Okay, so maybe it isn't really any longer...sorry...
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Jasmine POV
This is bad, very bad. Jasmine thought as she ran through the palace, slipping on the polished floors. How will Lief take the news?
She rounded the corner and crashed in to someone.
"Jasmine? Are you alright? I heard you scream and-" It was Lief. She grabbed his hand and pushed him inside a storage closet.
It was dark and musty. A thick layer of dust covered everything and a spider was devouring a fly on the ceiling. It had a heavy, wooden door. Perfect!
"Ugh, Jasmine what's wrong? Your starting to scare me" Lief asked, drawing patterns with his finger in the dust
"Hehe!" Jasmine laughed in a shrill, nervous voice "nothing's wrong! Why would anything be wrong?"
Lief gently turned her head so she was looking into his deep blue eyes
"Please, tell me"
With that Jasmine broke down. She sobbed into his chest
"I... I, I'm sorry but, Lief I... I 'm pregnant."
Silence.
She looked up. Lief's mouth was slightly open with shock
"Pl...Please, say something!" she cried
Lief shook his head and his face broke into a wide grin
"Why would you be sorry? I'm going to be a father! That's the best news I've ever heard!"
"Really?" She breathed a sigh of relief
"Yes." He said, gently running his fingers over her slightly swollen abdomen "How did you find out?"
She quickly recounted what had happened that morning and how Kayta had stolen a week's worth of supplies for her to help the pain and morning sickness.
"So...she is the only one that knows, right?" asked Lief worriedly
"Yes," laughed Jasmine "come on now; let's get out of this closet."
...
Later Jasmine crept up to Lief's study. The young king would sit up there for hours, reading, signing documents and who knows what else. At the moment he was slumped over his desk, a candle burning low, dripping melted wax onto the polished wood. The light threw eerie, elongated shadows on the walls.
She peered over his shoulder, trying to catch a glimpse of what he was doing. Instead of writing letters or studying the Deltora Annals, he was just sitting, looking dreamily at a picture of her inside a small silver frame that stood at the edge of the desk.
Jasmines heart fluttered with happiness and she kissed him on the cheek.
"Oh! Hello, Jasmine. I didn't notice you come in"
He stood up and made her sit down on the plush, satin chair.
"So what has you up in the middle of the night?" he asked cheerily
"Well I was thinking, about the baby and-"she broke off
"And?" asked Lief
"When are we going to tell your mother, and most importantly, Doom."
With that, Lief's smile faded.
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