Fake Princess
CHAPTER 28
The buds of plants that looked like foam had filled my bed when the shadow of the forest began to extend. We walked back to the village relaxed. I knew Aunt Vania must have wondered about where I was, even postponed dinner to wait for me, but I couldn't seem to make my legs go any faster. However, when I arrived at the boundary of the trees, I turned to face Jose with a sigh.
“ You better not go out of the forest with me,” I said.
“ Aunt Vania wouldn't be happy to see it. He'll suspect we did something inappropriate.”
Jose looked at me with a strange sleepy expression.
“ Really?” tanyakanya.
“ Well, if he is very worried about it, maybe we should give him a reason for his concern it.”
And with one light gesture, Jose bent down to kiss me.
I've never been kissed. As a princess, it's not part of my life at all. In the palace I knew several other girls, and many young men, who had been kissed or kissed. Devan often comforts me with various stories of kisses he did secretly or tried to do secretly in various palace rooms. However, no one had ever tried to kiss me, not even the eldest son of the prime minister, whose hands were always moving too low during the slow rhythmic dance.
So, although at least in theory I knew what a kiss would feel like, I really had no practical experience. At the last second before Jose's lips touched mine, I saw his eyes closed, so I quickly closed my eyes as well. Jose's lips move, carefully & gently, & it feels warm, soft & pleasant. Jose took it off for a moment, and I wondered if I might have done it wrong, but then he kissed me again, one arm around my waist and pulled me close.
My elbow was still perched on top of my hips, but I carefully raised my free hand over his arm. I felt something sweet in Jose's mouth, maybe some wild strawberry flavor we just found.
“ Do you mind that?” ask Jose. He looked at me with sparkling eyes, and his face looked slightly blushing.
To be honest, I'm not sure. My thoughts are trying to attract my attention. How much I love Jose, liking the pounding sensation in my heart every time I see him approaching. How, although I have never been kissed, I imagine a kiss will taste different, not as sweet as this & more. That I was afraid, if I let Jose kiss me again, or if I didn't, I'd lose the only friend I had in Treb. That, even though for a moment, Devan's face was shadowed before my closed eyes, his brows furrowed revealing a disappointed expression.
I felt all of that at the same time, so I didn't know what to say. However, I nodded somewhat hesitantly, and as Jose's face harrumphed in delight, I knew I answered correctly.
“ Looks like I saw my aunt standing in front of your cottage,” Jose said.
“ Go, & I will wait until you enter.”
He caught my arm.
“ Tomorrow I will go to town to attend my cousin's wedding. I'm gone for three days, but I'll see you as soon as I get home. I'll miss you.”
“ I'll miss you,” my deuteronomy. Then I turned around, my heart pounding, then rushed out of the forest and approached Aunt Vania who was waiting for me.
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