..... The forest trees and fresh air was total freedom. The sky was a
gloomy gray and rain seem to be near. The dense woods was filled with
trees and hills. I was dressed appropriately in a nice jacket, jeans,
boots and a scarf. It was nearing winter and I thought England was the
perfect place to visit. I enjoyed the cold and always wanted to visit
England. My friend had invited me and recommended these parts of the
forest because she knew how I enjoyed nature. It was quite early and I
thought I would take a hike by myself. My friend wouldn't mind, she was
going to spend the day with her boyfriend anyway.
..... I took a deep breath and saw my breath mist away. Oh I was in
total heaven. There was a chill through the trees as the wind blew. My
face turned rosy but I kept warm. I was wandering and seem to walk
forever lost in my thoughts of what life was offering me. Suddenly I
stopped in my tracks as my shoe crunched on some dead leaves. Where was
I? I turned around and the scenery just all seemed the same. Whoa...I
was totally lost. I laughed at my stupidity and then started to worry. I
walked forward.
..... That was 7am, it was now 3pm. I really got worried and sat down
by a tree, exhausted. Where was I? How was I going to get home. I
became light headed as the sky suddenly grew darker. Thunder rumbled and
I just sighed. I was in such trouble. Slowly I closed my eyes, wanting
to sleep. When footsteps got me out of my daze.
..... I stood up and was about to run away till I saw who I was in the
presence of. He was tall and blond. He was breathing a lot. I suppose he
was walking around too, maybe he could tell me how to get back. We
stared at each other for a moment then he spoke in an English accent, "Excuse me, can you tell me the way back to the main road? I was
exploring and I seem to have gotten lost."
..... Oh great, he was lost too. He seemed to be as afraid as me. "No, you see, I'm not from here and I am lost too as you can see." I said
in my American accent. He looked away for a second and seem to be so
frustrated. He shook his head and took a seat on the ground.
..... "Oh, William, William, William...you idiot," he mumbled.
..... I took a seat by him and saw he was much more worried then me. I
felt sorry for him and tried to give him some comfort.
..... "It's.....okay, at least we're not alone now. I am in such trouble
too. How can I be this stupid, I shouldn't have came alone," I said in
regret.
..... He looked at me, and then in an angry voice said, "Okay, you
don't seem to know who I am. I will be yelled at, everyone is going to
be worried, and soon I will be watched at every moment so stupid things
like this can never happen again. Now I will never have any privacy, all
because of this and you are worried about yourself?!"
..... What the? I wished I had never met this guy. I got up, and
looked down upon him, "For your information I am a person too. I have
waited all my life to travel to places like this and it's people like
you that make me think! How dare you! I am in just as much trouble as
you!"
..... And with those words the sky started to pour. I gave an angry
yell and walked away. He followed me behind, grumbling too. We were
soaked when we found some rocks that formed some shelter at least. I
ducked inside and so did he. I looked away as we became silent for a few
moments.
..... "I bet you are going to blame me for the rain," I said
sarcastically.
..... He chuckled. He faced me and then said with sympathy, "Look, I'm
sorry. It's just that I live a complicated life and nothing like this
has ever happened before. And I don't need this kind of stress at the
moment. I'm sorry."
..... I guess that was some kind of an apology. I looked at him, "It's okay," I said.
..... "I'll be missing the family dinner tonight. Oh, tomorrow we were
going to go swimming and play tennis. I hope I won't miss that," he
said.
..... "In this weather? It's freezing!" I said.
..... "Oh, it's all indoor," he explained.
..... "Ha! You must be loaded. I love tennis and swimming, but I can't in
this cold," I said as I hugged my knees and place my head on them.
..... "I suppose. Do you enjoy any other sport?" he asked.
..... "No, actually sports isn't my thing. I'm nothing more than a
writer. However I do try to make sports a part of me," I explained.
..... "Really? I enjoy letter writing and..."
..... "Oh me too! It's one of my last joys. Getting mail, it's more
special then a phone call any day. It's rare to see us letter writers
these days," I jumped in as I perked my head up.
