Chapter 2
She led me to the drawing room.
And we found Bianca and Jasper drinking tea.
Bianca glared at me, but Jasper welcomed me warmly.
"Raguna! Splendid to see you!" he said merrily.
"Um… Hello Jasper…" I said. "Is there something you needed to ask me?"
"Yes. Yes." he said. "Bianca, dear, will you and Tabatha leave us for a moment?"
"Of coarse father." Bianca said in her snotty, English, tone. "Let's go."
Tabatha followed Bianca out the door.
Once they had left, Jasper told me to sit, and gave me the same serious look as Godwin had given me.
Uh oh…
"Raguna… You know that Bianca means the world to me." he said.
"Yeah…" I said nervously.
"And that I wanted her to marry a fine young man, such as yourself."
"I…uh…guess so…" I answered.
"Well I have finally found the perfect man!" he exclaimed.
Double Uh oh… "Uh… Who?" I asked nervously.
"You my dear boy!" he exclaimed.
"M…Mi… ME?!" I asked.
"Yes! Of coarse!" he exclaimed.
I sank down in my chair… Now I was in trouble…
"Of course I'll give you time to think about it! You can announce it to everyone on the New Years Festival!" he said happily.
Oh…no… Bianca was a different story… I didn't like her at all…
I had always tried to be nice to her, but she had always been snobby to me.
"Haha! I can tell you're excited! Now… If you'll excuse me… I have some other matters to attend to." he said as he stood up and walked out the door to the gardens.
I sat in my chair and sighed deeply.
What was I to do?
Godwin ran the town and could kick me out and take away my passes.
And Jasper owned this town, and he could have me kicked out, take away my passes, and maybe even… have me killed…
I stood up and walked to the door that led into the foyer.
I put my head on the door. How had I gotten myself into this?
I heard someone talking on the other side of the door.
"Mistress Bianca. We shouldn't be doing this." Tabatha said.
"Shh! I can't hear them! It sounded like daddy said something about an arranged marriage…" Bianca commanded.
I opened the door and Bianca fell on the ground and Tabatha clasped her hands around her mouth.
"Mr. Raguna!" she exclaimed.
"What do you think your doing?!" Bianca exclaimed as she tried to get up.
"I should be telling you the same thing." I said as I helped her up. "I thought you said you were, 'Above such preposterous behaviors like eavesdropping'."
Bianca's face grew red and Tabatha bit her lip and tried hard not to laugh.
I had beaten her at her own game.
"I think it is well time for you to leave!" she exclaimed, still blushing.
"I agree." I said.
"Tabatha!" she exclaimed. "Show Mr. Raguna to the door at once!"
Tabatha showed me to the door and snickered a little. "Good one sir." She said.
"Thanks." I said. Once she turned around, I playfully winked at Bianca.
Her mouth dropped and she angrily stomped up the stairs.
I laughed once I closed the door.
I couldn't stop! I didn't even notice Tori walking by me, with her nose in a book as always, and I ran into her.
"Whoa! Sorry Tori!" I exclaimed as I tried to help her up.
"I-It's okay..." she said nervously.
I picked up her glasses and her book and then helped her up.
She blushed bright pink whenever I helped her up. She jolted and nearly made me drop her.
"Sorry... Sorry..." she said.
"It's okay. You don't need to apolagize for everything." I said as I laughed.
We stood there for a moment in silence.
"Wanna go to the beach?" I asked.
She blushed even more and nodded.
Then we walked together to the beach.