I start heading home and I thank Prince Leopold for the kindness he has shown me. I honestly thought he was just another Prince I would have to win over, but he's more than that. He- I guess he stole my heart. I walk myself home, he offered me to walk me home but it's too painful to be around him. Now that I know he might care for me and he's going to be wedded to Princess Eva. We can never be together, besides why would his parents allow him to love a commoner? This is just a huge and painful obstacle to greatness Cora, I kept telling myself. No matter how much I try I'm always back to square one. No matter how much I prosper, it's always back to square one. Some people might call me shallow but they don't know what it's like to be "The Millers Daughter". I can't help but laugh at that label "The Millers Daughter" because how can someone who deserves so much more get so low?
"Father get up! We have some flour to deliver tomorrow. Start preparing." I bark. God, was he drunk again? He better not be. If I shall have this life than I might as well have some food on the table. Even thinking about Prince Leopold marrying another made her in near tears. Princess Eva and Prince Leopold having dinner together enjoying their delectable goods. While I barely had any goods to call delectable. There were only two rooms in my house, My fathers and mine. We used his room as a dining room as well. She looked out the window of her room, her father hasn't even moved an inch since she barked at him. Their was something near the road that caught my eye, it was moving faster and faster. It was a carriage. I felt my eyes widen, it was the royals carriage. I ran through the door wrecking everything in my hovel home but I didn't care. Could this be? My leopold?! The King and queen stepped out of the carriage but not my Leopold. I tried to hide my disappointment in my face and kept a blank smile.
"Your Hignessess, Are you here to pick up the flour early?" I ask with a touch of worry. My father hasn't even put the flour into the bag, What are we going to do?
The queen smiled and said "No my dear, I believe that will be none of your concern anymore" as she eyed my father, who was still lying down on the ground from a bad hangover.
"I'm sorry?" I chuckle trying not to sound as clueless as I feel. The carriage door opens and my Prince Leopold steps out. I can't help myself but grinn, he has the same naive look on his face but this time he's wearing fine cloth with gold thread embroidered on the sides. He flashes a smile and I feel like everything inside me melts.
"Prince Leopold? What brings you here?" I ask as I curtsy.
"Oh no need to curtsy my love" He says as he grabs my arms. Did he just say... my love? I feel my face get hot.
"Excuse me?" I ask. Prince Leopold bends down on his knees, I'm too shocked to process what's going on before me. He grabs something behind him, a box? Wait can it be? No it can't be!
"Cora, my love. We haven't known each other long but I feel like we can spend the rest of our days together. Will you marry me?" He asks. I feel tears dropping on my face. I cannot even push words out of my mouth. So I just nod my head while he pulls me to his embrace. I sob onto his shoulders. This can't be happening. I have fully passed square one and now moving on to square two, now to start a family.
- 6 MONTHS LATER-
Prince Leopold and I were to be married in two days time, this couldn't get more perfect. Except for the fact that Leopold and I have grown apart. He was always busy trying to learn to be king, sometimes he didn't even comeback for days. I love to look at the Palaces Garden, it was beautiful, now that we had a new gardener. I wonder where he is now, oh well I shouldn't think about that fraud. God, her wedding ring looked beautiful in the day light. Gold beautifully crafted into perfection with a giant ruby in the middle. Suddenly a hand grabbed mine, I look up. The so-called Prince Jonathan is standing in front of her.
'Well hello and behold, it turned into gold after all." He laughed as he stroked the ring on my finger.
"Leave before I call the guards!" I say hoarsley. Before he can say anything I push him into a bush. He knows to stay put. Princess Eva struts her way towards me..
"Spending the day alone?" Princess Eva laughs as she walks back to her carriage. Thank the gods that she's leaving. I wait until I see her get into her carriage and leave, then I signal the fraud to come back.
"I don't have much time but if you want to our child to remain a secret then come back here at midnight and give me gold ." He says then quickly dives into the bush I pushed him too.
"Cora? My love?" I hear Prince Leopold say behind me.
"Yes my dear?" I ask.
"I know your pregnant." He says hoarsley. I feel my eyes widen and my heart race, it feels like it wants to jump out of my chest.
"What are you talking about?" I chuckle.
"My mom had a gypsy test you in your sleep. You're with Child. Our child." He said as he kissed my stomach. I sighed in relief. That was close, I'm going to have my happy ending.
