Aladdin: The Story Continues
Chapter 4 - Just a Phase
Author's Note: As always, thank you so much for enjoying the story, and I appreciate the follows/likes/reviews I've gotten, as well, from everyone thus far. See you next time!
Disclaimer: Walt Disney owns the rights to Aladdin, its characters, etc. while I just own the story.
During dinner, neither Aladdin nor Jasmine brought up the final moments of their 'private' dance, despite Genie casually sipping from his tea cup every so often and recieving an irritated glare from his friend whilst Dalia and Jasmine's father remained confused..
Around an hour later, Aladdin was laying back against the bed in their room while Genie stood by the doorway, and Jasmine was having a conversation the courtyard with Dalia about what had happened.
Ugh, why is this happening, thought Aladdin while he groaned in slight irritation.
"Hey... look, kid… if I made this worse or anything for you, know that I had no intention-" Genie started to apologize, but Aladdin shook his head after sighing in exhaustion. "Oh, so then why are you…?"
The young man sat up and looked over at his friend before saying, "It's this whole first time business, Genie. I thought it wouldn't be a worry anymore after we decided to not have our… first time… at the night of the wedding, but when we were so close to each other earlier…" He found himself groaning again, and brought over his left palm to rest against his warmed-up forehead. It wasn't as if he was craving her or something like that; he'd just never felt this sort of way before.
"Well, let me ask you this, Al… are you sure that you even want to… have that, um, 'experience' with Jasmine?"
"Of course, I… I mean…" Aladdin started to answer Genie's question right off the bat, but stopped to think for a moment of what he really wanted to say. "Ok, honestly… I'm nervous about it, but... I love her, and… she's the… only one I want to, er, experience it with."
The former entity nodded his head in approval, and sat beside the troubled young man, patting him on the shoulder. "Good answer there, kid… and you know that she probably feels the exact same way about all this… except, you know, she's a girl."
"Yeah, I know that she does," replied Aladdin, but he couldn't up but add to his statement a moment later. "I mean… I'm at least hoping so."
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Jasmine gave a similar answer to her handmaiden when being asked the same regarding Aladdin. "I mean, yes, of course I want… with him… I just didn't expect for us to feel so… well, stressed about the subject."
"Well, no one is blaming either of you, my dear," replied Dalia, who was also helping out the new Sultan in letting down all of her hair. "It's obvious that the two of you love each other very much… and plus, it's natural for this sort of thing to happen during the honeymoon phase."
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Aladdin turned to look at Genie with a confused expression. "The… honeymoon phase?"
"Yeah, it's when couples who are first starting out in a relationship feel like everything's fresh and exciting to them, and learn about as much as they can about their respective partner," explained Genie, with Dalia giving Jasmine the same type of answer. "There's going to be a lot of exciting firsts for you two to have with each other… in this case, it's physical intimacy-" Aladdin did his best to not gulp in response to those words. "- and no one ever expects it to be perfect, Al, when it's time to reach that certain level; just go with what your heart is telling you… look into her eyes… feel that love you two have for each other… you get what I'm saying here?"
Aladdin nodded his head in a grateful manner, and smiled as he replied, "Thank you, Genie… I'm glad I have a friend like you to talk about these things."
"Ah, well, you know what I sang to you back in the Cave of Wonders," said a chucking Genie, beginning to leave now since he could tell that Aladdin was already feeling more better about this. "Don't even mention it, kid… just take this small amount of alone time to know whether or not this is something that both of you want to have happen tonight. Got it?"
"Yep, I definitely do… thank you again, Genie." The two of them shared a smile together until his friend left the room to seek out his own beloved. Alright, Aladdin, how would you make the experience in this be more… 'comfortabe' for you both?"
Seeing that the moon was already high up in the sly, as well as noticing some un-lit candles and remembering the time he'd seen her in the city with flower petals falling slowly down arond her, Aladdin was starting to imagine now in his mind how everything would turn our for him and 'his Sultan'. Okay then… I'm sure she must have some stored-up petals lying around or something.
