Sips Co. Fairytale

Chapter 19

Sjinderella - Part 10

By: MPNFF/CAM

The night had been amazing. Instead of dancing, I was with the Prince! We had spent the evening together, him talking and me listening. I didn't mind listening to his ranting. I was fascinated in learning about his way of life, you know, royal-style. He told me about how everybody thought he looked weird just because of his completion, and that they had only come here because of the fact they could marry for royalty and money. He told of the fact that the King had planned this ball only for him to meet a lovely person to marry. He also told me that the King had said 'woman' but also included 'man'. This brought Sips_ to talk about his dad being confused about his sexuality. This brought Sips_ to talk about sexuality in general.

Through the course of the night, I had listened thoroughly. When there were small pauses I did put in my opinion, and he had listened to it as well. He told me I had good points to it all. When he spoke about his complexion not being what royals should have, I had told him that was insane and you couldn't judge people by their complexion.

"Why are you here with me then?" He had grumbled.

"Because… I-I happen to like your personality…" I had stammered. I had sworn I spotted a hint of a blush on his face.

"Honestly…?"

"Uh-huh."

By that time we both shared a blush and refused to meet each other's gazes.

Now, with our expensive fabric of our clothes touching a shit- covered bench, we looked at the stars in the sky, and Sips_ had brought back the conversation topic of sexuality. Though I still heard word for word of what he was speaking to me, my vision was transfixed onto the stars that shined brightly throughout the sky. My hearing became even more apparent to his voice when he asked me a certain awkward question.

"What about you, man? Who are you into?"

The question had caused my cheeks to burn and my head to quickly shout out answers. Did I know my sexuality? It wasn't something I usually got to experiment with, considering I never really left the house except for groceries and things we needed around the house…

But maybe it ran in the family? Did something like that run in the family? I wasn't sure… I looked at Sips_, thinking hard about this answer. He stared back at me with his small brown eyes. Though his shockingly pale expression was slightly frightening, you could see past all that when you actually talked to him and saw his eyes…

"I-I honestly don't know… S-Sips_" I couldn't tear my eyes from his. They were stars to me, his stars… The reflection of the night cast over them, and it was like he had his own two small planetariums in his head.

Sips_ smirked at me, shuffling closer on the bench we were perched on. "Really? Have you, like, experimented…?"

"N-no…"

"Hmm…" He inched closer again, and I could just barely feel his misty breath on my face. Something warm touched my hand in that moment as we gazed. I didn't want to look down, but I had a feeling of what it was.

Sips_ hand.

Did the Prince have an interest for the servant? This was surely a plot twist…

My heart began to thump loudly, and I realised that the Prince's face was gradually making its way closer to mine. With each progression, his breath became hotter, and each time his breath hit me I swore my heart jumped. And then finally…

Our lips touched. It was like a whole new sensation. My heart felt as if it might pound out of my chest and into Sips_ lap. My hands hesitantly went to his shoulders as his moved their way to my waist- which was difficult to find in this dress. We kissed for a while before Sips_ began to kiss my jawline, and then progressed to my neck. My eyes wandered, feeling slightly dazed. My eyes whirled to the clock, and I gasped.

"It's- it's 11:57!" I breathed. Sips_ only grumbled in response, sucking on my neck lightly.

But I was top panicked to do anything with Sips_ now. I only had three minutes to escape the castle, or else everything will turn to ugliness…

I broke away from the trance, standing up and gaining a confused look from the Prince. I felt bad leaving him with that look, but I couldn't do anything else. "I-I have to go-!"

Sips_ stood with me, "what? But you, like, just… oh, man? Was it because of me? Look, I-"

"No, no! I have to go-" The bigger hand on the clock clicked forwards. It was then 11:58. "L-look, I'm really sorry Sips_!" I hiked up my dress, turning around and beginning to rush out. It was difficult to ignore Sips_ voice, beckoning me back, but I knew what I had to do. No way was Sips_ going to like me when he realized who I really was!

"But- I don't even know your name!" Sips_ yelled, and I noticed his voice was closer that time. Had he been chasing me this whole time? I quickly made my way down the fine stone steps, barely noticing the fact that somehow after reaching the bottom of that staircase, my footing was unbalanced and I felt each cold step with only one foot.

It was usually an automatic response to look back and grab my shoe- but I knew that I had very little time. I saw my carriage in the distance- now all I had to do was run my life away. My leg muscles burning, I pranced down more stairs and jumped into the open door of the carriage, ripping the fabric of my silk dress from the door that closed milliseconds after I got in.

"Quickly!" I yelled, the panic in my voice could clearly be recognized. I was thrown back in my seat as the carriage zoomed away from the palace, away from the guards, away from Sips_.

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Something told me we wouldn't get there fast enough. There had only been like one minute left when I got to the carriage I thought. Out of the guards reach, we were down the dirt road, and that's when it happened.

I had been staring out the window that was encompassed with small dark blue vines, when I realized my dress no longer felt… nice, clean… expensive.

I glanced down, noticing my dress had become my ragged suit again. This began to panic me, and I looked outside. The horses and two others seemed alright, but the carriage. Oh my God, it was turning a bright vivid orange! It started from the vines, turning them back to their rotten green state, then it moved out through the whole pumpkin, the vivid orange darkening quickly. As I stared in awe, the sounds of Parv barking and horses neighing were heard outside.

I watched four small brown figures bust through the open chunk of the pumpkin. Honeydew and Xephos ran over to me, sitting themselves on my lap.

"Hey, are you okay?" Xephos squeaked. I smiled down at the two. Despite the spell breaking before we got home, I had a fantastic night.

I watched as Honeydew looked around, then I heard a small gasp escape from his small body. "Look! You still have the slipper!"

I blinked. But, I thought that… everything was supposed to disappear, right? Honeydew was just tugging on my leg, right? I stretched out my foot, and my mouth fell open slightly. Sure enough, my left foot was still parading around in those darn glass slippers.

"Looks like Kim wanted you to have something to remember the night by." Xephos grinned, watching as I carefully removed the shoe from my foot. The usual women's shoes I had to wear during work caused my feet to be sore, but these fit perfectly and left no bruises or marks of any kind anywhere. I stood up, finding my way out of the rotted pumpkin that frankly did smell horrible, and looked up to the sky. I gasped in wonder, watching as a sudden shooting star cast over the moonlit sky. It seemed to sparkle in a way others didn't. It reminded me of Kim and her wand.

"Thanks, Kim!" I waved to the star. Moments after I swore that I could hear her wild laughter. I sighed contently, looking around to all the animals surrounding me.

"C'mon, guys. Let's go home before they see I'm not there." I ran my hand around the smooth surface of the glass, closing my eyes for just a moment.

Thank you. Thank you for everything.