Oasis of Time

The girl stared at her for a moment before she looked away. "Well, now you've seen me," she replied simply.

"But seeing you is no different than looking at a picture. To know someone you must talk, laugh, smile, and love" Amelia said softly.

The girl looked back at her, her dark eyes cold now. "And who says I want you to know me?" she asked.

"No one of course Your Highness" Amelia said as she bowed deeply to the princess.

"Then why are you still standing there?" the girl asked and looked away again.

"Then I will excuse myself from your presence" Amelia said softly before bowing once more and left the room.

The girl didn't say anything as Amelia left and the young woman that had been showing Amelia around followed after her. "Nasty one, isn't she?" she breathed quietly.

"Not at all, she has a right to protect herself" Amelia said softly, stopping to look out at the view

The young woman sighed and nodded, yet decided to remain silent, watching Amelia from a distance.

Amelia silently chided herself for being so stupid. She was attracted to the young king but that did not give her the right to challenge his to be bride even if he did not want to marry her.

The maid watched her and smiled faintly, seeming to know what she was thinking. "I believe the Pharaoh should be out of his meeting by now. Would you care to see him?" she asked softly.

"Ah...I shouldn't bother him..." Amelia said softly before stopping at a window to look outside at the scenery.

"Who says you'd be bothering him?" the woman asked, watching her.

"Well he is the Pharaoh, he would have better things to do than attend a woman who has no place in this time. I'm not peasant nor royal, I am no one here" Amelia said, taking in the breath taking scenery.

The maid watched her and rolled her eyes. "As far as I know, Mistress, he doesn't," she replied.

"Fine then....I'll see him" Amelia said after seeing the eye roll.

The maid nodded. "You don't have to if you really don't want to," she replied.

"No...I really would like to" Amelia said with a soft blush.

The young woman smiled. "Then why say such nonsense?" she laughed softly. "Come, I shall take you to him."

Amelia said nothing but smiled before nodding, following the maid.

The maid led her to the Pharaoh's throne room, where Tutankhamun sat in his throne, rubbing his forehead. He was there alone. "Pharaoh?" the maid said, bowing respectfully. "Amelia wishes to be in your company." Tutankhamun looked up and sighed, smiling faintly.
"Alright," he replied. "So much better than what I had been going through."

Amelia smiled softly, slowly walking over to him. The white dress caught on her curves perfectly, it showed she wasn't Egyptian, exotic even. Her dark brown hair let loose, different from when he had first met her and it was hidden. Where the light hit her hair red shone through. "Is there anyway I could help make you forget your stressful morning Pharaoh?" She asked, sitting down by his chair gracefully.

Tutankhamun watched her and couldn't hide the faint smirk that played at the corner of his lips. "I believe you have already succeeded," he said to her, reaching out and playing his fingers through her loose, brown hair, seeming to savour the feel of it between his fingers.

"Then I'm glad I came" Amelia said with a warm smile.

"As am I," Tutankhamun replied softly. "How has your day been?" he asked her, pulling back his hand and resting it on the arm of his throne where it had been previously.