Later that evening after the sun had fallen beneath the trees of the forest and the moon and stars had taken its place Jack and Keira were sitting on the small tree stump in the middle of the field. They were both looking up at the lights in the sky as he kept his arm around her while she rested her head on his shoulder. After their lunch together earlier that day, Keira had once again offered to help Jack with his farm work and aided him in taking care of his animals. She first started off helping him groom and feed his horse before helping him out in the barn with his cows. Since he has two he used the first one to demonstrate to her how to milk one and then let her try herself on the second. She wasn't very good at it at ended up getting quite a few milk stains on her dress but neither of them seemed to care, just so long as she was happy. Though throughout the time they worked they remained relatively silent and for some reason Jack appeared to be troubled by something but whenever Keira tried to question him about it he simply changed the subject back to work.

Keira let out a pleasant sigh as she placed her hand on Jack's chest and inched a little closer to him for protection from the summer night's cold breeze. "I can't thank you enough for this Jack." She said as she looked up at him. "It was such a wonderful day."

He rubbed her side with the hand he had around her. "Yeah, I guess it was…" He replied sounding a little disappointed.

"Jack what's wrong?" She asked.

He took a deep breath. "Well… it's just that when you talked about being with me… it seemed like you just want to be with me because I'm a farmer."

She removed her head from its position on his shoulder while he did the same with his arm around her. "What do you mean?"

"Well it's just that it sounds like you could've fallen in love with anyone so long as they were a commoner." He explained.

She lowered her eyebrows in confusion.

"It's… it's just that I'm worried…" He told her.

"Worried about what?" She asked.

"I'm worried that… that… that maybe you don't really love me, but rather just the life I live." He replied. "If we ever find a way to rid you of your life of royalty I'm worried that you might leave me afterwards for someone more… desirable…"

She stared at him in disbelief. "Jack… do… do you really think that?"

He looked away at the ground painfully.

"Jack." She began in a serious tone as she placed her hand on his face and forced him to stare into her eyes. "I… I'm sorry if I wasn't as clear as I should've been earlier… but please know… that I don't just love you for your life… but for the person you are as well… you've saved my life and let me do as I please without worry… something no one else will ever do…" She grabbed onto his hand with both of hers and brought it close to her heart. "Please Jack… you have to believe me when I tell you, that no matter what, if you can help rid me of this life I live… I will always remain faithful to you."

He slowly began to form a smile as he placed his free hand on top of hers. "I… I'm sorry that I could have ever thought that you didn't really love me after what you told me before."

She smiled at him. "That's alright Jack, I understand."

They gazed into each other's eyes silently as she continued to hold his hands close to her heart when suddenly they both began to slowly lean towards each other. As their faces inched closer and closer to other's they shut their eyes and soon felt as their lips pressed up against one another. It was with that moment that they kissed that Keira could feel that Jack was the right choice and the key to her becoming a commoner while Jack was able to understand that Keira would stay true to her words and remain faithful to him if he could help her. As their lips parted they opened their eyes and stared into another's telling each other about their newfound knowledge. Jack removed his hand from atop hers and brushed away the hair on the side of her face before placing it on it.

"Keira I promise you," He began as he gently slid his hand down her face. "That I'll do whatever I can to help you."

She grabbed his hand and brought it back to her heart again. "Thank you Jack."

She leaned into him and rested her head on his chest and let out another pleasant sigh before letting go of him and wrapping her arms around him to which he did the same with her.

"Feeling a little tired?" He asked as he looked down at her and began to rub her back.

He felt as she nodded his head against his chest.

"I don't blame you." He remarked as he looked up at the stars above. "You've been pretty busy these past few days."

"I have haven't I?" She rhetorically asked as her voice began to trail off.

He continued to rub her back for a moment before helping her up to her feet.

"Come on, let's get you to bed." He told her before taking her hand and leading her back over to the house.

Inside Buddy greeted them with a few friendly barks which Jack responded to by crouching down and rubbing his head.

"So I figured you can use my bed again for the night." He told Keira as he looked back at her. "That is if you plan on spending the night here."

She smiled at him. "Of course I do. It's far too late for me to head back to my castle. The forest is full of dangers at this time."

"Well I'll leave you to get settled then." He said as he looked back at Buddy. "You'll be sure to protect Keira won't you boy?"

Buddy gave an affirmative bark before quickly turning around and running over to Keira and sitting in front of her.

"Thanks Jack." She laughed.

He gave her a smile and began to step outside. "I'll be out in the barn if you need anything." He told her before stepping out.

Once the door shut Keira looked down at Buddy who was sitting at her feet and smiled. He gave her a friendly bark and she turned then turned around and climbed into Jack's bed. As Buddy circled the ground beside the bed before settling down and beginning to fall asleep Keira lied down against the mattress she had once complained about due to it being too hard to find that it was much softer this time around. Maybe Jack had done something to it after she told him it was a little too hard last time or maybe she was accepting that one day she'd have to sleep on a bed as rough as it for the rest of her life. Whatever the case was happy that she could count on him to help her and that maybe one day her deepest desire would be fulfilled.

That night Keira had a dream. She dreamed that she was once again a little girl wearing her traditional princess clothing and running through the gardens of castle. As she ran she noticed that the forest outside the garden and began to head towards it. Her heart began to race as she neared the tree line but just when she was a few feet away from it a large stone wall emerged in front of her blocking her escape. She looked up at the seemingly endless height of the wall and felt as he heart sank. There was no way she could scale it alone. Then suddenly at the top of the wall she noticed as Jack appeared holding his hand out towards her and suddenly the wall didn't seem so massive. She looked down at her clothing and noticed that she was now her current age and no longer in her usual yellow dress but instead in a long red kirtle with a white tunic underneath, just like a commoner. She looked back up at Jack who still had his hand out towards her and she placed her hand the open section between the bricks making up the wall and began to climb. As she reached the halfway point of the wall she began to hear shouting and looked down at the ground to see her father standing beside Edwin, pointing up at her and shouting at his guards to stop her. She looked back up at Jack who was with in arms length and extended her hand out to him. He attempted to grab her hand but she felt as one of her guards grabbed onto her foot and tried to pull her down.

"Come on Keira, just a little closer." Jack told her.

She tried her hardest to reach for him but the resistance coming from below her felt too strong.

"Get her down from there!" She heard her father shout. "I will not have my daughter become a damn peasant!"

She closed her eyes tightly. She couldn't do this.

She looked up at Jack who gave her an encouraging look.

"Come on Keira! You can do this! You want to do this!" He told her. "You need to do this!"

Suddenly she felt her heart rise up. He was right. She had to do this. It was the only way she could be content with her life.

She kicked her leg back knocked the guard holding onto it off and she reached back up towards Jack. She could feel as the tips of their fingers brushed against each other. As she neared the palm of his hand her heart began to pound against her chest so hard that it felt like it was about to burst out of her. Her hand hovered over as and she formed a satisfied smile as she looked up at him. She was about to place hers on top of his so he could pull her up when suddenly.

"Bark!"