To attend the festivities and be socially acceptable for me to be seen speaking in public with Lord Jason without a chaperone immediately with us was a joy. I have not been able to speak with him privately in months and it was killing me.
As soon as we'd arrived at the large estate we'd found ourselves inside and soon after were met by my Lord Jason himself and his family.
The moment it was acceptable he whisked me away to dance, away from my friends and his family.
"Oh how I've missed you." I softly tell him once we are in the middle of the loud crowd of dancing couples.
I giggle when he discretely nuzzles my cheek. "Stop, we mustn't. Not in public until we have our parents permission." I manage between giggles in a soft whisper.
"Oh, but where's the thrill in that?" he gives me a mischievous smile.
I throw back my head and let out a laugh. Oh how I missed my sweet Jason.
We'd spent the whole evening dancing before finally being interrupted by his brother Kol a giggling Selena in tow. I'm actually surprised we were not interrupted sooner as it is inappropriate to dance more than 2 or 3 times in a row. but we danced numerous times.
"Come, we must gather our siblings! It's time for cake!"
"Cake!" Selena echoed, they sound much like overgrown children.
"We shall be there momentarily." he gives his brother a wave of his hand and the two of them are off, Kol dragging Selena easily by her hand.
"Shall we?"
"Of course." I take his arm immediately and we move to join his family by the enormous cake.
After cake has been handed out and eaten, immediately after Niklaus blows out the lit candles, we are led out towards our carriage which has just arrived.
When we are in front of the carriage I turn to say my goodbyes, oh how I hope we will not have to do so much longer!
"Thank you for entertaining me tonight my Lord."
Jason grabs my hand and places a kiss to the back, which sends a shiver down my spine and I can't help but long- as I usually do- for his lips to touch mine in a sweet kiss like the ones we've had in private moments while sneaking around Such a scandalous thought, even though he wished to court me- and I hope marry me soon after.
He smiles softly at me as he stands back upright. He glances around to see his family all occupied, before he leans in and kisses my cheek swiftly. "I love you Cecelia Drake." His voice is a whisper, but it's all I need to hear him so close to me.
"And I you." I whisper back as he moves away to a respectable distance before offering me his arm so he can assist me in getting into the carriage. Gratefully I accept and soon we are all in the carriage safely.
As the carriage begins it's seemingly smoother journey back to our estate I turn and peek through the curtains and wave at Jason, smiling when he waves back. His family all waves and I turn away to see my friends and sisters have all waved as well. It has been a splendid night and I wish for many more to come.
As soon as we arrive home, the ride seems quicker somehow, we hurry up when undressing and redressing in our night gowns before climbing into Bridgette's large four poster canopy bed like when we were children. A sudden thought strikes me as I am slipping off to sleep, that I may not get to do this for much longer- to act as a child and sleep together and enjoy an evening such as this with the girls called sisters. Moments later I'm dreaming of my future, imagining a life I could have with my Jason.