Though her heart sank a bit she knew better than to give up, it wasn’t in her nature. She stood by while Jasper had a little ‘moment’, after which he stood to leave. Surprisingly he did not cry foul, did not yell curses or straight out blame her like she thought he would have. Even as he began to leave and looked back at her, he still did not make eye contact which for some reason bothered her. He stated that he regretted doing as she asked this was understandable and she felt bad but knew he too would not give up in this. It just wasn’t like Jasper, if she knew anything about Jasper it was that he wasn’t one for giving up, he had too much honor and pride. Jemma headed out after a few minutes of contemplating what could have happened, she returned to her room and wrote in her journal that she had kept for years now. This was her way of venting out her feelings, Rune said it would help her learn to control her emotions when she had her curse, and it somewhat had, thankfully. 

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Over time Jemma had learned what to say to Jasper and what not to say, as well as the things that were okay to do in front of him and things he disapproved of. That was his thing, he wanted her to be something she wasn’t, she learned that the hard way when he got upset at her one day and yelled at her to be more like their mother. Of course it hurt her, but she couldn’t let it get to her, she had made a promise to the king, and she always kept her promises. 

Two years had gone by and now the twins were sixteen and growing fast. Jasper was becoming such a strapping young man and Jemma was blossoming into a beautiful young woman before Mitus’s very eyes. Since Jemma had arrived the king had tried to make more time for his children with very little success. But Jemma appreciated it none the less, even if Jasper didn’t. The princess made sure to go to all of Jasper’s duels to make him happy, anything to get him to open up and get closer to her. And it wasn’t bad, Jemma actually enjoyed watching the sport, except for the parts where Jasper got cut, that was never fun to see. 

But luckily for her, her work was paying off, Jasper was finally beginning to be like before toward her. He often asked about her travels and wanted to learn all that she had. This always made her feel special because he was actually interested in something that she was interested in, things were starting to be like their childhood. Jasper was even starting to allow her to do certain things that princesses were forbidden to do. All and all, the kingdom was feeling more like home everyday for her.