It was a cloudy day in England. I could smell the rain in the evening air,
even though it hadn't come down yet. I was walking all alone. Sometimes I do
that, just take off and leave without telling anybody. Being alone gives me
time to think, about things that are important to me, things I can't talk with
anyone else about. Before I knew it I was lost in thought. By the time I came
to my destination (a small lake in the middle of the woods) I knew I had made
a mistake. I was from L.A. I had no idea how to find my way back from the
woods, exspecially in the middle of the night. Just as I was about to panic I
noticed a tall blonde boy sitting on the edge of the lake. He stared down at
his reflection, not even noticing I was there. He seemed deep in thought, he
reminded me of myself, and how I always sat alone thinking about things. As I
approached the boy closer I could tell he was very cute. What luck! To be
stuck in the woods with someone that looked like him! But at that particular
moment, all I cared about was getting home, before some large animal came out
of the woods and ate me. I approached him and quietly whispered "Umm hi, sorry
to disturb you but... I'm lost and I was wondering if you could help me out."
The boy just stared up at me, so seriously. "Your lost?" he asked in his
wonderful english accent. "Where do you live?" "In Brighton" I said holding
back a little "But I really live in L.A., I'm not from England" The boy
laughed at me shaking his head "It's pretty obvious" I blushed, embarassed
with myself. "My name is Savanah" I said holding out my hand. He held his out
too "I'm William Windsor, you may just call me Wills." I think I stopped
breathing at that moment. Of course! Why hadn't I noticed it before? This was
THEE Prince Of Wales. His hair was blonde and shiny, his blue eyes sparkled,
and his smile was very cute, almost childish in a way, a shy sort of grin. I
didn't know what to say. "Don't faint now." he said sarcastically. " Then I'd
have to drag you home by your feet." I laughed at his joke, relieved he had
broken the awkward silence. "What are you here for anyway? This is MY thinking
spot." I smiled at him. "Sorry, I like to go places to think too. And this
seemed like the perfect place." "It is." said William throwing a stone into
the lake. " I feel far away here. And I REALLY need to get away." He looked
sadly at the ground. I didn't know what to say. "You want to get away?" I
asked shocked. "You have such a privledged life! Why would you want to get
away?" William was quite for a moment and then finally spoke. "Have you ever
been in a school play?" "Yes" I said, not seeing what he was getting at. "Well
how did you feel on opening night?" I smiled. Remebering exactly how I felt
that night. " I was terrified, my hands were all sweaty, Everyone was watching
me, everyone was counting on me...Oh I hated it!" I looked over at William and
noticed he wasn't smiling. "Well, think of living that day over and over and
over, only this time let's say it's real." I looked at him sympathetically. I
knew what he was saying. I'd heard how he felt about being in the spotlight. "
Well, I don't think that I would like that much." He stared at me as I sat
down next to him. He seemed to be scared of me. "I bet your one of them aren't
you?" He backed away a little as I sat there confused "Come again?" William
was clearly frightened. He started to get up. "What? Where are you going?"
"I'm leaving, before I tell you anything else that might show up in tomorrows
paper!" I knew then that he thought I was a news reporter. "Well, you and I
are the only ones here. How is anyone going to hear us?" He stopped and looked
back at me with a raised eye-brow. "Ah hah! I know what you are doing! You
work for the Sunday Mirror. You work undercover. I bet your trying to get some
really personal things out of me aren't you? Well I'm on to you" I stared at
him as if he were crazy. "Oh please, for one thing I'm not old enough to work
for the Sunday Mirror, for another thing I never WOULD work for the Sunday
Mirror, and lastly I don't know how I would be able to remember everything you
just told me, seeing as i can't even find my way home!" William looked at me.
He sat back down, relaxing a little. "I'm sorry. I just can't trust anyone." I
could tell he was about to cry from the look on his face. "Nobody gets my
life. They don't understand it. It's not all fun and games. It's not even a
life, it's a movie, for everyone to watch. But why am I telling you this? I'm
sorry. You probably don't even care" He looked away, ashamed at how honest he
was being, he had felt he had said too much. "I do care." I said reasurringly
"I really do."
