Euphoria and Hysteria

"hello, sir. I am sorry I couldn't come the last week" jaylo says

as I stuff my bag with parsley and garlic. "This was the first time you missed, are you getting bored perhaps" I tease him.

"No , no way sir, your story is the most interesting that I ever came across up untill now, I couldn't get bored even if I wanted to" he says in all seriousness.

"Ok then, I'll tell you what happens later, be warned this is not something anyone knows and I'm worried you'll go telling on me" I add. He states at me with a deadpan look and says flatly " I would had told on you the very first time you started if it was my intention. Besides I don't belong here anyways and I have secrets of my own"

I look at him curiously for the first time and say "Well then , if you promise to share your story than so shall I". he nods and I begin where I left.

" I sit silently in the back of a cart which enters the palace every tuesday "Halt ! Check the cart" a gaurd says. "Sir , I come here every tuesday what's with the fuss" the driver speaks.

The gaurd rolls his eyes and says "All right, open the gates!!"

As soon as I feel safe I get out of the cart and explore the palace in the shadows. Few maids pass by me as I hide behind an ancient armour. I sneak up to her room and notice she is not there. Her balcony is doorless and it overlooks the hilly forest behind the castle and also the cliff. ' guess she dreamt of going to that cliff one day , when she spent her entire childhood in this small room' I think to myself when I hear a splash. I turn around and follow the sound to a garderobe (washroom). In a most elegant bathtub filled with flower petals the Princess lays, she was playing with her feet , splashing the water. She looked happy and almost calm. I was once again struck by her elegant yet cold features. I sigh without realising and she says " who's there, " her voice ever so soft yet sturdy. She keeps still for a while and resumes her blissful bath. i hear the doorknob turn and I jump out from the balcony with a smile in my face for the first time in years.

After few days , unable to sleep thinking of the beauty , I dared again to venture into her humble abode in the same manner. I go up to her room and find that the door is close. I'm just about to leave when I hear something like a wimper. Concerned I jump the window in hall to go inside her room through her balcony , I stand behind the curtain and I see that She was sobbing in hysteria. I wanted to comfort her but how, she doesn't even know me. I wanted to know the reason for her behaviour. I'm saddened with grief and curious about her too.

I go home after I see her sleep with a drenched pillowcase wondering how I can be of help.

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