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"The queen requested a bath when she returns, so have it ready for when she arrives," I heard Gerda tell a couple of servants as I was replacing the old flowers with new ones.
A bath, hm? Nothing more soothing then rosewater. I chuckle to myself before going to the red roses and taking a few rose buds. I wait for the servants to leave the bathing room and sneak in. Steam is rolling off of the water and I can feel myself begin to sweat. Placing the rose buds in the water I make sure the smell fuses with the water and steam. Smiling I make my way back to my room. I round the corner just as the queen rounds hers to the bath. I hope she likes it and that it will relax her.
A queen needs all the relaxation she can get. Back in my own room I take own bath. I can just imagine how relaxed the rosewater will make her. Not to mention she would smell like roses for a day or two. I smile and then go to sleep an hour or so later.
I watched as the first leave of fall flutter down to the ground. Now I'll only have a month before I can go visit my family. I was sitting under that very tree that was beginning to turn. The transition from summer to winter was always so beautiful yet tragic. Suddenly the smell of roses hit me full force.
I turned my head to look at the queen...sitting next to me on the ground...what the hell?!
"Morning gardener," she greeted with a smile, but she wasn't looking at me.
"M-morning my queen," I stammered.
"You smell sweet your majesty," I added. She turned her head to me with a delicate smile.
"Thanks to the rose buds you placed into my bath tub, I know that was you gardener, who else would remove roses that carefully?" I blushed.
"I just thought you could use the relaxation properties my queen," I breathed.
"And I thank you for that. I haven't felt this relaxed in ages," she said as she stretched then giggled.
"I'm glad it worked then my queen," I said nodding my head.
"But why red roses?" She asked as she looked at me with those same narrowed eyes as the princess.
"B...because um...the red roses a...are more fragrant than the others a...and they fit in with...the ambiance of c...candles," I stammered out turning redder by every stutter. The queen giggled.
"Relax gardener it was an innocent question," she smiled and I tried to relax. I really did, but having the queen this close was making havoc on my heart. If it were possible it would beat out of my chest.
"So what are your plans when it is winter?" She asked and I gulped.
"I am visiting my family my queen," I answered while rubbing the sweat off of my palms onto my pants. She looked at me.
"Any siblings?" She asked and I nodded.
"Four little sisters and a baby brother," I said.
"That is a big family,"
"They really wanted a boy," I chuckled. The queen giggles behind her hand.
"So when will you be back again gardener?" She sounded...sad?
"The first day of spring my queen," I said and she nodded. Her smile faltered slightly.
"Three months..." she breathed and I nodded.
"The same amount of you being here," she said and I watched as another leave fell, humming. She looked at me while I stared at the fallen leaves.
"Do you dislike winter?" She sounded insecure.
"Not at all my queen, every season is needed. Winter just makes sure the strongest make it, the stronger the seed the better the plant. The better the plant the more beautiful it is," I said with a smile. She relaxed letting her hunched shoulders drop down into a slouch.
We sat in silence for a while.
It wasn't comfortable or awkward it was just...silent. That silence stretched till I had gone to visit my family.
For three months...
I missed my Queen...
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