Mend A Broken Heart
Six days had flown by so quickly, but today, for the princess- it seemed like forever. Rapunzel sat on her bed, waiting. " Pascal, I'm so excited!" The little chameleon nodded a bit in agreement, as in saying, 'I know.' Queen Adeline suddenly walked into the room, her hair swaying behind her. " Why aren't you in bed, honey?" Rapunzel's mother asked, calmly smoothing out the princess's pixie-cut brown hair. " I'm not tired." Rapunzel informed her.
" Rapunzel-" the Queen shook her head. " It's okay. I can stay up." The princess broke in. " Suit yourself then," said Adeline. " Just don't wake up all drowsy and miss breakfast like yesterday, okay? You need your sleep." " I get it, Mother.'' Rapunzel implied. " Oh, and don't forget, Rapunzel," Queen Adeline stopped short as she approached the door to turn and face Rapunzel. " Princess Fallon is coming tomorrow." Oh yes! Rapunzel's jade green eyes widened in realization. She had forgotten what she was waiting for. " Thanks for reminding me, Mother," the princess smiled. " I'm really excited, you know." " I completely understand!" Adeline came back in and sat on the bed next to the princess once again.
" Really?" Rapunzel said, surprised. " I thought you're used to this." " Not really," replied Adeline, as she fiddled with the crown on her head, eventually taking it off and handling it. " You know, before I got this-" the Queen gestured to the crown in her other hand. Rapunzel's face looked confused. Queen Adeline tried saying it in a more understandable way. " Before I was crowned Queen,"
" Oh." The princess nodded, motioning for her mother to continue.
"-I was just like you, Rapunzel." Adeline finished her sentence, putting the crown back onto her head.
" You were?" Rapunzel sat up, interested. The Queen chuckled a little.
" I was," Adeline said.
"I used to sit in my room all day, reading about things like floating lanterns and how they work; when I was your age, I met your father-"
" Like I met Eugene, am I right?" The princess suddenly cut in.
"-Yes, like when you met Eugene. But we were already betrothed at birth, do you know what that means?" Rapunzel shook her head.
" Destined to be wed." Queen Adeline answered.
" Except you weren't locked up in a tower for 18 years, right?" Rapunzel said, and suddenly turned away.
The princess was surprised she even mentioned that. Usually she didn't like thinking about it, let alone talk about it.
Especially- Gothel. Rapunzel shuddered at the thought.
" Is there something wrong?" Queen Adeline looked at Rapunzel worriedly.
" What? I'm okay."
The princess looked genuinely tired, despite the conversation she and the Queen had earlier.
"Are you sure?"
" Nothing, I'm just worn out."
Rapunzel wasn't going to let a little thing bother her or her mother. It would probably be best.
" Worn out?" The Queen suddenly looked smug. Rapunzel realized she had said the wrong thing. She'd accidentally on purpose admitted she was tired, considering how drowsy she was now.
" Honey, you should probably get to bed," Adeline smoothed the princess's chestnut brown hair one last time. "And don't miss breakfast, since there will be someone there tomorrow!" Adeline said with a wink.