Summer 2013

Do you know the dream of every girl in her eight years old?

Prince charming, white horse and a bouquet of roses. Beautiful roses. Every book she read is story about beautiful love story and happily ever after.

Therefore, little Luna walking step by step going to private family garden and started picking roses there.

"Its a hot day, what are you doing here miss." Tara, her babysister come to get her. She approach Luna who was squatting among the bushes.

"Just go, Tara. Don't distrub me!" she ignoring her nanny. Her nanny squatting at the same level of her dear miss. Luna is youngest kids in this family, she spoiled but smart. She always doing something with clear reason and purpose. Tara found that caracter in her employer since she work here two years ago.

"what are you doing, miss?" ask Tara carefully.

"I'm collecting flower." Luna answering without looking at her nanny.

"Why are you collecting flower?"

"My fiance coming tomorrow. It's his welcome gift,"

Tara startled with her answer.

"Your fiance?"

"Yes, when we have breakfast dad saying that Black family will come and talking about engagement, so i making gift for my fiance."

Tara speechless. She doesn't know how to tell her miss that engagement not for her. Yes they are talking about agreement between two families, but it for the older miss, Aliza.

But Tara just brush off her thougts, she think miss Luna just excited with new friend who will coming tomorrow.

"If you pick it now, that flower will wither away..."

Luna look at her nanny like realize what will happened. She look at the flower with sad face.

"Now i can't give this flower for him?"

Tara shook her head and pick that flower one by one from the ground.

"Its okay, miss. We can put them in vas and give water on it. The flower will stay fresh and you can give it to that person."

Luna smiled and her eyes sparkled with excitement again.

Tara feel relieved.

"Now get up and let's clean your body. We don't want you meet the guest with the face full mud, don't we?"

Luna nod and hold Tara hand. They comeback together toward the big mansion. Place where the big politican, Edmund Hyland.

Let miss Luna rest, and I will explain to her first thing in the morning, Tara talking to herself.

***

She doesn't know, the unexpected thing came with unexpected time. The plan about explain something important for her miss forgotten cause after that she get call from her neighbor that her mother, the one and only her family fall ill. She must go first thing in the evening knowing how far her journey. After get permission from the head of servant Tara get going without looking back

Evening in the next day

Tara hometown

Tara finished giving medicine for her mother after dinner. She was so busy nursering her mom and doing chore after arrive to her hometown. She is not remember anything about her master house till she go back to her chamber and found envelope which so familiar for her between her clothing in the bag.

She open that envelope and found some money in it. Tara little surprised, this is her miss envelope. She always use this same pattern for her envelope.

"Where she put this money in my bag?" GASPPP, Tara covered her mouth. "This evening, oh no...miss Luna..."

*

In the dinning room. At the big mansion.

Aluna, her parents and head buttler stand up in front of door when Black family come in. There are three people who coming. Two adults and the prince.

He was so handsome for boy thirteen years old. Handsome and mature. He greeting Aluna parents so elegantly. Aluna cannot take her eyes off from him. Her...

"We are sorry, Aliza and Azriel have extra lesson at their school. They are little late." that her father who is talking.

"It's okay, lesson is important for us. We can wait." the one adult talking. He is the prince father.

"It's okay, " now the prince mother. They are so educated and composed.

Aluna walking approach the prince and holding out a bouquet flower toward him.

He was confused atau first, but carefully accept her bouquet.

" How cute, is her the youngest?" the prince mom asking.

"Hahaha, yes. She is Aluna. My Girl."

"How cute," the mom approach Luna and caress her hair. Luna wear her pink bandana this time. " How old are you?"

" I'm eight years old."

" Eight years, that beautiful number. Thank you for your gift. Are you making itu yourself?"

Every people in that room just smiling with that little interaction.

"Yes, that bouquet is my first gift for our engagement…"

"Oh my…" The lady covered her mouth, she look toward her husband. Their smile disappear.

"Are you dumb? He is my fiance!!"

All attention went to entrance. Aliza and Ariel come in.

"Aliza…"

"What are you doing, are you take interest for my fiance now?"

"That very rude Azila! Can you speak nicely?"

"Kids, what are you doing? Dear…" The mother call her name gently. Aluna eyes filling with confused and teary. "Can you come with meme a moment?"

"Yes, mommy!"

The mom smile atau her and holding her hand leaving that place. The mom makemake eye signal with her husband. Her husband nodding.

Aluna looked at the prince for the last time before she going. Look one last time for her prince charming, her bouquet of rose, her dream. One last time.