Trying to say thank you and offer help at the same time made you mess up both. You took a rushed step forward and your knees gave out, so you slipped down the small slope right in front of Alessandra! She caught you in her arms but gravity ultimately took the both of you down. You ended up on top of her after knocking her basket clear out of her arms and flowers covered the both of you. "I am so sorry, I didn't mean to be so clumsy. I mean I'm usually not like this, but are you okay?" you inquired. She swept her hair out of her face and brushed a couple flower petals off her neckline and beamed up at you with sultry eyes, not a single expression but joy on her face. "If you have the strength to force me to the ground like this, you must be getting better. I'm glad your health has returned so quickly, Lelouch." She startled you, not only because she was so breathtaking but she knew your name. "Don't be so supraised, you mumbled in your sleep a lot. You always mentioned Nunnally and Suzaku, but you talked about C.C the most." "C.C is just a friend, a really weird friend but just a friend, not my girlfriend or anything." she smiled once before averting her eyes. You got off of her and she grabbed her basket where only two flowers remained intact. "Sorry about these flowers, you must have spent all morning picking them." "I rather these flowers be ruined then to let you slip through my arms, I will pick new ones because they were originally meant for you anyways." With a polite nodd she turned to where she came from and headed into the fields. You grabbed her hand, she turned around supraised and her shining eyes almost made you forget your words "Can I come with you?" you asked. "What part about picking flowers are you interested in?" she asked amused. "The part where I get to watch you, and admire you next to the roses." She pretended to think for a moment "If you think you can keep up, lets go now." she took your hand and ran away from house toward the taller grass with the clouds and open sky watching over you, as you fled away with this angelic beauty, hand in hand, hearts pounding and sights looking ahead.

She ran and ran without looking back, never letting go of your hand. You almost wondered if she had any idea where she was taking you. "When I say jump, you have to jump, alright?" "Why? Where are we going? This is really confusing- " "Jump!" You did as you were told and next minute you knew you were jumping from the top of a hill and rolling to the bottom cushioned by soft grass and accompanied by the laughter of Aless. You landed on your back while Aless laid on her stomach laughing and flipping the hair out of her face. "Don't tell me that wasn't fun." she said. "Fun? More like painful if you ask me." Aless touched your side where your wound was and she touched your head, her hand caressed the side of your head "Forgive me, I forgot you are still healing, are you alright?" Her touch made you melt, you touched her hand on the side of your face and nuzzled into it "I have my own personal nurse here, as long as you're with me I'll be fine." She pulled her hand away and cast her eyes away from you "I brought you here so you could look and see these flowers." You didn't have to get up but surrounding your arms and legs and even right next to your cheek were millions of the colorful plants. They weren't fancy and big flowers, rather small and puny, but they were beautiful just because they were natural and yet something you had never seen before just like the girl who adored them. And she adored them endlessly, she looked at them with affection and they made her smile as she stroked the petals, but whenever she smiled there was also a sadness in her eyes like a guilt that came with her joy. She turned to you, supraised you were staring at her. "Why do you keep looking at me like that? You act as if you've never seen a girl before." "There are a lot of girls where I come from but I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you, with a classical beautiful face, starlit eyes, and natural charm, I can't help myself." She scooted closer to you "If they're not like me, what are girls like where you come from?" "They're boring and stuck up and kind of clingy, and to me, they kind of all look the same because I go to a boarding school and all the girls wear the same uniform." "A part time student and a part time soldier? How dedicated, you must be tired all the time." she asked intrigued. You shrugged "Not really, school is not much hard work, in fact sometimes its so boring I feel like I come out getting dumber." Alessandra laid down on her side, close to you, and listened intently "What is school like? Is it fun?" You laughed at her "You act like you've never been to school before." But she wasn't laughing with you "What? You've never been to a school before? How is that possible?" you asked. "Don't think I'm stupid or anything, just because I didn't go to school doesn't mean I can't read, write, and speak French, Britannian, Japanese, Chinese fluently. I bet I know as much as you do without school." You turned on your side and faced her "Its still weird though, makes me think that you haven't been a lot of places." She smiled that sad smile again "You're right, I haven't been to many places. I have never left here." "Never?" she shook her head "There is so much for you to see! Things change everyday and you would be amazed at all the technology. After I get better the first thing I'm going to do is to take you to the city." "I would like that very much." she replied, but something in her tone told you that would never happen. "You can't go with me, can you?" she shook her head. "I will never see a real school or the city or anything beyond this land because I am bound here forever." "Are you being punished? who is making you stay here?" "It is the punishment I must bear for my father's actions against the monarchy of Britannia during the Fourth Great Revolution in France, he tried to overthrow the monarchy and restore our country to its great glory but he was unsuccessful and the king had him executed for treason. The emperor spared me because I was a young girl, but I will always have to remain here on the edge of society."

You rolled onto your back and clenched your fists over your forehead, and let out a long angry sigh "The emperor is a horrible man, he ruins lives of innocent people day after day without realizing the consequence of his actions while people like you are forced to live in his mistakes." Aless patted you on the head and your fists came undone "Its okay, I'm not so miserable, I have loving aunts to take care of me and plenty of fresh air and food. Considering what he did to countless others I am pretty lucky I think." You stroked her face and the both of you talked and talked all afternoon long, you never got tired of the sound of her voice and she never got tired of yours. It was dark and you could barely see Alessander in front of you, when you suggested heading back. On the way back she was more quiet and held your hand loosely. The fireflies lit the way and whispered your thoughts to her because sometimes in their light, you could make out the slim crescent of her smile.