After spending a few minutes searching for said petals, the young man found that he was not having much luck, so he decided to try and light some of the candles that he'd seen, but none were staying on for how long he had hoped for them to last.
Alright then, not a problem… just have to think smarter, not harder… He laid back down against the bed, breathing in and out for a moment, and closing his eyes so that he could feel more relaxed about all this. Just have to… to make this feel… All of the food that he'd consumed tonight for dinner was beginning to kick in, and he couldn't help but let out a yawn. I want it… to be special...
Almost an hour later, Jasmine quietly entered the room, and once the doors were closed, she was about to mention to Aladdin about it when the new ruler noticed that he was sound asleep while laying across the bed, with only one of the candles that he had been trying to light actually stay lit.
He was trying to prepare the room for us, thought Jasmine, a touched look appearing on her face but she was also starting to feel bad about having spoken with Dalia longer than she'd presumed she had.
However, once her hand gently brushed away some hair strands that had begun to cover his eyes, Aladdin got a mental-awakening kick and suddenly opened his eyes. "Whoa, what… okay, didn't plan to nap, but I still have time to - oh, Jasmine! I was just, uh…"
"Trying to light some of the scented candles in our room?" The young woman replied with a small smile, gesturing to the one lit candle, and Aladdin began to frown a little after noticing it.
The one candle that I had the most trouble with lighting…
"Aladdin?" His thoughts were interrupted by Jasmine's voice, and he looked back at her with some concern. "I just want you to know that… I… well, I'm not against being intimate with you… it's just I never really imagined myself before going through it with whoever my husband would be… I was more focused on-"
"Trying to get out of the palace and help the people of Agrabah," said Aladdin, nodding his head in understanding, and he gently took ahold of Jasmine's hand. "Even before we met, this in general was the farthest thing from my mind… and I never once thought about… well, with you since the night of our wedding… but I want you to know that… I can't imagine anyone else that I'd want to have this one first with."
Hearing the honesty in his voice, Jasmine gave a small nod, and she sighed softly before saying, "And I… I feel the same about you… but it's not like we're in any sort of rush to… unless you think that-"
"Oh, no, I… nope, not in any hurry," replied Aladdin, shaking his head and making Jasmine give out a chuckle. "We'll just… keep waiting, then, until we know the time is right… if that's okay with…?"
Jasmine nodded in agreement, and a small smirk began to appear on his face. "Good… now, one more question - is there something I can wear to match with this bracelet?"
"Well, what does it…" She started to say, but soon realized that he was referring to her mother's bracelet, which he'd somehow been able to swiftly remove again from her wrist. "How did… what…?"
"Feeling a little speechless there, your Highness?" teased Aladdin, holding the bracelet between their faces, his showing a smirk and eventually laughter as she tackled him playfully against the bed while attempting to get back the bracelet from his grasp.
At one point, they were both holding onto the accesory, with their faces almost inches apart from one another, and both showing expressions of pure love and amusement for one another.
Then, the young couple closed their eyes as they closed the gap between their lips, sharing a slow but also passionate kiss that filled up their bodies with warmth and happiness. His hands went down towards her waist while hers went behind his head, the bracelet now back somehow on her wrist.
A few moments later, a concerned Hakim rushed into the room - the door having been left open - and cried, "Your Highness, there is something that… oh… my… apologies…"
It didn't take long for Aladdin to move his hands away from her waist and right thigh whilst she released her grip on his hair and moved off of him, now standing and looking at Hakim. "What, ah… what seems to be the problem?"
"Uh, let me just… real quick… there," said a sheepish-faced Aladdin, having just finished adjusting his wife's hair to look more better than it had a moment ago, and a blushing Jasmine just mouthing her thanks to him.
The head of the palace guards cleared his throat, and he expressed a look of concern. "The problem is more of a who, your Highness… you see, a few moments ago, we caught…"
Then, both Aladdin and Jasmine quickly became concerned once Hakim revealed to them a single feather that belonged to a certain scarlet macaw, and even heard a familiar squawk that was coming from out in the courtyard. "Innocent! Innocent!"
