Chapter One: Love At First Sight

Rhett Butler sat in his hotel room looking out the window. In just a little while, Frank Kennedy was going to be coming to pick him up to go to some barbecue at a place called Twelve Oaks. He didn't know what to think of going to a barbecue with no one he knew, except Frank Kennedy, but even then he didn't know this man that well. What was he going to say? He knew that his reputation wasn't in good condition and he knew that he had to mend it badly. But he didn't care what people thought of him. It made him laugh everytime thinking of all the old bats that would gossip over such silly topics. He never spread gossip, and very rarely would he listen to it.

Rhett was a tall man, with a clean-clipped mustache, and sort of a pirate look came to him. Dark hair(black), black eyes, and for the most part was very handsome. He knew how to deal with the ladies, he was a good horseman, and was very whealthy. He barely ever had contact with his family, and he had his reasons for this. Blockading, gambling, and women were this man's specialties. Rhett Butler was not a marrying man, and he never planned to marry.

As he sat there wondering, there was a knock on his door. He got up and opened the door. There in front of him was Frank Kennedy.

" Why, come in Mr. Kennedy," Rhett said.

He held back a laugh, but his eyes danced with laughter. For Frank Kennedy looked mighty angry. Well, that was how he always looked. Always had a frown on his face, and his hair gave him a mean appearance.

Frank walked in and said," Get what you are bringing with you and meet me down in the carraige in five minutes tops..."

Now Rhett did laugh and told Frank," Now, you have to remember Mr. Kennedy that I am not a lady, so I don't take that long to get ready. I am ready to leave now. Just let me lock the door to my room and I shall follow you down to your carraige.

Frank turned crimson. He had never felt so ashamed. He left the room to his to his carraige. Rhett laughed, got his key, locked the door, and walked out to the carraige also that was going to take him to Twelve Oaks.

Scarlett O'Hara sucked in with all her might as her Mammy laced up her corset so she could get her seventeen inch waist for the dress she was going to wear to the barbecue at Twelve Oaks. A green and white dress in fact. It matched her emerald-jade green eyes which she loved.

Scarlett was not the most beautiful woman in the world, but men never noticed that since she caught every man in her web with her charm. She had bushy, black eyebrows and beautiful black hair. Some said that her eyes were shaped like a cats, but she shoved that aside everytime she was told that. She had pure-red lips, ivory skin taken care of delicately to not become sunburnt, and the smallest body frame.

"Miss Scarlett, now you's a promised me that you were ter eat yours breakfast so you can wear that ter dress there."

Scarlett pouted, but sat down and gobbled down every single crumb on her plate. She turned red and looked at Mammy ashamed. Her own Mammy had done that to her. She would hold that grudge against her for probably the rest of her life.

" Katie-Scarlett O'Hara, get down here right now! If you are not down here by the count of ten, you will not enjoy the consequences! One, two, three..."her father yelled.

She gave a gasp, got her sunbonnet on, grabbed her gloves, parousel, and ran out of her room barely making it out the front door to her father. Hoping that Ashley Wilkes was going to be no where in her sight, for she was mad at him. He had said he loved her, but decided to suddenly just announce that he was to marry Melly Hamilton. So she sat in the carraige, furious with Ashley Wilkes and with Mammy.

Rhett walked around the premises of Twelve Oaks not impressed with its so called beauty. He had seen better plantations, much better in Charleston. As he walked over to a nearby tree, he noticed another carraige come up to Twelve Oaks. He saw a beautiful woman with black hair and a low green dress step out of the carraige. He had to admit to himself, that he had never seen such a beautiful woman in all his life.

Scarlett stepped out of the carraige with assistance from one of her old beaus. She thanked him and started to walk up the front steps, but she suddenly stopped dead on the steps. For she noticed one of the best looking gentleman staring at her. He was eyeing her and they made eye contact. Her heart started to beat fast, and she gave him a flirtatious smile. And that was when she was going to meet her furture love Rhett Butler, when he started coming her way.

Authors Note: Hope you enjoyed this! I know, I am like obsessed with Rhett and Scarlett not being in love with other people...but they are soulmates! I can't write about them not loving each other...I just can't!Please review...but you don't have to if you don't like the story.