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You could see her blond hair waving in the breeze, a small ponytail making it clumped together. A trail of pink untied ribbons flowed away from her hair and the knee-length dress. Carefree, imaginative, loyal. There weren't any other words to describe her.
His short brown hair was cluttered, messy, flipped strand over strand as he ran. He caught the ribbon from her hair, and watched as her long blond hair spilled over her shoulders, and how every curl blew in the breeze. For the first time she looked back at him, letting him look straight into her eyes. They were a shade of blue that looked as if impossible for a human to bear. Bright blue, like an ocean was mixing with the sky. Huge, wide, almost glowing. She sat down in the middle of the field, grabbing his hands. She pulled him down, smiling like a little girl would.
"Come! Won't your mother be thankful you aren't with the paupers any more?"
"How is that relevant, Duchess?"
A beautiful last name. In this village, calling people by anything besides their title- or in a child's case, their future title- was a sign of disrespect.
He always thought of rain when he saw her. It was a bit contradictory, but it made enough sense. The boy had met her in the alleyway. It was raining, and she was crying. Her blond curls were wet, drenched in the sobbing tears of the clouds.
But that wasn't for now. He wanted to hear her answer.
"I-it isn't... But your mother... I know she doesn't approve."
"Well, don't worry about what my mother thinks." He said, smiling. "Worry about what your mother will do when she finds out you've been hanging out with someone that's not royalty."
She smiled. He'd accomplished his task. He loved making everyone smile, but her smile... Her laugh lines that were growing ever too quickly for someone at such a young age....
"Good point. Mrs. 'Queen Duchess' will be all over my arse when I get home."
They heard yelling from the other side of the field.
"Child! Where have you run off to this time? Duchess!"
The girl whisked her head to the side, only to see her nanny in the distance.
"Coming Nana!" She smiled to the boy and got up. "You lay down so she doesn't see you, and leave when I turn back. 'Kay?" She smiled and took the ribbon out of his hand, tying up her hair again, running back to the woman.
"Oh, Heavens child! Where have you been off this time?" "Nothing, Nana. I was just enjoying the wonderful meadow of flowers mother never did understand."
"Well, your mother was more of a fauna than flora kind of girl. Either way, you shouldn't run off like that." Yeah, like she hadn't heard that anywhere else. She turned back and smiled, watching the boy leave off slowly. She ran back down the hill, and back to her home.
"Goodbye, Pauper. It's been lovely seeing you again."
"Hmm? What was that?"
"Oh, nothing Nana. Just my thoughts drifting off into Wonderland again."