CHAPTER 1: Jasmine

Jasmine's P.O.V

As I prepare the princess's warm bath, I thought of having this kind of life. Having someone to prepare your bath, spreading tones of calming Jasmine flowers. Temperature is perfect, natural essential smell blossoming, surrounding the whole area.

"Bath is ready, your Highness" I bowed as respect as I help your Highness with her bath.

"Can I ask you something Jasmine?" She asked, I looked at her and smiled.

"Sure your Highness" I said as I continued washing her back.

"If I ask you to marry a prince for me, would you take it?" She asked, I was startled for a while yet still continuing washing her back.

This time, I didn't know what to say. I used to answer all of her question most of the time, but, this one I wasn't able to answer.

"It's only a what if tho, I won't get you into any trouble. It's just, I don't think there's any prince that could ever win my heart. I just don't know, maybe it's not a prince but a princess..." The princess said full heartedly. She sighed then just closed her eyes.

"Isn't that against the rules, your Highness?"

"It is, I know there's nothing else that I could possibly do about it." She exclaimed, inhaling and exhaling deeply as she said those words, she really meant it.

'if only I have your life, I will be contented with everything.' I said to myself as I wash her back.

"Jasmine, my brother told me to tell you that he'll be waiting for you at the garden." She said facing me now, she kept on setting me up with his older brother. I quite of told her that I like her brother sometime ago, the princess and I had been close ever since I started to work for her in the palace. She gave me her old stuffs and everything, as if I'm living a princess life in her shadows, still, I'm not a princess like her.

"I'm afraid your Highness..." I told her.

"Why Jasmine?" She asked worriedly.

"People might get the wrong idea between the prince and me, I'm just a lowly servant in the castle, I don't want the Prince's name to be ruined." I said.

"Nobody is going to judge you and their future king Jasmine, I got your back. Enjoy your romance, do it for me." She smiled and smelled a Jasmine flower.

I finished cleaning her up, helped her dress up and wore fantastically beautiful princess wardrobe. She's dashing.

She read her book and glanced up to her beautiful morning view of the palace thru her window.

"Could you do me a favor?" She asked me gently.

"Of course your Highness." I replied.

"Help me out of the palace, even just for a day." She pleaded with effort.

"I don't know if that is right your Highness, I'll get beheaded if your father finds out." I replied.

She's full of mischievous ideas. Ideas that would end up with me being beheaded or eaten alive by a tiger.

"Just this one Jasmine, I promise I won't do anything mischievous after this." She kept on convincing me to do so, what else can I do? She's a princess, I work for her. I'll cover her up and serve her no matter what, we're like sisters, not by blood but by heart. I'm a daughter of the king's servant, that's the reason why we knew each other since we were little.

She's forbidden to do the things she want, while I envy her luxurious life. She always wished to have my freedom, not knowing how hard it is to live seeing your parents still working at a very old age..

I nodded and gave her a warm smile, she came to hug me then I did the same.

Later that night she asked me to cover for her as she snuck out of the palace with the help of me and her pet tiger. She wore clothes that would disguise her as a lowly servant as I wore her cloth to pretend I'm her.

I'm living a life that is not mine, a life that if I'm not careful, I would surely end up in grave.

I helped her pass the tall palace walls and over the boundaries, once she's out I covered my face and pretended to be her until I reached her bedroom.

'How tiring' I exclaimed.

Time skipped, I'm sure she's having a fun time out of the castle. As I opened my eyes from a quick nap, I heard a small rock hitted her window meaning she's back. Hopefully we don't get caught...

I helped her pass the walls again, I spotted a guard heading our way. I have to think for a way in able for us not to get caught in action.

"You there!" A loud men shouted.