A/N: Im going to be gone for 2 days on a trip, so I had to post SOMETHING even though this is really just off the top of my head. I'm finally on Spring Break so I will be posting much more often, and also I would like to say thank you to the reviewers and for giving me as many story alerts as I have been getting! I'm very blessed that so far people have seemed to like my story, so please review.
God Bless,
KaylaBelle
"A year..." Rapunzel sighed as she laid her head gently on Eugene's shoulder smiling up at the night sky above her, the stars already twinkling.
The ex-thief just smiled down at her and looked back at the magnificent view in front of them, the castle was dimly glowing from the candles radiating off the inside, everyone preparing for the big event that they performed everywhere. But the thing was,
what they had been looking for, was right here leaning on him in a boat in the middle of the lake where they sat a year before almost complete strangers, that just so happened to fall in love.
Since it was Rapunzel's nineteenth birthday, Eugene had convinced her parents that she would spend the lantern lighting out here on the lake with him. Though he had to give her up to her parents all that day, but it was worth it to see the childlike joy in her big emerald eyes.
"How does it feel to be nineteen?" Rapunzel just looked down at the water in front of them, scrunching her face and playing with the hem of her lavender dress. She hadn't felt any different was she suppose to?
"Well...why don't you tell me? You have been nineteen before,"
Eugene chuckled slightly, even though the age thing usually bothered him. Being 8 years older then your girlfriend isn't really that strange,
actually it's common but there was something about it that made him cringe. Though, he acted like a child most of the time, their maturity was evenly matched.
"When I was nineteen Rapunzel I was thieving and smoldering my way through life," That was a true statement, he had never been one to do "the right thing" until now. He wasn't Flynn Rider anymore,
Eugene Fitzherbert had never had the chance to be nineteen.
Rapunzel rolled her eyes at his comment but he could tell she was struggling to hide the amused smile that threatened to break out. Lifting her head from his shoulder she carefully smoothed back her short brown hair. "Eugene, what were your birthdays like?"
Such an innocent question that actually brought the young man pain inside. She had no idea what birthdays in an orphanage are like,
he would prefer to keep it that way.
"Blondie, I guess you could say we didn't technically celebrate them," Her green eyes grew wide and her face grew into one of shock, in the moonlight she looked even more childlike then usual and her face caused Eugene to break. "I mean we did, but not like you do."
Scrunching up her nose she began to think of many different kind of birthdays, maybe guy parties are different then the girls?
"Since your a guy is your birthday like different from mine?" She asked him still looking wide eyed up at him.
"No it's not that Rapunzel, it's just my birthday was when I got a certain gift that caused me to change my priorities," Still seeing that look of confusion on her face, Eugene sighed readying himself to tell the tale, it was short but man, it had a huge impact on his life.
"Blondie, when I was 8 I recieved "The Tales Of Flynnigan Rider" it was the only birthday present I had ever received so naturally I cherished it and read it over obsessively, and I guess took it all to heart and changed my attitude towards life, that gift turned me into Flynn Rider," He remembered back to the days he spent sitting under the window trying to use the tiny bit of moonlight that caused shadows to cast across the room and hazel eyes greedily scanning the book. His eyes would be bloodshot the next morning, the source of many whippings actually for being up past curfew.
"Oh." Rapunzel's small voice seemed almost distant as she tried to imagine what the man looked like next to her as a tiny 8 year old boy,
just waiting for adventure. She remembered being 8, bouncing around and skipping, that was when she had started her chores, but for Eugene it was when he had altered his whole life.
"Well, if it wasn't for that book I would have never escaped my tower,"
Her voice was a whisper and their was a small smile on her face as she looked up at him with her big green eyes, trying to show him the good things that had come out of his life of thievery.
"Blondie you are absolutely too stupendous to be locked away your whole life, you would have escaped somehow," Which was truly what Eugene thought. Rapunzel was an extroadinary girl, no way could Gothel have hidden this big bundle of life away from the world.
"Well, honestly I wouldn't have wanted to live out of my tower without you," The princess looked over at the man that she had in a short time fallen in love with and saw that his hazel eyes were shining with the same affection she had for him. Neither would choose to live without the other.
Then reflected onto the midnight black water was a single glowing lantern, and the girl's eyes flew to the sky looking in wonder as the single lantern her parents sent out gleamed warmly.
All of a sudden lantern after lantern was sent up from the streets of the village where thousands of commoners stood glancing up at the scene above them all still amazed at how beautiful this event could truly be.
But on the lake Eugene and Rapunzel had the most spectacular view of all as more and more lanterns were sent off of the boats floating calmly on the lake. The princess of course only had her eyes on the glowing lights in front of her, a content smile set on her glowing face.
Eugene couldn't help himself, the smile that broke out as he watched Rapunzel excitedly try to push a lantern off the water just as she had last year. He probably looked like a dork, but he could care less at this moment.
Rapunzel hadn't been paying much attention to anything since the first lantern twinkled in the night sky but the warm feeling that warmed her shoulders told her to turn around. Sitting there was a familiar sight, Eugene holding two glowing lanterns in his hands and a slight smile on his face.
After she excitedly sat back down they glanced up and watched as their lanterns floated upwards through the yellows and oranges,
never leaving the others side.
Looking back over at the girl in front of him as her mouth went agape with surprise as their lanters continued to stay side by side while soaring, Eugene had a realization.
Then and there it was decided, he had to marry her someday. What made this come to his mind he had no idea, but he loved this girl and wanted to spend every moment of the rest of his life with her.
Maybe just maybe, next year when she turns around he may have something a little more sparkly to give her then a lantern.
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