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Rena spent the rest of the day finishing her daily chores, then working on a few weekly tasks such as dusting the trinkets in the halls. She only stopped again once she was almost done. She walked back down to the kitchen for a drink of water before finishing her tasks. When she walked in, she noticed Florence was gone. She walked over to the window and saw Andromeda working, but as she looked she noticed something different. "What on earth?" She immediately stormed out to where Florence was working. "You shouldn't be out here. Wheres Andromeda?"

The day had gone pretty well for the young prince. It was a lovely day outside, and what would make it better would be seeing Andromeda. And where else would he meet her, the garden of course. He walked out of the palace whistling the song that Andromeda had sung the first day he had come back home. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he walked with a bounce in his steps.

He was surprised to see Florence working at the garden. What was she doing there? Wasn't she injured? Oh yes, she was! Nathaniel rushed over to the older woman, and swiftly took the basket out of her hands. He barely noticed the other maid as he scolded the woman. "Florence, what do you think you're doing?! You know you're injured! You could've called someone else to do this work for you!" His mind immediately raced to Andromeda. She had to have a reason for leaving poor Florence with this work. He couldn't blame her for anything, even if he wanted to.

That's when he noticed Rena. He smiled at her pleasantly, but that was it. His mind was focused on Andromeda. What had gone wrong that she couldn't tend to her beloved garden?

Rena curtsied when the prince arrived, but realized she was being overlooked, and stood up again, folding her arms. When the prince smiled at her, she blushed lightly, and looked at the ground, mumbling about Andromeda taking advantage of Florences kindness. "The witch is probably taking a nap."

Renas face grew bright red once she realized the prince had heard her every word. "I - I only meant...well its odd isn't it? That she convinced poor Florence to do her work for her? And well I....F-forgive me your majesty."

Nathaniel glowered at Rena, but dismissing everything else he merely turned back to Florence and nodded. He wasn't going to leave an ill Andromeda alone. He hurried off. He assumed that the best thing would be to wait for her outside her room. And that's exactly what he did. He planted himself outside her door and waited.

Rena curtsied as the prince ran off to find Andromeda. Standing up again, she sighed. "Well that..didn't go well. I should get back to work. Just a couple of things left to do. Take it easy Flo, wont you?"

"Of course I will take it easy," Florence informed the girl. "As should you. Don't worry yourself over this all. You'll find yourself a handsome gent and marry above your station. Many of the maids marry above their station."

Andromeda blushed as he pulled up her sleeve a little. Already they had gotten so close that he was very casual with her. Her heart gave a flutter at it. "I am alright, you don't have to worry. Sometimes I just work myself just a smidgen too hard and I end up feeling ill for it. A lot of the outdoor servants do though."

"I will be alright," she said a little more firmly this time. Honestly she didn't need to be chastised over it and, really, how was she to do her job if she didn't overexert herself some days? Besides if she did not work in the gardens, they would have been as beautiful as they were and that required a lot of work.

"Lets not think about that right now. Instead lets enjoy each other's company for the day. You can show me what trouble you've gotten in to."