The Lamb
Lucrezia made me smile, I continued to my room, closing the door upon entering and then plopping onto my bed, and falling into a deep sleep. I opened my eyes to find Lucrezia on top of me; the reason for her presence was unknown, but pleasing.
"Sis, what are you doing here?" I looked up at her blue eyes.
"I am here to wake you brother" she said with a smile.
"Lucrezia you have done your duty, now you must get off of me" I said as I pulled her down, next to me. She laughed as I did thus, and then held my arm to her chest.
"You misunderstand me my love, you need to leave so I can dress myself" I said as I attempted to remove her from my arm.
"But brother, you once told me that you never wanted to let me go, is that no longer your wish?" her big eyes filled with tears.
"No, no, Lucrezia, of course I never want to let you go, I love you dear, but I must dress myself, and you are making that quite impossible" her eyes returned to their normal state,
"Oh, well then, yes, you may dress yourself, I shall wait outside your door" and with that she giggled and skipped out the door.
When I exited my room, I found my sweet sister sitting in a chair; she looked up at me with joy,
"Cesare, let's go somewhere magical!" she exclaimed.
"And where would that be sister?" I asked.
"Perhaps we can travel to the coast, I have always wanted to go there" she answered,
"Then we shall go there my love" I grinned.
"Cesare, I thought that 'my love' was something you could only say to your betrothed, am I wrong?" she asked, looking up at me.
"I suppose it is, but I call you 'my love' because I love you very much Lucrezia, and while you are not my betrothed, you are my love." I replied
Lucrezia smiled, "And you Cesare, are my love!" and with that she kissed my cheek. 'If only days like this could last' I thought to myself. Just after, Juan camp back from sparring lessons, a sword strapped to his side.
"Brother, you have slept the day away, why not play a few rounds with me?" he said, clutching his sword.
"I'm afraid that I am far too busy Juan, perhaps another time." I said, not really wanting to do anything with him.
"That's right, I'm sure you rather suffocate Lucrezia with your attention than spend time with your brother." He spat, scowling at Lucrezia.
"Juan, are you perhaps envious of the attention I give to Lucrezia?" I pondered. Juan grimaced at my question as if I was eating turd.
"I'm not so much envious as I am suspicious" he said. This made me think, 'what does he mean suspicious?'
He added, "We are no longer 10 years of age Cesare, you and I are 15, so your affections toward our sister are no longer unnoticed."
"I show her affection because she is my sister, and I love her Juan, and if my actions grow suspicion, it will not matter, I do not care for the opinions of others, and that includes yours." And with that, I took Lucrezia's hand and stormed off.
"Cesare, why is Juan so cruel?" Lucrezia's blue eyes widened, I took both her hands in mine, and look down at her pretty face.
"Juan, my love, is only upset that I don't spend much time with him, but worry not, he loves us both very much" I assured her.
Lucrezia smiled and hugged me, and then the two of us went back inside, I had things to attend to, and mother wanted to see her.
