Well, thanks for the lone review! :P I still loved it though, here's the next chapter, as scheduled. It's also rather short, but next week it's super long, just to make up for it :) Enjoy. :D
We were barely eighteen when we crossed collective hearts
It was cold, but it got warm when you barely crossed my eye
And you turned, put out your hand, and you asked me to dance
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight
I smiled as I watched Rapunzel bow to our son before taking both his hands and leading him in dance. It was the same one from that fateful eighteenth birthday in the village courtyard. Our daughter laughed from the side, clapping her hands to the music that Rapunzel provided with her voice. I watched hypnotised, her voice sending me into a trance that left my heart pounding. The swirl of her skirts and the utter joy in her expression as she taught Xavier the dance was absolute perfection.
I moved away from the first story window to join the fun, willing to provide a proper example for the children to watch from. It was just moments to move to the garden where they resided, where I surprised Elizabeth by taking her hand. Without protest, she followed me to the dance floor where did our best to join the fast paced dance. We laughed after not much success and decided wordlessly to follow our own rhythm. She stood on the toes of my boots, holding onto my leg to keep her balance. She looked up giggling, and I joined her laughter as I lead us through a much slower dance than the one my wife and son were doing.
The hand not clutching my leg was grabbing my hand tightly, and I marveled at how much she had grown in the last year. Her hand was still tiny, only able to wrap around two of my fingers, but it was a vast improvement from last time I took notice. It seemed like yesterday when I couldn't put her down, but now, here she was, nearly too old to be held in my arms anymore. It saddened me, knowing that she was growing up so fast, looking more and more like her mother with each passing day. Soon she was going to be a young lady and then married off, where I would have to give her away. The thought had me grimace. I put the thoughts out my head quickly, deciding that I had to live in the moment.
Rapunzel's song had come to an end, and we all separated, clapping. The palace landscapers that had seen the spectacle started clapping as well, large smiles across their faces. We laughed in embarrassment, but took our bows.
"Now, children that was just a practise round." I announced, stepping up to my wife with a smirk. "We'll show you how the dance was really done." I held up my arms, waiting for her to move into them.
Raising her brow, she accepted the challenge, placing her hand in mine and the other on my shoulder. We needed no music, nor a count in. Both of us were transported to the day of her eighteenth birthday, the day where I fell for her harder than I had ever fallen off Maximus. Though her hair was no longer blonde, she was just as gorgeous, her brilliant green eyes enrapturing me the same way they had that day. She was enchanting, but even more so with the memories that we had compiled together over the years. The ambiance from the town square played in my ears through memory as I lead her through the same dance steps, clapping and skipping and turning the very same way. We went through the whole dance, ending up breathless in each other arms, identical to our stance seven years ago. But instead of awkwardly separating, I bent down to kiss her, ignoring the way the children groaned and gagged at our affections. We smiled into each other's lips, separating to not torture our children any further.
"And that's how you do it." I proclaimed, twirling Rapunzel so we could face them, holding her hand between us. We took our bows before letting go.
"I'm not kissing anyone." Xavier said seriously.
Rapunzel laughed, looking at me with bright eyes. I looked back, hoping that my feelings reflected hers. Judging by her increased smile, I assumed as much. Taking her hand once again, we went to sit on the bench together. We watched as our children practised the dance. The dance that was so much more than just a dance for their parents.
Hope you liked it! R&R for me pretty please! I would like to know if it sucks or not, but by the reaction so far, it isn't too good. :P I'll keep going though, even if no one cares too much.
Love, Ella.