The Panic

Chapter 2

The panic

Anne Pov

Thankfully, his eyes went shut again and he began snoring peacefully like his lids didn't fly open a while ago. I quickly got up from the bed, put on my clothes, and tiptoed out of the room. The pain I felt in between my legs was fire that I thought I was going to fall after a few steps but I managed to get to the maid's Chambers

“Where are you coming from early this morning walking like that?!” Helena's voice made me jolt back; she is our head maid and the Lord over all maids…she hates me like crazy, and I don't know why.

“I…I…I…”

“You?” She scowled, her eyes studying my facials and body, I knew one wrong word and I'd mess everything up so I smiled confidently

“I'm just coming from the prince's room, I went to check if he's awake so I could go clean up” I lied but she just looked at me for a few minutes like she wasn't buying it

“And is he awake yet?” There was this sarcasm in her voice, I shook my head and she scoffed

“Fucking take the cleaning items now and go clean his room!” She screamed like someone who saw a dead rat in her meal, I was already used to her screaming so it wasn't frightening at all

“Fine…” I stood up straight, went to the storage room, got the cleaning items, and went to Charles's room.

I stood at the door, hoping he wasn't awake yet; I needed to clean around before he woke up. I wouldn't want him to think I took advantage of his drunk state; he's been my only friend since I came into this place, and losing him because of last night's incident would be terrifying.

“Knock! Knock!” I said, but there was no reply, so I went in; he was still sleeping. I quickly arranged the clothes he wore the day before and started cleaning.

As I cleaned, my heart kept beating hard against my chest. What if he wakes up now? What would his reaction be if he remembered what happened between us last night? Damn, he'll be so angry!

I quickly finished up and rushed out of his room to prepare his breakfast. I plan to change his sheet when he wakes up…I pray he doesn't see the blood stains before I get back.

“Hey…you look like a mess this morning, where were you all through the night?” My roommate, Bridget asked as she entered the kitchen

“Erm…” I swallowed

“Erm?” She raised a brow waiting for my next words…what am I supposed to say?

“I slept off in the storage room last night…” I looked away from her so she doesn't see through my lie

“You slept in the storage room? How's that even possible? I went to the storage room early this morning to get cleaning items but didn't see you there…” she squinted as if trying to figure me out, my hands began trembling at that moment.

“Ouch!” I squealed as I looked at my bleeding finger, I'd mistakingly cut myself!

“Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry” Bridget said as she got out a tissue and wrapped my finger with it.

“I'm sorry Bridget, I'm disoriented now…” I exhaled tiredly

“You must have been so tired for you to have fallen asleep in the storage room, why don't you ask the prince for a day off, you two are quite close so he'll understand” My heart began pounding at the mention of his name

“No…I'll sort myself out, don't worry.” She nodded and walked off while I returned to my cooking.

In less than an hour, I heard someone call from behind me

“Anne, the prince needs you now”. Need me?! Why? Did he notice something fishy? Maybe he saw the blood stains…shit!

“Alright I'll go to him now” The girl nodded

I rushed to his room with shaky hands to see him with a towel around his waist. He was looking out through his window and almost didn't notice my presence…

“Charles…” I called but he didn't reply

“Charles…”

“How'd I get here last night?” He suddenly asked…wait! He doesn't remember?!

“Well…” I felt awkward but this is probably better than him remembering

“Your friends brought you here…errm, don't worry about your clothes, they also helped you get out of it…I didn't see anything” I said in a rush

“You sound…” he finally turned to look at me

“Weird, are you ok?”

“S…sure I am…I'll go mix your bathing water” I smiled. As I made my way to his bathroom, my eyes made contact with his bed, and another wave of panic hit me; I needed to get rid of that before he saw it!

“Please help me clean my dressing room; I forgot to leave it open so you could clean it earlier,” he said as soon as I came out of the bathroom.

“Yeap…” I patiently waited until he had left before changing his sheet. I took the stained one with me as I went to clean his dressing room.

“Thank you, moon goddess!” I smiled, I finally got rid of all the evidence

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Immediately I was done cleaning, I turned to pick up the sheet I'd changed earlier but I was shocked to not see it.

“I…I…I kept it here before!” I said in shock as I looked around with my eyes but I didn't see a trace of the sheet

“Oh no!” I squealed silently as I began scattering everywhere again. I need to get rid of that, I can't let him see it! Oh no! I'm cursed, aren't I?!

“Anne…” his voice called from behind me and I quickly turned to see him standing right in front of me. He looked drop-dead handsome with beads of water dripping down his skin and particles of his hair glued to his face

“You're drooling again…I know I'm handsome but doing that all the time” he giggled making me regain composure

“I wasn't drooling!”

“You changed the sheet again? I thought you just changed it yesterday morning” he said

Dang!

“Yes…I thought it was due”

“Ohh, you should've told me first; I really loved that color…” he smiled like a newborn.

“Anne, what is this?” My heart suddenly sank.