Private Prince... 24 'Jamie'

"Good morning lass. I say you get bigger by the passing day." Cosme said as I looked down to my stomach. I was seven months and bloated, found out that Leopard was a doctor, but the normal one.1

I have been acting to other people 'weird' like I baby talk and things like that. Not my fault that I'm expecting a child. My hand touched my stomach happily and I've been thinking allot lately. Not on the stupid father mind that, but on a name. I need two names because I don't know if it is a girl or a boy. Leopard was eating and I ate allot these days, I swear I better not be fat when the pregnancy is over. 2

"Here to join me Cira?" Leopard asked as I stepped into the room Leopard and I have become very good friends. Yet he has been persistent to know my father's baby. Yet I can't, why is that? I don't want to sound like 'oh yeah my baby's father is Prince William your cousin.' Not a happy picture and I don't want to start a family feud.3

"Yep." I said as I sat down and devoured a defenseless strawberry. Didn't even stand a chance, Leopard chuckled at me. "What?"4

"I think that you enjoy eating strawberries, you look like if you attacked someone who couldn't or didn't even dare to fight back." Leopard said laughing now, my cheeks flushed.5

"Well maybe I like them because they can be sweet or tart but never biter." I replied and he shrugged a bit.6

"Have you thought of one?" Leopard asked and he took me by surprised.7

"About what?" I replied.8

"A name Cira." Leopard said and I smiled, he cares.9

"Well for a girl I was thinking of something like Hazel, but I can't find anything for a boy." I said and he chuckled.10

"How about Omar?" He suggested.11

"No offense but my kids not an Omar."12

"Roger?"13

"No fancy."14

"Vladimir?"15

"I am not a vampire thank you very much."16

"Stefan?"17

"Too French."18

"Antonio?"19

"I'll think on that one."20

"Blake?"21

"Too hunter-ish."22

"Joshua?"23

"No thank you."24

"Etiole?"25

"More Frenchy than the last one."26

"James but that's the last name I have." Leopard said and I stopped.27

"James...........that was my father's name. Mom used to call him Jamie." I said and smile.28

"Well it is a nice name, and all man-like for when he grows up." Leopard and I smiled.29

"Yeah James does sound nice." I said as I remembered my dad. "I remember all that my dad has done for me. I mean he was the one who taught me how to be a hard worker, he is who showed me how great it was to see the fruits of your own labor. Dad also taught me how to ride a horse and how to fight using my hair." I said as a tear brought forth it's ugly head.30

"He must have been allot to you." Leopard said as he gave my hand a consoling squeeze. "Sorry if I'm rubbing salt on a wound but how did your parents die?"31

"Oh they died by sickness. See there are some illnesses that we are immune, like the cold, measles, lepra and things like that. But there are some things that affect us to the brick of death. The real name of it I don't know. I never want to know it as well, but it's common name is dead hair. See Ahiru's energy mostly come from the genetics of our hair. It keeps us healthy and strong but if we get 'dead hair' it means that the hair suddenly does the opposite of what it does. It actually kills you slowly. It's contagious, when the only Ahiru doctor I know found out about it he separated me from them. Both dies alone without me by there side." I said and Leopard nodded.32

"It must have been hard for you." Leopard said and I shrugged. 33

"I've gotten used to it."34

***35

I was in my room when suddenly Carol bursted into my room.36

"What's wrong?"37

"Here." Carol said breathless as I grabbed a letter. I opened it to read it.38

'Cira,39

How are you my child? I hope that you are well with your pregnancy. I write this letter to you with sadness for you. It seems that William is going to marry a young princess from the Serruian country. Her name is Ivette and by the time that your child will be born he would have been married. I am sorry Cira, so sorry for what you have to feel. Don't you dare name your baby after that jerk.40

With Love * love*41

Your Aunt Ester'42

To make this worse the official seal of Aunt Ester was placed at the end. My knees gave away as I cried. Carol saw that I brought myself in a type of fetal position. So she left once she did I let the tears fall off of my face to my swollen breasts. I rubbed my tummy which had my unborn child in it.43

"Oh my dear baby, your mommy's sad." I said as I hiccuped. "Daddy won't be around permanently." I said as I cried myself to sleep.