Cira climbed back into the carriage with her mother and father.
"I hear Serenity's son was with her today," her mother said as she nudged Cira's father's arm.
"Yeah," he replied a bit uninterested in the conversation. After listening to her and Serenity gab all day he could use a little peace and quiet. He leaned against his wife and smiled lightly at her. She gazed over at their daughter and he sat up.
"Did you get a chance to talk with him?" Cira's mother asked her.
"No," Cira lied and stared out the window, "can we come to Earth more often, Mother?" Cira's mother's eyes widen.
"Sure we can," she smiled. The three of them were quiet the rest of the ride. Upon arriving at the palace Cira climbed out and skipped happily toward her room. As soon as she entered her room she spotted a vase of Peruvian lilies on her dresser. She touched each petal softly and giggled.
"Knock, knock," her mother smiled as she entered her room. "Peruvian lilies?" She inquired. "Who are they from?" Cira searched through the flowers for a card. At last she spotted in and crinkled her face when she read it.
"Celino," she sighed, "the prince of the moon." She tossed the card on the dresser and stared at the lilies.
"My, my," her mother teased, "it seems like someone made a new friend."
"He isn't a friend at all, Mother," Cira groaned, "just some annoying little…" Cira groaned again and flung herself back onto her bed.
"Well the flowers he sent are beautiful," her mother smiled still teasing her daughter, "flowers of friendship and devotion." Her mother caressed the lilies then exited her room. Cira sat up and stared at the flowers.
"They are beautiful," she smiled to herself. The moons hung in the night sky. A beacon of light in the darkness. Tonight the moons seemed to glow brighter as if they were glowing for her. Cira shook her head and pulled the curtains of her balcony door closed. An orange striped kitten ran into her room and mewed at her. She lifted the kitten off the floor and placed it on the bed.
"Peruvian lilies," she smiled as she rubbed the kitten's head, "he sent Peruvian lilies."