To Make Me Happy

Ch.13: Proud of You

Emily spent the rest of the day in the room with her son and daughter-in-law. After a couple of hours, Miranda fell in to a deep sleep while Emily and Dentwood sat and talked. A little while later, Seylin came back, greeted his son, kissed Miranda on the forehead and left with his wife.

To this day, no one knows what Seylin said to Catspaw, but the temperamental king was rarely seen for weeks afterwards.

At dinners, his face was rarely seen and no one bothered to ask questions. They all knew something had been going on, but no one knew the exact details.

Miranda took this time of new found glory to recuperate with her husband. He was given more time off of his duties and he enjoyed every minute of it. He and Miranda grew closer and closer every day. He was even beginning to wonder if it was turning into love. Miranda secretly begin to wonder the same thing.

Both took the time to really get to know each other. And sure enough, after about a month, they both realized that they were in love. Of course, Dentwood had to go back to work, but that didn't change a thing.

But of course, things couldn't stay happy forever. A couple of weeks later, Catspaw started to make more frequent appearances. No one could gage his mood. His face would look angry one second, sad the next, then confused.

No one dared talk to him unless they had to. His wife still wasn't seen often though. She usually stayed holed up in the royal quarters or wandered the gardens with a sad longing look on her face. She didn't try to learn goblin or any other language so she could communicate any easier. She stayed in her own little sad world, day and night.

Miranda stayed in her quarters most of the time. She didn't trust going out without Dentwood there to protect her. But the times when she did venture out, she would go with Emily. She felt relatively safe with her mother-in-law.

But one day, they did meet up with the king.

Emily and Miranda were walking down one of the many long halls, just talking about everything. Miranda had fully recovered by now. She had just finished laughing at something her in-law had said when she looked up to see Catspaw walking slowly towards them. She gasped in surprise and felt Emily grip her hand in support.

And as the king grew nearer, Miranda's fear grew greater. Then, when he was about ten feet away, something snapped within her. And she wasn't afraid. She was so tired of living in fear of this temperamental king. She was so tired of the pain he caused. She was so tired of…well, him.

Miranda looked over at Emily and gave her a small, reassuring smile. She let go of her hand and stepped forward. This move seemed to take Catspaw by surprise. He took a quick step back and sucked in his breath before he could regain his composure.

"Miranda….I-I…Well I…I wanted to apologize." He stuttered. "I know I've done many wrong things to you and I beg your forgiveness." The sincere look in his eyes almost made Miranda give in right then and there. But she had made up her mind before he could even finish talking.

"I thank you for the apology. But I need to take some time before I can forgive you."

Catspaw's eyes almost bulged out of his head at this statement and Miranda almost stepped back. But she only flinched at the memory of the last time they had had this conversation and he had hurt her.

"I need you to prove it to me," she continued "prove that your sincerely sorry. That you won't try to hurt me again because your angry and bitter about the choices you made. Those choices weren't my fault. I'm sorry that your marriage isn't working, but I was more than willing to marry you. You gave that up and now I'm happy. Don't try to ruin my life just because your's isn't going well."

By the end of Miranda's rant, both Emily and Catspaw's mouths were hanging open. But she never faltered, just held her head up high and looked the surprised king right in the eye. When the silence finally became to much, Miranda cleared her throat and spoke up again.

"Um, so have we reached an agreement? Leave me to my life and I'll leave you to yours. Sounds like a good deal until you've proven to me that you really are sorry for your past actions."

Catspaw finally managed to snap his mouth shut and nod his head. "Ye-yes. I agree with you. I'm sorry and I'll leave you to your life. But I promise Miranda, I will prove to you that I'm sincerely sorry for my actions."

With that said, he turned on his heel and walked in the other direction. Miranda turned to Emily with a triumphant smile on her face only to find her mother-in-law still gaping with her mouth wide open. She quickly snapped her mouth shut.

"I can't believe you just said all that to the king!" she cried. "I just can't believe it! I'm surprised he didn't try and punish you! I-I JUST- I…I…..I'm proud of you." She said the last part so quietly, Miranda wasn't sure she heard her properly.

"What?" Emily smiled at her.

"I'm proud of you. You finally overcame your fear and stood up to him. I'm proud of you." Miranda smiled and hugged her. They then trudged back to Miranda and Dentwood's rooms to wait for the men so they could tell them the good news.

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The next morning, Miranda woke to a nauseas sensation. She quickly jumped up and ran to the bathroom where she puked up the meager contents of her stomach. Before long, Dentwood ran in to ask her what was the matter.

She shrugged. "I'm not sure. I just wasn't feeling well when I woke up." Then, she quickly leaned back over and puked once more. Dentwood quickly dampened a washcloth and gently wiped her face.

"Were going to take a trip to the doctor once you get dressed." Miranda nodded her head and had no arguments.

END CHAPTER

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