Chapter 17

Getting Adjusted

A few days later, Nicholas was strong enough that he was aloud out of his rooms. Walking down to the stables to saddle his horse for a ride, Nicholas noticed that there were fresh tracks of another horse leaving the stables as well. Following them, Nicholas found that they led to the edge of the woods where there was a brook and lots of wild flowers.

Sitting at the edge of the brook was none other that the Princess Clair. She looks beautiful! he thought to himself. She had her hair down with a crown of braids circling her head. Her wavy brown hair was down to her waist now. She was wearing a long flowing blue skirt with tiny white roses embroidered all over it, and a soft white blouse with bell sleeves.

Hearing the sound of approaching hooves, Clair turned around to see Nicholas ridding up behind her. "What are you doing outside? I knew you were aloud up, but I do not think that they meant that you could go ridding." she told him, smiling despite herself.

Getting off of his horse, Nicholas walked over and sat down beside her. "You know that I never listen to what I am told. I could not stay cooped up in that house for another minute, I just had to get out. And I needed an excuse to see you!" he said smiling sweetly at her.

"As flattered as I am to here that you wanted to see me, I have yet to hear an excuse as to why." Clair said, trying not to laugh. She was glad that he came to see her. It had been a week since she had last seen him, which was when they found out they were engaged. She had grown used to the idea of getting married, though it would not happen for another several months. My law, she had to be at least eighteen before she gets married. Even though she loved Nick, she did not want to get married just yet. Her father had set the wedding date to be exactly one week after her eighteenth birthday, which only gave her four months go finish growing up.

"Do I need an excuse to see my future bride?" Nicholas teased. He knew that she wanted to stay a child, and would let her be for as long as she wished. He also wished that she would hurry and grow up, because he did want to marry her, but he would wait until she was ready.

"I suppose not, as long as when we got caught you do not say that I dragged you out here by the scruff of your neck."

"Do you really think that you could do that? I do not think that you are that strong!"

"Do you not remember who knocked Jeremy unconscious? You, my dear, were hurt do bad to even stand up! I was the one that did it."

"After I had beaten him up till he was about to fall over!" They laughed at what each other was saying. Clair had finally told him what had happened, even the part about her fairy godmother. Surprisingly, he did not accuse her of insanity or adultery, even though nothing actually happened.

The day of the wedding had arrived. The entire kingdom had turned up to see their princess get married. Everyone was happy, and all the women cried, just like they always did at weddings. Nicholas became Prince Nicholas, with his bride, Princess Clarissa. They did become King and Queen of Trinadell after Clair's father died, because Randal never took back his title. Needless to say that in the end, everyone lived happily ever after.

Finished! I really hope that you enjoyed this story. I had a blast writing it. If you did like it, I am working on another, A High School Fairy Tale. It is also in this section, so you don't have to look to hard for it. Well, thank you for reading.