Romeo And Juliet

Maya opened the curtains and window of the room when the clock struck eight the next day. A huge beam of sun entered the room followed by the cold breeze of winter. She shivered and closed the window again. Maya didn't dare to open the balcony thus only opening the curtain.

She had prepared all day yesterday to go out for a tour of the city. Even though Maya had seen the world outside, she was happy that her miss would finally be getting out of the wreaked mansion to venture out of the four walls.

Fortunately, Aisha didn't use her latest gown yesterday during blood extraction, saving it from getting stained. Maya had ironed the clothes and hung them on the hangar last night when she came to check on Aisha. However, before leaving the room she realized that a gown that heavy was not very accurate for shopping in a mall. Thus, she came up with a better idea instead.

"Miss, wake up!" Maya pulled the blanket from above her head, letting the strong rays of the sun fall on her. Aisha pressed her eyes, it was the first time she had slept so well. Before even though she had nothing to do, she preferred going for a stroll or moving around in the room, or playing with her childhood toys that had already bored her to hell. She never knew sleeping could be so peaceful.

Aisha feared sleeping because of the terrifying dreams that followed her in her dreams. But last night or rather the whole evening or half of the afternoon, she didn't dream anything after the one in the morning.

"Maya, five minutes." Aisha showed her five fingers on Maya's face and then covered her face with the blanket again.

"No!" Maya pulled it again, "We have to go shopping." Maya said. Aisha immediately pulled herself out of her pillow who had no intention of letting her get off the bed.

"Shopping?" Aisha said, looking at the sun brightly shining outside the balcony. "I have never done that before." Maya's face dropped but then brightened up again after a while. She jumped from one foot to another on the tiptoe and then danced with her hands wide open, like a swan.

"Yes, miss. Shopping. We will go to the mall and move from shop to shop looking for clothes and accessories, make-up, and skincare. We can even eat, drink and play different games. " Maya said while dancing around.

" Really. But Maya what is a mall? "Aisha released herself from the grasp of the blanket and set her feet on the ground.

Maya stopped dancing and held Aisha's hands in hers, "it is a huge building with many different branded shops in it, a play center, and cafeterias too. " she pulled Aisha into the bathroom.

" Really? " Aisha's eyes brightened thinking about it.

Not once in her previous lives had Aisha ever been able to get out of the mansion except for the time when she traveled from something called a car to the Raichand mansion. There she was locked again. How she dreamed of seeing the world outside, what could it be, and how beautiful it might be? Are people nice outside or are everyone the same as the ones she has seen? But then again there might be people like Maya too.

Aisha had many such questions. And as hilarious as it sounds, Aisha imagined that the mall would be like a mansion and might have rooms labeled as shops of clothes and other stuff. Which is almost similar but not very accurate.

By now, Maya was washing Aisha's silky smooth hair. Though she hated the color and wanted to destroy those hairs that had the same color as her father's, she still decided to preserve them as her mother's keepsake for the silkiness of the hair definitely matched hers according to her nanny.

"Maya? Do malls have libraries too?" Aisha asked while wondering about what an amazing place named Mall is.

"Yes, it does indeed." Maya smiled when she found out that her lady was actually talking about things other than her family and the pain she went through.

"Do they have romance books like ' Romeo and Juliet' or 'Pride and Prejudice'? "

" Yes, but how do you know about those books? They are classics. " Maya stopped massaging her hair.

" I heard a few maids talking about them. "

Not long ago, when she was fifteen, she heard a few maids talking about Elizabeth and Matthew and Romeo and Juliet. While she wondered who they were the story she heard when one of them was narrating it made Aisha very interested in learning about these people. After that, her nanny said that they were not real people but characters in a romance novel.

"Yes, there are many." Maya pulled a towel and wrapped it around Aisha's body. "Shall we get ready now?" Maya asked.