The Princess's Heart - Part 2

The Princess Day had many playmates about the Kingdom and each day she was allowed to go even outside the pallace gates to play with them all. One of the children's name was Gavin. Gavin was the son of the Captain of the Guard, and he was very proud of his father. Often the two could be found together playing with sticks as though they were swords and laughing about anything they found funny. Aside from her Father, Day thought Gavin was her favorite person on earth.
Every night the Princess went to visit her Father and tell him all about the days adventures with Gavin and her other playmates.
One afternoon when Gavin and Day were dashing about the gardens imagining that they were fighting a ferocious dragon, an older boy came along. "Silly children, what are you doing? There's nothing there." He said sourly.
Day did not know the boy, but Gavin did and it was obvious right away that they were not the best of friends. "Who are you calling a child!" Said Gavin angrily. The older boy smiled smugly, "All you do is play childs games with the Princess all day long, when are you going to grow up?" He then looked at Day, "When are you both going to grow up?" He asked again, and Day felt suddenly uncomfortable under his stare.
"I, I am sort of grown up." She said quietly, the older boy laughed meanly "Prove it!" He said and stood waiting. The Princess frowned, "My Father says that I am growing." She said, and it sounded so small and pathetic to her now.
The boy threw his head back and laughed long and hard, then he snapped at her "Your Father doesn't know anything, he's trying to keep you a child forever and he doesn't even want you to grow up. He's the worst King we've ever had. And besides, grown ups don't need Fathers. I haven't listened to my Father in ages, and look how big I've become."
Day was mortified at the thought of ever not needing her Father. She turned and ran back into the Pallace. There she hid herself in the nearest closet and cried until she heard her friend Gavin calling for her. She called out to him and he came and opened the door to the closet. He stared down at her with an odd look on his face. "Maybe he's right." He said quietly. Then he turned and walked away.
That night Day did not go to visit her Father, and when He came knocking at her door to see if she was alright she called out that she was fine, just very tired this night. She listened as he left and she felt alone for the first time.
That next morning when her Father was tending to the business of the Kingdom, Day crept into his quarters and took her little glass heart in her hands. She carefully wrapped it in her kerchief and left with it.