..... "Yes, ever hear of that essay by..."
..... The rain came down harder, and it grew dark as night descended
upon us, but I was having the time of my life deep into conversation. He
was really sweet and we had so much in common. We laughed, argued,
discussed and shared. We were dry when we stopped talking and it was
almost 9:30pm.
..... "How can an American like you seem so English? It's amazing," he
said.
..... "Is that a compliment or an insult?!" I said jokingly. He laughed.
..... It was pitch black all around us but as the night went on the
clouds cleared as rays of moonlight highlighted the trees. I sat in awe
as the forest seem to be alive once again. I wanted to go home in some
ways, then again I wanted to stay with this guy a while longer. I looked
at him in this rare moment of silence. He seem to be looking around too.
He was really handsome. His features were very attractive. He probably
was with someone already. He also seemed very familiar. Who was he? I
didn't even know what was his name.
..... "Umm, what was your name again?" I asked in shame.
..... "Oh. I guess this never came up before. I don't even know yours.
Mine is William," he said in introduction.
..... Suddenly it dawned on me. Could he? Was he? Oh my... He seem to notice my shock. He looked away.
..... "Yes, yes. That is me. Prince Wills."
..... There was nothing more I could say. I read all the articles. He
didn't really like the publicity. I guess I should keep away from the
subject.
..... "So, how the hell are we going to get back? It's too dark for us
to walk anywhere now. What? Are we just going to sit here all night. As
far as I'm concerned, I can't stand you any longer and would gladly risk
the walk back to where ever home is," I said sarcastically.
..... "Oh, and like I am in the company of royalty?" he said.
..... I laughed. This was so stupid. He laughed too. Oh, we weren't
going anywhere for a while. I decided we talked enough. I looked up at
the full moon in the sky and sighed and lied back. I thought it would be
the rock but I was leaning on William. I got up and we said the awkward
"Sorry!" and " It's okay." And for that single moment I was closer to
him than I ever had been before. We looked face to face. And we just
headed toward each other, slowly.
..... This was too much. I tilted my head down. He stopped.
..... "What? You never kissed a guy before?" he said jokingly and in a
nervous tone all at once.
..... "No, never one like you before," I said.
..... I looked at him again and he kissed me. For what seemed like to be
years, we lip locked. It was warm, soft, slow..... I forgot everything
and just enjoyed it. He kissed me again, I kissed back. Then I kissed
him. We were just making out! We kissed for sooo long that it didn't
seem to have any affect anymore. That's when I pulled back and so did
he. I was completely flushed and glad he couldn't really see my red
face. We were both gasping for air. I sighed.
..... "What was your name..." he said a moment too late.
..... In the distance, dogs barked viciously as men shouted. I was soo
afraid. who were they?
..... "Oh! This bloody tracker!" William said.
..... We were being rescued, well, he was. But I didn't want to be
discovered with the Prince of Wales all alone in the dark forest by his
body guards. What if this gets to the media. I wasn't anyone, no one
would approve of the match. Oh I panicked. I looked at him, "I'm sorry,
but I can't...so..."
..... And like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight I got up and ran
away. I even had a Prince screaming at me from behind. I ran away till
all I heard was my own breath. Oh, what would he think of me. I started
to walk with my hands in my pockets. I probably looked so stupid. I am
stupid.
..... I was in sheer heaven a moment ago and now I was alone and lost
in the cold. I still could smell him. It was a lovely wonderful scent. I
seem to forget I was in trouble. I just walked straight ahead, thinking
that I just met a Prince! How romantic in so many ways. Except for the
part I ran away to the barking of dogs. I walked until by sheer luck I
reached my friend's cabin!
..... They were all so glad to see me safe. I explained, totally
ignoring the William part. My friend was relieved and then we all went
to bed. It was midnight after all. I took a shower, and went to my room.
I laid down on the bed, and like it never happened I drifted off to
sleep. Yet, a part of the experience was still in my heart of this
impossible story. What can I say?
