03

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[A: Action; Early Morning; 917 Bilko Boulevard]

[Rapunzel's been having as good a time one can have in Mayfield, so far. But last night, being away from home so long finally caught up with her. She had the guiltiest nightmares about home; Eugene, Pascal... Mostly Mother.

Since before the sun rose she's been outside, just to look at the sky and try not to think.]

[B: Action; Afternoon; The Library]

[She couldn't find it on Mothers' Day, but Rapunzel is <em>determined</em> to find  that story about the girl with her name and, apparently, hair and living situation. The problem is... She can't get her hands on the right book, no matter how hard she looks.]

Where is it?

[C: Phone; Evening]

I know it's already been a while, but how did everyone enjoy prom?

Also, does anyone want to get together and do some baking some day soon? I have all these chances to try my hobbies with other people now...

Comments

[theboywiththebook]

Yeah sure.

The story goes that a couple with no children had wanted a child. The wife had noticed that their neighbour next door had been growing the rapunzel plant which is supposed to help them have a child. The husband for two nights steals the plant so his wife could have it and they could have a kid. But on the third night their neighbour, an enchantress, catches him.

The husband begged to be spared and the enchantress agreed only if he gave her their unborn kid. The husband agrees and when the couple's daughter is born the enchantress took her and locked her up in a tower and named her Rapunzel.

[Henry takes a breath.]

It's a long story. Do you want me to continue?

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[And Rapunzel just... Stands there, trying to take that all in. It's not the same, though. Mother hasn't locked her up. She's protecting her. And Mother's not an enchantress. And she's Mother. Her real Mother.]

Could... Could you please tell me more?

I decided to go all out. Henry would do that...i hope.

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry curiously looks at the girl seeing that she doesn't look okay. But he goes on when she asks him to.]

Well one day when Rapunzel was in her tower, a prince came and heard Rapunzel singing in her tower. He fell in love with it but he couldn't get into the tower since the only way in was climbing Rapunzel's very long hair.

[Henry still hasn't noticed this Rapunzel's long hair yet, funny.]

So he would come back to listen to her until one day he hears the Enchantress say "Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair." Which she does.

So then when the enchantress left the prince did the same and Rapunzel let him up. He then asked her to marry him and Rapunzel agreed. So they began planning how Rapunzel would escape.

But before Rapunzel could escape she got caught by the enchantress. So the Enchantress cut her hair and threw her out into the forest. But the prince didn't know about this and when he went back to see Rapunzel the witch met him instead. She told him he'd never see Rapunzel again and...well...the enchantress pushed him from the tower.

But months later they meet again, but the prince had become blind from his fall. Rapunzel had cried and her tears had magically healed him and they went and lived happily ever after.

[He tilts his head now and looks at her.]

Haven't you heard of the story before? Or maybe your from it just doesn't exist there?

[Oh Henry...poor naive Henry.]

It's fine by me!

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[...Okay, no big deal, right? Mother might ask her to let down her hair, but... Eugene certainly didn't. And he's no prince. And neither is Once-ler, although she's not sure what that has to do with anything even as she thinks it. The point is that... Well, she's fine. She's not like that girl in the story at all.

Right? Right.]

Oh! Well, thank you for telling me that.

Re: It's fine by me!

[theboywiththebook]

It's no problem. I'm Henry by the way.

[He extends hand out from behind his book to her.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She shakes his hand, her face the epitome of awkward.]

Hi, Henry. I'm...

Rapunzel, actually.

1/?

[theboywiththebook]

[As he takes her hand his face becomes blank upon hearing her name.]

....

Re: 1/?

[theboywiththebook]

....

3/3

[theboywiththebook]

You're Rapunzel? So wait you're from the Enchanted Forest than right? That would explain why you don't know your own story.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

No! I'm not that Rapunzel at all!

[theboywiththebook]

Well of course not. I mean if you're from the Enchanted Forest what happened there is different from the ones everyone knows.

[In other words Henry just told you the one not from his book.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

But I'm not from the Enchanted Forest!

[theboywiththebook]

Oh....I guess you're from a different place than. Sorry.

[Henry seems a bit Crest fallen. But smiles again.]

But it's nice to meet you Rapunzel.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

Sorry. But it's nice to meet you, too.