Chapter 7

Sara woke up 24 hours later in bed with Cody snoring in a chair beside the bed. Sara reached over to Cody and likely shook him. His eyes popped open and he shook his head back and forth. When Cody had fully awakened he stood up and sat on the edge of the bed smiling at Sara. She smiled back. She realized that she had a throbbing headache and couldn't remember anything after Prince Connor screaming and wriggling in two guards' arms. She then asked Cody "Why does my head ache and what happened after the guards took away Connor?" Cody replied saying, "Well I guess all that happened last night hit hard and mean this literally because when you fainted you fell to the ground and hit your head very hard. As for what happened last night after you fainted, the king left right behind Connor to interrogate him. I brought you up to your room where you haven't woken up until now. I left for about two hours because the king summoned me. He thanked me for saving your life and asked me how I found out. Then I made up this long story about how I had overheard Prince Connor and one of his friends planning the whole thing out. He actually believed me. Then he told me that he would like to promote me to a general in the royal army. I accepted of course and I am now paid handsomely!" Sara smiled at that for she remembered Cody saying that he was only working at the castle until he earned enough money to buy his own land. Every general in the army was given a property on the castle grounds. Now Cody wouldn't ever leave.

Sara jumped out of bed with the news and hurriedly went to her closet to pick out a dress. Once she had decided on one she rushed into the bathroom to put it on. After Sara had it on, she fixed her hair and put on some makeup. Then she ran out of the bathroom and into Cody's arms startling him a bit. Cody quickly kissed Sara, grabbed her hand and walked out of the room with her. The two of them were running down the hallway hand in hand Cody leading the way. They rushed down the flights of stairs until they reached the door to the kitchen. They stopped to catch a breath. Sara began to laugh and Cody joined in. Then Cody grabbed Sara's hand and led her into the kitchen. Although Sara had lived in that castle all her life she had never once been in the kitchen.

To Sara the kitchen was glorious. All the glistening pots and pans hanging from hooks along the walls. The smells were even better. Every time Sara took in a breath she caught a whiff of something different. There were cakes in the ovens. Soups on every stove top. Sara never knew what she was missing until that moment. She looked over at Cody and beamed up at him like a diamond in the sun. Cody returned a puzzled look because he had been around kitchens most of his life and never found anything glorious about them. Cody gave Sara a grand tour of the kitchen showing her how everything worked and allowing her to sample the many soups. He introduced her to all of the kitchen workers and then walked her out of the kitchen. Sara was sad to go. She felt like she could spend her entire life locked up in that kitchen.

Sara and Cody then went for a walk through the gardens. When they came to a stone bench they sat down. Cody's smile turned into a look of seriousness. When Sara saw that so did hers. Then Cody cleared his throat and said "Ok Sara now that getting rid of Connor is over with, oh and by the way I forgot to tell you. Connor is being hung tomorrow. Anyways, now that Connor is gone we can be married. The only problem is we haven't presented our decision to the king and we don't know if he will approve of our relationship." Worry was written all over Sara's face. Sara hadn't thought of that and now that she had, she realized that her father would probably not approve. Sara wanted to cry but she didn't want to show her disappointment to Cody. Sara asked Cody when he thought they should pay a visit to the king. He said that they should probably wait about a week to really let it sink in the Cody had saved Sara's life.

Hey guys! So do you like the story so far? I could've added a bit more to the chapter but I wanted to get on with the next part of the story. I didn't feel like you guys needed to hear how Cody walked Sara to her room, kissed her good night, blah blah blah. Please review. Thanks!