CHAPTER TWO
We sat and talked for a very long time. He talked about his life, and I talked
about mine. After a while it got really dark and it started to rain. "Oh
great" muttered William as the rain came pouring down. He looked over at me
and took off his jacket.
"Here you go, would you like to wear it?" I looked up at William, surprised
he'd offer me his coat. "Well, your highness, if I took your coat what would
you wear?" William shrugged and put the coat around my shoulders. "I don't
need anything." William smiled at me as the rain poured off of his nose and
long eye lashes. He was very cute with his hair wet and messy. I did feel bad
though, I could see that he was really cold. "William" I said a little
quietly. "I wouldn't mind if you wanted to share the jacket." William looked
at me and blushed a little. "Share the coat? I don't know if we'd both fit..."
"Oh yes we will" I assured him. "If we really scrunch up." William looked at
me for the longest time (well it seemed like the longest time) he seemed to be
thinking hard about something. Finally he scooted over and got into the jacket
with me. I was really scrunched up in there but I didn't mind, William didn't
seem to either. For some reason the both of us just started to crack up
laughing! We were hysterical. The whole thing was quite funny to us. Being
stuck out there in the rain all bunched up into one little coat. "This is a
lot of fun" said William smiling. "This never would have happened at the
palace!" "yeah" I said still laughing. "Oh look William!" I pointed up at the
sky noticing a shooting star. At that moment the rain stopped and the stars
were shining brightly. "What?" asked William. "What are you pointing at?" "A
shooting star!" I said excitedly. William looked up at the sky, and quickly
was overwhelmed in sadness. I didn't understand why. "William?" I quietly
whispered. "What's wrong?" "Nothing" said William quietly. "There is to
something wrong, don't try to hide it. You can tell me." William turned to me.
"I, I, I miss my Mum a lot. Everybody keeps saying that she went to Heaven,
but what if that's not true. I pray every night and I wish on stars. I keep
asking if I can see my Mum for a minute, maybe just for a second. Just long
enough to give her a hug and tell her that I love her. I do this every night.
I don't see why my wish hasn't come true. Why can't I see her for just a
while? What would it hurt to let me see her for just one second, just one?!?"
I could see that William was clearly distressed. I tried my best to comfort
him. "To tell you the truth." I said quietly "I think you do see her. You just
don't know that you do." "what?" asked William confused. "You've been waiting
around to see her in the flesh, but she's probably been with you all along.
She's probably been watching you and trying to comfort you, but you've been so
busy wanting to see her, that you've had no time to feel her presence. She's
here William. I know that she would never ever leave you." William looked up
at me with tears in his eyes. "I'm not going to cry, ok? So don't even try to
make me cry." "I'm not trying to make you cry." I said confused. "Stop it
Savanah, I haven't cried for the longest time and I'm not going to start now!"
William jumped out of the coat and stood up. "You want to see me cry, dont
you? You want to see the Prince kneel down and sob, surrender to his sadness,
Well it's not going to happen! It's not!" William walked over to a nearby
tree. A few seconds later I followed him. His head was resting against the
tree. I turned him around and noticed that he was crying. A single tear rolled
down his cheek. I wiped it away and grabbed his hand. "Don't cry ok. I didn't
mean to make you cry. I'm sorry." William looked at me and shook his head.
"No, I'm sorry. You really have made me feel better, it feels good to cry." I
nodded my head. "You are a wonderful girl Savanah, I'm glad that I've gotten
to know you. And I'm glad that your not just another crazy girl who wants me
to marry them" " Thank-you" I said smiling "I'm gald I've gotten to know you
to." We looked at each other waiting for someone to speak, to say something.
Touching moments were just to hard for William to cope with, he'd had to deal
with to many tragedies. I smiled and pointed at the coat I'd left on the
ground, it was now covered in mud. " I guess we won't can't use that anymore."
William and I started to laugh. " I guess not"
