I lay in my queen size bed stretched out. I looked at the clock, it read eight o three. I was just about to get up when I loud crash sounded from somewhere downstairs, causing me to jump out of bed and look around in a panic. I quickly ran out of my room, down the hall, and almost slipped down the stairs when I realized where the sound had come from. My eye twitched. The chandelier, which the real-estate agent had assured me was secure and wouldn't fall any time soon, was on the ground. "What the heck happened?"
Ellie was already down there, trying to figure out how it fell. "I don't know, I was in the kitchen looking for all the stuff needed to make a bowl of cereal and then all of a sudden 'CRASH!' Scared the bajeebus out of me."
"Looks like I need to call someone to fix this. Perfectly good Saturday turned sour. I'm going to go into town to find some help for around the manor, want to come with?" I asked as I turned around to head back to my room to throw on some jeans and a tank top.
"Yes!" Ellie ran up the stairs and straight to her room to get dressed as well.
When I made it to the front door Ellie was already standing there. "I got the keys." She held them up and shook them for emphasis.
"Cool!" I opened the door and stopped dead in my tracks. "Um, can I help you?" There were two guys standing there, the taller one was about ready to knock when I opened the door.
"Yes, I'll pay you twice what you paid for this manor if you sell it to me right now." I didn't like the smile the guy with the eye-patch was giving me as he spoke.
"I just bought the place, I'm not selling."
"Four times the amount." I slammed the door on him and stood there. "Six times the amount is my last offer!" He called through the door.
I opened the door back up. "No. No, no, no, no, no! Now leave!" I pointed behind them as I finished speaking.
Ellie leaned over and looked out the door. "You'll have to excuse her behavior, she absolutely loves this place and she's a bit on edge right now."
At this point the guy with the eye-patch wasn't smiling. "Fine, Sebastian, we're leaving." He turned around with a slightly dramatic flourish and walked back towards the limo that I just noticed.
"The master is quite disappointed, I'm sure he won't give up however." The tall guy leaned closer to me. "You'll be seeing more of us to be sure." He said with a small smile.
"Sebastian!"
"Coming, master!" He was halfway to the limo when my cat, Alois, walked by. "Ah, such fine beauty!" I literally face palmed as he swooned over my half Siamese half tabby cat.
"Alois kitty! Come here, you're not supposed to be outside!" I shouted as I walked up to my cat and picked him up. As I walked back to the manor a thought struck me and I held Alois in front of me. "How did you even get outside? I was at the front door the whole time⦠Ah well." Ellie had already exited the house and was warming up the van. I heard the limo drive off as I put Alois back inside and closed and locked the front door.
~In the kitchen manor~
"I just wanted to clean the chandelier, I did."
"They haven't even noticed that I accidentally killed half the garden!"
"I'd try cookin' somefin, but me flamethrower is gone."
"If we don't want her to kick us out then you three had better try to cause less trouble even if she seems entertained by the idea that we are poltergeists."
"Aw, come off it Tanaka. We ain't poltergeists."
"Bard! Don't speak to Tanaka like that!"
"Yeah! He's just tryin' to be helpful he is!"
"May-rin, why do even want to impress this lady?"
"Didn't you 'ear her last night? She's related to the young master!"
"Well Finni, what about you?"
"I think her lady friend is pretty and they're both nice."
Bard sighed as he put his head in his hands. "Fine, you two want to impress her so badly, go for it. Lady can't even bloody see us." The fact that Lu couldn't even see them didn't seem to bother Finnian and May-rin as they began making plans and doing things. Suddenly the four ghosts heard a crash from the study/art room and went to go check it out.
"Ah, master, this might be of interest to you."
"Hm? What is it?"
"It appears to be the Phantomhive family tree. See, there you are, and there's Lady Elizabeth." Sebastian pointed to a large scroll-like paper.
"What's that written next to her name? It's tiny."
Sebastian put his glasses on and leaned closer to the paper. "Died in childbirth, Father of the child is unknown." He stood up straight and put his glasses away. "This Lucifer Galvanth is your distant cousin then. I wonder which one of those young ladies is Lucifer?"
"What the 'ell? Sebastian?"
"Ah, Bardroy, I'm surprised you're still here."
"Sebastian, we're leaving. As for the four of you, you must not indicate that we were inside. Sebastian, put that cat down! It's bad enough that it's a cat but it's even worse that she named it Alois! Next thing we know she'll have a dog named Claude or Hannah!"
I was currently interviewing a cook. "So how do you feel about cats and refilling their food and water bowls if I forget?"
"Cats are alright if they don't make a mess or get on the counters I 'spose."
I nodded. "Any questions?"
"Yeh, why you need a cook?"
"Because I forget to eat sometimes." I replied as I pulled out some documents for him to sign. "If you want the job you need to sign this contract. It covers information about the pay and terms that I can terminate the contract under. And by signing that contract you are agreeing to be live in help."
His hand was above the line that read 'signature' when he stopped and looked at me. "Just to be clear, I'm going to have co-workers, right?" I nodded and he signed the paper.
Five minutes later and Ellie, who was the only one with a license to drive, the new gardener, maid, cook, and I all piled inside the van. "TO THE MANOR!" I yelled from the back seat, scaring the cook who had to share the back seat with me.
And so I have decided to leave you all with this cliffy. If you would like to help name the new cook, gardener, and/or maid, please visit my profile and click on the tumblr link and click on "Have a Suggestion? Click Here!" Now if you'll excuse me~ I'm going to go write another chapter for my YYH story so that I can update it tonight as well like I planned. :D
