Okay, my second story, and first story in Secret Garden series. You will all have to mind the accents, I can't write accents very well, or really at all, so anyone who is supposed to have a accent, I tried my best. I hope you all like this story, and understand, I AM NOT BASHING COLIN, I just like Colin and Mary stories. Okay, enough talking, ENJOY!

Mary looked out the window at the rain softly pattering on the window plane, matching her mood right now. Mary was now 18 years old, and Colin's wife.

She never really thought that she would ever marry her cousin, but somehow she did. Dickon had joined the army when she was 16, and never came back, which left her heartbroken. Dickon wasn't just her best friend, but she always thought that she might marry him, maybe. But when the news arrived that he had died in combat, she went into a long depression. No one, not even Martha, could comfort her.

After about two months of depression, Colin invited to take her out to the garden, where they spent the entire day weeding and watering to help the flowers bloom again. The garden helped Mary move on, and to realize that life goes on after tragedy, even the most horrible.

When Mary finally came out of her depression, Colin started courting her, with flowers and dinners. Mary started to see Colin in a different light, besides the poor, sickly, cousin that she had always held onto, even when he started walking and getting better. Mary started to see Colin as perhaps a husband, someone she could be content with, and who would always keep a roof over her head. When Colin finally proposed, one year after Dickon had died, Mary of course said yes. They were married a couple months later, in the garden that held so many memories.

Mary and Colin's marriage was fine after they're honeymoon, with Mary enjoying working in the garden, and Colin learning about business. But then Mr. Carver left to go to America for business, which turned out to be longer then anyone had thought. Mr. Carver was forced to buy a estate in America to live in, making Colin the lord of the estate, and Mary the head of taking care of servants and such.

Mary and Colin were fine in running Misselthwaite, but then Colin started to act strange, staying in bed all day,and having the servants cater to his every need. Mary was among the people who had to fluff his pillows, bring him all his meals in bed, rub his feet, read him books, write things for him, keep the fire fed, change his sheets, and just pamper him all day long. Mary continued to sleep in they're bedroom, but when Colin would ask her to get him tea in the middle of the night, she moved back to her old bedroom.

All of this had been going on for about 8 months, and she was tired of it. Colin was turning back into the poor, sickly, whiny boy that he was when Mary came here. And it seemed to Mary that Colin didn't love her anymore. He treated her just like a servant, wouldn't even say thank you. Colin didn't even kiss Mary unless HE wanted to, which was when he was the most annoying. Mary hadn't said anything all this time, just holding her tongue and doing as she was told. Finally, Mary just stayed in her bedroom all day, only leaving when she could go to the garden, which since it was winter now, wasn't very often. And that was why Mary was in a sad mood today.

Suddenly, while Mary was looking out the window, there was a knock at the door. It was Martha, with a message that 'Master Colin wanted her. Mary sighed. Colin probably just wanted her to read him a book, or something. She nodded to Martha, and started to walk to Colin's bedroom, not looking forward to it.

Okay, how do you all like it?! Just a suggestion, REVIEW PLEASE! I want input, praise, ideas, or even constructive criticism, but only small flames. THANK YOU!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Li Li