Now where could she be? Hmm maybe the gardens! Lief thought to himself as he went to go find Jasmine.
He went out the palace doors and saw Jasmine sleeping on a branch on a tall, oak tree. She's so predictable! The very oak tree Jarred and Endon used to hide little notes in when they were kids.
She looks so beautiful when she sleeps…
Then Lief saw it…he saw the branch breaking. Jasmine was about to fall. Quicker than her expected the branch snapped and Jasmine was falling to the ground. Lief ran as fast as he could and caught Jasmine in his arms.
"Lief?"
"You fell asleep and nearly fell, Jasmine!"
"I did?"
"Yes! You could have hit your head and gone unconscious! Or even died!"
"Oh well umm thanks for saving me then"
"How many times have I saved you?" Lief said with a laugh.
"Hey, if it wasn't for me you would have been eaten by the Wennbar in the forests!"
They both laughed and went inside the palace and headed towards their bed chambers. Everyone had already gone to their bed chambers to get ready to sleep except for Lief, Jasmine and some of the palace guards.
"You know what I feel like doing?" Lief asked Jasmine.
"You do know I am not a mind reader don't you?" Jasmine replied with a laugh.
"Really? Because you seem to be able to read the minds of trees!"
"Shut up, Lief"
"Did you just tell the King of Deltora to shut up?"
"Yes, yes I did" and with that Jasmine ran off.
Lief chases her through the palace. Jasmine ran back down the stairs and back into the palace gardens with Lief following after. The palace guards let them through without hesitation and soon they were back at the oak tree.
Lief was still chasing Jasmine as she was running alongside a stream that ran through the gardens. Then she slipped over a rock and fell into the stream, Lief jumping in with her.
There was a small but steep slope from the stream up to ground level. Lief started going climbing it as Jasmine reached her hand out.
"Can I have a little help please?"
Lief pulled her up and leaned her against the slope with him over her. They were looking each other right in the eyes. They were so close together. Lief rested his forehead on Jasmines and they both closed their eyes as he lightly kissed her lips.