12th Dîsciplê Episode 29

Nathan

“Her name is Danica Williams”, he said on the phone.

“She’s 18 years old, on Scholarship in the Royal High School. And yes, she’s poor.

“She lives with her grandma and they live close to the…..um….the woods, where the incidence had taken place”.

Whaaat??

I adjusted the phone in my hand.

“She lives close??” I asked, curiously.

“Yes, my prince”.

I brushed my fingers into my hair.

Could it be possible? Or its just a mere coincidence?

“But, I’ve been thinking, my prince. If she’s the one, why hasn’t she shown herself? What would be her reason for staying in the dark?” He asked and I wished I had an answer to that question.

“Do you think we should confront her about it?” He further asked.

“No, I don’t think that’s a good idea. What if we’re wrong? And she isn’t the one?” I replied.

“So, what do we do?”

There was silence.

“I’ll get back to you”, I mumbled into the phone and ended the call.

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Danica

I dropped my cutleries as soon as grandma broke the news.

Hold on…is she being serious here or what?? Leave the city???

“Mum?” Mum called.

“What’re you talking about? I…I don’t get you”.

“We need to leave the city, Kim. Going far away would be better for us all”, grandma replied.

“Are you being serious or what? Leave the city? For what God-damn reason?” Mum shirked.

“It’s….”

“Well,,whatever your reasons are, mum. I don’t think I wanna know. But just so your know of mine, I have no plans of leaving this place, okay? Its never gonna happen”,,

She stood on her feet.

“Kim! What’re you talking about?? I’m not leaving you behind. We’re….”

“If you’re not leaving me behind, then I guess you’d have to stay, because there’s no way I’m leaving”, she moved away from the table.

“I have so much to do, mum. So much. And I haven’t even started”

And with that, she walked away.

“Kim!” Grandma called. But she didn’t stop or turn as she the stairs.

Oh geez! What’s going on??

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Hours Later.

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It was 6 p.m. and I got ready to leave for my practicals with the prince.

Grandma had left for work in the morning, after a heated argument with mum. Mum was still adamant and insisted on not leaving the city, despite all the yelling grandma did.

But why did she want us to leave the city, anyway? What could her reason be?

Well, grandma was still at work, and mum left the house some hours ago. Seriously, I don’t know what’s up with that lady – woman. She scares me sometimes.

I finished dressing up and on my way out

, the period pains came hitting at me.

Ahh! They’ve been attacking me for sometime now. But luckily, there’s been no drop.

I just hope the meeting with the prince doesn’t take long, anyway.

I left the house, boarded a cab and headed for the palace.

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After a long ride, I got to the premises and settling the cabby, I started walking the rest of the distance to the gate.

I looked at the sky and it appeared to me, it was going to rain soon.

Oh! I just hoped it was one of those unserious weather threats, because I couldn’t imagine it raining while I was still at the palace. I seriously don’t get why the prince had to fix the practicals this late. Like…is he the only busy one or what? Urgh!!

I finally got to the gate and knocked on it, and just as if they were taking forever to scrutinize me from inside, a guard opened up after a very long while.

“What do you want?” He asked grumpily, I almost flinched.

“Uh…I’m here to see the prince – prince Nathan. We’re uh….having practicals together” I replied and bit my lower lip when I was done.

The guard stared at me from head to toe before pushing the gate more open for me to go in.

“Thanks”, I muttered.

I looked around and wondered if he’d be in the same room as yesterday. Well, I guess I needed to check, anyway.

Oh goodness!! My bracelet!!

I gasped as I remembered I was still having it on my wrist. I quickly took it off and pushed it into my bag. Thank goodness I recalled in time.

I took in a deep breath and continued walking and getting to the usual hallway, I met with one of the princes who was walking out.

Oh! Prince Jimin. Thank goodness, I’d been so scared.

“Good evening, My prince” I bowed when we stood very close to each other.

“Good evening. Why do you look so familiar?” He asked, his brows furrowed, and i smiled.

“Um…I was the lady you had….”

“Oh! At the Royal banquet. Right? The cook that had broken some glass on Bitna?” He asked and I nodded quickly.

“Yes, my prince. But I didn’t actually break it on her. It just spilled on her leg”

“Yeah. So, what’re you doing here?” He asked.

“I um..I’m having some practicals with prince Nathan. So he…”

“Oh. I think I’m very much aware of that. No problem, then. You can go ahead”.

“Okay, my prince. Thank you”,

I bowed before walking away and as soon as I did, I released a deep breath.

Hmm. Why can’t the rest of the princes be like him, huh?

After a long walk, I got to the room we had used the previous day, and carefully, I knocked on it.

It took a few seconds before I got a response.

“Come in'”,

I knew instantly it was the prince and I gulped nervously and pushed the door open.

A sweet fragrance welcomed me at first as I halted and stared around, and then I found him sitting on the bed.

“You’re 10 minutes late” he mumbled as he left the bed, coming towards me.

“I’m sorry, my prince. Where I live is quite far from here. Good evening,,my prince”, I made sure my head was bowed the whole time.

‘It’s fine. Let’s get to work, then. It’s almost late” he spoke icily and walked over to the table containing the equipments.

Hold on……am I the only one who’s noticed he’s acting a little cold today?

I followed him to the table and opened my bag, bringing out my book and pen.

“So, what do we have to do today?” He asked as he leaned on the table and I opened the manual.

“Um….today’s practicals would be on Hydrogen Peroxide and potassium iodide” i replied, running my finger through the book after taking a seat.

We started the process right away, putting in the right elements and it went on for a very long time.

“What should be the results?” The prince asked as I watched the mixture.

“Um…it should actually produce a foam” I folded my lips and prayed it works out.

And after a few seconds, the white foam came right up, looking like paste.

I giggled as it gave me joy to know the experiment was successful.

“So…..that’s it?” Prince Nathan asked and I nodded happily as we watched it.

The foam spread on the table and I quickly rushed to get a napkin so I could clean it off.

“We’re having just one day to go,my prince”, I noted as I cleaned the substance off,,but he didn’t reply.

“Hopefully, if tomorrow’s own is positive with the rest, then we’re good to go for the presentation”,I said, anyway, even if he was acting quiet.

I could feel his eyes on me, but I didn’t want to stare at him. So, I just fixed my eyes on the table which I cleaned.

When I was done and turned to leave with the napkin, he suddenly grabbed my hand.

Huh???

Whaaaat???

My neck snapped to look at him, shock written over me.

What is he…..

“Danica….” He called lightly.

“There’s a stain on your dress”.

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TBC.