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Today, I saw her. I knew I would not see her in a while, so I save her face in my memory like a tattoo. Her eyes, her lips, her hair, her nose, and her neck wearing the pendant I had given her. Each and every one of those details would be crossing my mind into thinking she was still in front of me.
Sitting in the back of the wagon where my parents were carrying all our belongings. That was when I saw her.
She was hiding behind a large tree. She wore a coat over her usual princess dress. The tree trunk was hiding all her small body and half of her face.
I look at her, she looked at me, we looked at each other. My eyes and Regina's were trapped like two magnets and they stared as through the doors to our souls. My lips were curving into a smile and I held back the urge to jump off the wagon when I felt that this was beginning to move.
Regina smiled sadly and her eyes filled with tears, and at that moment a part of my heart broke staying with her. That was when I realized. I realized I would never be complete until I return next to Regina.
A week. Just one week had passed and it felt like an eternity. I kept seeing Regina everywhere, everything reminded me of her. I found a similar place to where we met, it was near the cabin where my parents and I live, and every day after work I go and sit on a log to think about her.
My father had found work in the field and fortunately he managed to get a place for me. We rose with the sun and ate breakfast that my mother made us, we walked to the field and work the soil until the sun fell.
That was my life now. My soul was fed by memories and dreams. The memory of her smile was with me every morning when I woke up and it gave me the straight to get up, I could see her eyes every night when I looked at the sky and watched the stars. Sometimes I thought I heard her laugh and my eyes closed to imagine her running through the trees and Regina asking me to follow her. And though I knew it was just my mind, I often thought about running away to try to reach that distant memory. Sometimes I imagined I heard her voice whispering my name and felt like a chill through my spine. My yearning for her was becoming larger every day; it was as if all I needed to live, was to have her close to me, she was an addiction that I could never leave.
Recently I decided to save most of my salary to return to Regina. I gave my contribution to the house, and what was left I kept in a small bag in one of my drawers, hoping that someday could save enough money to one day have enough money to get to Regina. And I never would be apart from her again, I never would leave her and I will fulfill my promise to be with her forever.
When two souls are to be found, the fate connects worlds, clears ways, linking roads and defies the impossible. And I was sure that my soul belonged next to Regina and I knew I would do anything to get it.
Like every night, I sat on the trunk, look at the sky and whisper her name with the hope that despite the distance Regina could hear me. I looked at the moon and smiled at the idea that she was watching the same moon right now, and although it was unlikely... is worth dreaming.
I never thought that to live unforgettable moments had a price, but of course it has. Surprisingly, that's the price we pay and I was paying with interest.
I stopped writing for a year, it's been a year since the last time I saw her. A year without anything important happening in my life... until now.
My father died, he died two days ago and now it's just my mother and me. My mother is so sad that she is not eating, she prepared the meal for me but she didn't eat any. Her eyes are swollen from mourn, at night I hear her sobbing until she falls asleep. I know she misses him, and I do too. I'll do it every day of my life.
I felt sadness flooded my heart, a pain in my chest that filled my eyes with tears. But every time that happens, I close my eyes tight and took a deep breath; I cannot let my mother see me that way, I have to be strong for her.
Now I have to work harder every day to bring home enough money, my savings were at the funeral of my father leaving me without a penny in my pocket. Work is the only way to retreat, it helps me not to think, to take all my anger as I hit the ground for planting.
The memory of Regina wasn't enough to keep me. I will not deny it, I had a mad desire to feel her arms and hear her tell me that everything would be fine. Feel her scent and see her eyes will reassure me right now.
I know it's selfish, but when my father died I knew I would not see Regina as soon as I had planned, I had run out of money and had to look after my mother, I couldn't leave her alone.
'You're all I have now', she had said to me as I held her in my arms. Her bright blue eyes with tears looked at me and asked me pleading me to stay with her.
At this point, I feel helpless for not being able to fulfill the promise I made to the little girl who stole my heart. I couldn't be with her, not now, and I don't know when.
All I knew was that I needed her with all my strength, but still, I couldn't have her by my side. Who I wanted cheated? she was a princess with a future ahead and I... I was just an ordinary farmer who made a promise to his Princess.
I received a note, and I will write it again because I still don't believe it.
¡I RECEIVED A NOTE!
And yes, it is Regina's. This morning I met with that surprise. When I was about to go to work, a man showed up at my door and handed me a small white envelope. I opened it out of curiosity and I felt like my heart jumped out of my chest when I started reading. I knew it was hers before the end and saw her name on the paper.
'Dear Robin:
It has taken longer than expected to find you, but eventually I did. I just want to tell you that I miss you and can't wait to see you again. I fall asleep thinking about you and I wake up with the memory of that sweet dream to keep you in mind.
I wish to recover the times we've lost along the way, just you and me. My life is not the same without you by my side; my heart doesn't feel the same knowing you away and I see myself caught in the desire of running out to get you.
I just know that I need you like you're the air that my lungs breathe and just pray that you don't forget me.
I Hope you are well and miss me as much as miss you. Don't forget that I wait for you and I always will.
It has cost me a lot send this note without my parents knew it, I know it's difficult to understand the situation and know what I'll ask is difficult. But please, don't answer me. And although it will be harder for me than for you, I do it for your sake. I can't explain why from here, but someday I will.
I love you and I wait for you. Every day, no matter what happens, I will go to the forest to our place, same time as usual until you return. There you will find me.
Regina'
She was waiting for me! And that restored my hope like a ray of sun broke through the gray clouds of my soul.
