He gave me one half of the bread and sat beside me on a big stone.

"Here you go. Hope it taste bad." He began to eat the bred and I just looked at him.

"I was joking.." There were many children at the lake and one of the children run forward to Jack. Brown hair and brown eyes but even if Jack had the same they didn't look like siblings maybe relatives.

"Jackson! Where have you been? Everyone has search for you! And when you came back so late.. oh..." Jackson? Was that Jacks full name? The little boy looked at me with big eyes. This couldn't be good. It looked like he knew who I was. I swallow a piece of the bread.
"Jamie, this is Rapunzel. Punzie, this is Jamie. He's a friend to my family." Jamie were like a sun when he smiled. This little boy was... Jacks friend? He maybe didn't know who I was.
"Hey, Rapunzel... I'm so sorry. I need to talk to Jack. Jack - This doesn't change the fact that we don't live here and we don't know where everything are yet. You can't just run away then!" This little boy where strict but I felt that this wasn't his only side. He looked like a happy and kind boy. A boy who cared about Jack. Only that made me like him.

"That's perhaps why I didn't recognize you. Where are you two from?" Jack looked with me and Jamie looked at Jack. Was it something Jack hide from me? Then we were two about that.

"We came from the North Kingdom. Our prince is going to marry the West Kingdoms princess," They were here because of that stupid marriage. I met Jack because of the marriage I wanted to disappear. I couldn't help but smile. Thank you mother, if this wouldn't happen I wouldn't meet Jack. "Come to think of it. You have the same na..." Jamie put a hand over his own mouth and tried to smile. Now he knew.

"Just because you have same name as another person doesn't mean you are that person. I mean. Look at me. Who many is not named Jack?" Jamie put his head on the side.

"I'm not named Jack..." Jacks eyes narrowed. "You don't count." I looked at them both. Jack wasn't only the nice, funny and kind guy. He was also sarcastic and mischievous, I liked it. I laughed. Both of them looked at me and smiled.
"If you guys doesn't find here, I can show you around. I have lived here my whole life." Jamie shined up and took my hand.

"Can you do that tomorrow? I can bring Jack sister too! We would all want a guide through the kingdom! Doesn't that sound like a good idea, Jack?" Jamie let go of my hand and run down to the lake to ice skate with the other children. He didn't even wait to hear Jacks answer. Jack looked on me and smiled his biggest smile I ever seen him do.

"Sure, but she really need to get better at skating first. A wind could make her fall." I stood up and opened my bag I had with me and put my skates on.

"Tomorrow I will show you and Jamie the village. Something that you can't do without me." This made Jack interested.

"Oh, really. I bet you can't skate without me near, Punzie." I crossed my arms and smiled.

"I had a good teacher."

The children was already home at this hour. I took off the skates hand touched my foot. I felt pain but it could do. Jack sat before me and studied me. What did he really see?

"How old are you, Jack?" I put my skates in my bag and saw the mantle. I was about to take it up but Jack closed the bag.

"It's yours now. See it like a memory of me. You can hang it on the wall at your home if you want to and... I will soon turn 18. I think it's eight days from now so it's soon." Before that, I would meet the prince. I tried to smile but my heart didn't let me to.

"I'm a few days older than you. I'm already 18." He laughed and hold my hand. "I don't care."

"You don't care how old I am? Then... do you care who I am?" I forced myself to ask. I needed answer. I needed him to accept me because... I liked him.

"As long as you are you." As long as I was myself? I didn't need to tell him, not yet. I could live with just knowing that. I felt his warm hand in mine. This.. was perfect. Even if I hadn't known him for long it felt like I always known him.

"You don't need to bring anything. I think tomorrow will be a warm day."

Jack and I separated at the same place as last time. At the edge of the walls around the castle. This way he never knew what way I came from and I never knew what way he came from. I didn't know much about him, I just knew him. How he was as a person. I took the same way as the night before and climbed up to my room with help of my hair. I got into my room and.. I saw a note on the table. My mothers handwriting.

'You don't need to hide from the situation, Rapunzel. You don't need to meet the king but you need to do your duty. When you wake up tomorrow you will eat your breakfast at your room. You can go out if you want to. Your father and I will not disturb you. The only thing I beg you to do is four days from tomorrow morning. You will find a dress in your wardrobe. Put this dress on you and do your hair beautiful. You will then meet the North Kingdoms prince in the forest beside the big lake. The prince heard you liked to go there. If you need to talk to us, you can do that. I will listen but this can't change. I'm so sorry, my dearest flower. - Your Mother'

My fate was decided. I would meet the prince soon. Jamie had probably talked to the prince about me. I took a deep breath. How would this end?