RapunzelI sat down staring at Noah as he ate his food. To me, it was a great sight to behold. I had never seen the opposite sex before. Though I read about them in books and I had seen pictures of what they looked like but the pictures and the book had not done enough justice to them. Or maybe it was just Noah who was too good-looking. My mother had never been helpful when it came to descriptions of men. I had asked my mother countless times about males but she always felt like questions like that would lead me astray.Noah suddenly coughed and I snapped out of my trance. I noticed he had finished eating his toast. "You are done with the food," I said as I got up from the chair I had occupied."You seem lost. What is wrong?" He asked instead."It was nothing," I replied with a smile on my face. I continued, "I will take out the plates. Then, I will pack some food. I think we should go for a picnic while sightseeing."I went out of the room through the door to the staircase and strai
Noah"Will you stop flattering me?" she retorted with a smile her face. Her smile was the most beautiful I have seen. It brightened my heart and made evil thoughts disappear. I felt like an innocent baby just staring at her. She brought thoughts I never had the luxury to even imagine."I am not flattering you. I am just telling you the truth, you know," I said huskily. She couldn’t sense it yet but I wanted her and I couldn’t stop myself. I moved closer and stretched my hands to her cheeks. They were so soft, I couldn’t stop there. I wanted to kiss her. I have been wanting to do that since we left the room.“What are you doing?” she whispered as I leaned slightly against her. I smiled at her question. She was so naïve yet so beautiful. “I want you,” I whispered.Her eyes shut up and she was about to open her lips to ask something else but I didn’t let her. I claimed her lips. The first time I had kissed her, she was shocked for a couple of minutes before she started moving but this t
NoahWe both fell asleep on the couch. And for the first time in my life, I dreamt about a future with a family I had always wanted. I saw two little girls with golden hair run towards me as I stood by a beach. They were calling me father and as I picked them up they placed kisses on my cheeks. “Father, look at mother!” they chorused happily. I turned to where their cute little fingers were pointed and I saw Rapunzel. She was their mother. I smiled as this was what my subconscious had wished for since the very first day we met. I started to smile but my smile soon died down as my eyes landed on her hair. They were not long anymore. They looked chopped and they stopped right under her chin. It didn’t take from her beauty but it made her look strange. I started opening my mouth to speak but I slipped out of the dream as a loud voice filled the night air.“Rapunzel, let down your hair!” the voice said. It was her mother. She had said the very same thing when she came home earlier. But
RapunzelMy heart was beating so fast I thought it would jump out of my body. I turned to stare at Noah but he had his eyes narrowed at the door like he was planning on attacking my mother. He didn’t like the way my mother locked me up and used my hair that much I could tell from his questions but she was my mother and I couldn’t change that.“Rapunzel, I am waiting don’t make me break this door!” my mother snapped and I jerked out of my thoughts.I opened my mouth to speak but my throat was dried. I had to swallow hard on my saliva to be able to bring out even a gasp as panic slowly slipped into my bones. I ran to the door and held it.“Mo –mother!” I called with a stammer.“Rapunzel open this door!” she screamed.I turned to stare at Noah with pleading eyes. He had to leave the center of the room before I could open the door or there would be trouble –more trouble than either of us bargained for. We stayed this way for less than two seconds but it felt like an entire hour had passed
NoahRapunzel and I kept caressing one another until she fell asleep. On the other hand, I couldn’t sleep. What she had told me today and what I had witnessed with her mother made me start looking at the situation with another mindset. The princess of our land was said to be very beautiful before she got kidnapped by an old wicked witch and ever since then, no one had been able to see her. The princess had magical healing powers too and all who touched her found this healing. The people of the town, celebrated her birthday every year and that was why candles were lit up in the sky to appease her innocent soul.But as Rapunzel spoke of her story, I started thinking of the possibility of her being our lost princess. I would have to look at the picture of the castle clearly again to be able to tell. For the princess was really little when she got kidnapped.Which then, brought me to my plans. I would have to take Rapunzel to the palace. The queen would have to see her and confirm if she
RapunzelAs Noah held me, I couldn’t stop thinking of what my mother had said to me. It meant she had another way of accessing the castle all this while but she had chosen to use my hair without considering if it would hurt me or not –not like it used to hurt terribly but I expected her to care at least."We need to leave early," Noah whispered to me. “You have been sitting here for too long. You will get cold,” he added.I had become numb. My mother really broke my heart. She refused to even recognize that today was my birthday. I was hurt beyond reason and if it wasn’t for Noah’s presence here I would have been the most miserable. She didn’t even stay home with me. She had left me on my birthday-“Rapunzel, I have so much to show you in the city, we need to leave now!” Noah insisted and in turn to look at him. He was such a good person. Mother had lied to me. The people outside the castle weren’t cruel or wicked. She was the wicked one!I got up from the bathroom floor and smiled at
NoahAs we drew closer to the exit, a sudden fear tore through me. It was the kind of fear that made you shake from your core to your skin. My heart started beating and my legs became heavy. I couldn’t move. I was looking at the entrance but I couldn’t get to it anymore. It dawn on me that leaving the safe walls of this castle meant my relationship with Rapunzel was going to be tested. She might even find out about what had actually brought me to the castle. The men following after me might catch up with me. I might end up complicating Rapunzel’s life.What was I thinking when I accepted to take her out of the castle so soon?Those guards might have already printed out my pictures and other identification for people to see. I stole the lost princess’s crown! The entire city would be looking out for me.My eyes strained on Rapunzel as she rushed to the door. I was already thinking of how to make her turn around. We could view the lights from her bedroom. I would make love to her and sh
NoahMy eyes never stopped looking out for the guards as we moved deeper into the town. As soon as I saw a group of people staring down at a black and white picture on the wall, I knew without a doubt that it was me. We had to leave the streets especially now that the sun was up. In the dark it would be easier to slip around.As soon as we got to the fountain were parents let their kids play for it was just opposite the city guard office. People considered it to be the safest place in town. I decided to leave Rapunzel there pending the time I found us a place to stay. Moving around the motels with her didn’t seem like a very good idea to me. I would have to go alone and find a place and then bring her along.“Wait for me here,” I said as we got closer to the fountain were a couple of little girls were playing.She stared up at me and the smile on her face seem to die down. “Where are you going?” she asked.“I need to secure a good place for us and food,” I explained as fast as I could