I was dying to respond her, tell her I miss her like she missed me. That I was always thinking of her and would do everything possible to return. Her words made me want to take her in my arms and show her that she was my everything, she was all I wanted, and like her, I couldn't wait to see her again, to whisper how much I loved her; but I knew I couldn't leave my mother alone right now but maybe I could take her with me and we would start again.
It was not a bad plan, but I needed money for that. And although I had to work from sunrise to sunset every day, I would get it. I would get the money needed to return to Regina.
Today is her birthday, and is the second I've missed since we are apart. Now she is 18 and surely there is a big party in the kingdom. I wish I could give her a gift, or a note. Something to tell her that I didn't forget this day and that I wish I could be with her.
I know I can't send anything to the castle without being intercepted by her parents. So I sat alone thinking about her and how beautiful she would be wearing one of those fancy dresses.
I remembered that night when we ate cake and we lay on the grass to watch the stars; the night she asked for me to be always by her side.
I looked at the sky and I promised to her memory that one day her wish, and mine too, would come true.
My mother sat in front of me and looked at me with eyes full of concern. I could feel that she thought something bad had happened. She took her hands nervously as I tried to find the words to talk to her.
"Mom, there's something I need to tell you... I don't know if it's the right time for this but ..."
"Tell me at once what you have to say son. You are getting me nervous".
"I don't know how to tell you" I confessed nailing my eyes on the ground.
"Whatever it is. I will understand" My mother took my hand and gave it a big squeeze.
I looked into her eyes; she had a small smile on her face and I breathe deeply taking courage to speak.
"Mom, I want to return to the village where we lived before and want you to go with me".
"But why you want to leave?" Asked my mother, frowning "We are fine here".
"Long ago I made a promise, Mom. I made a promise to someone very important to me... And I want to fulfill that promise".
"It's about that girl, right ... The one who you were with every day and never told me who she was".
"Yes" I whispered looking at my mother's eyes "it's why I want to return".
"Do you love her?"
"With all my heart" I replied with a small smile.
"Then don't stop for me, darling... Go and look for her, be happy".
"But I don't want to leave you alone".
"Son" My mother slide her hand down my cheek "I already lived my life, I had love and had a great son" she smiled "Now I have to see how you live your life and you are happy".
"I promise I will come to you whenever I can".
"I hope so... And hope to meet that girl who won the heart of my son".
"Thanks mom".
I smiled at my mother's understanding. I didn't expect that she wanted to be alone and to the idea so well that I left.
Now, I can get back to Regina once and for all.
The trip was long, too long for my taste. A kindly man took me to my destination without charging a penny. The old man told me he just wanted some company and someone to talk to during the trip.
I stopped in the village to buy some fruit and some bread and cheese to eat. My stomach growled and demanded food; I took a piece of bread and put it in my mouth. I started walking feeling the illusion began to grow through my body.
I felt a tickle in the stomach, but it was not hunger. The mere thought that soon I would see Regina was food for my soul.
When I got to the road that would take me to the forest, I stopped and looked at the trees. I tucked the little luggage I was carrying on my back and breathe deeply closing my eyes.
I started down the path feeling like my whole body was shaking. I was so nervous, I was afraid that Regina wasn't there waiting for me as she said. I was afraid that maybe she had get tired of waiting and not seeing those eyes with which I had dreamed.
I was near the place we called 'ours'. I stopped when I saw the tree where we used to read and I smiled stroking the trunk. I kept walking and my feet stopped short when I saw her there, sitting on the floor hugging her legs with her arms.
Regina was turned back to me, her dark hair tumbled down her back in endless waves. Her blue riding jacket marked her figure, and I could observe the rhythm of her breathing.
Suddenly, I realized that I had stopped breathing and I took a deep breath. My steps towards her were shorter, slower and quieter. I stopped a couple of feet away and I felt a lump forming in my throat.
"I hope I have taken so long" My voice hardly came out of my throat, but she heard me.
Regina's head turned slowly and her beautiful brown eyes opened wide when she saw me. She jumped up and stood in front of me, as if she had been paralyzed before me.
Her eyes moved forward and I let out a shy smile. I dropped my bag on the floor and when I notice that Regina didn't move, I dedicate her a look of concern.
"Something wrong?" I asked.
Regina started smiled slowly until her smile was so big that it lit up the place. Seconds later she was inches away from me and putting her arms around my neck. I slid my arms around her waist and lifting her off the ground hugging her. I hid my face in her hair and breathe her scent filling my lungs with it.
I left her back in the ground still holding her. I didn't wanted to let her go, I wouldn't leave her. Undoubtedly one of the best feelings is hugging a person after having missed so much.
Having Regina beside me gave me back to life; have her head resting on my chest and can caress her hair was as familiar as if hadn't spent the time, as if those three years had vanished in the wind.
She lifted her head and looked at me with bright eyes as one of her hand rested on my cheek.
"I missed you so much".
"And I missed you too" I whispered placing a lock of her hair behind her ear.
When I look into her eyes I realized that wasn't the gravity that held me to the ground, she was. She was my anchor, my everything. My heart began to beat fast for the thought that crossed my mind. I wanted to kiss her, wanted to feel her lips on mines and savor the honey of her mouth.
I was approaching my face to hers and I could feel her breath mingling with mine. Without taking my eyes from hers, I stroked her chin with my thumb and move her closer to me with the hand I had on her waist.
And I kiss her... I took the boldness of kissing her.