The Prince sat on his throne. He refused food today. "What is the use?"

    "Roger, your highness, you must eat. You can't give up," His best friend Andrew says. 

    "Listen to your friend, sire," Alice adds.

       "Your majesty, I must agree with the others. You will need your strength," Katharine adds.

      "Tell me why I need to remain here. What use it is to be in charge of the kingdom when she left me?" Prince Roger blurts out.

 The others did not think her refusal to thank him would lead to all this. Ugh, why did not Aurore stay?   Did not she know how bad he was?

   He was one stubborn monarch that was for sure.

    Alice wrote a letter to send word to Princess Aurore about Prince Roger's lack of strength, his refusal to have music played, and worse his stubborn behavior towards food. He must eat to remain alive. 

  Is he trying to give up on life?  Is that what this is all about? Alice thought as she finished the letter, sealed it into an envelope, and handed it to the royal carrier pigeon.

  If anyone can help it is the  princess Aurore, she thought.

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Time skip!

Two days later, Princess Aurore receives word from Roger's kingdom. She removes the seal and reads the note. She looks at the words on the page in surprise.

She feels tears fall. Is that how he truly feels?

    I better go to him at once, she thought.

     "Father, I must return to Roger," Aurore explains.

    "Roger?" Her father asks.

"Yes, Prince Roger, he is taking things badly since my return. I must go to him," Aurore says.

  "Then, go if you must," her father, King James says.

        Princess Aurore packs some things and heads on a journey to Roger's home.  His friends wish there were some way to get him to snap out of it.  She runs and runs. Finally, she arrives outside the gate, jumps over it and is catapulted towards the entrance. She knocks on it.

       Alice answers the door, and Aurore enters the palace. The others are happy to see her. None tell her she shouldn't have left even though they agreed that was true.

      "Miss Aurore, welcome back," Alice responds to her arrival.

       "Where have you been?" Andrew scoffs.

      The others all scowl at her. They are angry with her.

         She knocks on the door to the prince's chambers. He calls out, "Do come in," not knowing who stands at the door.  Aurore enters the room.

       "Prince Roger, I am here, now stop mooping about and act like a man!"She shouts at him.

         "Who dares to enter my quarters only to raise their voice at me like this?" He asks. 

         "It is I, Your Majesty, Princess Aurore,"  She says.

             "Peepy cock, she is not here for she returned to her kingdom without any further thought of me,"   Prince Roger argues.

  Aurore is furious now. "Listen here now and listen good,  I came all this way to check on you because I heard you were not taking care of yourself. I found you in the same shape as described I am afraid that is partially my fault," She said.

     She sat on his bed and put her hands on the sides of his face. "Roger?" She whispers.

        "Princess Aurore, oh, it is you," Roger exclaims.

      "Well, obviously, since I told you I was that makes it true," Aurore explains.

       Roger reaches up and touches her face. He does this to feel the outline of her face because he is blind.  "Lovely," He says.

    "What?"  Aurore seems surprised by his words.

    "I mean it, you are lovely," Roger says  He hears her breath close to his and can sense her lips quiver. He whispers, "I love you." He hears her gasp. He smiles. "Don't be afraid, love." 

     Roger slowly starts to kiss her.  Aurore has a hand on his chest and the other on the small of his back. He continues to kiss her and feels her move a hand to his waist.

       Aurore is shocked but soon she kisses him back. She deepens the kiss and he holds onto her as if he worries she will leave him again.

     Alice walks past the room and sees them kissing. She does not say a word. She approves. She walks off and tells the others who all nod their heads.

  Aurore feels like she could melt.  She feels tears form and pulls away. "Pr-prince R-roger, you can't just kiss me." She protests. "Sweetheart, you kissed me too. You know you love me," He teases her.

     Aurore shakes her head. "There is no use in denying it," Prince Roger says. He holds her close. 

        "Eat," She says. 

  Roger frowns but releases his hold on her. He eats but only to please her. Aurore watches him feeling amused as he eats some more of the food.  She helps serve him the water. He reaches for the glass as she raises it to his lip.  She feels his fingers brush up against hers.

 Find out more in Chapter 13

Until then,

bye-bye,

little owlets!

Summer out!