"Who else would it be? You all working hard or hardly working? It sounds
like joking to me," Radames glanced at Aida and smiled; her chest
unclenched.
"We.we. we were just discussing practical jokes we used to play on the princess, she was our friend until we were taken from Nubia," Nehebka stuttered. She nudged Aida.
"Yeah, just playing practical jokes," Aida agreed to. Radames raised an eyebrow and spoke.
"Get back to work, the princess is in need of clothes.desperately." Radames went back to a serious look. As he turned, he slipped a note into Aida's back pocket.
"Read this later, I love you" he whispered.
Aida watched Radames until he was out of sight. She sighed and went back to her linen. Nehebka leaned over towards her.
"Are you still on earth, because I could have just sworn that you were in love with Radames, but I must be dreaming.
"Yeah, dreaming," Aida dazedly replied. She took the letter from her back pocket and hid it in her front. "Later," she thought.
* A couple hours later, in the Slave Shelter
Aida looked around for a sign of people in the slave shelter. No one, good. She sat in a corner and pulled out the letter that Radames had given to her earlier that day. It said:
Aida, Last night was the best night I had ever had. My life is going to change, Aida. I may have a baby on the way, but I wish that it was from you. Maybe one day it will. I will cancel the wedding, I do not love Amneris. She wanted it (so did my father, but.) and now she's getting it. Morning sickness, back pains, and anything else you can name. So, I will cancel the wedding and we will go sailing. I will take you back to Nubia, there we can live in peace.
"I'm sorry for everything I've said
And for anything I forgot to say too
When things get so complicated
I stumble at best muddle through
I wish that our lives could be simple
I don't want the world only you
Oh I wish I could tell you this face to face
But there's never the time never the place
So this letter will have to do
I love you." Radames
Aida folded the letter and held it to her chest. She hadn't felt happier in her life. She would get to go back to Nubia. Maybe even set the rest of her people free! She could fix it with her father to talk to the Pharaoh, maybe they could actually work something out. Look at her and Radames, they are slave and "prince", they got through there differences and even fell in love. She sighed, to think about her father was painful, for she had been taken from him under his very nose. If only she hadn't gone down to the edge of the Nile, then maybe she would still be in Nubia.
Aida sighed again, and placed the letter into her front pocket. Just then, someone came through the door. It was Mereb. He looked around and spotted Aida. She immediately put her head between her knees and started sobbing. He sighed and walked over.
"I wish that I hadn't been so curious, look at me! The princess of the slaves now, the princess of nobody!" Aida sobbed.
"We.we. we were just discussing practical jokes we used to play on the princess, she was our friend until we were taken from Nubia," Nehebka stuttered. She nudged Aida.
"Yeah, just playing practical jokes," Aida agreed to. Radames raised an eyebrow and spoke.
"Get back to work, the princess is in need of clothes.desperately." Radames went back to a serious look. As he turned, he slipped a note into Aida's back pocket.
"Read this later, I love you" he whispered.
Aida watched Radames until he was out of sight. She sighed and went back to her linen. Nehebka leaned over towards her.
"Are you still on earth, because I could have just sworn that you were in love with Radames, but I must be dreaming.
"Yeah, dreaming," Aida dazedly replied. She took the letter from her back pocket and hid it in her front. "Later," she thought.
* A couple hours later, in the Slave Shelter
Aida looked around for a sign of people in the slave shelter. No one, good. She sat in a corner and pulled out the letter that Radames had given to her earlier that day. It said:
Aida, Last night was the best night I had ever had. My life is going to change, Aida. I may have a baby on the way, but I wish that it was from you. Maybe one day it will. I will cancel the wedding, I do not love Amneris. She wanted it (so did my father, but.) and now she's getting it. Morning sickness, back pains, and anything else you can name. So, I will cancel the wedding and we will go sailing. I will take you back to Nubia, there we can live in peace.
"I'm sorry for everything I've said
And for anything I forgot to say too
When things get so complicated
I stumble at best muddle through
I wish that our lives could be simple
I don't want the world only you
Oh I wish I could tell you this face to face
But there's never the time never the place
So this letter will have to do
I love you." Radames
Aida folded the letter and held it to her chest. She hadn't felt happier in her life. She would get to go back to Nubia. Maybe even set the rest of her people free! She could fix it with her father to talk to the Pharaoh, maybe they could actually work something out. Look at her and Radames, they are slave and "prince", they got through there differences and even fell in love. She sighed, to think about her father was painful, for she had been taken from him under his very nose. If only she hadn't gone down to the edge of the Nile, then maybe she would still be in Nubia.
Aida sighed again, and placed the letter into her front pocket. Just then, someone came through the door. It was Mereb. He looked around and spotted Aida. She immediately put her head between her knees and started sobbing. He sighed and walked over.
"I wish that I hadn't been so curious, look at me! The princess of the slaves now, the princess of nobody!" Aida sobbed.