marrying soon?” he talked to her but hes is as well looking at the view where her eyes laid on before hebcame.
She laughed a little “Of course not, I am just happy seeing how they really love each other”
“yah, and you wished to have the same” and give her a seducing smile.
“Oh.. mike stop that!”
“What? I am doing nothing”
“that smile!”
“ You used to like it”
She laughs “I used to- I used to” she emphasized. “but not anymore…”
He smiled with mirth..
Mike is her mother’s best friend’s son. sHe used to have a very huge crush on mike before. He is her first puppy love. They used to see each other before at their mothers friends party. He is such a handsome kid since then. She is ten that time, and she’s been keeping all her secret in a diary. She also hide one of his picture on it. She posted it on her wall with some scribed hearts and Ilove you’s. One time a her birthday she celebrated it at home. A house party and everybody is welcome in their home so as her mothers frien son’s and daughters that had become her friends. They had a very happy celebration that day. After the party she went upstairs open all her gifts. She was so excited seing one of the gift. “TO JESSIE, From MIKE!” That made her more excited.he was shocked that one of the gif has a bottle with tarantula inside. She threw it and shouted! Her dad run rush and opened her room so as her mom, and the other kids as well.
“MOM! Looked at that, there!”
Her dad grab it. “No honey, it is just a toy, a mechanical tarantula”
She is sobbing hugging her mom”
Then he saw mike he is attention is not on her but on the scribbled poster on the wall. “You love me?” an eleven year old kid was surprised in what he sees. Instead she wuld feel ashamed of what he sees, she was overcome by her hatred over him, She grabbed the bottle and forcibly returned it to him. Get out!, Mike looked at her with conscience. “I’m sorry” he looed at her with a guilt. “ I thought it woulf be funny”, and he went out”. Starting that time she lost all the admiration on him.
Mike is still the naughty sweet guy. He had grown more handsome and tall. He’s maleness is something that no girls could easily resist.
Mike pulled her into his arms and pinched her on the cheeks “So your birthday is coming?”
“Why? Are you planning for a shocking and horrible surprise again?’ she tried to lot go from him.
He smiled ’’No, ‘coz that might just bring me for my own surprise later” he smiled mischievously.”And--
“Shut up” She stopped him by covering her ears.
“You know, I might discover another---“
“Blah..blah.. wee..wee… I heard nothing”
“You have grown beautifully..and maybe…”
She was stopped. “What?!”
Then it stormed followed with thunder like it would like to rain.
“Seems the heaven is against it, come on let’s get inside” They had continue the party at the lake house.
At ten they bid goodbye to all the visitors who attended so as to mike.
“Bye... my princess…”
She rolled her eyes to let him know that she is so over him “Bye!...” she gave him a sigh.
“Bye, Mrs. Cortez”
“Bye mike and thank you for coming”
“ My pleasure”
They both followed him with a look as he went far and went on his car.
“And when did he started calling you princess huh?” Her mom whispered when mike had long gone.
“ You know mike mom, he is crazy,and he never meant everything he says”
“Maybe, he likes you, I think he likes you and I don’t see anything bad if---
“mom!, stop that” She cut what her mom would say ‘’
”You used to have a very huge crush on him before” her mom started to tease her.
She smiled.
“ he is just soo – so…
“So—“ her mom is waiting
“-- Good” Then she started to think about Ed. If not of Ed’s coming into her life he could have still liked mike, but not anymore she is much occupied of Ed existence.
“ahmn okay… go to your bed now and have a good sleep, I hope you still feel comfortable in your room here, tomorrow we will go back home”
“Mom, we are at home” she smiled.
“Yes, we are, I mean in the city”
“I will visit the attic first to check some of the things ,I left there before ”
“Just don’t go to bed late”
“Goodnight, mom, happy birthday again”
And she smiles
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