Chapter 54
[A/N: I went out to dinner just to give mom a rest for cooking... and ended up having lots of fun. Went for a long drive with bhai and sang O Mere Dil ke Chain on top of my voice.. Hehehe. So Yeah, this was my TGIF Night. I literally don't feel like writing cause I had unlimited pizzas and sandwiches, which are making me super sleepy.]
She smiled at the irony. She knew she shouldn't have noticed this, as she never was supposed to pay attention to the mortals, but this was just too hard to ignore.
He looked radiant at the finished creation and she could almost hear the smile he wore.
He was so simple at times, and yet, there always was an underlying subconscious complexity. Today, it was more prominent than other days.
"Why Thumbelina?" She asked eager to measure his reaction.
He looked at her for a second, and then sobered up. She was green, the most royal of the type of greens available. He couldn't help but smile and replied, "Have you heard the legend of Thumbelina, Jade?"
"Yes, My Precious. A girl who finds herself in many adversary conditions, but in the end, manages to marry her prince."
"Hmmm, She was born the size of a thumb, and all sorts of forest creatures either wanted to marry her, or hold her captive." He seemed forlorn, as if trying to implicate something.
"It wasn't her fault that she was Thumbelina." She tried to interject, knowing what he was implying.
"Yet, she paid the price for being different, didn't she?" He asked back.
She was standing near the now dry painting, almost caressing it lightly.
"I am sorry for you." She said, but then, the fact that she had noticed first made its way out of her mouth, even though she knew he wouldn't like it.
"You know what she was called when she got these wings?" She asked.
His voice was so low, that she would have missed it, but she didn't, "Maia."
"Yes..."She replied, knowing the conversation had come to a standstill.
"What is your name, Jade?" He asked suddenly, swallowing a big lump in his throat.
"I don't have one, My Precious."
[A/N: If you didn't notice in the previous chapter, Maya is Rey's mom's name. Thumbelina is a nice fairy tale. You can go read it or watched the animation. Jade is a type of green. Its really pretty.]