I laughed lightly at his comment of never being that far away. It was silly but Gabeâ€™s words made me feel safe, knowing that he wouldnâ€™t be too far from me was a comfort. It wasnâ€™t the castle or its walls, nor was it the guards around the place that made me feel safe but the pure fact I knew Gabe wasnâ€™t that far. I lightly took another step back and I was about to turn to head back to my Princesses life when I heard him call my name and the feel of his smooth hand on mine. Before I even had any chance to say anything I felt his warm firm lips against mine and I closed my eyes.<br/>It was like time had suddenly stopped and it was just me and him in the world. His lips were better than I had imagined. Although they were firm they were smooth and welcoming, against my own smooth soft lips. All I wanted to do was to wrap my arms around him and keep him close to me, but before I could act on it he was gone. I opened my eyes and I had expected him to be there, looking at me with his perfectly sky blue eyes but instead I saw the light fading in the woods. I called back out to him but stopped myself in midway. I was too close to the castle to be shouting about. I knew that someone might be able to hear me and then I would be done for and my chances of seeing Gabe again would be gone.<br/><br/>I started to walk back into the woods a little in hopes that he might have stopped running away but I knew it was no good. I would only just get lost and I wasnâ€™t keen on the idea of getting lost in the dark. I let out a sigh and started to head back to the castle. Why had he ran away to begin with? Did her regret kissing me? Or maybe, maybe he was embarrassed. I pinned most of my hope on the last reason. It seemed to make me feel better and made my cheeks glow.<br/><br/>As I sat up from crawling through the gap in the wall I stood up and found my fingers skim my lips where a few short moments ago Gabe had his lips. I wanted so very much too just kiss him back but he had gone and I was to slow to do anything. Despite this feeling I felt alight, like he had light a flame within me. All of a sudden I had this burst of energy and I just wanted to skip and jump around. In fact that was just what I did, after I made sure that no one was around to watch. I spread my hands out and spun around a few times, looking up at the moonlight night, enjoying the coolness of the night breeze as it blow though my hair and cooled down my blushing cheeks.<br/><br/>After a few spins I skipped my way to the castle, where a little rumble come from my stomach. I forgot that I hadnâ€™t had much to eat at the feast. It felt wrong for me to take something that they had so little of but Gabe seemed determined for me to eat something. So I thought best not to argue with him. The castle was pretty much empty, I knew that most of the servants would have headed home and that my parents would be resting somewhere within the castle, reading or catching up on the dayâ€™s events. I quietly made my way towards the kitchen where I found it empty. Perfect, I could grab something to eat pop in and say hi to my parents and head off to bed.<br/><br/>I looked around for something to eat. I didnâ€™t feel like eating a lot just something to settle my stomach with its rumbling. From the corner of my eye I court site of an delouses looking pie. It was golden with sugar on top and it seemed like the perfect little thing to eat to settle my stomach. I cut my self a small slice then happily eat it. It had the most unique taste that made my mouth water. It wasnâ€™t like anything that I had tasted before. Once I had happily eat it I made my way to find my parents. They were both in their room reading their books as I knocked lightly on the door. â€œHello mother, father.â€ I said politely as I walked in and gave them a smile. They asked where I had been and what I had been doing all day. I told them that I made spend most of the day by the pond and had fallen asleep under a tree over there. This wasnâ€™t something strange for me and they seemed to be happy with my reply.<br/><br/>After I kiss them goodnight I made my way to my room, which was almost at the other end of the castle. I had always like to be away from everyone else, there was no one to telling me what to do or who to be. I was able to be myself, act how I wanted and do as I pleased without someone watching over my back. And now I had another place where I could be myself and someone to share being me with. Gabe and wherever we went. At just the thought of him I blushed and remember the little kiss that he had given me. I couldnâ€™t help but giggle at the thought of it. Once I got into my room I undressed myself and got into my night dress.<br/><br/>My stomach was feeling a little weird now, but I placed that over the fact I hadnâ€™t eat much and I took a sip of my water that was by the side of my bed. I walked over to my window sill and looked out to the woods where a little while Gabe had kissed me and ran off.  I had wondered what he might be doing now and where he might be. I wished he was with me, holding me close like he did every time we hugged. My belly made another spin and I started to feel a dizzy and sick. I decided that it would be best for me to head into my bed. Maybe all I needed was some rest. I had been on my feet all day, doing many activities, perhaps I had just over done it a little. I climbed into bed and wrapped the covers over me. There I laid continuing to think about the kiss that Gabe placed on my lips. It didnâ€™t take me long to drift into a deep happy sleep, though that didnâ€™t last for long.<br/><br/>I could hear voices. My mother, see was worried and my father, he was ordering maids around commanding them to get water or something. I was in too much pain to either notice or care. My mind was a fuzz and I was freezing but I was sweating all over the place. My hands were numb and everything was just a blur. My stomach, well that was another story. I had never felt so much pain in all my life, it was like someone was stabbing me repeatedly, twisting the knife as the pulled it out of me to stab me again.<br/><br/>It all started to happen when I woke up in the early hours of the morning. I was dizzy but I was in so much pain with my stomach. I sat up and call for my maid when all of a sudden I was sick all over my bed. I thought that was the worst of it but quickly I started to feel worst and nothing that anyone does seems to work. I heard my father demanding someone to get the doctor in the main town to come to the castle. Everyone was worried but when he came there seemed to be hope in everyone voices. The doctor looked me over and asked me some question which I replied with a mumbles. Once he finished looking me over he then asked what I had eaten.<br/>I had to think hard, which was difficult with the pain that I was in. I couldnâ€™t just blurt out what I had had that day as they would have known I wasnâ€™t in the castle all day. I gave them a small list of things, things I knew would give them anything to suspect and then I remembered the pie. â€œI-I had some pieâ€¦last nightâ€¦in theâ€¦the kitchenâ€ It took me a while to say but they didnâ€™t seem to fussed, not until a maid speak up and asked where in the kitchen the pie was. I said where I got it from and the maid cried out in panic.<br/><br/>Apparently, from what I could make out a the new maid picked some berries somewhere in the woods, she thought they were like normal berries, deep red in colour and slightly small then normal ones. The new maid had made a pie with most of the berries and when the main cook came around  he told her to bin the pie, that the berries wasnâ€™t ones that he used and that he had never seem berries like them. Not knowing what they where he didnâ€™t want to use them. Clearly the maid never got round to binning the pie. The Doctor order to see the berries and insisted that he too had never seen berries like them before. He told my father that the only way to heal me or to find out what was wrong was to go to the market and as the herbalist what the berries where. Quickly with my fatherâ€™s fastest horses the doctor road into the market in search of finding out what the berry was.<br/><br/>In the mean time I stayed in bed, turning over in pain but also very tired. I was blacking out every now and then, the pain was coming to much to cope with. All I wanted to do was sleep, to forget about the pain that was inside my body. I wanted Gabe too. I wanted him to be here, to tell me everything was alright and that he wouldnâ€™t let anything happen to me. To hold me close and say that this will pass and that we could go fishing once I was better. But instead I was on my own. My parents had left, my mother couldnâ€™t stand to see me like I was and my father had to shout at people to stop himself from tearing up like my mother. I had a maid with me, although she was young and had no idea what to do with me like this. She tried to feed me kind words, encouraging words of me getting better and that the doctor would come back with the herbalist and they would both make me better. I found her hopefulness sweet and annoying. I didnâ€™t want her. I wanted Gabe and I knew that there was no way I would have him by my side.