A Girl, A Wizard and Two Super Heroes- Strawberry Cake (Edit 7)

"LADY JANE!" Lady Gretta rushed to Lady Jane's aid. Sigmund looked straight at me with a look that read,"What the hell just happened?"

"She's done this to me Lady Gretta! She attacked me like the lunatic she is! Punish her at once!,"Jane cried. Sigmund raised his hand.

"No, stop. That isn't needed. I'll take care of the punishment,"he told the other maids. Lady Gretta smiled.

"Yes, Master,"she answered. She helped Lady Jane off the ground and walked her out of the kitchen. Sigmund turned to Lady Alice and Lady Flora.

"Please, excuse us for a moment."

"Yes Master,"they quickly replied. Both scurried out of the kitchen as well. Sigmund faced me.

"S-Sigmund, I can explain everything. She-" He covered my mouth quickly before I could finish.

"Quiet!,"he shouted. I flinched. "Rima, I-I need to know. I'm sorry. It's been keeping me awake." I moved his hand away from my mouth.

"Me too Sigmund, me too,"I sighed,"I-I don't know what I think of you. I honestly don't." Sigmund covered his face with his hands and took a deep breath.

"I can't go on like this, I just can't."

"Neither can I! It's been eating at me day and night! I can't sleep anymore and I've never been soo confused."

"Rima-"

"SIGMUND! I want so badly to say I love you, but my head is telling me I'm WRONG! I don't know what to believe! You've done some terriable things to me Sigmund. How am I sure I can trust you? It's been three years! THREE YEARS!"

"I KNOW!" I gasped. I had never heard Sigmund raise his voice before. And right infront of me, Sigmund had collapsed. He had broken down right infront of me, head down in shame. He wasn't holding anything back. Tears dripped off his face and onto the cold, white tiled floor. This was him. This was the real Sigmund. I kneeled down infront of him, joining him on the floor. I hadn't noticed that tears of my own had fallen, but they did. Sigmund roughly pulled me into a tight hug.

"I KNOW! I CAN'T TAKE IT! I CAN'T! I HATE MYSELF FOR IT! EXPECTING YOU TO BE HAPPY! MEIN ENGEL, I'M SOO SORRY!" His crying echoed in the tiled room. I held onto him tighter.

"Sigmund-"

"Your right Rima, I'm a terriable person. I'm selfish. I wanted you for myself! I'M SORRY!" THAT'S RIGHT! HE'S HORRID!

"SIGMUND! I LOVE YOU!" Sigmund's crying stopped. I backed away from him and looked at his tear stained face. "I mean it. I love you."

"How could you love me? I'm a monster. An evil monster." THAT'S RIGHT! HE'S A MONSTER!

"Shut up,"I spoke aloud by accident. He stared at me with a look of shock. "Sigmund, what you're saying to me right now has touched me. It really has. You've proven to me that you actually care for me."

"But Rima-"

"People make mistakes Sigmund. We all make mistakes. I make mistakes. But even the biggest mistake can be forgiven in time."

"How? How could you forgive me? HOW? Look at what I've done!"

"Sigmund, I forgive you." Sigmund covered his face again as the tears came. I quickly uncovered his face and took his hands into mine. "I forgive you and I love you Sigmund."

"I-I don't deserve a person like you." I wiped the tears from his face with my apron and softly smiled.

"Well, I'm sure this time Sigmund. I love you."

"Rima, I love you too. So much." I stood up and held my hand out for him, which he took. I looked up at him and he looked down at me. Yes, this was different, but something was telling me that what I was doing was right. I was done with the negative thoughts in my head.

"Rima, I'm not sure what to do now. I never thought this would happen." I looked away from him.

"Neither do I."

"W-will you-"

"What?"

"Kiss me." My eyes grew. I didn't reply and didn't make eye contact with the boy infront of me until he lifted my head. I gasped and tightly closed my eyes. To my surprise, nothing happened. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Sigmund holding a strawberry to my face.

"W-where did you get that?"

"Bite,"he ordered me. I closed my eyes again and bit into the fruit. I could feel the strawberry gain support on the other end and I could feel Sigmund's warm breath over the tip of my nose. He nibbled the strawberry slowly and carefully so he wouldn't drop it. I anticipated what was to come, so much that I started to nibble the other end. Sigmund stopped and let out a faint giggle.

"You must wait,"he mumbled, but I didn't listen. And when the last of the strawberry was gone, I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. He was hesitant, but finally pulled me in closer. Him being dramatically taller than me caused him to have to lift me up a bit, but he was strong enough to do it. He held onto me with such force, as though someone was going to drag me away from him at any moment. I held onto him just as tight. Our lips pulled away slowly and quickly reconnected. I wasn't sure how much closer we could pull each other at this point and neither of us were stopping to catch a breath. I didn't need to then.


"Are you alright? Were you badly punished?"

"I'm fine. He took it easy on me." I held back a smile when I said that. Lady Alice smiled for me.

