I looked around my private jet and noticed Anne and Marya with their headphones on, busy watching some Disney movie and comfortably sprawled on the plush seats. There were many seats empty although my private jet wasn't very huge, still I chose to quitely sit beside Noah. He too had headphones on and was listening to music, his eyes shut peacefully.The jet was flying smoothly till now, but suddenly it started shaking. My breath hitched and my heart skipped a beat. I started to panic, but I tried to maintain my composure like a decent princess."Scared?" I looked beside me and saw Noah glancing at his hand. I too looked down and then realized that my nails dug deep in his hand, threatening to draw blood and I was holding his hand very tightly."I-erm . . . well, sorry about that," I muttered and quickly released my grip."Ma'am, the weather is a little bad. Hope you're not feeling uncomfortable, sorry for the inconvenience," the pretty attendant apologised gingerly and I waved my hand
"You need this, here drink!" Anne offered enthusiastically while stretching her hand out. I examined Anne's hand which held a glass of champagne and she grinned widely, her eyes twinkling in mischief. Noticing my hesitation, she shoved the glass towards me. I didn't usually drink, but seeing the light in Anne's eyes, I quickly drank without second guessing. The mellow burning sensation tingled my throat as my face twisted into a grimace."You liked it?" Anne asked and cocked her head while I clicked my tongue. She laughed merrily and then went to dance with Luke, my cousin. Marya was dancing blithely with Andrew who was Luke's step brother. It was funny seeing the twins dance with two brothers.All the people gathered, ate, chatted danced happily at 'Princess Mia's welcome ball.' I didn't want this, my mother had forcefully arranged this ball. Honestly, I didn't enjoy even one bit of this ball and I wanted nothing, but to rest peacefully in my quiet room. I still hadn't met my sister,
The breeze continued to caress my bare arms as I was squealing excitedly. Even though it was cold, I didn't feel it. The warmth radiating from Noah and with me snuggling against him kept us both comfortable. It was like I was wrapped in a thick blanket during a chilled winter morning, it was all too cosy. Noah was holding onto me tightly like he would never let me go and always keep me safe.I pulled my braided hair, shook my head and let my hair loose. My long hair started to fly with the wind and the sensations, hot and cold was overwhelming me."Strawberry, your hair-it's going in my mouth!" Noah shouted over the sounds of crickets, nocturine birds and the crunching of leaves under Prince Chair's steps.Prince Charles, goddamn!"Hmm, come on, don't be a dog in the manger," I whined and I could feel Noah trying to shove my hair away like he was fighting an intense battle, but due to the wind, it slapped him right across his face.I laughed as Noah now held my hair in bunch and burie
"Ah . . . This is awesome---" Before I could complete my shouting, I was welcomed by cold water. It felt like millions of tiny icy shards were pricking my skin and hurting me, but the thrill of diving had overcome all my senses. It felt good and satisfying. I opened my eyes inside the water, but all I could see was darkness. Swimming upwards without any difficulty, I brought my face out of water. I ran a hand over my face, wiping the water off and looked around, taking in huge gulps of air. My eyes desperately searched for a certain brown haired boy with eyes the deepest shade of blue, but I couldn't find him."Noah, where are you? Noah, Noah!" I shouted on top of my voice, but I couldn't find him.Did he know how to swim? He had to.All sorts of lethal thoughts ran in my mind creating a havoc. He couldn't have drowned, could he?"N-Noah?" I called out in a shaky voice as my body grew weak with fear. My heart hammered against my chest as I quickly held my breath and went underwater, b
My head throbbed in pain as soon as I woke up. I was wearing light, white cotton shorts and shirt which the maids would have changed me into last night. Last night, I repeated the two words and sighed audibly.I couldn't remember anything in particular as I sauntered towards the bathroom and splashed cold water over my face. I took a glimpse of myself in the mirror and scowled. Mascara was running down my cheeks like I had cried all night, lumps of makeup clinging to my skin as I woefully recalled that I didn't use makeup removal tissues. The maids hadn't bothered to clean me up and now the after effects was irking me.My hair was in knots and had become rough, limp and stiff like I had used too much hairspray. I scrunched my nose as I peeled the clothes off my body. I smelled like crap. I stood under the shower for long minutes, running my fingers through the knots in my hair and scrubbing my face. I tried to recollect all that had happened yesterday and the cold water hit my body br
"Maa? Why are you up here?" I asked and my eyebrows knotted in confusion, but she didn't reply. She just quitely shut the door of my room behind her and sat stiffly on the edge of my bed."I want to talk to you, Mia. I suppose you're not doing anything important," she said and I nodded until I realized that how she used to dislike when I nodded and didn't give a proper response."Nothing necessary," I muttered and hid the glittery, purple nailpaint under the sheets of my bed.There was complete silence, words which were better left unsaid. Six months ago when everything had gone wrong, my relationship with dad and mum changed drastically. Our once sweet relationship had turned sour.Mum cleared her throat, drawing my attention towards her as she adjusted her gleaming, gold watch and said, "Things between us-between you and dad, it has changed. Everywhere there is absolute mayhem, you know it very well, don't you Mia honey?""Get to the point maa," I said dismissively and I knew she wa
I entered the massive room which was adorned with plush carpets, an enormous chandelier suspended right from the centre of the ceiling and luxurious sofa sets. Zen was already present there chatting and working his charm on various fashion designers. Shopping with Zen meant that in the palace itself, designers from all over the world displayed their designs in this huge room. Whether it was a new designer or an already successful one in the industry, it was a chance of luck. The dresses which I selected determined the designer's fate in the industry. Whichever dresses I accepted, it would boost the respective designer's career.I barely went shopping in stores to avoid the hassle of public attention. All that I needed was exhibited in the palace and I didn't even had to step out of the palace for anything except for fresh air.The place consisted of racks and racks of clothes of different fabric, shape, colour and design, all neatly arranged to skim through easily. There was separate
Noah stormed out of the room in fury and betrayal with his hands balled into fists. Somehow, I managed to push Zen away from me and scurried after Noah. "Hey, hey! Noah-wait!"I quickly caught his arm before he could go any further and tugged at him. A flicker of hurt passed through his face as his jaw clenched. He looked down in disgust and glared at me."It's not what you see, Noah--- ""Then explain," he cut me off harshly and jerked his arm away from my grasp."Zen was tickling me and I-I couldn't get rid of him. I'm not going to lie about anything that happened between Zen and because nothing really happened! Maa forced us on a-a date," I said the last sentence gingerly and Noah gritted his teeth. I reached for his face and cupped his cheeks softly. "I don't love Zen, I love you Noah and I'll never stop loving you.""Then prove it, break this ridiculous engagement with Prince Charming and come to me. Can you do that, Strawberry?" he asked intensely and my lips pursed into a thin