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“Don’t let life’s unfairness, don’t let how poor you are decide who you are. You choose who you will be, Aladdin. Will you be a hero who looks after the weak and powerless? Will you be a thief? Will you be a beggar—or worse? It’s up to you, not the things—or people—around you. You can choose to be something more.”
“You’re…ouch…only in trouble…ouch…if you get caught,” Aladdin protested, trying not to show pain as he rose and joined them.
She walked with the grace of a cloud in the wind, like her body weighed nothing at all,
He wasn’t exactly sure how kissing would help her. He just knew it was going to happen or he was going to die.
‘You marry me and seal my claim to the throne, and I won’t kill you.’ Why are you so surprised? It’s the first thing you men do when you seize power. Punish all the women.”
“There’s another way. You don’t have to choose this life. You could be something more.”
But of course the room was empty except for the carpet and the sorcerer, and no one answered him.
In a different time, he could almost see the two of them becoming friends.
He never would have dared kiss the royal princess Jasmine. But it turned out he didn’t need to. The royal princess Jasmine leaned over and kissed him. Her skin was warm and smelled of sand and mint. Aladdin melted into the kiss like his whole body had been waiting for it and he didn’t even know it himself. She put her hands around his neck and drew him in closer. One of her hands worked up into his hair, the other onto his shoulder, with a need he hadn’t realized she felt.