"Well, that's good to hear." She tied the back of my apron into a bow and dusted off my dress. "There you go! Pressed and pretty."

"Thank you Lady Alice." We headed out of my room once more, but we were both stopped at the front door. Lady Alice bowed quickly.

"Good morning Master,"she said. She glanced at me to do the same. I smiled at Sigmund who smiled back at me.

"Hi Sigmund."

"Hello Rima." Lady Alice slowly straightened up and stared at us both. She thought a little and then a blush formed over the bridge of her nose where her glasses sat.

"O-oh, well...I'll just be on my way then,"she stammered. Sigmund winked at her, which caused her to trip over her own feet as she scurried away. I giggled.

"She's such a sweetheart."

"Like you?"

"Oh gosh, how lame!" I walked past Sigmund and he followed closely behind me.

"Where are you going?"

"To make your breakfast."

"B-but, you haven't kissed me yet." I stopped and turned around.

"What?"

"You haven't kissed me for the morning." I laughed, shaking my head at Sigmund's shy-away smile.

"Fine, come down here then,"I joked. He pulled me in so fast, I thought I was going to break in half. He blushed.

"Mein Gott, I'm sorry,"he mumbled,"I-I've just been looking forward to this." I laughed at him again.

"I can tell,"I replied. I kissed him softly. He squeezed my hands a bit and smiled through the kiss. I pulled away from him and my eyes grew at who I saw walking towards us up the hall, Lady Gretta. She walked straight past us and into the kitchen without even so much as a passing glance. I caught my breath. Sigmund raised an eyebrow at me.

"What?,"he asked. I shook my head.

"N-nothing. I've gotta go now. I'll see you in a few minutes."

"I'll be waiting."

"Oh just go away!" He laughed his way into the dining hall and I slowly walked into the kitchen. Once I was inside, Lady Flora rushed over to me.

"Lady Gretta did somethin' to ya counter,"she whispered quickly,"Be very ca'ful." I took a glance at my counter. Nothing looked out of place or missing. I mearely nodded and walked to my post. I heard snickering behind me, but ignored it.

I was handed a kiwi and a ton of strawberries to cut into slices to place around the plate. I lifted up my knife and tried to push it through the kiwi first. The blade slid right out of the wooden handle, leaving me holding the piece of wood in my hand while the metal clanked atop the wooden counter. Lady Gretta and Lady Jane laughed quietly behind me. I took a deep breath and went for my other knife. Before I could even cut anything, that blade slipped out as well. More laughter.

"Do you think this is funny?,"I asked them without turning around. The laughter quickly stopped. "You're both idiots. Childish idiots."

"To whom are you speaking to?,"Lady Jane asked. I turned around on my heels.

"The more you play these games, the longer you keep Master waiting,"I spoke, ignoring the stupid question,"Shame on you both."

"Says the suck-up,"Lady Gretta commented,"I saw what you were doing a few minutes ago. Little SLUT is what you are!" I smiled at her.

"Someone sounds a little envious,"I giggled,"Mad Master's never kissed you like that? Or ever?" Lady Alice and Lady Flora gasped. Lady Gretta's face was fuming mad now.

"I hate you,"she mumbled.

"Same here, bitch,"I smiled. Lady Alice covered her mouth. I didn't mean to curse infront of her. Ooops... I grabbed the food from around the room and plated Sigmund's meal myself. Then I headed off to the dining room. Sigmund wore a big smile on his face when I entered the room. He stood up quickly and rushed over to me.

"I'll take that,"he said to me,"You have a seat." I blushed and did as he asked. He placed the plate infront of me and opened the lid. To my surprise, it wasn't what I had plated before. It was a small and really cute mini strawberry shortcake. I smiled up at him.

"H-how did you do that?,"I asked. He blushed.

"How else? Please, eat and be happy." He handed me a gold spoon and watched me take a bite.

"I shouldn't be eating desserts for breakfast,"I giggled,"But this is really good!"

"Is it?"

"Very!"

"Thank Gott! I made that myself." My eyes grew. It looked as though a chef at a fancy French resterant would have made this, not a sixteen year old boy. I held a spoonful to him.

"It's fantastic. Taste it." We laughed when he got whipped cream smeared on his nose. And we really started laughing when Lady Alice walked in and saw the mess we had made after a while.

"Master, excuse me but your bath is running,"she told Sigmund. I saw her smile at me quickly. Sigmund pouted.

"Must I?"

"YES! No one wants a gross, icky smelling boyfriend." Sigmund's eyes grew. So did Lady Alice's. They both stared at me with blank expressions on their faces.

"B-boyfriend?,"Sigmund asked me. I nodded slowly.

"Aren't you my boyfriend?" He shared shocked looks with Lady Alice, then looked back at me with a smile.

"I suppose,"he mumbled,"I guess so." I stood up and pushed him towards the door.

"Then go on, go to your bath young man!" Lady Alice took his hand and lead him out of the room. He looked back at me with a reddened face and wide eyes before he completely left the room. I blushed and turned to the mess we had made.